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How much time should you be spending learning per week?

How much time should you be spending learning per week?

Hey Everyone,

I often get asked by people, "with all your projects going on online, how do you find time to keep learning new things?" 

Others ask me, "how much time each week should I spend learning?... It seems like there's a neverending path to what I need to learn, help I'm getting information overload"

So I thought I'd address those questions in today's blog post.

Firstly, when it comes to information overload, IF you have an issue with too many guru emails hitting your inbox, then I...

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Viral YouTube Marketing Lessons from a WWE Wrestler

Viral YouTube Marketing Lessons from a WWE Wrestler

Hey everyone,

I've been a fan of WWE wrestling since I was 9 years old.

Whether you like wrestling or not, they do employ several powerful tactics in their marketing, from their storyline soap-operas, to their PPV selling methods and the way in which they market their merchandise.

However, this blog post isn't about the tactics employed by the WWE to 'hook in' their viewers and sell their merchandise.

It's about one particular wrestler and his quest to become a household name. He wants the...

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Google Plus One - How will it impact SEO?

Google Plus One - How will it impact SEO?

The following is a guest blog post by Adam Short from Niche Profit Classroom:

Social interaction is huge and Google has been working hard to catch up to rival Facebook. With the launch of the Google Plus One Button we have a powerful new tool that will soon allow Google users to share websites and content the same as Facebook users now do with the Like button.

It’s not shocking that Google has followed suit. After all, Facebook’s Like Button was a viral marketing strike of...

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Google Panda Update Tips

Google Panda Update Tips

This is just a quick blog post for those who have been writing in asking questions about Google's Panda update.

While the Panda update did affect about 12% of websites listed in Google, the effects were actually larger than Google has made out as most of those affected were websites that rank in the top pages of Google.

Also, Google themselves have stated that Panda isn't the only update that they've been running and that there will be over 500 tweaks to their algorithms during the course...

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Just launched! Traffic Travis V4 - the top 10 improvements

Just launched! Traffic Travis V4 - the top 10 improvements

So, you’ve heard of our SEO and PPC software Traffic Travis, and if you’re a savvy affiliate marketer probably used it.

We’re not big on bragging here, but we are very proud of Traffic Travis and its ability to help people sharpen their SEO and PPC campaigns, and equally as proud to offer a free version – that has recently topped over 200,000 downloads on CNET.com alone!

What we’re most proud of though, is our newly released version 4 of Traffic Travis.

Imagine all the things you...

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