Online food traffic generator
06/01/09 12:29 Filed in: Traffic
How many Americans visit blogs? Answer - 5 out of 10. How many US adults are obese? Around 25% !! Is it any wonder that some of the Pisstakers' food-related posts generated the most online traffic.
Last year the MyBlogLog site showed that over 300 visited The Pisstakers in one day in search of gummi bears. Some bloggers actually found them. Hundreds kept coming back looking for more.
The tasty Polliwog found quite a few haribo gummi bears, which was good, seeing as she has 6 kids to feed. And with 6 kids to entertain, did she search for Gummi bears Cartoon Pictures?
Out of interest, how do you eat your gummi bears? Head first? That says something about you, you know!
At Easter, a flood of traffic came looking at my anecdotal research into shrinking Cadburys creme eggs
The marketing decision to shrink a product when everyone else is upsizing was too much for some. It was definitely too much for me. I felt ripped off by the puny size of my favorite creme-filled milk chocolate egg, and there was no one to complain to. So for therapy, I had to blog about it - and go buy twice as many eggs as normal.
I was happy, munching my way to chocolate heaven, bombarded by readers, but later that month, it wasn't such a happy scene at Funny HQ. My dentist was pissed at me for willfully damaging my gums - but I can assure you, he was not as pissed as I was by the cost to rectify the damage.
On a healthy note, the flood of gummi bear and chocolate egg traffic did not upset my web hosts. It doesn't surprise me. They are known as A Small Orange (ASO). They are a healthy bunch and their citrus servers are resistant to all known strains of food related hits.
If you are a blogger, here's my advice to stay healthy, avoid obesity, and attract lots of readers.
1 - Post about eating gummi bears and chocolate eggs in moderation
2 - Totally load up on small oranges.
3 - Live the dream and blog healthy.
I did all this, and me and my blog are healthy now.
Gummi bears nutrition for your blog
The tasty Polliwog found quite a few haribo gummi bears, which was good, seeing as she has 6 kids to feed. And with 6 kids to entertain, did she search for Gummi bears Cartoon Pictures?
Out of interest, how do you eat your gummi bears? Head first? That says something about you, you know!
Cadbury's chocolate market research
At Easter, a flood of traffic came looking at my anecdotal research into shrinking Cadburys creme eggs
The marketing decision to shrink a product when everyone else is upsizing was too much for some. It was definitely too much for me. I felt ripped off by the puny size of my favorite creme-filled milk chocolate egg, and there was no one to complain to. So for therapy, I had to blog about it - and go buy twice as many eggs as normal.
I was happy, munching my way to chocolate heaven, bombarded by readers, but later that month, it wasn't such a happy scene at Funny HQ. My dentist was pissed at me for willfully damaging my gums - but I can assure you, he was not as pissed as I was by the cost to rectify the damage.
A Small Orange health kick
If you are a blogger, here's my advice to stay healthy, avoid obesity, and attract lots of readers.
1 - Post about eating gummi bears and chocolate eggs in moderation
2 - Totally load up on small oranges.
3 - Live the dream and blog healthy.
I did all this, and me and my blog are healthy now.
BTW if you are reading this in a Feed Reader, it is not necessarily the latest posting, so check out The Pisstakers.
Create online store
05/01/09 19:24 Filed in: Monetize
Hey, bloggers! Hands up who wants to be rich? Don't all stretch at once.
Hey bloggers, how do you do it with minimal writing? Create an online store.
I was listening to a podcast from TWiT - the witty tech people. They have been at the forefront of podcasting, and were explaining that the only way most podcasters will ever get ahead financially is to sell merchandise on-line. That was one observation that must have pissed off 3 million creative podcasters expecting to get rich off the back of paid subscriptions.
A sound piece of marketing advice that may save the fingertips of countless bloggers trying to make millions purely from well-researched and creative posts. If you want to make money from a tech (ie boring ) blog, or a podcast, just get some funny t-shirts with logos or quotes not related to your blog/podcast in any way.
(Whilst on the topic of inappropriate merchandise - I remember seeing a sheath knife, (a small hunting knife), with the words, "Glasgow Rangers Football Club" stamped professionally on the handle. With the way society is deteriorating in the West, it won't be long before we see rival supporters wielding a souvenir claymore or mace. Anyone got a pattern maker for a claymore?
You have a faithful readership? Mention, and include a link to your online funny t-shirt / logo-ed hunting knife store in your posts.
I repeat, include a link to your funny t-shirts in your next post. Rinse, repeat. Over time,it will take little more than a blatant hint to provoke a stampede of faithful visitors dying to buy up every last piece of stock bearing absolutely no relation to your brand, or content.
If only it were as easy as a point in the right direction to get a comment out of my readers.
And finally, how do you get a store up and running on the internet? On the Pisstakers main site I have a page called Party Store, which is like a front for online shopping info. Internet entrepreneurs are very creative with shopping store formats and I found a few on-line store options for you to peruse and compare.
Although I spent a long time researching the articles, online stores are of little practical use to me. If you look at my spending habits, you will see that Mrs Ed wears the wallet in this house, and the nation's recent economic rise and collapse has almost nothing to do with me .
OK, time to go and enjoy the evening with my second hand Pisstakers cap in hand.
If you are itching to give your readers a good deal in these hard times try Chitika They are doing me proud.
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Are you itching to give your readers a good deal in these hard times? Try Chitika it is doing me proud.
This page is a springboard to hundreds of posts around the site. Just follow your noses to funny news, celebrity gossip, funny quotes and humorous tech. And if you like what you read, don't forget to subscribe (top right sidebar).
Cheers, Ed
Hey bloggers, how do you do it with minimal writing? Create an online store.
The premise of online stores
I was listening to a podcast from TWiT - the witty tech people. They have been at the forefront of podcasting, and were explaining that the only way most podcasters will ever get ahead financially is to sell merchandise on-line. That was one observation that must have pissed off 3 million creative podcasters expecting to get rich off the back of paid subscriptions.
What to sell online
A sound piece of marketing advice that may save the fingertips of countless bloggers trying to make millions purely from well-researched and creative posts. If you want to make money from a tech (ie boring ) blog, or a podcast, just get some funny t-shirts with logos or quotes not related to your blog/podcast in any way.
(Whilst on the topic of inappropriate merchandise - I remember seeing a sheath knife, (a small hunting knife), with the words, "Glasgow Rangers Football Club" stamped professionally on the handle. With the way society is deteriorating in the West, it won't be long before we see rival supporters wielding a souvenir claymore or mace. Anyone got a pattern maker for a claymore?
How to generate traffic to your online store
You have a faithful readership? Mention, and include a link to your online funny t-shirt / logo-ed hunting knife store in your posts.
I repeat, include a link to your funny t-shirts in your next post. Rinse, repeat. Over time,it will take little more than a blatant hint to provoke a stampede of faithful visitors dying to buy up every last piece of stock bearing absolutely no relation to your brand, or content.
If only it were as easy as a point in the right direction to get a comment out of my readers.
Create online store
And finally, how do you get a store up and running on the internet? On the Pisstakers main site I have a page called Party Store, which is like a front for online shopping info. Internet entrepreneurs are very creative with shopping store formats and I found a few on-line store options for you to peruse and compare.
Revelation about Ed
Although I spent a long time researching the articles, online stores are of little practical use to me. If you look at my spending habits, you will see that Mrs Ed wears the wallet in this house, and the nation's recent economic rise and collapse has almost nothing to do with me .
OK, time to go and enjoy the evening with my second hand Pisstakers cap in hand.
If you are itching to give your readers a good deal in these hard times try Chitika They are doing me proud.
Are you itching to give your readers a good deal in these hard times? Try Chitika it is doing me proud.
This page is a springboard to hundreds of posts around the site. Just follow your noses to funny news, celebrity gossip, funny quotes and humorous tech. And if you like what you read, don't forget to subscribe (top right sidebar).
Cheers, Ed
Are you itching to give your readers a good deal in these hard times? Try Chitika it is doing me proud.
This page is a springboard to hundreds of posts around the site. Just follow your noses to funny news, celebrity gossip, funny quotes and humorous tech. And if you like what you read, don't forget to subscribe (top right sidebar).
Cheers, Ed