Brian Vaughan

Relaunching PurePimps.com

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After a long period of not getting anything done with this site, this past weekend I finally got the ball rolling again, and will be relaunching PurePimps.com.

A little bit about the site. PurePimps was/is one of the original ‘pimping’ games on the net. To my knowledge it was the first one ever to reach over 10k users. There were some problems with the previous owner, and the site basicly just started to shut down. I helped run the site for a long time, doing what I could here and there to keep it up, but it just wasn’t enough.

Over this past summer me and the previous owner were talking about the site and he said he would give it to me, the domain at least he no longer had the site backup. I searched and searched for one of my own, I did find one but it was old and not very good. I used that back up at first but it ended badly and once again the site just shut down.

But now for the present, the site is back up running a brand new script. New features, better administration, better everything. Hopefully I will be able to bring the site back to its glory days of the past. It will take a lot of work to get the site going again but will be worth it. The site had a great community behind it before, and I am convinced that it will once again. A few of the older players have already came back after I contacted them informing them that it was coming back. Only the future will tell but things are starting to look better.

Here is a brief explanation of the site

Pure Pimps is a turn based strategy game for those who want to beat the crap out of opposing pimps! Do you think you can be top pimp and control the streets? Are you capable of pimping hoes for money, dominating cities and doing everything else a top pimp should do? Can you prove you’re tougher than the other pimps in the game? This is pimp war at its most lethal!

Feel free to join the game, and play for a bit. Once it gets running full steam again there will be cash prizes being handed out on the game for winners of the rounds.

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Avoid The Three Most Common Affiliate Mistakes

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Affiliate marketing is one of the most effective and powerful ways of earning some money online. This program gives everybody a chance to make a profit through the Internet. Since these affiliate marketing programs are easy to join, implement and pays a commission on a regular basis, more an more people are now willing in this business.

However, like all businesses, there are lots of pitfalls in the affiliate marketing business. Committing some of the most common mistakes will cost the marketers a large portion taken from the profit they are making everyday. That is why it is better to avoid them than be regretful in the end.

Mistake number 1: Choosing the wrong affiliate.

Many people want to earn from affiliate marketing as fast as possible. In their rush to be part of one, they tend to choose a bandwagon product. This is the kind of products that the program thinks is “hot”. They choose the product that is in demand without actually considering if the product appeals to them. This is not a very wise move obviously.

Instead of jumping on the bandwagon, try top choose a product in which you are truly interested in. For any endeavor to succeed, you should take some time to plan and figure out your actions.

Pick a product that appeals to you. Then do some research about that product to see if they are in demand. Promoting a product you are more passionate about is easier than promoting one for the sake of the earnings only.

Mistake number 2: Joining too many affiliate programs.

Since affiliate programs are very easy to join, you might be tempted to join multiples of affiliate programs to try and maximize the earnings you will be getting. Besides you may think that there is nothing wrong and nothing to lose by being part of many affiliate programs.

True, that is a great way to have multiple sources of income. However, joining multiple programs and attempting to promote them all at the same time will prevent you from concentrating on each one of them.

The result? The maximum potential of your affiliate program is not realized and the income generated will not exactly be as huge as you were thinking initially it would. The best way to get excellent result is by joining just one program that pays a 40% commission at least. Then give it your best effort by promoting your products enthusiastically. As soon as you see that it is already making a reasonable profit, then maybe you can now join another affiliate program.

The technique is to do it slowly but surely. There is really no need to rush into things, especially with affiliate marketing. With the way things are going, the future is looking real bright and it seems affiliate marketing will be staying for a long time too.

Mistake number 3: Not buying the product or using the service.

As an affiliate, you main purpose is to effectively and convincingly promote a product or service and to find customers. For you to achieve this purpose, you must be able to relay to the customers that certain product and service. It is therefore difficult for you to do this when you yourself have not tried these things out. Thus, you will fail to promote and recommend them convincingly. You will also fail to create a desire in your customers to avail any of what you are offering.

Try the product or service personally first before you sign up as an affiliate to see if it is really delivering what it promises. If you have done so, then you are one of the credible and living testaments aware of its advantages and disadvantages. Your customers will then feel the sincerity and truthfulness in you and this will trigger them to try them out for themselves.

Many affiliate marketers makes these mistakes and are paying dearly for their actions. To not fall into the same situation they have been in, try to do everything to avoid making the same mistakes.

Time is the key. Take the time to analyze your marketing strategy and check if you are in the right track. If done properly, you will be able to maximize your affiliate marketing program and earn higher profits.

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Happy Valentines Day

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Well it is that time of year again, flowers, candy, and love is everywhere around us. Hopefully all of you marketing affiliates have been using the weeks building up to this day to be pushing your programs that sell flowers and candy or any item that can be given at Valentines Day.

Hope everyone didn’t forget to get their special someone something that they will remember and cherish (for at least a week or two). Happy Valentines Day

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Free Reviews

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Well, those of you that have stopped by will notice things look a bit different. I’m not done yet, I still have to do a little coding to enable widgets in the sidebar and a few other small things. I’m trying to pump some new life into the site and the main way to really do that is of course post.

To post though, I have to have things to write about, which isn’t all that hard but I also want to help out people that have been reading my site. Now how am I going to do this? Well there are at least 35 of you that were interested in this site and subscribed to the RSS feed, and stayed subscribed even when I wasn’t posting. So I am offering all of you a free review (not that I’m charging for reviews now anyways) of your website, or a service/product you offer.

If you are interested in getting a review done for you feel free to contact me and we can work out a review for you. If it is a product/service you want me to review I will need a free trial to be able to review it properly.

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Finally Over

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Finally the writers strike is over. Maybe this will finally mean the return of new and good shows to the airways. Though I will admit a lot of the things I watch weren’t effected by the strike anyways since they are Canadian produced or British.

The writers new contract won’t be ratified until the 24th of February by the guild strongly suggested that all writers return to work today. I’m hoping with this long strike, three months, that we will see a lot more indie stuff come through. Just because they were on strike doesn’t mean that young writers with no work weren’t writing, I’m hoping to see a lot of new good horror movies start coming out. Seems like those are always popular first works for young writers.

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