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I still have a bit of work to do with fan site #2 - and I’m kind of embarrassed with how long it’s taking me to finish it up - I’ve had it up and running for a couple of months now and I’m still blanking on several necessary pages to the site.  It’s not that I don’t have content for them… it’s just not been a focus for me with this site.  I’ve been working on content.  Lovely content.  Content so far that hasn’t got me anywhere int he SERPS… yet.   I’ve definitely got to kick that up a knotch.

This past weekend I got my keyword list for the site - and now it’s a matter of attacking the big keywords.  Go into my stats - what are people looking for when they end up at the site.  Exploit it.   I’m also thinking that I need to switch around some of the ad specs/spaces and try out what’s been working on Fan Site #1 and put it here as well… why not - test, test, test.  It’s time consuming, but I’ve had more success with this method than with anything I’ve tried in the past.

I’m also thinking of adding a sub-domain or two - one of which I had planned on using an Amazon affiliate script… but now I’m leaning more towards Mark’s Ebay/Amazon Mashup script.  It just looks more fun - and just another way to test the waters and try something NEW.  If it doesn’t float the boat, I can always go back to my older script - which isn’t so old… but in the order of things, I just want something different.

But I do have to say that last night was productive in my little content writing and I’m happy to say that I’m no where near caught up!  LOL.

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I’ve been looking to expand my little empire and I’ve got some older sites that are still clunking along and it’s all good - and I’m looking at trying to expand my little empire by doing some side projects away from the everyday - offline and on.  Just to keep my sanity and the momentum going with what I’d love to do.

I applied for a job over at Pro Blogger on the job boards for B5 Media… well, why not - they’re looking at getting into fansites too.  Hmmm… go figure.  Is that where the money is?  LOL.

So I thought I could definitely learn from taking a job like that with them.  But today I got my rejection letter.  In a way I was slightly relieved, because to be quite honest you’d need to dedicate a ton of time to them.  I have no idea what the pay would be like - is it a cut from the advertising?  Were they looking for pre-established *insert site here* so they could use the new PR influx and IP addy… and add it to their collective?  Who knows - I got the shove.  I would have liked to have learned a bit with them - but what the hell.  Other opportunities will make their appearance I’m sure.

This has definitely kicked my ass into gear to keep working on these fan sites I’ve developed.

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