Keith Goodrum

Got an email from Ed Dale a couple days ago, and got around to reading it today. He sent a link to his blog about a video he wanted folks to watch.

Here’s a cut from Ed’s blog over at the 30 Day Challenge…

I WISH I WAS A GOOD ENOUGH HEADLINE WRITER SO I COULD BE SURE YOU WOULD WATCH THIS

Hi Gang

Usually I just stick to Internet Marketing, Guitars and, of course Fashion…

today – I need you to watch something REALLY important. You NEED to understand what is really going on in the economic world. Make no mistake – there are issues – BUT- The same technology that we use to market our wares can be used to create fear and panic like we have never seen in history. I have a lot to say on this – but that will have to wait.

He encourages everyone to watch the video, and help spread it around so others will watch it.

I found it very informative, and learned a great deal about the current economic situation. Warren Buffet makes a very strong argument why the bail out package is so important. He also talks about the things that led up to this mess, and why many different parties are responsible.

I also like the fact that Warren gives many reasons why our economic system will prevail. Not all is lost. Check out the video below…

[googlevideo]http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4537231419795681197&ei=08LySOeEAYfA-wGYsrzlDg&q=warren+buffet+charlie+rose&hl=en&emb=1[/googlevideo]

All I can say is WOW!

Darren Rowse over at Problogger is reporting that a WordPress Blog owned by Johns Wu has sold his blog Bankaholic to Bankrate for a up to $15 million!

Here is what Darren had to say about the sale…

Bankaholic has a staff of 1 (Johns Wu) who will remain on at the blog.

If this price is true it’s a fairly decent sale for Mr Wu (understatement of the year) – the blog has an Alexa ranking of 42,168 and averages less than 20 comments per post. The blog does seem to rank very well for a lot of bank terms and I’m sure drives targeted traffic and would convert well with affiliate products – but this is still a fairly inspiring sale!

That is some major coin

I think this is awesome, and sheds a new light on Niche blogging. It goes to show that picking the right subject, added useful content and hard work can really payoff. The power of a highly targeted and high traffic blog is proving to be a priceless asset.

Woo Hoo!

Every now and then I like to show some blog posts I found, and want to pass on to you. Both of these are interesting for different reasons. Head on over to each blog and read the whole post.

Is Article Marketing Worth It?

Jack Keifer wrote an excellent post covering the benefits of article writing. This post goes pretty in depth, and I found it to be very informative. Head on over there and check it out.

Here is one of the benefits of article writing from Jack’s post: Is Article Marketing Worth It?

One important point that most people overlook is that article marketing has a cumulative affect. Many will submit one or two articles, get a few visitors, and soon decide that the few visitors they got aren’t really worth the time and effort. Suppose you went against your instincts and stuck it out longer?

Every time your articles are submitted, they end up in article directories and eZines, depending where you submit your articles. These articles are copied by webmasters and can be legally used on their sites to provide content so long as they leave the complete article intact including your resource box containing your back link.

Entrecard is up for sale, or is it?

Graham the owner of Entrecard wrote a post the other day saying he is putting the site up for sale. It seems like he has grown tired of messing around with VC’s. He sounds very frustrated with the whole trying to raise capital.

I was surprised to see him put it up for sale. Hope he gets a second wind, and decides to give it another shot. I like the vision he has for Entrecard, and would be disappointed to see him hand it over to a new owner.

He give a good snipet of his vision on the post: Entrecard exploring possibility of new owner

My vision for Entrecard is enormous. From day 1, my goal was to build “the currency of the blogosphere” -and on top of it an entire economy of bloggers buying and selling not only advertising, but all sorts of products and services. The benefit for bloggers to participate was always the promise of more traffic, more community participation, comments and subscribers.

I’m only including two posts here today because I think both are one you should read. Plus, it’s Friday & everyone is winding down from the week. So, I’ll go easy on you!

Have a great weekend…