Apr 15 2007
Jeremy Schoemaker

Making Money With Contextual Advertising - NYC Presentation

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Here is my presentation from NYC. Unlike Chicago this is about the 6th time I have done public speaking and I felt a lot more comfortable. Still a lot of room for improvement
I did receive written permission to record the session and publish it on my blog or use it for other “non commercial” use.
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Apr 15 2006
Jeremy Schoemaker

Write ads for conversions not for clicks

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So from my other post some people have asked how I get such high conversions.. Basically I try to write ads for conversions and not clicks.
I see so many ads on all programs that try to con people in to their site. They say things like Free Ringtones Here! Or ā€œGet Free Ringtonesā€? Yes this [...]

Feb 23 2006
Jeremy Schoemaker

Yahoo Search Marketing taking some notes from MSN AdCenter Pilot; Will Google follow?

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Reading Search Engine RoundTable today I spotted this:

According to an email received by a member of SEW forums, Yahoo will no longer allow bidding on brand keywords by non-brand owners. This is certainly big news, as bidding on competition brand names has long caused outrage by companies that find other organizations bidding on their trademark. [...]

Feb 1 2006
Jeremy Schoemaker

How do you run Google Adsense AND Yahoo! YPN on the same page?

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I guess when you are as big as youtube.com the standard tos does not apply
Notice adsense at the top and ypn on the right

Jan 7 2006
Jeremy Schoemaker

Lucky or smart?

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I had a person email me the other day and ask if I was lucky or smart. I get asked that a lot. Usually by people who never actually have observed me work. They know I work from home and make a decent income so they figure its luck.
I actually had my step-mother-in-law (wife’s [...]

Dec 14 2005
Jeremy Schoemaker

Adsense search takes a leap forward

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As first reported this morning on JenSense - Google is now offering a branding free search option. This is a great step forward for Google search imo. Here is what the new search looks like-

Nov 7 2005
Jeremy Schoemaker

Chitika eMiniMalls paying very nice 700$/day so far

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Chitika was good but AuctionAds is where its at!

Nov 4 2005
Jeremy Schoemaker

Google Advertising On Yahoo Publisher Network

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As I was reading Jensense, site by Jenstar, Shoemoney dubed “Queen of Contextual Advertising”, I noticed that Google ads on her YPN! So wait… Google pays yahoo to bring people to there site using YPN. Maybe they are just targeting Jensense ? Click the thumbnail to see the full screenshot.

Nov 3 2005
Jeremy Schoemaker

My Nigerian Intern

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So I had this person contact me wanting to learn from me. Aparently he didnt see the karate kid and learn that it takes hard work…. or something..
On 10/31 i recieved this pm from a kingsley
Hi,
I want to make a request from you. i want to work with you so that you can educate me [...]

Nov 2 2005
Jeremy Schoemaker

Latest Google update - my thoughts

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The latest Google update has people truly puzzled. In my opinion 3 major things were targeted.

Blog spam
Dynamic Links
Forum links

I think Google is now doing a double check of links to see if they are static or rotating. I guess after this week we can better guesstimate what Google has done.