My buddy Jess just started a great new site called RSS Poker. Rss Poker is a great new Poker News Resource for Poker Affiliate Webmasters and players. The site allows anyone to upload new articles to be added to the site. Of course all submissions are subject to approval, which will help to reduce spam and poor quality content. Users have already uploaded dozens of high quality poker related articles and the site is taking off.

The best part of the whole site, is that new webmaster can submit unique article and get 1 backlink to their site for every 400 words of the article. This is a great way to get free links and gain some extra exposure to a new website.

I questioned my buddy Jess about this site, and this is what he had to say:

“RSSPoker.com offers players a wide variety of poker news, promotions, gossip, and strategy articles written by webmasters all over the world. With information from so many contributing writers and webmasters, the perspective is as wide as it gets. Instead of only receiving information about poker rooms that any particular website chooses to promote, now players will get exposure to everything in one place. The same goes for gossip articles, news and strategy articles. This should provide players a lot of interesting reading.”

“The site offers RSS feeds for the entire site, or players can choose to get feeds from specific categories as well. You can also share the site or specific articles with any of your favorite social bookmarking sites. Use the ‘Share This’ button located at the bottom of each article to introduce your friends to the site, or add it to your MySpace page.”

So, if you have a minute, go on over to RSS Poker.com and check this site out. New articles are being added daily and if you looking for a great way to get some valuable backlinks to your site, submit your own article now.

I could probably write a book about things I love about being in the internet marketing industry, but I’m just going to give the top five pros and cons. This really isn’t hard for me to do because I am still a corporate slave working as a senior executive at one of the largest companies in the United States. Anyway here are my top five pros and con’s of this business.
 Pros:

1. One of the best things about this business is that you can actually control your earnings. Obviously you cannot say “I will make $xx,xxx this month, but you basically get out what you put in. This may be an over-simplification but I think it’s pretty accurate

2. You get to be creative. In so many jobs now days, you are restricted to what others what you to do. In the internet marketing world, you get to think outside the box and explore things most people only wish they could do.

3. Freedom! I suggest to everyone I know that you must set a schedule and goals for yourself. However, if you have a late night with the wife planned, you can sleep in you just need to work a little longer the next day.
4. A sense of accomplishment. You build a website, program, or whatever you do and you can look at it and see that YOU have created something. That is a great feeling
5. knowing you are in a group of select group of people that have the skills, bravery, and motivation to thrive in this business. The internet marketing game isn’t for everyone. I see so many people that are just too lazy to make it and end up back working for the man.

Cons:

1. Income variance. Sometimes you can have some big swings, some good and some bad. When the bad swings hit, they can be scary. Managing your income is crucial to make it through the downswings.

2. Sometimes you fail. We all fail at things. Not everyone can deal with failure and it can be a self esteem killer. You may invest 10k in a project and never see a return. If you are afraid of failing, this business isn’t for you.

3. Competitive. This isn’t the 1990’s anymore; the business has gotten aggressive and very competitive. You have to stay on your game and never get comfortable. Just because you are #1 in Google for keyword x, there is no guarantee that you will be there tomorrow.

4. Sometimes you have “webmaster block”. You must find ways to keep your motivation and goals in focus. If you get stagnant, you will fail.

5. Once you tell someone what you do, you will spend hours of your life explaining what it is and how you make money

Ok, this list if half serious. There is a ton of truth in my list though. the bottom line is that this business isn’t for everyone. It’s tough, hard work, long hours, but very rewarding!

It’s 3am and I have an urge to write a bit, I promised the kids we would do “something” tomorrow even thought I’m not quite sure what that will be yet. The funny thing about having kids is that they can always think of something. Anyway, this post will probably be a short one.

I had a few things come to mind tonight when talking to my good buddy Eric. Now Eric and I have been working together for about a year now and we even have a website that we are building together. Eric is a brilliant programmer and I am… Well, I guess I’m an internet marketer of some sort. Eric and I have been discussing what our next big business venture adventure will be. Our goal is to make a million dollars in the next two years together. So, we have been bouncing ideas off one another. The funny thing is that I am quite certain we will find a few good ideas and I only hope that will have the timing right for whatever that idea is.

Business and life are funny that way; everything is all about timing and making the most of opportunities. Brilliant ideas come to people everyday, but only a few recognize the potential and make the effort to achieve their goals. Everything has to start somewhere and that’s a simple but important thing to remember. That is the great thing about Eric, he thinks big, even bigger than I think and I think pretty damn big.

Eric has come up with a few ideas and when he explained some of them to me my first reaction was “Holy shot that would be hard, expensive, and tons of work” That is what makes his ideas so good and I quickly smack myself for being hesitant and not thinking big too. I tend to think on a smaller “what can be done quick and easy” kind of scale.

As most everyone knows I primarily do internet marketing and I spend most of my time analyzing data and trying to target great keywords or niches nobody wants. I didn’t get serious about my marketing efforts until about a year ago. Thank god I have had some great mentors along the way that have shown me how to learn and I’ve made some great strides this year.  The world of internet marketing or affiliating is a tough game and not for the weak, lazy, or easily intimidated. It’s hard work and if you fall asleep at the wheel you could wake up and realize that you are now 6 months behind your competition. Distraction in our business can be fatal from a business perspective. 

Back to the point of the post. You should never be afraid to think big! You should only be afraid of not trying and wondering “what if”. I have goals for myself and my family like most everyone else in the world. I’m not going to reach those goals if I don’t put in the effort and start changing the way I look at ideas and how I look at my future. I could easily sit back and make what most would consider good money and never achieve my goal of a million dollars in two years. Instead I am choosing a path that is going to be tough, but I know the rewards will be well worth it.

So the next time you start thinking how much you hate your job, or hate the way things are going in your life. Take a minute and think big. Don’t be scared of what you come up with, because you might have the next million dollar idea.