Can’t Do The Voodoo You Do

After months of trying to figure out how in the hell the Ebay Partner Network REALLY calculates my Earnings Per Click, I’ve decided I’ve had enough!!!  Just this month alone, I had a site that was bot attacked and, instead of filtering the clicks on their end, they decided to NOT PAY me for legitimate clicks I’ve received until they feel the account is square.  In a word…filtering crap clicks is NOT MY JOB.  It’s theirs.  It wouldn’t be so bad if it were just a matter of not honoring clicks from one site but their method penalizes EVERY SITE I have with them which is, pardon the expression, utter bullshit.

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Human Beings Are Complicated

As I mentioned in my last post, I wanted to talk about the business goals I’ve set for 2010 a little.  Before I do that, I think I should talk a little about how I go about setting goals.  As you’ll see, I believe in the Keep It Simple Stupid mantra.

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Starting Off 2010 Right

As I mentioned in my last post, 2010 will be a year I really strive to help my readers benefit from my experience and avoid my mistakes.  I will be making changes to how I do business and telling you about it.  I will be reviewing products that I use and give you an honest accounting of their strengths and weaknesses.  If I don’t like it, I will tell you why.  Likewise, if I’m blown away by something.  I will be doing more posts where I simply talk about decisions I’ve made and why.

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2009 Is Almost In The Can

As we wind our way to the end of 2009, I wanted to post a list of the posts from 2009 that I’m either especially proud of or generated the most feedback or emails to me.

All in all, 2009 had me posting less frequently which I apologize for.  I’ve been working on expanding my business in 2009 and while I tried to report on as many things as I thought would interest my readers, I wasn’t ALWAYS successful in doing so.  I will make a sincere effort in 2o10 and beyond to keep you more in the loop of changes that are coming down the pike that I think you would benefit from learning about.  If I’m making a change or trying something new in my online business, I’ll let you know about it.  Plain and simple.

So, here they are in backwards chronological order.  The best posts of 2009.

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Without boring you with all the details, I’ll just let you know that I’ve recently had surgery and I am recovering faster than expected.  I hope to be nearly my old self before Christmas.

Merry Christmas to all who celebrate it!

After the first of the year, I will be back to reporting my progress towards making an honest living online and inviting you to learn from my mistakes and celebrate my victories.

I’m sorry I’ve been away for as long as I have but it could not be avoided.  Please watch your RSS feeds in early January for more of my down to earth, no hype, no bullshit blogging on Starting An Online Business From Scratch.