Big Changes – The Keyword Academy Scam Experiment
Well as I’m sure many of you noticed, I finally had time to make some revisions to my site. However, after I finished up I was too tired to go ahead and write a post about it. So, now that I’ve gotten a little sleep I just want to go over some of the revisions that I made.
Home – I made some pretty major changes here. First, I received a comment from a guy named Travis, who pointed out that it was hard to find my comment form. He said that he didn’t realize that he had to click an individual article to get the form to show up. That made me realize that most people probably just read the posts off of the home page, instead of reading the article page. So I did little PHP research, and discovered that I could set WordPress to only show an excerpt on the home page instead of an entire post. I’m hoping this will encourage more people to comment on my posts. Also I changed my blog’s subtitle. I never liked the other one anyway. 
The Purpose – I did a major rewrite on this page. I wanted to focus more on the fact that I am creating an online business, and not just using a money making system. I also rewrote it be a little less derogatory. I felt that the wording I used before would put people into a negative frame of mind. After all, I am trying to help people create their own online business, not discourage them.
The Terms – Another major rewrite. In fact, the changes I made to this page are the biggest, in that they affect just about every aspect of the experiment. Once again, I rewrote this page to focus more on the creation of an online business, instead of just the use of a money making system. I also thought this page was pretty derogatory, so I corrected that. Aside from these changes, I also made some major procedural changes. The biggest one being, that I will no longer assign a monetary value to my time.
It’s been pointed out to me by several people that building a business online is much like building any other business. For example, doctors don’t get paid to go to medical school (in fact it’s the other way around). So why should I expect to get paid to learn how to make money online. Will the system pay for itself in the future? Yes (hopefully ). But for the time being, I need to put in my dues.
Please note however, that I still feel it’s very important for me to track the time I spend, and I will continue to do so. So, if you disagree with the whole “not getting paid to learn” thing, feel free to assign the hours whatever value you feel is fair.
Because of that fundamental change in my thinking, I also felt that I needed to revise the possible outcomes. You can read more about these four possible outcomes on The Terms page.
I also tried to consolidate and simplify this page a little bit. As it is still pretty long, I’m not sure if I succeeded or not.
The Results – The changes here were pretty minor. I pretty much just had to rewrite it to reflect the changes in the terms. I also added a milestones section.
About Me – The changes here were very minor. In fact, the only thing I did was remove the last paragraph because I thought it sounded stupid.
Posts – All I did here was revised the running totals format to reflect the changes in The Terms. I think it would take way too long to go back and change all my previous posts to the new format, so this will just be a “from now on” thing.
Links – I haven’t got around to it yet, but I think I’m going to go ahead and add my Keyword Academy affiliate link. I’ve been using the system less than two months, and I’ve already made over $30, so I’m starting to feel pretty comfortable recommending it to other people.
Well, I’m pretty sure that that’s about everything. I feel a lot better now that I finally got around to making these revisions. I think it has given The Keyword Academy Experiment a much more positive spin. As I mentioned before, I want to help and encourage my readers to create their own online businesses. I hope that these new changes reflect that desire.
As always, I welcome and encourage your comments. I want to know what you think about these new changes! Please, take a few seconds to add a comment letting me know your opinion.
Well, it’s about 1 AM here and I’m starting to get pretty tired, so I’m going to wrap this up. I’ll talk to you guys later.
Well as I’m sure many of you noticed, I finally had time to make some revisions to my site. However, after I finished up I was too tired to go ahead and write a post about it. So, now that I’ve gotten a little sleep I just want to go over some of the revisions that I made.
Home – I made some pretty major changes here. First, I received a comment from a guy named Travis, who pointed out that it was hard to find my comment form. He said that he didn’t realize that he had to click an individual article to get the form to show up. That made me realize that most people probably just read the posts off of the home page, instead of reading the article page. So I did little PHP research, and discovered that I could set WordPress to only show an excerpt on the home page instead of an entire post. I’m hoping this will encourage more people to comment on my posts. Also I changed my blog’s subtitle. I never liked the other one anyway.
Purpose – I did a major rewrite on this page. I wanted to focus more on the fact that I am creating an online business, and not just using a money making system. I also rewrote it be a little less derogatory. I felt that the wording I used before would put people into a negative frame of mind. After all, I am trying to help people create their own online business, not discourage them.
Terms – Another major rewrite. In fact, the changes I made to this page are the biggest, in that they affect just about every aspect of the experiment. Once again, I rewrote this page to focus more on the creation of an online business, instead of just the use of a money making system. I also thought this page was pretty derogatory, so I corrected that. Aside from these changes, I also made some major procedural changes. The biggest one being, that I will no longer assign a monetary value to my time.
It’s been pointed out to me by several people that building a business online is much like building any other business. For example, doctors don’t get paid to go to medical school (in fact it’s the other way around). So why should I expect to get paid to learn how to make money online. Will the system pay for itself in the future? Yes (hopefully ). But for the time being, I need to put in my dues.
Please note however, that I still feel it’s very important for me to track the time I spend, and I will continue to do so. So if you disagree with the whole “not getting paid to learn” thing, feel free to assign the hours whatever value you feel is fair.
Because of that fundamental change in my thinking, I also felt that I needed to revise the possible outcomes. You can read more about these four possible outcomes on the purpose page.
I also tried to consolidate and simplify this page a little bit. As it is still pretty long, I’m not sure if I succeeded or not.
Results – The changes here were pretty minor. I pretty much just had to rewrite it to reflect the changes in the terms. I also added a milestones section.
About – The changes here were very minor. In fact, the only thing I did was remove the last paragraph because I thought it sounded stupid.
Posts – all I did here was revised the running totals format to reflect the changes in the terms. I think it would take way too long to go back and change all my previous posts to the new format, so this will just be a “from now on” thing.
Links – I haven’t got around to it yet, but I think I’m going to go ahead and add my Keyword Academy affiliate link. I’ve been using the system less than two months, and I’ve already made over $30, so I’m starting to feel pretty comfortable recommending it to other people.
Well, I’m pretty sure that that’s about everything. I feel a lot better now that I finally got around to making these revisions. I think it has given The Keyword Academy Experiment a much more positive spin. As I mentioned before, I want to help and encourage my readers to create their own online businesses. I hope that these new changes reflect that desire.
As always, I welcome and encourage your comments. I want to know what you think about these new changes! Please, take a few seconds to add a comment letting me know your opinion.
Well, it’s about 1 AM here and I’m starting to get pretty tired, so I’m going to wrap this up. I’ll talk to you guys later.
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- Trackback: ALAN on June 26, 2010
Woot Woo – I can finally leave a comment… I wasnt able to find the form before. Just wanna let you know I am reading.
The thing you need to realize about making money online is that it is nothing like a regular job. You put in effort and time that will not be paid for for a long time. The thing is, that if you stop, go on vacation, or quit making money online, the money will keep coming. It does not stop.
Obviously, it will not go on forever, eventually your site will get REALLY old and google will stop sending you traffic, but if you set up good websites, the traffic will continue for years to come, and so will the money.
I just read all of the posts on this blog. Very informative and well written. I also like the way the blog “looks.”
I found you site by typing in “keyword academy” into Google. This site was number 5 on page one of Google. Not to shabby for just being “live” for 2 months.
I have been debating whether I should join the keyword academy. It isn’t the cost. I just don’t want to waste my time on another system that promises everything and then delivers nothing.
From what you have written I have decided to go ahead and give it a try. I am a little dissapointed that you ran into some trouble (ie. tags) that I am going to have to figure out also. I was hoping everything was clearly spelled out. I like courses that are written for the lowest possible intellect.
Thanks keeping us up to date on how it is all working out for you.