What have I been up to recently? I found Link Sizzler. For a week and a half I disappeared and found myself indulged in installing and creating logos for about 50 new websites based on the Link Sizzler software which was made available by Joel Comm. My first couple of niche websites are 500 Gifts and 1000 Baby Gifts . When I reached 50 websites I realized I needed a “home base” website for easy reference for all of them, so I built Sizzler Sites.

I have known Joel online for a while and we have lots of things in common, especially making money online and being super busy. He homeschools too. The first site Joel created with his software had 500 words and Joel sold all of the words in a short amount of time and shot up high in Alexa to #3. Since the site launched, over 33,000 people have visited! That’s an incredible launch. The advertisers on the website have been very happy with the traffic they have received and it is said this is a better way to advertise than Google Adwords. However, it’s a good idea to consider keeping many forms of advertising.

This new software toy gave me ideas and made my head buzz so much that I was hardly able to sleep! Ask Mike, he’ll tell you. What I see in this software is a great way for me to help promote the many, many people who come in contact with me looking for ways to get traffic to their websites for their products and services. Sometimes they can’t afford to purchase a newsletter spot or keep up with a monthly paid spot on my websites. They can now purchase a spot on one or more of my 50 Sizzler Sites for less cost. For a one time fee, spanning two years, their link will appear on the niche site getting continual traffic. The keywords or name links move randomly around the page giving more equal exposure than on link exchange pages.

I may plan content around several of these niche sites, including blogs to allow the members/contributors to inform visitors of updates for coupons, specials, new products, cool events, etc. The traffic is already there, so why not?!?

Link Sizzler was incredibly easy for me to install. In a couple of days it paid for itself and earned a nice profit, which was well earned for my time setting up the websites. The ideas for using Link Sizzler are unlimited. We are only as good as the tools we use. The cost was worth it since I was able to take advantage of a new viral tool faster than if it were available at a cheaper rate which would have allowed more competition in setting up these sites. Not to mention, I purchased from someone that I know, like, and trust.

I look forward to promoting those of you who advertise by buying a word on my Sizzler Sites!

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Gee Wendy, you must have blazed up the internet with all those new sites!

Comment by Barbara (Xerraire) — 7/20/2006 @ 7:08 pm
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This is a wonderfull job wendy,i admire your hard work i have gone through the websites they are wonderfull the idea is also wonderfull though it havent sink in my head how to get started and get the full benefits.or maybe its my location am in i need a teacher maybe to teach me more

Comment by swaleh — 7/31/2006 @ 6:06 am

My 12 yr old son is already thinking about saving for a car and college. Entrepreneurship seems to be running in his veins. He has decided to start making jewelry by hand to sell and save the money for his future. (he’ll also donate some to charity) . We both love making this jewelry. The first pieces will be handmade sterling silver bracelets.

I just finished setting up his basic site called Jewelry Jingle. Two bracelets are in stock and others can be preordered.

I’m a proud mom!

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Wendy, there is a lot of detail!
Maybe you could explain to us curious folks how your son does it!
I am impressed!

Barb

Comment by Xerraire — 7/2/2006 @ 11:23 am | Edit This
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Hi Barb,

He connects one link at a time and adds a clasp to join the ends to make the bracelet.

~Wendy

Comment by Wendy Shepherd — 7/2/2006 @ 11:38 am
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i am very much impressed by this idea of your 12 year old son and the way you helped him putting up his website.
i am on a 30 day vacation from work i was just thinking how to put up a simple and wonderfull website to start a bussiness of my own am starting to be an enteprnuar minded person,soon after starting receiving your blogs.
Thank you and have a nice time
from mombasa kenya.keep it up

Comment by swaleh — 7/3/2006 @ 4:51 am
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So great when kids decide to take control of things early on. Beautiful bracelet and great website. I hope him all the best of luck in his new venture.

Comment by wendy — 7/8/2006 @ 5:02 am
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This is cool. Looks like the apple didnt fall far from the tree!!!
Keep up the good work they are beautiful.
Will there be any in gold??
Blessings, Stephanie

Comment by Stephanie — 7/9/2006 @ 8:54 pm
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Wow Wendy that is simply beautiful.
I would be proud too.

Just found your blog through a link on
your article submission site. Thanks
for always allowing me to get my name out
there with my articles. I hope you benefit
from them as well.

I’ve decided to do more writing after an article
I wrote received great reviews and a spot as
featured blogger on wordpress. Maybe I’ll just
write about organizing instead of actually doing
the work LOL

Thanks again,
have fun jewelry making with your son.
Annie

Comment by Annie Thomas Burke — 7/10/2006 @ 6:18 pm

I started off by making printable chore charts and homeschool schedules for my children. I knew other parents could also use these charts, so I made them available online through my TipzTime.com site for free. They became so popular, that I decided to make them available on their own domain at ChartJungle.com and the site has been running and growing for years. I keep adding new charts for use in many areas of life, not just for use with kids.

Chart Jungle has now been mentioned in a few magazines, newspapers, books, and other media. I hope to see this continue since the site helps so many parents with the free charts.

I have recently begun making the charts editable online. They are also in a higher resolution version so that I can make them into books and place them on cds. This will be useful for those who have no internet or who have slow internet connections. It is also a good idea for those who don’t like to use a lot of printer ink.

I just made an announcement to my newsletter list about it… “Your wish is perhaps my command. I want to make some of the charts on ChartJungle.com available in book formats without the ads and possibly cd formats. Send me a message telling me which charts you would like me to concentrate on first. Pricing will be determined and steps taken to get started. Send in your main choices - contact me here ”

It has been a fun project to work with over the years.

I am really liking Wichita, Kansas, and I haven’t even been there, that I can think of. A subscriber, Nita H., wrote on May 26th to let me know my Chart Jungle .com website was mentioned on the KEYN 103.7 FM radio station.

I asked her what was mentioned and she said “It was on either that morning or the morning before. They were discussing getting family life under control and asked the audience if they scheduled their childrens’ days. One of the listeners called in exclaiming how wonderful your site is.”

My husband mentioned that it seems Wichita has a great network of parents helping each other. I think it is great!

-Thanks to the listener who called in!
-Thanks Nita for letting me know!
-Thanks KEYN 103.7 FM Radio!

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A household name now for sure. Congrats to you Wendy. :>)

Comment by Stephanie — 6/3/2006 @ 4:52 pm

I have been informed by several new subscribers that my Chart Jungle website has been mentioned in the Practical Parenting Magazine of Australia. The mention was in a dotcom section of the magazine.

I researched to find a website or contact for the magazine to give credit and get permission to post something about it, along with a scan. I like to credit those who share my websites.

I came across what I thought was the Practical Parenting magazine company, which actually turned out to be the UK sister company of the one in Australia. I downloaded a digital version of this magazine and couldn’t find where the dotcom section was.

I finally got contact with the editorial assistant, Alicia, of the Australia magazine. She informed me Chart Jungle did appear on their ‘dot.com’ page (pg. 12 of the June Practical Parenting). The two magazines are different in content, but are sister companies. This Australian magazine is through Time, INC. , has a readership of 112,000 and is run by Editor Lynne Cossar.

From what I saw of the digital version, it is a beautiful magazine for parents, with great content. They don’t currently have a website, but anticipate having one this year. If you live in Australia, you can go to your local news agency or supermarket to obtain a copy.

- Thanks goes to a subscriber, Sue, for the scans.
- and Thanks Practical Parenting.

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Thank you very much for the updates wendy,keep it up

Comment by swaleh — 5/26/2006 @ 8:26 am
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WOW!!!! I just made a comment about you being a household name and now your in Austrailia!!!! A BIG CONGRATULATIONS to you and Chart Jungle :>) Thank you for all you do.

Blessings, Stephanie

Comment by Stephanie — 5/26/2006 @ 1:49 pm
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Taking over Australia now too, Wendy?

Congratulations!

Comment by Barbara (Xerraire) — 5/26/2006 @ 10:47 pm
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Thanks everyone. I hope that there are many people that find the charts useful! ~Wendy

Comment by Wendy Shepherd — 5/27/2006 @ 11:25 pm

I have just created two complimentary online editable .pdf printable Affiliate charts. Check them out and let me know what you think. They are marked as *NEW - here

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Hey, those are pretty handy! Thanks Wendy!

Comment by Karlyn — 5/3/2006 @ 4:34 pm

One of my subscribers, Krista, wrote and let me know about the radio mention for my Chart Jungle website. She told me it was B98 FM in Wichita, Kansas. Brett, one of the morning talk show hosts, was talking about schedules for his own home and a listener called in and told him about Chart Jungle.

Thanks to Krista for letting me know, thanks to whoever called in, and thanks to Brett for presenting the topic in the first place. I have seen several signups from it for my free printables.

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Hi Wendy, Just a few days ago I mentioned you being a household name before you knew it well Dear it looks like your on your way!! Congratulations

Comment by Stephanie — 4/29/2006 @ 9:45 pm

I can officially say that I have been interviewed by and published within The Wall Street Journal about my success with affiliate programs and affiliate marketing. I talked with a reporter named Kelly Spors. We spoke last week for about an hour and again on Monday for about an hour. She is very sweet.You can find the article in today’s edition on Page B8. If you have the paid subscription - click here.

Unfortunately, I can’t post it here or any scans of it as they require people to pay to use the material. I do have my personal online copy though.

Congrats to Shawn Collins who was also interviewed and published in the article.

This industry has certainly been growing and changing since we started in it.
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WOW!!! That is awesome!
Congratulations Wendy (and Congrats to Shawn too!). )

Comment by Karlyn — 4/25/2006 @ 2:22 pm
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Wall Street Journal on Affiliate Programs

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WOW Wendy!!!! This is amazing for you I am so proud to be a part of your websights it is truly an honor. :>)
Keep up the good work and go celebrate you deserve it.
Blessings to you and your family, Stephanie

Comment by Stephanie — 4/25/2006 @ 5:03 pm
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Awesome!

Your Proud Mom

Comment by Julie — 4/26/2006 @ 10:01 am
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Hey Wendy,

I wish I could read the article. I guess I will have to wait until the next time we visit you. I wish I had known before hand so I could have grabbed a copy for memories sake. Anyway, we are all proud of you and glad to see you are getting some good recognition. Tell the family we said hello…

Comment by Alex Brinker — 4/26/2006 @ 10:25 pm

I have now gotten permission to post up the actual articles from the interviews that I did with Revenue Magazine. This is really a great magazine. You should subscribe to it since there are such neat articles and so much valuable information in each issue.

These first three are from the 2004 original article…

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This next one is from the 2006 followup article…

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I originally posted about this here.

Pretty cool, eh? It was fun. Hopefully I have inspired someone out there.