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I got the Joomla blues.

My website Tales of King Tut, is so messed up.

What makes Tales of King Tut: Sun Child, Prince of Egypt, different from other novels?

This fascinating and tragic character captured the world’s imagination when his tomb in the Valley of the Kings was discovered in 1922 and still continues to entrance almost 100 years later.

 Ready to give up on that 'praised CMS'. The newest latest versions are even worse. So many options for just about everything, can't find the way to make it work easily.




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Here's an educational and helpful site for those trying to build sites that generate incomes.

WickedFire - Internet Marketing Affiliate Webmaster Forum

They are an irreverant bunch, so if you join, fair warning, don't be shocked or get insulted. Stick with the 'Newbie Board' until you get up to speed with these guys.
Some of the boards WickedFire features are: Traffic is supreme, Content is King, Affiliate Marketing, Design and Development.

I just found a couple of articles posted on their forum from Andy Hagans, about how to build a site to sell for a million dollars, and what Warren Buffet advises.
But the topper of that article was the last comment. I'll quote it:

1) Work harder (more hours)
2) Link bait (at least once a week; try out different things, tools, humor, awards, contests)
3) Explore new monetization methods (especially in lead gen); My favorite site sections are those where the ads ARE the content. (These also tend to be the most competitive niches–but if you really are an authority site, your overall domain weight should allow you to compete)

Build the $million site
Warren Buffet advises

My favorite Buffet quote of all time is a reminder that highly profitable industries can make average managers seem like geniuses, whereas industries with poor underlying economics can make even genius managers seem average (or worse).

“Managing your career is like investing–the degree of difficulty does not count. So you can save yourself money and pain by getting on the right train.” quoted Andy

Here's an interesting site where you can do all kinds of market research: Seeking Alpha
And investigate what the Long Tail is, especially for writers and artists. http://www.longtail.com/

Eric Savitz, Co-Founder of PayPal's new websites: They are Free, so how is he monetizing them?
Yelp a Review site
Slide.com/photo-sharing

More on Link Baiting to Come.

"Great communicators know that the best way to inspire, motivate, and persuade others is to infuse a human element into discussions through the simple telling of stories, according to Annette Simmons.

Stories help people feel acknowledged, connected, and less alone. Your stories help them feel more alive. To realize the power of stories is both an incredible opportunity and an awesome responsibility. Filled with enlightening anecdotes and practical guidance, Whoever Tells the Best Story Wins helps you to understand and use that power. You will be able to craft your own personal experiences into stories that will build consensus, win others over to your point of view, and enable better group decision making."

Telling the best stories may be why Author Caroline Smailes succeeded in getting published so quickly.

Author Annette Simmons lists some of the best ways to tell your stories:

1. Who-I-Am Stories
2. Teaching Stories
3. Vision Stories
4. Values-in-Action Stories
5. I-Know-What-You-Are-Thinking Stories

Annette said that people are lost in an ocean of choices:

In this ocean of choice, a meaningful story can feel like a life preserver that tethers us to something safe and important—at the very least, to a trace of humanity that proves there is a "you" communicating with them, whether the "you" is yourself or an organization you represent.

The meaning is clear: get personal. Tell your story as if you were speaking to a new acquaintance or friend you haven't seen in a long time.

Annette's Whoever Tells the Best Story Wins: How to Use Your Own Stories to Communicate with Power and Impact

Author Caroline's success story posted in the story below.
Caroline's own story of the trail to publishing.