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iWings Update on iOS Development, Travel and Passive Income

Written by on May 15, 2012 · 2 Comments

iWings Ain't Dead!

This Blog Ain’t Dead!

I apologize for not posting for a very long time. Let me try to get you somewhat up to speed as to some of the more recent events in my life.

I have since cutaway from it all. Meaning I have given up my full time job, security and a steady source of income to pursue my dream of making a living online from passive income and being location independent.

Through the magic of the internet all of this is possible.

However, I am not there yet, but I am getting closer.

I’m not a millionaire and I’m not going to lie and put on this big front and say that I make thousands of dollars on line every month. Which I certainly do not.

I am however making steady income online through the following channels.

  • Google Adesense
  • Affiliate Marketing
  • Blogging
  • Niche Websites
  • Selling iPhone Apps

It’s not enough to live on at this stage, but it is getting there – slowly albeit.

Sorry for Not Posting

I have not posted in a long time as I have been traveling since February of this year and will continue to travel until for most of the remainder of the year.

During my downtime and in-between my travels I will continue posting and keeping you updated as to how things are going with iOS Development, tips, coding and maybe even some tutorials.

Needed Time to Think

I wanted to step away and take a break from this blog for awhile as I wasn’t sure what direction I wanted to take it. After sitting on it for quite sometime I think I have finally decided which way that is.

Being as I am not totally wrapped up in iOS Development now – I want that to be a very large part of this blog. I only started learning Objective C about August of last year.

I had no idea what I was getting myself into.

I absolutely laugh (my self included) when I read posts about “We would of made them (the iPhone Apps) ourselves but we wanted to save some time so we hire somebody to develop them for us.”

As if anybody with no prior programming or Objective C experience can just sit down and bang a bunch of crappy little Apps out in a few seconds.

Like they were Niche Websites or something.

It’s not.

So, be forewarned that if you get yourself into iOS Development you, and you are serious about it – be prepared to be in it for the long haul.

Be prepared to put in a lot of effort and a lot of very hard work. If not, then just walk away now and save yourself some money and a lot of time.

It really is learning a new language.

Coco2d Enter Stage Left

I started dabbling with Cocos2d only a few months or so after playing with X Code. Which after several hundreds maybe even thousands of hours (I’m slow) I’m just starting to grasp and get the hang of now.

I chose Cocos2d as I want to save myself thousands of dollars and not have to hire my own iOS Developer to bring my iPhone Apps to fruition. Also, Objective C is also a life long skill and learning process. One that I can utilize from anywhere as long as I have my MacBook and an internet connection.

Both of which are very important to me, my wife, my family and my lifestyle.

While I can’t offer a whole lot in actually teaching somebody how to code or program – I can however share my previous experiences and drop a few tips here and there to any iOS newbies that might be out there. It is my aim to help other newbies who want to get into iPhone App Development by perhaps giving a different angle or perspective at looking at and learning how to code.

Programming is Hard

Programming is a very different way of thinking and is extremely logical. I myself being a an extremely graphic and visual minded person find it difficult.

It is with my perspective I hope to share my experience and knowledge with other very graphic and or visual artists on how to learn and tackle programming so that they too can get a piece of the iOS Pie.

I will be documenting a lot of my iOS experiences along the way. Many of which, I am sure most iOS, Objective C and programming gurus will probably find obvious or no brainers and probably even laugh at.

However, it is my hope that if it is out there then maybe somebody can learn from my mistakes or gain something from it.

And, because I have a memory of a gold fish, I will be posting things that I seem to always forget so that I can go back and reference them in the future.

This is a WordPress Platform

As this blog is a WordPress Blog, I still want to share tips and blog about handy plugins and everything else that comes with being a WordPress blog, tips, updates, etc – so you might see a bit of that splashed in here and there.

In Closing

With that being said you might find odd little tid bits here and there, funny or random thoughts or musings.

I think it’s safe to say from here on out this will mostly be a blog about my iOS Journey into developing iPhone Apps full time, from anywhere in the world and making a living from it.

I have a ton of content, information and resources that I have gathered since last year that have helped me to learn and create iPhone Apps. I am excited to share all of this information with other iOS newbies. I hope that you will find it helpful and can learn a thing or two from it.

Don’t Wait – Take Action!

The longer you wait, the longer it is going to be before you can get start making money on The App Store.

I strongly urge any and iOS newbies or anyone who is interested in what it takes to develop iPhone Apps to follow along, start coding, start learning and start earning.

Cheers!

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My BidVertiser $20 Ad Publisher Experiment

Written by on January 31, 2012 · 47 Comments

BidVertiser Free $20 Dollars Publisher Advertising

Is BidVertiser a Scam?

I don’t know, but I’m sure I’ll find out.

I have never tried BidVertiser before and there seems to be mixed reactions on the internet about if BidVertiser is a Scam and if their legit or not?

My First Impressions with BidVertiser

I have to be honest and feel that my initial impressions with BidVerstiser is I got duped! I’m not happy with them, and my ad isn’t even running yet.

Let me explain.

I just received an email from BidVertiser offering $20 dollars in free advertising for publishers. I read the email and thought I’d give it a whirl.

After all, I don’t have anything to lose, right?

Here is the gist of the email I received from BidVertiser:

“BidVertiser now offers $20 in clicks for current publishers!

We are so confident that BidVertiser will work well for you also as an advertiser that we will immediately add to your advertiser account $20 worth of clicks.

To become an advertiser, simply login to your account and click “Become an Advertiser”.
Visit: http://www.bidvertiser.com
Hurry – Offer expires within 48 hours!

Please do not respond directly to this e-mail because we are unable to receive e-mail responses to this address. Should you encounter any problems or have any questions, please login to your BidVertiser account and click on the Support link.

Best Regards,
BidVertiser Support Team”

Sounds good, I’ll give it a Shot!

Some of you may be familiar with that BidVertiser email, some maybe not. I have received this email a number of times before.

I almost did as I normal do and that’s just delete it.

Then I had an Idea

It’s $20 dollars worth of free advertising – why not try to capitalize on it?

I don’t have to do anything except sign up with an Advertiser account, collect my $20 dollars in free BidVertiser advertising, see how advertising on BidVertiser works out for me and that it!

Right?

Wrong.

BidVertiser is MisLeading

Even though it is written in big bold letters stating:

“You Will Not Be Charged”

This is very misleading because BidVertiser they tell you this before you create your Ad.

You then spend a solid amount of time creating, editing and tweaking your ad until your happy with it.

After clicking through a couple more pages…Ahhh, I should have known.

Now BidVertiser prompts you to enter your Credit Card details.

I knew it!

I can always smell these things from 100 miles away. Which is why I have always just deleted these stupid BidVertiser emails in the first place.

Not only that but after all that, I have to wait up to 48 Hours to have my ad approved!

Totally lame.

Initial BidVertiser Thoughts

Not happy and I feel swindled by BidVertiser and I haven’t even started running an ad yet.

Even worse, if and when my ad finally starts running. I must be sure to log into BidVertiser and ‘Pause‘ my Ad Campaign.

Otherwise my credit card will be charged for any additional advertising costs that may come up if it the advertising costs go above my free $20 dollars.

All this in just the first 20 minutes of using BidVertiser.

So What’s the Big Idea?

The reason why I chose take up BidVertisers free $20 dollars in advertising was so I could run some ads for free that are directed to some of my affiliate links.

It would be a great way to see if I could make some extra money with my affiliate links using BidVertisers free advertising.

I also thought it would be a good opportunity to share my experience with anybody else that might be thinking about giving BidVertiser a try.

How will BidVertiser Work Out?

I don’t know, stay tuned for additional BidVertiser posts to see how this experiment pans out.

Ideally, the best way that this can turn out is I can make some affiliate sales with BidVertiser Ads, turn a profit, put some money from the profit back into advertising with BidVertiser.

Rinse and Repeat.

Have You Used BidVertiser?

If you’ve used BidVertiser either for Advertising or to display ads on your site, I’d love to hear from you. Maybe you took up BidVertiser for their free $20 in advertising. If so, I’d love to hear from you.

Cheers!

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Why You Should Start Using Timely to Schedule Your Tweets

Written by on January 25, 2012 · 31 Comments

Auto Tweet with TIMELY like a BOSS!

I used to use Buffer App and Tweriod to Auto Tweet my Twits on Twitter.

Gone are the days of using multiple Twitter Apps to schedule your Auto Tweets. Thanks to Timely.

Timely Enter Stage Left

Timely takes the best of both worlds and mashes them up conveniently for you in one fine Twitter App.

Timely lets you Schedule 9 Tweets as which is the same amount as Buffer App.

A quick side note about Buffer App.

I looked everywhere and could not find out how to close my Buffer Account. I did some quick Googling and also found that many other Buffer App users had the same problem.

The Magic Timing of Timely

Timely Auto Tweet Options

According to Timely the whole thing is Magic, like the iPad. Actually, what Timely does is “analyze your past 199 tweets and figure out the best time slots”.

I have been using Timely for almost a week now. I can tell you that it works really, really well.

I get more ReTweets and more traffic to my site then I did before, when I just Tweeted randomly throughout the day.

I’ve gone from regularly getting 1 or 2 ReTweets up to as many as 11. That’s in just the first week – lots of good results to look forward to with Timely.

I realize that is still quite a low number of ReTweets but it beats 1 or 2 ReTweets.

Bells & Whistles

Some of the other nice features that Timely has are:

  • Multiple Accounts
  • Built in Bit.ly URL Shortening
  • Shows Published, Retweets and Reach
  • Shows Reach for each Individual ReTweet
  • It’s Very Easy to See who has ReTweeted You

Timely is a very slick and easy to use Twitter App that helps you Schedule your Auto Tweets. The interface is slick and minimalist which makes the user experience easy to get around and navigate.

More Timely Tweet Schedule Options

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Blog Blue Print Review – 8 Months Later

Written by on January 15, 2012 · 33 Comments

Blog Blue Print - Review 8 Months Later

I first purchased Blog Blue print in May last year (2011). I wrote my initial Blog Blue Print Review in May, you can read it here, if you like.
At first I really was not happy with it and felt that I wasted my money.

8 Months of Using Blog Blue Print

Eight months later I am much more happy with Blog Blue Print then I was when I first started using the Auto Blogging System.

I want to share my results to show that the system really does work.

I use Blog Blue Print on some of m Niche Websites where I monetize them with Google Adsense and Affiliate Marketing through Clickbank, Commission Junction and Amazon Associates.

All of which are great programs.

Since I started using Blog Blue Print last year, I have seen traffic on these Niche Website increase steadily.

Here is a screen shot from last years traffic on one of my Niche Websites using Blog Blue Print.

I switched hosting in April so that’s why there are 0′s from January to April.

Blog Blue Print Monthly Traffic Report since May 2011

Traffic is Steadily Increasing with Blog Blue Print

As you can see, the Blog Blue Print auto blogging really works. I have gone from 598 unique visits a month to 5,574! That’s awesome.

With more traffic coming in, I have seen my Google Adsense earnings increase as well as my affiliate marketing earnings. Which is great, more Passive Income.

If you have Niche Web Sites that you need to get more traffic to, then check out Blog Blue Print. It works great, has good training and it will definitely get more traffic to your blogs or websites.

I hope that this review helps you to start getting more traffic and starts making you some money online.

Cheers!

Disclaimer: The Blog Blue Print Links in this Post are Blog Blue Print Affiliate Links

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AdBeans Review – Is AdBeans a Scam?

Written by on January 10, 2012 · 18 Comments

AdBeans Review - Is AdBeans a Scam?

Last month I was recently contacted by somebody from AdBeans about running some AdBeans ads on a niche site of mine.

Chances are if you own and operate a blog or a website, and you probably do if you are reading this. Then you’re probably well aware of the bucket loads of Spam & Scam eMail and comments left on your blog.

Initially I was skeptical about AdBeans.

As it turned out, my gut feeling and skepticism was right.

The first thing I did was go to their website to take a look and find out what they’re all about.

No Second Chance to Make a First Impression

My first impressions was that I was not impressed at all. The whole thing just looks and feels shady.

The AdBeans website still has: Copyright (c) 2008 AdBeans.com.

Really?

You can’t at least update the date? It’s been 4 years!

That was the first Red Flag.

The second Red Flag is they’re website looks very dated, amateur and mostly unprofessional all around.

Let’s face it. As publishers, we need to have at least some faith in a system that is going to be paying us money.

So far, I had no faith in AdBeans at all.

Roll the Dice

I sat on the AdBeans proposal for about a day or two. My final decision was based on “What do I have to lose?”

Not much.

I thought to myself “I can try them out for a month, see how it goes.” If it sucks and I don’t get paid. I can just pull out, stop running AdBeans ads and chalk it up as experience.

The Last Red Flag

Not only was my very short experience with AdBeans crap, it was a complete waste of my time.

After I finally made a decision to give AdBeans a try, the AdBeans employee that initially contacted me just ignored my response, and that was that.

What?

Why even bother contacting somebody offering to run AdBeans on one of their sites and then just blow them off when they take the time out of their day to reply to you and accept your offer?

AdBeans didn’t even have the courtesy to Reply and say “Hey, sorry. We’re not interested anymore.” or something along those lines.

Nothing. Just dead silence.

Maybe they get a lot of eMail and it takes them awhile to reply?

Totally Lame and Totally Unprofessional.

AdBeans Sucks!

I wouldn’t even waste my time with AdBeans. It’s obvious that they are running a ‘fast and loose’ and unprofessional business.

There are also countless threads about AdBeans laying around the internet about how Publishers who ran AdBeans Ads Never got Paid.

AdBeans is a No-Go

If you own a blog or a website stick to the more trust worthy ad programs such as the obvious AdSense and Chitika

Have You Dealt with AdBeans Before?

If so, what was your experience?

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