Site Updates

NOTE: This blog is the closest I have come to writing a book!

• Website Updates
• GamblingAffiliatez.com
• BuyStock.us
• MyMacPoker.com
• NonStopArcade.com
• *Private*
• DeuceAce.com
• EarnersForum.com
  
• Designers
• My domain contact information

Gambling Affiliatez

Gambling Affiliatez is the latest poker site I am putting online.

I think you can guess what the site is by the name ;)

I am going to be trying to make this site a heavy content site rather than basing it around the forum, like I normally do.
I will be hiring a few content writing companies that will be working constantly to bring new content and articles to the site as well as hiring developers to create tools for affiliates that I will be offering free of charge.

I have quite a few ideas for this site, I am just starting to affiliate in poker myself so I know exactly what affiliates want, I have been reading affiliate forums for years already and I have been a member of a few poker specific affiliate forums for around 2 years so I know the topic well enough.

I am getting the first draft of a design for the site back from the designer today, I have very high expectatons for it, I will post it here when I get it, hopefully its a good one!


BuyStock.us

BuyStock.us is a domain I have had for some time now, I was always planning on developing it but I just don't have the time myself anymore, so I am paying a company to develop this and many other sites by adding content, affiliate links and a few dynamic content sections.

I want to set this and others up so they don't need any work from me to run and still make an income, nomatter how small.


MyMacPoker.com

MyMacPoker, its a site for mac owners that play poker :)

This is going to be another high content site that my content writers will be doing a lot of work for.

The main reason I developed this site is to drive traffic to the DeuceAce forum, but I am sure it will also make revenue with so much unique content.

I am waiting for the designer for this to get back to me with the design.


NonStopArcade.com

Well I have never wanted to start an arcade site, but I am actually setting this up and paying for everything for someone I know.

They will be the admin on the site but I will still be updating, improving and doing general backend work on it, but I wont be taking any money from it.

I'm not into arcades myself and I think the bubble burst for them a long time ago so I'm not expecting much from this, but I am sure it will still be a very nice site, I am paying someone to upload a load of games for me right now which is taking a few days and should be complete very soon.


*Private*

Its time for another secret site :)

This is going to be another gambling related site and I am hoping it will be big, but it could take a lot of work to get it going, hopefully I can get a good plan for it, I haven't started writing one yet because development is going to take roughly 1 month.

I will be posting updates, right now a coding company is customising a scipt a lot for me which will hoepfully be finished soon, the logo will be started very soon and the site design itself will be started next week.


DeuceAce.com

Who wants to play poker and make free money??

I am finally getting some freerolls setup for DeuceAce, for anyone interested in playing poker and getting the chance to win some easy cash, check out this freeroll page.

Come on, you can't not want to play poker and win money without having to pay!

The chance of winning will be very high with so few players, I am offering double the prize money found on some major poker sites that have over 2000 players every game! I am expecting around 20, hopefully I will get 20 anyway!

I am planning on doing it next Sunday so if you want to be included, you need to get registered and make 20 posts.

Not only am I doing these freerolls weekly, yeah that's right, this isn't one off, I will be doing it every week, BUT I will also be doing regular competitions for members!!

Come on, you can't even beat that with a stick!

So.. what are you waiting for, register!




EarnersForum.com

I dont normally plug sites but EarnersForum.com seems to be the site I have been looking to find for a long time now.
It is run by Lee Dodd from ForumTrends which I have the utmost respect for, I have been reading his posts and blogs for a while now and he is a great person to learn from.

I am sure having him own a forum specifically for people earning from the internet will really help many people, including myself.

He is also running the BIGGEST competition I have seen!

Here are the prizes available to FIVE people:

$1,000 (1/5 of of Lee's daily earnings) – Sent Via Available Paypal Balance
	A developed niche article web site that has at least 500 pages indexed in the search engines, is currently getting some traffic, and may already have made it's first dollar with Adsense. These sites are automatically updated with new content daily and with more traffic can be solid earners. – VALUE OF $500
	1 Hour Consultation with Lee Dodd – VALUE OF $400
	One copy of Aaron Wall's SEO Book - VALUE OF $79
	1 Year Link in the footer of SprintUsers.Com - VALUE OF $600 ($50 a Month)
	5 Minute Guest Appearance on the Won Li Do Sho to announce your winnings and participate in a short interview (your link will also be included in the show notes on the blog). VALUE OF $500

TOTAL VALUE OF $3,079


Come on, who doesn't want this, right?

You can find full details here.

Aside from the competition, I am sure this will be one of the best forums on the net within a matter of months, the posts are already great quality and exactly the reading I want.

Before you ask, I'm not getting paid for this ;-)

www.EarnersForums.com - All the cool kids are there, Check it out!


Designers

I am having major problems with designers lately, almost everyone that is doing work for me is away or busy and its setting back everything.

I honestly wouldn't mind as long as I knew when people when and weren't available but when you have others waiting for work to finish before they can start something for me, it puts things back even months for a few weeks delay.

Hopefully after the summer everything will be sorted out so I can get back on track, sorry for ranting but I haven't been able to do anything since I got back from Florida and I just feel like I'm wasting a lot of time that I should be working.


Domain Whois

I just noticed that almost all my domains had the wrong address for my contacts, they were 2 houses out of date, which is about 3-4 years old!


So...who wants to send me something free ;-)


Well that's all for now folks, I'm about to go for a ride on the bike and do a bit of shooting :)

Just setup the blog with a domain name and heres a pic of an air-rifle I bought in Florida

Hey,
I have never been able to give my domain name without going to the bookmark so I finally bought my own domain - www.JohnDiver.com

I have to get it setup properly so live bookmarks will work using it but if anyone wants to link to here this will make it easier!

Here's a pic of an air rifle I bought when I was in Florida, it wasn't the easiest getting this back to London then to Belfast!




It shoots pellets 1000 feet a second and its really powerful, it has gone straight through everything I have shot so far!

I have a really good sight that is very accurate and I got a laser sight for night, its just for fun :)

Back from florida! Quick update

NOTE: My DOMAIN HAS NOW CHANGED TO JOHNDIVER.COM - PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU UPDATE YoUR LINKS AND BOOKMARKS!

Hey,
I got back from Florida on Sunday and I was going to post a big update on Mon and Tues but I cant get the time, thought I would post a smaller update instead.

The return from FL was a nightmare, I accidently booked the wrong return flight date from london to belfast so I was in the airport from 6am until another flight at 3.35pm and I was up from early saturday morning so I was wrecked!

I had to buy another flight for both of us to get back that day, cost over £300 and I had already booked an extra return flight before that by accident again....nightmare or what!


Anyway, Im glad to be back but I am totally messed up on my times, its 6.30am here now but I dont feel tired at all, same thing happened yesterday and I ended up going out for a ride on the bike at 5.30, it was freezing though so Im not doing it again today haha.



On to work things :)

Things aren't going too well, Sheldon is busy with university and the design is a good bit behind schedule, the first draft was meant to be around before I went away, but he was trying to squeeze it in quick, but that was nearly 3 weeks ago, I thought it would have been done when I got back.

I havent seen the logo design since I went away as well, hes working on some full site designs for me at the same time so thats holding back a lot of sites.

I was hiring a content writing company but it seems the owner is travelling constantly so I cant get im very often, their work is great though so I dont mind waiting for him to get back so we can get things sorted, they will be doing content for all my new sites.

Ok, thats enough for now, time to go do more work :)

Knowing when to trust people

Hey,
Well I heard back yesterday from a company that I reserved space for on DeuceAce poker forums.

After more than 3 weeks they told me that they didn't want to buy space I was reserving for them.

Just from the time I trusted them and reserved the space, I lost over $600.

I wont name them here because I don't think that does any good to anyone.

Normally I am very trusting with people when it comes to money, but before this I waiting for nearly 2 months for another company to pay up for space I reserved for them.

I have done it lots of times and normally there are no problems, last time was with Rakenut and they were amazing, they paid for the space, which I never thought otherwise, and now I have a great partnership with them and they are easily one of my best advertisers.



On another note, I got one of my designs/logos back and its coded to HTML now.

You can see it here: http://www.bannersquare.com/design/2006/html/vb1/

It is going to be coded to GameScript and vBulletin.

I was never going to start an arcade (Damn I lost SO much money, if only I started my own arcade when I owned GameScript!) but I am doing this for someone else.
Nice little design I think :)

Just noticed - The design up now doesn't have my logo.
I have my own logo designed for the site so I will update it tonight or tomorrow with the version with my logo.




Orlando in 5 days!

I am heading to Orlando for 2 weeks this Saturday.
I have to stay in London Gatwick the night before because my flight is from London early in the morning.

Just booked a hotel to stay overnight.

I accidentally booked two return flights to London haha.
I couldn't get a refund though so they were a complete waste..



Working on holidays

What does everyone think about working on holidays?

I dont want to work when Im away and the other half wont be too happy, but I think need to do it to make sure everything is going ok, mainly with the people I have doing work for me, I hired quite a lot of people to do a lot of work while I was away and I want to make sure they are keeping on schedule because there's a lot riding on the work from each person.


Thats it for now :)