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Sat, 14 Jul 2007 05:47:09 +0000

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By: Tyler Cruz - Earning $256 a Day « Nice4Rice

Tyler Cruz - Earning $256 a Day « Nice4Rice — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 12:57:09 +0000

[...] most interesting thing I can see on Tyler’s site is his bid to be the number one Postie on PayPerPost. It’s a big goal since he’d have to earn over $12,000 just to catch up [...]

By: Rian

Rian — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 20:20:18 +0000

Hey, if there is one thing I’ve learned since hitting the “big time” in the web publisher business, it’s that the more controversial the subject, the more interest. I bet your blog visits that day skyrocketed. People are bored creatures, and they thrive on internet drama and controversy. (Which is one of the secrets behind my success).

Keep up the great work, Tyler!

By: WhiningGodamFckinBitches

WhiningGodamFckinBitches — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 20:14:49 +0000

Yeah, 100-150 replies to a relatively benign thread.

By: Jason

Jason — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 16:04:42 +0000

I think alot of people over reacted in that thread, Tyler didn’t do anything really “wrong” but when you come into a community and say the things he did whether thats your personality or not your going to rub some people the wrong way…

I mean really if you moved into a new neighborhood and walked around to introduce yourself saying your going to make your house look nicer then everyone elses followed by telling them how much money you make espically if its more then most everyone else… Does it really surprise you when they turn on you like rabid dogs ?

Reading the thread it seemed like most people were pretty cool up until they noticed the favortism and even then a good number acknowledged they were more upset with PPP, though their were also a few tight asses in the crowd as well.

At the end of the day however I think PPP was in the wrong for doing Tyler the favor and that what caused the uproar was Tyler going onto the forums and posting what he did which attracted all the tight asses into the thread to watch his blog just in time to catch him bragging about the $60 offer.

I don’t see how this even factors in as a business decision, pretty much everyone would have taken the $60 if it was offered to them and alot of them would have bragged about it as well, it’s just most of us wouldn’t have gone into the forums and proclaimed our accomplishments and told everyone we were going to beat the #1 earner who is well established in the community all at the same time

Either way they should have at least told Tyler what the offer was then if he insisted on going public with all the details then he deserves what he gets..

By: Chris Merriman

Chris Merriman — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 12:52:58 +0000

Brilliant, thanks alot. Maybe I never actually sent the message originally?
Anyway, hope PPP goes well, and that the ambience settles down for you. I just caught the $50 opp for Burn Notice! There wasn’t even any segmentation.

By: Tyler Cruz

Tyler Cruz — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 22:47:14 +0000

Chris, I’ve edited your link. I have no proble linking to custom anchor text.. people have always requested it when they e-mailed me back if they wanted it, otherwise I assume they don’t care what is used

By: Chris Merriman

Chris Merriman — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 14:06:40 +0000

One of the reasons his entry to the forum received such a response is that the forums are not normally used by people like Tyler. This will change over time, I’m sure, but combine the attitude with choice of opps passed to him, no one was surprised at the uproar (and traffic) Tyler generated.

The stereotypical mum at home blogger/soccer mum image portrayed above is pretty damn ignorant TBH, check out the stats – be it Alexa, PR or Technorati, these blogs are well read, and well linked. It is just the public face that is presented differently.

To WhiningGodamF/Bes above, go read the post properly and check the PPP site, $300 a year? A lot of us are making that in less than 2 weeks, just from PPP, ignoring all other forms of blog and site related income. I can see what you are trying to say, but the way you present your opinion just ends up detracting from your message.

PS Tyler, when you get a sec, please check my earlier comment on a previous post (can’t locate it right now, I’m assuming it got past moderation?), I’d really appreciate it if you could change my anchor text to Kazakhstan Blog when you get a moment in Batch #11; when you adapted John Chow’s idea, you forgot to include custom anchor text (and two links, one for the post, one for the domain) in your scheme, a small oversight, I’m sure.