[Rick Lee]

I should add that I bought GoDaddy's Website Tonight package a few weeks ago. I started building my site, but quickly lost patience. Basically, I want a way to get my blog picked up by search engines, drive traffic to my eBay store and affiliate marketing links. I don't really plan on eCommerce or direct selling. I just want the site as sort of a home base for my online activity. I've made about $200 in the last few weeks through affiliate sales with only two Google Ads. But my Google Ads costs are outpacing my sales, so I'm bleeding money. I'd rather drive traffic to my own site (I realize it will never compete with Google's volume), just to be able to do some more affiliate marketing without racking up ad costs per click on Google.

A client and good buddy of mine started a hockey blog and the very day he made it live, Ted Leonsis (of AOL) picked it up and linked to it on the Caps' website. That was a year ago and he's just about to the point of quitting his day job. He's getting offers thrown at him for product reviews, lots of freebies and monthly ad revenue. I want to do something like that.