A few weeks back I attended Ed Dale’s Home Coming 2 seminar in Melbourne and the hot topic was definitely buying and selling dynamite domains.

On the back of selling one of my domains for $2000 recently on flippa.com (click here for the whole story), I whole heartedly agree. Buying and selling domains is back and back in a big way!

Anyway, while at Ed’s seminar I thought I’d go right to the source… Kenny Goodman, the domain name guru himself. Having known Kenny for years I thought I’d cut right to the chase and find out how he does it. Like usual, I was thinking of you and recorded the interview in his hotel room a few days before his big presentation.

In part one we talk about how to drive traffic to your websites using expired domain names. Then, in part two, we go into a few little knowns of the industry including how to value websites and where to spot an opportunity.

Part 1: Buying and Selling Domains

Part 2: Buying and Selling Domain Names

What did you think? Can you see a way to incorporate buying and selling domains into your business? If you’d like to find out more you can follow Kenny Goodman on Twitter and then subscribe to Kenny’s Blog.

Your SEO coach,

David Jenyns

Ps. As always,  follow me on twitter and I’ll keep you up to date will more free interviews.

PPs. I wanted to invite you to my next SEO workshop in Melbourne (April 17th) – click here to find out more about my live SEO training.

How are you going?

In my neck of the woods, things have been a little bit crazy lately. It’s actually been quite hard for my team and I to keep up… I can only imagine how hard it must be for anyone on the outside looking in to keep track.

We’re going from strength to strength on the trading side of things, we’ve launched Melbourne SEO Services to sterling success so far and, as you’ve probably seen, I’m regularly interviewing some of the biggest names in online business and trading arenas.

But Wait There’s More!…

Amongst all these other projects, I’ve decided to put on a seminar like nothing I’ve ever done before. I’m going to share with you exactly how I’ve made myself, and our clients, millions of dollars online, using nothing but free traffic… and how you can easily do the same.

In this seminar I will personally teach you everything you need to know on how to be successful online – from market research through to link building. I will give you a simple step-by-step system anyone can follow! And best of all, it’s a lot cheaper than you think – I guarantee it!

Anyway, I’ve just announced all the details on my Melbourne SEO Services website – Click here to find out more about the Melbourne SEO Training Workshop – be quick though, we’ve only got room for about 15 people. I hope to finally meet you in person.

Your SEO Coach,

David Jenyns

Ps. Have you seen my new SEO company website yet? Take a look and let me know what you think.

As I’ve mentioned before, one of the things I really love about trading is that, unlike any other business, you can fully test your ‘business model’ (trading plan) without risking any real money. In trading, this assessment process is called back testing. Back testing is the area now most neglected by traders – if you want to find out more on back testing click here.

That said, for those of you who own MetaStock, TradeSim is your best bet for back testing. In short, TradeSim is the first true realistic trading simulator/analyzer for Metastock that can quickly back -test and evaluate a trading system across a portfolio of securities. With its powerful data processing capabilities, TradeSim can evaluate the historic performance of a given trading system within a matter of minutes and do it with a realistic representation of a real life trading scenario.

Sadly, for some, TradeSim can seem a little daunting at first… knowing how important it is to get your head around, I thought I’d make a few video tutorials to show you how easy it can be. Watch them below….

Video #1. How To Install TradeSim

Video #2. Going through the TradeSim quick start tutorial – Part 1.

Video #3. Going through the TradeSim quick start tutorial – Part 2.

What’d you think? Did you like these videos? Please comment below and let me know… it’s only through your feedback that I know if I’m creating the content you want to see.

Your Trading Coach,

David Jenyns

Ps. If you’d like to grab a copy of tradesim click here.

In the lead up to Ed Dale’s event (this weekend) I’ve been able to line up a few interviews with those part of the expert line up. Today I have the final piece in the puzzle… Lynn Terry (www.clicknewz.com).

Lynn Terry stands at the forefront when it comes to the highly competitive battleground of affiliate marketing. What I like most about Lynn is her varied skill set – she’s been successful on so many levels from information sites to big commercial sites. Lynn’s definitely no one trick pony.

Now, with 12 years internet marketing experience, Lynn’s method’s have been well and truly honed. In this interview I drill down into the exact system she uses today – the deadly combination of affiliate marketing and SEO. Obviously, if you’d like to find out more, you can check her website ClickNewz – you’ll find loads of info on the latest eBiz trends, marketing strategies, unique case studies, creative ideas & personal reviews (it’s very cool).

Anyway, enough chat… click here to download the interview in MP3 format and I hope to see you at the conference this weekend – be sure to say “hi”.

Your SEO coach,

David Jenyns

Ps. Like what you heard? Follow me on twitter and I’ll keep you up to date will more free interviews.

PPs. Want to check out the new product Lynn mentioned in the interview? Click here.

It’s no secret to most of you that without inbound links, your sites are invisible. They may as well not even exist at all. Without those backlinks, You get NO traffic, NO search engine rankings, NO sales and NO Profits.

It’s time you did something about this backlink thing. It’s a brand new year and you’ve resolved to forge ahead on your road to success. Take action Now and make this your biggest year ever! Click here to find out more.

Leslie Rohde (www.leslierohde.com) is to SEO what Thomas Edison was to the light bulb. You may or may not have heard of him, but if you know SEO, you know his work. Here’s what I mean…

One of the many factors that are important in ranking at Google is the use of keyword rich links and that is a “secret” Leslie broke in the Spring 2002. Prior to that point, “link popularity” — the simple counting of links — was state-of-the-art. It was not until he realised a piece of software called OptiLink that “Link Reputation” — the analysis of the link text — was born. Fast forward a few years and now even the most basic course in SEO teaches the importance of link text.

But that’s not all… a year later Leslie invented a process he called “Dynamic Linking” – a way to control the distribution of PageRank within a website. The SEO community has since named this technique “PageRank Sculpting” and it is widely taught and practiced by advanced SEOs everywhere.

Looking back, these two techniques, Link Reputation and PageRank Sculpting, are the mainstay of ranking improvement at Google and are the foundation of much of SEO practice. Leslie truly is the grand master of SEO.

Personally I’ve been following his work for the better part of 6 years… first introduced through some consulting work with Jeff Johnson, I soon realised this is a guy you need to listen to. Just a few days ago I was lucky enough to spend some time with the man himself and I recorded the call for your benefit. We talked about all things SEO from endless content to personalised search – be warned though, this is some pretty high level SEO.

Click here to download the call… and be sure to post a comment!

Your SEO coach,

David Jenyns

Ps. Like what you heard? Follow me on twitter and I’ll keep you up to date will more free interviews.

PPs. Want to see what Leslie Rohde is up to? Either come and see him in Melbourne for Ed Dale’s Home Coming 2 seminar or review his SEO BrainTrust below:

The BrainTrust is about the entire game of search marketing – from keyword strategy to link building, from Pay-Per-Click to Analytics, Conversion, and Testing… everything that can help you get better rankings, more traffic, and more PROFIT from your business.

Just before Christmas past, I was hoping to interview David Samborsky from Compuvision (the maker of TradeSim). But, to cut a long story short, things didn’t go to plan and we never did get to record that interview.

Instead, I emailed Dave a few questions including those submitted by my clients and he’s kindly answered them below. Check them out now and if you’ve got any further questions be sure to post them on the blog – I can then follow up with Dave and get you the answers you need.

Why is backtesting your trading system so important?

It’s important for a number of reasons:

• Backtesting should be used as a good estimator of future performance but should not be used as a guarantee of future performance.
• Backtesting can be used to stress test your system over periods of adverse market conditions in order to see how your system holds up.
• Backtesting can be used to quickly find the conditions under which your system breaks down.
• Backtesting can be used to quickly test a system that would otherwise take years to paper trade.
• Use back testing to quickly test what-if scenarios.

What are your thoughts on mechanical trading vs intuitive?

Mechanical trading takes away human emotional as well as the temptation to change the system you started with. Because humans have a tendency to always want to be right this tendency works counter intuitively to mechanical trading which is better explained by the law of averages rather than being able to predict a specific outcome with any great accuracy.

One of the most important aspects of back testing results is a smooth equity curve with a minimum drawdown especially over periods of adverse market conditions. Some people try to minimize their string of losses because this can have a dramatic impact on the trader’s emotion, psyche and stress levels.

However with a portfolio trading system a one off back test can be misleading because there are many ways to trade the system using available capital and trading opportunities. Compared to a single security system, back testing a portfolio trading system requires a different approach that makes use of advanced statistical analysis techniques that takes advantage of the variance in the system.

For a portfolio analysis a thorough statistical analysis is imperative. TradeSim has a Monte Carlo analysis feature which tests a portfolio system in much the same way you would if you got 100 or a 1000 traders to trade the same system using the same stocks and then analysing all of the results using statistical techniques.

What are the limitations of backtesting ?

The main limitation of any back testing is that no back testing can guarantee future performance so in essence it should be used as a tool to estimate future performance and test the robustness of a system rather than look for a guaranteed future performance. My recommendation is to thoroughly test your systems over periods of adverse market conditions such as corrections and crashes. Seeing how your system would hold up in those conditions is a good indication of how it will fare in the future.

The other limitation of backtesting is actually not being able to replicate exactly what would have happened if you did actually trade the system at the time. Such things as order entry and exit slippage etc cannot be duplicated exactly with back testing. However when statistically analysing a system the effect of these discrepancies can more or less be minimized.

What is the biggest lesson you’ve learn over the years with your involvement in TradeSim?

The biggest lesson with back testing is that it is a mistake to assume that a one off back test that would be applied to a single security trading system is adequate to characterise and quantify a portfolio trading system. It is not !!

Now for some questions from my clients… Click Here To Read More

Let me share a little story about a tubby nerd…

About six years ago (or more), I had been talking with Brett McFall, the Australian copywriter, and he invited me to attend his upcoming Ad Camp workshop. It was one of those weekend “make a million dollars” workshops (I loved attending these back in the day) but unfortunately I already had plans. I said “I’ll do my best to be there” but didn’t even think I’d make it.

Anyway, in the end, I arrived on the last half, of the last day and I remember stepping into a dark and dingy seminar room with a little tubby nerd up front. I can almost hear him now. He was talking about building niche websites, fly capture pages, Google Adwords and a whole host of other topics I’d heard a few people share before.

At the time this was cutting edge material and, looking back now, I was there at the beginning. This  was actually the start of what would later become the hugely successful Under Achiever Method and the tubby nerd upfront was none other than Ed Dale (www.tubbynerd.com).

At the conclusion of his session I had a chance to chat with Ed in greater detail and it was obvious he was the real deal… i even and took a photo to mark the occasion (see right).

Over the years I’ve been fortunate enough to stay in touch with Ed. I’ve purchased his courses, attended his seminars, and consulted with him on many occasions. In short, I love Ed’s stuff.

With such an extensive history, I thought it was high time I record one of our conversations. He was only too happy to help out and it’s with great pleasure I give you the recordings from a conversation we had last week.

Click here to download.

We talked about market research, market leadership, adding value and that’s just the tip of the ice berg. Once you’ve had a listen… let me know what you think. What’d you learn? What was your biggest take away? I’d love to hear from you -  comment below.

Your SEO coach,

David Jenyns

PS. If you enjoyed this MP3 download, be sure to click here to follow me on twitter. I’ll keep you updated as I keep posting more cool stuff.

PPS. Are you going to Ed’s Melbourne seminar? I’ll be attending… I’d love to see you there, be sure to come and say “hi”.

I can almost guarantee you haven’t heard the name “Darren Warmuth” before, yet his article distribution service is one of the most widely used within the internet marketing community. He’s half of the brains behind Unique Article Wizard (UAW) and alongside Portal Blog Feeder and Article Marketing Automation, it’s in the top 3 blog network services (in my humble opinion).

In short, UAW submits a different unique article to every directory, ezine publisher, announcement group, and niche website. No other service does this.

With that in mind, I decided to track down the brains behind this great service. Not only did I investigate the lowdown on how to best use Unique Article Wizard but I also asked Darren the exact process he goes through to launch a website from acorn to oak.

You know the deal… No optins, no emails… just 100% pure content, 100% free.

Click here to download the interview.

Your SEO coach,

David Jenyns

Ps. I’ve also arranged for you to get a free copy of Darren’s newest report “Sticky Organic Marketing” – click here to download. It’s a great Unique Aritcle Wizard Review if you’re serious about article submission services.

PPs. If you liked this interview, be sure to follow me on twitter – click here.

Do you, or anyone you know, have a website they’d like to get to the top of google?

It’s easier than you think… I’ve been doing it with all my websites for the past 7 years. Just search competitive keywords like “trading systems”, “trading profits”, “forex trading strategies” and plenty more. All my websites dominate google (click here to see some of my rankings).

But who the hell cares? What does that have to do with you?

Well, I want to help you do the same. Today are launching our new business Melbourne SEO Services and we’ve got one mission: To get your website to the top of the search engines!

Watch the my video below to see what it’s all about…

To download your free SEO guide visit: www.melbourneSEOservices.com

“Melbourne SEO Services is a leading Australian search engine optimisation (SEO) company providing services tailored to our clients’ unique business needs. We assist clients across the business sector from small businesses to large corporations. Blah Blah Blah…”

You’ve heard all that before right?

But our story isn’t quite so typical… we never set out to become one of Australia’s leading SEO companies. It kind of just happened. And after 9 years of research we are proud to deliver our transparent 4 stage SEO strategy that connects our clients (you) with an avalanche of new clients. Click here to find out more.

We look forward to working with you soon.

Your SEO coach,

David Jenyns

Ps. Would you like to discover our extract strategy for ranking websites? Come to one of our SEO training workshops – click here. Our next workshop will be on the 17th of April 2010 – we’re just finalising the details and will update the website soon.

PPS. Even though our company name is Melbourne SEO Services… we work with clients world wide.

Most powerful tools have the potential to be used for both good and evil… it’s up to the user to use it responsibly. Wordpress Direct (WPD) is a prime example.

In short, WPD helps you source and post fresh content to your Wordpress blog in an almost automated fashion. There’s an element of pre-screening to make sure you’re only putting out high quality content – but, as I said, there’s always the possibility that this system could be used to push out crap.

Personally, I have found it’s always better to build higher quality sites that are going to go the distance, rather than lower quality ones that will ultimately lose their value.

As part of my SEO method we use WPD to build ‘feeder sites’ that promote our ‘money site’ – it’s a simple concept that works extremely well (if you’d like to find out more visit: www.theSEOmethod.com).

Anyway, I’ve been interviewing all the people behind the services we use in our business, to discover their best practices. Just before Christmas, I was lucky to get Marty Rozmanith, the guy behind WPD, on the line to find out his approach. You can download the call using the link below… no optin required

Click here to download the interview.

Your SEO coach,

David Jenyns

Ps. If you liked this interview, be sure to follow me on twitter – click here.