Who is Paul Nicholls
Hi and thanks for visiting my page. My name is paul nicholls, im 30 years old and im currently living in a small town on the east coast of the uk.
I joined the Royal Navy at the age of 16 where i served 6 years as a radar operator. During the time i served i was mainly working on board ship and i was able to visit many countries thoughout the world including 
brazil, peru, venezuala, antigua, chille, falkland islands, uraguay, spain, portugal, tenerife, tunisia, turkey, crete, italy, rome, sicsily and a few more but the furthest place ive been to and def the coldest is a place called south georgia
which is about 700 miles south of the falkland islands and its only about 300 miles from antartica.
I had some great times during my career but in 2002 i had had enough and decided to leave and start a different career, something where i would spend more time at home with friends and family.
Here are some of the pics of my ships that i served on…
HMS Ark Royal – this was my last aircraft carrier i served on before leaving in 2002
HMS Edinburgh – this was my first ship that i joined in 1997 and i had just turned 18 years old
After leaving the armed forces in 2002 i went back to college and did my carpentry course and worked as a carpenter for quite a few years.
I purchased my first laptop computer (the one that im still using right now) almost exactly 3 years ago (xmas 2007) and before i had this laptop i was seriously absolutely useless with computers, as in i couldnt even send an attatchment in an email lol.
I decided to look into online marketing and to begin learning how i could leverage the internet to make an income
So anyway over the last 3 years i have worked hard to build an online business which is both profitable and sustainable but along the way ive made many mistakes and ive wasted a lot of time doing things that just did not help me to build a real online stable business, instead i just ended up spinning my wheels a lot of the time instead and i ended up going no where fast.
It is now may 2011 at the time of updating my page and over the last 12 months my business has been steadily increasing but thats only because ive been focusing my efforts in the right places.
I have many hobbies and things that i like to do such as keeping fit down the gym, pool, travelling, F1 motor racing and i also love my cars. I like having older type of classic sports cars and at the moment i have a Toyota Celica GT4 which was the best rally car of the early 90`s
Ive decided to put this blog together so that i can share lots of great information and tips on internet marketing
I hope you get lots of value from my blog and please free to leave any comments
Best Regards
Paul Nicholls
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Hi Paul, great looking site. Is it “easy” to set up a site like this. I particularly like people being able to comment on posts etc.
Cheers and happy new year from a long in the tooth internet marketer (full time since 2001). It’s a great journey!
Paul.
Hi there Paul,
Nice to read something from an ordinary guy like myself (and also someone in the UK for a change!!).
Take a look at my URL and if we can work together at all that would be great.
May your wealth grow with you.
Jon
Nice site Paul, interesting background, and weird how only 3 years ago you got into this! I tried to get in the Army but failed due to a hearing issue, did the army cadets (and won best cadet on a camp) and loved that, then Ive had a string of deadbeat jobs, but have always come back to computers.
I need to work on my focus coz Im naff at it! Hoep you hit your big goal youve set for 2011.. rootin for ya.
Shaun
I have been waiting patiently for your BLOG.
You have a dedicated follower.
Cheers !! Ray.
Joyce and Ray Lavin.
Hi Paul, great site.
I am not sure if i am doing this right as advised by yourself?
I am following your video course (great by the way) and added the site map plugin successfully… but i cannot seem see the site map on my website?
Does this get added automatically or have i got to add this as its own page, then copy and paste all site map url’s into this page??
may thanks… ray
@Ray Newland:
hi ray
thanks i hope you enyoy it
as you know there are 2 sitemaps that i recommend that you use
the html and xml
with the html (daegan design site map) you just need to create a new “page” and name it
site map then click on the html and add this bit of code in there
but make sure its in the html not visual
click save then your site map will appear
let me know if you have any other problems
hope this helps
paul
Thanks Paul… I am getting there but still struggling to get the site map seen (as a site map)?
I have set up the new page named ‘site map’ but cannot get the site map (urls) in view?
is there somthing i am doing wrong…
is it still ok to ask questions on your website here?
thanks
Ray
Hi Paul , right now it seems like you’ve come out of nowhere but you have been around some while obviously. Like your no nonsense 1st video on Amazon and the use free tools where you can approach. It’s the first time I see someone doing Adsense and Amazon on the same site. Are we not supposed not to distract the visitor to our site with Adsense ads and keep him focused on our Amazon offer ? Talking about Adsense , I bought a WSO (Warrior Forum) recently on Adsense. It seems like the true adsense value for any given keyword is much lower than the CPC the Google keyword tool wants us make believe. That’s because the CPC is a qualification for the Search network and Adsense ads are on the Contextual Network where cost per click is much lower ?? T know the correct cost per click and revenue in Adsense one has to click the Contextual tab in the Google keyword tool first ( on the left of the screen) and this will give the corresponding value of the keyword list you are looking at. This information was new to me and I don’t know what to make of this ? What’s your thought on this ? Cheers !
@Wim (Belgium):
hey wim
yeah ive been quietly building my biz over the last couple of years and it was about time i shared all of my tips and secrets
using adsense and amazon on the same site basically makes you more money so why not do it
but…. there is a certain way to add amazon links in such a way that it wont have a big negative effect to your adsense earnings (this is the reason why most people dont include amazon on the same site because there adsense earnings drop by too much)
by following my methods taught in my full video course you will make amazon sales but at the same time maintain your adsense earnings too
you can build amazon or adsense only sites thats fine but by using both you are squeezing out the maximum amount of revenue from each site that you build
when it comes to cost per click, you dont need to get too into all the stats and numbers.
i know the tools are never 100% accurate but they are only to be used as a guide and if you follow my teachings as shown in my videos then your going to do fine
all the time you spend worrying how much you will actually get paid for a click and all that stuff you could be creating content, building links and expanding your own business rather than worrying about all the fine details about exact numbers and earnings you will actually get from each keyword
as long as you generally go for my recommended cpc when you choose keywords then you will do fine
just keep things simple wim and you will be fine
hope this helps
paul
Sounds good Paul ,just finished watching vid 2 and look forward to your next vid on scaling the competition.
@Wim:
hi wim
the google competition is a very important video, hope you enjoy it
i hope you enjoy all the other videos too, theres some great stuff that i share
paul
Hi Paul,
Thank you for the valuable information you share here. Many things came up together for me after reading this. It seems you know what you are talking about. I would appreciate receiving from you an advice on specific topic related to your posts.
I always wanted to find out seems very simple question about Amazon which I cannot find anywhere:
I have my Amazon.co.uk account. Do I have to open another accounts (Amazon.us, Amazon.ca…) if I would want to sell products to customers in USA, or Canada? I suppose there will be different links to the product for Amazon.us or Amazon.ca.
What about links to Amazon products for different countries on my web page? How to deal with it.
Ragards,
Janis
@Janis:
hi janis
your welcome janis
im also in the uk and i opened up an account for amazon.com
if you want to sell products to traffic in the US then you do need to be part of the amazon.com affiliate program
theres no difference except with a amazon.com account you will only get commissions from all products you sell to people in the US NOT any other contry!
i never use my amazon.co.uk account because most of the traffic comes from the US
99.9% of the time its not worth opening different accounts for different countries because as i said 90% of the traffic comes from US anyway
you can have both an amazon UK and an amazon US link on your website and then just direct people to either country before they make there purchase
i never do this its just not worth it but i know some people do
the best way to deal with this problem is only build affiliate sites which has mostly US traffic, of course this check is done in your research stage (which i do explain in my videos how to do it)
another reason why i only like to use 1 affiliate program/account is because its easier for commissions.
But if you do have a website which gets a decent amount of traffic and it has the potential to sell a decent amount of UK products then by all means use the UK amazon program on those sites
apart from that just stick to amazon.com
hope this helps
paul
Hi Paul,
It is a refreshing change to hear a UK voice and also not someone who is trying to BS everyone.
I am based in Dorset, UK and I am just starting out. I struggle with wordpress to be honest and use blogger instead. I am in no rush to build big, but will your strategies work well with blogger sites?
I really need some help and would like to follow the videos. I like the Amazon & Adsense idea as it allows me to get started with making some extra cash.
I have enjoyed reading your site and will be following with interest.