About Andi Leeman

Andi is part of Tim Lowe’s R&D team and writes for Tim's Minions, a fun based educational site covering all aspects of Internet Marketing & Social Media. You can learn more by following him on Twitter, Facebook or Google+.

Are Facebook Groups Our Forgotten Friends?

Facebook Groups

Over the last year or so, my love for Facebook has slowly been dying.  While the world was getting all hyped up over the company being floated on the stock market, I was getting really cheesed off with how the Facebook Page I had spent time and money developing was seeing less engagement. I was doing everything that I could do to keep people coming to the page and interacting with me, I was posting useful information, quotes, interesting and fun images, but whatever I did the amount of people … [Read more...]

Use Blog Comments To Get Links & Network

Blog Commenting

I want to talk about blog comments and the reasons you should leave comments on other people’s blogs. You may not be aware of it but this is a great opportunity to increase the exposure of your website/blog. And it is one that can be done relatively easily, quickly and for free. Unlike using black hat methods, this can have other benefits which have lasting effects for years to come. Leaving comments has become the domain of the spammer and this has put people off from leaving … [Read more...]

Create A Product To Sell Online On Your Own Website

Create-A-Product-To-Sell-Online-On-Your-Own-Website

Today is the day of the digital age. We are living in a time with untold possibilities at our finger tips and all we do is complain and moan. How crazy is that! The truth is, the general public do not know how to make money or realise what possibilities there are all around us.  That's why I wrote this post looking at ways to create a product and sell it online! Everyone wants more money, let’s be brutally honest about it. OK, that’s not true, maybe the Queen doesn't sit there thinking … [Read more...]

Creating Satellite Sites To Drive Traffic To Your Blog

NASA International Space Station

You may be wondering what 'satellite sites' are? Well, in short, they are websites that in many ways 'orbit' your main site just like a satellite. They are usually free places where you put additional information that drives traffic to your main site, giving you backlinks in the process. Social Media networks like Facebook and Google+ can be considered as satellite sites, however there are lots more than you realise. They really have one job, which is to promote your content and website to … [Read more...]

How To Keep Writing Quality Blog Posts

Blogging

So, maybe you are thinking of starting a blog or you have one and it is fairly new. You know you have to keep adding fresh and unique content, but you are not sure how. Maybe the idea of writing several posts a week scares you! What if you wanted to write a new post every day! Where do you get the ideas from? What do you write about and how? Allow me to share with you some of the things that I use to create blog posts for my own blog or posts that are used as guest posts. Work … [Read more...]

Why Small Local Businesses Need A Website & Social Media Presence

Business Isolation

Many small businesses are struggling these days, whether you run your own bakery, hair salon, greengrocers, freelance designer, plumber, writer, even lemonade business, etc.  Whatever it is, due to growing dominance and competition of the super markets and online businesses, traditional local business are are finding it tough.  This is because, for some, they are being isolated and finding it harder to find customers and clients through the traditional methods, such as ads in the local … [Read more...]

How To Make Money Online With Your Own Massive Content Site

Earn Money Online As A VA

There is more than one type of website that can make money, but for this article I want to concentrate on one specific type. This one is for the long term business model and will require a huge amount of time and money invested into it, but when done properly it can be a seriously big money maker! The Massive Content Site Also known as an authority site, the massive content site is where big money can be made, but this is a long term business strategy, with a lot of work involved. Planning … [Read more...]