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People are not using their traffic effectively

I was browsing Youtube when I found a really funny series called Naruto Abridged. It’s just fan voice dubbed series of Naruto, and they add their own twisty parody to it. It’s a huge hit and people love it, it has hundreds of thousands of pageviews and the author has about 10,000 subscribers.

Since they like it, they’ll probably click on the author’s profile in order to learn more and see more videos. Now if author’s profile had a website that linked to something for arbitrage, or anything that they can have adsense for, then they can be make money that they otherwise wouldn’t have. They are simply not using their traffic effectively. I don’t think they care, but where they see a part of their ego being satisfied — I see money to be made.

How you can use their traffic to make money for both you AND them

My idea is to approach high profile youtubers, and have them link to one of my pages with adsense that I think their demographic would have. For example, Naruto fans will be watching the Naruto abridged series, so have a Naruto info page with adsense and other monetized things in order to use their traffic. In exchange, I’d offer them a % of the earnings.

So a recap:

• Find high profile youtubers.
• Offer them commission on one of your monetized pages.

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Recently, I asked my coach a couple of questions I was having some trouble with in basketball class. He’s been playing basketball since he was 6 years old and played all the way from middle school, high school, college and professional in Europe.

M: Here’s the scenario, I have a lane where there’s one defender and I’m open at the 3 point line. Should I drive in for a shot, or should I take the 3 pointer?

C: If you can step in and take a 15-footer, that’d be the best. You’d have to be pretty good to be able to drive into traffic and make the shot. If you can make the 3 pointer, go for it.

Please note that I am paraphrasing, because I don’t have eidetic memory =P. One of my friends also mentioned that if you have a clear lane, it’s better to drive every time. My coach has also mentioned the problem with a lot of players in my class was that they kept getting themselves in sticky situations when they didn’t need to.

M: How do you know when to set a screen?

C: Find someone that you like to work with. Not everyone in a pickup game knows what they’re doing.

I think what he meant by this is that you should find someone who can use your screen effectively, as well as effectively screen for you.
He also mentioned that you should use defenders to drive as well as shoot.

M: Is there a set “number” of how often I should pass, shoot, drive, or just go with how I feel?

I asked this question because one time the coach inferred that I was shooting it every time I got the ball, so I figured I wasn’t passing enough. So then I started to feel like I was passing too much.

C: You should go with how you feel.

I think the key though is still to balance out how often you pass, shoot, or drive. It should be dependant on what your defender saw you last do. If he’s giving you respect for a 3 you made last time around, and is up in your face, you should drive on them.

M: How can I get better as an overall player?

C: Go to the park and shoot as much as you can. Watch good players play. Practice good ball handling.

He also mentioned that a lot of NBA players are great individual players, but bad “basketball players”. I think what he means by this is that they are bad team players.

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On a steep hill, the time it takes you to go from the brake to the gas is how much time your car rolls back. For people with slow reaction, you see the car drop back a little — maybe as much as a foot.

Now although you know not to tailgate people or follow people too closely, other people do not. Although they would technically be “at fault” for being to close to you, it’s not worth the waste of time swapping insurance and going through the process should something happen.

So now, I’m going to introduce a technique that does not require the emergency brake. The double footed brake switch:

• Step 1: Right foot on the brake. Wait for the green light.
• Step 2: Left foot on the brake (the right foot should still be on the brake.)
• Step 3: Right foot on the gas. (but don’t press on the gas yet)
• Step 4: Slowly add gas while letting off the brake.

You should practice this in a flat space with no traffic and try to get it down before attempting to apply in traffic if you have never done so before.

Alternatively, you can use the emergency brake to keep you still as well. Again, assume you’re stopped at a red light and have your right foot on the brake. Here are the motions:

• Step 1: Pull up the emergency brake enough so that it will keep you from rolling back. (Keep your thumb on the button, this is important.)
• Step 2: Slowly add gas and drop the emergency brake. (This is why you keep your thumb on the button, so that you can drop it easily.)

I prefer the first method (double footed brake switch) because I don’t have to have to use the e-brake to hold up the car. I use the e-brake method for when I’m driving manual.

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