Most of yesterday I spent trying to master the art of landing pages as they relate to affiliate marketing and investing in PPC search engines. For the newbies, this is when you buy traffic from the search engines to attract sales/leads to something you’re promoting.
Here’s an example. Go to Google and type in telecommute. When the page loads with the results, look to the right side of the page… you’ll see some ads. Probably you didn’t realize they were ads, but they are. Those represent the ads people purchase when they say they’re buying PPC ads.
Later in the day we decided to join some relatives to attend the rib fest that’s taking place in Burlington, which is about 20 minutes from our place. We were mere meters away from the entrance and I still couldn’t smell anything. Were they using some sort of nasa-like device to suppress that wonderful smell of meat simmering in BBQ sauce over a coal fire?
BTW, we arrived after 8 pm (started about 11 am I think) and the place were jammed-packed. It was already getting dark, but I did manage to take a few pics…
The assortment of yummies were plentiful. We had (I hope I can remember them all) BBQ flavors from Texas, Memphis, South Carolina, St. Louis, Louisiana, Florida, Alabama and a couple local teams. My vote for best all-round food (ribs, chicken, pulled pork, beans and slaw) goes to Boss Hog. Maybe next year I’ll try the brisket!
Couple observations;
1. I know it’s BBQ and there are many traditions, but would it kill you guys and gals to add a little friggin spice to the mix? The sauces were all good.. smokey and for most part sweet. Here’s what I was looking for… I wanted a piece of meat to challenge my taste buds, where I would have to sit back and rack-my-brains “what’s that I taste” in this sauce. Leave me guessing as to what that amazing secret ingredient is.
Maybe next year someone will be a bit daring and show up with an island rig! Some good jerk pork and chicken or some seasoned (herbs and spices) ribs. Boy I wish I could put together a team to add some Caribbean spice to a good but fairly dull menu.
2. I’ve been to several events this summer and this was the only one where there wasn’t a little dinky tent selling beer at the corner of the park. You know the ones where you have police at the small gate checking ID and you were sectioned off like farm animals. Nope, you were free to roam with beer in hand! Must be the clientèle this event attracted 
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