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The Power of PPC Advertising

2010-01-20T02:09:00.000-08:00

What is PPC Advertising?

PPC is short for Pay Per Click advertising. It means that whenever someone clicks on your ad, you pay a small amount of money. The most popular PPC advertiser is Google's AdSense. You can sign up as a publisher on Google's AdSense or an advertiser on Google's AdWords. Publishers place a few lines of code wherever they want on their website and earn money each time someone clicks on the ad. Advertisers submit their ads to Google's AdWords and pay every time someone clicks on their ad.

So you know what PPC Advertising is, how do you make money off of it? Well, there are two ways. Here is the first:

1. How To Use Google's AdWords to Promote Your Website/Affiliate Link

Lets say you have just started your own online business. Your business is promoting someone else's product through your website. This may be through an affiliate link or by actually selling it yourself. There are many great ways to generate traffic to your new website, this is just one. Figure out a few keywords you would like to focus on using to promote your website. Enter the top 3 in Google one a time. Go through the top 10 listings of each and determine which website's have ads on them. Then go to Google's AdWords and start a new campaign. Make sure to choose "Placement Targeted". Create your ads and make sure they are placed on your competitor's website (by entering their url on AdWords after choosing Placement Targeted). This will drive TONS of traffic to your website when utilized correctly.

2. How To Use Google's AdSense to Make Money

If you own a high traffic website, or only have a few hundred hits a month, you can still benefit from it. By correctly placing ads on your website, you can make a lot of money! Here are some of the best places to put ads:

-Top left corner
-Header
-Footer
-In the middle of an article or page

The header and footer mostly apply to Google's Search bar.

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4 Simple Ways to Dramatically Increase Web Traffic For Free

2009-10-27T16:10:00.000-07:00

By David Hebert

With the advent of new technologies, it is now easier than ever to dramatically increase web traffic for free. You can do this by using powerful linking techniques with popular Web 2.0 sites. These techniques are so powerful that, if used properly, can actually increase your site's rank to page 1 in Google and deliver huge amounts of traffic from other sources as well.

There are many Web 2.0 sites that you can link to for free which can help you get ranked in the search engines quickly. This can seem to be a daunting task when first getting started, but it is actually very easy to do. Once your linking system is set up, it takes very little time to maintain it.

I have compiled the top 4 ways to quickly and easily increase web traffic for free using popular Web 2.0 sites. These will get you traffic fast.

1. Social bookmarking. Social bookmarking sites are sites that allow you to "bookmark" your site (URL) on their site.

These include sites like Digg.com and Del.icio.us. These sites are very popular with Google and the other search engines so they are crawled frequently - daily or even hourly. This means that your link will get noticed by the search engines very quickly. The search engines will then index your link, go to your site and index keywords, content, etc. All you have to do is fill out a short form on each site. It is very important that you use your main keyword phrase in the link title text when you enter your information in the forms. This is the quickest and easiest way to start getting search engine traffic.

For a list of the best social bookmarking sites, go to www.socialmarker.com.

2. Social networking. If you use MySpace, FaceBook, Twitter or similar sites, you are already familiar with social networking. You can use these sites to help drive traffic to your site, but the best ones to use to dramatically increase web traffic for free are Squidoo, Hubpages and Weebly. All three of these sites allow you to quickly create your own web pages for free. Be sure to use original content on these pages (Google doesn't like duplicate content) and have them link back to your site. As with social bookmarking, be sure to use your main keyword phrase in the title link and try to use it once or twice in the content. Just make certain that it will still be easily readable to anyone who might be interested in what you have written.

Google absolutely loves these Web 2.0 sites so your page will get ranked very fast, usually within hours, which will quickly drive a lot of highly targeted traffic to your site.

3. Forum posts. Find forums in your niche to post to by doing a Google search for "[your niche] + forum." Make sure the forum has a decent PR (2 or more) and that the signature links are dofollow links. Once you find a forum in your niche that matches those criteria, make some intelligent posts and respond to any questions, or ask your own questions. Be certain that your signature contains your main keyword phrase and a link to your main site. The more you engage in conversation with other users of the forum, the more traffic and backlinks you will receive. These backlinks will help increase your standing in Google.

4. Blog comments. Post your comments in existing authority blogs. Search for blogs in your niche the just like you searched for forums. Look for blogs with a PR of 2 or more, the higher the PR, the better. Also, make sure the blog accepts comments and the links from the commenters are dofollow links.

Once you find blogs that meet these standards, post your comments on them, but be certain that the comments are sensible and relevant to the original post. This is a good way to get a lot of backlinks on high authority sites and, once again, get noticed by the search engines.

There are many other Web 2.0 sites other than those listed here, but these are a few good ones for you to get started receiving traffic fast.

The key to being able to greatly increase web traffic for free is high quality backlinks (links on other websites pointing to your site). But be careful, not all backlinks are good. If you try to link to low quality sites, especially sites that are mostly links, you will not help increase your search engine traffic. In fact, you could even make it worse and possibly get your website banned from Google, but if you follow the instructions in this article and link to high quality Web 2.0 sites, this won't be an issue and you will soon notice a dramatic increase in website traffic.

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How to Build an Email Opt-In List - Success is in Your List

2009-10-26T22:51:00.000-07:00

By Pam Maybanks

Making money online requires a very important factor to your marketing arsenal. You need to know how to build an email opt-in list. This is by far the number one online tool to assure your internet success.

With anything you do, you need the right techniques to succeed. If you did not put gas in your car! how far do you think you would travel...if the baker left out the yeast, would you buy his bread?.

If you used the correct online tools for your business, How would they help you? - online success = financial freedom, a lifestyle you have only dreamed about, learn new techniques and turn your dreams into reality.

Three key factors to Why 97% of network marketers fail on the internet

1. You need the right tools to succeed.
2. You need to build a good relationship with your subscribers.
3. Offer a valuable free gift to your website visitors.

The key to building your online marketing is an opt-in list.

Building a good rapport with your subscribers will bring you a good targeted and responsive list.

When visitors come to your website, they are looking for free information, ideas on how they can grow their business, they need to feel special, offer them a free gift that has valuable content, such as a free e-book, free e-course, free online services.

Building your list will take time, it will need a certain amount of effort on your part. You probably have heard this many times over - the money is in the list. By using the right techniques you will grow a steady ongoing successful internet business.

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Dare I Say “JVG is the Mutual Fund of the Home Business Industry”?

2009-10-20T08:07:00.000-07:00

By Frank Metzger

LET ME BE CLEAR RIGHT UP FRONT, I do not mean that the Joint Venture Group offers investments of any kind or any investment advice!!!

When I make the analogy of the Joint Venture Group being like a Mutual Fund I am simply comparing some of the similarities and benefits from a broader perspective. It is common knowledge that Mutual Funds are some of the safest and most secure investment vehicles in the financial industry.

Let me explain by listing the Five Big Benefits of a Mutual Fund and how the Joint Venture Group home business model offers many similar benefits even though they are completely different business and income structures.

The Five Big Benefits of Mutual Funds (Copied on line from a Associated Content Business & Finance)

1. The Advantage of Professional Investment Management.

Mutual Funds provide full-time, high quality professional management services by pooling the resources of many hundreds of investors. The high level of professional management is a vital key to profoundly satisfying results mutual funds enjoy in today’s complicated and volatile markets. The fund manager’s goals and interests are tied to your success because their paycheck is based on how well the fund performs rather than on sales commissions. The fund manager has instant access to real market information and is able to make trades on very large and therefore cost effective securities packages.

** How does the JVG Business Model Compare to the Mutual Fund Benefit -
PROFESSIONAL MANAGEMENT?

The JVG Multiple Income Stream Business Model provides full-time, high quality professional management of the multiple income streams by leveraging the earnings each JVG member builds in their own 2 x 13 multi-level compensation matrix. JVG brings over 100 years of combined industry experience to the thousands of JVG members. The high level of professional management is a vital key to the success of JVG in today’s complicated and volatile home business industry. JVG’s management goals and interests are tied directly to your success because their corporate earnings are based on how well the entire company and each individual performs rather than on inflated salaries and bonuses in other companies. Also, JVG’s management team has instant access to the latest up-to-date market information and lucrative opportunities. They are able to take immediate action on new and exciting opportunities that benefit all members and all Joint Venture Group members have to do is focus on promoting the Joint Venture Group. If each JVG member tried to manage their own multiple income stream portfolio and do due-diligence on numerous cutting edge opportunities, they would quickly become overwhelmed and frustrated. If there was someone you could hire to do this for you, they could easily charge you many hundreds or even thousands of dollars monthly and yet JVG does not charge members anything…That’s right…Zero!

2. Diversification.

A major advantage of mutual funds is that they invest in a wide range of options from stocks to bonds to money market securities. This diversification limits risk because a decline in the value of any specific security is offset by the stability or increasing value of other securities in the package. Shareholders benefit from a level of diversification made possible by the amount of pooled investment dollars that most individual investors would not be able to achieve.

** How does the JVG Business Model Compare to the Mutual Fund Benefit -
DIVERSIFICATION?

A major advantage of the Joint Venture Group business model is that the multiple stream income portfolio each JVG member has offers a wide range of diversification from numerous Nutritional companies to cutting edge business products and services. Other single income stream, single company opportunities do not offer you any diversification and if a person is promoting a single company and they fail, that person must start all over again. JVG’s diversified multiple income stream portfolio limits risk because members are not relying on the success or failure of any one company. The sun is not rising and setting on how one company’s executive team chooses to run their company. It’s never a good idea to have all of your eggs in one basket and JVG makes it easy to diversify and spread out the risk while only having to focus on promoting one simple company, JVG. Remember, Diversification Limits Risk and the more you can manage a diversified multiple income stream portfolio, the more security you have. If one company or even two companies fail in the JVG portfolio, it’s no big deal because your downline automatically follows you into a replacement company…And JVG has companies lining up wanting to be a part of this revolutionary business model.

3. Low Cost, High Quality Investing

An average investor could not create a well balanced portfolio holding a meager 50 stocks. It would be too expensive. The investments alone would be about $150,000 and then there would be fees and commissions and accountants compensations on top of that. A mutual fund lets you buy into a diversified portfolio for as little as $50. in some circumstances. Typically you can get started in a well managed fund for under $1000.

** How does the JVG Business Model Compare to the Mutual Fund Benefit -
LOW COST, HIGH QUALITY?

An average Home Business Owner could not begin to create and manage a well balanced multiple residual income stream portfolio with several world class companies. It would be too expensive for any single small business owner to create the type of API Interface that manages the entire portfolio of businesses and makes the management of the genealogy, qualifications etc all automatic. The investment alone would be tens of thousands of dollars and then there would be fees and commissions and accountants compensations on top of that. The Joint Venture Group business model lets you become a member of a completely structured diversified multiple income stream portfolio for as little as $195 and this is a One-Time-Only cost with no more money out of pocket after a simple qualification. The cost vs benefit analysis of the JVG business model makes this a very attractive home business structure.

What Makes Them the Best Deal for the Money
4. Convenience and Flexibility.

Mutual Fund managers study the market, analyze the securities, make all the decisions on what to buy and sell, clip the coupons, collect all the interest payments and make sure dividends on the fund’s securities are received, recorded and disbursed. They protect the interest of the shareholder (you) and are available to answer questions or to buy and redeem fund shares either online or on the telephone. While you own just one security you have all the benefits of a widely diversified portfolio.

** How does the JVG Business Model Compare to the Mutual Fund Benefit -
CONVENIENCE and FLEXIBILITY?

JVG’s management Team studies the market, analyzes the home business industry’s trends, makes all the decisions on what companies to integrate into the multiple income stream portfolio and works closely with the management of each of the partner companies for the benefit of all JVG members. JVG Manages the entire complicated financial structure as well, including the martrix earnings and payouts, the auto-ship payments to the various partner companies, the auto-ship security and enrollment accounts, bonus payouts, interest earnings in the commissions accounts and much much more. To assign a value to this management function alone would be very difficult and would easily be hundreds every month. JVG’s partner company Eruptik makes all of this possible with Custom Software and has developed custom computer interfaces specifically for JVG. The Joint Venture Group protects the interest of their members ( you and me) and are available to answer questions and provide a high level of support on the telephone. While you only promote just one company you have all the benefits of a widely diversified portfolio.

Other services may include automatic reinvestment of dividends and exchange privileges.
5. Mutual Fund Investments are Liquid and Easy to Withdraw

Mutual Funds can be traded in (redeemed) at anytime so cash is available in an emergency. You can request (redeem) funds by electronic transfer, letter, phone, or simply by writing a check against the shares depending on the type of fund you are invested in. The money will be in your hand in about three business days.

** How does the JVG Business Model Compare to the BIG Mutual Fund Benefit -
LIQUIDITY?

While this last mutual fund benefit does not relate as closely, I chose to compare from the standpoint of being liquid as it relates to anyone of the partner companies in JVG’s income portfolio. If you are promoting only one company and that company fails, you must start all over again from scratch. That is not liquid! With JVG and multiple companies in your portfolio, one or even two or more could fail and your downline would follow you in exact order into a replacement company. In a matter of days or weeks, the income that may have been lost when a company failed can be quickly replaced. And believe me, JVG has replacement companies standing in line to do business with us. This is definitely LIQUID! Also, you can easily get paid your earned commissions in any number of ways simply by pressing a button in JVG’s Back Office.

So there you have a fairly complete analogy between Mutual Funds and the Joint Venture Group. There’s no doubt whatsoever that Mutual Funds spread out risk through diversification and also offer tremendous earnings potential while providing a higher level of security than most other investment vehicles. You can clearly see that calling the Joint Venture Group the Mutual Fund of the Home Business Industry is right on target. The similarities of Professional Management, Diversification, Low Cost, High Quality Programs, Convenience, Flexibility and Liquidity are very clear. In the Home Business, MLM, Network Marketing, Direct Sales industries there is no other business that offers the level of security through diversification and professional management that the JVG business model does. …Period!

I’d be happy to provide you more information about the JVG business model if you contact me.

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Creating Follow-Up Emails That Sell

2009-08-19T18:04:00.000-07:00

By Elwin Yong

There are generally 3 types of follow-up emails
- informational email (providing quality knowledge on how-to)
- personal email (to share with the reader your personal life stories and getting a point across)
- combination email (a combination of the both mentioned)

To begin with, create 7 emails that promotes your product. The first few emails aims to provide quality information, and the more email you sent, you start to incorporate your personal stories into it. Giving the emails a personal touch is important as it lets the readers understand you better.

Important tips when writing your article

1) remember to format your email (paragraphing and spacing

Proper paragraphing and spacing makes the article easy to read. Check on your spelling as well and click on the preview icon to have a good idea if it's easy to read the article you wrote.

2) send out your emails everyday you are dealing in a competitive market

As suggested above, create 3-7 emails for every product you wish to promote.

3) avoid legalities trouble

Ensure that you provide a unsubscribe link at the bottom of your email, otherwise it will considered as spam. Also be careful with when you get the list. The best way to source for prospects is through your created webpage. This ensures quality customers, who knows what they are looking for. You should provide whitelisting. so that your emails will not appear in junk folder. Whitelisting is a process that the subscriber 'verifies' your emails to be safe.

4) provide links to your sales page a couple of time. Slot it in at the beginning, in the middle and at the end.

In this way. at any point of time the reader is curious, they can click on the link straight away.

5) get the best autoresponder service

Your autoresponder is your greatest asset. Invest in a good autoresponder and safeguard it. Do not tell others what is the password to your account!

Joint Venture Group And The Benefits!

2009-08-14T15:24:00.000-07:00

Joint Venture Group is a Canadian-based wealth building opportunity that is catching fire at the moment. It is backed by a founder with nearly 40 years of experience in the network marketing industry. With JVG, you only work one company and earn multiple income streams!

The Benefits:

· One-time out-of-pocket purchase.
· Everything else is paid out of profits, not out of pocket.
· Immediate placement in JVG's fast moving 2x13 forced matrix.
· Ability to buy up to 6 referrals.
· Just promote your JVG site and earn multiple income streams.
· JVG will manage and organize your businesses.
· JVG will handle all aspects of training and support.
A small 'one-time-out-of-pocket' purchase provides access to multiple income streams from 6 world class companies

How does JVG work...

You focus on one company...JVG...and let them focus on the other six companies for you.
As you earnings grow...JVG will automatically place you in the next company and handle
everything for you. Eventually you will be placed in all six companies and earning residual
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Sleep Your Way to Better Health Tossing and Turning at Night? Turn to Tunguska Mist PM! Relieve

2009-08-05T16:41:00.000-07:00

By the time you reach 70 years of age, you will have spent more than 20 years asleep. That’s a lot of shut-eye. The quality and amount of sleep you achieve over your lifetime impact your health directly. To improve the quality of your sleep, turn to Tunguska Mist PM and its powerful blend of adaptogens. PM delivers Schizandra, an adaptogen herb that helps support deep, refreshing sleep.

Did You Know?

* We spend as much time asleep each week as we do at our jobs.
* Adults sleep between 3 and 4 months each year.
* Children and adolescents spend almost half of their young years asleep.
* Some studies suggest women need up to an hour more sleep each night than men, and not getting it may be one reason women are more susceptible to depression than men.
* The average American sleeps 90 minutes less per night than people did a century ago.
* Sustained wakefulness for 17 hours leads to a decrease in performance equivalent to a blood alcohol level of 0.05%.

Restlessness can occur when the issues of the day – or concerns about tomorrow – replay themselves in our minds. If you want to reduce mind chatter, ward off stress, and sleep more soundly – and if you want to be more productive at work and enjoy your daytime activities – Tunguska Mist PM is an important addition to your health regimen, and an excellent product to recommend to everyone who complains about poor sleep

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2009-06-17T17:14:00.000-07:00

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After Just 5 Months in Her New Business, a Centerville, MD, Independent Business Owner Wins a $61,000 Cadillac Escalade

2009-06-11T06:39:00.000-07:00

SARASOTA, FL (June 27, 2005) -- At the 2005 CyberWize.com National Convention in Nashville in June, Jim and Leanna Hynson of Centerville, Maryland, got a lot more than the inspirational company message and new product information they had come to hear. They drove away with a brand-new, $61,000 Cadillac Escalade.

On the last day of the convention, with more than a thousand people vying for the top prize, it all came down to a simple drawing and the choice of a car key. Five raffle tickets were drawn out of a huge bin, setting off a series of cheers, shouts, and mini-celebrations.

Those with the chosen tickets took the stage in breathless excitement, and each picked a car key from the display case. Jim and Leanna Hynson picked the key with the pink ribbon. They watched as three other finalists tried their keys without success. Then it was their turn.

After just five months as a CyberWize.com Independent Business Owner, Leanna found herself surrounded by bright lights, cameras, and her CyberWize organization as she climbed into the driver’s seat. She took a deep breath. She reached forward, inserted the key, and heard the engine roar to life.

“I couldn’t believe it at first, and then we were all jumping and screaming and hugging each other. I cannot describe the feeling,” Leanna said later.

Jim and Leanna Hynson won a brand-new, fully loaded 2005 Cadillac Escalade, valued at more than $61,000! For Leanna, winning the Cadillac was just a confirmation of what she already knew about CyberWize.com. She says, “This company is for real! For Jim and I, CyberWize helps us dream again.”

Asked how she celebrated winning a brand-new Cadillac Escalade, Leanna answered, “Jim and I have been holding private business receptions since we got home. We figured the best way to celebrate the new car was getting more people into the business!”

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CyberWize.com was founded in 1998 as a home business solution that gives entrepreneurs the tools they need to market quality products and services both online and through face-to-face sales. Based in Sarasota, Florida, CyberWize.com has achieved phenomenal growth by focusing on the world’s three most lucrative industries: nutrition and wellness, travel and tourism, and e-commerce. This network marketing company is committed to doing business with integrity and selling products that stand the test of time.

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Networkers, MLM'ers or Individuals wanting to start a Home Based Business - Look NO further

2009-04-12T19:09:00.000-07:00

There are 4 areas that HAVE to be addressed in order to be truly successful in any business.

* Great product or products
* Strong well established company.
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It is vital to choose the right company to represent. With an eleven year track record Cyberwize has already proved it is here for the long term.

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Network Marketing Recruiting - What Are You Doing Wrong?

2009-02-03T06:03:00.000-08:00

By Omar Negron

If you have been building your network marketing business for some time now you have probably found out that getting sign ups to your business is not as simple as they make it seem. When I first got into my MLM company, my up line told me all I had to do was call my friends and family and the money will start rolling in. We both know it does not work like that, and you must develop skills to attract the right people to you. Most people really don't know how to market the network marketing opportunity whether it's off-line or online and don't see the crucial mistake that they made day in day out that lead to getting no recruits and no results.

Here's the first thing I can say. One way to surely get no recruits is to cold call leads who have no idea you are. I've done this before, it is probably one of the worst decisions I've made. Cold calling is honestly a waste of time, and for the most part those people probably do not want to hear your voice.

Passing out flyers was something I did, and I suggest you never do. You see I agree with drop-down cards which are cards that you place in different spots such as gas stations and bathrooms, but actually handing the flyer to someone not going to be beneficial to your business. These people are not targeted and when you hand them something they don't want, there is a great that they will end up throwing it away. It has happen to me many times in the past and I really wouldn't want to have that happen to you.

When it comes to those people close to you sure they may love you and respect you as a person, but they do not respect you business sense. You are quite frankly not making the type of money that will make them interested in what you're doing. I've noticed that with family and friends, they must see the results first and then they will follow.

So what can you do to make network marketing recruiting a bit easier? It's simple, promote yourself. Sounds pretty easy right, well it is but only by doing it the right way. Once you do, you'll be a network marketing recruiting machine. Just think you have all the skills within you already all you need is someone to help you bring them out.

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Xocai - Healthy Chocolate Home Business Opportunity

2009-01-27T15:17:00.000-08:00

by Richard van Beek

Xocai, was started out of Reno, Nevada and was founded by Andrew and Jeanette Brooks. Xocai markets several chocolate health products based on the ingredients of unprocessed cacao and acai berries.

The products exist as chocolate snacks or nuggets as well as bars that contain powerful antioxidant properties of both cocoa and acai. People who have testified for Xocai, claim that the products have alleviated headaches, arthritis and inflammation systems after only brief periods of consumption.

Researchers recommend that if we obtain on a daily basis at least 5,000 ORAC, our bodies in most cases will be able to fight off the damaging effects of free radicals, which contribute to aging, cell damage, and a host of illnesses and diseases. The ORAC value of a "single serving" of Xocai products range from 3,120 to 8,840 ORAC value.

What you take into your body determines how your body will function. A functional food or beverage provides our body the phytonutrients, minerals, vitamins, fiber, essential fatty acids, and even protein we need to improve the quality of lives. Antioxidants are supplements to a lifestyle which includes a proper nutritious diet with daily exercise. It takes a joint effort of diet and exercise and the appropriate antioxidants to maximize our health potential.

The Xocai MLM home business does also offer next to their healthy chocolate products the potential to make money. If you enjoy consuming chocolate and are looking for a work from home opportunity, then the Xocai business could be the right fit for you.

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We Are Now accepting the EU countries in Xocai!

2009-01-01T06:52:00.000-08:00

By Khalid Akhtar

Xocai is a highly successful company which markets the best quality healthy Belgian chocolate.
This is a Home based business opportunity for the savvy entrepreneur.
A fun and simple way to make money.
This is a unique patented product, so there is no competition.
It is also recession proof. Sales are actually up 40%this year.

MXI Corp's Track Record Speaks for Itself.....
3 years old, debt free, family owned.
300% growth from 2006 to 2007... Now that's Momentum!
Distribution in 5 countries and expanding globally.
Over 40,000 distributors globally & Growing 43% annually.
Retention rate exceeds 73%.

MXI Corp associates are breaking industry records with XoçaiHealthy Chocolate!
With powerful products, everyone can benefit from the leadership of MXI Corp.
This is the opportunity of your lifetime.

The UK will officially open in the first part of 2009 for the sale of product.

In the meantime, we are now able to enrol UK distributors online for $35(For now its FREE to join until launch) usd and this includes their own company website.
New UK associates will also be allowed to sponsor in all th e countries already open.
i.e. Canada, USA, Australia, New Zealand and Japan.
As the chocolate is already being sold in those countries, we will
be able to earn commission on any sales made there.
This means that our businesses can be built without further investment
until the product launch in 2009. Now, how great is that!

Today, tens of thousands of men and women around the world experience the
incredible array of health benefits of Xoçai.
They've received part time, full-time, even life-changing financial compensation for
their efforts. And today, you have the opportunity to do the same.

YOU can capitalize on the explosive growth of this profitable NEW niche
in the health and wellne ss industry!

Some like me, will make it a full time job, and others will just want to make a few
extra hundred pounds a month.
What ever you want to do with the business, we offer full support and training,
and as previously mentioned, your $35 registration fee includes your own company
website, fully set up.
I hope this has given you a little insight in to this opportunity, and you can
find a lot more very detailed information on my website:

http://dreamchocolateincome.com

I will be pleased to speak to you and answer any questions when you have
had a chance to look at the information.
Meanwhile, please20do not hesitate to get in touch with me to
have any questions answered, if you prefer.

P.s Any country from the EU can start this home business.To register today for FREE please go to http://chocolatelaunch.com and fill out the form and make sure to put your sponsor's MXI id number which is 69969 and his name :khalid akhtar

Changing The World With Xocai Chocolate

2008-10-18T07:43:00.000-07:00

By Antony Gardner

For centuries chocolate was consumed as a drink. Then the English started baking it into pastries and cakes. This was a revolution. A new way for the food of the gods to be enjoyed. You could get a double dose of chocolate by eating a pastry flavored with chocolate and washing it down with a hot chocolate drink. The modern equivalent is healthy chocolate which is unprocessed.

Itís the way of mankind is to constantly search for new and improved ways to do things. Manufacturing and consuming chocolate has been no exception. The largest global producer of a modern chocolate produced using only natural cacoa is Xocai.

Europeans started changing chocolate shortly after it was introduced in the 16th century. They were drinking it hot. Gone were the chilies used for seasoning and sugar had taken their place.

Steam engines were converted for use in grinding the cocoa beans. This allowed chocolate to be manufactured in factories on a large scale basis. New machines were being invented to make the processing of mass quantities even easier. These new methods of production resulted in lower costs. The reduced prices made chocolate available to the common folk instead of just the rich elite.

The cocoa press was invented. This squeezed the cocoa butter out of the sees and made the beverage smoother. The cocoa press also helped reduce the price of chocolate. Dutching was inventing to reduce the acidity and make the beverage tastier.

Today Xocai computers are used in some steps of the processing and packaging. This allows for quality control and production quantities that could not even have been dreamed of a century ago. The result is a fine natural unprocessed healthy dark chocolate.

The author has been a healthy lifestyle journalist for over five years who's latest research is Xocai. A fan of original and new business opportunities, healthy chocolate is taking the USA and Australia by storm. The health benefits of Xocai are proving to be wide ranging.

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2008-09-27T07:29:00.000-07:00

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Xocai MLM Home Business Review

2008-08-02T12:39:00.000-07:00

Xocai is a relatively new division of MXI Corp that is based out of Reno, Nevada. Xocai markets several chocolate health products based on the ingredients of unprocessed cacao and acai berries. The products are designed to supply antioxidants to the body. Xocai offers a home business opportunity by selling or marketing their products through MLM or multilevel-marketing.

The product line includes Xocai chocolate nuggets, omega bars, protein bars, and Xocai Active. While made primarily from the unprocessed cacao and acai powder, many of the Xocai products have other beneficial nutrients in them such as grape concentrate and cinnamon. There have been some testimonials from people using the Xocai products. Some examples given by people consuming the chocolate include statements of relief from headaches, arthritis, and other inflammation based symptoms. They also have many scientific studies such as the University of Harvard to backup the health benefits of unprocessed cacao and acai.

The Xocai MLM business opportunity contains a binary compensation plan with a payout of up to 50% of commissionable volume. The plus with the comp plan is that you only have to build two legs in order to earn commissions. For example, if you have one leg that is $4,000 in weekly volume, and the other leg has $3500 in weekly volume, you would receive a check based on the lower leg payout of $3500. The binary compensation plan is simple and easy to understand comparatively to other MLM compensation plans simply because one only has to sponsor 2 people to be successful and have the opportunity to earn a substantial income.

In conclusion, MXI seems to have some very solid products in their Xocai chocolate line, and the comp plan is very simply laid out and easy for one to understand. If you enjoy chocolate and are looking for a viable work from home opportunity, then the Xocai business could be the right fit for you.Good news for the people of the U.K
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Make Money Online at Yuwie

2008-05-11T10:14:00.000-07:00

Social Networking

We all use Social Networks. If you are on MySpace, Facebook, or any of these types of web sites, then you use Social Networks. Most of these social networks use advertisements to make their money to keep the web site running. You provide all of the content, but they make all of the money. Does this seem fair to you?

Well now you have an option. What if you could make friends online, have a place to post your pictures and videos online, keep a blog, and GET PAID FOR IT? Now you can. It's at a web site called Yuwie.com. This is a social networking site where they give you a share of the advertisement monies. As people click around on your page, your page views are monitored by Yuwie.com and for every 1000 page views, you get a percentage of the advertisement pot for that month. Every time you upload a new picture, a new video, a new blog post, or anything like that to Yuwie.com, that is considered a page view, and you make more money.

Did you know that MySpace makes $25 million off of advertisements EVERY MONTH, and FaceBook makes $8 million EVERY MONTH also, and you are getting not one penny of that. Well that all is changing at Yuwie.com. It is now time for you to get paid for YOUR content. And it is easy to do since you already know how to use social networking sites, it's just a matter of taking the few minutes to set up a new one and invite all of your friends to join you at Yuwie.com.

So you may be asking how does Yuwie.com pay you. Well it is quite simple. Almost everyone these days has a Paypal account, especially if you are a member of any online community. Paypal then connects directly to your Bank Account, and that is how payments work. When you reach an specified amount, Yuwie.com sends you that money through Paypal which you can then withdrawl and put into your bank account.

So what are you waiting for? Let's make some money online, go to Yuwie.com and watch the videos that tell you exactly how it works. Go you Yuwie.com and sign up. What do you have to lose? Nothing. What do you have to gain? Cash! Check it out now at Yuwie.com.

Get Paid To Socialize With YuWie - Earn Money For Blogging, Commenting & Referring Friends

2007-11-19T07:42:00.000-08:00

By Kim Gillett

Everyone's heard of MySpace - the largest social networking site on the internet. MySpace's strength is in its ability to bring people of all walks of life together - finding shared interests and activities. Currently, MySpace is listed as the 6th most popular site on the internet - period. That's just a few steps behind Google, Amazon and Yahoo! At last count, there are approximately 200 social networking sites. However, MySpace enjoys a jaw dropping 80 percent of that traffic.

Social networking is a generic term. It is a type of relationship-building of peoplewith a common interest whether business or personal. In these social networking sites, people develop relationships based on a variety of criteria including common interests, music, videos and more. The idea is to build a relationship with new people - ultimately turning strangers into friends.

Unfortunately, MySpace has also become synonymous with spam profiles. It’s difficult to find genuine people on MySpace.

There is a better way…

Introducing YuWie - the new (and best) alternative to MySpace. YuWie combines the incredible functionality of a social networking site with an unheard of opportunity to earn money for blogging, commenting and referring new members. You can create your profile, upload pictures, meet new friends, join clubs and more – all for free.

YuWie is based upon the concept that the creators of the content should share in the site revenue – an unheard of proposition! You put your hard work into creating, updating and publicizing your blog. YOU should reap the benefits.

Even more amazing is the opportunity to earn money for the referrals you send to YuWie. When you let your friends and family know about YuWie, you can earn money based on their page views. The more your (and your referred friends) profile is viewed – the more money you can earn each month. Each time you view your control panel, view a friend, leave a comment or post a blog, you receive credits that can translate to cash. Your referred friends compound your earnings.

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Make Money Online - Now is the Time

2007-11-11T23:27:00.000-08:00

By Matt Ide

If you have ever thought about making money online from home, then there is no better time then now! Do you want to have a better life then you do now? Are you sick of working for someone else? Would you like to make as much money in a week as you do in a month? Sure, we all do, but is there really a way to do this online.

Yes!

It is not a pipe dream to make serious amounts of money from home, online and at the times that you want to. Just think about all the people who are online these days. Millions and millions of people each day are surfing the web and many of them are looking for either products to buy or they are looking for answers to problems and questions that they have. If you can either provide a product or a solution to someone else's problems, then you will make a lot of money online. It really is a simple as that. The numbers don't lie. Look at eBay, Amazon.com, or many other places to buy goods online. They are making millions by selling online, and you can too.

I doesn't take a genius to be able to make money online and sell products or solutions to people. You just need to find a target market that wants what you have to sell. This is the biggest secret that most people don't know about when trying to start an online business or just trying to make some money online. If you have to sell the product or solution to someone then you are in the wrong place for your product or solution. You need to be in the market where people have the need to already want your product. You don't need to show up and then try to sell what you have. You just need to show up and with what they need and they will be wiling to buy.

A good example is someone who gets headaches, bad, and wants to get rid of them. If you show up with a book on how to stop headaches, you will have to sell this book to those people. They don't want to read about how to get rid of their headaches. They want to buy a solution to get rid of their headaches. Now if you were to show up with a pill that gets rid of headaches forever...well you've just made your first million. People will line up left and right to buy what you have and you didn't have to try to sell your product at all. This was only an example, but you should get the idea that have exactly what people need, now, is the single best way to make your first million dollars online.

Do the research and find out what the people want and then give it to them. Think about what you already know about and what people need. It's a good place to start, then expand out from there.

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Things To Consider Before You Start An MLM Business

2007-11-08T16:51:00.000-08:00

By Daniel Cassidy

Everyday thousands of people get turned on to the idea of starting an mlm business. Although it may sound like a dream come true the reality is that most people wind up failing and quit soon after. If you want to start an mlm business you have to get into the right state of mind and be prepared for some tough challenges down the road. This can be a very lucrative business, but it is still a business and is going to require your time and effort. Luckily in today's world, starting an mlm business has become much easier to run and automate utilizing the Internet. I want to go over a couple things with you that you should consider before you start an mlm business.

Find Some Business Partners

If you are interested and want to get involved with the mlm industry you should not go it alone. Too many people fall into this trap of doing it by themselves and wind up quitting because they have lack of focus and support from fellow team members. It's a good idea to find a couple of friends or family members who might be interested and have them join under you. You can than make it a goal for each of them to go out and find two more people or business partners. This will get your duplication system off to a head start and build your downline quick.

Make A Business Plan

It is very important that you outline from the start how you are going to start an mlm business and operate it. Many people fail because they do not have goals or a plan to follow. It is important that you keep track of your spending and organize meetings with your downline and focus on their needs also. Remember that the people in your downline are like your employees and if they leave you will make no money. Going into mlm without a business plan will ultimately result in failure.

Think About Marketing It Online

With the advanced technology the Internet offers, mlm online is becoming very popular and it might be an option you want to consider. There are many great marketing tools and duplication systems you can implement online and build you mlm business on complete auto-pilot. The Internet is also a great place to find mlm leads and prospects. There are thousands of forums online with people looking to get involved with network marketing. Using the Internet is also good if you have a limited advertising budget or little time to network.

Be Prepared For The Long Haul

Before you start an mlm business you have to recognize that this business is not as easy as people make it out to be. Many recruiters sell you on fancy compensation plans and the appeal of doing very little work and making lots of money. This is all very true but it is what you put into it which is going to determine your success. Once you become an active recruiter you can never stop and get lazy. If the most successful mlm person stopped recruiting today his empire will crumble in a year. This business will not build itself overnight and could take years to build depending on your skills and dedication.

If you decide that mlm is for you than you could be in for some nice income and lifestyle changes. Many people everyday start an mlm business and enjoy the lifestyle of being their own boss and making retirement style income for themselves and their families. Take some of these things into consideration before you start an mlm business and you can be well on your way to becoming the next big mlm superstar.

You can Start An MLM Business right now with SFI Marketing Group. Read more about SFI and other great business opportunities on Daniel's website: http://www.MoneyFlowForLife.com

MLM Meets Internet Marketing = 1,732 New Recruits in 1 Month!

2007-11-06T23:47:00.000-08:00

by Bill Young

Multi Level Marketing, or MLM is really an oxymoron.

Virtually no one "markets" anything, especially the distributors, in MLM or network marketing, as some call it.

Instead, they frantically run after strangers in the streets, stick flyers under car windshields in the mall (I am ashamed to say I did that before learning better), and harangue unsuspecting relatives with "Business Opportunities" they could care less about.

Are these tactics successful? No, 95% of people going into MLM never make a full-time income. This does not make MLM bad; the insurance industry has similarly dismal figures.

After the eager beavers ravage their warm market, friends, relatives, co-workers, etc., they spend their money buying nearly worthless "Opportunity Seeker" leads, "Fresh," "Exclusive," "Local," costing as much as $5 each.

After spending hundreds or thousands of dollars on leads and advertising per month and making hundreds of phone calls, the vast majority of distributors are broke and give up.

What do they have to show for their career in network marketing? The average distributor recruits only 2.5 people and then quits, his total sojourn as a network marketer having lasted 3-6 months.

Marketing, on the other hand, is the positioning of your product as the solution to the problems of a target market. The target market is a population of people who want or need your product, have bought it before, preferably, and/or have a current need for it.

This target market must also be accessible at reasonable cost and have the money to pay for your product.

Picture someone with golf clubs to sell. Do you think they would do better trying to button hole everyone who rushes by in Grand Central Station in New York at rush hour (Everyone should experience Grand Central at rush hour before they die!) or sponsoring a table at a golf outing? Duh!

Would you rather go fishing in the ocean or in a lake stocked with trout?

You get the picture.

The irony is that Internet marketing is cheap: emails, autoresponders, websites, etc. It can also be effective, very effective.

Not only that, Internet marketing is duplicatable. You can teach your down line to follow the procedures taught by successful Internet marketers and they will be successful too.

You can reach thousands of potential prospects in a flash for little or no money.

Target markets are easy to find. Just Google golfers or whomever you are targeting and visit their online forums or chat rooms.

Once you reach them, offer them some helpful information that will help them solve a pressing problem, one that your research had found that is unique for the group. Give it for free. You must give before you get.

Once they see you are offering helpful information and not trying to cram something down their throats, they will be amenable to listening to you.

So, you want to sell fly fishing rods? Find an Internet forum for fly fishing enthusiasts. Contribute information about the eating and behavior habits of brook trout; the types of lake bottoms they prefer, the water temperature, still water vs. fast moving water, etc. How did you become such an instant expert? Google!

This type of information is always useful and eagerly sought after by enthusiasts, especially by beginners, who make up the largest numbers of any such group.

When anyone requests the information, they have to give you their contact information. Use this info to send them more helpful information periodically.

Attach a link to your fly fishing rod website at the bottom of the second and subsequent messages.

This is Internet marketing.

One example I use in my MLM seminars is that of Tom Bell and Tim Erway. They were experienced Internet marketers. They were persuaded by a good friend to give network marketing a try.

They did.

Applying true marketing techniques to MLM, they were able to recruit 1,732 new distributors in 1 month, each with a sign-up fee of $100!

In a 5-month period, they made $11,000,000 and garnered 20,000 leads, for free.

Maybe you ought to give Internet marketing a try if you want to be successful in MLM.

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About the Author
Bill Young
Personal Finance
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Bill Young is a Personal Financial Coach. He is making a temporary link to a 90 minute call in which Tom and Tim tell exactly what they did to get 1,732 new recruits in 1 month: http://kemet.abombcall.com/abomb/?mad=11666 Bill's specialty is showing middle class people how to become financially independent in only 2-3 years! He does this by a Financial Makeover, totally renovating the client's financial situation and outlook. He increases their take home pay on their current job, he slashes their income taxes by 25-50%, he shows them how to pay off all their bills in 2-3 years, etc. Contact Bill for a free, 30 minute consultation.

How to become a Wealthy Affiliate

2007-11-05T05:55:00.000-08:00

by John Hartley

Follow these guys and you could become a Wealthy Affiliate

Here's a breath of fresh air: the Wealthy Affiliate is a system that is based on the success of two internet marketers who walk the talk - Kyle and Carson, the guys who started the Wealthy Affiliate, still make bucketloads of money doing what they teach you to do. And this system has everything you need to get out of your job, and earn money online. Find out about it here.

You won't find any gurus who do that - they make their money selling e-books and systems which are supposed to make you money, not actually going out there to sell, say, a Sony laptop as an affiliate.

This is where the guys that run the Wealthy Affiliate are different - they make millions in affiliate sales and they really teach you what they do.

There are so many systems, e-books, bootcamps and things on the internet that promise to make you money - and most fail to live up to their promise - that it is very difficult to sort the good, the bad and the downright rip-offs. So I was a sceptical about the Wealthy Affiliate. I took a lot of time convincing that I should buy into it. Actually, that just wasted time before I got going with it.

Too many gurus selling e-books

The problem is that you usually buy something from one of these 'gurus' and then find that in the next three months they bombard you with other e-books and things that will do exactly what the original product you bought was meant to do. Then, you realise that the one you bought does not work, but by then it has soaked up a lot of your time, and you are just out of the refund period!

So why do I now think the Wealthy Affiliate is different? Why do I think the Wealthy Affiliate worth looking at? That name put me off a bit, but the more I learned about it, the more I thought it might work.

Loads of training material, loads of insider secrets

The point is what do you get, and will it work? The first thing is that it costs very little, but you get a lot for your money - you will see that as soon as you join the Wealthy Affiliate.

In the Wealthy Affiliate, they actually tell you why you will end up paying too much for ads and how to avoid it. This small section alone is worth the price of many an e-book.

But here are some of things you get with Wealthy Affiliate:

* An eight-week training program

* Keyword research tools, including a keyword generator

* A tool to spy on the competition - these tools usually cost over $100

* Extra training for beginner, intermediate and advanced members * Marketing materials

** A free web page creation tool that allows you to make a page for your web site in 5 minutes - this alone is worth hundreds of dollars

* A guide on Promoting your site and your ads

* Free one-to-one advice

How about this, though? The Wealthy Affiliate also includes a method of making money as an affiliate without a website, without emailing anyone, and without spending a cent. Yes, you can follow this method and make a good income. To be fair, I have seen this method advocated in one other e-book, but not spelled out in such detail.

Explained in detail in the Wealthy Affiliate

Detail. That is what you get with the Wealthy Affiliate. You see, many of these e-books just tell you to do x then y then z and watch the money come in. Except it doesn't, because they did not tell you the whole story - just enough to make you convinced that the system will work. You then find out that hard way that you need more information, so you continue to be a big spender on e-books instead of a big earner.

Low price, high in content

I'm not saying that you must make money if you join the Wealthy Affiliate, but as it is a membership, it does not cost much and you can quit at any time. What I am saying is this:

the Wealthy Affiliate is not a system, but the way of developing an online income as an affiliate. You will find how to do it, and learn what works and what does not.

But there is more than that. In the Wealthy Affiliate forum, members will show you how they succeeded, and help you by answering your questions. Not enough? Well, if you want more help, you can contact Kyle and Carson, who will help you get your campaigns into profit.

By the way, if you begrudge paying the small monthly fee, let me tell you this: there are outfits out there who will charge you $5,000 for this sort of training, and leave you cold at the end. Not Wealthy Affiliate, because so long as you are a member you have these resources behind you - and that web page builder is worth more than the monthly fee. That is why I recommend you find out about the Wealthy Affiliate right now.
About the Author

Find reviews of top products so you can choose which is best for you at the website run by John Hartley here.

Fire Your Boss

2007-11-04T01:09:00.000-07:00

By Seth Daley

Who hasn't had the momentary fantasy of firing their boss? Firing the "man" or "woman" is an exciting concept to say the least. I am sure there are many people who would love to do it and more than that who think of it as an elusive dream. Guess what... people do it everyday; and a lot more than you think!

In today's economy, double income households are the norm. People are diligently searching for alternatives to the tired old 9 to 5. It's too limiting for today's families. They want to enjoy their lives instead of watch it all pass by. What's amazing is they're actually figuring out how to do it. One of the fastest growing business sectors today is Home Based Business. Statistics say this area of business will probably double over the next decade. Sometimes the pain of a current situation can be the greatest motivator to finding a solution. Have you ever heard of "the carrot and the stick" theory? Simply put, people will do more to avoid pain (the stick) than to gain pleasure (the carrot) and if you thick about it, it is absolutely true.

The typical smoker doesn't quit because of initial health reasons. Everyone knows that smoking can kill you. It takes something like being out of breath from a single flight of stairs or personally facing cancer before they stop. Or what about those who have an extra 20 pounds to lose? They may not take much action until the 20 becomes 30 or more and their "fat" clothes don't fit anymore. Would you fire your boss if you found out you were sacrificing your own success by working for theirs... and they knew it? What if you discovered they were holding you back or worse, keeping a lot of your hard earned money?

The cold hard truth is if you work in the corporate world, then the chances are that some bosses have all been guilty of those things at one time or another. I'm not knocking anyone's boss and I myself have had some great ones. I have learned many of my most treasured lessons from them; but at some point it was time for me to get out and make my own way. Keep in mind if you are good at what you do, no smart boss wants to lose you. They see your value so when it's time for you to move on, you have to fire them.

Here are some of the why's ....

* Earn what you're worth and attain financial freedom. Imagine ,making the money you think you're worth and not what someone else says you're worth. If you're doing to work hard, why not do it yourself?

* Take control of your schedule and your life. A home business lets you decide how long you work and when. You choose the days you'll be "in the office" and when you won't. Set your priorities based on what YOU think, not what someone else does.

* Choose your own destiny. Firing your boss and beginning your own home business will give you the freedom to find and follow your bliss. Punching someone else's time clock never will.

* Create time freedom for you and your family. Imagine it's Monday morning and instead of joining the dreaded morning traffic, you enjoy a leisurely cup of coffee. What about taking your son to little league practice on a weekend afternoon or maybe even coach! Your time-freedom could allow you to take a quick romantic getaway and easily leave in the middle of the week. There's no one to tell you, you can't! Now that's freedom!

* Be Free From the Restrictions of an Office. Have you ever tried to get your boss to schedule a business trip around your schedule? Probably not because that would never happen. If you work for yourself then you go when and where you choose. Just grab your lap top and your cell phone and go. No business missed and a lot of fun gained!!!

* Forget that promotion that's been haunting you. If you're the right person for the job if should be yours, right? In today's world of over work and over achievement there may be several people equally qualified for your promotion. Owning a home business removes that.

These are just some of the reasons to venture out into the growing world of home business. Remember, this is about you as an individual and the value you bring to an organization. Working for someone else you'll always be working hard to make them rich. Don't you think you should be working hard to make you rich? Find your passion and your bliss by freeing yourself from the shackles of a dead end job. You're only limited in opportunity by the limits of your own imagination.

Seth Daley believes in the power of contribution. Seth teaches that the true way to accomplish an abundant lifestyle is to make a contribution. By living a life of contribution our lives will bring meaning and open the door for abundance and wealth. Seth is active in building several online businesses and dedicates himself to seeing entrepreneurs succeed in marketing and direct sales.

Seth can be reached at http://www.SethDaley.com

Affiliate Marketing: 2 Reasons Why People Fail In This Business

2007-11-03T01:18:00.000-07:00

by Zack Lim

There are many advantages of doing affiliate marketing and more people are joining in this business hoping that they will be able to earn a good income online. Despite the advantages that affiliate marketing have to offer, why do people still fail in this business? There are 2 reasons to explain this.

The 1st reason is the lack of hard work. Many affiliates fall into the category. One thing that you will have to take note is that hard work is very important in the affiliate marketing business as well for other kinds of business. If you are not prepared to put in the hard work, you will never achieve success with affiliate marketing.

Affiliate marketing is not as simple as directing them to the website and hoping that the customers will just buy the product from you. It will take lots of work and commitment if you want to achieve big success in this business.

The 2nd reason is lack of planning and preparation. There are many affiliates who do not have a affiliate marketing system in their business. As it is a real business, you will need to plan and make proper preparation.

Part of the preparation that the affiliates have to do is to do a proper market research so that they will be able to find profitable market. This is the most important step as if you do not find a profitable market; you will not be able to achieve much success. The entire plan must be made in such a way that it will be a step by step system. You should know the things that you have to do after you have completed certain steps.

It is thus important for affiliates to avoid making these 2 mistakes. If you do not make these mistakes, it will save you a lot of time and money. Most importantly, you have to first plan and prepare for your business, and then you will have to put in the hard work that is required in a successful affiliate marketing business.
About the Author

Zack Lim is an up and coming affiliate marketer who owns http://www.MyAffiliateMarketingOnline.com providing information on Affiliate Marketing. To get Free "7 Days to Affiliate Marketing" course, go to http://www.MyAffiliateMarketingOnline.com.

How to Make Money from Home With Just a Computer!

2007-11-01T10:57:00.000-07:00

By Melissa Arthurton

Have you ever wanted a quick and easy way to make money without investing a lot of time or money? A quick way to help ease the pain and burden of bills? I'm sure, if you're like me, you have - several of times. Right? Well, I might have solution for you.

I received this invitation to become a member of this survey group, and I thought what a great way to make some extra, easy money. So I thought, sure, I have a few extra minutes a day to do this, but is it really worth my time and effort? Well, to be honest with you, it was kindof difficult for me to come up with the money. However, to my surprise, I had made the money I spent in just a few days time after signing up.

What's good about this is that you get the opportunity to participate in surveys about clothes, fashion, snacks, television, money, cars, travel, music, politics, you name it, and I think there's a survey about it. Or there's the opportunity to participate in online focus groups, to become a mystery shopper, or to preview movie trailers. Also, there's possibilities where you get to sign up to review products and then keep them. Now, doesn't that sound like fun? Also, when you sign up, you will have access to over 1,300 different opportunities to make some quick, easy cash.

What's great about this is that if you have a computer, you can do this job. All you need is an extra few minutes a day - and who doesn't have that? You can do this for example, when you are babysitting, when you can't sleep at night, when you're waiting for company, waiting for dinner to be done to serve to your family, whenever you have some free time or if you just need a break from your day. This is a nice time filler, and it's something that you can do wherever you want - on the couch, in bed, in your pajamas, on the beach, the skies the limit. One added bonus that helped me...It also can serve as a conversation starter if you you're going to a party, or on a date, and can't find something to talk about. This just might help - no kidding!!

As I said, when you sign up, you will automatically have access to over 1,300 different opportunities, and I believe they are adding some more each and every day. I have enjoyed my time with doing these surveys and other things, and I hope you do as well.

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Author is an employee of an accredited institution, and this is a fun, side job. She is hoping that it will become a full-time position. She and her husband love to be outside enjoying nature and creating money online.

Discover Amazing New Ways To Get Massive Amounts Of No Cost Search Engine Traffic!

2007-10-31T07:10:00.000-07:00

By Richard Davis Waterhouse

Search

Website optimization is simply the art and science of building web pages that provide the most relevant answers to the various queries that people make when they use a search engine. Here is what you can do to satisfy both the end users and the search engines.

Of these methods a Search Engine listing will bring you the best targeted visitors for the least cost. In order to get a high search engine listing however you will need to create backlinks to your website.

This advice appears to be true for other search engines also. You can see which key words and key word combinations are used by visiting Overture’s Search Term Suggestion tool located at Overture. This way, when people go to Google and search on a topic related to your business and website, they'll find you.

As you know, Amazon is a buyers market place and is a VERY powerful search engine for products of all sorts, especially Books.

Site

You drive more traffic to your site and increase your website income. You also know all web site traffic is not created equal. Ensuring your site is user-friendly--and not annoying--is one of the most important factors in creating a successful online presence.

Nobody wants to be directed to a site that holds a welcome message and a sign that states, "under construction. Who operates a site drawing the type of visitors you need. While it is true that you can skew Statistics anyway you want, it is also true that with properly gathered statistics you can learn a great deal about your web site traffic if you know what to look for.

Web site traffic refers to the number of times your site is viewed by the users. Steps to increase the site traffic:. Your website is just one of many millions on the web and people rarely just stumble upon your site by accident.

People actually visited my site because of this one tiny tip. It also produced top ten rankings in Google, yahoo and AltaVista without even submitting my site to them.

Free

The best thing about writing a newsletter is that it is free marketing that will increase your website traffic. The great thing about these programs is that they come free and are easily accessible right through your control panel, which is provided to you through your web host.

You could offer a free newsletter, free email course or a free trial period. In the following article I will discuss the technique that I used to get free advertising and free laser-targeted traffic to my website. So what is this magnificent free laser-targeted traffic generating tool I mentioned early on.

Subscribe To Our Free Ezine, newsletter or e-course. Some of these methods have fairly rapid results, some are more long term and some are free while others will require you dipping into your pocket. Additionally, use a list to hand out free viral reports, site-tools (with backlinks) and so on.

Done right, it's targeted, FREE and best of all, continual.

Links

If you can code a simple HTML table, with links to the graphics on your website, your advertisement can set you apart from the crowd. If you decide to do a regular contest, expect a lot of links to your website in the future. STEP 1 - Trade Links & Content.

Suggestions: Buying targeted hits to your site using paid keyword advertising on search engines such as Google, sending advertising e-mails to your proprietary list of prospects which you generate by signing up previous visitors to your site, exchanging links for your website with other websites that have similar products to your own, paying someone else with a proprietary e-mail list to send sales letters for you (you can pay for this with a flat fee up front or in the form of commissions that result from the e-mails they send), and paying fees or commissions to other websites for putting your banners, ads, or links on their pages. Trade links with other web sites.

Instead of trading links, you could also trade banner ads, half page ads, classified ads, etc.

Link

For an RSS feed, and a link within a feed to be read it must be in html format. Make sure it gets crawled by Google and Yahoo (either submit it or link to it from another site). “Votes” from websites with high link popularity count more than links from other sites.

Each type of link discussed is important to your overall link strategy and consequently your free traffic levels. - Write website articles (like this one) and include a link to your site at the end. Be it SEO (Search Engine Optimization) to boost the ranking of a website, trading reciprocal links with complimentary websites for link popularity, or compiling opt-in email safe lists for direct marketing, the Internet marketer is sure to succeed when following in the footsteps of those that possess the tools and techniques of money making websites.

The resource box allows you to write a small amount of information about yourself and/or your site and then a link to your site. Remember that pixel selling craze of a year or so ago, where everybody went crazy buying 1 pixel ads on a website to get link popularity from Google and the other search engines.

Articles

Also you can publish those same articles on Web Articles directories. There are hundreds of "free article submission" sites that will gladly accept your articles written to provide readers with useful information. Articles (formerly known as Deep Content).

Additionally they should change the titles and a little bit of content and put those articles on their sites as well to pay for their time to write them. Having written 2800 plus articles and 692,000 page views, as well as having run 50 domain names since I started in 1996, with several traffic counters at 1-million hits per month in their hay-day and being at the top of the desired key-words in Google, Alta Vista, Yahoo and MSN. OK, so you’ve probably seen headlines like that before, you’ve probably even read articles that promise to give you the secrets to creating floods of traffic for your site.

If you provide the underlying expertise, a good ghostwriter can quickly develop articles to display your knowledge. Getting your own articles written, distributed and published on the Internet is one of the very best Internet marketing techniques in existence.

Richard Davis Waterhouse

Visit the author's Increase Web Traffic site to find out how to get 1000 visitors a day.

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What Is The Best Way To Select An Affiliate Program?

2007-10-28T01:04:00.000-07:00

by: Vinnie Gallagher

Selling products and services through the Internet is unquestionably easier and much more rewarding compared to traditional marketing methods. The fact that there are millions of people worldwide logging online each day and there is an enormous possibility for any merchant to sell his or her products and generate huge income.

However, marketers are not the only ones who can benefit from online selling. A booming industry nowadays, provides a tremendous opportunity as well to individuals as affiliate marketers. In affiliate marketing, an affiliate marketer doesn’t need to have his own products and or services to sell. All he or she needs to do is to refer people to the merchant’s business site for them to buy the products and thereby, receive a commission.

The major factor to an affiliate marketer’s success is to choose a good affiliate program and to employ proven marketing techniques in promoting or selling the products to consumers. Why select just the good and not the best affiliate program? The reason is that no one affiliate program is the best affiliate marketing program, as one program might make one affiliate marketer a millionaire and the other a frustrated marketer. In other words, any affiliate marketing program can be a success to one and a failure to another. But there are many good affiliate marketing programs to start with. How to make it the best depends on you.

But before you think how you are going to make it the best and financially rewarding, first think about how you are going to land on a good affiliate program with the thousands of affiliate marketing opportunities going live on the Internet today. Review the following tips and suggestions on how to best select the affiliate program that’s right for you.

This is the information you must have in order to make the right choice. It is helpful when you have already focused your search to a specific interest or niche market, which may also be the theme of your website (if you already have one). In this way, you would be able to direct yourself towards a program that really matches your needs, wants and resources. It would be easier for you to eliminate options that are not suited to your own criteria for a good affiliate marketing program. You should join affiliate forums for some tips, tricks and techniques and get suggestions from experienced affiliate marketers. However, make sure that you weigh all of their ideas before you buy into them.

The Internet Affiliate marketing program networks are good places to look for choices. Here, merchants and affiliate marketers like you meet. The merchants advertise their affiliate programs to interested affiliates who sign up in the network for free. Third party affiliate program networks are helpful since they provide you with access to a large number of advertisers (merchandisers) simultaneously. You can easily track and compare their sales records, performances, benefits, products and services.

So now you have choices, the next question is among all theses options, which program is the right one for you. Consider these things when deciding which programs to take and which programs to reject.

First, what is the quality of the products and services? As a professional affiliate marketer your goal is not only to make visitors of your site click the link to the business site; but more importantly, to promote the product so they would buy it. If your customers are not convinced when they visit the business site and place an order, you don’t earn a commission. Make sure the products you are endorsing are worthwhile. Ask yourself this: if I were the customer, would I buy it? Would I recommend it to my family or good friend? If you can’t convince yourself or your family and friends to buy it, take a look at your next option.

Second, check into the affiliate program or the merchandiser’s history. Review their previous and present sales data, their proven and tested affiliate marketing systems and their partners’ experiences with them. Although, success of the program really depends on the individual, this one is still very important. The sales records will not only show how good the affiliates are, but they speak about the products’ reliability, market availability and the company or the merchandisers’ reputation as well. Be sure to look into and carefully study the company’s compensation plan. Your purpose for joining the program is to earn money, so make sure you’ll be paid fairly for all your efforts.

Be sure to check if the merchandiser provides banners, graphics and articles. Only select affiliate programs that provide these for your web site because if they don't, you will have to create them on your own. It is a major plus if the company provides training on how to effectively market their products online. Don't forget, affiliate marketing is a partnership, so make sure your partner is able to support you as you help them promote their products and services.

Take down all the advantages and disadvantages of each program you are considering so you can clearly see the difference among your options; then compare the advantages of the programs with your own checklist. Take time to gather all the information you need to choose the right program. Remember an informed choice is your best choice.

About The Author
Vinnie Gallagher is the author, webmaster of http://www.AffiliateMarketingInsights.com a great resource website with Affiliate related articles, tips, advice and so much more.

Fast Track Your Journey to Internet Home Business Success

2007-10-25T23:38:00.000-07:00

by Stone Evans, The Home Biz Guy

No one has ever logged onto the Internet for the first time and started pocketing dollars in a really short period of time. As with all things in life, there is a learning curve.

SOME PERSONAL HISTORY

Just a few short years ago, I was a working stiff just like you.

One day, I bought and read a book called "Multiple Streams of Income" by bestselling author, Robert Allen. Immediately, I began my journey.

Every night after work and after my wife and children went to sleep, I would get online and explore different ways of using the Internet to make money.

In the two years that followed, I spent over $10,000 racking up credit card debt buying eBooks, membership sites, special reports, opt-in leads, and joining every "guru" recommended business opportunity that flew into my email inbox.

I stayed up learning, working, and drinking coffee until 5:00 in the morning, month after month filled with the hope of making money online.

In my third year of working part-time to build a home based income, I finally broke through and earned over $100,000 in just twelve months from the Internet.

BECOME THE MASTER OF YOUR LEARNING CURVE

Research the lives of all of the "gurus." The one thing that you will learn is that my own experience is not unique. Most of the high earners on the Internet experienced a learning curve very similar to my own.

Chances are that your curve will also be similar to mine, but it is my hope that you can get to the top faster than even I did. Three years was a long time to struggle, but every ounce of struggle was worth the reward I have finally received.

In order to shorten your own learning curve, you must do a few things differently than the rest of us did. You must become the master of your learning curve.

THE SHORTEST DISTANCE BETWEEN TWO POINTS IS A STRAIGHT LINE

There is only one way to shorten the curve on the Internet:

You must plan to succeed!

Here is the deal. Most people put up a freebie website and select a few affiliate programs to add to their website. Right out of the gate, most people are running for the finish line without any real plan in mind.

After a few short weeks, people begin to see the writing on the wall that says, "This is going to be a long hard road."

People check their hit counters daily for six weeks before they realize that getting traffic to their free site is going to be tough.

At this point, they begin developing their first batch of advertising. Then they spend countless months finding places to show their advertisements for free. Some make an even more drastic mistake by blowing thousands of hard earned dollars on their new and untested ads.

These are the people who will learn the facts of life the hard way.

In time, they will learn how to make their advertising work for them, but most will earn very little money from their affiliate programs.

At this point in the learning curve, most people throw up their hands and walk away from their dreams in utter disgust. Instead of a walking away point, this should have convinced the struggling online entrepreneur that they were simply traveling the wrong road.

YOU MUST PLAN TO SUCCEED

From day one, you must begin to learn about the nuances of web promotion. Read everything you can get your hands on. Don't just read the hype, back it up with the opinions of others who have reviewed the same programs before you came along. Learn from their mistakes and successes.

As you begin to learn, you must also look to make a decision. Do you want to step into a pre-built program that is designed to help you to succeed, OR do you want to create a completely new program of which you are the sole owner?

If you decide to step into a pre-designed and complete turn-key online money-making venture, then you must select the right venture to step into. If this is your decision, I encourage you to examine the Plug In Profit Site at: http://www.HomeBusiness.us

If you decide to go the journey on your own, then do all of the necessary research, planning and preparation that is needed for your success.

PREPARE TO SUCCEED

Decide what you think you would want to do, and then figure out how your planned site will generate a real income.

Internet old-timers know about hundreds of corporation domains that existed with IPO millions, but did not have an actual money plan that could sustain their business model. Most of these companies were among the hundreds of companies that bellied up in the 2000 dot bomb experience.

Don't blindly believe in your plan. Research others on the web who have undertaken similar business models and see if they have survived. Study your competitors in depth to learn what is working for them and what did not work for them. To better understand what has or has not worked for competitor websites, check out their time lapsed progressions using the Wayback Machine: http://web.archive.org

Once you have determined your money plan, then you should undertake the development of a business plan and a marketing plan. Utilize professional assistance if you need to do so. While creating your plans, make a determination as to which domain name you think would be best, then register it along with a hosting account. A good place to do this is at Host4Profit which you'll find in Step 2 at: http://www.HomeBusiness.us

Once you have developed your business plan and marketing plan and have run them through several revisions, then it will be time to buy your domain name and to begin work with a site designer and developer. You may need to have your domain sitting on a web host for your site developer, but this is not always necessary. While they are doing their work, enlist a copywriter to help you with your site sales copy.

When your site designer and developer have your site working, you should then undertake significant testing to make sure everything works as planned. It is much harder to fix problems on a operational site than it is to fix problems on a site that has yet to be launched.

When testing is done, then you should fill in your sales copy and then shoot for launch. Of course, you already have a marketing plan in place, so your preparation here will be simply a matter of putting the pieces of the puzzle into place.

You are finally ready to open for business. Don't be afraid to spend the money to bring your dream alive. Time can replace money in the goal of starting a profitable online business, but money invested can shave years off of your company's growth.

Keywords: internet home business, home business, home business success, internet marketing, online success, affiliate marketing

About the Author
Stone Evans, The Home Biz Guy
Internet Home Business
stone@pluginprofitsite.com
More Details about internet home business success here.

Stone Evans, The Home Biz Guy is an Internet home business authority who has helped thousands of people launch a successful Internet home business. To learn more about Stone Evans and launch your own PROVEN Internet business in 3 easy steps visit: http://www.HomeBusiness.us

A Guide To Choosing The Right Hosting For Your Business

2007-10-22T23:56:00.000-07:00

by: Dan Farrell

Don't believe for a minute that having a good web host isn't vital to your online business. If you get cheap web hosts, downtime can destroy your profits. You must do your research to find a web host carefully before making a contract with a hosting company There are many companies out there and they all have varying degrees of service.

Before you make your decision in what hosting company your will use, look over these points:

Reliable: Your host simply has to be reliable. You cannot afford to have downtime. You lose sales if people can't count on you. Really check out the web hosting company you want to use, reviewing their service completely before signing up. Ask what kind of servers they use and how reliable they are. If there are any testimonials look at them and see that they are authentic.

Good customer support: If you have problems technically at any time, you need to know you have excellent support from your web hosting service.

Monthly contract: Ensure you sign only on a monthly basis and not for 6 months or more, and that you won't be penalized for canceling at any time.

Set up fee: Don't sign up if there is a set up fee. If your hosting service really appreciates your business with them, they won't charge you for set up.

Backing up files: Does your new host back up files and how often? It is very important to back up files and good if your host does this as well.

FTP access: This is a useful feature that some web hosts offer. This will allow you to upload your site whenever you have any changes or additions to your website.

A good number of email addresses: Ensure the host you pick has enough email addresses for your business. You may need many or just a few, but your host should be able to supply you with what you need.

Bandwidth (traffic) allowed: If your host has 5GB of bandwidth, this should work for you. You should know how much you will be provided with.

Extra services: Look into what the price includes. Everything should be plain and laid out clearly as to what you will pay.

Price: You may pay varying prices for your web host, like between $5.95-$19.95. You should research the services offered compared to the price, which can be between $5.95-$19.95. It isn't always a bad sign to only be charged a low fee. It depends what you need.

Cpanel: is a useful feature, and simple to use. This will let you manage your web hosting from one place and has features like web stats and web mail. Make sure your host has a fast connection: Make sure you will have a host with a fast connection or your visitors who only have dial-up will have trouble. When your visitors only have dial up they will still have better speed if your host has fast connecting powers. This will make a lot of difference to the loading time of your site.

Knowing these points will enable you to know the best web hosting company for you.

About The Author
Dan Farrell has a newsletter, Build An eBusiness On A Shoestring. To sign up with free bonuses, go to: Web Hosts (http://build-an-ebusiness-on-a-shoestring.com)

Before You Make Another Affiliate Sale on Clickbank...Read This!

2007-10-20T23:55:00.000-07:00

by Black Cloak PPC

If you're promoting Clickbank products then be cognizant of the fact that CB shares with you every email address of every buyer that you've referred as an Affiliate. Pay someone to harvest them for you and then send each of those customers a follow up email that says ... Thank you for buying Click this link and I'm giving you a free bonus. Of course the link they click is a subscription confirmation that takes them to a page where you deliver them a damn good, valuable, free bonus. And don't be cheap because that person had the gumption to actually pull out a credit card for a product within one of the niches you're looking to corner, and this tells you that this is probably something they like to do and given the right opportunity (from you) there's a good likelihood they'll repeat the process. EVERYONE NEEDS A GOOD GUIDE Every product has a weak spot so write up a little guide that fills in some of the blanks. Or produce a quick start guide, which can be just a brief summary of the product you just helped them buy. And if you're really smart you'll fill that quick start summary with affiliate links to the other products you're going to follow up and sell them sooner or later, right? "Affiliate Marketers, Listen Up" "Any Affiliate that leaves the business aspects to the Merchant they are promoting will be a long-term failure." When I send a customer to a Merchant, that customer is at least 50% mine, so hell yes; I will email them all I want. For many products, I create my own sales pages, follow up auto responders, etc.. The most expensive activity we engage in as Marketers is first acquiring that new customer, so since you're already spending the money through PPC - unless you just couldn't be bothered - I think it's missing the real profit picture to just pass along those prospects through the funnel for somebody else's gain. Sure you'll make a few bucks in commission, but what happens when a hit man operating from the "dark side" gets harsh on your gig? Ultimately you're building somebody else's business for them - you're assuming all the risk while minimizing your rewards - by choice. Why do that? You're trading a few bucks for a real business. Keep that up and you'll be serving my latte at Starbucks. It's smart to follow up as the business behind the product - HELLO - YOU ARE!!! You've got to be aiming to out-business the Merchant, take their work and use it to gain your own customers.

If you enjoyed this, look out for my next article where we look deeper into leveraging the hard work of others to your gain.

Or visit http://www.blackcloakppc.com for more great information on how to make affiliate marketing your #1 source of income!

About the Author

Ryan Daniels is a successful Internet Marketer with over a decade of experience in the industry. Current projects include: BlackCloakPPC , an advanced affiliate marketing Blueprint.

How To Get An Avalanche of Traffic By Pay Per Click

2007-10-18T09:25:00.000-07:00

By Sab Brookes

The way PPC works is really quite simple. You bid on the keywords related to your niche. You automatically appear in the search engines; your position based on the amount you bid, against the other bids for the same keyword. Obviously the higher the amount you bid, the better positioned your site will be in the search engines. The key to doing this properly is to do keyword research. There are various ways of doing keyword research. My choice of method is visiting Spyfu website

This wonderful website gives you plenty of information, such as

* Related terms and concepts
* Average cost per click
* Organic results
* Current adwords ads
* Categories
* Terms others buy with your main term

As the website suggests, the information given by it will help you 'spy' on your competition to see what works for them, so you can model that too. Another wonderful website is this:

Another yet wonderful website at crazyegg tells you where you get your clicks on any page and which of your links were clicked on, giving you a good idea of what your visitors are doing in your website.

To achieve success in your PPC campaign, you need to focus on specific elements of your PPC ads.

Firstly, your keywords:

Website visitors follow a specific order when searching for a product or information. First, they search for a single keyword. Then they search for two words. Next, they search for a product through related brand names. After that, they search for long tail keywords, that is, keywords containing more than 3 words, before they finally buy.

So in order to run a successful PPC campaign, you need to use long tail keywords that are more focused. Using long tail keywords will also mean you pay less per click, but the best part is, your conversion will skyrocket!

Next, you need to focus on your ad copy:

There are two specific parts of your ad copy that you need to focus on. The first part is using specific ads for every term you target (pg 11). Using that term in your ad will increase your click through rates. The second part is the ad itself. Your ad must be attractive to your potential customer. Google visitors do not click on the list appearing on their right - the PPC ads. So you need to test your ad copy to see if it is working. If it isn't, you need to change it.

There are two important words that attracts buyers: Review and Bonus. Use the word 'Review' for any niche and the word 'Bonus' for internet marketing niche.

PPC Search Engines you can use are google adwords, overture, findwhat, kanoodke and espotting.

You need to look out for:

1. The Ad costs - Set aside a budget specifically for your PPC campaign. Otherwise, you'll be rudely shocked by an ad bill costing you more than you can afford. All PPC programs come with a budgeting tool, where you can control your daily ad expenses.
2. Click Fraud - Click Fraud is when your competitors click on your ad, removing it once you have spent your daily budget, thus effectively, if unscrupulously, eliminating competition by you. The result? Their ad moves up in position, benefiting them at your cost. The search engines do their level best to prevent charging you for this unscrupulous act, but there is so much they can do.
3. Advertising companies. Although Google and Yahoo are super great search engines, they can cost you a lot in advertising dollars for competitive keywords. You may like to look for alternatives, like Exactseek, although it is not as good in terms of daily visitors. Use other alternative search engines like Exactseek and MSN if you are using highly competitive keywords that can cost you a bomb in Google or Yahoo.

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INVESTMENT THAT SUCKS

2007-10-08T06:28:00.000-07:00

by David Opoku

INVESTMENT THAT SUCKS The wide variety of securities that exist today, make the modern investor prone to all sorts of temptations to meddle with ‘bad' investment. It is as such very rewarding for investors and prospective investors alike, to be able to recognise the fine divide between a ‘good' investment, with a high chance of success, and one that will fail. Let's proceed then to learn to identify an investment that sucks.

One characteristic of a ‘bad' investment is the absence of a well-defined strategy. Even if there is a strategy, its potency is a monumental determinant of success. A strategy of investing in a few securities in one or a couple of industries is not powerful enough. Such a scheme should be rectified by investing in more diverse security types chosen from various industries. This tactic is to help spread risk in the investment, to increase the chance of obtaining the expected returns.

It is an appalling practice to attempt to time the market -- sell lows and buy highs. What every investor has to bear in mind is that fads only lead to frustration in investments, and anyway, when a security becomes popular, it no longer bears any advantage, because any benefits would have been already factored into the price of the security. There is a tendency for prices of a security to rise, fall, rise and fall and so on, in the short and medium term. If one sells a low to buy a high, a loss may be incurred as it is very likely that the high will be bought at a time when it has reached its peak in price and just on the brink of establishing a trough. In so far as one researches sufficiently to invest in the right combination of securities, it is wise for the investor to keep calm when short and medium term fluctuations occur, and hold onto the existing portfolio consistently.

The habit of frequent trading is dysfunctional because it leads to excessive and unnecessary commission and transaction costs, all of which can massively reduce expected returns. It can be contended that the rewards that may be possibly gained from following fads and timing of the market are by far outweighed by the risks involved. The focus of an investment should be on the long-term returns rather than on short and medium term advantages. There is evidence to support the fact that an average portfolio when held to maturity provides much greater returns than frequent selling and buying of the constituent securities. Apart from commissions and transaction costs that are saved in a buy-and-hold strategy, there are tax benefits also to be gained, reason being less tax is paid on securities in a portfolio held to maturity, than are paid in frequent trading.

A weak investment strategy has a bias towards equities or bonds. In the long-term shares have proven to amass greater returns than bonds. However, it is good investment practice to have fair amounts of equities and bonds in ones portfolio. An explanation for this is that returns from equities and bonds are affected differently by economic changes, and holding both securities in a portfolio, does guarantee some benefits irrespective of the change.

It is inadvisable to expose investment to fads and insider tips. If something is too good to be true then it probably is. Although every investment will have a trace of imperfection, a lot of grave errors can be eluded if the investor, without fail, bears the ‘big' picture in mind, and takes calculated risk, in order to secure a handsome return in the long-term.

David Opoku BA Hons. in Accounting and Finance. I am currently specialising in Financial Advising/Stockbroking in Edward Jones Ltd. E-mail: davido312@aol.com Web address: www.investmentyouneed.com

Keywords: INVESTMENT, PORTFOLIO, FADS

About the Author
David Opoku

davido312@aol.com
More Details about short and medium-term investment here.

I hold a BA Hons. degree in Accounting and Finance. I am currently specialising in Financial Advising/Stockbroking in Edward Jones Ltd.

Keep Small Business Marketing Email Spam Free

2007-10-03T16:26:00.001-07:00

By Karen Loye Porter

One of the challenges of small business email marketing is getting email delivered. There are several ways that email can end up as Spam, and steering clear of these causes will give your marketing efforts a much greater likelihood of success.

How to Prevent Emails from Landing in Spam Folders

First, make sure that any small business marketing email is sent only to people that you already have an established relationship with, or those who have requested to be sent your communication. People you already have a relationship with can be considered personal friends or family, or people you have a business relationship with, such as customers, associates, and similar individuals. If you don't know the recipient personally, it is best to have people "opt in" to receive your mailings. Having people subscribe to your mailing list is the best way to do this. Mailing outside of these parameters is likely to result in some recipients reporting your emails as Spam.

Second, mailing to a large number of names at once using personal email accounts often triggers a Spam designation. Even if you are mailing legitimately (i.e. people have requested your email), if you are mailing to more than 100 names at a time, it will likely be presumed to be Spam. Using a mailing service that is well known and respected by the internet service providers (ISPs) will help ensure that your mailing is viewed as legitimate when mailed en mass.

Even when you've mailed to an opt-in list, and are using a respected mailing service, your well intended email may still end up in a Spam folder instead of an inbox. This often happens due to using certain words or phrases in "subject lines" of emails that are often associated with Spam emails. The subject line is the header that is seen when an email shows up in your email in-box.

Email filters are used by ISPs to check the words in an email's subject line. A good subject line can encourage people to actually pen an email. A bad one can mean your email gets deleted, or worse, it can cause your email to be categorized as Spam.

Often the more sophisticated service providers use a "point system" that identifies trigger phrases commonly used in Spam emails. Once an email accummulates a certain number of "points," the email gets filtered out and is never delivered to a customer. In some cases it doesn't even go into a Spam folder, but it gets completely blocked.

Common Phrases Considered "Spam"

Although it's impossible to identify each word or phrase that can trigger a Spam designation, there are certain words that are almost always likely to cause problems. Examples from this list include the folllowing words:

amazing, big money, call now, cash bonus, credit, click here, collect, compare, discount, double your income, earn $, eliminate debt, 50% off, free, freebie, get rich, information you requested, loans, lose weight, lose inches, million dollars, make money, mlm, multi level marketing, opportunity, promise you, refinance, removes, reverses aging, satisfaction guaranteed, serious cash, stop (or stops), you're a winner.

There are some additional problem phrases that can trigger some Spam filters, or start adding "Spam points." The following phrases should be avoided as well:

Act now, all new, all natural, as seen on tv, avoid bankruptcy, buy direct, cash, casino, consolidate debt, credit card debt, don't delete, easy terms, get paid, guaranteed, great offer, give away, limited time, meet singles, no cost, no fees, offer, one time, pharmacy, pharmaceutical, prescriptions, online marketing, order now, please read, save up to, special promotion, unsecured debt, unsecured credit, vacation, viagra, visit our web site, while supplies last, why pay more, winner, work at home, you've been selected.

Other Spam Triggers to Avoid

Besides phrases, using quotation marks, dollar signs and exclamation points in subject lines also can trigger Spam filters. So does using all capital letters, which is considered "shouting" in the online world.

You should also never put a toll-free number in the subject line as that can also cause your email to be filtered out by many filters.

Finally, when you start seeing new spam using certain words or subject lines in your own mailbox, simply know that these will start showing up in Spam folders soon. Make note of those words and phrases and know you should avoid them as well.

Deliverability Tip

To check your deliverability before you mail, you can purchase Spam check software that will help you verify that your email is free from identified Spam triggers. Another way to check your deliverability ahead of time is send your finished email to yourself and one or two friends that have good email Spam filters. If you do this before sending it out to your entire list, you will be able to see if your email scoots past the Spam filters and actually lands in the inbox. If it does, you can be reasonably sure that your email will get delivered. Now the challenge is to just get it opened!

© Karen Porter. This article may may be freely published provided all content is left intact and the author bio/resource information below is included in its entirety.

Karen Porter is a marketing consultant with over 20 years marketing experience working with businesses large and small. With a special fondness for assisting small business owners, her KPorterMarketing.com website contains articles, tips and recommended resources specifically of interest to budget conscious, small business marketers. Subscribe to her marketing newsletter to get marketing tips and cost effective marketing ideas.

How To Become An Ultimate Blogger

2007-09-30T16:14:00.000-07:00

By Donald Mckenzie Jr

Although blogging has become a highly popular internet activity, it is hard to be the best of the best. Each day thousands of blogs are created by internet rookies and experts alike. Here are a few questions to ask yourself before beginning this journey.

1) Will blogging really benefit you?

Writing and maintaining a blog will take a high degree of commitment. If you do not enjoy writing very much, you can always create a blog focused on audio or video.

Blogging has benefited many people in the past. They use them to send information to others and interact in small communities. The simple thing to remember is, blogs help to get you noticed on the internet.

2) Who do you want to reach on the internet?

This step is not only important, but also vital to your success online. Whether you want to make money or just blog for fun, people want to know that they can trust you. In other words, you need to build some type of trust with them.

You will want to find some type of target audience to reach. For instance, if you blog about home business opportunities, you will want to try and reach people who want to begin a home based business, or even eBay users.

Your blog has the potential to reach people almost anywhere on the internet. Many of them include regular internet users, blog readers, and search engine users.

3) What is your goal as a blogger?

If you decide to create a blog for business purposes they can help you in a number of ways. Blogs can increase your visibility on the internet, help you get your name and business around to many people, build a small community for you, and they can even help to establish your credibility as an expert to build trust.

4) How much time should you spend blogging?

If you are a serious blogger who writes a lot and keeps up with current news, you will tend to spend a great deal of time customizing and updating your blog. If you spend a great deal of time with this, your blog will easily become a great branding tool for you. Even if you do not have a business, you will build trust with other bloggers and visitors.

5) What is the best blogging platform to use?

This question all depends on the type of blogger you are. If you just want to get a feel for what the blogging world is all about, then you should start with a platform such as blogger or type pad. On the other hand, if you want to begin something serious, you will want to start with the word press platform.

All in all, blogging is a great way to interact with the internet community. You can use them to get your name around the net or even enhance your personal business. It is imperative to start a blog as soon as possible and explore the benefits. If you spend the time and have the patience you can easily succeed and become an ultimate blogger.

Copyright 2007 Donald Mckenzie Jr

Donald Mckenzie Jr has been a successful affiliate marketer for more than 2 years. He has used his knowledge to help others succeed and create steady streams of income online. For access to his home business articles and programs, visit his website. http://full-time-income-from-home.blogspot.com

How to Boost Your Website Traffic, Today

2007-09-21T15:18:00.000-07:00

By Ciara Carruthers

Building said successful website is much more difficult than defining it, however. To build a high trafficked website, one must achieve both factors of the following equation: [Great content] + [Lots of inbound links] = Lots of traffic

Adding great content over time and developing a link building strategy is a sure fire way to a profitable and valuable website. With steady work, on a daily or at least weekly basis, a website owner can start to see results within a year.

However, some of us don’t have the patience to wait that long. So, are there ways to build traffic TODAY? Yes. The following methods have all proven to be efficient ways of increasing traffic in the short term. Combine these methods with the above equation and you will create a successful website…right now.

Create viral marketing for your website

When you start out, you don’t have so many links pointing into your site. People just don’t know you exist. So, a fine way to spread the word is through viral marketing.

Viral marketing is essentially an way of getting people to notice your site in a way that spreads by itself. Hence the word ‘viral’. It acts as a virus does. Techniques include; ‘Tell a friend’ buttons, del.i.cious, ezines, ebooks, etc…

Forum Participation

Join two or three GOOD forums relating to your website. A good forum has continual visits. Joining a slow forum won’t benefit you greatly. Assure that the forum allows ‘signatures’ within which you can put a link to your website. Signatures are a small message that will automatically attach itself to the end of your questions or answers within the forums.

Get into those forums and really participate. Add value to the forum. Don’t just post silly answers in order to get your signature up there. For further information on forum participation, please see the following link: "Boosting traffic with forums"

Yahoo Answers

Yahoo Answers is rather similar to forum participation except that the site is not confined to one category. You can answer questions based on anything, though naturally, you will be answering questions mainly based on your topic. With Yahoo Answers, you are not given the use of a signature. So, you will find a way to include a link to your website within your answer.

This is a tricky game, however, because if you include a link to your website within every answer, you may be accused of spamming and get chucked out. My advise is to aim to provide valuable information, including a link to your website within every third or fourth answer. Try also to include links to other useful websites, not just your own.

Using these three strategies on a continual basis will start the traffic ball rolling without having to wait those awful visitor-less months and months.

Ciara Carruthers is a professional website content writer. She specializes in the creation of ‘information centers’ for all websites, which increase traffic and add value. Her website also offers free, useful articles on website writing and traffic increasing. See the following link for her entire list of articles: "Writing and traffic related articles.

Creating an Income With Blogging

2007-09-15T16:07:00.000-07:00

By Khemal Dole

There is a lot of buzz these days around blogging for money. In truth, it is more difficult to make money this way than some may lead you to believe. However, if approached properly, blogging can become a very profitable exercise. Let’s discuss some easy, practical steps you can take towards creating an online blogging presence that will make money for you.

First and foremost, a personal little blog is not going to do it. Some people believe they can blog about their daily lives and make money. I hate to break your bubble, but your life isn’t that interesting. Don’t take offense – nobody’s life is that interesting! If you want to pull traffic, you are going to need to offer a topic or topics that interest people, and in many cases answer questions that people have. For instance, an Internet Marketing blog might have all general IM posts, or may be divided into sections for PPC posts, article marketing posts, affiliate marketing posts, and product creation posts. Such a blog offers a subject many people are interested in, many subdivisions of that subject that people want more information about, and the posts can give great tips, advice, or share experience that can help others.

After beginning a blog focused around your niche, sprinkle a little Adsense around it. Try to keep your Adsense in places that receive the most focus – the top of your blog (specifically top left if you can), between paragraphs in the text, or at the bottom right after the text ends, for people who are looking for more information after reading your post. These locations seem to do well. However, making money with an Adsense-only blog can be very difficult. There is one more thing you should do to make your blog more profitable.

Once you have established yourself a little and built some rapport with your readers, you want to begin sprinkling affiliate products into your posts. Don’t overdo this or you will run your readership away! However, in a post describing a particular problem, you may post a link to a product that solves that problem. That link would be your affiliate link, and any sales resulting from your blog post’s link would pay commissions to you. You might even want to place one or two graphical or text affiliate links to useful, relative products in the sidebar or sidebars of your blog. Be sure you don’t make it difficult to search your blog for all the ads and affiliate links! You want your users to feel that you are blogging for them first and foremost, and your affiliate links are merely helpful suggestions you are making.

By establishing yourself in a niche, offering useful information to your readers, and sprinkling your blog with tastefully-positioned ads and affiliate links, you will begin to see an income coming through your blog. Congratulations, you have succeeded! Now continue to tweak and test what works well and what doesn’t so that you can continue to make your blog more and more profitable for yourself, while becoming more and more appealing to your target audience.

Good luck and happy blogging!

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The Benefits Of Web Video Marketing

2007-09-13T16:11:00.000-07:00

By Shrinivas Vaidya

The World Wide Web or the Internet is an information superhighway. Information in various formats is available on-demand 24 hours a day. Information in the form of mostly text compiled in to websites can be read using web browsers.

In this information superhighway audio and video are quickly gaining popularity because of it's great quality experience against dead websites. Audi and video is much more appealing than text.

But how do you use web video in marketing?

The simple answer to this is "to educate the viewers". Education of any kind makes the viewer easier to take a decision. It doesn't have a to be a buying decision. Many people browse the Internet to find a solution or for research. A web video is the best way to help the viewer to gain extra knowledge about his subject.

Why is video preferred more than text base information?

It's quite obvious, because a video shows a proof that real human beings can solve their problems by using the information in the video. Most people only believe things that are visible to their eyes. If your video is successful n presenting them proof of their achievements using a particular book, machine, service then it can quickly create emotional triggers into viewers mind to make a buying decision.

An impulse like "hey, it worked for him, even want to try it" makes it possible to convert a viewer into a "customer". On the other hand it is also possible that after watching a video a viewer may say, "no, this is not what I am looking for".

So you see, "education" makes a person capable of taking decisions quickly and can guide him towards the right path. If your product doesn't solve his problem then you have saved yourself from the misery of an unsatisfied customer and web video is the easiest way to do this.

One of the greatest benefits of web video is that it can be played "on-demand". the video resides on your server or at a video portal and anyone interested can view it anytime he/she wants. That is why web video is becoming the new age marketing vehicle for marketers around the globe and you must give it a try, without any hesitation.

Learn how I drove 1,000 Unique visitors to my website in less than 24 hours by creating and distributing just one video. Visit http://www.1000VisitorsToday.com/ to find out.

How PLR Content Can Work For Your Blog And Make You Money with Adsense

2007-09-12T05:13:00.000-07:00

by ambrosio thompson

If you have been looking into various ways to make internet marketing strategies work for you, then you have probably come across the benefits of blogs and ad sense during your search. Blogs provide a place to put content that is relevant and contains keywords that can help direct individuals to the blog.

The content of the blog usually provides general or even specific information that is designed to interest the reader. Usually with PLR content, there are embedded links that allow the reader to click on a word or phrase and move to a different website that contain more information or the product being discussed. Ad sense is an internet-marketing tool, which helps by creating ads, links, and short informational blocks to place on a variety of websites that contain information similar to the information provided by your site. In this manner, individuals are able to click on the ads usually located on the sides and bottom of the page in order to access other websites with similar products.

The PLR or private label right content is prewritten content, which can be purchased for a small fee and then modified to meet the exact need of your site. Modification of content takes considerably less time to do than to generate all of the content from scratch. There are some inherent dangers with using PLR content especially if it is not modified.

Many times this content will be sold to a number of people making it possible to be read by the search engines as duplicate content and placed in an area that is not immediately viewable. Therefore, it is important to modify PLR content to place it outside of the duplicate content trap.

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Promote your Internet Business with Free Internet Marketing Methods

2007-09-10T07:58:00.000-07:00

By Jane Rusky

As many would say, the best things in life are free.This especially holds true with efforts in advertising your products or services. Using free Internet marketing services, you can save yourself a lot of money. Rather than paying for marketing your product or services, you could put your money to other important elements of your business since you now can find knowledge regarding Internet marketing services on special information websites without having to pay for it.

I am not telling you to completely focus on plain no cost internet marketing... it will do your business a lot of good if you mix traditional advertising efforts such as paid offline advertising with electronic marketing like no cost classified ads.

A few of the no cost ways you can use to make your products and services widely visible, thus sellable are:

1. No cost search engine submission and optimization of your website.

Don't submit your url to search engines more than once a month. I personally do never submit my websites to search engines but try to get a link on someone else's website pointing to mine. When search engines find you that way, they tend to index you much faster.

2. Write good articles and submit them to article directories.

If you take the time to write say 10 good articles and submit them to as many directories as possible, you WILL eventually get the traffic and thus exposure to your product. It may be time consuming but it is one of the best, if not THE best way of quickly generating quality targeted traffic.

3. Publish articles on your website.

There are thousands of article directories on the internet that offer a wide array of articles on thousands of topics at no cost. Pick the ones within your niche and add a couple to your website twice to three times per week. Every time the search engines visit your site, they find that more content has been added. They love that and will visit your site more frequently which leeds to higher rankings.

4. Optimize your website.

his is easy to do. Give your site a 'title' and a sub title preferably a keyword phrase. Eg. If your site is about Internet Business, you could use the phrase: 'Make Money Online' as your title. Better still: Make Money Online - Make Money Online with our free internet marketing course. I always use my title also for the 'description' meta tag and the 'keywords' meta tag. Also make sure that your title is one of the first phrases of the content of your website and you are half way.

These are ways that you can make use of without costing you a cent. Your website's hits statistics will be produced by this kind of internet marketing.

5. Use 'alt tags'.

Alt Tags are keywords, embedded in your pictures. In the html code it would look like this: img src="images/picture1.jpg" alt="make-money-online-pic1"

You don't have to be too techie-geeky to be able to design your web site. Oftentimes, web design templates or custom-made layouts are available for the Internet marketer to use.

6. Monitor your website's visibility.

Tools such as search engine position trackers may be used to see your website's standing so you can keep on tweeking for better results.

Whatever you do however, keep updating your site regularly. As soon as you don't update, search engines will stay away and if you had built any ranking, you will lose them faster than you gained.

Janet Rusky has built many businesses throughout her internet life of 9 years and offers a no-cost course for those who want to set up and run their own internet business at: http://www.7weekstoriches.com/intro.html

Based Business Opportunity

2007-09-06T16:35:00.000-07:00

by Daryl Saari

The One and Only complete Marketing System found right here can really make a change in an individuals life forever and it can be used for a primary business and along with it we also include our affiliate side of the program also, and it is found right here http://tobytoby.veretekk.com

This State of the Art System really has a program that is designed for a beginner, or an online marketing expert because, it comes with Live online training about the system and what it can do. Individuals can start out with a Free Silver Enrollment into it to see it start to work in action first.

When the system starts to work, people then have the ability to simply upgrade to a low monthly cost Gold System, and this is where all the action really takes place. In the gold system individuals have the ability to do everything, and with silver system it is limited in areas.

What Veretekk is about and what it has become, is a lead generation system that works well for people, and it delivers premium leads, meaning these are leads that have already signed for a marketing system of their own. Veretekk is about relationship marketing through the well trusted system that has been created here. http://tobytoby.veretekk.com

Veretekk currently has over 100 Top skilled trainers that simply teach about how to work the system to the fullest. We offer several traffic portals to use and the use of other tools inside the system. We also have trainings about Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and this is where you will learn this information for Free on how to nail a top position on a keyword category.

Inside the Veretekk system we also have a tool that is only available to Gold subscribers but it is called the Drill and it can do SEO work for an individual, and link several traffic portals all at once and it works very well. The system will teach how to promote a primary business as well.

This system starting out has a wide variety of tools to use such as Blastomatic that submits to 12 Million sites, and a tool called Leadsomatic which is a lead generating portal that we have, that submits to 2 Billion and works for SEO, we offer Veretracking which tracks the success that individuals have, to see what works best, and the best rating for the time of day.

We offer a email submission service through a tool inside the system that is called, the Bully Pulpit and it is used to email leads that gets captured inside the system through our tool called the hammer, that hammers out to several of prospects, also we have a lead tool called Free FFA and that is used for downloading thousands of Free leads for email marketing. This system generates commissions through our affiliate side of the Veretekk program when individuals make an upgrade to Gold also.

Our payout plan works on three levels, and the third level pays the most, because of all the individuals using the marketing system under yourself. This system makes a great addition to a primary business because it works, even if people are promoting something or not, because people all the time are looking for a marketing system to add to their business to make it work effectively to the fullest. Use the link right here to sign up for a Free Veretekk marketing system and start out with our basic trainings that are found inside the Black bar inside the system that says VERETRAINING after signing up, and going back and confirming the email that is sent with instructions on it. http://tobytoby.veretekk.com

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Taking Free Paid Surveys Online

2007-09-05T23:16:00.000-07:00

Free Paid Surveys, Get Paid To Take Surveys, Take Online Surveys for CASH! More than likely you have seen ads like these all over the internet. Can you really get paid to take surveys online? Or is it just another scam?

by Chris Price

Free Paid Surveys, Get Paid To Take Surveys, Take Online Surveys for CASH!

More than likely you have seen ads like these all over the internet. And like most people you are probably wondering if they are true. Can you really get paid to take surveys online? Or is paid surveys just another scam? Surprisingly, the answer is yes. You can actually get paid to take surveys online.

There are many companies that will pay you to participate in online surveys, focus groups, and even

product tests. These are market research companies that are paid by large companies to find out what the public feels about their products. They want to know if their advertising camppagns are working and how everyday people feel about their products. Large corporations spend billions of dollars a year on advertising. So to pay you a few dollars to find out if their advertising is working is not that big of a deal. So they hire these market research companies. And the market research companies send out surveys to everyday people to find out what the public is thinking.

There are also several misconceptions about taking paid surveys online. Many advertisements will tell you that you can make up to $250 an hour taking paid surveys. Although it is possible to be compensated $250 for participating in an important study or focus group, the average paid survey will pay you between $2 and $20.

There are also a few different kinds of paid survey sites. There are paid survey directories, or databases, and there are the actual paid survey companies. A paid survey, or market research company, is the actual company that will send you the paid surveys. And also the one that will compensate you for your participation. An example of a paid survey company is NFO My Survey. NFO has been around for over 20 years and is one of the major paid survey companies on the internet. When joining a paid survey site like NFO you are notified by email when your participation in a paid survey is needed. You can then choose to take the paid survey or simply ignore it. You are told how much you will be paid for taking each survey and how long the paid survey should take to complete. Companies like NFO My Survey are always free to join. A legitimate paid survey company will never ask you to pay a fee to join.

Tell a friend about this article!Another type of site is a paid survey directory, or database. Paid survey databases provide directories of paid survey companies. These are the sites you go to to find companies that will pay you to participate in online surveys. There are several databases you can join. But most online paid survey databases are not free. A site like SurveyScout charges about $35 for their directory of 490 paid survey companies. Others charge anywhere from $20 to $60 to access their paid surveys directory. Many people are fooled into thinking that when they join these membership sites they will automatically start receiving paid surveys. A membership site like SurveyScout does not actually send paid surveys. They are only a directory of companies that you join that send paid surveys online.

Before you spend $35 dollars for a paid survey database do some looking around. A good paid survey directory will have everything you would find in a paid membership site and is absolutely free. There is no need to pay to find paid surveys. In fact, why would you want to pay for free information? Paid membership sites are simply taking advantage of the fact that most people don't know where to look for this type of information. And once they pay and then find out that they paid for a directory, most people feel like they have been scammed. My advice would be to bypass a paid directory. And use a free paid survey directory.

If you are looking for a full-time income online, paid surveys may not be the thing for you. Although you can make some good money taking paid surveys online, more than likely it will not be enough to make you rich. On the other hand, if you want to make some extra money without much effort then paid surveys is the way to go.

The key to getting paid to take surveys online is joining as many of these paid survey companies as possible. Most paid survey sites will only send a few paid surveys a month.

So the logic is, the more paid survey companies you belong to the more paid survey invitations you will receive. And the more money you will make. I'ts a good idea to start off with around 10 to 20 good paid survey companies. Each one will only take a few minutes to sign up for and is well worth it. There are around 500 paid survey companies you can join. And once you have joined the main ones you can go back and join others to receive even more paid surveys. Of 500 paid survey companies I would have to say that there are about 50 that will send you paid surveys on a regular basis. The rest may only send one a month or even less. So starting with the top paid surveys is obviously the best way to go.

You must answer a few screener questions before taking a survey to see if you fit the profile for the type of person the company is interested in. After taking a few screeners you can start to see how you should answer to make yourself qualify. For instance, most paid survey screeners will ask you if you work in a certain industry, or any type of market research or advertising business. The answer to a question like this should almost always be no. They do not want people who know the market research business taking their surveys. And you will almost always not qualify for the paid survey.

Now that you have all the information you need it's up to you to decide if paid surveys is for you or not. If you are interested in paid surveys I highly reccommend NFO My Survey, Global Test Market, Survey Savvy, Survey Spot, E-Poll, ECN Research, Lightspeed Research, American Consumer opinion, Test Spin, GoZing surveys, Greenfield Online, and Opinion Outpost. There are several more great paid survey sites. These are just my personal favorites.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Chris Price has participated in several hundred paid surveys, focus groups, and product tests. He currently owns one of the largest free resources for Paid Surveys Online: http://www.wahmservice.com
Here's one which is ranked #4 by clickbank Http://www.paidsurveysetc.com

Ultimate Wealth Package Review

2007-09-04T00:09:00.000-07:00

by James Perkins

If your like many, the idea of running a profitable home based business is very intriguing. Whether you wish to make a full time income or simply supplement your current income, the advantages are numerous. The problem is, how do you know where to begin? One simple, cost-effective choice can set the ball in motion and have you headed in a progress positive direction. The Ultimate Wealth Package not only provides a beginner friendly, content rich program but does so at a very affordable price.

With the Ultimate Wealth Package, Mark Warren delivers a FREE website that produces four different potential streams of income. Everything is setup for you. The site is literally ready to start making money the second it is launched. All you have to do is advertise. That's no problem though because included with the website is $100 of free advertising with Google and Yahoo to get you started. Managing your site is a breeze as well. The control panel is very managable and user friendly, making even the least technical savvy individual feel comfortable.

As if the website was not enough, Mark also includes all of the information you will ever need regarding internet marketing and internet based entrepreneurship. In depth manuels covering affiliate marketing, search engine optimization, pay per click advertising, ebay, Google secrets and much more are all included with the Ultimate Wealth Package. Although a step by step guide is not included, the quick start guide is more than enough to launch your site and begin profiting.

Mark Warren is the reason the Ultimate Wealth Package has been at the top of Clickbank's marketplace in sales for weeks now. He knows how to profit from internet based business and he passes that knowledge onto members of the Ultimate Wealth Package. Even priced at $300 this program would be of great value, but at $100 it can't be beat!

Follow this link to the Ultimate Wealth Package home page to receive a 50% discount.

I hope this review sets you in the right direction when deciding how you can become a successful online entrepreneur.

About the Author

James is a private internet marketing and home based business researcher.

How I Converted $27 to $20,627 Profits Easily? - Part 4

2007-09-03T23:56:00.000-07:00

By Murtuza Abbas

Part 1, 2 and 3 detailed all the steps that I have used to convert a one time investment of $27 into $20,627 in sales.

This article will review all the steps that I have personally used to earn thousands of dollars with dirt cheap investment using the power of internet.

You will also discover some dirty tricks and tips in this article that I have not mentioned in the the previous parts of this article series that will boost up your profitability through the roof.

Whatever you do, make sure you apply these 10 simple steps and start earning thousands online starting today.

Lots of blah, blah... Now lets get down to business...

Step 1 ==> Research some resell right products in your niche. You can get one easily for under 20 bucks.

Step 2 ==> Combine 3 to 4 quality resell right products and create a package of your own.

Step 3 ==> Design your own stunning website and eye catching graphics. Donot use the one you get from the resell right products.

Step 4 ==> Create your own salesletter. Donot use the one you get from resell right products.

Step 5 ==> Signup with an autoresponder service.

Step 6 ==> Create a lead page and a killer follow up system.

Step 7 ==> Provide your visitors a free ecourse, ebook, report or video as a free gift for signing up in your list.

Step 8 ==> Promote your resell right package in your free gifts via your follow up system.

Step 9 ==> Promote your lead page via forums and article marketing.

Step 10 ==> Blast offers and newsletter to your list every single week. This will finally make you tons of money.

Do you want to learn how I do it? Watch this 'FREE Video' and discover how I recently made $20,000 with my website...

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Murtuza Abbas has helped hundreds of newbies 'one-on-one' to start their internet business in less than 7 days and has written 131 articles providing valuable information on how to start an internet business.

How I Converted $27 to $20,627 Profits Easily? - Part 3

2007-09-02T22:33:00.000-07:00

By Murtuza Abbas

Part 1 of the article showed you how to research a hot selling resell right product, the importance of designing your own website and writing your own sales copy.

Part 2 of this article showed you how to build a killer follow up system that makes you money even while you are sleeping or moving around with your girl/boy friend.

Part 3 will show you how I promote my lead page and sales letter that converted my $27 one time investment into $20,627 in sales and profits automatically.

How I did it and how you can do it too?

Step 1 ==> Participate in forums.

Research top high traffic forums in your niche. Visit them daily and answer questions of the members out there by providing them valuable information.

If you provide valuable answers you are allowed to place a resource box below your post that contains your website advertisement and link.

Make sure you place link to your lead page out there where you provide your visitors a free gift to get them in your list.

As soon as you do this people will subscribe to your list and in turn your follow up system will sell your resell right package and make you money.

Research atleast 10 forums and get started today.

Step 2 ==> Write and submit articles.

Write quality articles in your niche.

Your articles should be around 250 to 500 words in length providing valuable information in your niche.

Submit your articles to article directories online. One of the top article directories is 'Ezine Articles', make sure you submit your articles out there for massive exposure.

You can also use an artice distribution service like 'Article Marketer' to distribute your articles to hundreds of article directories with a click of a button.

These are some of the ways I used to promote my resell right package.

Make sure you learn different promotional methods to get massive exposure for your lead page.

Do you want to learn how I do it? Watch this 'FREE Video' and discover how I recently made $20,000 with my website...

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Murtuza Abbas has helped hundreds of newbies 'one-on-one' to start their internet business in less than 7 days and has written 131 articles providing valuable information on how to start an internet business.

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2007-08-31T23:27:00.000-07:00

How I Converted $27 to $20,627 Profits Easily? - Part 2

2007-08-31T17:15:00.000-07:00

By Murtuza Abbas

Part 1 of this article showed you the importance of...

* Researching a resell right product.

* Create your own website and graphics.

* Create your order pulling sales copy.

Part 2 will show you how I went about selling a simple $27 resell rights package using a killer money-making follow up system.

Don't get fooled with the simplicity of this process as this process works like gangbusters if you apply them consistently and efficiently to make money online.

Lets check out how I create a killer cash-pulling follow up system...

Step 1 ==> Signup with an autoresponder system.

Autoresponders help you to automate your follow up system by sending out your follow up emails at any time intervals you specify.

You can get tons of quality autoresponder services online for dirt cheap prices.

The most effective among all of them that I personally use is 'Aweber'.

Step 2 ==> Create a lead page.

You offer a free gift to your subscribers for signing up in your list.

The lead page conveys benefits of your free gift and convinces your visitors to signup in your list.

Step 3 ==> Create a free gift.

You can offer a free gift to your visitors for signing up in your list in the form of a...

1. Free Ecourse.

2. Free Mini-Ebook.

3. Free Report.

4. Free Audio.

5. Free Video.

Whatever you provide them make sure that they contain quality stuff.

Step 4 ==> Promote your resell right product.

Offer quality info in your free gift along with ads, links an recommendation of your resell right package.

This is the place where you will make tons of money.

Part 2 ends here. Now part 3 will show you how to promote your lead page and your sales letter that pulls in cash from this simple internet cash machine.

Do you want to learn how I do it? Watch this 'FREE Video' and discover how I recently made $20,000 with my website...

==> Grab Your Free Internet Home Business Pack

Murtuza Abbas has helped hundreds of newbies 'one-on-one' to start their internet business in less than 7 days and has written 131 articles providing valuable information on how to start an internet business.

How I Converted $27 to $20,627 Profits Easily? - Part 1

2007-08-29T23:47:00.000-07:00

By Murtuza Abbas

Let me ask you some money-making questions...

* Are you interested in making cool money selling simple information products?

* Do you want to make money without investing thousands of dollars in your internet business?

* Are you interested in getting started today and start making money tomorrow by investing near around 27 bucks?

This article will show you how I converted a one time investment of $27 into $20,627 profits easily and how I will continue making money from this idea throughout the life of my internet business.

If you apply the information laid down in this article you can too make serious money online without investing thousands into your internet business.

Lots of blah, blah... Now lets get started...

Step 1 ==> Research quality resell right products.

The first step I did is researched quality resell right products in my niche.

It is extremely important that the product that you are selling should be of extreme quality or you will easily damage your reputation online.

You can get tons of quality resell right products nowadays for just 10 to 15 bucks if you keep your eyes open.

Step 2 ==> Design Website.

Surely you get a readymade website with the resell rights package. What I did is designed my own website with killer graphics.

This made my site unique from the rest of the crowd selling the same package.

Step 3 ==> Write Salesletter.

I read the salesletter that I received from the resell rights package, removed important points and benefits out of the copy and created my own order pulling salescopy.

This differentiated my website and copy from the rest.

Applying steps 1 to 3 gave me a killer product to sell, eye catching website and an order pulling sales copy.

Part 2 will show you how I structured my follow up system that has sold thousands of dollars worth of these dirt cheap resell right packages.

Do you want to learn how I do it? Watch this 'FREE Video' and discover how I recently made $20,000 with my website...

==> Grab Your Free Internet Home Business Pack

Murtuza Abbas has helped hundreds of newbies 'one-on-one' to start their internet business in less than 7 days and has written 131 articles providing valuable information on how to start an internet business.

8 Mistakes to Avoid When Naming a New Business

2007-08-29T06:16:00.000-07:00

by Phillip Davis

Naming a business is like laying the cornerstone of a building. Once it's in place, the entire foundation and structure is aligned to that original stone. If it's off, the rest of the building is off, and the misalignment becomes amplified. So if you have that gnawing sense that choosing a name for your new business is vitally important - you're right. With 18 years in the naming and branding business, I've witnessed the good, the bad, and the really bad. Here's how you can avoid the worst of the mistakes and get off to a good start.

Mistake 1: The Committee (Getting all your clients, employees and family members involved)

We live in a democratic society and it seems like the right thing to do - involving everyone in an important decision. This approach, however, presents a few problems. The first and most obvious fact is that you will end up choosing only one name - so you risk alienating the very people you are trying to involve. Second, you often end up with a consensus decision, resulting in a very safe and very vanilla name. A better method is to involve only the key decision makers, the fewer the better, and select only the people you feel have the company's best interests at heart. The need for personal recognition can skew results - so you are best served by those who can park their egos at the door. Also, make sure you have some right brain types in the mix. Too many left brains and the name often ends up too literal and descriptive.

Mistake 2: The Train Wreck (Taking two words and colliding them head on)

When forced to come up with a creative name, many aspiring entrepreneurs will simply take part of an adjective and weld it onto a noun. The results are names that have a certain twisted rationale to them, but look and sound awful. Someone starting a high-end service franchise then becomes QualiServe. It's a bit like mixing chocolate syrup with ketchup - nothing wrong with either, but they just don't go together. Other common truncations include Ameri, Tech, Corp, Tron, etc. The problem with this approach is that it's simply forced ï¿½ and it sounds that way.

Mistake 3: Where's Waldo? (Names so plain they'll never stand out in a crowd)

The first company in a category can get away with this one. Hence, you have General Motors, General Electric, etc. But once you have competition, it requires differentiation. Imagine if Yahoo! had come out as GeneralInternetDirectory.com? It would be much more descriptive, but hardly memorable. And with the onslaught of new media and advertising channels, it's more important than ever to carve out your niche by displaying your uniqueness. Nothing does that better than a well-conceived name.

Mistake 4: The Atlas Approach (Using a map to name your company)

In the zeal to start a new company, many businesses choose to use their city, state or region as part of their name. While this may actually help in the beginning, it often becomes a hindrance as a company grows. One client came to me with complaints he was serving more of the market than his name implied. He had aptly called it St. Pete Plumbing since he hailed from St. Petersburg, Florida. But yellow page shoppers assumed that was also his entire service area. With a little creative tinkering we changed the image of St. Pete from a city to the image of St. Pete himself, complete with wings and a plumber's wrench. The new tag line? "We work miracles!"

Other companies have struggled with the same issue. Minnesota Manufacturing and Mining was growing beyond their industry and their state. To avoid limiting their growth they became 3M, a company now known for innovation. Kentucky Fried Chicken is now KFC, de-emphasizing the regional nature of the original name. Both of these companies made strategic moves to avoid stifling their growth. Learn from them and you can avoid this potential bottleneck.

Mistake 5: Cliche' You Say? (A good name is worth a thousand words)

Once past the literal, descriptive stage, the thought process usually turns to metaphors. These can be great if they are not overly used to the point of trite. Since many companies think of themselves as the top in their industry, the world is full of names like Summit, Apex, Pinnacle, Peak, etc. While there is nothing inherently wrong with these names, they are just overworked. Look for combinations of positive words and metaphors and you will be much better served. A good example is the Fortune 1000 data storage company Iron Mountain, which conveys strength and security without sounding commonplace.

Mistake 6: Hide the Meaning (Make it so obscure, the customer will never know!)

It's great for a name to have a special meaning or significance. It sets up a story that can be used to tell the company message. But if the reference is too obscure and too hard to spell and pronounce, you may never have the opportunity to speak to that customer. They will simply pass you by as irrelevant. So resist the urge to name your company after the mythical Greek god of fast service or the Latin phrase for "We're number one!" If a name has a natural, intuitive sound and a special meaning, it can work. If it's too complex and puzzling, it will remain a mystery to your customers. This is especially true if you are reaching out to a mass audience.

I pushed the envelope a little on this one myself, naming my branding firm Tungsten, after the metal that Thomas Edison used to create brilliant light. However, my clientele consists of knowledgeable professionals who appreciate a good metaphor and expect a branding firm to have a story behind its name. It's also a way to differentiate my services (illuminated, bright, brilliant). So while it works for a branding firm, it would not do well as an ice cream parlor.

Mistake 7: The Campbell's Approach (Using alphabet soup to name your firm)

This is a trend that is thankfully wearing off. Driven by the need for a matching domain name, many companies have resorted to awkwardly constructed or purposefully misspelled names. The results are company names that sound more like prescription drugs than real life businesses. Mistake 2 sometimes gets combined with this one and results in a name like KwaliTronix (or worse - mistakes 2, 4 ... 7, resulting in KwalTronixUSA). It's amazing how good some names begin to sound after searching for available domain names all night. But resist the urge. Avoid using a "K" in place of a "Q" or a "Ph" in place of an "F." This makes spelling the name and locating you on the Internet all that much harder.

It's not that coined or invented names cannot work; they often do. Take for example, Xerox or Kodak. But keep it mind, names like these have no intrinsic or linguistic meaning, so they rely heavily on advertising ï¿½ and that gets expensive. Many of the companies that use this approach were either first in category or had large marketing budgets. Verizon spent millions on their rebranding effort. So did Accenture. So check your pocketbook before you check into these types of names.

Mistake 8: Sit On It. (When in doubt, make no change at all)

Many business owners know they have a problem with their name and just hope it will somehow magically resolve itself. The original name for one of my clients was "Portables," which reminded some people of the outdoor restrooms or the portable classrooms - neither one a good association. This added to the confusion when phone operators tried to explain their new concept of moving and storage. After some careful tweaking, we came up with the name PODS, an acronym for Portable On Demand Storage. The rest is quickly becoming history as they expand both nationally and internationally. Peter Warhust, President and one of the original founders states, "For the record, changing our name to PODS was one of the best moves we ever made."

Exercise Experience, a former Florida-based company, was frequently confused with a health club. In reality, they sold very high-end fitness equipment. This brings up a very key point - it's better to have a name that gives no impression than a name that gives a wrong impression. Much of the ad budget we spent on Exercise Experience was used to clarify that they sold fitness equipment. This was valuable airtime that could have been put to better use selling the equipment rather than explaining the business. Ultimately, the company folded. It's not to say it was solely because of the name, but I believe it was a factor.

Mike Harper of Huntington Beach, CA, bought a thirty-year-old janitorial and building maintenance company named Regency. We both agreed it sounded more like a downtown movie theatre than a progressive facilities management firm. After a thorough naming search, we developed the name Spruce Facilities Management. Spruce not only conveyed the environmentally friendly image of a spruce tree (something important to the client), it also meant, "to clean up." The new tag line fell right in place Spruce "The Everclean Company."

It's only a matter of time before Southwest Airlines and Burlington Coat Factory and others who have successfully outgrown their original markets begin to question their positioning. Much like 3M and KFC, they may need to make a change to keep pace with their growth and image.

In the fever to start your new business or expand a current one, take time to think through some of these issues. According to the late Henry Ford, "Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason why so few engage in it." Albert Einstein took it one step further claiming, "Imagination is more important than knowledge." By tapping into your creativity and avoiding these potential pitfalls, you'll be able to create a name that works both short and long term ï¿½ one that allows for future growth. Like the original cornerstone of a building, it will support upward expansion as your company reaches new heights.

About the Author
Phillip Davis
Branding
Phil@PureTungsten.com
More Details about naming a new business here.

Phil Davis President Tungsten Brilliant Brand Marketing Phil’s life goal of “creating environments where people thrive” reflects his desire to assist in personal, professional and business growth. Phil founded and ran a full service ad agency for over 17 years and now works full time as a business naming and branding consultant. Phil resides with wife Michelle and four energetic offspring outside Asheville, North Carolina Website: http://PureTungsten.com Email: Phil@PureTungsten.com

Using Traffic Exchanges For Maximum Results

2007-08-28T07:13:00.000-07:00

By Frank Tocco

Traffic exchanges are a fantastic resource for generating free website traffic if you know how to use them properly. Most people wrongly assume that putting their affiliate URL on a traffic exchange and surfing for credits so their site gets seen is all they have to do. Then magically hits will appear to their site and sales will start to roll in.

Actually, like most things, there’s a wrong way and a right way to use traffic exchanges for maximum results. Below are some examples on how to properly make use of the traffic exchanges.

First thing to do is to get a URL rotator. These allow you to combine multiple URL’s from your different programs into one single URL. This single URL is the one you’ll be using to promote on the exchanges. Adding your single URL to multiple exchanges makes it easier to keep track of. If you want to make changes in the programs you promote later, you can add or remove the URL’s in the rotator and not the exchange itself.

There are many free places to get a rotator on the web and some of the exchanges offer free rotators as well.

Once you have your rotator set up, you can now join the traffic exchanges and add your new URL to their sites. Joining the ones with the most active members will expose your site to more people, so look on the exchange site for stats about the site. Specifically, look for how many active members the site has. The more members the better.

Always track your results on each traffic exchange. This is most important. Make sure the system you’re using has the ability to track not only click-thru rates, but sign ups and sales as well. This way you’ll know if the traffic source is truly getting results.

It may seem like a lot of work to track every click, sign up and sale on every individual traffic exchange, but consider this. If you’re spending an hour a day surfing for credits and get no clicks from one exchange while getting fifty from another, wouldn’t you like to know that information so you could spend more time with the better of the two? Of course you would! How would you know this information if you didn’t track it? You wouldn’t.

You would be amazed how many people still do not track everything. This one piece of information you would have discovered, if you tracked your business, could save or make you lot’s of money. So track.

Make sure you’re making full use of each benefit that each exchange offers. That does not mean you have to pay to upgrade on all of them. Just make sure you add your banners, text ads and start referring people to join in your downline.

Using a browser that allows you to open multiple pages so you can surf more than one traffic exchange at the same time is mandatory if you’re manually surfing for credits. This way, while waiting for the timer to run to earn your credits, you can open another page in your browser that you’ve pre-loaded with another start page of the next traffic exchange that you’re surfing and click to earn credits there. Continue with next one and the next one until you return to the first one you opened. By that time the timer has reached zero and it should be ready to start again. You can earn credits on multiple traffic exchanges at the same time this way and earn credits faster. Be sure to teach your downline the same thing so you’ll both earn credits faster.

The biggest mistake people make on traffic exchanges is promoting their main program without a way to capture the visitors contact information.

Imagine a traffic exchange as a meeting place online where everybody there wants something from you, like to join their program or buy their product. Now imagine that you are there in that crowd, but you are giving something away for free. Something that crowd needs and all you are asking for is a place to send it to them. Do you think you would stand out in that crowd? Yes, you would. People would line up for you. So instead of promoting your program or product to a person viewing your site, who will either take it or leave it, try giving them something they want for nothing other than a place to send it to them. For only their email address and name. Then make good on your end and give it to them, free.

I’m often asked, “How can you make money giving things away for free”? Good question. The answer is you don’t. You make money by giving something of value to those that value what you’re giving. Giving something of value first, builds trust and will build a list of people interested in what you have to offer.

Do you know how valuable that list is? Immeasurable! In time that list will join your programs, buy your product, build your downline, refer business to you and keep being your best, loyal customers for years. All because you gave them something of value to them first and consistently kept your promise to them. You can find all kinds of things to give online that cost you nothing!

In exchange for your free gift of valuable information the visitor will give you their name and email address. This contact information is the gold you are looking for. Behind that name and email address is a person. Building a relationship with that person, if done right, could be very profitable. They will come to trust you and look to you for advise and they will buy from you too, once they get to know you.

Now imagine you’ve been doing this consistently for awhile now and you’ve collected a list of two thousand names of people that have been receiving your emails over the last few months and some of them have joined your programs. Some have emailed you back and even talked with you on the phone. They have questions. They are looking for solutions to their problems. They are beginning to feel like they know you. You have a whole list of people asking you to solve a problem for them. Can you see how much more valuable that is then just getting a few sales or sign ups months ago when they just saw your site on a traffic exchange?

Can you see how much easier it is to have people looking to you to solve their problems then to try to chase after people to sell them your program? You would know exactly what to offer them because they would tell you exactly what they want.

So use the traffic exchanges wisely by always promoting a capture page and offering a free gift in exchange for their contact information. There will be time enough later to make a sale. Build trust and value first and keep a customer for life.

Frank Tocco teaches people to create free website traffic that lasts for years to come. His website offers a FREE 5 Part Mini-Course that has helped many get over 10,000 laser-targeted hits a day to their sites. Get the course here ==> http://www.shop4dreams.ws

A Legitimate Online Business Does Exist!

2007-08-26T23:10:00.000-07:00

by Christy McCormack

I was brought up with idea that if you work hard enough you will be rich.
Yeah Right!!

My parents were lower middle class. My Dad worked 20 years active duty in the Air Force and then continued with 30 years civil service. After my father retired, with 2 different retirement payments, I still had to financially support him until he passed away.

When I graduated as a Registered Nurse my parents said I had it made and I could get a job anywhere at anytime. The operative word is "JOB". I have been a Nurse for 21 years and even though I have enjoyed my career, I was not on the road to riches. The idea of staying with one company like my dad was not appealing. I figured if I just kept working at my profession I would one day be able to retire with lots of money. Boy was I filled with a lot of false hope! Nobody ever taught me what to do with my money to ensure my parents would be taken care of and I would be set for retirement. I realized about 4 years ago that I was NOT going to be able to retire if I did not do something and SOON!!!

So, I started looking for a better way. A way for me to get out of an hour and a half commute and spend more time at home with my family. While surfing the Internet at work (fed up with my job) I discovered a lot of "Work At Home" opportunities and decided to give one a try. Six months later, after hitting up all my friends and family, I had no more money than I started with and lost all credibility with my friends and family. I have tried numerous of the so-called easy work from home ideas and got nowhere. I have spent a multitude of time and lost a lot of money on these so called "Top Home based Business Opportunities" and since have become very skeptical about every opportunity I see now. I even had one of my earlier "mentors" tell me after I had sent him an email that I was never to use a particular email address of his again or he would remove me from his list. My husband was furious! Needless to say I was fed up and extremely skeptical but I just knew there had to be a business that would get me to where I wanted to be. But How do we do it, where do we get the information, and why isn't honest, straightforward information available?

One day I came across a website that caught my interest. The website was about a man who replaced his yearly income within 3 months of starting his online business and closed his mortgage firm. I liked what he said but I did not believe it. The thought of making $10,000 and more per month sounded like another scam. However after doing a lot of research on him and his business I couldn't find any negative information so I decided to fill out the form on his website and find out what it was all about. When I got home there was a message on my machine from a name I didn't recognize and I almost deleted it when I realized it was the gentleman from the website I was interested in. I ignored it but looked at the website again and again and again. I checked out the website for 5 days before I even told my husband who was even more skeptical than me and also fed up with the rat race. The gentleman on the website had called and I had talked with him and told him I needed to show the info to my husband before I make any decisions. I showed my husband the information and assured him that I did a background check on both the gentleman and his business and once he saw the compensation plan and the outstanding information the business had to offer he said, "When do we start!" We called the gentleman and started that night.

I have been doing this business for six months now and I believe it is the most sensible and beneficial business in the industry today. Our parents were never taught this information as they were growing up. And to this day, schools do not stress the importance of this information to our children as they prepare to enter the working society.

We have been given an incredible opportunity. The opportunity to learn how to intelligently and strategically prepare ourselves for our future and a comfortable retirement and to help others do the same. All we really wanted was a legitimate online business that was ethical and able to teach us to replace our income and give us the freedom and financial security we desired. We ended up with all that and an overwhelming sense of purpose from helping others improve their lives financially and spiritually.

It took me four years and thousands of dollars to find the right online business for me and all because I didn't research the previous business' before I signed up. Do your due diligence and research every business you look at before you make any decisions. Make sure it is not a scam and make sure it is the right business for you. It's up to you to do your homework.

About the Author
Christy McCormack

christy@yourpathforsuccess.com
More Details about Online Business Opportunity here.

The Secret to Abundance

2007-08-25T23:14:00.000-07:00

by Caterina Christakos

Many people ask me what is the secret to creating abundance. And this is a valid question but a better question is how to change your life and your finances permanently. You can create a successful business online or offline but if your mental attitude and thought processes are not in alignment then that success probably won't last.

Most people fail with their online business. Here is the way that most people go about setting up their new business:

1) They have an idea 2) They grab a domain name 3) They slap up a website or spend months building a website 4) They throw money at it. 5) They pray for success.

They have absolutely not focus and no idea why they are doing what they are doing.

Here is the correct way to create a profitable online business:

1) Sit down and really think about what you want to achieve. Be specific. Ex. I want an online cash machine that produces $10,000 or more a month. Visualize it. How will it feel, sound and look. This goal must be real to you.

2) Do a bit of research on what businesses are out there and more importantly what can be done in that niche to differentiate you.

Now look at your monetary goal and work from achieving that goal backward. Ex. You could sell a $5 product but you would have to sell 2000 of them a month to reach your goal. Or you could sell a $500 product and only have to sell twenty. Which seems more doable? What is the easiest way to reach your goal?

3) Research the niche by doing some on line keyword research. Are you going for a big niche like work at home opportunities or a smaller niche like individuals looking for resell rights? What products are currently available in that niche, in the price range that you are looking for?

4) Put your best keywords in your domain name, title tags, metatags and content.

5) Come up with valuable content. People come online to get information not to buy. They buy after you have built trust by giving them information that they can use and solutions to their problems. This content should be placed on your site, in your blog and in the articles that you blast out.

6) Build rapport with a free follow up newsletter. Hint this is also where you can keep presenting your offer to them and even present bigger offers to them.

7) Brand yourself online with free articles, banner ads, ppc, fresh content, blogs, etc... You need to be known as an expert in your field.

8) Have a consistent marketing plan. Pick four marketing tools that you will use on a daily, weekly, monthly and yearly basis. And actually stick to that plan.

9) Track your ad campaigns. There are a ton of link tracking software programs out there. Use them to see where your ad revenue is used most effectively. Cancel ad campaigns that are simply sucking your money away.

10) Delegate the tasks that take the most time but bring in little to no direct revenue. Ex. Hire a personal assistant to handle customer service questions. You need to spend your time marketing and creating new streams of income. That is your job. Delegate the rest.

And that is the secret to creating any type of successful business and how to build a life full of abundance. It isn't rocket science. You just need to know where you want to go and keep moving forward until you get there.

Do Your Potential Customers Forget About You?

2007-08-25T07:26:00.000-07:00

By: Tom Kulzer

Your web business probably gets product inquiries from potential customers around the globe. Inquiries come via e-mail and your web site, and you try to send information to each hot prospect as quickly as you can. You know that you can drastically increase the likelihood of making a sale by satisfying each person's need for information quickly!
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But, after you've delivered that first bit of information to your prospect, do you send him any further information?

If you are like most Internet marketers, you don't.

When you don't follow that initial message with additional information later on, you let a valuable prospect slip from your grasp! This is a potential customer who may have been very interested in your products, but who lost your contact information, or was too busy to make a purchase when your first message reached him. Often, a prospect will purposely put off making a purchase, to see if you find him important enough to follow up with later. When he doesn't receive a follow up message from you, he will take his business elsewhere.

Are you losing profits due to inconsistent and ineffective follow up?
Following up with leads is more than just a process - it's an art. In order to be effective, you need to design a follow up system, and stick to it, EVERY DAY! If you don't follow up with your prospects consistently, INDIVIDUALLY, and in a timely fashion, then you might as well forget the whole follow up process.

Consistent follow up gets results!
When I first started marketing and following up with prospects, I used a follow up method that I now call the "List Technique." I had a large database containing the names and e-mail addresses of people who had specifically requested information about my products and services. These prospects had already received my first letter by the time they requested more information, so I used the company's latest news as a follow up piece. I would write follow up newsletters every now and then, and send them, in one mass mailing, to everyone who had previously requested information from me. While this probably did help me win a few additional orders, it wasn't a very good follow up method. Why isn't the "List Technique" very effective?

* The List Technique isn't consistent. Proponents of the List Technique tend to only send out follow up messages when their companies have "big news".

* List Technique messages don't give the potential customer any additional information about the product or service in question. He can't make a more informed buying decision after receiving a newsletter! If someone is wondering whether your company sells the best knick-knacks, what does he care that you've just moved your headquarters?

* List Technique messages convey a "big list" mentality to your potential customers. When I used to write follow up messages using the List Technique, I was writing news bulletins to everyone I knew! I should have been sending a personal message to each individual who wanted to know more about my products.

What follow up method really works?
Following up with each lead individually, multiple times, but at set intervals, and with pre-written messages, will dramatically increase sales! Others who use this same technique confirm that they have all at least doubled the sales of various products! In order to set this system up, though, you need to do some planning.

First, you'll need to develop your follow up messages. If you've been marketing on the Internet for any length of time, then you should already have a first informative letter. Your second letter marks the beginning of the follow up process, and should go into more detail than the first letter. Fill this letter with details that you didn't have the space to add to the first letter. Stress the BENEFITS of your products or services!

Your next 2-3 follow up messages should be rather short. Include lists of the benefits and potential uses of your products and services. Write each letter so that your prospects can skim the contents, and still see the full force of your message.

The next couple of follow up messages should create a sense of urgency in your prospect's mind. Make a special offer, giving him a reason to order NOW instead of waiting any longer. After reading these follow up messages, your prospect should want to order immediately!

Phrase each of your final 1 or 2 follow up messages in the form of a question. Ask your prospect why he hasn't yet placed an order? Try to get him to actually respond. Ask if the price is to high, the product isn't the right color or doesn't have the right features, or if he is looking for something else entirely. (By this time, it's unlikely that this person will order from you. However, his feedback can help you modify your follow up letters or products, so that other prospects will order from you.)

The timing of your follow up letters is just as important as their content. You don't want one prospect to receive a follow up the day after he gets your initial informative letter, while another prospect waits weeks for a follow up!

Always send an initial, informative letter as soon as it is requested, and send the first follow up 24 hours afterwards. You want your hot prospects to have information quickly, so that they can make informed buying decisions!

Send the next 2-3 follow up messages between 1 and 3 days apart. Your prospect is still hot, and is probably still shopping around! Tell him about the benefits of your products and services, as opposed to your competitors'. You will make the sale!

Send the final follow up messages later on. You certainly don't want to annoy your prospect! Make sure that these last letters are at least 4 days apart.

Following up effectively seems complicated, but it doesn't have to be! So many potential customers are lost because of poor follow up - don't you want to be one of the few to get it right?

Tom Kulzer, CEO and Founder of Newtown, PA based AWeber Communications, Inc. an opt-in email service provider. With 7 years managing opt-in follow up and newsletters for small businesses, email deliverability is an integral part of day to day operations. Learn more: http://www.aweber.com http://www.DeliveryMonitor.com

Profitable Home Based Business - Announcing 6 Key Ways to Advance with Home Based Business

2007-08-24T22:37:00.000-07:00

By Sean R Mize

A lot people are getting into having their own home based business to make ends meet. Some managed to make more income than they ever thought they could. There are simple ways you can follow to reach the ladder of success in home based business. Announcing the 6 key ways for you to advance with home based business.

1. Market research. Before starting your own home based business, try to find out first what products or services are in demand. Compare the different possible home based business you can get into. List down the top ten in demand products and services and compare them with your inclination later on. Business you love doing is a business you’ll most likely succeed.

2. Business planning. Plan how you want to go about your home based business. Record what you need, from the small place you’ll use to equipment you’ll need for business. This also includes the list of your prospective buyers.

3. Delivery of plans. Put your plans in action. This requires determination, focus and time management on your side. Follow the course of business actions you planned.

4. Advertising. Don’t wait for customers to go to you. Instead, approach them through good advertising. Leaflets, brochures, online advertising etc. could be used, but will require small investments. Don’t count what you need to spend on this; instead, think of how much income you could generate through proper advertising.

5. Updating. As your business grows, update your customers with changes, new products and services and product’s upgrades. Send them newsletters, email, or set up your own autoresponders.

6. Take care of your customers. Your customers will also be the backbone of your business. Learn how to take good care of them by providing great customer service and delivering great products. Doing this can increase your customer base in no time.

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Sean Mize is a full time internet marketer who has written over 1574 articles in print and 11 published ebooks.

How To Make Money Online The Fun, Free and Easy Way.

2007-08-24T11:11:00.000-07:00

by Make Money Jobs

The absolute easiest, fastest and free way to start making money on the internet is by becoming an affiliate and promoting someone else's product. With affiliate programs, you don't need to spend months on research, hard work and money just to create your own product.
You don't need to create your own website...
You don't need to write your own sales copy...
You don't need to do any customer service...
and you don't need any experience!
All you do is simply choose a product,
sign up as an affiliate and start promoting.

But... there can be some problems...
You must take action on what you have learnt and follow it through,
right to the very end! and... You must not get diverted and sweep
off your feet with the promise of instant over night riches and money
making schemes because there simply is no such thing!
You will be wasting your money and your time which will eventually lead to total information overload, frustration, confusion and disappointment.
How do I know? Because it happened to me!!!
Sorry to be so blunt..... But It's the truth :-)

It is very important that once you have chosen your affiliate program
to promote, that you get it fully set up and focus daily on marketing, promotion and advertising. You can be promoting the best program and have the greatest systemsetup in the world but if you don't have any visitors... you won't make any sales!

You also need to believe in yourself and your product and don't give up. It may not happen over night but it will happen. Focus first, on one affiliate program only and work on promoting it every day until it makes a good profit. Then, go find another suitable affiliate program and give that your best effort also.

Try to choose quality products and services that you can promote
passionately! The best products and services to promote are of course, those that you are using or have used personally.
Your prospects will be able to sense your sincerity from your experience and confidence with the product.This will also greatly enhance your credibility as well as your product's marketability.

With the right mindset, the right actions and perseverance...
your dreams really will come true!

Luana Andrew is a Successful Online Affiliate Marketer with
over 3 years Experience. Visit her site today to learn how
you can Make Money Online The Fun, Free and Easy Way.
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2007-08-24T11:09:00.000-07:00

Business Goals are Essential for Your Success

2007-08-23T22:05:00.000-07:00

by ove nordkvist

Business goals are the foundation on which a business are justified, analyzed, and built. Business goals are commonly expressed as a certain level of returns on investments, returns on equity, or income from your business.

Personal goals are stated to achieve the life style you want. Goals are essential for creating the quickest and most effective plan to get you from A to Z in your career, business, job or life in general. Your motivation, initiative, and your direction will stem from your goals.

Goals will help you to stay focused on success and away from distractive activities that drain business resources and accomplish little. Goals are also your guideposts, established to show you the right path and to help you assess your progress.

Goal setting are important because it will affect just about everything you do, as you plan and operate your business. It's not just the destination you're moving toward, they're also the painted white lines that keep you on the road. Without this designed target,that your goal represent, successful results are unlikely, accidental and often but sadly undetectable.

An effective goal must state, in one or two sentences, the conditions that will exist, once the goal is accomplished. Evaluate each specific business goal, identify the behaviors or actions you need to start doing, do more of, do less of, or stop doing if the goals are to be achieved.

The more well defined a goal is, the easier it will be to understand what you need to do to met it, and to measure successful achievement. If youre unclear on your goals, how can you ascertain if your business is successful.

If you find that your business, even if very successful, won't satisfy you personally, or if you discover that achieving your personal goals requires you to take more risks and make more sacrifices than you're willing to. Well, then you need to reset your goals.

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Autoresponders - The Other Wise Choice

2007-08-23T07:26:00.000-07:00

By Scott Lindsay

When answering machines were first introduced it was not uncommon for many individuals to simply hang up and vow never to do business with a company that would be so impersonal as to relegate their concerns to a recording device.

Today even the operator is an antiquated notion in some business as an automated voicing system guides you to the appropriate party to ask a question or voice a concern (even then you can expect to leave a message).

With online business it is possible to conduct business with clients who will never hear your voice. However, that doesn’t mean they aren’t interested in hearing from you.

The truth is the Internet is automated in such a way that the only two human responders in a transaction are the consumer making the purchase and the warehouse worker assigned to product fulfillment.

When customers make an online purchase they want to know that the order was received and fulfillment of the order is in process. This is where an autoresponder becomes a good friend to online businesses.

An autoresponder can immediately be sent as an order confirmation and greeting. Another autoresponder can be activated automatically when the product is actually sent from the warehouse. Yet another autoresponder can kick in several days later asking the client for feedback on their purchase. This information can be valuable in knowing the general tone of the customer’s approval of your business. It is even possible that some of the responses can be used in a testimonial segment of your business site.

The third autoresponder you set up could also invite the new, and hopefully satisfied, customer to accept an ecourse you can provide free of charge or the occasional email marketing piece that will alert them to special buys, discounts and coupons available to ‘select’ customers.

Autoresponders can actually be a useful tool in both traffic building and list building. They don’t have to be intrusive and should be informational and something the customer is happy to receive. That being said, you need to make sure there is an opt-out feature when the emails are no longer directly related to the delivery of a product from your online company. If you don’t the consumer may feel as if subsequent emails are spam oriented.

Imagine having a room full of employees whose job it is to personally answer each email order that comes in. Would this be a cost effective way to run a business? If not then perhaps the nominal cost associated with a fully developed autoresponder system may be more cost effective simply in terms of freeing up more time then you thought.

Scott Lindsay is a web developer and entrepreneur. He is the founder of HighPowerSites and many other web projects. Get your own website online in just 5 minutes with HighPowerSites.com at: http://www.highpowersites.com Start your own ebook business with BooksWealth at: http://www.bookswealth.com

High Commissions for Affiliates-Good Marketing or Poor

2007-08-21T23:08:00.000-07:00

by Jeff Casmer

Why is it that some affiliate programs offer you 50% commission or greater to promote their products or services and others give you a meager 5% affiliate commission?

As an affiliate marketer you're always on the hunt for the best products with high commissions for affiliates. But can you guarantee the product is high quality just because the commission is great?

Probably not, not unless you test it, which is what all affiliates should do though many of them do not. Those that do however, buy the product through their own affiliate link in order to get the product at a discount. Is this legal?

Well, many merchants fail to ban their affiliates from doing so, thus affiliates feel no reason to feel guilty. After all they need to test the product in order to promote it, and the merchant did make a sale.

There's a battle going on between merchants and affiliates. It's an unspoken one and has, for sometime, been kept very civil for quite some time, but I feel that everyone is beginning to lose their patience.

Offering high commissions for affiliates was a unique selling point a few years ago. If a merchant wanted to have their product stand out they told their affiliates that they would receive a commission of 50, 65, or in many cases now 75 percent on commission.

Affiliates took to this like ducks to water and merchants soon found that in order to get affiliates they had to offer high commissions. It became less of an option and more of a required sales strategy. However, offering high commissions for affiliates did not urge the affiliates to work any harder to sell the products. The 20/80 rule still exists- that is 20 percent of your affiliates are taking in 80 percent of the commissions. Some say it's even less than that, the number seems closer to six percent. What are all the other affiliates doing? Are they lazy or just inexperienced?

Products with high commissions are still high end products and high end products are hard to sell. Many affiliate marketers have little or no sales experience. Thus convincing someone that your 97 dollar ebook is like sliced bread (they can't live without it) will be challenging.

Some may opt for seedy tactics like spamming or stealing commissions to make sales. Should merchants still reward them for this? Does someone deserve a 50% commission to tarnish your name and put your business on the line?

Should merchants lower the commissions? By doing this, they may not be able to attract the good marketers out there. Savvy salespeople are going to want to be heavily rewarded for the efforts they are putting into sending you traffic, building your list, and creating sales.

What about all the merchants out there that can not afford to give their affiliates 65% commission, or feel no need to. Is it fair for a merchant to offer a high commissions for affiliates on well priced product that is an easy sell?

Are we at a crossroad? The internet has made it difficult to go backwards; merchants can not suddenly decide to offer 40% as the new high commission payout. Likewise affiliates can not expect merchants to make the selling process easier so they can all be top sellers.

What do we do? Do we let things be and have each side quietly grumble to themselves? Merchants on one side wishing they didn't have to offer so much for a product that took them months to create, and affiliates on the other hoping that the commission rate will go up even more since they are pouring themselves into a product that they didn't create.

Is there a resolution? We can't make both parties happy, can we?

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2007-08-20T22:39:00.000-07:00

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So many companies....What is right for me?

2007-08-19T07:36:00.000-07:00

by http://bigmoney4you.net

Beware of the Fluff. They seem like great companies, they have a good sales pitch and their comp plan looks good too. They have big corporate offices and have been around for years. Isn't that good? Any company out there that sells products like lotions, potions, pills, miracle juices or miracle gas saving products usually doesn't work for the average person for many reasons.

Those companies usually make most of their money from you, the distributor, not from selling the products. They have you on auto ship, so you are their income.

They only pay about 2% to 15% so many levels deep. They will tell you that when you fill the matrix, you won't have to do anything and you'll be making 20 to 40k a month. The truth is, there are so many loop holes to their comp plans that no body ever reaches those levels. You either will have too many people on your left, but not enough on your right side to make the higher level payouts. They tell you that you need more personal volume and your group volume is fine or vice versa, or my favorite, you had fallout this month, so you no longer qualify for that car bonus we promised you about.

They make you hold home parties to push your crap on your friends. Listen to me . . . ..If I wanted weight loss, I'd go to GNC. If I wanted Lotions, I'd go to CVS, Save on, Nordstrom or Bullocks. If I wanted to put additives in my gas tank, I'd go to Kragen, Chief or Pep Boys and buy a product from STP or Penzoil. You get what I mean . . . .?

They are a copy cat company of the original company. How many companies out there are selling a juice that is based from the Acai Berry, Goji berry or the Mangosteen fruit? How many of those promise to cure cancer? What a joke? Is our society that ignorant that if something actually cured cancer, wouldn't we want to check it out? How many travel companies are there now? How many fuel additives are there now? How many of those have been shut down? How many make up, skin lotions and vitamin companies are there out there?

It just seems like there is so many junk companies on the internet, how do you what is good and what is not? Some of these companies above actually have a good product, but I would never go in business with them.

So, how do I choose a business that I can profit from and that I can be proud to represent?

When I evaluate a company, I look for these key points. Keep in mind, when I join a company, my #1 goal is to make money and to do it legitimately. I do not want to hurt anyone or rip anyone off. This is what I've learned and these guidelines will help you determine what company is right for you.

If you are not making at least 75% of the upfront commission when you make a sale, forget it. This means that you are doing all the work and the company and/or the person above you is making all the money.

If you have to have 1000, 10,000 or 20,000 people in your organization before you make any real money. DO NOT Join. Most people will NEVER get there.

If they teach you to hold home parties and invite all your friends. Run away fast.

If they have a sales pitch 2-3 times a day and only 2-3 training classes per week. This means that the company is more interested in selling you than training you how to make money long term

If you can't break even or get into profit with 3 sales, forget it.

If you can't speak with the owners or the corporate office via phone or webinar, Forget it. I like to know who I am doing business with before I will do business with them.

If it is a start up or in pre launch, forget. The chances of these companies becoming the next Amway is about as good as winning the lottery. At least with the lottery, you have a chance to win once or twice a week. You might as well go to Vegas and blow your money on a good time. At least you'll have some great memories, see a great show and have a great meal.

These are not all the rules for success on the internet, but this is a great guideline to follow when evaluating an internet company.

Make the Leap to Affiliate Marketing Success

2007-08-18T07:12:00.000-07:00

by Stone Evans, The Home Biz Guy

If you are going to become a successful affiliate on the Internet, you need 3 "intangibles." These are things that must come from WITHIN you.

===> Intangible 1 <===

First, you must have a strong WHY.

Why must you make affiliate marketing work? What is driving you? What is it that you CAN'T have in your life anymore and/or what is it that you absolutely MUST HAVE now?

For me, I couldn't stand working 12+ hours a day anymore and missing the experience of my children growing up. I also absolutely HAD TO HAVE the freedom of being able to control my life and finances through a little box that I could carry with me anywhere in the world and not be tied to anyone's time pressures or demands but my own. That was my carrot and my stick. I felt a great pain deep in my gut of missing out on my children's lives and the incredible freedom that succeeding in this business would provide for me. I found my why. You MUST find yours.

===> Intangible 2 <===

You must BELIEVE that it is possible.

If you don't believe that it's POSSIBLE for you to make money with affiliate programs or make your living on the Internet, you won't. It's that simple.

For me, figuring out that it was possible was just a matter of realizing that many other people were ALREADY making great money online. If they could do it, I could too. It would just be a matter of figuring out what those people were doing and then adapting it to my situation.

There is no shortage of undeniable PROOF that people (millions of them) are making money online with affiliate programs. Just get online and do some research and you'll find countless testimonials and stories of REAL PEOPLE making real money on the Internet. Or head to your local bookstore and you'll find the same documented evidence of this fact. Truth is, it's getting easier and easier to make money online with affiliate programs.

I've always said that "affiliate marketing" is the job of the future. In the "old" days, you had to go to a potential employer, apply for the position and hope for the best. Now you can simply go to any company you want, fill out their affiliate application and start work immediately. Affiliates are the new working class. Believe me, making money with affiliate programs or making your living on the Internet is WAY MORE than possible. It is pretty much (or will be soon enough) unavoidable now. Affiliate marketing is the "job" of the future that's already here TODAY.

===> Intangible 3 <===

You must be willing to MAKE THE LEAP.

Ready, FIRE, then aim... This is the operating philosophy you MUST adopt to succeed with affiliate marketing.

That's backwards for most people who like to aim before they fire. The fact is the Internet is a moving target... The only thing constant about it is change. You need to stop analyzing the game and simply jump into it. You can't learn from the outside... You have to be IN THE RING to truly understand it.

The lesson here is that you will never really be READY to start an affiliate marketing business. You simply have to start one. This is what I call "Making the Leap."

The good news is that the cost of failure on the Internet is very small. In the "brick and mortar" world you need to evaluate things very carefully before you decide to open up a business. It's almost always necessary to invest thousands of dollars to get an offline business off the ground. However, on the Internet you can often start a successful business for less than $100. The Plug-In Profit Site is a great example of this: http://www.HomeBusiness.us

You simply need get IN THE GAME... Each moment that you stay "out there," you're wasting valuable time that you could be learning and skills necessary to become a successful affiliate marketer. In fact, if you're not in the game yet, you're ALREADY behind the times. Make the leap to becoming a successful affiliate marketer today!

Blogging to the Bank 2.0 Review

2007-08-16T15:48:00.000-07:00

People have been using blogs as means of making a bit of money now for some time. This is done by creating a blog, putting some adsense or affiliate links on it, and regularly updating it. It is generally thought that blogs appeal more to the search engines, perhaps because they are regularly updated. This search engine friendliness is what makes the blog attractive to internet marketers.

So anyway, what about this Blogging to the Bank 2.0? Well, it was written by a guy called Rob Benwell, who wrote the original Blogging to the Bank (which I haven’t read). Apparently the techniques used in the original book have become outdated, and Rob explains in Blogging to the Bank 2.0 how he came to update his methods. Rob tells us about the 5 blogging commandments, which basically tell us the 5 pillars that a blog should have in order to get organic traffic. There are no ‘black hat’ methods used here; everything Rob talks about is geared towards long-term blogs which will hopefully rake in the money.

This book would probably not interest the experienced professional blogger, but for the relatively inexperienced person trying to make a bit of money from blogs, this would make an excellent investment. Rob details (with screen shots) the process he himself follows when creating a blog. He shows how to set up web hosting, how to activate Wordpress, and how to create a monetised blog. Rob also goes through the steps of identifying a niche within which to create the blog.

The section I liked the most was the one entitled ‘Optimising your Blog’. There’s a ton of info here, all aimed at making your blog score well in the search engine rankings. This info could also be utilised for non-blog websites too…

From reading Blogging to the Bank 2.0, it is fairly obvious that Rob Benwell is a very experienced blogger, and he shares a lot of his tips and technical knowledge in this book. I would recommend this for relative newcomers to the monetised blogging game - it is pretty much a step-by-step manual for making money through blogs. For more experienced bloggers, there may be the odd bit of useful info.

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4 Steps to Make a Profit With Generating Traffic With My Space

2007-08-15T05:26:00.000-07:00

By Sean R Mize

It was always a dream of small writers, artists to take a platform for proving themselves. It way also desired by small businesses to promote themselves online. This has led to the use of my space. My Space offers that wanted platform for these people. Here are discussed four ways to make profit with My Space.

First step to start with is to make an account on My Space. This will help you post your own site on My Space and get started. Once you are started with the account, make yourself a web page. This web page should contain all the information that you want to project. This is your page and makes it as lively as possible.

Second step is to keep your site simple. Use as little pictures as required. Keep your My Space site as light weight as possible. This will ensure faster recovery of your site. Also make your site well organized and the data flows flawlessly and seamlessly. This will ensure that the reader is well bound to the page.

Third step is to send invitations to the friends that have similar background of business and also the targeted customers should be same. This way the things will become simple and thus you can have better publicity and more and more people turning around.

Fourth step is to make use of other similar sites. It is like a mutual relationship which benefits both the parties. You can project the links of similar websites and blogs. You can also ask them to project your link thus making a closed circle for any person who enters your My Space site.

Do you want to learn more about how I do it? I have just completed my brand new guide to article marketing success, ‘Your Article Writing and Promotion Guide‘

Download it free here: Secrets of Article Promotion

Sean Mize is a full time internet marketer who has written over 1574 articles in print and 11 published ebooks.

Making Money Fast - A Proven Route To Building Wealth Quickly

2007-08-13T22:58:00.000-07:00

by sacha tarkovsky

If you want to make money fast then you need to have a specific method and that's what were going to do here. You don't need to be clever and you don't need to bother with MLM or affiliate marketing and you don't need much money so here it is:

The Key To Big Profits

Is leverage

If you have a small amount to start as it will increase your gains. Now assume you have $100,000 to use in your business no credit checks or anything, they will just give it to you.

Sounds too good to be true?

Well open a forex account and they will give you $100k ( On a 1k deposit) to trade in the market straightaway -- Now you may say hang on:

I could not be a forex trader that's to hard -- well consider this story:

The Turtles

In the eighties legendary trader decided to prove that you didn't need a college education or a gift to trade and he set out to show how a group of traders (who became known as the turtles) who had no previous trading experience and many were from blue collar jobs that they could learn to trade.

His aim to teach them to trade in just two weeks.

The result?

These traders made him over $100 million dollars and went on to fame and fortune in their own right.

How did they do it?

Dennis taught them a specific method, money management and the confidence in the method, to follow it to long term success.

There was no filler and no complicated knowledge to learn, he kept it simple and taught them self belief.

Now could you do the same?

The answer is anyone can become a successful trader -- you may not become as rich as the turtles but the opportunity is there for all.

We mentioned leverage at the start and it is the key to making money fast but where there are big gains there are big risks to.

If however you have a money management plan which cuts losers quickly and runs profits, you can emerge a winner.

To be a forex trader from home you only need a computer, an internet connection and an hour a day max -- and that's it.

As one currency rises another must fall and vice versa so there is never a recession, you need no staff and you have no overhead, so it's the perfect business for anyone to seek big gains on a small amount of money.

The Challenge

The opportunity is there for all -- but do you wish to accept it?

If you do and you're prepared to work smart not hard for about two weeks and gain the mindset for success you could soon be making big gains in the world's most exciting investment.

Are you ready?

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I Can Get Rich Doing Nothing

2007-08-12T06:44:00.000-07:00

by Don Alexander

You wouldn't believe how many people out there are joining home businesses, thinking that if they just join they will get rich.

Further, those same people have no operating budget, no plan, no goals, no marketing system, and basically believe that on blind faith they are going to succeed on the internet and making millions of dollars.

Here's what I have to say to these people. What in the world are you thinking? You have the vision to sign up for something, so you must have a dream. That's awesome!

But, what about the practicality and reality of things. Bottom line you are not an internet marketer. You are not someone who knows how to drive 1 or 10,000 visitors to your site every day! Reality check!

So what should these people do? They need to be realistic and plug into a marketing system that really works, is time tested, proven, and the person above you needs to be someone in the company.

If you can, I recommend signing up under the number one person in the company. That may take some homework on your part, but it's worth it!

Thousands upon thousands of people out there are signing up under nobodies. How are you going to make money and learn from someone who is number 1,512,232 in the company and is a normal Joe like you?

Get under the number one guy in any online business. This does many things. It gives you spillover because number one guys have a big recruitment base. It also helps us you learn from him, because what he does really works.

In conclusion, to all those people out there who think they are going to get rich signing up for a home business. It'll never happen. It'll never happen!

To make sure you succeed online you need to have an operating capital budget. Like anything else, your going to have to spend some money to make money. You will have to pay for online advertising, autoresponders, e-mail marketing campaigns, banner ads, e-zine ads, and so much more.

To the average Joe out there I say find yourself a company who has several people making money! Call the company president and ask him for a list of people who make over $1000 a month. If that list is not in the thousands, don't even bother!

You must treat your online business as a million dollar company. You should act like you just purchased your own company in your home town. If you did that you would advertise it, you'd tell all your friends and family about it, you'd run radio and tv ads, you'd find out about the best ways to market online and you'd implement them.

Oh, and let me say something about word-of-mouth. It is the oldest trick in the book. Wal-Mart was built on word of mouth! Yet people are afraid to simply tell others what they are doing! Fear equals false evidence appearing real. Tell others what you are marketing, and have them try it!

Oh, and finally, get with a company that has a free 14-20 day trial. If you can't try it, don't buy it. Try the company out, but in those 14 days don't just sit back and wait for the money to come in!

No, go out there and tell people about your business, advertise, tell all your friends and associates. Use all the advertising mediums and find someone who is successful online and imitate him/her.

Most of all your going to need a marketing system that works. Something that is "abc" and can be followed by a Kindergartner. Most online companies out there really don't know how to make you wealthy and have a proven system in place! They just want your up front money!

So, if you think your going to get rich just by signing up for something, think again! But if you truly want an online marketing company that has a proven marketing system--do your homework, and be realistic, your going to have to put in some good old-fashioned work and time.

Bare minimum, you need to put in 2 to 4 hours a day on the internet, placing ads, getting links to your website, and plugging into your marketing company's proven marketing system.

Plus, you need an operating budget, and you need to do exactly what your sponsor says to do to make money, and get under the top guy in the company, not the bottom...

Then, and only then, will you get rich online.

Description So many people are signing up for home businesses thinking they can get rich doing nothing...

About the Author (text) Don & Vanessa Alexander are co CEO's of the website: http://www.leading-online-business.com Don is an internet marketing expert and Vanessa is a human development/management specialist. They have one mission statement: "Helping ALL to Succeed."

Keywords: online business, home business opportunity, home based business, home business, work from home, work at home, make money, business

About the Author
Don Alexander
online business
alexanders4omni@yahoo.com
More Details about create an online business here.

"Helping ALL to Succeed"
http://www.leading-online-business.com
Don Alexander, Published Writer & Online Business Mentor

The Fast & Easy Way to Start an Internet Home Business

2007-08-11T08:34:00.000-07:00

Many people think that starting an Internet home business is hard. In fact, there is no business in the world that is faster or easier to launch. If you have 15 minutes and a connection to the Internet, I'll show you how to launch your own Internet business right away.

Before you launch your first Internet home business, you need to understand the basics. The first step of having a business on the Internet is having your own website. This is the major stumbling block for most people. They think getting a website is expensive or difficult. It's neither of those things. Actually, it's free and it's easy. In fact, let's go ahead and get your first website setup right now.

To do this I recommend using a free tool called Blogger. Blogger is used for creating blogs on the fly, but a blog is nothing more than a fancy name for a website. To set up your blog website now visit: http://www.Blogger.com

Once you arrive, click the "Create Your Blog Now" button on the page. On the next page enter a user name, password, display name and email address. Then click "Continue". On the next page enter a blog title and blog address. These can be anything you want. Then enter the word verification code and click "Continue". On the next page choose a template for your blog (this is what your website will look like) and click "Continue". Voila... Your blog/website has been created!

Next, click the "Start Posting" button. A new page will appear giving you the option to add content to your new website. Write a title for your page in the "Title" field and then write whatever you want that page of your website to be about in the larger data entry field below the "Title" field on that page. You can use the tools on that page to change your fonts, make links, format your text, add pictures, etc. When you're happy with what you've entered into the page, click the "Publish Post" button. You just created a new page on your website! On the next page displayed, you'll see a link that says: "View Blog". Click that link and you'll see your website live on the Internet. Pretty easy, right?! ;-) Now you can wash, rinse, repeat and create as many new pages on your website as you want.

But let's turn your website into a business first. After all, websites are a lot more fun once they are making money for you.

Here's how:

Get back into your Blogger account and click the "Template" tab. Then click the "AdSense" link near the top of the page. AdSense is a simple but powerful program that allows you to earn advertising revenue from your website. Follow the easy instructions on that page to launch your AdSense account instantly. On the next page click the "Save" button to save AdSense into your website. Then on the next page click the "Republish" button. Your website will instantly be rebuilt now showing a Google AdSense ad at the top of each page on your website. Every time someone visits your website and clicks one of those ads, you earn money from AdSense. You now have a moneymaking business setup on the Internet. How long did that take? 15 minutes! ;-)

The only thing you need to do now to start the cash flowing in is get people to visit your new website. One way to do this would be to tell your friends and family about your site. Here are two more easy things you can do to drive an unstoppable flow of traffic to your new website:

Traffic Strategy 1: Tell all the major blog directories about your new blog/website. To do this, visit http://www.PingoMatic.com and enter your blog name, blog URL (that's the link to your website generated by Blogger), check all the boxes on that page and click the "Send Pings" button. This will tell all the blog directories about your new blog/website and you'll start getting some traffic from interested visitors to those directories. Do this each time you add a new page to your blog.

Traffic Strategy 2: Go back to your blog URL/home page and click the "Next Blog" button at the top of the page. This will take you to another blog of another Blogger user. Read through a post or two on that person's blog and look for a link that says "Comments" and click it. On the next page you'll be able to type your comments and a link back to your blog inside a form. Once you've added your comments, click the "Login and Publish" button; and a link to your site along with your comments will be added to that blog. Repeat this process as many times as you want with other blog websites. This will "link you in" to a network of sites all over the Internet helping you drive a steady stream of traffic to your blog.

Blogger is a great tool to launch your Internet home business, but it's not the only tool you should be using. To build a solid Internet home business that you can rely on, you need to register your own domain name and website hosting account. A domain name is your unique home on the web that you own and control. Example: domain names are yahoo.com, ebay.com, google.com, etc.

You could either register your own name as a domain or a keyword of something related to the topic of your business. Either way, if you are going to have a legitimate long-term home business on the Internet, a domain name and website hosting account are required. When choosing a domain name and hosting account, it's important to select a company that has a track record for success. The company I host all my websites with is at: http://www.PlugInProfitHost.com

This top-rated website hosting company also provides several turn-key Internet home businesses called "Plug-In Profit Sites" such as the service I provide to Host4Profit customers myself at: http://www.HomeBusiness.us. The Plug-In Profit Site is a very popular and easy way to start earning multiple streams of income on the Internet. In fact, in addition to the blog you launched a few moments ago, you can get a Plug-In Profit Site setup in the next 24 hours and add another 6 easy streams of income to your Internet home business.

Alternatively, there are other turn-key Internet home business systems such as the one described at: http://www.HomeBusiness.org which provides a proven formula to start making money online within minutes of signing up. In fact, I earn an extra 5-figures every month using the above mentioned system myself.

As you can see, starting an Internet home business is actually a very fast and easy thing to do. Now that you know this, there should be nothing stopping you from earning a little extra income from home on the Internet. Persevere and you can make it your living just like myself and countless others have done.

Keywords: internet home business, home business, start a home business, easy home business, work at home, make money online, affiliate programs, blog

About the Author
Stone Evans
Internet Home Business
articles@home-business.com
More Details about internet home business here.

Stone Evans, The Home Biz Guy is an Internet home business authority who has helped thousands of people launch a successful Internet home business. To learn more about Stone Evans and launch your own PROVEN Internet business in 3 easy steps visit: http://www.HomeBusiness.us

Traffic Secrets - Secrets of the Guaranteed Traffic Companies Exposed

2007-08-09T22:36:00.000-07:00

Our Story

A few years ago, we were struggling to drive traffic to one of our websites. We were immediately overwhelmed with the amount of knowledge and skill it took to successfully drive traffic to our site. We had assumed that if we created a site that was worth seeing, it would be seen. We could not have been more wrong.

We ran into a number of companies who offered to take over this daunting task for us. We decided to try out a number of them to see how our competition stacks up.

They offered many packages of visitors. I remember my first purchase. I bought 5,000 targeted hits from them for $10. My product cost $15 at the time, so I figured at least 1 person out of 10,000 would purchase. The days went by, and my counter went crazy.

The Results

After our contract expired, all my hits had been delivered as expected. I did not have one sale!!

I Should Have Learned My Lesson!

Thinking this had to be a fluke.. I switched to another company, and bought the same package.

Again, I GOT NO SALES!!

I couldn't figure out what was going on. I was confident my ad's were written well. The site was well designed and planned, and my product was in demand...

I Started To Investigate

Frustrated, I started to investigate exactly where these visitors were coming from. I discovered, that I had fallen victim to one of the most common scams on the internet. I couldn't believe my eyes when I first discovered the secrets these company's use to drive traffic to the clients sites.

I checked the script I had installed that was used to check detailed stats on all of our traffic. All 10,000 of our hits came in 2 days, and all 10,000 of them were logged in for less than 3 seconds. Not a single one of them navigated past our main page. My stats script will also tell me where my traffic was referred from, and what keywords they used. All of these hits had the same referral, and didn't use keywords. This last fact isn't important, because any company, good or bad, will redirect their traffic sources through their domain. This is just to keep competitors from stealing their sources (good or bad).

I believe that these company's are going to pay for their greed and dishonesty sometime in the near future.

In the next few pages, we are going to reveal exactly how these greedy companies scam you. This will help you avoid such scams, and put your money to good use, instead of wasting it.

You Will Be Shocked at what these company's do to send you traffic!

This is the most immoral, unethical, and dishonest business practice I have ever come across online. These companies know exactly what they're doing. After all, if their traffic methods work, wouldn't they use it themselves? Why is a company offering millions of hits to their visitors, when they are only getting 10-15 hits a day? They don't use their own methods, because they know their hits are useless.

I fell victim to this scam, as have thousands of others. These companies give you a sales pitch something like this...

Suppose that you sell a product for $25 and that in a worst case scenario only 1% of your visitors purchase your product.

An average site gets less than 100 hits per day (3,000/month). Thus, approximately 30 people will purchase the product every month (1% of 3,000). That means you are taking in only $750 per month (30 x $25)

With our service: Suppose the site owner (you) purchases 100,000 visitors with our service. Using our assumption that only 1% of visitors will purchase the product, a total of 1,000 purchases will be made. That's a value of$25,000! And that is if only 1% of visitors purchase the product! Think about the return on your investment!

If you're like me, you got pretty excited when you read that. After all, there's no conceivable way you can't at least earn your investment back, right? WRONG!!

You give in, order their service, and at first, you get excited, because traffic is pouring in! Soon you realize that your money is earning you nothing. In fact it's costing you your bandwidth, and not delivering any results!

Of course no company, no matter how credible they are, can guarantee you sales. That depends highly on your ad copy, price, and the demand of the item. I can guarantee though, that some of these company's have thousands of clients, and not one of their clients has ever made a sale.

I bought my traffic... Now where are all my orders?

Now remember, worst case scenario is that 1% of your visitors will buy your product. Right? WRONG! If that's the case, then where are your orders? These company's place these ads right in your face when you visit their website. This way, your sold before you even see the price, and you'll buy into their high prices.

Naturally you are going to believe that you'll pay off your "investment" right away, and make a ton of extra money. After all, you spent hours writing that "perfect ad," so you're going to draw in a lot more than 1%.

I'll let you in on a secret. No matter how good your ad is, it doesn't do any good if it's never read.

You sit there and watch traffic come flying in at hyperspeed. Then they fly out. You don't make any sales. What do you do now? If you're like me, you're going to email them, complaining how you didn't make any sales from their services. They're going to tell you some variation of the following...

"I'm sorry you didn't make any sales. If you read our terms, you would see that we can only guarantee that we send the traffic to you. The sales are your responsibility. We cannot guarantee sales, because we are not involved in the writing of the advertisement."

This leaves them clean from delivering any refunds. Trust me, they won't refund your money!

Starting to get suspicious? The truth is your traffic was delivered in a misleading way.

You were sent FAKE VISITORS, or GHOST VISITORS, as they are widely called online.

Have you been tracking your traffic?

Many people don't realize that there are free scripts that you can install on your site to track detailed statistics about your traffic. I'm not talking about counters. Counters are inaccurate, plus they don't tell you anything about your visitors.

If you actually monitor your traffic, you can learn lots of things about your visitors. Including the countries they're from, their IP addresses, the time they came to your site, the time they left your site, the site's they were referred from (google, yahoo, etc..), and the keywords they used to search for your site.

My statistics were shocking!

The traffic I ordered had no IP address, no search engine, none of my visitors navigated past the front page! I paid for these "Guarantee'd Real Visitors," and I have the right to know where they come from. Guess what, I figured it out!

A few of the hits that they had sent, slipped up, and didn't disguise their origin as well as they should have...

I kept seeing the same IP address over and over and over again about 900 times in one day. I thought somebody out there really must love my web site or it's the scam hit company I hired. Well I clicked the link that night which was labeled with an IP address, not the actual web site .com name itself just the numbers of the IP address....I clicked that and wouldn't you know it? I received just a site telling me it doesn't exist.

With my campaign still running the next day along with all the "unknown" places I seen a peculiar url and had to click that to see where over 500 of the same people were coming from and I ended up in Pop Up hell! You know that hell don't you? Where you are swarmed with so many pop ups that you literally have to pull the plug on your computer to get out of it? The sad part about that link is that all the Pop Ups were from PORNO sites!

It's no wonder these companies don't tell where they deliver their traffic from! After all, what ethical business wants to advertise on those disgusting adult sites?

So you want to know exactly how this all works?

After following the slipped up referral link, I was directed to a website where anyone can post their own free adult site. (If your going to try and follow these links yourself, I would suggest switching your browser to text only mode, as I did. Otherwise you'll get flooded with pop-ups, and disgusting porno pictures.)

Now we have determined that my traffic was coming from this site, but I didn't see my site at all...

I switched back to my traffic log, and hit refresh. I WAS STUNNED! At the top of my log, I had 12 hits to my site, all with my IP address!!! By viewing this site just once, I recieved 12 hits!!

I switched over to www.Alexa.com. Alexa is a site ranking service, that can tell you how popular a site is. This adult site that I was listed on was recieving 786,376 hits per day, on average during that week. Multiply that by 12, and that's where all my traffic came from!

So now we know what site is generating the traffic, but how are they disguising the IP address. Why wasn't my site ever shown on screen to me? The answer lies in the HTML source code...

Here are the secret codes!!

One of the tricks that these companies use is a the way they hide where your traffic is coming from. The way they do this is through a redirect code. A redirect code is simply a cade that webmasters use on their websites to take one website and send it another way.

The biggest trick is how they can mysteriously load your site multiple times, without you seeing it. They do this by embedding your site into theirs, and making it tiny. So tiny in fact, that it looks like a period. So instead of using periods at the end of their sentances, they just embed their clients sites sites to look like a period.

Try it for yourself

Open up your HTML editor, or notepad, and create a sample page using this code.

www.CadenzaWeb.com>

Now open it in your web browser. What you get is a small box in the left hand corner of your website. For this example, I made the code 5x larger than these companies do. So you can see how easily they disguise these sites. Inside that little square, is actually an entire website!!

So your thinking, they just embed my site into that little square, 10-15 times on the page, and that's where my hits come from. Yes, and No. Essentially that's how it works, but if they put your website into that square, you could easily trace the traffic back to the adult site. So what they do is put their redirect page into that square, and redirect it to your site, so now it looks like all the traffic is coming from them.

So let's put it all together.

You order traffic from a traffic company.

The traffic company creates a free adult site and lists it into a directory of free adult sites. According to our alexa review these sites get 786,376 hits per day. If their redirect page gets 12 hits every time someone loads the adult site, that means they have an average of 9,436,512 hits per day, which they divide among their clients.

For some of the Monster Traffic Companies, 9.5 million visitors a day just isn't enough. They can easily turn that 9.5 million visitors, into as many as they need. Instead of embedding the redirect page. They embed a page full of these periods. That way, when their "period farm" page loads, they can have as many sites load as they want.

They simply change the redirect page to whatever client they want the traffic sent to.

Your counter goes crazy, and all your hits are delivered.

You never make a sale. Now you can understand how you could have thousands of visitors sent your way, and never make a sale. Your site is never really displayed.

The traffic company has delivered exactly what they said they would, and are clear from any refunds.

Our Company, www.CadenzaWeb.com Provides You with REAL traffic, that you can track, and get detailed statistics on. Our Sales have quadrupled since we started using this ourselves. Check Out www.CadenzaWeb.com for more information.
Interested in becoming an ethical traffic reseller? We have a dedicated website just for resellers at wholesale rates as low as $1 CPM (per 1000). www.Sell-Traffic.com

Special Report 'Why Most Advertising Does Not Work - 10 Essential Strategies to Ensure that your Advertising is a Success'

2007-08-09T11:39:00.000-07:00

1.

If your Advertising isn’t working – STOP IT!
Let’s start with the simple stuff. If you are running advertising that is not working, please stop it!

This applies to you whether you're running ads in newspapers, magazines, or on radio, television, billboards, posters, taxis or buses.

I know it sounds obvious but here’s what often happens: People run advertising because they feel they ought to. They’re not really sure if it’s working but they are hesitant to stop it because it may be one of their main forms of marketing.

By the end of this report you will have enough information to ensure that you are never in that position again. You will either be running great ads that produce great results, or you will be spending your marketing money elsewhere.

2.

Only use Direct Response Advertising
There are two types of advertising – direct response advertising and brand advertising.

Understanding the distinction between the two will immediately save you a fortune.

Brand advertising is used by companies like Coca Cola and the large car manufacturers to build and increase awareness of their brand. Unless you have huge amounts of money which you are happy to lose, you should avoid brand advertising at all costs. For a small business it is a complete waste of money.

The only type of advertising you ever want to consider is direct response advertising. The only purpose of direct response advertising is to produce a clear response.

The type of response may vary depending on the type of business you are in and your overall marketing strategy. You may want the response to be an immediate purchase. You may want the response to be for someone to contact you to ask for a brochure.

The great thing about direct response advertising is that you can instantly tell whether it is working (see the next point) It either produces a response or it doesn’t. One of the reasons that most small business advertising does not work is that it’s a combination of half hearted direct response and highly ineffective brand advertising.

Fortunately, you now know the difference. In the land of the small or medium business, direct response is King!

3.

Testing and Measuring
It is absolutely essential that you test and measure all of your advertising.

If we are going to engage in direct response advertising we obviously need to be able to measure that response, otherwise we are not going to know if the ad is working.

At the very least we need to know how many people responded, how many of them were converted to a sale and what that is worth to you. Then you need to compare that figure to the cost of the ad and you can immediately work out how profitable the ad was, or whether you should stop running it.

So many businesses just allocate a certain mount of money to an advertising budget, spend the money every year…and they’ve only got a vague sense of whether the ads are working are not. This is crazy. If your ads are working, you want to roll them out on a larger scale. If they’re not, STOP and use the money on one of the dozens of other marketing strategies that can bring you a 100 or 200 or 300% return on your investments.

You will obviously need some sort of system for asking people who contact you for the first time where they heard about you. If you have a larger business, you may even want to set up a separate phone line with a number that only appears in your ad. If you’re directing people to a website, you may want to set up a special web page that also only appears in your ad. This will ensure that you can clearly identify when people are responding to your advertising.

One of the reasons that Radio and TV Advertising can be so high risk, is that it's very difficult to test it on a small scale. You should never invest in Radio and TV Advertising unless it's money you can afford to lose.

4.

Your Headline is the most important part of your Ad
In the ad itself the most important element is the headline. The headline is either the heading that goes at the top of the ad or if there’s no heading it’s the first words of the ad. If you're on the radio it's the first thing people hear. If it's TV it's the first thing they see and hear. The headline needs to grab peoples’ attention. One change in a headline can produce a 50-100% increase in response.

One of the biggest challenge that any print advertiser faces is getting people to read their ad – let alone for the ad to produce a result. So the main purpose of the headline is not to sell your product – it’s just to get people to read your ad.

The headline should be about your readers – not about you. If your headline has the name of your business in it, you are probably losing out. Imagine you owned a company selling £10 fire alarms. Which of these headlines do you think would be most likely to get the reader’s attention:

Simpson Fire Alarms - Your Guarantee of Safety

OR

Is your Family's Life worth the price of a round of Drinks?

Be adventurous with your headlines. Test different versions to see what works best. There are no rules – except what works.

5.

Remember AIDA
There’s a classic formula used by advertisers and it’s well worth remembering. The formula is AIDA. This stands for

Attention
Interest
Desire
Action

If you follow this formula in every ad that you write or produce, you will greatly increase your chances of success.

Attention – the first thing your ad needs to do is grab the reader’s attention. You achieve this with your headline.

Interest – once you’ve got their attention, you need to create an interest in your product or service.

Desire – There is a big difference between being interested in a product or service and desiring it. You need to convert the reader’s interest into a strong desire for what you are offering.

Action - Even if someone desires what you have, it is not enough until they take action. At the end of the ad you need a call to action. Tell people exactly what they need to do to follow through and make it easy for them to do so. This is where many people go wrong. Even if you have a good ad, you still need to tell people precisely what to do - how to take action.

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Benefits, Benefits, Benefits
One of the principles that should drive all of your marketing is communicating the BENEFITS of your product or service.

Your ad needs to be a personal communication to the individual reading, hearing or seeing it. And it needs to be about them. It needs to address their needs, desires and fears and it needs to constantly communicate the benefits of what you are offering.

Nobody will buy anything from you until they have explicitly understood how they will benefit from what you have to offer. So here’s a useful tip. When you’ve written your ad, imagine stepping into the shoes of your prospective customer. From this perspective does the add fully convey what those benefits are? If not go back and fine tune the ad until it feels right.

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Don’t Advertise on a Left Hand Page
If you're doing newspaper or magazine advertising, this one piece of knowledge can turn an unsuccessful ad campaign into a successful one. This has been tested again and again. When you read a publication, your eyes are drawn to the right hand page as you flick through, so statistically, more people will see your ad if it’s on the right hand page.

If you look at the big national magazines and newspapers, you will see that most of the large advertisers are on the right hand pages. The few that appear on a left hand page will be paying less because their advertising agencies know that less people will see the ad.

When you book your ad space, tell them you want it on a right hand page. Very few people in your position ask for this, so the publication will normally oblige. If they tell you they can’t guarantee it – tell them you’ll advertise in a future edition when they can guarantee it. You’ll soon discover how obliging they can be!

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Never pay the full rate for advertising
The person selling you the advertising needs to know very early on that you have absolutely no intention of paying the full rate.

Most advertising rate cards are far too high and you can always negotiate. If you’re a small business remember that large companies who use ad agencies are buying based on the readership or audience levels rather than the rate card - so haggle and negotiate. If you can pay 20 or 30% less for your ads it can turn an unprofitable ad into a successful one.

Here’s another handy little trick to pay less for your advertising. The closer to the deadline you can book your ad, the better. Sales teams work towards targets and as the deadline approaches they get more desperate to fill the ad space. They become far more open to negotiation.

This applies to all forms of advertising. If your local radio or TV station does not sell all its ad space that they have available for tomorrow - it's gone forever. If you come along and offer them a deal at what seems a ridiculously low price, you might be surprised at how low they're willing to go.

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Don’t Follow the Competition
One of the biggest mistakes people make is advertising in publications or on various forms of media (taxis, billboards, buses etc) just because their competitors are doing so. Don’t for a minute think that all your competitors are there because their ads are producing great results. They’re more likely to be there because everyone else is and most of them wont have a clue whether their advertising is working.

In fact, this is a well known sales trick used by the people selling ad space. If they can get one or two of your competitors to advertise, they can call you up and tell you how you’ll lose out if you don’t advertise too. What they fail to mention is that your competitors probably never test their advertising, often haven’t got a clue how to market and are only advertising there because they think you will. This is a highly effective way to sustain the advertising industry. It’s not a great way for you to run your business.

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Don’t buy into the myth that Advertising is essential for your Business Success
Now that I’ve shared some of the strategies for making your advertising work for you – I’ll let you into a secret. I’m not a huge fan of advertising for small businesses. If you can get it right it works brilliantly – but generally, advertising is one of the least effective ways to grow a business.

There seems to be a cultural myth that to run a successful business, you must advertise. Whoever came up with that one is the same person who said that if you get a university degree you’re guaranteed a great, fulfilling career.

Advertising is just one of many marketing options that you have. But you really shouldn’t be dependent on it. In fact, here’s a strategy I use with my clients which is really powerful:

When I work with a client, one of my goals is to get them to the point where they have so much great marketing going on it makes little difference to their business if they stop advertising.

Why do I do this? Because quite honestly I’ve seen more business owners pull their hair out through advertising problems than anything else. Ultimately, my work isn’t about marketing. It’s about Freedom. It’s about giving business owners the freedom that comes from having a successful and profitable business which is supported by multiple pillars of marketing.

It’s hard to be free when the future of your business involves trying to get a couple of ads to work in a crappy local newspaper.

So start to think out of the box. Ideally, you should be using a combination of up to at least ten other marketing strategies to grow you business. They include (but are not limited to).

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Telephone Marketing
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Direct Mail
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Internet
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Email marketing
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Direct Sales
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PR (Why spend money on advertising when PR gives you coverage for free)
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Strategic Alliances
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Lead Response Marketing
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A multi level Referral system

Have a look at this list. How many of these are you implementing in your business? More importantly, what would happen to your business if you could start to combine some of these extra marketing approaches? How would that effect your profits? What would that do to your financial freedom?

Here’s another thought. At least four of the items on this list will cost you either nothing or very little to implement. Why throw money at advertising when some of the best marketing is Free?

In the weeks ahead I'll be sending you Free tips and advice via email that will show you how to achieve this. I hope that this is the beginning of a great, long term relationship where I become the source of leading edge information for you that will make a real difference to your business and your profits.

Happy Marketing!

Working from Home - Will it work for Me?

2007-08-09T07:03:00.000-07:00

These days, more and more people are looking to start their own businesses and work from home. Increased travel times, the desire for 'lifestyle' and control over their financial futures are factors that are leading people to look at alternatives to traditional work environments.

So, how do you know if you're cut out to start a business and work from home? The first thing to think about is the reason why you want to work from home. Any successful venture will require dedication, effort, energy, time, and perhaps most importantly, the ability to navigate obstacles. If your 'why' is not strong enough, it's unlikely you will overcome these challenges. What all successful people have in common is a huge 'why' -- something that drives them to do things they might not otherwise do, to work harder than they might otherwise work, and to overcome the inevitable challenges that will arise.

Next, you should consider the type of business you would like to engage in. Is there a market for your business? What will your business involve financially, time-wise and emotionally? You might enjoy scrap-booking, but is there a market for that? You might already be a photographer, but are you prepared for the long days and dealing with fussy clients? Be sure to investigate your proposed industry very thoroughly before making the leap. How competitive is it? How expensive is it to get started? Are there any regulations/legal requirements? Are there any resources already out there for you? Most state government websites have information for small businesses and home businesses. In addition you can search for a coordinating group for your industry that may be able to give you advice. If you join a franchise or a network marketing company, it is likely that there are already systems in place for you.

The third element to consider is your starting capital. How much will you need to set yourself up? This can range from a few hundred dollars to hundred of thousands of dollars, depending on your industry. It is unrealistic to expect to start a business with no capital and not to plan for ongoing running costs. If you're starting your business part-time around an existing full-time job, this can be eased somewhat -- work out how much you can divert from your current earnings. If your new business venture is full-time, you need to have a plan to finance the start-up period. Make sure you know how long it will take to build a customer/client base. You need to be able to sustain your monthly outgoings during this period.

In most cases, it's a fallacy to think that working for yourself in a home business will be 'easier' than working for a boss in an office. It might be more flexible, the work itself might be more enjoyable, but the reality is that you will probably work harder than you ever did at your 'job' and you will have to think 'outside the square' a lot more often! You will likely find you are a harder boss than the hardest boss you ever worked for.

There's satisfaction in that though. To reach the end of the day and know that you are accountable to yourself, to know that you are putting your expertise to work for your own gain, and you are building YOUR financial future are very rewarding.

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About the Author
Ginny Stubbs

info@livingthebestlife.info
More Details about working from home here.

After a very varied career history including wedding photography, Information Technology and Remedial Therapy, Ginny Stubbs is now a successful Business Owner and Mentor with the 60 Minute Money Organisation, working from home full time. If you are serious about starting your own Home Business Ginny can be contacted via email at info@LivingTheBestLife.info Full details of the 60 Minute Money Home Business opportunity can be found at Ginny's website www.LivingTheBestLife.info

Intermediate Ways to Link Popularity

2007-08-06T22:08:00.000-07:00

If you have a website, you probably already know that people linking to your website is the way to tell the search engines your site is important. You may have already contacted some webmasters to see if they will sponsor a link--and you very likely were turned down. Here are some ways to build fast link popularity without sending out a million emails.

Call Webmasters, Don’t Write

If you’re like lots of people, when you are dealing with internet and website issues, you use email. Most webmasters get enough email to choke an ox. This means most of it gets trashed as spam. Instead, find a phone number for the company and call them. Fast link popularity is not always done online.

Be Ready with Reasons

Your goal is to get backlinks from important websites, more important and relevant than your own, to boost your own reputation. Be ready to explain to companies why you deserve the backlink--it takes some time and effort on their part to create it, so they should know why they are doing you this favor.

Be Ready to Trade

Fast link popularity can be achieved by working out a trade. Not link trading--this is a no-no--but trading for articles, employee discounts, etc. For instance, if you have an auto repair shop and want a link from a large local auto parts store, offer them an article on why people should use local auto parts stores instead of chains.

Do you want to learn more about how I do it? I have just completed my brand new guide to article marketing success, ‘Your Article Writing and Promotion Guide‘

Download it free here: Secrets of Article Promotion

Sean Mize is a full time internet marketer who has written over 1574 articles in print and 11 published ebooks.

How To Sell On eBay: Frequently Asked Questions by New eBay Sellers

2007-08-01T23:40:00.000-07:00

I get a lot of questions from both new and experienced sellers. Here are the common questions I get from new sellers.

As you will see below, these answers are short answers aimed at beginning sellers. As a new seller gains experience on eBay, you will learn that all of these issues are more complex and nuanced and any of these questions can have many answers depending on the given situation.

Most of the topics I cover here are covered in much more detail in The Complete eBay Marketing System.
Q: Where should I set my starting price?

A. It is a fact that lower starting prices attract more bids. It is also a fact that auctions with lots of bids end up with higher prices. So you always want to use a low starting price. The exception to this is if you are selling a very expensive item that you could not afford to lose money on, or if you are selling an item that is so specialized that there will not be many bidders. In these cases you may want to use a higher starting price or a reserve (see below for info on reserves).
Q: When is the best time to start my auction?

A. The better question to ask is when should my auctions end. Deciding which day to start depends on the auction duration you select. Statistically auctions ending Sunday and Monday evening between 5PM-7PM Pacific Time (all eBay times are Pacific) get the most visibility and the highest number of bids. But this is not true of all products so it pays to test. For example, if you are selling something to retired people, they are online more during the day than in the evening. Students tend to be online between 3PM – 5PM. If you are selling something to a business, then the morning and early afternoons might be best.
Q. What should I sell on eBay?

A. Start with items around your house. Essentially you want to have an eBay garage sale. Just take a box and go through your house and place things in it that you haven't used in the past year or so or don't really need or want anymore. This will give you some experience, clear out some space in your house and give you a little cash flow to invest in merchandise to sell. In general, you will find that items sell on eBay for far more than you would realize at a garage sale.

Forget trying to sell popular or hot consumer products. Look for a specialized niche of some kind where there isn't so much competition. As a beginner and a small seller you just don't have the resources to compete against the huge sellers on eBay who can spend thousands of dollars at a time buying inventory in bulk. Once you are ready to find merchandise to sell, I recommend OneSource. They are the only source of wholesale and dropship information that I recommend other than my own. (See The Wholesale Buying System).

Do not join any of the many drop ship supply companies that require membership. Many of them are pure scams and the rest are pretty much a waste of money. These sites are basically middlemen who take a percentage. This results in not having enough margin to sell profitably on eBay. OneSource actually connects you directly to manufacturers, importers, liquidators and master distributors so you can buy at the lowest price. Best of all they charge a one-time fee instead of an ongoing membership cost.
Q: Should I use optional listing features like bold, highlight, gallery, etc.?

A. This depends on a lot of factors but mostly it is a question of return on investment. For example the Bold option costs $1.00. So it would not make sense to use this on a low cost item. eBay claims adding Bold will raise your final value by 11%. If you were selling an item that you though would go for around $10 this would result in a break-even result. But, if you are selling something that you think would go for more than that, this option makes sense. In general I use the Bold Option on items that I think will bring in over $20.

So look at each option, calculate the cost and figure out if it makes sense. The one option I always buy is Gallery ($0.35). If you don't put a gallery photo next to your listing you won't get many views to your auction.
Q. How long should I run my auctions

A. If an item is popular you can use a short duration like 3 or 5 days. On most items I use 5 or 7 days. I rarely use a 1-day auction unless I am selling something like an event ticket for something that happens in a few days. I save 10-day auctions for very expensive items when I want to get the most exposure to insure getting the highest price.

Q. What should be included in my listing?

A. Write a clear and concise description that fully describes what you are selling. Include any specifications or physical description. If you are selling anything used be sure and describe its condition and reveal any flaws. Include clear photos of the item being sold and a close up of any damage (tears, scratches, dents, etc.)
Include details about shipping, payment types accepted and your return policy.
Writing listings is a real art they you will learn with experience. If you want to learn more, the topic of writing listings and auction titles is one of the longest chapters in The Complete eBay Marketing System.
Q: Should I use "Buy It Now"?

A. eBay's Buy-It-Now (BIN) feature is one of the most talked about of eBay's optional features. Some love it and others hate it --but the trick to using BIN is knowing how to use it.

Buy-It-Now (BIN) is a feature that lists a fixed price next to your current bid price that allows a buyer to end an auction at any time by paying the BIN price. However, the BIN price disappears from the listing and search results once the first bid has been placed on an ordinary auction, or once the reserve price has been reached on a Reserve Price Auction (RPA).

One problem with BIN items that start with a low bid is that someone interested in the item will place an early bid at the minimum just for the purpose of getting the BIN to disappear. Remember there is no cost to bid. Low bidders have nothing to lose by placing unreasonably low bids. If they win, they get a bargain. If they lose they just move on to the next item.
Q: Should I use a reserve price?

A. If you want to protect yourself from selling an item at too low a price you have two options: Set a high starting price or use a reserve. Reserve Price Auctions (RPA) are very controversial. There are some people who hate them and will not bid on an item that has a reserve. However, I have tested RPAs extensively and found that I get a higher conversion rate (successful sale) if I use a low starting bid and place a reasonable reserve on the item, than if I use a high starting price.

The biggest risk with a reserve is the extra fee. eBay charges $1.00 for items with a reserve up to $50.00, $2.00 for items from $50 to $200 and 1% (up to a maximum of $50) on items over $200. But if your item sells, then eBay credits the reserve fee back to your account.

In general you should not use a reserve on items that are popular and get lots of bids as these will always do well without it.
Q: When should I leave feedback?

A. If you consistently offer a quality product, communicate effectively with customers, offer a generous return policy, and give great customer service then I recommend you leave feedback as soon as your receive payment. You may get the occasional negative feedback, but your total feedback score will be highly positive and will grow quickly.
Q: Should I leave a negative feedback for non-paying bidders?

A. When you are first starting out you want to be very careful doing this because non-paying bidders (NPBs) will often leave retaliatory feedback just to be nasty. Once your feedback score is over 25 or 50, the occasional negative feedback won't hurt your sales. If you do get a negative feedback it is very important to respond to it professionally so people can see what your side of the issue is (such as: "This feedback was from a non-paying bidder).
Q: Is it OK to mark up my shipping cost?

A. The short answer to this question is: Be fair. You should recover your costs but not try to make money on shipping. If you try to make shipping a profit center, buyers will resent this and may leave you poor feedback or hit you with a low star rating on the new eBay feedback system.

Clearly state your shipping charge in your auction. If you are adding a handling fee, you should tell the bidders. For example you might put a statement like:

I charge the actual cost to ship an item plus a $1.00 handling charge to cover the cost of boxes and packing materials.

eBay gives you the choice of using calculated shipping or putting in a fixed shipping amount. I prefer to estimate the fixed amount as this allows bidders to see the shipping next to the search results. I find I get more hits to my auction when I do this.
Q: When should I offer free shipping?

A. Free shipping can attract additional buyers, but obviously you would not want to offer free shipping on very heavy items as the cost versus distance can be a very high variable. But on low weight items it can make sense. I like to use free shipping with Buy-It-Now. I set a BIN price high enough to cover the shipping and my profit and offer buyers free shipping if they buy it now.
Q: Should I sell internationally?

A. I used to ship internationally. Typically you get higher bid results from people overseas, however, the increase in postal rates has made this less attractive. There is also a higher risk to your feedback when shipping internationally as shipments can be delayed and more things can go wrong. So if you are a new seller, I would leave international selling to later when your feedback is higher and you have more experience.
Q: Should I include a photo of my item?

A. Always! Bidders rarely bid on listings without a photo. You should also always use the 35-cent gallery option so your photos show up in the search results.
Q: Should I offer a return policy?

A. Yes. I have offered a very generous return policy since I started selling on eBay in 1999. Over that time I have sold thousands of items and probably had fewer than a couple dozen returns.
Q: Should I accept personal checks?

A. You don't get many personal checks any more, but I do get the occasional one. My policy is to accept personal checks under $100 for immediate shipment from buyers with a feedback score of over 25 (and a high positive rating). Otherwise we hold the check until it clears. Checks used to take a week or more to clear, but nowadays they clear in 1 or 2 days so this isn't a big issue. Be sure an always email the buyer when you receive their check.
Q: Do I need a PayPal account?

A. Yes. PayPal now accounts for over 90% of the transactions on eBay. If you don't accept PayPal you will not get very many bids on your auctions. PayPal now offers both buyer and seller protection.

Note: You have to confirm your bank account if you want your buyers to have buyer protection and when you ship items you only have seller protection when you ship to a confirmed address.
Q: When should I email buyers?

A. eBay sends buyers an automated email when they win an item. If you use PayPal they also get an automated payment notice. I always send an email acknowledging receipt of payment and telling the buyer when I will ship the item. Then I send another email a few days later asking if they received the item, was everything OK (and if not they should contact me) and telling them I left feedback for them. I end the email by asking them to leave feedback for me.
Q: Should I buy shipping insurance?

A. I offer insurance as an option on items up to $100 and mandatory insurance on items over $100. I use a company called Discount Shipping Insurance. They charge less than UPS or the Post Office. It is easier to make claims and they pay claims much faster.
Q. Should I open an eBay Store?

A. Not as a brand new seller. I suggest you get some experience first. An eBay store is helpful when you are selling items that you have plenty of –it is not the best place to sell a unique item. Some sellers use eBay stores as a place to park slow moving inventory. Although this is good for a while, if you keep inventory too long you are just losing money and it is better to get rid of it at any price and get your cash working for you with products that will sell.

One advantage of an eBay store is that your store listings are findable from search engines like Google, Froogle and Yahoo and the listings show up on eBay Express.

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Why Do Most Fail With Affiliate Programs Like SFI?

2007-07-31T11:50:00.000-07:00

So why do most people that try to make money online with affiliate programs, like SFI, fail? This is actually a pretty simple question with a pretty simple answer. People fail online because they don't put in any effort. Too many people think they can sign up for a program and automatically they will start making money.

If it were that easy no body would be working a job. Everything you do in life requires a certain amount of work. The only people that get a free ride are spoiled children of rich parents and anyone that is trying to make money online is not a spoiled child with a free ticket. Some of life's best rewards come from the things that require the most amount of hard work.

In order to be successful online you must put in the man hours. You don't have to spend a lot of money or any money at all, if you are willing to put in the work and build your business from the ground up.

I am a member of a few affiliate programs and I only work with affiliates that are willing to put in the work. My top affiliates have all told me that they work their online business like it is a full time job. They put in the hours and they are the ones that get the results.

There is no such thing as a GET RICH SCHEME. The only way to get rich overnight is to rob a bank, win the lottery, or have a rich relative die and leave you a fortune. Chances are none of these things are going to happen to you very soon, so if you are trying to make money online and you want to be successful, you will have to start putting in the work.

I promise you that if you are willing to put in the hours of work that are necessary to be successful, and then you will become successful.
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Four Fabulous Ways to Earn Six Figures

2007-07-30T22:41:00.000-07:00

hat's one of the most common questions I'm asked by aspiring and professional writers alike. And it's an excellent question since most writers today receive absolutely no compensation for their craft.

So how do I earn money as a writer? Let me count the ways.

Well, at least four of them.

1. Sell Valuable Information

About 15 years ago, my brother and business partner, James and I published an information guide which listed all of the U.S. Army contracts for rebuilding Iran after the Persian Gulf War in the early '90s. For example, civil engineers were being offered $300,000 for an annual contract. The information was published unclassified by the U.S Federal Government, which means it was not protected by U.S. Copyright laws. That means it did not cost us a cent to acquire. We advertised in only two publications (The Los Angeles Times and The New York Times), and sold the guide for $19.99.

Thirty-six hours after the ads ran we were receiving 40-50 orders a day. It was absolutely surreal to experience $1,000 pay days for several weeks. We even had international sales primarily because these two newspapers have paid subscribers across the globe. Imagine. This was without any Internet promotion. No websites, no email ... nothing techie at all.

2. Host a Free Seminar Featuring Your Book

One of my clients recently shared how after facilitating a seminar about his book, he did over $5,700 in advance sales. And guess what? At the time of this writing, his book has yet to be printed! I share his secret and exactly how he did it in my How to be a Paid Writer e-Course

3. Say, "Pie!"

Do you like to eat? All those who do and are within two feet of these words, say, "Pie!" Apple pie A la mode, that is. My favorite. You can enjoy fabulous meals for free, plus collect a check from either a publisher or restaurant owner (or in some cases, both) just by writing about your dining experiences. This can easily become a full time vocation. I do it part time here in Arizona.

Let me tell you how it works. I walk into a restaurant and ask to speak with the owner or General Manager. After introducing myself as a food critic with eMediaCampaigns! I discuss and submit my proposal to write about my dining experience in the restaurant and publish it internationally, in exchange for my standard fee, and a complimentary meal. I not only show the owner/GM exactly how a powerful, published, positive review would look like framed in the restaurant's lobby, but how it will increase their bottom line. All General Managers see the value of my service, and not one has ever declined.

4. Become a Technical Writer

Technical writers write the information for product developers. Lots of people need help with putting what their product or business does in words. To start, you simply approach businesses, engineers, stores, libraries, organizations, financial institutions, construction companies,(the list goes on) and present your proposal.

Technical writers write in a concise and easy-to-read manner for consumer publications. When they write for the "experts" such as doctors and attorneys, they write in a highly specialized language.
OK, so what exactly do technical writers write? All types of materials, actually.
Including, codes of conducts, policies, product instructions, reference manuals, articles, project proposals, training materials, technical reports, catalogs, brochures, multimedia presentations, parts lists, assembly instructions, sales promotion materials . . . again the list go on. One of my students specializes in writing brochures for companies and makes more than $110,000 a year.
There you have it: Four Fabulous Ways to Earn Six Figures." My name is Fran Briggs
and I am an internationally recognized and award-winning writer. I am also the creator of the How to be a Paid Writer e-Course & Seminars. I designed the very affordable e-Course to help people who want to be published and paid, but don't have a clue where to start or what to do. Learn more. Go to The Be a Paid Writer e-Course and I'll see you in class.

Online Scams, Real World Scams, and More!

2007-07-30T11:56:00.000-07:00

I am tired of all the claims of EASY money being made on the internet. Let me clarify something from the very beginning - nothing is easy. Creating wealth online and offline takes a lot of hard work and dedication. There are no easy ways to true wealth. Not on Wall Street, Main Street, or Cyber Street. If you are willing to work hard on any of these streets, you can make money. Let's talk about HOW.

Wall Street is never easy - watching Mad Money on CNBC will not make you rich. Doing the homework on what Cramer yipes about can help you pick winners, but the reason Cramer gives so many stocks on his 1 hour show is the same reason when I was a broker I called every 10 clients with a different stock. 1 out of 10 will hit for you... PERIOD. That means the other 9 are losing you money... so 10% of the time you are on the right side. Not good odds, but good enough to have those 10% calling Cramer a GURU!

Main Street is harder than ever. The big retailers are killing mom & pop stores everywhere. I despise Wal-Mart & never shop there. It kills me that people in our country are not smart enough to see that we are giving away so many jobs overseas so Wal-Mart can save you money on the goods you buy. The long-term ramifications of this are scary. I could spend hours on this subject, but let's just say I do not see Main Street as a great alternative these days to making real wealth, unless you are investing in Real Estate!

Let's focus in on the cyber world. I am tired of hearing "sit back & plug in this system to make $1000's per day". That is simply a lie. It is not a scam, but a lie. There are several awesome programs out here that can make you money, but you need to know how to advertise. Ezines, solo-ads, pay per click, blogging, and many other options are the way you generate traffic. Knowing exactly how to create traffic is an art form, and I am proud to say I have mastered it in a very short time.

I have had success in the 4 programs I have purchased online - but it was not as easy as it was presented to me. Each claimed buy this & you will make big money. Well big money to me may be completely different to big money to the next person. I have found that good money can be made if you know how to advertise. Through trial and error & the help of a true guru, I have the tools to generate traffic that creates income for me. Income that is secondary for the time being, especially since my full-time gig pays me well over $100k per year.

I have been in my latest opportunity 4 weeks & I have read so many articles about it being a scam. News Flash - it is not. IF you know how to work the program and how to bring targeted buyers to it, you make money. If you have no idea how to do anything on the internet, the good news is you can learn & earn. If you think you can buy something & it will just create cash for you out of thin air, then another news flash - NO CHANCE & YOU WILL CALL IT A SCAM!

My advice, money is being made out here. Tap into it with a pro. You will be happy you did. I attached myself to a pro for a small investment & my investment is paying me back everyday!

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How to Advertise Your Website on a Budget

2007-07-29T21:29:00.000-07:00

When you are starting out in a new home business and no one knows who you are, one of the greatest challenges you will face is how to drum up new business.

If there were not people in your community or marketplace that you knew who needed your products or services, you probably would not have started your business to begin with. But, once you have talked to those who you personally knew who needed your what you offer, then your next task is to find others who will help keep your doors open.

Many people know that they must turn to advertising at some point in the future, but they hope that day will be long down the road. For some, this utopian concept will come to fruition. But for the rest of us in the real world, we must come up with creative solutions for meeting our home business advertising needs while working within our budget.

Most people have a misconception about having to spend lots of money in order to advertise their home business. When you start out, you honestly will not have much money available for advertising, and if you do, you should still spend it wisely.

Before you jump headfirst into the world of advertising, let me share some of the lessons I have learned concerning this most important topic.

LESSON 1

It does not have to cost an arm and a leg to advertise your home business, unless you fail to plan and fail to test.

As much as is possible, you should always test your advertising. If you jump in and start dumping tons of money in to advertising without first testing your advertising, you might find yourself broke and without sales at the end of the road. Most people who commit this error write off their failure on the home business they chose or the economy or any of a hundred other excuses. But, if they are unwilling to take responsibility for their mistake, they will never learn from their mistake. Don't let this be you.

LESSON 2

All testing should be done in blocks. If you begin to advertise simultaneously in newspapers, radio and television, how will you know which advertising is bringing people to your cash register? You won't. All you will know that something might be working, but you will not know what is actually doing the trick.

Even if you tell people in your advertising to tell you how they found you, my experience shows that fewer than 10% of the people ever will tell you anything --- and those people who do may not even get the facts straight! You cannot rely on your customers to tell you what advertising is working for your home business. You must put in the extra effort to know for yourself.

LESSON 3

Only when you have a proven and solid advertising portfolio should you venture to drop big bucks in an advertising campaign. Even then, you should be careful to keep further measurements to determine how much the maximum advantage of an ad would be. Sometimes you might be able to reach ten times as many people, but depending on the kind of media and other factors, the additional exposure will only generate twice as many sales. Keep your eye attuned to situations like this to get the most from your advertising dollars.

LESSON 4

As Lesson 3 illustrates, sometimes your best advertising investment may actually cost you less money. When you are first starting out, whether you are running a home business or a business outside of your home, you need to be able to get people talking and thinking about your business.

If you are busy testing ads in media's such as the newspaper, magazines, radio, and television, you need to learn ways of promoting your business that do not require large cash expenditures. A few examples are:

· Word of Mouth · Business Cards · Press Releases · Non-Primetime Ads on Radio and Television

Here is more information about each type of low-cost advertising:

WORD OF MOUTH

This of course is the cheapest kind of advertising on the planet --- it does not cost you anything. Ask your customers if they know anyone who could also use your products or services. When they are happy with your offerings and service, they will be willing to tell you whom you can contact, and they will pass the word for you.

BUSINESS CARDS

You can usually pick up 500 business cards for about $20. When you do, hand them out. Do not give more than a couple of cards to each person. If they need more cards from you, they will ask.

Some people are known to network with others on a regular basis. Some of these people are also known to be always looking for an extra few bucks. With these people, you can suggest to them that if they write their name on the back of one of your business cards and the card is presented to you, then you will pay a referral fee to them. You do not have to offer much --- sometimes one dollar is enough. Look at your home business and your offerings and decide how much would be a good referral fee.

PRESS RELEASES

Press Releases are a good source for generating news about your home business. The business editor at your local newspaper is always on the lookout for a good business story to fill the business news section of the newspaper.

Of course, the business editor understands the economics of running a paper and is more inclined to run your story if you buy advertising in his/her publication, but will still print stories for special events and openings.

The important thing to remember about Press Releases is that it must be constructed in the form of a news story. Even if you are a sole proprietorship, quotes from you should be written in a third person format: John Doe said, "Your quote here."

A Press Release should pack the most important information at the beginning of the copy, and leave extra details towards the end.

You should always provide the reporter who gets the task a simple and easy way for him/her to contact you directly. Often the reporter will want to contact you to get details that will enhance their take on your story.

To learn more about creating Press Releases, you may check out Rusty Cawley's site: http://www.PRrainmaker.com/

NON-PRIMETIME ADS ON RADIO AND TELEVISION

Believe it or not, some of the best rates for radio and television are on the overnight and non-primetime venues. These target times are not a total waste as they can easily keep the infomercial people in business.

These off-hours are just less populated than the primetime hours.

Don't be afraid to check your local radio and television rates for non-primetime hours to see what bargains may exist. With television, primetime is 7pm to 10pm. With radio, primetime is 8am to 5pm. This sure leaves a whole lot of hours available to advertise your home business at discount rates!

IN CONCLUSION

When it comes down to it, there is a lot to understand about advertising, but when you have the basic knowledge down pat, everything will fall into place and bring more dollars to your bank account.

Find a Free Work at Home Business

2007-07-29T06:15:00.000-07:00

You have decided to try earning a little extra money via the Internet. You have heard success stories from other entrepreneurs, but you do not have enough capital to invest in merchandise. You need to find a free work at home business.

To begin, you will need a web site, an idea, and a willingness to spend some time getting your business up and running. If you have Internet access, you can generally set up a web site through your provider. I can help you with a couple of free ideas. However, unless you have a willingness to work hard, and spend a lot of time on your personal success, you cannot make a go of it, even if the business is free.

First, you will need a web site. Your web site is where the customers will come to purchase your goods or services. If you do not already know, check with your Internet service provider. Chances are you are already paying for space to set up your own site, as part of your Internet access, so the site is a free perk.

Okay, now here comes a difficult part. Unless you have the knowledge to build your own site, you are going to need some help. Three ways are available: free tutorial sites for building a website, trading your goods or services for someone to help build your site, and free online courses.

If you are patient, a quick learner, and have a little knowledge about computers, you can find tutorials on the web, to help you build your site. The tutorials will take you step by step through the process of building your site. Personally, I find the process totally frustrating because I want to get my site up and start populating it with information as soon as possible. So, I choose the second and third options.

As a writer, I have had a client who is also a computer programmer. Lucky me! So, I traded him some articles for his web sites, and he has helped me build my site. I must admit, my profession has made it easier to trade my services. So, it depends on what you want to do with your business.

Join some blogs. Let other people know what your business entails, and put some feelers out. You may find someone who needs what you offer, and will gladly help you get the basics of your site ready for potential traffic.

If not, an excellent third option is also available: free online classes. For example, The Internet Business School offers free classes to individuals like you and I, who want to work from home. Not only do they offer a variety of courses in how to accomplish your goal, the Internet successful instructors offer live instruction on what is needed to give your site the greatest opportunity for consumer traffic and ultimate success.

In addition to how to set up your site, the FREE classes will also help you determine how to select your ultimate business. For example, do you want to sell a product, but you do not want to deal with the issue of inventory and mailing? Maybe a drop shipping business is right for you. In essence, your site will sell someone else’s product, and you receive a commission on the sales.

Maybe you want to help consumers find what they need on the Internet. Your site could be dedicated to affiliate programs from a variety of businesses. Basically, your site links to others through logos and other advertising. If a consumer finds and purchases a product through your affiliate site, you will get a percentage of the sales.

Like me, maybe you have a degree, such as graphics or English, and you want to offer your services. Opportunities are also available for you to use your knowledge and work from home. Again, free online classes can help you learn how to let people know about your site and what services you can provide, which will cost you nothing but your time and a little hard work, which brings us to the last point.

You can start and online business for little to no money out of pocket. But, forget the get-rich-quick schemes. As Mama says, “If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.” So, if you want to be a success, you need to make the effort.

Personally, I started working from home as a writer, simply as a means of earning a little extra money in the evenings without having to leave my kids. Although the thought has crossed my mind, I never really anticipated working from home full-time. However, even through the vastness of the Internet, if you provide a good and honest service, the news travels.

Now, eighteen months later, I have been able to quit my other job, and I work from home. As a single parent, my work is a perfect fit. Granted, not everyone has the ability to write. However, there is a plethora of opportunities for data entry, and other jobs, if you can type. Take the time to look around. Make sure the business opportunity is legitimate and honest. Then, like me, you will be well on your way to earning a little, or a lot, of extra money once you find a free work at home business.I would recommend these two programs SFI MARKETING GROUP: http://www.quickinfo247.com/9675386/FREE
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Earn Extra Cash From Home With This Amazing Strategy

2007-07-28T08:04:00.000-07:00

Do you have more time than cash, and are willing to put your time to good use? Then you should pay close attention to this surefire tip that will help you earn extra cash from home. You will find this easy to start and even easier to maintain, because you will not have to do anything to maintain it once it is up and running.

A few months ago I decide to take a closer look at the idea of earning money using domain names. Yes, I have seen many references to this but I never took the time to examine this in any detail. Well! I'm glad I did and I am here to share my research with you.Domain names are available from two basic sources. You can buy a domain name that has never been used before, or get one that has expired because the original owner either forget about it, died, or is not interested anymore. Getting an original domain name that has never been used before is difficult as you can imagine, but it is not impossible.

The benefit of getting a domain name that was previously registered is the possibility of getting residual traffic from the domain because of previous incoming links to that domain. These sites will cost you more to register, but if you can get a suitable one from one of the sites that sell them, it could turn out to be very lucrative for you.

To earn cash from home using a domain name, you can do the following: Get a suitable type-in domain name, register it, and then park it at one of the many sites that will host parked domain names for you. You will then share the revenue that your domain generates through the search engines. Your only cost for doing this will be the cost of buying the domain name which can be had for under $2.00 from yahoo or under $8.00 from godaddy.

This can be a lucrative strategy but you must get a few things right. These are the steps that you should take in order to earn extra cash from this venture, and build a nice little nest egg of residual income:

1. Research type-in phrases that people use on the net. A type-in phrase is a phrase that someone will type directly into a browser, not a search engine. An example would be shoppingtriptonewyork. You will assume that the search engine will give you the .com TLD or extension, for that site, so some people do not even type the extension.

As you can summarize from the above example, the person may want to know what to look for if he or she should decide to take a shopping trip to New York. So instead of typing anything else in a search engine, the user "tries his luck" so to speak, hoping that there is a website with the exact name and information that he has entered into the browser.

To research the name, use the inventory.overture.com site to find how many times your phrase may have been entered into a browser or search engine. Do not forget that there can be dashes (-) between words as well if the phrase is too long. An example of that one might be game-show-hosts. Now that you have found a phrase that has some traffic or searches, you will want to see if it is registered. Any registrar, such as godaddy or 1and1 will give you that information. Let us move on to your next task.

2. Now you want to register the name that you have found. You can use the same registrar you used to research the name to register the same name. This can be very inexpensive. I have registered names for under 2 dollars for a whole year!

3. Now you are ready to park the domain. There are many good domain parking facilities. Your best bet will be to do a search for domain parking in order to find a good one. You will also want to choose at least three (3) keyword or phrases that will drive traffic to your new domain name. To do this, think about what people are looking for when they type in your domain name. Expand on that phrase or find a suitable synonym.

Once you have parked the name, you can read the tutorials from the domain parking service to see how you can help them to optimize the page that was created for your domain name. You can do several things to help drive traffic to the site, but these must fall within the terms of service of the site that is hosting your domain name.

Now, since you want to earn extra cash from home using this facility, you will want to make sure that you do nothing to violate the terms of service. Your free domain host will be driving traffic to your parked domain, and share the revenue with you. If you earn only 5 bucks a month from this site, you will have made a profit of $52.00 per year or over 650%. Now think of what would happen if you had 200 of those sites paying you 650% a year in profit? There are people who have hundreds of these domain names and this is how the earn extra cash from them.

Advanced Ways to Make Money with Product Launching

2007-07-27T08:48:00.000-07:00

Advanced Ways to Make Money with Product Launching

If you have a product that needs launching--whether it’s an old one you are taking over or a new one--you can give it a proper send-off with the proper steps. Fast product launching need not be difficult, but it will require planning.

The first thing you will need to do is think ahead. You should make sure that you have press releases written, articles covered, photographs taken, etc., months in advance. Even if you have to change one or two small details on the information as the time approaches, you will have a lion’s share of the work already done.

You should also have some ideas lined up for continued advertising through blogs, forums, chat rooms, etc. Also have all your printed advertising and information packets ready to go a couple weeks ahead of time. Have a press kit ready and put the finishing touches on it a few days before your confirmed product launch. Fast product launching is often simply a matter of planning.

Also make sure you have a backup plan for all your promotions. If you have an appearance scheduled at a mall, for instance, be prepared with an alternate date in case your product misses its cue. Sometimes these tings happen through no fault of yours, and you should be ready.

Make sure that all different media are covered when you make your initial launch. Fast product launching often depends on hitting all media--send out the pre-production press releases to all media, get radio and television spots done ahead of time, and have printed advertising ready to go. Leave nothing to chance.

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How To Make A Living Selling Other People's Products:

2007-07-26T08:18:00.000-07:00

If you want to start your own Internet-based home business but don’t have your own products, don’t want to earn petty affiliate commissions, and are sick and tired of network marketing, then choosing a “reseller” type of Internet business model may be what you’re looking for.

Unlike affiliate programs where you get paid a commission for any successful sale or sign-up you refer, a reseller business opportunity is starkly different and, in some cases, more profitable. It’s all about securing the resell rights to someone else’s product and then selling it to your own market or list to make 100% profit. In many ways, reselling other people’s products is much less risky too, provided you know exactly what you’re doing.

In Part One of this article, we discuss the logic behind the business model itself and how to get started with the right tools, the right knowledge and the pitfalls to avoid.

How Does a Reseller Business Work?

When you really think about it, there are many traditional businesses that have their foundations in reselling other people’s product or service. Take K-mart for example: all they do is secure the rights to sell someone’s products, stock them up, and sell them. The same concept applies to marketing both tangible and digital products on the Internet. You buy the rights to an e-book someone wrote and you can sell it legally for maximum profit.

Here are some advantages of having your own reseller business:

Faster start-up – creating products can take weeks, months or even years. If you sell someone else’s stuff, you can get started overnight.
Less risk – If you buy the rights to a hot-selling product, the question of whether it will have a demand or not is rendered irrelevant. You’re just left with the task of finding the buyers and taking their money.
More flexibility – experts can only sell on their specialized industry. A reseller can buy into different markets anytime to capitalize of current trends.

But just like K-mart, Borders, Amazon, and a host of other existing reseller businesses, the only way to hit the jackpot instead of barely scraping through is to have your own unique positioning, or as it’s called in the marketing world, your USP or Unique Selling Proposition. We’ll get to that later…

Tools Of The Trade

To have an autopilot, successful reseller business, you need the correct tools. Here are the bare necessities:

Sequential E-mail Autoresponder – If you don’t want to get tied down by doing routine follow-ups with prospects, the solution is to get a reliable autoresponder. If you don’t know what it is, a sequential autoresponder is a software program that will send pre-written email messages and pre-determined intervals to your prospects.

As the general rule of thumb, most people will need to see your message at least seven times to trust you and order from you. You can always hire a programmer to install an autoresponder script for you, but from my personal experience it’s better to outsource this function. Keeping up with regulations and side-stepping unpredictable email-blocking software by ISPs should be left to people who make a living doing just that. Some of the better ones available as a software solution are:

http://www.AWeber.com/?282249
http://www.EmailAces.com
http://www.Getresponse.com/index/lambs123

Advanced Shopping Cart – If you plan to sell multiple resell rights products, then you can go crazy just keeping track of everything. You’ll need an advanced shopping cart that not only allows you to manage your product inventory, but also allow you to create cross-selling and up-selling functions easily. If possible it should also give you advanced features like download page protection, coupon and discounting systems, automatic shipping calculator and other useful feature. An example of a good investment would be http://www.1shoppingcart.com/app/?pr=1&id=110081.

Credit Card Processor – To accept payment online, just having a Paypal or Stormpay account doesn’t quite cut it. You’ll need your own processors, and good ones are available from http://www.2checkout.com, http://www.Worldpay.com, and a host of others for reasonable fees.

Ad Tracking Software – To measure exactly which of your marketing campaigns turn to cash, you need an ad tracker. This should come with your shopping cart system or autoresponder or both. Avoid paying for a dedicated ad tracking software if you can, because quite honestly it’s just a simple program that is sometimes over-hyped and over charged on the Internet.

Complete Web Hosting – As your reseller business grows, you’ll find the growing need to use third-party software and custom programming, so make sure you have all the basic standards covered: PHP, CGI, Perl, MySQL and Apache. Ask your Web host if these are already provided in your account. If it’s not, you may want to consider getting a “reseller Web hosting” account and resell the extra bandwidth as well.

Understanding Resell Rights

When purchasing a resell rights product, make sure you understand exactly what type of license it provides. Here are the basic four levels of rights you can obtain:

Level 1 = Resell Rights - You obtain the right to sell the product yourself, but you cannot allow your customers to sell it. If your customers want to sell the same product they need to purchase their own rights from the original author or publisher.

Level 2 = Master Resell Rights - You obtain the right to sell the product yourself, and your immediate customers can sell it as well. This goes down only two levels, and your customer’s customer does not have the right to resell the product. They should buy the rights from you.

Level 3 = Generic Resell Rights - Anyone who owns the product can sell the product and also sell the resell rights to the product.

Level 4 = Customization Rights - Customize, re-brand, or repackage the product. There are many levels to how much customization can be made, some even offering to replace their name with yours.

Here’s an illustration that will make it clearer for you:

In the Level 1 rights, notice that the owner or publisher can choose to sell basic Resell Rights to anyone he chooses. The customers who bought them now become Resell Rights Holders, and they can in turn sell the product to any end customer they want.

In the Level 2 rights, if you buy a Master Resell Rights from the owner, you can sell the product to the end customer directly, or you can sell basic Resell Rights to another business owner who can sell it to the end customer. A Resell Rights holder cannot sell the rights to the product at all. In Level 2, a Master Resell Rights Holder cannot directly sell Master Resell Rights; only the owner or publisher of the product can do this.

In a Level 3 type of Generic Resell Rights, anyone who buys the product can resell both the product itself, and the resell rights included, to unlimited levels deep. In this scenario as long as you have bought the product, you are given the rights to resell it. Generic Resell Rights are usually inseparable from the product itself; you cannot sell the product and the rights as two different packages.

Who does the customer buy from? In the illustration above, you’ll note that the end customer can buy from:

The Owner / Publisher
The Resell Rights Owner
The Master Resell Rights Owner
The Generic Resell Rights Owner

By offering a Generic Resell Rights, however, the owner makes both basic Resell Rights and Master Resell Rights redundant. Beware of sites that want to sell you Master Resell Rights when the product itself already comes with Generic Resell Rights, since this makes no sense at all.

Avoiding The Common Pitfalls

If you want to avoid stumbling into Reseller Hell, there are a few things you should check, double-check and triple check to make sure you’ve nailed it down.

Does the product have any real value? – Recently a lot of junk software and e-books are starting to clutter the market with one thing in common - they all come with master resell rights. Most of these products are low-quality sorry excuses for content or usability and the only reason they’re being sold in the first place is the irresistible notion that you own the rights to sell the product yourself. Go to Ebay and for less than five bucks you can buy over 500 products with resell rights. Doesn’t sound right, does it? A lot of authors also use it as a marketing ploy to spread their own name to all four corners of the Web.

Are people giving it away for free? – I once made the mistake of buying a resalable product only to realize that others are giving it away for free as a subscription bonus. If someone can get it fro free, why would they want to buy from you? This usually happens when the original author, either intentionally or by innocence, fails to specify any terms and conditions.

Does the product seller have resell rights? – Just because the owner of the Website claims that he does, it doesn’t mean that you should take his word. Check with the original publisher or author to determine if the seller owns the rights, and what type of rights he own.

Is the product compatible with your market? – If you focus on the golf market, buying the rights to an Internet marketing product will only spread your operations thinner and rob the overall Unique Selling Proposition of your business. Instead, focus only on buying the rights to related or complimentary products.

Are you selling the correct rights? – Based on the section above about types of resell rights, are you making the correct claim? For example, if you purchase master resell rights you can only sell basic resell rights to your customers. You cannot sell master resell rights yourself – only the original creator or publisher can do that.

Are the terms reasonable? – Some authors only allow you to sell their product as a standalone item, whereas others allow you to package or bundle it in any way you see fit. Some authors set a minimum selling price or standard selling price, others don’t. Read the terms to see if it’s reasonable before you buy the resell rights.

Do you have an inventory system? – Imagine if K-mart employees had to rely on their experience and instincts to tell you if a certain product is available and you get the picture. Keeping an inventory list of the name of the product, author, original selling price, recommended selling price, terms and conditions and other information will not only save loads of time, it will also help you sell better. Organize your collection into categories, sub-categories even as bundled packages. As mentioned above, a smart shopping cart system like www.1shoppingcart.com can help you do this, albeit to a certain extent.

In part 2 of this article, we discuss how to find the “diamond” resalable product, and how to create advanced product packages.

Now Anyone Can Get Free Advertising!

2007-07-25T17:29:00.000-07:00

As you know some of the best ways to get traffic to your site is through the search engines. And as you know search engines love blogs.

If you know how to use blogs you can easily get more traffic to your website just by posting your keywords in the title and having your blogs indexed.

Other ways to get traffic to your site is to use popular free traffic exchanges. They come in many forms such as start (homepage) exchanges, safelists (opt in email ads), toolbar ads such as instantbuzz.com and forums such as the free advertising forum.

If you are looking to kill 2 birds with one stone, you can advertise for free on a new BLOG that actually allows you to place your ads for free on their site.

The reason this is good because you get all the benefits of placing your ads on a BLOG and you all get to advertise for free.

Most people would look at this as a no brainer. Although most webmaster do not like people to advertise on the blogs, this site was made just for that.

It is free to join and thousands are flocking to this service to drive huge traffic to their sites in ju8st days by simply posting one little ad on their home page.

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10 Easy Steps To Making Money

2007-07-25T11:44:00.000-07:00

The best way to build a thriving business is to take it one step at a time. Post the following 10 steps to making money in SFI in a prominent place on your wall as a constant reminder of your willingness to succeed...and encourage your team members to do the same!

Sell SFI's products and services by advertising your Gateway Websites.
Recruit new affiliates into your network by advertising your Gateway Websites.
Upgrade yourself to Executive Affiliate (EA) status as soon as you can—10 SVP per month, anyway you like it. To learn how to get started for free, click HERE.
Upgrade yourself to Team Leader (TL) status as soon as you can. See SFI Compensation Plan for more details.)
Monitor your network to ensure as many of your affiliates as possible become EAs as soon as possible.
Monitor your network to ensure as many of your EAs as possible become Team Leaders as soon as possible.
Pass these steps you're reading right now on to each person in your team, preferably as soon as they come on board.
Check out the SFI products or services of your choice. Your actions will help the company and your own business thrive.
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How to Get Traffic to Your Site?

2007-07-24T21:04:00.000-07:00

There are millions of websites on the internet and you have to struggle to get traffic among them. There are lots of things to do if you are beginning from zero. First of all, you have to accept that it is not an easy way and there is no shortcut. If you can accept this in the beginning, you have got the half of the way and now, things are easier.

Well, the first thing to do to get traffic is to be honest. You have to put yourself in the place of the visitor and think how you would be disappointed if you were deceived, or see the same content as the hundreds of websites. So, your content should be quality and unique.

The second thing is to update your site on a regular base. This is important for both search engines and your visitors. If a visitor likes one of your articles, news or any content, then s/he will come again to see your next content. And search engines will visit your site more frequently.

You should add your content to social bookmarking sites, this will provide you direct visitors. If they like your content, they will be your faithful visitors. As you see, the first item is very important. I mean the quality of your content.

You should write articles for article directories. Thus you will get strong links and the possibility of being linked by those who read your articles and use them in their sites.

Setting up a link Exchange program will help you much in gaining traffic. But you should only Exchange links with relevant sites.

You should add comments to blogs or websites you regularly visit. This will help you get back links and indirectly visitors. Also it may help you increase your link popularity and page rank.

Add your site to web directories . In fact, this will not affect your traffic much but it can increase your page rank, which means a high rank in search engines.

Finally, you should try advertisement. Pay Per Click advertisement sites may help you a lot…

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Targeted Blogging - Ways to Create More Money in Blogging

2007-07-24T07:54:00.000-07:00

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As the World Wide Web is now a very crowded place, to stand out of the crowd of web sites is very important for all the web sites today. To achieve a high level of web traffic and a steady flow of visitors towards your web site, you need to promote your web site. For this purpose now many traditional methods of promoting a web site online are being pursued by the internet marketers. As the competition has increased a lot, now non traditional methods of promoting a web site or a web based business are also used by people. Use of social media in this regard is common.

Social media includes forums, blogs, vlogs and pod casts etc. Nowadays blogs are very commonly used to promote a web site. This has given a lot of importance to blogging. Blogs can help you in making a lot of money. You need to understand the way business blogging can help you in earning a good amount. You can follow few tips to make a lot of money thorough blogging.

Blogs are currently being used as a source of generating traffic by the web site marketers. You can start interesting new blogs, in which you can add promotional material and new content. This will help you to retain your page ranking. You can help other web sites in their promotional efforts to make money through blogging. Blogs can be about any topic. Use those topics which will help you in generating traffic towards your web site.

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How to Sell Affiliate Products Part I

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If you know how to sell affiliate products then you have an almost limited source of material to sell, and there is also no restriction on how much you can sell at any one time.

Affiliate products can be sold individually, from individual minisites, or in bulk from large affiliate showcase pages. Groups of similar products can be sold together, or you can feature a number of products that complement each other without providing the same information. Whatever method you use, the most important aspect of affiliate marketing is advertising.

You might argue that advertising is the most important part of any form of marketing, but with affiliate products the situation is different. You are advertising the product, but are not trying to sell it! That sounds a bit converse, but it is true. While you do the advertising, the merchant who owns the product does the actual selling.

Your advertising should be designed to send the prospect to the merchant’s sales page, and it is then the merchant that looks after the persuading, the taking of the order and the payment and also, you will be pleased to know, the handling of any complaints.

Many affiliates try to send the respondents to their adverts directly to the merchant’s website, but the most successful affiliate marketers have their own website. With your own website you are not restricted to pay-per-click campaigns, and you have to keep in mind that Google allow only one advert in their Adsense program for each search term (keyword) that is sent directly to the merchant’s domain.

You can send the respondents to your advert either to a squeeze page or a preselling page. On the squeeze page you first persuade the prospect to give you their name and email address, and then you can send them to the presales page. That is a page where you try to ‘presell’ the product by providing a positive review of it, or a list of testimonials, that convinces the prospect that the product does what it says it does. If that is your landing page, be sure to collect the name and address before you send them off to the merchant’s website.

How to Sell Affiliate Products Part II

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It is criminal to allow a visitor to your website to leave without leaving their details so that you can keep in touch. You can do this by means of an opt-in form on the page or on an exit pop-up. Even better is to use both. Although many people don’t like pop-ups, the incontrovertible proven fact is that they work! What you must not do is provide a link to the product, then send the prospect from your presales page to a squeeze page. The likely result will be a lost visitor.

You must provide visitors with what you tell them they are getting. This is true in all forms of internet marketing: never have a button saying ‘Click here for more information’ then send them to a page saying ‘Leave your email address here’. Get the latter first, and then send them to the sales page for the product. The merchant will look after the rest, such as the product description, the all-important benefits and the free bonuses that go with the product.

There is no reason why you should not offer a free bonus for filling in the opt-in form. That’s fine, but once that has been done get them to the merchants page pronto. After all, that is what they are there for. You have advertised a product and they have made the click for more information on it. If you really want to increase your sales, buy the product yourself (or if you are lucky, persuade the merchant to give you a copy for review) and then review it.

Make your advert the offer of a free review of the best dongles, and then give 5 stars to the ones you are promoting as an affiliate. The link from there will be to the merchant’s site. Not directly from the Adwords or Yahoo S.M. advert, but from your own web page that has been designed to provide some information on the product prior to the main sales pitch.

That is how to sell affiliate products. Advertise, opt-in form, review or write-up then straight to the merchant’s site. You then concentrate on the next products you want to add to your portfolio while the merchant’s do the hard work.

Type At Home For Money!

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I'm sure you've seen the ads. Typing for cash, Type Simple Data Entry from home, Home Based Typing Income and more. Can Type At Home programs work for you?

If you are comfortable typing on a computer then Type At Home Jobs may be for you. There are misconceptions about Type At Home that you will be typing endlessly to earn nothing. I believe that Type At Home is an easy work at home job if you feel comfortable on the computer If you can type at a good speed and be accurate. Of course today with the tools available like spell check, grammar check etc, it makes it a lot easier. In fact it's possible to earn good money doing Type At Home jobs on line.Another misconception is that Type At Home jobs are scams. This is probably the "too good to be true" adverts with promises of overnight riches working from home. Some people will join a Type At Home program and think that the money will start flowing in. If it doesn't then they call the program a failure. You won't get something for nothing.

Type At Home is the definitely the most popular Home Data Typers program available. Many people have seen very good profits using this program. Some of these programs utilizes Google Adwords as its cash engine, and by following their techniques they provide, there is an opportunity to make some nice earnings. This strategy works great for people starting out, and if you want to make some quick cash, this might just be the program for you. There are legitimate Type At Home work programs available. In fact I have a separate Type At Home web page whereby I highlight what in my opinion are the best and most popular Type At Home programs.

I also like to emphasize making sure that whichever Type At Home company you decide to join has a money back guarantee for your protection. I believe any good company should offer this if they are worth their salt.

Type At Home is one of the more popular home based business opportunities as it is very low-cost to get started. I have included a list of equipment that you will need to start below:

Computer
Access to Internet
Printer

I would also suggest that you use a unique email address. This is merely a suggestion not a requirement.

The potential in the Type At Home business is great. There are many small and large companies that outsource Type At Home. Many people are making $1000 - $3000 a month additional income. In order to get to this level of income it is important that you understand the skills that you'll need and where to look for Type At Home programs.

Please feel free to visit my web page for Type At Home product reviews. If you decide to try one of our programs, please let me know your opinion of the whole process. Your opinion is important to me.
I also have a FREE Email Newsletter series, which gives you the 2007 Top Rated Data Entry Programs.

By: mcomo

5 Quick Tips On How To Start A Home Base Business

2007-07-22T15:31:00.000-07:00

So you are thinking about starting your own home base business? There are alot of things to think about and there is so much information on the web that it can make your head swim.

1. The most important thing to remember when starting any business is do your research. The fact that you are reading this article is proof that you are on the right track. After you have done your research and feel comfortable with the information that you have found then research that research. The more you are informed the better you will feel about the business decisions you make.
2. After the research is done then chose the right product/business that works for you not what people are trying to sell you. Look at ventures that interest you and not about how much money you can make. Stay clear of get rich fast schemes. Honesty is the best policy when reading promos. I can appreciate someone that will tell me that you can make millions or you can make nothing. Usually the nothing comes in to play when you do not apply the principles learned from the various programs.

3. Know how much money you want to invest set a budget. Believe it or not there are lot of people out there who just want make money off of you just as bad you want to be in business. Understand what your basis business needs are and grow from there. Take advantage of ways to adverstise for free if you are on a tight budget. There is nothing like having a wonderful website and no traffic.

4. Think positive and stay focus. It may take you a week to start making money or it could be a year. The main objective is stay on track towards what ever goal you set for your business.

5. Once your business is up and running keep it up to date by learning the lastest trends that will keep your business profitable.

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By: jtwheeler