Me & the Boss

Me & the Boss

Thursday, April 30, 2009

Here is why you should not get involved with work at home businesses - it may well alarm you.

By Shaun Baird

I am sorry if the title sounds a little bit controversial, but it's very important that you understand what I am trying to say in this very brief article. Once you leave this page you'll be away looking at something else, and may not get this important message.

In order to make more money, spare money and then a full time income (enough to quit your job), people choose between many types of work at home businesses before settling on one they think they can make work. Before you go rushing off though, please please glue yourself to your chair for the next few minutes.

When starting a home business, you realise that there is going to be a huge amount of commitment needed. This involves sacrificing your spare time, money and loved ones time.

Many work at home businesses fail within 2 years, according to official statistics. Shocking figures huh? Are you really prepared to give up everything you love and care about for the next 2 years only to have the business fail, and then to start up a new business a year later, subjecting your family to all the above AGAIN?

All you need to do is become a student. Learn how to become a list builder, and commit to learning how to do this. This is like learning to drive. Once you've acquired the skill you can use it forever and don't need to do it again and again, unlike starting a new business again and again. A list builder creates lists of people interested in similar topics as you.

Why is this any better or worse than starting a business? Well, if a business fails you still have your list. In fact you will always have your list. No matter what, as long as you treat them with respect and offer them things of real value.

Now fast forward a year or two. Imagine you've generated a list of 5000 people - actually very easy to do if you know how to do it. Statistics show that the value of each subscriber is worth around $1 each time you send an email to them. Sounding better? ok, this means that if you get all the key parts correct you can earn around $5000 each time you send a simple email to your list.

You can email as many times as 4 times a month if it suits you and earn as much as $20,000 a month. This is the potential. Some people have lists with more than 300,000 subscribers. I'll leave you to work out the math on that!

If you generate a big list, it never goes away and never sleeps. It can be mailed to many times and will make you money. Sadly, many work at home businesses fail and fail again.


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General Tips: The Law of Attraction

By Deepak Ramadal

If you know how to properly apply the law of attraction, you will be able to affect many wonderful changes in your life. If you turn your thoughts into positive energies, you will be able to spread positive vibrations that will help you create the life that you want. This is why it is important for you to know what the general law of attraction tips are.

The law of attraction works around the principle that what you constantly think about, whether you are aware of it or not, is what will become your reality. It will transfer and manifest in your life. Therefore, it is important to begin by cleansing your thoughts of anything negative.

There are a few basic law of attraction tips that you can use as guides.

First, you have to paint a picture in your mind of what you desire. Create a vision of what you want to accomplish. This is a process called creative visualization. By visualizing what you want, you begin to create a solid picture of your desire. When you begin to picture yourself achieving your goal, you will begin to believe that your goal or desire is within your reach. There is nowhere to go but forward, so eventually it will become a reality.

Another one of the most effective law of attraction tips involves affirmations. Affirmations are like positive statements that you repeat regularly. These statements support your goals and give off positive vibrations. An example of an affirmation is "I am going to live in my new house this year." Affirmations are always in the positive. They also become more effective if they are written and chanted repeatedly.

Positive thinking is perhaps one of the most important law of attraction tips. Training yourself to think positive will help you achieve a better, more positive outlook on life.

Having a pleasant disposition in life will allow you achieve better energies in all aspects of your life. When this happens, everything around and within you, including your actions, your feelings, your thoughts, and decisions, will send out only positive vibrations. Then what you feel, what you do, and what you think will become your realities and your good goal/s will be fulfilled.

These law of attraction tips are merely guides. The desire and the passion to create the life that you wish for is still up to you. If you have faith in yourself and in your goal/desire, then you will be well on your way to applying the law of attraction in your life.

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The Advantages of Social Networking

By Bobbie McKee

It's great to have friends but you have to admit that there are certain interests you or they have, which neither is not interested in. When this happens, it is time to expand our circle and that is just one of the advantages of social networking.

Social networking enables people who share the same interests to hang out together and this simply means that you are able to make new friends. If for example you are interested in basketball, no one there will get tired of talking about the players or the game which occurred last night or several years ago.

Since most social networking is done over the web, you get to meet individuals from other countries and learn about their culture. How many people do you know keep in touch with someone across the Atlantic or the Pacific? Given that you share something in common, you get to communicate with that person regularly that is very similar to hooking up with your friends after work or school.

From a business point of view, the first two advantages of social networking enable you to meet new clients and expand your business because most of these sites allow you to customize your webpage and provide links to your personal website.

Just to give you a few examples, there is Multiply, MySpace, Friendster, FaceBook and Classmates. With so many around, you won't have a hard time looking for a social network that you like. You can even post ads here so you can inform other members of an event that you are hosting.

The best part about becoming a member of a social network is that majority of these is free. This means that you don't have to pay any fees. All you have to do is sign up by filling up the form and then activating the link when this is sent to you via email. Now that you are a member, you can invite other friends to join and look at other profiles.

The advantages of social networking will allow you to make new friends, promote your business and best of all, won't cost you a thing. But there are some social networking sites that will require you to pay a fee. Before you sign up, consider if this value for your money.

Will social networking sites ever replace meeting people in social events and other gatherings? Of course not because all this medium does is give you more exposure. It allows you to put your best qualities out there especially when first impressions last.

When you join a social networking site, never post any private information about yourself unless you are ready to have people get in touch with you. You shouldn't also put anything embarrassing about yourself because some people have been denied employment because of the information posted.

If there are "privacy" settings in your social networking site, you are advised to use it so you can control who has access to your personal information.

A lot of experts say that social networking is here to stay so we have to take advantage of it. When you do join a social networking site, keep an open and see if this is exactly what you wanted. If not, cancel your account until you find the one that you like.

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Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Top Issues Bloggers Have To Deal With

By Brenden Arnicke

You know that blogging can be a lot of fun, but you probably also know that there are some problems out there that bloggers face. If you keep yourself aware of these things you'll know exactly what you need to do to combat the problems. You'll be a better blogger with an amazing blog as a result.

The top three issues that bloggers have to manage are:

Too much time in front of the computer, repetition of other's work, no focus.

Let's see if we can sort these out!

The first problem is burnout. When you first got started with your blog the chances are good that you were really excited. You had it in your mind that great things were going to happen. You probably also thought that the returns were going to be immediate. Soon enough, you realized that writing about the same topic all the time can be boring, and that it can take some time to bring in a great income.

It's ok to feel overwhelmed! You ought to know, that this is common sentiment among most bloggers. And you need to manage this issue because it can determine your success or failure. Don't quit - because you'll never understand what it's like to be a superstar blogger who makes great money if you do. You just have to keep going and get past this feeling so you can be very good at this. Most bloggers quit - don't let that be you!

Problem two on our list is that of samenees. This just means that you find it hard to get a grip on what you 'niche' is. Yes, you do have a solid awareness of what your blog is about -- you probably are very focused on that. This doesn't ensure that you blog will be unique among the crowd!

In order for you to gain the most loyal following possible you need to do something that will put you above the others. You might run special contests, write in a unique "voice" using humor or other forms of unique writing, or just come up with something that is absolutely off the wall but that your visitors will love.

Finally, the last problem many bloggers face is the lack of focus. We've already discussed that it's hard to stay motivated past the early stages, and this problem often leads to a lack of focus. You started out writing a blog about weddings, but you quickly got disenchanted and start blogging on a different site about sports instead.

This goes back to the issue where you just need to push through. Even if you feel like you just can't focus on this topic, you need to realize that jumping from one thing to the other will only hold you back from reaching your goals.

There are other issues bloggers have to deal with too. The thing that separates people who succeed and those who don't is how well they can stay on the goal. If you are committed to creating enough cash flow to quit your day job, as an example, then you must now these issues exist and come up with a strategy to deal with them permanently.

Don't forget, blogging is great, but you'll need a strong mentality to make it work for you.

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Monday, April 27, 2009

How Social Networking Sites Generate Website Traffic Part-2

By Florentina Ryan

Twitter is one of the new social networking sites. You can post short tweets for your groups, sharpen their appetite for more, and send them to your latest blog post. Twitter is still reasonably new social networking site, and there are still thousands of marketers who are not using it to its full potential. Some are not using it at all. Twitter feed monitors your blogs RSS feed and then syndicated new entries to your feed straight to your Twitter. From what I can see online, usage of the service is growing quickly - so quickly their server can not seem to keep up.

Websites like Del.icio.us, Digg, and Furl agree to users to share their personal favorites (bookmarks) with others. Users tag each bookmarked website with the keywords they feel are most applicable. Websites who fail to leverage upon the phenomenon of social networking websites risk getting left behind.

Videos can be successful over those guests/visitors who are just a little skeptical as to whether it really works. Video communities like YouTube are a great source of traffic. What the listeners or audience lacks in buying intent, it makes up for in the ability to take your content viral.

Blogs are syndicated like television and radio, so people can find you from all over the world. I love that my blog markets me whilst I sleep and then while I write great articles they assist me to build my credibility. Blogs, forums, and social networking websites all permits you create a profile. Take advantage of this to allow readers to be more familiar about you and most important of all, use your profile page to persuade/convince people to read more of your content. Blogging is one of the most important marketing techniques to generate free traffic to your website. The keys to success are to post your messages regularly and add new friends.

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is a free traffic from the search engines if your site has intelligent/smart design and is frequently updated content a correct linking strategy on site and off. A good SEO will constantly study their art. Search engine optimization, email campaigns, pay-per-clicks and banner ads. Search engines are making it more and more difficult to get high, ever lasting rankings. SEO seems to be getting really scientific

Blogs are vastly well-liked, and very useful. The content is frequently syndicated all over the Internet, ever increasing the probability that your targeted traffic will see it and be drawn to your site

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Viral Marketing 101

By Boshi Whou

Creativity: This is the sole virtue which a website has to possess to lead the race in the unforgiving rivarly of a web established business. Considering the sheer amount of competition and rivalry occurring, each method of marketing needs be instituted and utilized. It doesn't matter whether you sell a killer product or a well conceived website, if individuals don't know that you're around, it does not matter, and you're not going to become rich, and in the worst case scenario, your business could simply die.

Though there's a number of methods as well as plans utilized by e-commerce sites today, there are still some of these which may help you with an extra rise in the popularity ratings and one of these is the so called Viral Marketing. While the phrase 'Viral' usually depicts a virus, a word quite feared by any PC owners, it is not at all it appears as you don't actually utilize a PC virus to increase your business.

Viral Marketing also known otherwise as Viral Advertising is a promotional method utilized to build the public awareness of one's goods or organization. These utilize many forms of media to reach out to the public without actually advertising their product, in such a way which can get a person interested or amused enough to genuinely tell others, alongside the goods or business advertisement with it.

Viral marketing has become a frequent method of advertising due to the generally low expense. To avoid being tagged as spam mail, viral marketing depends upon the willingness of a person to spread the product to someone else, and if this person reads the name of the person they recognize as the sender, they won't block that message and open it. A number of companies offer incentives such as discounts or rebates when they help to spread the products or services this way. They rely upon the number of receivers a viral marketing recieves from a single individual in deciding the number of inducements which they could be accredited with.

The main and foremost advantage is that you get a lot of publicity and consumer awareness about the website as well as the organization, creating a stream of traffic which could be potential customers. With a little ingenuity and some imagination, plus some motivators or rewards, you'll be able to reach a large number of people and announce your existence.

Most company's are wising up to the efficientness of Viral Marketing as well as advertising. Not employing it may destroy the company, actually, along with other schemes and techniques for advertising the website, like Search Engine Optimization and such, viral marketing could easily push you in the lead as far as ratings are concerned.

A large number of big companies have tried viral marketing and have reported numerous successes with it, with a classic archetype being Microsoft's Hotmail. Microsoft was the original noted large company to utilize the plan and as such it has brought them prosperity. Now it is your time to use this system, so get on it and enjoy the advantages Viral Marketing will provide for you and your profits.

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Sunday, April 26, 2009

You Manifest What You Think About - Success or Failure

By Asara Lovejoy

If you have been trying to use The Law of Attraction, but somehow, no matter how hard you try, it doesn't seem to be working, maybe as Yoda says, "There is no try, there is only do." We, one and all, have been in a situation where the harder we tried, the further from our goal we got.

There are times, when what ever it is we wanted, was simply not good for us. There are also situations where we actually pushed so hard, we pushed what we wanted away. The universe around us reacts much the same way. The harder we try, or when we worry excessively, we send out large amounts of negative, desperate energy and we actually push what we want out of reach.

For decades, a friend and I had practiced The Law of Attraction with little success. We read all the books on the topic. It appeared that affirmations work for all others, but just would not work for us. We were unconscious incompetents. We did not even know what we did not know.

Of course things were happening, just not what we thought we had asked for. We were producing results, but with a faulty process we were producing what we didn't want, rather than what we did want. During the three years of our discussions, we at least became conscious incompetents, realizing that rather than being inadequate or undeserving, we were using a faulty system.

When we are in the unconscious incompetency stage of a process, we are definitely creating, our fear, our poverty, our scarcity thinking, our stress. Our worry doesn't come from nowhere; it comes from the same emotional and neurological process that we can alternately use to create what we want.

So we set a goal to learn the way to be consciously competent. We needed to do affirmations properly or even to find a new method or approach to affirming or reaching our wants and desires. We had to find the missing pieces of the puzzle.

When we are out of work, under-employed, underpaid, in an unfulfilling relationship, angry, unforgiving, we are the unhappy creators of these situations. We are the creators of our own universe. When we are practicing the Law of Attraction, we are producing exactly what we are unconsciously asking for. We are often creating from negative emotions like fear, and we are getting exactly what we have asked for.

The process is called The One Command, and it is a simple, easy process that brings us to the realization of our existing mastery. The One Command is one simple statement that gets the attention of our greater capacity and brings forth all that we desire.

Achieving your wants and dreams is as simple as taking one step, The One Command. Being consciously aware of what you want and dream and actively striving to achieve it is all it takes to have your world the world you want.

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How One Way Links Can Help Your Online Business Succeed

By Brent Sweet

One way links are imperative to a new websites success. The more one way links you have pointing in to your site, the higher your page rank and the more traffic you will get. This should also result in more sales.

So what can you do to get one way links?

1. Write articles and submit them to the top article directories. There are some good softwares that will automate the submission process for you. Although the best links are from the top directories such as EzineArticles and Goarticles. You will also find that your articles will be used on other people's sites, meaning even more links.

2. Write quality content, that will encourage others to link to your site. The more informative your content, the more

likely people are to link to it.

3. Submit your link to directories. There are both paid and free directories that you can submit your link to and both are very valuable. Again, there are ways to automate this process.

4. Some blogs accept articles from other writers. This is a good way to get your link out there, whilst keeping within your niche.

5. Paid linking services. Be careful which one you choose. Some services, such as three way links, can make a huge difference to your site, but others, such as link farms will do more harm than good.

6. Post your link in your signature in forums. Make sure you write quality posts, not spam. This will also make people more likely to click your link.

7. Comment on related blogs and add your URL in your signature. Again, make sure you never spam.

Implement a few different methods and you will see the results. It is definitely worth combining both free and paid methods to gain maximum exposure and gain.

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What Would the Top Slot on Google be Worth to You?

By Owen Jones

I wonder whether you realize just how much article submission software has improved over recent years? For example, this article was written and submitted to thousands of directories, lists and blogs over a period of a month on auto-pilot by the world's most advancrd article management software.

Please, you wont want miss out on this one, as it really is that important, if your game plan involves promoting any site on the Internet.

Frankly, there is simply no other traffic generation system that works better, costs less, and is completely immune to search engine changes.

Remember, this is not some fancy new black-hat technique. It is completely legitimate, completely solid, and completely reliable. This system will take your article, create thousands of variations and then post them to thousands of sites. All with your sites link in the by-line. But not only that! It only posts your article to sites that want sites like yours (based on your chosen keywords) and posts according to a schedule chosen by you: ie 10, 20, 50, 100, 1,000 posts a day, starting on any future date you choose! So you could write say, three articles and have the first one go out starting the next day at 300 a day; the second one starting after seven days at 100 sites a day; and the third starting after two weeks at a rate of 50 sites a day.

What really is new is that this already well-established method of promotion has now been put on steroids. It combines, for the very first time ever, the power of article submission with the benefits of unique content and it does it in such a way that it really is simplicity itself to use.

So, go over there now and get your copy before the price rises. You will be really amazed at the low cost compared with the huge benefits you will aquire.

Don't forget that an organic link on the first page of Google provides about six times the traffic of a sponsored (Adsense) link on the same page. Just how much would that be worth to you each month? Now multiply that by, say, a hundred or a thousand and you begin to appreciate the value of this method!

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How to Start a Dating Affiliate programs Website

By Francisco Rodriguez

More and more websites, even ones of whom you would not expect it from, are carrying banner advertisements for dating websites. Though it is not to everyone's taste it does make business sense for sites to carry these ads, as they tend to pay off very well indeed. In business terms, the owner of the website where the ad is placed considers the dating site to be among his dating affiliate programs, and vice versa. Should you be on a website and see such a banner ad, and are wondering what possessed the site owner to put it there, consider that for every transaction that takes place as a result of the banner being clicked, the site owner can make 25% or more of the fee.

So, if you want to make more from residual income music affiliate programs, you should attract more people to that site so they can become members. But since this is beyond your control, the best thing to do will be to invest in other affiliate programs. Some examples of residual income affiliate programs include adult websites, online dating, web hosting and gambling, herbal supplements, clothing stores, auctions and jewelers. You just have to find the one you are really interested in so you are devoted to making money for yourself.

But why do many people don't seem to succeed when it comes to residual income affiliate programs? Well there are many reasons. It is possible that there is no support from the family and friends of the person. Some are discouraged with how slow the progress is and think that this will not work out in the long term. Those who decide to get into it may not as devoted as they think they were so they are unable to produce a chain. Lastly, there is not that much support from the affiliate to convince them not to give up. Some people will be discouraged about you getting involved in residual income affiliate programs. So what? It is your life isn't it? While on hindsight they are simply looking out for you, if you are able to do this properly, then they might take back what they said before and be happy when you make it big.

The next task will be marketing your dating website. With the right information, you will start a dating website with ease. As you get more experience in the business, you will acquire a skill that will ensure that you draw as much traffic as you can. You can easily get free traffic from search engines. However, you need more information on search engine optimization. You can download this information for free.

For those who are just starting out and have no idea of what residual income affiliate program to invest in, go for those that are very popular since you probably won't go wrong with those. Once you get the hang of things, try to see if there is something specific that really appeals to you.

It may be that it is not for you, and that one of very many other affiliate programs works better on your site. Either way, it does give an example of exactly how versatile the Internet has become as a resource.

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Saturday, April 25, 2009

How To Explain RSS

By Samo Yanezic

When you are called upon to explain RSS feeds, what do you say? Perhaps you fumble about, unsure, you may even try to flub it a bit to look like you understand ti completely. Maybe you just go directly to a web site that will give you the definition. Whatever the case, if you find it difficult to explain RSS feeds easily, you may not be able to explain it thoroughly.

If you, like so many people, are trying to draw attention to your site or blog online, chances are that you won't accomplish that goal unless you have set up an RSS feed for your site. When you think about just what an RSS feed can do for you, it makes perfect sense. In fact, it won't take long to realize that it is a very basic, simple way to get readers and attract traffic.

When explaining RSS feeds, the first thing is to understand what the acronym means. The name itself is very telling: Really Simple Syndication. Once you have a grasp on that, you can begin to use it to your advantage.

In this case, syndication refers to making your media more accessible. When you create your media and make it available through a variety of avenues, you can reach many more people. While the method of making it more accessible does not necessarily mandate a change in the media, that can occur. Think about comics in the newspaper. Comics that are published by several papers are generally thought to be syndicated. This is the same principle upon which you can publish your work.

Now that you know what it is, you may wonder what it is so important. The truth of the matter is that just a handful of years ago, it wasn't important. Times do change, however, and now just about everyone has blogs and media sites that they check on a daily basis. With that in mind, you'll find that they are looking for ways to reduce the amount of pointing and clicking that they do.

They would love to be able to go to one site and to get all the news and writing that they want in that one place, and this is why it is so important to explain RSS, especially to new web marketers.

Once you begin using an RSS feed, you should understand what that means. Simply speaking, it means that the products you create will be zipped directly to someone's personal reading list. Instead of being burdened with remembering that they must click on your site or visit your blog to see updates and new content, all they have to do is go to their reading list. Essentially, your material is delivered directly to them.

They will get it mixed up with other things that they are interested in, and essentially, you are going to be a part of their morning routine. Take some time and really consider what your options are going to be and what you need to know to make the most of this.

Setting up an RSS feed is surprisingly simple. If you already post to established online blogs like Blogspot or the infamous MySpace, then half your battle is won. Most of these types of sites have a way to set up an RSS feed automatically.

Now it is time to do your homework. Do some research and make sure that you know exactly what RSS is, but more importantly, learn why it is important to you and your site. Then just on the opportunity.

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Friday, April 24, 2009

Home Based Business Opportunities- Taking Actions vs. Saying Words

By Mr. E. M. Parks

When I was a kid I really looked up to my dad. I thought he was the most intelligent man in the world. Maybe I feel this way because he was my dad but I still held he in high regard when it came to brain power. He had great ideas and I wanted to be just like him when I grew up.

My father was able to come uo with great ideas for inventions and one day wanted to have a home based business but things never worked. It was a shame that such a smart man wasn't able to get any of his ideas off the ground. There may have been a lot of reasons for this but I guess I'll never really know.

I think back to when dad was developing some great idea that would change the way people did something. My father would get all excited when he told my mom and I about what he was planning to do and my mom and I would get excited too. The only thing is that soon after that the enthusiasm would dissipate and dad would be back to square one.

As I grew and as the years went by I figured out some of the reasons why my dad wasn't able to fulfill his dream of owning his own home based business. I learned that while my dad had the joy and excitement that came with creating new contraptions, he didn't have the drive and faith it took to step out on a limb. I can't recall my dad ever really trying to sell his inventions to the marketplace.

Seeing what my dad did and didn't do has inspired me to take some different steps when it comes to running my own home based business. I have made a choice to go out and find success instead of waiting for it to come knock at my door.

With that said, from my father I learned that the difference between saying and doing can be blurred with excitement sometimes. When in doubt I feel that it is always best to do even if you risk falling on your face.

This is the price you pay when you want to run a successful home based business.

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Thursday, April 23, 2009

Understand A Traffic Secret

By Hass67

Internet marketing success depends on learning how to generate a lot of traffic to your website. Without massive traffic, you wont make any money. You need a lot of visitors to your site to make a few sales.

Learning traffic generation secrets is in essence what internet marketing is. Sales copy comes after that. There are various ways to generate traffic to your site.

One way is to pay for it. If you have heavy pockets, you can always pay to get traffic. But day by day, online marketing is getting competitive. There are big players involved in it. You cant compete against them.

Paying for traffic that does not convert well is a sure recipe for failure. You will start looking for ways to get free traffic. You will think how to get a lot of targeted traffic for free? Only a page one position for your site on the search engine can give you that.

You will think of learning search engine optimization (SEO). So again you will be competing with big players with lots of experience and deep pockets.

There is a sort of entry barrier for newbies in internet marketing. Nobody will ever tell you that it is almost impossible to get your new website ranked high on Google. Google takes the age of a website into account before it starts giving the site importance.

Google does not like a few page sites. Google like authority sites! Your website should have many many optimized pages and thousands and thousands of backlinks before Google will position it on its search pages.

What to do? Cant compete with big players! You can learn to use the authority sites to get traffic for your site.

I give you an example to make my point clear, EzineArticles is considered to be an authority site by Google. You can submit articles on it. These articles can get targeted traffic to your site as well as quality backlinks that counts with Google.

Use these authority sites by piggy backing on them. There are many article directories, forums, blogs and social bookmarking sites that can get traffic for your site and quality backlinks.

You focus on learning how to generate free traffic for your site in the beginning. If you can learn this trick, you are on your way to your long term success in internet marketing.

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Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Niche Socializer and the New Era of Social Networking

By Mad I.M Marketer

Social networking websites have become a big trend. Most people know Facebook and it has over a hundred million members. That is a very big asset even if half of the members are inactive. And to the Internet marketers that means a great marketing resource. This opportunity is really big, however to take advantage of it we need to overcome a lot of obstacles.

The big social networks like Facebook have strict rules about advertising to their members and their advertising platforms are too primitive to take full advantage of. It's nearly impossible to target these members without being called a spammer. As a marketer, you do not want to lose your reputation so spamming is not an option.

A new web software called Niche Socializer has proposed a solution. "Let's build our own social networks", the authors say. If you can create your community for your niche or sub-niche, you would have all of it at your disposal and you could market to it without breaking any rules any time you want.

The idea of this software is to effectively and at little cost create social networking websites in any niche, promote it and monetize it. Four monetization methods are proposed to start with - paid subscriptions, classified ad listings, business directory listings, and ecommerce to sell your products. The old marketing methods are also not rejected, you can do the affiliate marketing or email marketing, and virtually any other marketing if you want.

To build a successful community, a initial niche research is done in a way that you can get easy targeted traffic for it. This is done to cut down the expenses and avoid failures - setting up a site costs money, yet the research is free.

This model sounds good in theory, now it only has to be proven in practice. If Niche Socialize proves to be successful, we will see a lot of new social networks appearing on the Internet. The good thing about that is that these social networks will be targeted to very specific niches and sub-niches and will add a lot more value than the general social networks do.

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Monday, April 20, 2009

Chuan Acer in the second half pushed the non-Windows systems the smart mobile phone

By Zou cheaponsale

Acer internal sources, the company plans to launch later this year the first non-Windows systems smartphone.

Acer month on Tempo has announced the launch of the first series of mobile phone, and the series of cell phone use Microsoft's Windows Mobile operating system. However, at the time of conference, Acer official hinted that the company

The future will be introduced to the use of other operating systems of smart phones, including Google's Android.

Acer insiders revealed today in Taipei, the company later this year will be at the global launch of non-Windows system, smart phones, but the person did not disclose what kind of operating system used. Open message, said Acer is

R & D at the use of Microsoft's new operating system Windows Mobile 6.5 smart phones, plans to launch later this year.

Google Android mobile phone manufacturers as a smart new selection won praise. Second half of last year, Taiwan's HTC to launch the United States at the first Android smartphone T-Mobile G1. Since then, there have been reports of other

Taiwan manufacturers in the development of Android phones, such as Asus and Acer. ASUS, however refuse to comment on the matter.

Acer last year's acquisition of mobile phone manufacturers in Taiwan E-ten (Yitian) after beginning to enter the smart phone market. At present, Yitian Acer has become a smart mobile phone business unit.

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Paintball Markers

By Bobbie McKee

Today, among the most exciting and engrossing sport is paintball. Young and old individuals definitely have fun and exciting times in playing this sport. At present, paintball is played in more than forty countries all over the world. Because of the sport's combat atmosphere, more and more people are indulging in this game. Two of the most important equipments used in paintball are the paintballs and the markers.

The paintball markers are more commonly called as paintball guns. This is the primary equipment for the sport but instead of using ammunitions, you will be using paintballs. Players aim their opponents using their paintball markers loaded with paintballs. The paintballs are rubberized capsules, usually as large as marbles, which contain water based paint. If this is your first time to play paintball, there is no reason for you to buy the markers immediately. In fact, it would be better to rent different kinds of markers so that you can compare them with one another. This is the best way to choose which marker works for your combat style.

Beginners can choose the inexpensive markers. Oftentimes, the buying decision is influenced by the player's skill level. The most basic marker in the market may be enough to meet the needs of beginners. If you're no longer satisfied with your marker, you can either trade it or you can purchase a new one.

The air system of the marker is a very important consideration. The said system provides the needed pressure in order to launch the paintballs. There are two types of pressures being employed today - the HPA or high pressure and the carbon dioxide. Beginners are recommended to use the latter because the markers can be easily controlled.

You must also know that the paintballs have various sizes. The size ranges from .50 - .72 caliber. Do you have a stock of paintballs? If you do, you have to make sure that you get the appropriate barrel diameter. Markers also have different barrel diameters so you need to check out this detail.

You can purchase the markers in sports stores online and offline. There are also paintball stores which sells various paintball equipments. The markers usually cost $10 to more than $400. Beginners are advised to seek professional help or they should conduct their own research as to the best marker in the market. You will also need to set up a budget for the marker and the other equipments that you need to purchase. The skill is also an important consideration so you need to assess your playing skill and the way you combat in the field or arena.

Paintball markers or paintball guns are not hard to find especially in online stores. Some markers are even custom made and this usually suits the needs of the veteran and professional players. With so many markers to choose from, you have to make sure that you get the best deal and make a good buying decision.

Play the game now and use different types of paintball markers. Do some online research about the different types of markers and compare them with one another. Compare the prices if you have a limited budget so that you can get the one that you can afford. Be a wise buyer and don't make rush purchases.

Take your time in knowing more about the sport and the different types of markers.

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6 Summer Jewelry Gifts For Mom

By Terry Stanfield

You have a lot of jewelry gift choices available to you when you are looking for jewelry for mom. You can choose from a wide assortment of jewelry that is idea for summer wear and that can also be worn throughout the year. When you are looking for mom summer jewelry, bear in mind that most moms like to have fine jewelry that also reminds them of their children. You can select from rings, necklaces, bracelets and even watches that are ideal for summer jewelry wear.

You can look for many different types of jewelry that will not only delight moms, but will also be attractive and functional. These range from watches to rings and necklaces. Take a look at the gifts that are available by way of jewelry and then choose an appropriate summery gift for mom.

Gold jewelry should be preferred over other types of jewelry because it will not tarnish and is of strong quality to hold precious or semi-precious stones. You should try to get the highest quality gold when you are looking for jewelry gifts.

Another idea when it comes to jewelry gifts for moms is a watch. All women can use a watch and you can select from many different styles as well as designs when you are choosing this type of jewelry.

Rings are always a huge hits with moms everywhere. One idea that you may want to consider when you are looking for jewelry gift ideas is a birthstone ring that has the birthstones of all of her children.

In the summer, it is often a good idea to look for bracelets for any woman as they are more visible this time of the year. You can find a large selection of bracelets that are ideal for any woman who is a mom, whether your own mom or as a gift to your wife.

Necklaces that have symbolic meaning are also an ideal choice when it comes to summer jewelry. Necklaces can be worn throughout the year but look especially noticeable with the summer fashions.

Make sure that the jewelry that you select is of good quality and in an attractive design that you think she will like. Whenever you are looking for gifts for any moms on your list, you cannot go wrong with jewelry that reminds her of her children.

When you are looking for jewelry gift ideas for any mom in your life, look for fashion, style and sentimental value. Summery jewelry is something that most women will cherish and not only wear just in the summer, but year round. Make a selection that she is likely to love for the rest of her life.

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Success Connections by Gabrielle Whitney

By Robert Smith

SUCCESS CONNECTIONS

People often underestimate the importance of building their personal and professional network, and yet, most people have heard the phrase, "It is not what you know, it is who you know." Spending time deepening relationships and building a powerful network of people can help you achieve success in all areas of your life.

When it comes to networking, a lot of people focus on traditional networking events, such as Chamber of Commerce meetings, leads groups, et cetera. Such organizations are great, but it is important to remember that you can meet people anywhere - anytime. In addition to concentrating on expanding your network, it is equally important to keep in touch with those you already know and strengthen your current relationships.

Rather than thinking in terms of, "more is better," focus on creating deeper, more meaningful relationships with people and connect with them on a regular basis. Think of these people as your "Team" / your "Power Circle" - the people who can support you in achieving your goals and for whom you can do the same. At first, you may have 10 people in this group. Over time, create a "Top 100 List" of your most influential, powerful contacts.

When it comes to successful networking, keep the following in mind:

Success Habit #1: Create Relationships Rather Than Contacts

Take the opportunity to learn about the people in your life as well as the new people you meet along the way. In addition to asking people about their business, talk to them about their personal life - their goals and dreams. Develop a friendship and see how you can support one another in achieving your desires. People prefer to work with those they know, like, respect and trust.

Success Habit #2: Follow-up, Connect & Reconnect

When you meet someone new, follow-up with that person within 24-48 hours of your meeting. You may want to call the person or send him / her a personalized card or e-mail. Establish a connection right from the beginning. For people you have known for quite some time, make sure to connect with them regularly. For those you have not spoken to in quite a while, now is the time to reconnect and catch up. Once the connection has been made, establish a system for keeping in touch with your network.

Success Habit #3: Realize That You Can Network Anywhere Anytime

Whether you are at your local coffee shop, a traditional networking event, or the book store, always be prepared to meet someone new who can change your life forever. That said, make sure to leave the house looking your best, have your business cards available, and know how to answer the ever-so-famous question, "What do you do?" easily, succinctly, and in a manner that intrigues the person with whom you are speaking.

Success Habit #4: Smile

While it may sound quite simple, most people neglect this habit. People gravitate to those who look friendly and approachable. A smile changes a person's appearance and makes him / her appear more inviting. A smile is more powerful than most people realize!

Success Habit #5: Think Win-Win

Approach the people in your life with the mindset, "How can I be of service?" Often when people think about networking, they think about what the other person can do for them. Rather than simply focusing on yourself and your needs, think in terms of "win-win" and how you can support others as well.

Success Habit #6: Slow Down

Last, but certainly not least, slow down so you can be fully present with the people in your life. It is hard to show up 100% and establish a rapport with someone when you are rushing around. People can sense when you are preoccupied, stressed out, and / or not fully paying attention.

To successfully connect with others, treat the people in your life as if they matter They do! It is impossible to achieve extraordinary success without the help of other people. We need one another in order to thrive and live a life of passion, purpose and meaning. Have fun building your Team! What you can achieve as a whole is limitless.

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Locating Cheap Web Hosting in the Philippines

By Jeffrey Fang

Cheap Web Hosting in Southeast Asia " Get one in the Philippines. In a country like the Philippines, finding cheap web hosting can be a challenge. Web hosting companies capitalize on the fact that a lot of people want a piece of the pie in the Internet revolution. A common mistake that people do because of this want is going for cheap web hosting services. Usually, these seemingly cheap services are unreliable and may cost your business in the long run.

In order to get cheap yet quality web hosting, you have to get one at a place where multiple web hosting options are aplenty. This can be usually found in countries of large population and are therefore catering to several companies at the same time.

In Southeast Asia, the Philippines can be a top web hosting location. With 90 million people in the country, you can surely find several web hosts willing to offer their services for a cheap price. Although there are those companies who resell web hosting services, there are trusted web hosting companies who make sure that all the business needs of their clients are met.

The Philippines is an ideal location to get cheap web hosting because of the fact that the restrictions of Western countries regarding websites may not be applicable to the country. And with the many web hosting providers around, there will surely be one which will meet your business requirements.

The best place to look for cheap web hosting services in the Philippines is Manila. Manila is a top choice because aside from it being a capital city, it is also the center of commerce in the country. The population alone in Metropolitan Manila, closing to 14 million people, is enough proof that there is indeed several web hosting providers that cater to a number of webmasters in the area.

Why Cheap Web Hosting? It is a fact that not all companies need an entire server to run their online operations. Small businesses, in particular, can make their business operations run with only utilizing a small portion of the server which is enough to host several web pages and numerous domain names.

This arrangement is commonly called as the shared server hosting. With shared server hosting, the bandwidth and disk space of a server is divided among different companies with each company paying for a fragment of the server. Because of this, web hosting companies do not need to assign one server to a particular business and thus allow them to break up the costs. This is when cheap web hosting service can occur.

When a business grows however, it may need to expand web development requirements and design needs, which can require a dedicated server or a virtual private server. Nonetheless, companies starting out online will benefit a lot from a shared server arrangement because it is usually more convenient and is way cheaper than dedicated servers and virtual private servers.

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Sunday, April 19, 2009

Selling InfoProducts as an Internet Business

By Calvin McCarthy

Undoubtedly, you have probably heard a great deal about the expansion of internet business opportunities. However, you may be skeptical that these businesses can return huge profits. This is because the notion may seem foreign to someone who is not familiar with how the online business ventures work. Once a person looks at the various facets of online businesses, it becomes obvious that earning significant revenues with an internet business is possible. In particular, there is a great deal of money that can be earned through the promotion of infoproducts.

What are infoproducts? As the name would imply, an infoproduct is something that you sell that provides information. This information can help individuals in their commercial or hobbyist pursuits. Regardless of the reason the information is requested, the goal of the product is to provide insight and/or tips the customer may find helpful or informative.

What type of information can you sell? Well, there really is no limit to the type of infoproduct you can offer. If you have special knowledge of the subject and there is interest in the subject, you can sell such knowledge through a variety of methods. Best of all, mostly of all of these methods are low cost/high profits. Lets take a look at a few common examples.

Online products like e-books and full text journal databases are mostly still based on printed publications, but the mass readership would provide a huge market and a bright prospect for these products. As more and more people go online, or have access to PCs in places of work or study, the future of e-publishing is looking bright. Some online reference resources including free internet resources such as dictionaries, encyclopedias, standards, patents and statistics are available via the Online Reference Shelf.

E-books are becoming more and more common each day! E-books are the future and the future is now. In the past the only way information was given and received was by the printing of words on paper and bound into books.

Promoting an internet business is not as tough as many people assume. Often, all you need do is have a web site design or developed. Because of the intense competition for clients, many talented designers can be acquired for very low rates. The same can be said of search engine optimization companies and web site hosting services.

Sites normally pay revenue on your submitted work based on revenue generated by the ads that appear on the same web page as your article. Other online companies choose to hire a bank of writers as independent contractors and pay a flat fee for each accepted piece.

Search Engine Optimization if done well can bring you lots of search engine traffic from the search engines which can give you highly targeted website traffic. The more targeted website traffic you drive to your website the more sales and the more money you will make with your internet business. Search engines also use human edited business directories in their page ranking criteria.

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Saturday, April 18, 2009

Wealth Affilate - Whats Bum Marketing? Wealthy Affiliate - who Can Learn This Industry? The Wealthy Affiliate University - who Can Learn Bum Marketing?

By Wealthy Affiliate Member Steve Wood

Everyone at some time will investigate the possibility of making money online. Its only a matter of time before they stumble on some web site that promises wealth beyond their wildest dreams. And without a care in the world the process will be in place for them to start researching the key phrase Make money online. Unfortunately for most they do not understand just what they have unlashed on their selves. They are about to meet the guru, The online manipulator that never stops attacking they credit card. If only they had type in to that search engine, learn affiliate marketing and found the wealthy affiliate university , they would have been on their way to a professional affiliate marketing career online.

The first port of call is their favourite search engine, and the now legendry search phrase, (Make Money Online) This act alone, as most likely sealed their fate for failure. There is only one business anyone who wants to earn money online should be researching, and that is affiliate marketing. Affiliate marketing can be done online without owning your own web sites, the bum marketing why, most who know anything about marketing online will most likely know this as Article marketing. There are no advertising fees to pay, web hosting, or any other type of fees, with the exception of wealthy affiliate tuition fees.

Anyone can set their selves up as an affiliate marketer but unfortunately those that do without the proper affiliate training and education fail to make even one measly affiliate sale. (All one has to do is display, inform and spread the word about certain products and services created or offered by a different companies and then collect their commissions). Sounds easy, so why the big failure rate?

Pre-sell, pre-sell thats the affiliate marketers way, learn to do it professionally and income is guaranteed. However, do it badly and weep with despair, the buyers will just move on. Learning to pre-sell is one of the most important things conquer, when it comes to being a successful affiliate marketer, Bum marketing is a fantastic free way to earn money online.

So what can the wealthy affiliate teach you? How about learning to bum market online to earn money free of advertising cost, hosting fees and all the other overheads you can collect up online. Bum marketing is most profitable when done the right way wealthy affiliate can teach anyone this skill in just a couple of weeks of joining.

Any sales that come from your articles are 100% profit for you, this is how bum marketing works and is a favourite of 90% of professional affiliate marketers. affiliate marketing works. It might seem too simple and basic to work, but it is a fact gaining a lot of ground and is increasing in popularity.

Like it or not there is no such thing as free education someone somewhere paid for yours in the passed. And if you want to learn how to become a professional affiliate marketer you will have to learn how to get someone else to pay for your training and education again. Luckily for you, the wealthy affiliate university can teach you how to do that as well. By getting targeted people to the affiliate products sales page. Join now and start learning your way to a full time professional affiliate marketing career.

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Big Mistakes to Avoid in Video Marketing

By Terry Stanfield

Video marketing is very important for an online business today. However, there are many ways that a business will fail when they practice the wrong techniques. It is important to utilize video properly so you are successful with your efforts to increase website traffic.

There are many common mistakes people make when they are attempting a video ad marketing campaign. These mistakes can cost a business their success. Here are six things you should avoid when you practice video marketing.

1. Use the wrong camera. If you have a camera on your cell phone it doesn't mean you should use it for professional purposes. The quality of the resolution and picture are very poor coming from a cell phone. Never shoot your videos from a cell phone or a digital camera. Be sure to have a high quality camera so you shoot a high quality video.

2. Shooting a video in a garage. One of the biggest mistakes is the location people choose. However, you can produce a video anywhere you want to but you must be mindful about the background you have. It would be wise to invest in a backdrop for your video marketing if you are limited on space.

3. Not editing the video. Many companies shoot a video for their video ad marketing and they don't edit it. They shoot the video and walk away. This leaves space and extra breaks that are unnecessary. This may also cause a video to be far too long for the customer's attention span.

4. Not marketing. When you have a video online you have to market. You can increase website traffic when you create a website page for the video and get the word out the video is ready for viewing. Who will know your video exists if you don't practice the right methods of marketing?

5. Using the wrong person. Many video marketing ads fail because they use the wrong person in the ad. Let's face it. You need someone who is pleasing to look at and who has a voice that is pleasing to hear. A scratchy or screechy voice will only drive customers away. Someone who looks funny will only cause customers to focus on how strange the person talking looks and not on your product. Make sure the 'face' of your video is someone who is nice to look at.

6. Not taking advantage of the opportunity. Video marketing is another opportunity to drive more traffic to your site. You must do everything you can with your videos. This means placing keywords in the video as an overlay. These keywords are also beneficial for search engines too. Always put your company URL in the video too.

Video marketing campaigns can go wrong in so many ways. It is important to consider many things that you should not do when you are shooting a video. These things include using a poor camera, an unattractive person, no backdrop, no editing, no marketing, and not properly taking advantage of the opportunity.

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Thursday, April 16, 2009

Explanation of RSS

By Samo Yanezic

Why do you need RSS explained in steps? The truth of the matter is that there are plenty of opportunities and people that can be greatly helped through having RSS explained in steps that are easy to follow.

More and more people are finding that their fortunes lie online and when you want to reach out and touch people, creating a place where they are going to come to you is quite important. There are a number of different things that you need to do when you are considering moving forward, and being able to have RSS explained in steps might be a great way to get ahead.

RSS is the abbreviation for Really Simple Syndication. However, it is more than just slapping content onto a website for viewing, which is the most common problem you will have.

As many web entrepreneurs will tell you, it doesn't matter how good your product and your services are; unless you are able to make sure that other people know who you are, you might as well not exist. With RSS, you have another very powerful way to make sure that you are going to be getting the resources that you need.

The first step to using RSS is to establish the content you want presented to the community, whether they are simple blog posts or website content. RSS works by installing a feed that will send out the content through whichever access they choose to get their information.

Social networking sites such as Myspace and Twitter are great examples due to their rising and stable popularity. These sites offer the option of putting your content in many different areas for viewing. A crucial benefit is the fact that any updates made will be updated through all the feeds so the viewer only has to visit one place. This makes RSS users very happy since they can get all their info in one specified area.

How can you benefit from RSS feeds? RSS feeds are an up to date reminder of your company to the consumers interested in it. These people will always have far more important things on their mind to remember to check your site.

The hard truth is that internet users have very little time to waste on surfing the web only to find that the information has not been updated. Take the time to consider the importance of making things for your customers easy. RSS feeds make finding information and keeping updated on that information virtually effortless.

Figuring out how RSS is relevant to you is the easiest way to discovering how RSS will be best explained to you in a step by step process. Remember your clients are the most important things so making it extremely easy for them is going to make them very happy and keep you in business. So your best option is to utilize this highly beneficial tool to see a massive increase in the customers and/or visitors you will have.

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Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Getting your blog listed high in search results

By Brenden Arnicke

It's a blast blogging, but it can get tiring when nobody visits your blog. Making sure that you get your blog to the top of the searches people make online should be your most important task for your main key terms. It is important not to forget this can take some time, but a very realistic objective.

To pull this off, you are going to have to learn about Search Engine Optimization. The first place to start is understanding what key terms you're going to work on. Those are the words that folks are looking for when they search online and how they will find you. A few of those key terms get more search volume than different ones, so it is good if you can find the words that people are looking for. Remember that there are usually words with are harder to rank for compared with words that don't get much search volume -- but you might find a few good ones.

At this point, work on getting your blog listed for these keywords. Decide on ONE keyword that is more competitive and then a few more that are nearly related in meaning. They should all be somewhat similar! What you're going to do is make sure that each of these keywords are used in your writing, in different frequencies. Just make sure to use the main one more often and the others when it's not un-natural. Use of these key terms in this way will help your blog to get higher rankings.

But this isn't simple. Many times rankings are based on how many links you have pointing to your site. You much do other things to get links which are relevant pointing to your main page and blog posts. This can be accomplished with directories, guest writing on other sites, social media and purchasing of links (but this isn't something that others recommend.)

One of the best ways to get your blog to the top of the search engines is to show consistent, relevant postings over time. Google seems to favor domains that have had some time to age and that are going to be a good bet for their visitors. Remember --- Google's (and other engine's) goal is to provide the best experience possible for the people who search with them. If your blog is going to be a good match for your search terms it will be easier for you to rank and stay there.

Lastly, just be original. Don't try to be like anyone else, but you. Make what you write fun and informative and more people will visit. THe best link is one that comes from someone else who says that your content is excellent. Never forget to write for PEOPLE first and then search engines second.

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Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Going To Purchase Wealthy Affiliate? Stop! Read This First

By Christine Pinkston

The purchase of Wealthy Affiliate is a hard decision, one that can ultimately change your Internet marketing career.

Wealthy Affiliate is a wonderful group of marketers that are taking their business to the next level and helping everyone else succeed in doing the same.

Although Wealthy Affiliate has an enlightening forum they also have every tool you will need to succeed online all in one spot. WA has everything you could need right down to free hosting.

If you decide to purchase Wealthy Affiliate you will have access to an eight week training program that will take you from a newbie at Internet marketing to an experienced marketer.

Although if you are new at internet marketing it is advisable to use all free methods to get traffic, the training system will give you a solid foundation in both free and paid means of marketing.

This is a small sample of what you will learn in Wealthy Affiliate 8 week course:

How to find niches that are profitable

How to find a keyword and see if it will be profitable

How to use SEO to get higher listings in the search engines

How to make the most out of article submissions

What you need to do to make Squidoo len's work for you

How to create a winning PPC campaign from the first step to the last step

The proper way to set up a landing page to get lower PPC cost for your keywords

How to set up squeeze page

And a whole lot more

Wealthy Affiliate's eight week system allows you to build a strong foundation for your business while at the same time allowing you to start making money.

Wealthy Affiliate offers every tool that you will need all in one spot, a forum with the most generous group of people that I have ever met, and offers you the ability to stay on top of the new methods in the ever changing world of Internet Marketing.

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An Insider's Cheat Sheet on Affiliate Marketing

By Art Barron

Cyberspace has changed how our lives are being lived. You can "live" a life without even leaving the comforts of your couch through social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace - just to name a few. These "netizens" even have personal blogs and websites for the whole world to see.

People who keep their blogs up to date are sure to gain much from affiliate marketing. They will be able to do what they love, which is writing, and earn money from it as well. So what is affiliate marketing and why is it so great?

In simple terms, affiliate marketing is the act of using one website, most probably your own, to drive traffic to another - your client's. If you are into multilevel marketing, you can make use of affiliate marketing to attract customers and then drive them to your parent company. You can then earn tons of money.

These are the steps to ensure success in affiliate marketing:

Know your readers

First, you have to know the people who frequent your website before you start accepting clients. Know what they are after from your website and why they keep on coming. There are plenty of Internet tools that can help you with this.

For example, if the bulk of your readers are, most of the time, reading your blogs on sports, then you should place affiliate advertisements for sports. For multilevel marketing businesses that are into sports products, this will show good support to them.

It isn't a good idea to simply put up affiliate ads that has no relation whatsoever to your site just because it's there. You need to use the information your site has in order for it to work well. This will surely spell success in multilevel marketing business.

Pay Attention to Content

While you are busy putting up affiliate ads on your websites, make sure that you are still writing meaningful content on your blogs. This is the life of your website, and you must maintain its integrity so that you will be successful in your endeavors, especially in multilevel marketing.

Patience is a Virtue

The use of affiliate ads in your multilevel marketing business will not give you instantaneous returns. You need to wait and see. Since affiliate marketing rewards actions made by customers (e.g. registering to a site, purchasing a product), time is indeed needed. As they say, affiliate programs won't let you get rich quick; rather, it provides opportunities for passive income to materialize in the future.

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Monday, April 13, 2009

ABC's of ECommerce Merchant Account

By Bobbie McKee

What are Merchant Accounts?

The process of buying products through the internet has become so convenient that we become unaware that there is actually a complex system of commerce that goes with it. With the birth of the credit card, business owners have realized its potential on making their products more accessible to their target consumers. This is when merchant account providers come into the picture. Merchant account is way for business owners to accept payments through credit cards.

What are Payment Gateways?

Aside from the merchant account provider, there is also a middle party that oversees how the actual exchange of payment information takes place. It is the online version of a cash register. Upon payment, the consumer enters encrypted information into the merchant's web browser. The payment gateway then sends another encrypted information from the merchant account provider then into its acquiring back and lastly into the issuing bank. The seemingly complicated process of exchanging encrypted information between the different parties takes only around 3 seconds.

What should business owners look for in an eCommerce merchant account provider?

Reputation, integrity and compliance are some of the important characteristics that a merchant account provider should have. Business owners may study the history of the company by looking through the company's financial statements, tax accounts, credit returns and its Dunn and Bradstreet credit file. The merchant account provider should also be properly registered to the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standards (DSS) and is insured to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). Business owners may also inquire with the Better Business Bureau (BBB) to look for any complaints, if any, that have been filed against the merchant account provider.

The merchant account provider must also offer a reliable technical support. The technical support must be available for 24-hours through the net or the telephone. Most preferably, there is a qualified technician that would personally respond to any problems associated with either the software or hardware. A few seconds lost through a technical problem would also mean loss of profit.

Business owners should also look into the cost that the merchant account requires from them. There are additional costs to consider other than the typical costs that goes with merchant accounts like interchange fees, transaction fees and monthly fees. There are hosting fees, website maintenance and design costs and website start up fees. Most of the time, the less you pay for these additional costs, the less is the quality you get and the poorer service you give to your costumers.

What are the risks associated?

The risks associated with an eCommerce merchant account provider are basically the same as with the traditional merchant account provider. Fraud is the most common scam in online transactions. Hackers may enter into the system and transfer credits into their own accounts. They may also steal the customers' personal information from the merchant account system and use it for other fraudulent transactions.

Other risks may also be accounted to the part of the costumers. They may falsely claim that the product was not properly shipped, that it was not accurately described as it was on the website or that they may not actually have received. The customer may also complain of unfair or incorrect billing.

What are some of the best eCommerce merchant account providers?

Charge.com easily tops most of the reviews of merchant account providers. Some other highly praised merchant account providers are Merchant Account Express, CyberBit and Electronic Transfer.

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Sunday, April 12, 2009

How to Market Using PLR Videos

By James T Maxwell

Using PLR video is a great way to add value to your PLR products. Without an overwhelming amount of work, you are able to increase the value your clients feel they're receiving. Purchasing rights to PLR videos created by someone else gives you the option to add a marketing accent to your website, selling them for profit or simply given as a gift to your email list.

Using Video as a Marketing Tool

With a good piece of video content you have an abundance of ways to use it to your benefit. The right keywords coupled with your video uploaded to YouTube give you a whole new marketing strategy.

There are many ways to use PLR videos for marketing your website, bringing you more traffic and exposure. You can put your videos online as a freebie, while doing a bunch of JVs to bring others to your site. You can post your videos on sites like "Free Video" ads in AdWords increasing your Click Thru Rate. Submit your page to any social networking sites to help you get noticed. You can promote not only your video but your site as well, making it another great marketing tool to add to your tool belt.

Sell the Videos for Money

Selling those PLR videos is a great way to open up your marketing to a whole new level. Videos are perceived as an item with a high value, permitting you to sell them for quite a lot of money.

So, you have a website whose purpose is to instruct people in the art of making money online. There is a PLR video set you stumble on for $47 and you decide to buy the rights to it, as the topic is teaching people how to make money online. You can then turn around and sell the videos for $197 To possibly hundreds of customers!

The simple purchase of PLR videos are a fantastic option for cutting down your workload. Find a great video, rebrand it and get to selling them.

Building Better Relationships with Your List

Finally, one more great way to use PLR videos is to give it to your list for free to build your relationship with your list. Imagine getting an email titled "12 AdWords Secrets - Yours Free (Video)". If you're in the internet marketing niche and the videos are good, chances are you'll start to pay more attention to that marketer.

You can even break up the videos and give them out over several weeks. For example, let's say you bought the rights to a 1 hour video on how to tweak an iPhone. Instead of giving away the whole video, you can break it into a 4 part series for 15 minute videos each.

By giving away those four 15 minute videos to the members of your list, the more chances you have for your list to respond more as you keep adding on more content. Then, when it comes to the point for you to finally send out an email with sales information, there are more aware of the quality of your product, and more likely to buy.

Use PLR Videos to Boost Your Business

The possibilities are endless when you use a little creativity in relation to using PLR videos. You can cover everything from traffic generating, to selling or building up your relationship with your list, there really are many ways to put this tool to use.

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Saturday, April 11, 2009

Get Your Work At Home Business Exposed Seven Ways

By Matthew Renner

1. Build a relationship with your customers. Connecting with your prospective buyers is far more important than the work at home opportunity itself you are promoting or how your website looks (though those things are also important). Opt-in lists, free reports, and newsletters are all great ways of keeping in touch and building a long list of loyal followers.

2. Write about what you love; write a few articles a week about your website's theme. You want to include a relevant keyword in an article's title and throughout its body. Most important of all, be sure to include a link to your work at home opportunity in the article's resource box.

3. Start a blog and post to it regularly. One thing you can do if you are stuck for ideas is to display the first couple paragraphs from an article and link back to the original article (one you have written, not someone else's). Of course, keep your blog relevant and centered around your website's theme.

4. You will most certainly find people like yourself as well as targeted customers on social networking sites like Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter. Sometimes those most likely to buy from you already have work at home opportunities of their own but are looking for others; most importantly, you will find others with similar interests and needs.

5. Post to free classified sites such as Craigslist, Backpage, and AdlandPro. Think of a good headline to grab one's attention. Keep in mind some of these have had to beef up security against spammers (some do not even like work at home programs as a general rule), so they can be very tricky if you intend to post scores of ads. Nonetheless it can bring in some of highest volumes of traffic if done properly.

6. Join forums and discussion groups relating to the theme of your website, posting and commenting using a forum signature (which includes a link to your website).

7. For those who can spare a little change, pay-per-click is a viable option. Pick a keyword, then seek derivatives of that keyword, and derivatives of those keywords. Lastly, include your initial keyword in the ads' title and description. You want to grab peoples' attention but keeping relevant as well.

All seven methods above will ultimately get your work at home program out there, whether it be a MLM, direct sales, or an affiliate program.

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Friday, April 10, 2009

Zen in the Art of SEO

By Larry Welkinson

Originally, our SEO strategy blog was my supposed to be our company's research checklist for our SEO research team. We used it to essentially be an online notepad that contained a universal theme of our ongoing research projects. Now, the blog is ranking well for search terms like, "SEO strategy" (second page of Google) and other related search terms. I was astounded when I found the blog was ranking on the first page for a few other quality search terms as well. So, how can this happen? We never intended for this blog to rank high for competitive, highly sought after first page placements on Google. A review of these factors might shed light on what elements caused this blog rank high with no traditional SEO technique applied to it.

The fact is that this blog was never intended to be seen by anyone but my team members. The notes that we made there are research notes regarding SEO elements that relate to some current clients of ours as well as holistic concepts about Twitter, local optimization, and types of domain names that deal with the ever increasingly important "trust" factors. The notes are raw and free of any referencing elements or links that might promote another web site with the exception of a news feed that we (our group) read to learn more about SEO.

So, here is the Zen. The blog ranked high for competitive search terms without actions that are typically associated with website promotion such as directory submissions, meta tag optimization, or changes to anchor tags/text. Why? That is the question. The answer is in the following qualities of this blog:

1. This blog had no real intent to promote anything. In a total of 10 posts, it has only 2 outbound links. What does that mean? Every other promotional blog that is purely designed to rank well on Google almost always has a specific "acceptable ratio" of keywords to links. Thus, those blogs are easy for Google to identify as "referencing" or "promoting" blogs as opposed to blogs that are not trying to "game" the search engines, but be a quality information source.

2. There are no ad feeds in this blog. Once again, this blog appears as though it's not manipulating search engines to attempt to rank high. It just sits here and grows. The content has grown with no outbound linking or other promotional link references.

3. No ad feeds are found in this blog. No Adsense, banners, or other ads are feeding into the blog in question.

4. For the purpose of simply having a short and easy remember place for the blog, we bought a simple but relevant domain name. It was a Blogspot blog prior to this change. This is theory, as most predictions about search engine ranking preferences are, but we have other Blogspot blogs that are stuck in the sand box that have good content. The domain name purchase may have given this page a small vote of confidence because we made a small investment in creating a home for this lonely little blog.

5. The domain name is relevant to the topic. This appears to help rank the blog well; however, with so many other domain names with the same words included in them, it can only be a small factor.

In the end, SEO strategists are searching in the dark for Google's philosophy. The philosophy is taught to us through the ranking of the pages we watch and change. So what has this taught me a about Google's philosophy? Create sincere value without much promotion and advertising and users will like the page so the page may rank higher as a result. This is congruent with Google's mission of making the user the highest priority of their service. Create a page with the intent to promote and it is likely to be treated with a greater degree of scrutiny without the liberal application of better ranking (not Page Rank - note this is a PR 0 that has some first page placements).

So, what does this have to do with Zen in the Art of SEO? If you want to promote, don't promote - grasshopper.

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