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Can You Really Get More Twitter Followers Using ViralFollowers?

2009-04-01T14:04:00.001-05:00

ViralFollowers? Seems like Frank and Colin are at it again with their newest way to get automatic followers from Twitter - virally. They have both done an excellent job with ViralURL, their viral advertising and safelist mailer. Now, they state you can "Plug into The Easiest Twitter System that will start adding Thousands of Followers in only 5 minutes with a few clicks of your mouse!"

They go on to boast that you can "build your business and income at the same time using our downline builder...FREE!"

So, I figured why not? After all:

* This system is 100% FREE!

* Quick and easy... they don't even need your email!

* Works around-the-clock constantly bringing you new real followers!

* This system allows you to promote another program at the same time!

* "Viral System" ensures your following increases exponentially!

This is something that I definitely will be keeping my eye on for the coming days, weeks and months to see what happens with my Twitter followers.

Go here to see it in motion: http://ViralFollowers.com/lana_robinson/vu

Cool Idea: The "Ask James" Podcast Show!

2009-03-10T10:11:00.000-05:00

Ok, I knew it was only a matter of time before
some "smart marketer" finally figured this out.

Trust me when I say:

"What this guy (James Grandstaff) is doing will
have many successful marketers scrambling to
implement his brilliant idea into their current
marketing mix."

Before I tell you exactly what he's doing...

Let's pretend for a minute that you're new to
the world of trying to make money online.

You probably belong to several other "Lists."
If the list owner is doing their job, they are
providing you with a balanced dose of useful
content along with offers for products that
will help you on your quest for financial
freedom.

But here lies the problem...

Take a minute right now and think about your
"mindset" as you're going through your emails.

You have one "clickin' happy finger" on the
delete button and your eyes are scanning for
a well crafted subject line that catches your
attention. Maybe you're looking for an email
from your favorite guru or a newsletter that
you subscribe to. It doesn't really matter.

What matters is...

Going through your email isn't as much fun as
when you first got online, is it?

Do you remember when you got your first email?

If you're anything like me, you were ecstatic.
And I bet you told all your friends about it
-- "That's Right, Got My First Email Today."

Well, that was a long time ago. The problem
now is we're hit with 1,000 spam emails per
day and checking email just isn't as fun or
effective anymore.

The biggest reason it's not as effective is
due to our minds being closed to accepting
new and helpful information.

Just the other day I received an email from
a subscriber who said the site I sent them
to wasn't really free (there was an offer
presented upon registration.)

I politely responded...

"Why don't you skip the offer, since it didn't
interest you, and go inside the member's area
and listen to the free audio interviews from
the featured experts?"

I truly believe this subscriber responded
that way because she had her guard up. Had
the information been presented in a different
format she may have been more accepting of
the message and therefore benefited from
it.

Not to worry--it's all good, because...

James Grandstaff has come up with a solution.

His new podcast called "The Ask James Podcast"
enables you to get your questions answered
when the time is right for you; when your
"head is right" so to speak :-)

One of the reasons James came up with idea is
because of all the "clutter" and "noise" that
keeps filling our inboxes and distracting us.

His podcast solves that problem by providing
answers to his listeners questions when they're
away from the noisy inbox. And I think it's a
brilliant idea.

But there's more to it...

James won't be the only who answers the
questions of his listeners. On occasion,
he will be inviting big name famous marketers
to help answer some questions during a show.

So if you have a question about marketing
or making money online, or list building,
or whatever. You could potentially have a
guru like Mark Joyner or Mike Filsaime answer
your question. I know for a fact Mark Joyner
charges $2,000 per hour for phone consultation.
Imagine if he answered your single biggest
question regarding creating wealth online
--for free!

I think you get the idea :-)

The next step is to check it out for yourself.

When you get to the site:

1) Register for free

2) Submit your question to James

3) Claim your free gift valued at $37

4) Listen and enjoy the show!

Go here:
Ask James!

To Your Success!

Lana

P.S. One thing I should make clear is that just
because you submit your question to James doesn't
mean that it WILL be answered during an episode.

Either way, you're still going to learn a lot
from the questions that your fellow listeners
ask.

Ask James!

How to set-up an AWeber autoresponder (free video)

2009-03-10T10:09:00.002-05:00

I found something interesting the other day
that really made me think...

I discovered someone by the name of James
Grandstaff who really is a clever guy. He
recently launched a podcast called "The Ask
James Podcast."

(A podcast is much like a radio show except
you can listen whenever you want; like "on
demand" cable TV.)

The part I liked the most about it is how
James surveyed his listeners first and then
provides content based on the survey results.

Take note because that is very smart if you
ask me ;)

Which leads me to my post today...

One of the questions asked was "what type of
on-screen video tutorials would you like to
see James create?"

Apparently there are a lot of newbie listeners
because James has just released 17 videos that
cover the basics, such as how to:

* Register a domain name
* Get a hosting account set-up
* Upload a webpage
* Create a Word Press blog with one click
* Set-up your very first auto-responder
* Generate the HTML code needed to capture
leads
* and tons more...

I highly suggest you get over there right now
if you don't know how to do everything mentioned
in the list above.

The videos are great and they're 100% free!

Be sure to check out the special bonus video
#18...All I can say is that James Grandstaff
is one smart marketer!

Access Your Free Videos Here

To Your Success,

Lana Robinson

P.S. After you watch the video tutorials, feel
free to reply to this post with your feedback.

Access Your Free Videos Here

What Is The Most Effective Online Advertising?

2009-01-16T09:47:00.004-06:00

Kenneth Koh stated that "The most effective online advertising is not about the advertising tool or media that you use, but how you use them."

Link

This is so true! Sure, you can learn how to use social networking sites like Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and a load of others out there, but if you don't know "how" to advertise and "to whom" to advertise, you may be wasting your time.

Let's say for instance that you are in a Health and Wellness business and you are using Facebook to meet new "prospects" for joining you in your business. How often to you click on links to actually join someone's business that lives 5 states over from yours. Not likely, huh? But think about all those people on Facebook selling eBooks and courses on how to use social networking to build your fortune. How often do you think people click on those links? I would venture to say a lot of people do!

I invite you to read the original post here and make sure you leave some comments, I'd love to hear what you think!

How To Use Google Pay-Per-Click in Network Marketing

2009-01-15T13:37:00.002-06:00

I just wanted to enter a quick post to let you know
about something very special that my friend Mike Dillard
is releasing next week, Monday January 19th.

You see, Mike gets asked at almost every event he attends
what his favorite source of traffic is to generate thousands
of leads every month.

And his answer has always been... Pay Per Click (PPC)

There is no better way to get targeted traffic. But if
you don't know a few key tips, you are going to get burned
BIG TIME.

Mike and his team use pay per click to generate as many as
150 leads per day at zero cost or even at a profit.

Sure, there are plenty of courses out there on the subject,
but never before has there been one directed at Network
Marketers and how to advertise your business in such step
by step fashion.

http://www.OnlineProfitsWork.com/how-to-use-google-ppc

This course is going to change the way many people use pay
per click and even if you are a complete newbie Mike shows
you how to get up and running generating leads quickly.

In fact, recently Mike was asked the inevitable question
by a couple successful networkers, who up until learning
the skills taught in this course, were building their
business the old school way.

Here's what happen to them...

Without prior PPC experience, these two have been able to
generate 90+ leads everyday using PPC at zero cost.

Mike recently did a skype video conference with these two
and discussed how they were getting such amazing results.

This conference was recorded and is available for you free
by going to the web page below:

http://www.OnlineProfitsWork.com/how-to-use-google-ppc

You will also get a video conference recording of Mike
interviewing his PPC secret weapon Jim Yaghi.

I encourage you to go get these videos now and watch your
inbox next week for the release of what Mike likes to call
PPC Domination.

If you would like to be notified when the full PPC Domination
course is available, click here.

6 Things To Look For Before Joining Any MLM Company

2008-12-17T10:05:00.000-06:00

The growth of the Internet and people looking to earn some extra money from home, paved the way for MLM companies to double over the last decade. With this growth in interest in network marketing, many new companies have sprung up to join the ranks of the time-tested, older MLM companies.

If you are thinking of starting a side career in MLM, or just want to see how your current company measures up, take note of the critical things to look for when choosing an MLM company.

The first thing to look for is stability. It would be best if an MLM company has been in business for 2 to 5 years. There is really something about companies that have already "stood the test of time".

The longer the MLM company has been around, the more chance of it staying around. There are enough things to worry about in network marketing, such as sponsoring and advertising, without having to wonder if your company will be around next year.

Even if you were able to build the biggest downline and become the highest earner in the MLM company, it would not matter if they suddenly shut down. There are never any guarantees, but a company with a longer track record generally has more chances of longevity.

The second thing to look for is the one in charge of the company. Who is the president, and who are the directors? What is their track record? Have they spent time in the network marketing industry, or are they new to it all? What businesses have they been involved with in the past?

If you do not know the answer to these questions, call or email the company to find out. It is critical to know the answers to these questions from the outset. If you plan to spend many years with the MLM company, you would want to be dealing with people who are honest, savvy, and have integrity in and outside of the business world.

Third, is the product being marketed. Generally speaking, the more products the better. The fewer products you have, the more chance your prospects or potential customers might not be interested.

There was one MLM telecommunications company that recently went bankrupt. They basically only had a few products in the industry. Perhaps if they had added some nutritional products, they could have survived.

In addition to this, the products should be competitively priced, and somewhat unique.

Fourth, know if it is easy to start in that MLM company. Can people join online, or do they have to fill out paper forms?

Having the option to join online makes the whole process a lot easier. On the same note, having the option to join free will open up your opportunity to many more people.

Your MLM company should let people join free and allow them to market the products to earn income. Once someone has joined free, they have partially committed to the business. This makes it easier for you and your company to follow up with them, via mail or email.

Lastly, the more automated the MLM company is, the better. They should give you a personal company website that you can refer prospects to. A prospect should be able to contact you from that page.

And the MLM company should have a series of emails that follow up with your prospects.

Jon Olson Pizza Plan Review

2008-12-08T14:49:00.003-06:00

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Why I think PayDotCom is the Best Affiliate Marketplace on the Net!

2008-12-01T14:32:00.000-06:00

Hi

Lana Robinson here...

If you are familiar with Clickbank.com (R), or even if you are not but you want to make profits online, then you will want to check this out ASAP ...

While I like Clickbank, and they are a great marketplace... they are limited to many restrictions to sell products or earn affiliate commissions...

Well, there is a GREAT NEW SERVICE now...

It is a new FREE marketplace where you can sell any product you want.

Yours OWN product...

- OR - (the best part)
You can become an INSTANT Affiliate for ANY item in their HUGE marketplace.

It is called PayDotCom.com!

Did I mention it is 100% FREE to Join!

This site is going to KILL all other marketplaces and I by now, almost EVERY SINGLE SERIOUS online marketer has an account with PayDotCom.com

So get yours now and see how much they offer...

OH! - Also, they have their won affiliate program now that pays you COLD HARD cash just for sharing the site with people like I am doing with you...

They give you cool tools like BLOG WIDGETS, and they even have an advertising program to help you get traffic to your site.

If you want an ARMY of affiliates to sell your products for you, they also allow you to have Free placement in their marketplace!

Even better... If your product becomes one of the Top 25 products in its category in the marketplace (not that hard to do)...

...then you will get Free advertising on the Blog Widget which is syndicated on THOUSANDS of sites World Wide and get Millions of impressions per month.

So, what are you waiting for...

PayDotCom.com ROCKS!

Get your FREE account now...

http://paydotcom.net/?affiliate=374310

Thanks,

Lana Robinson

P.S. - Make sure to get your Account NOW while it is Free to join.

Plug-In Profits - Recession Proof Home Business Plan

2008-11-21T15:27:00.000-06:00

Despite the "economic meltdown" that is happening around
the world (and maybe even because of it) the home business
industry is BOOMING right now.

As a subscriber of my Home Business Secrets Mini-Course, you
are positioned perfectly to get the latest information about
what's working today for real people to make real money
working from home. If you haven't subscribed yet, click on
over to http://OnlineProfitsWork.com and pick up some really
cool, useful free bonus items for YOUR business.

Now is the time for you to TURN OFF THE NEWS and focus on
building a recession-proof income stream that is not
affected by thew whims and moods of the stock market (and
the people controlling it).

Now is the time for YOU to have a successful home business
that YOU CONTROL and where YOU DECIDE how much money you
earn every day.

Politicians are unlikely to provide the solution are looking
for... The fact is that the only solution you really need is
INSIDE YOU. I urge you NOW to call upon YOUR INNER STRENGTH
and make the decision to create *your own financial rescue
plan*.

If you want a proven plan, sign up for my Plug-In Profit Site
service today at:
http://OnlineProfitsWork.com
and I'll take you by the hand and show you the exact steps
I've been using to GROW my income every day while much of the
rest of the world sits helplessly and watches the economy fall
apart.

I've got news for you ...The economy is NOT failing!

However it is CHANGING FORMS.

Old industries are dying off and new ones are TAKING OFF!

Growth in my industry is happening faster than ever as
people are learning to rely less on others (their employer,
their government, their financial advisor, their ________
fill in the blank...) and deciding to look inward (at
themselves) to CREATE the financial security they deserve.

Look around and you will see a revolution happening.
It is the home based business revolution and you
are on the cutting edge of it. Take a deep breath, read this
page:
http://OnlineProfitsWork.com/pips.html
and TAKE ACTION to start your own home business today!

Good news is just around the corner for you!

Remember, turn of the "shnews" and go seize the day! :-)

What's the deal with Downline Secrets 2?

2008-11-13T13:46:00.001-06:00

If you haven't heard yet... James Grandstaff
has released "Part 2" of his "Downline Secrets."

Before I get to my review, I thought I should
play a little catch-up in case you have no
clue as to what Downline Secrets "Part 1" is
about.

Basically with Downline Secrets part 1 you
get free access to a recorded call between
Mike Filsaime and James Grandstaff. Mike asks
James questions about the success he had
using InstantBuzz.com (a free advertising
resource) to grow his downline.

You get access to the MP3 and PDF transcript
of the call (which is nice because I don't
always like to sit in front of my PC to read
or listen to content.)

During the call James reveals how he used
his free Instant Buzz traffic along with his
(now proven) 3 step strategy to explode his
downline into the thousands on complete auto
pilot.

The cool part is he did it while maintaining
his full time job as a PC support technician
in Michigan.

And from there you have the opportunity to
buy the same software that James developed
to grow his downline and use it to grow your
downline in any program you happen to be
involved in.

So all-in-all DownlineSecrets.com is a great
site and offers a lot of great info for free
on how to build your downline using the web.

What makes Downline Secrets "Part 2" so much
better is that it takes over where Downline
Secrets 1 left off.

What I mean is this...

With Downline Secrets 1 you were left to
figure out all the technical stuff in order
to duplicate James' results for your MLM
business. The software and detailed videos
are fantastic but you still have to come up
with the web copy, the hosting, the HTML
page design and so on... The yucky stuff.

Let's just say his target market is much
smaller because if you don't have the much
needed technical skills or the money to hire
those with the skills, you are pretty much
out of luck and can't fully benefit from
the entire system he is teaching.

This time around you get access to a call
between James Grandstaff and Chris Zavadowski
who is also very successful in the MLM scene.
He grills James for over an hour and gets
all the must know secrets out of him.

The system James is offering this time is
over the top! He covers all the technical
stuff for us this time and everything is
completely set-up. All the technical issues
have been removed. This is great because
more people can now truly benefit from his
teachings and proven system.

Now, I want to let you in on something...

Once you register for the call below you
will see an offer for James' Elite upgrade
membership. All I can say is ==> TAKE IT!

It's only $47 bucks and for what you get
it's simply mind blowing!

In a nut shell... he's offering you a
professional designed lead capture page
that gives away a customized version of
his new manuscript called 'How to Get Rich
Building a LAZY Downline!'

This PDF is first customized with your
affiliate links to several "generic" MLM
training resources. As you give this thing
away you will earn commissions from those
you refer who upgrade in any of the programs.

And since they're all MLM related, the
conversion rates should be extremely high!

All you do is simply advertise the lead
capture page via the special link you get
and James' software sends an email to your
prospects (with a link to your customized
PDF)

Everything is on auto-pilot!

Oh, and don't worry, the traffic aspect is
even handled for you. Be sure to check out
the bonus that's included :-)

See, I told you this thing was awesome.

As you can see, I'm totally excited about
this because it's refreshing to see a great
product come along that is truly capable of
changing the lives of others.

So yes, Downline Secrets 2 gets my highest
recommendation!

Sign up below and buy everything ;)

Here's the link:
DownlineSecrets2.com

Take care of your business and yourself :-)

Sincerely,
Lana

The Importance of the Business Mentor

2008-07-07T10:34:00.000-05:00

Would you jump into the deep end of the pool without first having an experienced swimmer teach you the basics of survival in water? Would you head for the steep slopes of Aspen or Breckenridge without first asking a professional to recommend the best equipment for the skiing conditions you are likely to encounter? Of course not! Failure to seek and heed the advice of those who have been there, done that, and experienced these situations can be life saving or at the least prevent you from going under – literally as well as figuratively. The same is true for the business mentor.

Why would a newbie enter the world of business without seeking out the help, advice, and guidance of an experienced business mentor who has already tread where the newbie is seeking to tread, and failed where the newbie might be able to learn from the experience of another and thus be spared the failure? The answer is simple: a misguided understanding of personal business acumen and a failure to realize that a business mentor is easier to find than one might have imagined!

Granted, for the newbie is might appear to be a lot of extra work to go out and seek out that individual business person, but all things considered, this time and effort is an upfront investment in the health and wellness of the business! Yet even here there is still room for error! Too often the importance of the business is understood but the acting upon that understanding is flawed. Instead of looking for the business man or woman who is ahead of the person in the business and who is willing to take them under their wings and teach them everything they know about the business, the newbie might be looking for the casual acquaintance that might have an opinion or two on business.

Sure, these individuals have some great advice in store and can make a lot of difference in the start up of a new business, but ultimately they do not offering the business mentor relationship. Instead, they are called upon in a strict question and answer kind of relationship where the business newbie may approach them in times of need, while at other times she or he will be working on their own. The business mentor, on the other hand, anticipates needs and questions before they even occur and therefore it is not at all surprising to find that individual seeking out interaction with the business newbie throughout the week or month, even if there is no pressing business problem.

This underlines the difference in the relationship between the casual business advisor and the bona fide business mentors who will make it part of their business to see another business person succeed from the ground up. No new business owner can succeed without such a mentor and once you find yourself at the top of your game, remember how you go there and then offer up your services as a business mentor yourself!

Claim your free business building newsletter here today: http://www.OnlineProfitsWork.com

Are There Any Self Employment Taxes?

2008-07-03T16:31:00.000-05:00

If you are thinking about working for yourself or if you recently started working for yourself you might be wondering if there any special self employment taxes that you have to pay when you quit your job to become self employed. In fact there are self employment taxes that need to be paid. Even if you are self employed you still need to pay taxes so that you are paying into the Social Security and Medicare systems in case you ever want to get money from Social Security or health care from Medicare.

It’s not two separate self employment taxes that have to be paid; it’s just one self employment tax that is 15% of your self employment earnings. So you’ll need to pay self employment taxes at the end of the year just like income taxes if you work for yourself. Self employment taxes are usually not that bad to have to pay especially if you are smart and start saving money early to pay your taxes at the end of the year. Most people who are self employed save a certain percentage of their income each month and set it aside to pay their taxes at the end of the year so that they don’t get stuck with a tax bill that might thousands of dollars.

It makes a lot of sense to pay your self employment taxes that way so if you are thinking about becoming self employed or if you are self employed you should start setting aside money every month for your end of the year tax bill. Self employment taxes and business taxes might seem kind of confusing when you first out being self employed but they’re not as scary as they seem. If you are someone that gets confused easily by convoluted tax law of if you don’t do well with math then you should probably think about hiring a tax professional to do your taxes for you at the end of the year. There are plenty of tax professionals that specialize in doing self employment taxes and small business taxes so it won’t be too hard to find a certified tax professional who can make sure that your taxes are done correctly. You can save a lot of money on your self employment taxes when you hire a professional to file them for you because a tax professional will know all the ins and out of the tax code and how to get you all the tax write offs that you’re entitled too. If you haven’t done your own taxes before and this is the first year that you have to file self employment taxes hiring an expert to file your taxes is definitely a smart thing to do.

If you want to learn more about self employment taxes you can take an online course and get certified in doing self employment taxes and then you can do your own self employment taxes every year. You might even be able to pick up extra work around tax time doing self employment taxes for friends that are self employed.

For more information on working from home, visit http://www.OnlineProfitsWork.com and pick up your free newsletter. It could be the best decision you've made all year.

Meat and Potatoes for Your Affiliate Diet

2008-07-01T10:39:00.000-05:00

by Tom Kulzer (AWeber CEO)

Think of banner ads as the spice in your affiliate diet. Sprinkle them around, but for a heartier helping of sales, you’ll need something more solid! Learn to give your visitors longer, more descriptive pre-sales text. Revamp your affiliate advertising using these simple steps:

Pull the Reader in
Introduce the Product
Explain the Product’s Significance
Tell the Reader to Make a Purchase

Pull the Reader in
To convince your audience that your text is worth reading, make your first sentence or two very interesting. Make a bold statement, say something seemingly ridiculous, or appeal to your prospect’s emotional side. Then, tie this grabber in with the rest of your copy.

Introduce the Product
What is the product you’re advertising? What does it do? Directly after your grabber, give a compact explanation of your product. Keep this explanation short, while still being very clear. This should still be a very short section of your text.

Explain the Product’s Significance
What will it do for me?

By writing your own copy, you can directly target your unique audience. Make the most of this opportunity! Clearly explain how your readers will benefit from this product.

No one knows your audience like you do. Suggest a variety of product uses just for them, and give examples. This is the time for details - make this section long and rich.

Tell the Reader to Make a Purchase
You’ve come so far - you’ve laid out exactly what the product is and how it will help your unique audience. Now, seal the deal - tell your readers to purchase the product! Include your affiliate link in this section.

This step may sound strange, but it’s necessary. Often, people hear about a product and are genuinely interested, but fail to actually make a purchase. A clear call to a simple action cuts down on buyer ambivalence. Don’t be pushy - just change your verb tenses to the imperative. Instead of:

“If you think that you fit this profile, you might want to think about buying this product.”

Say: “Click here to order an account today.”

Drive Sales - Use Long Copy

If you don’t feel ready to write long copy yourself, ask your affiliate program manager for help! Many companies release well-written articles by respected authors that you can reprint free of charge.

The novelty of the Web is wearing off. People online now are busy. Surfers won’t make a purchase unless you make a great case for what they’ll get out of it. And you’re not going to do that with just a banner ad.

To see this email magic in motion, simply visit http://emailmagic.aweber.com today!

How to Achieve Financial Freedom: Ideas from the Experts

2008-06-27T16:53:00.001-05:00

It is possible to achieve financial freedom. Ideas from experts can help get you started.

One recommended reading is the e-book "What I Didn't Learn at School But Wish I had" by Jamie McIntyre. This reading material is written from a down-to-earth perspective and it relates to people on a personal level.

One topic covered in McIntyre's e-book is how to purchase property with almost no money down. Furthermore, this book teaches practical steps on how to find yourself on the path to becoming a millionaire.

To some people the reading material found within the pages of Jamie McIntyre's e-book may seem like a bunch of fluff. However, other people who read it are likely to find it to be an inspiration.

This book is often made available for free as an introduction to additional free educational e-courses designed to help you achieve financial freedom. Ideas in the above-mentioned e-book are described as life-changing.

Countless other issues of reading material are available right now as well. Many of them are written from the perspective of individuals who have "been there". In other words, they are written by experts before they had achieved financial stability.

One of the latest books printed pertaining to securing your financial future is "Financial Freedom Party for Women" written by Debra Hadsall. It is intended to related to the way women think.

However, some may wonder why a book like this written especially for women is needed. Likewise, some might find it demeaning, as if though women are a joke.

On the other hand, one reviewer of this book has mentioned that is was a great buy for church groups and women's clubs. Moreover, it has been coined as a basis for discussion and provides as a way for women to manage their lives.

Additional books written for young people provide revolutionary ways to achieve financial freedom. Ideas in books such as "Debt-Free by 30: Practical Advice for the Young, Broke, and Upwardly Mobile" are perfect for people in their early 20s.

It is meant to be a motivator for younger people. The focus of it is to help the 20-something crowd escape the financial plight that most 30-somethings encounter. It is written in an upbeat language that encourages younger people to have a "can do" attitude.

The "Debt free by 30" book received an average of 4.5 stars out of 29 Amazon reviews, with a majority of the reviewers rating it a 5. That in itself shows how effective this book is-at least in the delivery of the content.

Even though most people liked it, one reviewer mentioned one money-saving tip-to get this book from a library. This reviewer only rated the book a 3, because it was filled with too much "common sense". However, this same reviewer did mention that the book is not in the least bit boring.

One claim made by a reader of "Debt Free by 30" indicated that the book did help that person pay off huge debts. However, it is not just the book along that can help young people achieve financial freedom. Ideas are helpful, as they can provide as a motivator.

However, it is how the principles in the "Debt Free by 30" book are applied that matter the most. This is true of any book that teaches how to achieve financial freedom. Ideas for most books regarding the improvement of finances usually come from persons who have "tried it all" and finally found what works.

Keep in mind, however, that what may work for one person may not work for someone else. That is the beauty of having so many schools of thought regarding financial freedom and success.

To learn more, visit http://www.OnlineProfitsWork.com today!

Making Mone Online With ViralURL

2008-06-26T14:22:00.000-05:00

So you have finally stepped into the world of making money online. You too, like the others, have decided to start with the affiliate programs. Also, you must have heard that it’s not a big deal to make good money with affiliate marketing, provided you choose the right programs and do some strategic planning while promoting your affiliate products. So far so good.

Whether you are promoting other people’s products or promoting your own products - that doesn’t matter because after all it is nothing but your own business and your means to earn good money. So whichever be your case, I am sure you would not want to leave money on the table and invite others to steal your share of profit.

Even though the industry of affiliate marketing is pretty competitive but if you are cautious and are strategic in your marketing techniques then, it could be very profitable for you.

Take a close look at the industry, you will see that not every one who gets into affiliate marketing is successful. People who are doing well leave no room for failure and take all security measures and understand its importance.

Yes! Security is one of the key factors in affiliate marketing. If you do not adopt proper security measures, then your business will be at high risk. One of the most important way to restore security is to protect your affiliate links. Do not take them for granted. A bit of carelessness on your part in regards to affiliate links may cost you a lot of dollars.

Do you know the long complicated links that you send to your prospective customers not only look convoluted but they can create a lot of problems too! If you send such an affiliate link to your customers, then the smart ones will definitely figure out that you are promoting someone else’s product and they would rather visit the parent company. Also, if your link does not function then your customers have to type a really long URL into the browser, which will definitely put him or her off.

You could be a victim of even a worse situation. What if some devious Internet pirates steal your affiliate links and replace them with theirs. If they do that, then you get no commission at all.

Did I scare you off with all of the above possibilities? Well, that certainly wasn’t my intention. I just wanted to open your eyes and state facts that actually happen in the world of Internet. It happened with me until I came across ViralURL , that brought a revolution to my online ventures.

So, if you are not getting the desired results out of your affiliate marketing, don’t lose hope. There’s definitely a remedy to this problem and that is ViralURL.com

Do I hear you asking, what is it and how can it help in averting any adverse situation for an affiliate marketer like me? Be patient and read on, if you love your business.

ViralURL is a link cloaker that protects you in the truest sense. There may be many unethical people lurking around, who might play with your affiliate links by cutting them off or replacing them with their own etc. How much effort you put in towards building your business and advertising your business, if your links are tampered with, then all your hard work will be rendered useless.

In order to avoid such a rip off, ViralURL gives you full protection and sees to it that your affiliate links never get exposed to others.

So save yourself from getting ripped off. Get all the commissions to your account that you rightfully deserve. All this is made possible by ViralURL.com

It is a blessing for every affiliate marketer like you and me, who wants to achieve success in their endeavor.

Is ViralURL limited to only link protection?

NO!

It does much much more than that. Let’s see what ViralURL can do for us:

*ViralURL helps us in protecting commission.
*ViralURL helps in building mailing lists.
*ViralURL helps in tracking statistics.
*ViralURL helps in earning extra ad credits.

In short, ViralURL allows us to create massive business leverage.
I don’t see any negative aspect associated with ViralURL. All you have to do is join it for free, then cloak your links, promote them and see your business soaring higher and higher.

You can get all detailed information about the program from the site www.ViralURL.com . There, you can find several unsolicited testimonials from various users of ViralURL. So if you want to protect your business and see your earnings grow, try ViralURL. You have nothing to lose with it.

Michael Rasmussen's "Mini Site Profits Exposed" Video Series: How To Create A Mini Site That Runs On Autopilot And Makes You Money While You Sleep!

2008-06-17T13:51:00.003-05:00

Most Internet marketers understand that having mini
sites is the fastest and easiest way to make money
online. They don't require a lot of time, energy, or
money to set up, and once you've got one up and
running, you can sit back and just collect money from
all the sales you're making.

At least... that's how it's supposed to be, right?

The truth is that mini sites really ARE easy to set
up. They really DON'T require much time, energy, and
money to set up. So why is it that so few people
actually make money with their mini sites?

The answer is that they never learned how to actually
turn their mini site into a profitable moneymaker that
runs completely on autopilot. The good news is...

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YOU'RE ABOUT TO LEARN HOW TO DO IT!
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Here's what this is all about: My colleague Michael
Rasmussen has just released a brand new video course
that will walk you through the process of creating a
killer mini site from the ground up, and then he'll
also teach you how to actually start making money with
it right away and into the future.

If you've been looking for help with monetizing your
mini sites, then this is exactly what you need. The
best part? The videos are FREE! I'll tell you more
about that later. First, let's talk about the videos
themselves.

If you're in a hurry, you can just check the
videos out right now for free. Here's the URL:

http://www.GrowAMassiveDownline.com/MiniSiteVideos

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OVERALL QUALITY
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It's important to note that these are online videos
that you access from your web browser. Michael uses
Camtasia Studio to create these videos, which is the
premier software program for creating screen capture
tutorials such as these.

The first thing I noticed when I hit the play button
on the first video was the incredible production
quality. These are NOT your ordinary screen capture
videos. In fact, I don't think I've ever seen someone
make videos that are this high quality before.

He uses beautifully created graphics to pass his
wisdom along to you, and the sound quality is the
highest you will ever hear in an Internet marketing
product. They sound like they were recorded in a
professional studio.

Michael explained to me that he was sick and tired of
seeing all the low quality videos out there, and so he
set out to create something different in order to
raise the bar in our industry. I think that, when you
see Mini Site Profits Exposed for yourself, you'll
agree that he has succeeded.

Now let's move onto...

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THE ACTUAL VIDEOS
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Here's a brief summary of each video. Obviously
it's impossible to list every single thing here,
but I want you to get a feel for what each one
covered, and how well it covered it.

If you're in a hurry, you can just check the
videos out right now for free. Here's the URL:

http://www.GrowAMassiveDownline.com/MiniSiteVideos

VIDEO 1 - INTRODUCTION

This videos introduces you to the entire course, as
well as the teacher himself. You'll learn what you can
expect from the course, and why it's structured the
way it is.

Michael realizes that you may not have heard of him,
and so he spends some time establishing his
credibility with you by sharing some of his biggest
successes. It doesn't come across as bragging at all.
Michael explains that, in order for you to get value
from the teachings, you need to have faith that the
teacher actually knows what he's talking about. By the
end of this video, you will have no doubt.

By the way, this is a good lesson for all of us
product developers. If you want people to accept you
as an authority on any subject, you first need to
establish your credibility with the reader. That way
he's willing to relax, and trust that what you're
telling him is sound advice.

VIDEO 2 - THE BASICS

This video will introduce you to the basics of mini
site marketing. This will set the foundation that all
future learning will rest upon, so it's important to
pay close attention to this one.

You'll learn:

* What mini-sites are, and what makes them different
from regular content sites.

* Which businesses they work well for… and which ones
they don’t.

* The right mindset to have when it comes to creating
mini sites as part of your online business strategy.

* And the different tools you need to get started.

This was a great video, and did an excellent job of
kicking things off, and building the foundation for
the rest of the course.

VIDEO 3 - SQUEEZE PAGES

This is probably one of the most useful videos of the
entire course. Every Internet marketer needs to build
an email list, but how do you do it? What is the best
way to capture the most opt-ins?

The answer is 'squeeze pages'. This video will teach
you:

* Why using a squeeze page is far superior to other
opt-in methods.

* The single most important thing you must include at
the top of your squeeze page to skyrocket your opt-in
rate.

* The secret structure of a squeeze page, and why most
marketers get it wrong (which costs them a LOT of
money).

* The most important to include in your opt-in process
that will make sure that people actually receive your
email.

After watching this video, you'll know everything you
need to know to start building a massive opt-in list
right away. This will probably be the first video that
you 'take action' on. You'll be so excited about the
possibilities, that I guarantee you'll go and create
your own squeeze page right away.

VIDEO 4 - MINI SITE COPYWRITING - PART
ONE

Nothing happens until the sales copy is written.
Graphics alone will never sell a product, but sales
copy alone WILL. This video begins to demystify the
mysterious process of writing words that make people
whip out their credit cards and buy.

Specifically, you'll learn:

* Why you need to learn copywriting, even if you “hate
to write”

* What a compelling offer looks like, and how to tell
the difference.

* How to write an eyeball-grabbing headline that
practically forces your readers to go through your
entire page.

* A simple trick you can use in your opening to make
your reader want to learn more.

There is no skill that is more important to your
success than the ability to write killer sales copy.
Make sure you pay extra attention to this video, as
well as...

VIDEO 5 - MINI SITE COPYWRITING - PART
TWO

This video dives right into the individual components
of a killer sales letter. You'll learn how to create
the "secret structure" of a mini site sales letter
that makes big money. Specifically, you'll learn:

* How to create captivating body copy that draws your
reader into the sales letter.

* Bullets that force your reader to keep reading the
whole page, and makes them insanely curious and want
to buy your product

* How to take the risk off people's shoulders, so
they'll feel safe buying from you.

* How to craft your 'call to action', and get people
to whip out their credit cards and buy immediately.

* The secrets of writing a killer P.S. that helps seal
the deal, and flip your prospect into a buyer
instantly.

This video covered a surprising amount of detail,
especially considering that this course is not
specifically about copywriting. Michael Rasmussen is
definitely someone who overdelivers in his educational
products.

VIDEO 6 - HOW TO AUTOMATE THE
DELIVERY OF YOUR INFOPRODUCT

Unless you want to be chained to your computer, you
must learn how to put your mini sites on autopilot.
The only thing you should be doing is driving traffic,
and letting the site itself do all the work, including
the work of instantly delivering the product to the
customer.

This video will walk you through the process of
automating your product delivery, so you can just
relax, and collect the money. The best part is... once
you have this automated system set up, you never have
to touch it again.

VIDEO 7 - HOW TO "GROW" YOUR SALE

This video is guaranteed to be an eye opener for
almost everyone who watches it, even the experienced
marketers. Michael dives into some of the most
effective 'upselling' techniques that I've ever seen.

Nowhere else on the Internet have I seen such a
thorough tutorial on how to increase the 'size' of
your orders. You'll learn:

* The psychology of 'upselling', and how to use it
make your customer spend even more money with you.
The best part? He'll think it was his idea!

* The absolute best time to upsell your customer. This
one will surprise you when you realize how much money
you've been leaving on the table by skipping this
step.

* 5 simple techniques to increase your profit by up to
100%.

If you've already got a mini site that's up and
running, this video will make a big difference for you
right away. Use any of these 'plug and profit'
strategies to increase your income literally
overnight!

VIDEO 8 - CREATING AN AFFILIATE SALES
FORCE

If there's one thing I've noticed that all successful
marketers have in common, it's that they have a great
affiliate program. They create a program that allows
other people to make good money by promoting their
products, and they get to just sit back and relax,
while everyone else is doing the hard work of
promoting FOR them.

If you've ever dreamed of having an army of motivated
sales people working hard to make you money, then
you're going to love this video. Michael will teach
you:

* What an affiliate program is, and how to set one up
very quickly.

* Exactly what tools you need to give your affiliates
(most people miss the mark here, so pay extra
attention to this part).

* Why merely having an affiliate program is NOT enough
to convince people to sign up, and what you can do
instead to have people eagerly trying to become one of
your affiliates.

* How to motivate affiliates to sell for you.

VIDEO 9 - MINI SITE MISTAKES TO AVOID

Let's face it... it's not enough to explain what you
should do. You also need to know what mistakes you
should avoid. Michael has already made these costly
mistakes, but you don't have to. You'll learn:

- Why people do judge a book by its cover... and how to
capitalize on that for your mini-site

- The single biggest reason people don’t buy from a
mini site, and how you can apply this 'instant fix'.

- The single biggest thing that will kill your
mini-site (it's not what you think, and making this
mistake is a surefire way to drain money from your
bank account FAST!)

- Two list building mistakes that’ll cripple your
long-term profits.

VIDEO 10 - SECRETS OF CREATING A
PRODUCT FUNNEL

This video will walk you through the process of
designing a product line that will make you a TON of
money. There's a lot more to it than you'd think,
which is why this important concept (which was taken
from direct marketing) gets it's own video.

After watching this video, you'll understand why you
can't just have a single front end product, and you'll
know exactly what to do in order to get your customer
to keep buying more and more expensive products from
you... completely on autopilot!

This video is a MUST for any serious marketer who
wants to make a lot of money from their online
business.

VIDEO 11 - OUTSOURCING SECRETS FOR
WORKING LESS, AND MAKING MORE

The title of this video says it all. You'll learn
all of Michael's secrets for getting top notch
freelancers to help you create your mini site empire
in record time.

Let's face it, you can't be an expert at everything
that mini sites require. For example, it's really
tough to be a top notch graphic designer, while also
mastering HTML, and then becoming a killer
copywriter, on top of also creating the product
itself.

And the list goes on and on. If you want to be
efficient, and begin making money as fast as
possible, outsourcing is the secret to making it
happen. This video will show you exactly what to do,
as well as some common (and very expensive) pitfalls
to avoid.

VIDEO 12 - OUTSOURCING SECRETS FOR
WORKING LESS, AND MAKING MORE

Let's face it... it doesn't matter how great your
mini site is if you don't get any traffic coming to
it. Getting traffic can be one of the most confusing
and mysterious parts of making money online IF you
don't get the proper education.

Thankfully, Michael really dives in, and gives you a
lightning fast education in this area. Specifically,
you'll learn:

* How to use Pay Per Click (PPC) advertising to get
targeted traffic fast.

* 3 ways to get targeted traffic without spending a
dime.

* 2 ways to leverage the experience and contacts of
other people to explode your traffic.

* 3 traffic strategies to avoid like the plague!

By the time you're done with this video, you'll know
what to do right away to begin driving targeted
visitors to your mini site.

Wow, you get all those videos for free? Click
here to check out the Mini Site Profits Exposed
course for yourself:

http://www.GrowAMassiveDownline.com/MiniSiteVideos

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DELUXE VIDEOS
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Mini Site Profits Exposed comes with 12 videos, and
has more content than most 300 dollar home study
courses. And did I mention that it's free?

If you decide that you want to continue your
education, and get the biggest possible advantage, you
can also upgrade to the deluxe course for a small fee.
The deluxe course contains four full-length videos
that each cover one advanced topic in great detail.

Here's a breakdown of each video:

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VIDEO 13 - DESIGNING A KILLER BACK END
THAT RUNS COMPLETELY ON AUTOPILOT
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This deluxe video could easily be a whole course in
itself. It walks you though the entire process of
setting up a back end that is completely automated
using an autoresponder system.

You'll learn how to set up your autoresponder to
automatically remove a person from your prospect list
after he buys, and then insert him into your customer
list. This is where your new autoresponder sequence
will start promoting your back end products
automatically.

Bottom line... if you want to make the big bucks like
all the Internet marketing gurus, you need to create a
back end that works hard for you while you're out
creating new mini sites and developing new products.
This video will show you how.

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VIDEO 14 - LIST BUILDING SECRETS
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In this deluxe video, Michael will walk you through
some of his best tactics for growing a massive list
from your mini site. He'll not only teach you what to
add to your mini site, but he'll also show you what
you must REMOVE from your mini site in order to get
the most possible subscribers.

Building a list is about SO much more than just
offering a free newsletter. In fact, Michael shows you
five different things you can offer your readers to
get them to instantly give you their name and email.

You'll also learn the best places to actually put the
opt-in email form on your mini site. You'll also learn
about pop ups and tell-a-friend scripts, as well as a
bunch of other incredible tactics for growing your
list.

I have a hunch that you'll find yourself referring to
this video over and over again.

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VIDEO 15 - MARKETING ACTIVITIES THAT
MAKE YOU MONEY
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When you think about all the 'stuff' you can do to
drive traffic to your site, it's hard to know what you
should focus on first. This video will walk you
through the four most important marketing activities
you can do to drive traffic to your mini site.

Once you master these four, you'll never have to
wonder what you should do when you start a new mini
site. You'll have an easy-to-follow road map for
driving tons of targeted prospects to your site, so
you can begin making money ASAP!

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VIDEO 16 - MAKE MAXIMUM PROFITS FROM YOUR MINI SITE
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In this final deluxe video, Michael will reveal his
best kept secrets for squeezing maximum profit out of
any mini site. These are techniques that you have NOT
seen before, so you'll want to pay extra close
attention to this one.

Think about it... if you're going to put the time in,
and set up a mini site the proper way (like Michael
shows you in these videos), then it only makes sense
that you'd want to make the most amount of money
possible from it.

In this video, you'll learn:

- How changing one sentence on your mini site could
double your profits easily.

- How to instantly increase the dollar amount of your
average order (which puts more money into your
pocket).

- The one thing you must add to your 'download page'
that will instantly increase your income (with no
extra work, once this thing is put into place).

- How to turn your actual product into a money making
machine!

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CONCLUSION
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Whew! That was a lot of information, and I hope it
helped you decide to check out Michael Rasmussen's
Mini Site Profits Exposed video course. Remember the
course is absolutely free, so you have nothing to
lose.

Michael believes that it's important for him to prove
himself to you before he ever asks you to buy anything
from him. He wants to show you that he will deliver
you the absolute best education available anywhere,
and he'll gladly do it for free... just to win you
over!

So go ahead and check out Mini Site Profits Exposed
right now, and see what all the fuss is about. I
highly recommend that you upgrade to the deluxe
course as well. Here's the URL:

http://www.GrowAMassiveDownline.com/MiniSiteVideos

Warmly,
Lana Robinson

How To Get Thousands of NEW Visitors To Your Website... Fast!

2008-05-29T15:53:00.000-05:00

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Increase Sales By Flying Under
Your Prospects' "Radar Defenses"

- by Jim Edwards

(c) Jim Edwards - All Rights reserved
http://www.thenetreporter.com
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How do you persuade someone to do what you want them to do?

A whole world of marketing exists around us trying to do
that every minute of the day. Do you even notice it anymore
or, like your prospects, have you subconsciously set up a
system of "radar defenses" against the daily bombardment of
marketing messages?

Take a minute and count up the advertising methods which
fight for your attention (and money) every day. Just the
basic list includes:

· Yellow page ads

· Newspaper and magazine ads

· Postcards, catalogs, and direct mail circulars in your
"snail mail" box

· Radio pitches interrupting the flow of your favorite songs

· TV ads - about 20 minutes worth per hour now

· Hundreds of storefronts, "mega" malls, and strip malls

· Highway billboards by the thousands

· Circulars hung on your doorknob

· Illegal signs on stop signs and telephone poles

· Legitimate email messages

· Spam email or UCE (unsolicited commercial email)

Just these 11 sources can overwhelm your brain with
marketing messages. Like trapped rats, people develop
defenses against this never-ending onslaught. They throw up
a wall or a "radar defense" that goes into action the minute
they smell a "pitch" or a sales job. Don't blame them. We
all do it!

So how can you get around this psychological wall against
the constant sales and marketing messages? Well, the answer
does NOT lie in hitting people with more frequent and
obnoxious advertising or sly, sneaky tactics. You might get
them to trust you for a minute, but it will backfire in the
long run.

You must do two things instead:

1. First, you must establish credibility for yourself and
your business as an expert.

2. Second, you must reduce their fears about doing business
with you.

Doing these two things will get you past their defenses and
allow you the opportunity to persuade them to buy your
product.

So how do you accomplish these two "simple" things? What
will win someone's attention, raise your credibility, and
lower their fear factor all at the same time? The one-word
answer really applies to most everyone.

Trust!

If a seller can get behind your defenses with information
which makes you trust them, then that credibility will carry
over into a sale much of the time.

How can you get this credibility?

Well, take this next fact as online marketing "gospel," for
many people have proven its effectiveness.

Fact: Publishing and promoting with free articles gives you
one of the most powerful opportunities available to tip the
buyer's credibility scale in your favor.

How can we prove this works? Quite easily actually. Take a
break from reading this and go check out a newspaper or
magazine for a minute.

Which do you trust more, the ads or the articles? Most
people will choose the articles hands down. Why? Because
the articles don't try to "sell" you anything. Instead, they
hand out useful information for educational or other
practical purposes.

Most of us grew up in a culture which says we can believe
and "trust" what appears in the standard "news" or
"information" format. In other words, if it appears in
print, then we can believe and trust the author.

So go ahead! Use this lifetime of conditioning to your
advantage in selling your products and services!

Very few things will create an atmosphere of trust and
confidence in people as reading one of your articles on a
subject that greatly interests them. It shows you know your
business. It also demonstrates you will do more than just
try to sell them something.

Publishing articles literally lets you fly under their
advertising "radar defenses."

So remember these points when deciding whether or not to use
articles to promote your business:

1. Few things create as much trust and confidence in the
minds of potential customers as reading an article you wrote
on a subject which specifically and intensely interests
them.

2. Articles establish credibility quickly because, right or
wrong, we've all been trained to trust the "news."

3. An article, or series of articles, will differentiate you
from the competition, who bombard people with nothing but
sales messages.

4. Providing content-rich, non-sales-oriented articles will
also help build and solidify your relationship with existing
customers so they give you repeat business.

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author of an amazing new ebook, "Turn Words Into Traffic,"
that will teach you how to use free articles to quickly
drive thousands of targeted visitors to your website or
affiliate link!
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Tips For Running An Internet Marketing Blog

2008-02-23T07:52:00.002-06:00

By Christopher Stigson

Chris Stigson speaking. I'm an internet marketing blogger who spends a lot of time testing new stuff in the bloggin era. I've kind of cracked the code for running a profitable blog and want to do a test as well as share some knowledge with this article. Benefit by reading more.

It's a common thing to hear about success stories on profitable blogs these days.. Some generate amounts of up to $100,000/month and beyond. Profitable they are. You as a blog owner probably need to do a few things differently in order to get the most out of your internet marketing techniques and take a few steps to increase search engine rankings, make more money and have it run on autopilot.

Having a well defined anchor text using a keyword is a smart way to increase search engine rankings. But search engine rankings isn't the only way to get free traffic. See, there is a lot of traffic to be gained from RSS submit, which is an RSS syndication software. You can also get a lot of traffic from socialbookmarking sites and more.

You should always "sub-niche" your internet marketing blog. Doing "traffic", or "articles", or maybe "eBay marketing" is a good way to "sub-niche" your sites. It's not at all difficult to sub-niche and it's far more profitable since you WON'T be burried hundreds of miles down in the 46th page of Google!

It's important to "niche within the internet marketing niche" if you want to dominate search engines. It's that simple to generate income, once it's set up. Don't make the mistake of targeting "make money", "make easy money" or "make money online" first time around or you'll be quite disappointed =). Instead use keyword research tools and gain massive leverage over your competition who is guessing what we search for.

Let's say we are in the sub-niche "traffic generation". After doing keyword research and finding your competition using "link:http://www.yourcompetition.com" in Yahoo for the top 10-20 results or using a research tool you'll need to record all the data and find a sub-niche-long-tail-keyword. Let's say it's "increase search engine traffic", which is a very legit word that I've researched before.

Now when you have a topic and a keyword it's time to create a domain name that has similar or an exact name of the keyword. So "www.increase-search-engine-traffic.com" would be ideal for "increase search engine traffic". You can go as far as doing "www.increasesearchenginetraffic.com", but I like the dashes. For search engine rankings, I personally haven't seen it matter.

Now you write relevant content about "increase search engine traffic" in your blog. Simple? Yes, but you also need about 10-20 keywords more to start writing articles just like this one. When you have done that, post them on various article directories online and see traffic, rankings and profits pouring in!

About the Author:

Before you buy anything online, make sure you check Chris Stigsons' excellent free Internet Marketing Blog, featuring various Internet Marketing Tips and tricks. He's a marketing expert who has produced over 6 internet marketing products.

Putting The "Service" Back In "Customer Service"

2008-02-18T15:39:00.000-06:00

By Sean Cohen

The future of customer service is here. Technology has made seeking out support faster and easier than ever. But, has your digital age company sacrificed true service in the name of automation?

Today, finding customer support is as simple as writing an e-mail or picking up the phone. But, even though you're not face-to-face with your customers, you still leave a lasting impression. Do you come across as caring and competent, or menacing and mechanical?

Offering stand-out service on the Internet isn't as hard as it is rare. Take these simple steps towards old-style service in the digital age:

Give Each Customer a Personal Response
Be Clear, But Sincere
Offer Live Customer Support
Make Sure Your Support Reps Have All the Answers

Give Each Customer a Personal Response
When a customer sits down to e-mail your company, it's because he needs help. He chooses e-mail because it's quick, but his request still warrants a satisfying and personal response!

Companies eager to save time and money often take automation too far in their customer support. Each customer has a unique question, and deserves a unique answer. Even if you save time by copying and pasting stock replies, change the opening and closing to make the message sound less robotic.

Be Clear, But Sincere
When responding to customers' e-mail, be sincere and to the point. Before sending a message, try turning the tables. Ask yourself, "Would this answer satisfy me if I were the customer?"

Take that extra moment to give your customer the help he deserves. It might mean the difference between a satisfied customer and a credit card chargeback!

Offer Live Customer Support
E-mail has become an acceptable form of communication. But, live customer support is still necessary. The plethora of information available online can be overwhelming to customers, especially those new to the Internet!

Single your company out from the crowd by providing customers with a real person to talk to. Live phone support is an invaluable way to foster trust. When your customer has reached the end of his Internet rope, and just needs help, your toll free number is the answer he's looking for.

Make Sure Your Support Reps Have All The Answers
The presence of phone support will do no good if your staff doesn't know your product! Customer support reps should be warm and friendly, and willing to help with any aspect of your product.

What a good feeling it is to talk to someone who feels confident in his product. It's even better if he's knowledgeable enough to solve your problem without transferring you all around the company!

Provide Stand-Out Service; Gain Lifelong Customers
Too many e-businesses skimp on customer service, hiding behind web sites and message boards. Customer support is an integral part of every company, even those operating solely online. Be one of the few to offer stellar service, and gain customers for life!

Customer Service is becoming a lost art, but Sean Cohen wants to make sure that never happens at AWeber Communications! Find out what service is meant to be.

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2008-02-12T10:09:00.000-06:00

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Become an MLM Success in 5 Easy Steps

2008-02-05T08:31:00.000-06:00

by Lana Robinson

Whether you are new to network marketing, or a seasoned professional, and are looking for ways to grow your business faster than the White House can respond to a security breach, you've got to finish reading this article.

Whether you've been an MLM distributor for a day, a week, a month, or even years you will probably be able to relate to what I'm about to share with you. Has your mother forbid you to talk to anyone else in the family about your business? Have you chased off more friends than you can shake a stick at? Are you sick of the hotel meetings, 3-way calls to your up-line and the constant stream of "No's" that have plagued us all? Are you tired of buying lunch for a prospect that really wasn't interested in what you had to offer in the first place?

If your answer is "Yes," then I can certainly empathize with you. I have been there, done that and bought the shirt. When I first got started in my MLM, I was so excited about the great products and how they can really change lives. I had visions of people lining up by the hundreds to sign up with me; allusions of grandeur to say the least. The dream was a great one, but I tripped and fell flat on my face in the process. I went full speed ahead, you know... telling everybody I knew about how great the products are, how great the compensation plan is, about the science and research that goes into making such great products, and on and on and on. I bought biz opp leads, networking marketing leads, and even opened up the phone book and started cold calling. Yikes. I failed to realize that either their eyes had glazed over or that there was dead silence on the other end of the phone. Does any of this sound familiar?

Today, I will share with you the five components that must exist to generate a 6 figure monthly income with your MLM.

1. Position Yourself as the Expert

To effectively position yourself you must become the expert. Now, I don't just mean that you need to study your products and comp plan, but you also have to be an expert in understanding your audience. What are their needs, wants and desires? What will motivate them to get involved with your business? What solutions (for their problems) can you provide for them? Who exactly is your target audience? If you're marketing health and wellness, why would you be pitching a 22-year-old college student? Even if he/she did sign up, they'll be dropping in a few short months because they never had an attachment to the product. Look at the biggest business builders in your company. They're emotionally attached to the product. They used it and saw results. That's how it should be! Be conscious of who your ideal target market happens to be. This will provide you with a better understanding of how you can best get exposed to them.

2. Expose Your Products and Services to the Masses

Use techniques that will enable you to get exposure of your products and services to the masses! Why is it that conference lines for sales calls have really just taken off over the past year or 2? I've used them for years, and more than likely -- so has your up-line. Conference lines should be a requirement for any business owner. They're cheap (and sometimes even free). And more importantly, when used correctly, you can get yourself in front of a lot of people that truly have a want, need and desire for your MLM products and services.

3. Stop Being Afraid of the Telephone

If you're looking to grow a business to heights you can't even imagine the phone must be your friend. One of your best friends. The phone doesn't weigh too much... it can't be all that bad! I remember thinking that I was going to vomit the first several times I got on the phone with a complete stranger. I was so nervous! But, can you imagine speaking with prospects that have already displayed a want and desire for your products every single day? This is a crucial element that's required for success. When you have prospects that WANT to speak with you and have already displayed an interest in what you have, growing a business becomes child's play (and the nervousness definitely goes away!). However, you should use a script. It is easy to think that you can just talk to people and help them see the benefits of what you are offering. The truth is that without a script you are merely "winging it" and hoping that something you say will stick. The danger here is rambling on and on and before you know it, you have lost a would-be client or potential distributor. Using a script does not mean that you are not a good marketer. It actually means the exact opposite. All of the top network marketers will tell you they always use a script and that it is critical to long-term success. However, even though you use a script, you should still be personable; a good script will take you through the steps of finding out the prospect's interest level, their willingness to find out more about what you have to offer, and their level of commitment after they've listened to a presentation call.

4. Master the Internet

The Internet is an explosive tool. It's absolutely incredible, but just like any other tool you have in your garage, you must know how to properly use it. Having a website just isn't enough. You need to know what to have on it, where to put what and how to tap into the mind of your prospect. Furthermore, you must know how to get targeted visitors to the website that already want and need what you have. Once this is mastered, this tool becomes so powerful words can't depict how great it is.

5. Mastery of the Written Word

By mastering the written word and using website copy to create salivating messages, you can grow a million dollar business inside of 12 months. How would you like to enroll associates into your business without ever speaking with them? What if you could write a sales letter from top to bottom that put people into your business whether you were sleeping or golfing? What would it be like to log into your administration area in the morning to see that your business grew by 7 people while you were sleeping? You must learn the skills to get your website working for you 24/7.

In conclusion, by applying these 5 important tips, you will begin the journey to success in your network marketing business.

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The Big Three In Pay Per Click Search Engines

2008-01-24T03:28:00.001-06:00

By Josh Prizer

It's time to ratchet up your pay per click advertising and you are looking for the most effective way to use your ad budget. Maybe you've just begun PPC advertising and need help. Let's take a look at the most effective ways to optimize your search marketing ad campaigns using Google, Yahoo, MSN and others.

Google, Yahoo and MSN

Google, Yahoo and MSN provide the best results these days. They've morphed into more or less the same sort of PPC services. You can geo-target ads, you can set ads to turn on and off during peak times, you can split test ad copy, you've got complicated quality scores to optimize, etc., etc. Google still holds the lion's share of the search traffic, but each has something to offer.

AdWords From Google

Quality traffic is important and Google AdWords remains on top in delivering high-volume clicks that count. However, don't sleep on Google's success -- you still need to monitor your results with frequency. With enough the time, knowledge and the right tools, you can do this yourself, or you can outsource all that to a professional PPC management company.

One of the main problems with Google is that it is not only becoming more and more competitive, it is also getting more and more difficult to master. With "Quality Scores" playing a more important role these days and more bids coming up "Inactive for Search," it introduces more variables into the equations. If you are willing to put in the time to continually test and monitor your keywords, you can maintain a healthy Google account. If you don't, you get penalized. You'll see bid minimums raised or forced to pay higher prices, or even be purposely priced out. The good news is that with consistent effort, you can actually fine tune and tweak your ad campaigns to the point where you are actually paying lower prices, but getting higher ranks than your competitors.

With any of the PPC engines, you need to make sure you separate out your content network advertising from your search advertising and track those separately. If you don't in Google, bad keywords are probably leaking your account right now.

Are you an advertiser with a big monthly budget? If so, you can't afford to put down your guard with Google -- it can be costly. We recommend either dedicating more time, allocating more staff and hours or using a professional management company.

Yahoo Search Marketing: Still Essential

In response to what Google had done in the PPC marketplace, Yahoo Search Marketing (which used to be called Overture, and before that, Goto.com) re-tooled their network early in 2007 with its Panama update. While Yahoo is no longer on top of the pay per click field as they had been in the past, it's still a worthy place to invest.

Like Google, Yahoo has its own quality algorithm called "Quality Index." Once again, it's important to monitor and tweak - scores must be dialed up with continual testing. Frequent split testing will help refine your ad quality. While you won't like get slapped as hard as Google does, Yahoo has been increasing their efforts here.

With ad copy testing, you want to focus on the three C's: Customer, Competition and your Company. What makes you special from your competition? What makes you more relevant to your customers? Test different ad concepts. Then, when you find a winner, use that as a control and refine your ad with small changes to variables. The key is to consistently test to crank up that Yahoo Quality Index.

High Quality With MSN AdCenter

Even though MSN was late to the party with pay per click advertising, they shouldn't be ignored. We've noticed some high quality traffic to go along with their very useful targeting capabilities. You'll be able to utilize the same geo-targeting type of local PPC campaigns as the others. Additionally, however, is the ability to target the demographics of users. For example, if you see high conversions on your website for a specific type of visitor, MSN will allow you to raise your bids when it finds those potential clients or consumers using the MSN search network.

An important new feature from MSN allows you to import your Google AdWords accounts with much more ease. Note: Make sure your Google campaigns are as optimized and finely tuned as possible, or you will be making the same errors twice by importing them. And unless you have time to monitor them both daily, it might better to smooth out your problems in Google first. If you have large Ad Groups with huge lists of keywords, you need to condense those down into smaller, more manageable ones. Doing this will allow you to pinpoint the keywords with more relevant ads. And, again, keep testing and re-testing your targeted ads over and over.

The Rest of the Pack

We've seen mixed results with Ask and Looksmart. You can find some traffic that will pay off one week, then next week you are flooded with bad results and your Earnings Per Click go south for the winter ... and sometimes the other three seasons, as well. Miva can also be hit or miss. If you are doing a poor job managing your other PPC accounts, we definitely suggest you don't push your luck into any of these others. There is some good traffic there, but you have to double your efforts on tracking and keep a tight eye on results since things can turn sour fast. Avoid all the other pay per click engines.

You'll find that the PPC programs of Google, Yahoo, and MSN are probably more than enough work to keep you occupied -- especially if you are playing the game correctly. If you are not doing daily ad split tests, if you aren't keeping track of sales results down to the keyword level, if you are not searching for the money-making keywords that your competition is using, then you are not using the Big Three to the fullest potential. Invest your time, effort and money there before pushing on to others...you will get a better return on your investment.

Protect Your Investment

If you have been ignoring the daily management needs of your PPC accounts, bad keywords are likely leaking your funds. Meanwhile, the good keywords are getting more and more expensive because your quality scores are slipping compared to your competitors. Protect your investment with close supervision or hire a professional pay per click management company to do the critical work for you.

About the Author:

Josh Prizer is a Senior Account Executive and PPC Expert for Zero Company Performance Marketing, a pay per click management company. Check out his site today to discover more about how to improve your PPC advertising accounts and performance. You are welcome to reprint this article - but get your own unique content version here.

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2008-01-18T09:51:00.000-06:00

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3 Most Common Reasons People Fail At Article Marketing...

2008-01-15T06:56:00.001-06:00

By Aaron Anderson

Some people say article marketing doesn't work anymore. Which that might be true if you just write crap and expect people to love you for it. If you do it correctly it still works and could be one of your most powerful promotion strategies. Here are three common article marketing mistakes.

1. Confusing the reason for writing articles with the reason for promoting your business with articles.

Even though there are many reasons to use articles to promote your business, writing the articles have only one reason.

Let's begin by discussing the purpose of promoting your business through article marketing. Articles can bring a lot of visitors to your site. No matter what topic your articles cover, you will be seen as an expert on that topic. While this is great, it can't be the sole reason for writing articles. So what should your focus be in writing articles?

The only reason you should write article is to provide value to your readers. If you have any hidden agendas it will be pretty obvious. And no one likes hidden agendas. If that's the case you might as well not waste your time.

Your readers will only trust you if you give them good value. You can advise them that you have more information on your site in the resource box.

2. Not maximizing the potential of every article.

Alright you wrote an article so what do you do next. Next you should make sure you have an attractive resource box. If you writing great articles but no one is visiting your website that's not going to do much for you. Give your readers a reason to visit your site.

The technique of making keywords into hyperlink text is a very effective way of using your resource box to increase the impact of your article. Getting help with you search engine rank is an indirect benefit you will see as well as increased traffic to your site when visitors click those links.

Once your article is ready, you submit it to article directories. Then you are finished? NO.

Many people go wrong at this point. Now you also submit the article to web publishers individually. People who want to submit articles of there own are the most frequent visitors to article directories. Web publishers will use your article on their own websites or send it to their email lists so your article is read by real people.

3. Writing articles that aren't helpful to the reader

Your articles have to be of help to people or two things can happen. Your business can be negatively impacted by either of them.

The first is that readers will not trust you if they find your article of no help to them after reading it. Of course, they may not even finish reading it. They will very likely just click away and find something that is of more value.

Second, anyone putting your article on their site is not even going to be considered. If they put your article on their site, they would be risking their own reputation. They will lose trust if they put an article up that is garbage. This means you won't get much in the way of links either. So it would be a waste of time.

Dead is not a good description of article marketing. It just takes a little more time and effort to do it right. But doing it right will mean great benefits for your business, so it is worth the effort.

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Easy E-book Creation Program

2008-01-11T05:30:00.001-06:00

By John Allison

Someone Finally Makes Sense Out Of Creating E-books!

I have made a decent amount of money selling other peoples info products and ebooks, but I have finally discovered where the real money is...my own info products and ebooks.

I realized that by the same effort, I could be selling my own info product or ebook and receiving 100% of the sale instead of a measly 40% - 50% of the sale. Now don't get me wrong, I have made good money with this approach and I have in most peoples eyes a pretty good life.

I'm not a techy type person by any means and so I had no idea whatsoever about how to create an ebook of my own. In fact, this was the most frustrating part about the whole thing. I spent a ton of money on products that promised me the world and did nothing but empty my wallet.

Now what do I create my ebook about or my info product?

However, not to be perturbed, I set about trying to find someone that could teach me how create my own information product and get it up on the internet. Well, I did find a few ebooks, so I bought the two that looked most likely to be of help.

Having waded my way through both of them over one weekend, I was left feeling very disappointed. They both left me no further forward, to be honest and both made the whole process sound complicated and difficult to achieve.

I nearly gave up on the idea, but decided to continue my search for some help in the matter. I came across one website where a course was being offered that seemed to be what I wanted....then I scrolled down the page and saw the price...$1,247.00!!!

How am I suppose to make money if I have to spend that kind of money just to get up and running. I continued looking for over 2 1/2 weeks when I came across a banner that read..."The 6 Week Course That Is Changing People's Lives!"

This was another course all about how to create your own information product and get it online and ready to start earning you a very decent income. But this time it was as if the site had been written specifically for me. It was exactly what I was looking for. A step-by-step course that would take me by the hand and show me exactly what I needed to know! The guy tells a very interesting story on the website that I could identify with.

I thought yea...this baby is going to cost a fortune. I was tempted not to even look at it and just move on, but the curiosity was killing me. I went to the bottom of the page and lo-and-behold, it was extremely affordable...I mean really affordable and it would allow me to create as many products as I wanted with no restrictions.

I bit the bullet, bought the affordable program and followed lesson one down to the very letter. I eagerly awaited lesson 2 in my email folder and could not wait to get going on this...all I could see was dollar figures. This was the most amazing simple step-by-step approach ever created.

I completed the course and I now have my information product in an area that I knew nothing about and it will be launched in just a few days to a tightly guarded niche.

I know full well that there must be an awful lot of people just like me who want to have their own ebook or information product, but just don't know where to start.

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