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Last Chance to Discover No-Pay Traffic Secrets

2008-03-05T20:21:00.000-08:00

Last Chance to Discover How to Get F*R*E*E*, Targeted, Unlimited Traffic To Your
Sites

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I'm already hearing back from some of you who purchased, and to say that you're
thrilled with what you're learning seems to be an understatement!

If you haven't yet grabbed your copy, here's a sneak peak at what's inside...

--How to never waste another penny on Adwords by using the free click formula
instead

--How affiliates can get click-through-rates as high as 80%, without a single
spend on Adwords

--Complete action plan for savvy webmasters to create a non-stop stream of
buyers ready to purchase your products, with NO advertising costs

--The secret of small niches that are already making the "gurus" tons of money

--How to get started generating traffic in 15 minutes WITHOUT paying per click

--How your competitors have been making money off of your stupidity (ouch,
sorry)

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--The simplest venture of all to start with

--What those stupid keyword tools don't, won't and can't tell you. Even gurus
get this wrong.

--The absolute DUMBEST thing you can do when you first start out

--Why some prospects are leaving your site the second they read the first line

--How YOU can easily beat BIG Fortune 500 CORPORATIONS. Yes, YOU!

--The world famous Google hoax and what that was all about

--How you can make money without owning a single website

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--How to get all the top search engines scrambling to your site the minute you
do this (and it is NOT what you think...)

--The so-called BIG secrets of SEO traffic revealed and deciphered on ONE PAGE!

--How to dominate the 1st, 2nd and 3rd position of any search engine

--Watch your Alexa ranking shoot through the roof with more sales and clicks,
leaving your competitors shocked and dumbfounded at how you did it

--How to choose an affiliate product and start profiting within hours

--How to get thousands of websites to promote your stuff for f*r*e*e (and
they'll even give you the commission!)

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P.S. Okay, here's one more...

--How to get a brand new website seen by THOUSANDS of visitors in as little as
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The 24 Hour Internet Marketing Miracle

2008-03-05T20:19:00.001-08:00

Can you put up a site, get f*r*e*e traffic to it, and begin making money in less
than 24 hours?

Some of my smart readers are discovering how to do exactly that.

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We spoke yesterday about how to get consistent, targeted, unlimited traffic to
your site without paying for it.

Here are a few questions I've received since then...

Q. Do I need cash to get this traffic?

A. No. You never, ever have to pay for this traffic. No gimmicks, no hidden
fees. This just plain works. The author has been using this system for years,
and he's made a boatload of money doing it.

Q: Do I need experience or special knowledge?

A: No. Follow the step-by-step blueprints, or instructions. Look at the real-
world examples. Just do it.

Q: What do I need to get this traffic?

A: If you can build a simple website, or get one created, or redirect a domain,
you've got what it takes. The rest is all explained in the book.

Q: My niche isn't Internet Marketing. Will this still work?

A: It doesn't matter what business you're in. If your niche has a market, that
is, people who are interested in what you're selling, this will work for you.

Q: I'm an affiliate. Will I be able to get f*r*e*e traffic to my affiliate sites
using these methods?

A: Yes. In fact, a blueprint is included especially for affiliates. Just follow
the step-by-step plan.

And this traffic is long term. You'll eventually be getting payments from sites
you set up months ago, wondering, "Where did this money come from?"

Now that's FUN!

Q: I'm not an affiliate, I sell my own stuff. How will this help?

A: Hmmm, let's see, how will a constant stream of targeted traffic (that you
aren't paying for) help... How do you feel about totally dominating your niche?
A step by step blueprint for doing exactly that is in the book.

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Traffic is THE lifeblood of your Internet business.

No targeted traffic = no business.

Expensive targeted traffic = low profits

F*R*E*E targeted traffic = LOTS AND LOTS of profits.

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Kind of a no-brainer, don't you think?

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Admin

P.S. When you know the real secret to getting traffic in any niche, you can
DOMINATE any (and every) niche you set your sites on.

There are simply NO limits.

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7 Days and 7 Steps to Financial Freedom???

2008-03-02T13:00:00.001-08:00

7 Days and 7 Steps to Financial Freedom???

You bet your sweet bippy!

(If you're not old enough to remember what a "bippy" is, we won't
hold it against you. ;-)

John Thornhill got fed up with the lousy advice the "Gooroos"
were selling him.

So he decided to do the OPPOSITE of what they were teaching...

...and guess what happened?

He became wealthy!

Now John has laid his entire system out in a 7 day, 7 step
program that ANYONE can follow.

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It even comes with videos, so you can't possibly get lost.

The best part?

He's making all this money with RESALE rights products.

That's right!

John doesn't even create his own products to earn this fortune...

...he just sells other people's stuff...

...and keeps 100% of the money he makes.

How much money?

A healthy six figures, thank you very much for asking.

And that's not all my readers want to know about John's 7 day
course.

Here's some questions and answers I thought you should see before
you decide to grab your copy...

(... as you can see, I'm extremely optimistic you'll do the right
thing for your wallet, bank account and Paypal account and join
us :-)

Q, "Does this work?"

A. Yes! John has been making great money using this exact same
system since 2004.

And he's not the only one... please check out the testimonials
here...

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...they absolutely rock!

Q. "How is this 7 day course different than an ebook?"

A. An ebook can be difficult to follow, and even harder to
implement.

Where do you start? How do you do certain things? How can you be
sure you're doing everything that needs to be done>

With John's course, you have seven distinct steps to follow. Each
step is explained in detail.

Videos are provided so you know exactly how to do each step.

And a checklist is also provided so you don't forget a single
thing that's necessary to make your business a success.

Q. "How much can I earn?"

A. I don't know your capabilities, or how dedicated you are. It
is possible to earn quite a lot, as shown by John's income
examples.

Just one technique alone that John reveals on day four has earned
him over $75,000.

Inevitably, how much you earn, and how fast you earn it, is up to
you.

Q. "Why resale products?"

A. Because the hardest part about selling products is CREATING
the products to be sold.

When you sell something already created, you've cut out 95% of
the work.

And when you sell resale rights products instead of acting as an
affiliate for someone else's products, you keep ALL of the money
you make.

Plus you can even create your own affiliate program, and have
others do the selling for you!

Q. "Doesn't everyone end up selling the same resale rights
products?"

A. Most people do - you WON'T - and here's why: You're going to
learn how to find the resale rights gems that are HIDDEN from
most everyone else.

You'll find the very best resale rights products in places your
competitors don't even know about.

And in many cases, you'll be the only one selling these products.

And if you do have competition?

It won't matter, because John is going to show you how to blow
your competition away, and it's not by dropping your prices,
either.

Q. "What if it doesn't work for me?"

A. Then you probably aren't following the steps.

Seriously, do each of the seven steps, one each day, and if you
aren't making money by day 8, no worries.

There's a 100% money back guarantee.

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Admin

P.S. Look, I've seen a LOT of programs come and go. Most are,
frankly, not worth the money.

They're either the same old info in a shiny new cover, or they're
just theory.

John's 7 day course to making money with Resale Rights is the
real deal.

You truly can be making money in just a week, without ever
creating a product yourself.

And when you don't have to worry about product creation, you can
focus ALL of your time on doing what counts... making sales.

John's program is the perfect way to make real money in a short
amount of time on the Internet, while building a long term
business that will continue to pay you for years to come.

And it's a program that works for anyone who is willing to forget
all the nonsense you've learned from the self-appointed
"gooroos," and...

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7 Days and 7 Steps to Financial Freedom???

2008-03-02T13:00:00.000-08:00

Okay, okay, so I don't know EVERYTHING!!!

2008-03-01T13:11:00.000-08:00

Make Millions Online WITHOUT a Website...

...Yeah, Right!

Sounds pretty bogus, doesn't it?

How can you make a million dollars online with NO website?

Can't happen.

Ha!

That's what I thought.

Then I stumbled on...

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...and found a guy who is making $1,920,000 a year, and yes, he
has NO website.

Okay, so I don't know everything... ;-)

Yesterday I wrote to you about Steven Holdaway's program, Google
Money Pro 2.

Steven places ads on Google to promote sites.

That's it. That's all he does.

But he's so good at it, he's averaging $160,000...

...PER MONTH!!

Here are some questions I received...

Q. "This sounds waaayyy too good to be true. Is it??"

A. It took Steven SEVEN years to perfect his system. He's worked
darn HARD at it, and put a lot of time, effort and testing into
it. So forget "overnight-success," "flash-in-the-pan," or "too-
good-to-be-true," because this is the real deal.

Even Google recognizes him as an EXPERT Qualified Advertising
Professional.

And I've seen his proof.

Yes, he does know what he's doing.

Yes, this is 100% real.

Q. "So Steven is a Certified Google Advertising Professional.
What does that mean? Can't anyone become one of those?"

A. Evidently not, since there are only 630 Google Advertising
Professionals in the entire world.

Most of these professionals only offer their support and service
for thousands of dollars each month.

But Steven offers unlimited support and answers any questions
about Google or online marketing for free to all Google Money Pro
customers.

Q. "Will the information in Google Money Pro ever become
obsolete? Will have I have to buy it again if it does?"

It doesn't go out of date because Steven continues to update it.
And since all customers have a life long subscription to Google
Money Pro, you can always download the newest version for free.

Q. "Is it difficult to do this?"

A. Google Money Pro is written for both Beginner and Expert users
of affiliate marketing and Google AdWords.

If you're a beginner, Steven will show you everything you need to
know to get started, and you will be introduced to more advanced
techniques as you go along, until you, too, are a successful
affiliate marketer.

Steven has had teenagers, people in their late 80s and everyone
in between purchase Google Money Pro and email him telling him
how much they benefited from it.

Q. "What if I have a question after I buy it?"

A. If you ever get lost, confused, or need help in any way, just
email Steven and he'll personally reply to your email with the
answer.

Q. "If we don't need our own site to do this, why does Steven
give us a site as a bonus?"

A. You can never be too rich, too happy or have too many streams
of income.

And once you get good at promoting other people's sites, doesn't
it just make sense to promote your own site, too??

Okay, enough questions.

Bottom line, this is perhaps the best program I've seen in a long
while on how to make money starting NOW, even if you have NO
experience at marketing online.

And if you're going to learn something, it just makes sense to
learn from the BEST... and anyone making $160,000 per MONTH
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A Realistic $250K First Year Income Potential

2008-02-07T21:24:00.000-08:00

After four years, $400,000 of market testing, and MILLIONS of dollars in earnings, we have perfected the most powerful home based marketing system on the planet.

* Selling, convincing, and explaining: ELIMINATED
* Cold calling, selling to your friends and family: ELIMINATED
* Mickey-Mouse home based businesses: NEVER AGAIN!
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Competitors are stunned and left scratching their heads as our proprietary Sales and Marketing System generates thousands of dollars a day for its members VIRTUALLY ON AUTOPILOT!

See how you could earn a realistic $250K First Year Income potential with one of the most powerful marketing systems on the planet!

Blogging To The Bank 2.0.

2007-11-16T08:35:00.000-08:00

Now You Can Legally Steal This Behind The Scenes Blogging Blueprint And Give Yourself An
Unfair Advantage Over The Competition

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How One Dumb Little Blog Can Earn Over $3,947 Per Month

The 5 Biggest Secrets That Guarantees A Home Run Style Success For Any Blog You Create

The Most Successful Step-By-Step Blueprint For Long Term Blogging Success

How To Create Real Blogs In Just A Few Minutes

6 Surefire Promotion Techniques That Are Driving 36,313 Visitors To Just One Of My Blogs Every Month.

How Any Business Or Individual Can use Blogging For More Exposure And Gain An Instant 'PHD' Credibility Status

The One Technique No One Else Is Telling You About On How To Build A Multi Million Dollar Blogging Empire

The Internet Marketing Home Study Crash Course.

2007-11-13T20:18:00.000-08:00

The Secrets On How To Make More Money
Than A Doctor... A Lawyer... Even Those Stinking'
Thieving' Politicians -- COMBINED!!

And the way the System explained everything was so brain-dead simple... EVEN I "got it!" It was easier than learning my ABC's!

By day 7 I got up the courage to actually try one of the many money-making techniques... and so... with my fingers crossed... a belly exploding with butterflies... and my wife's reluctant blessing... I conducted my first test.

I remember it as if it was yesterday... it was a Friday... and... we were leaving to for a weekend "holiday" with the in-laws -- 2000 miles away!

When I returned on Monday I discovered to my complete surprise that I had made...
$4,827.53 In Just 3 Days...

Quantify Your Sales Online

2007-10-10T21:19:00.000-07:00

The goal of a business is to profit from every endeavor. They do all sorts of advertising and marketing strategies in order to achieve the same. They live by the maxim the more sales the better. However, it is quite a tedious work to jump from one individual to another just to advertise your goods and services. It is also costly to advertise on print and broadcast media. Nowadays, in order to get the full benefits, you need not get out and publish or broadcast. You can do it right in the confines of your homes or offices. Today, it is already proven that the most profitable way to start and grow your business is through the Internet.

Internet Marketing is the key element to succeed in the World Wide Web. There are obviously hundreds and thousands of consumers surfing the Net everyday. If your web sites are both pretty and functional, chances are more visitors will be persuaded to purchase or to acquire your services. As a result, you will bag a large percentage of boosts in connection to your sales. If it has not thought of that, well, you have still the chance to have it. You will be totally amazed with the outcome. It’s amazing, and it’s true!

Certainly, there is a better way to quantify your sales. However, in order to achieve the boost, you have to take in some viable considerations. Start from the web design. Does it reflect the identity of company or the product and services? If it does, then go to another element of a good website – content. It is so important that is it considered as the king. Even if you have pretty web design if your content is not that catchy and does not answer visitor’s queries then it’s no good having a web site. People may tend to be impatient they can switch from one web site to another in a matter of seconds. So to stop them from leaving your site, give them what they wanted and also in a matter of seconds they can be persuaded and decide to grab what you offer.

More and more people are now purchasing with the use of the Net. In fact, it has evolved to be the most popular method of finding products and services. The method is made easy by the search engines. Prospective buyers can just type the name of the product or services on the Net and the search engines will find it for them. It ensures easy access to sales which is achieved through search engine optimization, cost per click or both. That easy - no sweat at all!

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What Is The Best Affiliate Program?

2007-10-10T21:18:00.000-07:00

I've spent my first two years searching for the best affiliate programs available on the Internet. I've bought ebooks, read articles and everything that promised a lot of money in my pocket. I did make some cash with them, I won't lie, but not as much as thought that I could. I've discovered a Gold Mine about two months ago. poker Affiliate Programs. That's it. These are the best Affiliate Programs available on the Internet. The last two months I've profited almost the same amount I did in my first two years with the average affiliate program. Can you understand how huge is it? Poker Affiliate Programs are mind blowing. Every time you refer a player to a poker room and he signs up, makes a deposit (usually $50) and play a few hands you get money. You can choose two types of payments plan: CPA ('Cost Per Acquisition') - This is where you receive a one-off payment for each Real Money Player you refer to them and MGR ('Monthly Gross Revenue') - This is where you receive a percentage of the money staked by Real Money Players you refer to them. I strongly encourage you to choose the MGR method and here is why. Every time that a hand is played a percentage of it (usually 5%) goes to the Room. It's called rake. You will receive usually 25% of the money your referred players generate. I just want you to have a picture of it. An average player can spend easily $30 in raked hands per day. It means $900/month. If your rate is 25% you will receive $225 per month only from this player. Do you see how huge it can be? What happens is hundreds of Poker Rooms fighting each other to keep people playing at their softwares. They keep offering big bonuses to new players. It's just great! The player receives money, the Poker Room receives money and you will receive your big share. Only bad players loose. There are hundreds of Poker Rooms and hundreds of players willing to find a good sign up bonus to make a deposit and give you money. All you have to do is write good Poker articles and fill them with your affiliate links. Convince your readers how easy is to release the bonuses and you will start to build your little money machine.
About the Author

André Palis has just launched a Gambling Article Directory. He wants to help people to earn a lot of money with gambling affiliates. If you want to know his secrets: http:/www.thewaytotriumph.com

Instant Marketing Success Secrets

2007-04-17T00:41:00.000-07:00

Here is just a sampling of what is unleashed in this new ebook...The #1 reason most people struggle to market their business...and how to instantly fix this problem. Page 22.The only thing your clients are interested in. (It NOT what your thinking and it's costing you thousands of dollars a year.) Page 53How a "THE BIG LIE" told to you by most media reps is causing you to waste a ton of money on image advertising. Page 1247 things you must know about your client if you want to close the deal. Pages 13-15How to set and get all the appointments you deserve...even if your competitors are going after the same prospects. Page 138-141How to generate more qualified leads than you can ever handle... discover my automatic "sales letter generating tip" that will open the flood gates of qualified leads. Page 87The priceless secret for avoiding email mistakes that could destroy your business overnight. Page 108-109One question that you must ask all your customers that can change everything for you instantly...Go from being a struggling business owner to a direct response marketing genius with this simple question! Page 30How to rapidly and dependably grow your business...what the ad agencies don't want to tell you. Page 42How to make a major impact, fast, in your target market without spending a mint on marketing. (Clients and referrals will start pouring in once you know this secret.) Page 97How to use almost free postcards to make your phone ring off the hook and your appointment book overflow. Page 120How to name your company so strongly that it attracts money out of clients pockets like a magnet on steroids! Page B22How to instantly (and I do mean instantly) increase your referrals with NO EXTRA WORK ON YOUR PART. Page 32The 3 biggest mistakes people make when trying to market their business on the Internet. Page 101How to get people to actually visit then come back to your website and how to turn these visitors into clients. Page 106The simple, 100% completely automated way to follow up with each and every one of your website visitors. (You literally don't have to do a thing!) Page 115How to read your client's minds, make more sales and gain an unfair advantage over your competition (This tip alone worth the price of the entire ebook.) Page 19...And there's so much more stuff on these pages...it's impossible to list them all. But, know this: These pages are jam packed with prime beef!
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Million Dollar Mailings

2007-04-14T13:11:00.000-07:00

Authors: Dension Hatch, Denison HatchPublisher: Bonus BooksCategory: BookList Price: $89.00Buy New: $51.39You Save: $37.61 (42%)New (18) Used (4) from $51.39Avg. Customer Rating: 10 reviewsSales Rank: 40546Media: HardcoverEdition: UpdatedNumber Of Items: 1Pages: 500Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.3Dimensions (in): 11.3 x 8.8 x 1.6ISBN: 1566251621Dewey Decimal Number: 659.133EAN: 9781566251624ASIN: 1566251621Publication Date: April 16, 2001Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business daysCondition: Absolutely Brand New & In Stock. 100% 30-Day Money Back. Direct from our warehouse. Ships by USPS. 1+ million customers served-In business since 1986. Happy Customers is Our #1 Goal. Toll Free Support--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Book DescriptionAn exclusive insider's look at the art and science of direct mail creative technique--copy approaches, design, formats, offers--unlike anything ever before assembled. In addition to the successful mailings shown and described in this updated edition of Million Dollar Mailings, new topics include killer fundraising letters, the illustrated history of the magalog, and using direct mail to make money on the internet. This insider's look at the art and science of direct mail also contains an overview (complete with illustrations) of new trends in direct mail.

Earn Thousands With Google Adwords

2007-04-13T01:52:00.000-07:00

How I Escaped From The Mind-Numbing, Passion-Sucking World Of Claustrophobic Cubicles And Buzzing Florescent Lights And Started Raking In $33,000.00 A Month Online --WITHOUT A Product, WITHOUT A List, And WITHOUT A Website!"This Amazingly Simple System Is A Cinch To Set Up And Only Takes A Few Minutes A Day To Implement...But Still Plunks Piles Of Cash In Your Bank Account Every Month!It's Quick. It's Easy. And Best Of All,You Can Be Making Money Just 15 Minutes From This Moment!WARNING: PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE GOING ANY FURTHER:This is NOT a get rich quick program, but an actual home business that you set up following my detailed instructions. Even if you've tried other online business opportunities and failed, or think that every such website is just a scam, I'd like to PROVE to you that what I'm about to share with you is COMPLETELY different.Why? Because it WORKS. Plain and simple.Now please read this quick letter carefully, because I'm going to share with you how I make over $30,000 per month using Google AdWords, and how thousands of ordinary people, just like you, are making a great living without leaving their homes (and when they do leave their homes, they still make money--even while on vacation).So sit back, relax, and enjoy. Because this very well may be the most important letter you've ever read...

Viral Marketing - not using it could kill your business

2007-02-21T04:35:00.000-08:00

Viral Marketing 101 - Not Using It Could Kill Your Business!
Creativity.
This is one virtue a site must possess to lead the race in the ruthless competition in the Internet based business. With so many competition and rivalry going on, every method of marketing must be employed and utilized.
It doesn't matter if you have a killer product or a fantastically designed website, if people don't know that you exist, it doesn't matter, and you are not going to make it big. Worse of all, you business could just get killed.
While there are so many methods and schemes used by so many e-commerce sites today, there are still some of those that can help you with an extra boost in the popularity ratings. One of these is the so called Viral Marketing.
While the term Viral easily depicts a virus, a word very much dreaded by all computer owners, it is not what it seems. You do not actually use a computer virus to spread your business; on the contrary it just might kill you. Everyone has had enough of all those pop up ads and spywares.
Viral Marketing Overview
Viral Marketing also known otherwise as Viral Advertising is a marketing technique used to build the public awareness of one's product or company. They use many forms of media to reach out to the public without actually promoting the product by riding on in other forms of addictive means that could get a person hooked and be obliged or amused to actually pass it on, with the product or company advertisement along with it.
In a nutshell, companies ride on the idea that if people like the content of a media they will pass it on to their friends and family. They sponsor the certain media, such as a cool flash game, funny video, amusing story and such, which one may pass on to another with the company brand or logo or the products description or any other content to help promote the company or its product.
Viral marketing has become a popular means of advertising and marketing because they are relatively low cost. To avoid being tagged as spam mail, viral marketing counts on the eagerness of one person to pas on the product. If a person sees the name of the person they know as the sender, they won't block it and open it as well.
Many companies offer incentives such as discounts and rebates when they help in spreading their viral marketing. They rely on the number of recipients a viral marketing gets from one person in determining the amount or number of incentive they can be attributed with.
Using Viral Marketing to your advantage
The main and foremost advantage of viral marketing is that you get a lot of publicity and public awareness about your site and your company. You get to generate a flow of traffic that are potential customers. With a little ingenuity and imagination, plus some incentives or prizes, you can reach out to a great number of people and announce your existence.
Most every site and companies are catching on to the effectivity of Viral Marketing and Advertising. Not using it could kill your business. Along with other schemes and methods in promoting your site, like Search Engine Optimization and such, viral marketing could easily push you ahead in the rating games.
Viral Marketing could be a sneaky way to get people to know about you and your company. You get them to pass your advertisement along. They are also very low cost that not investing in it could be downright a business suicide. All it takes is a great idea, a good addicting game, a funny story many ideas are still out there. Create a gossip or a buzz, many movies are promoted by using scandals and gossips to make them moiré popular. Remember the movie "The Blair Witch Project"?
Many big companies have tried viral marketing and have had many success stories with it. A classic example is Microsoft's Hotmail. They were the first known big company to utilize the scheme and it has worked wonders for them.
Now it's your turn to use viral marketing to work wonders for you. Act now and reap the benefits Viral Marketing will provide for you and your sales figures.
You can view a perfect example of viral marketing here
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About the Author
Steve,35 years old, affiliate marketer.
Steve maintains his own affiliate marketing website at http://www.affiliate999.com

Real Estate Marketing -- The Talkability Factor

2007-02-09T04:46:00.000-08:00

You won't find "talkability" in any dictionary. But it has everything to do with your personal marketing program. This article explains what it is and how it can help you grow your business.

Let's start with a definition:

Talkability (noun) - 1. The ease with which a product or service can be talked about. 2. The likelihood that a product or service will be talked about.

Ever experience a product or service so incredible, so above and beyond the norm, that you couldn't wait to tell someone about it? That's talkability. Talkability is more powerful than "noteworthy" and more interesting than "interesting." It lives in the "remarkable" neighborhood.

So what does it have to do with real estate? Well, if you realize that most real estate business comes from referrals, you'll begin to see the true power of talkability in helping you grow your business.

Increasing Your Talkability Factor

To increase the talkability of your services, you must offer something so unique it's virtually impossible for people to keep to themselves, something they cannot resist talking about. A first step is to ask yourself the question, "If I were my own client, what would be remarkable to me?"

This is the fun part. It's called the "What if" game. First, turn off your internal critic, that little nagging voice that says things like "That's silly" or "That will never work." Next, make a list of "What if" statements about your services:

What if I found a way to offer free interior design consultations to buyers, redeemable for 30 days within move-in?

What if I offered "around the town" tours to relocation clients, showing them local schools, shopping and recreation?

What if I offered sellers a free "Curb Appeal" consultation from a local landscaper?

What if started a monthly home-buying seminar and promoted it on the news?

What if I took a photography course and offered clients professional home photos for their listing?

What if ... what if ... what if.

The point is to keep going until you exhaust your imagination. If you produce nine ideas and keep only one, you haven't lost anything. You've gained a great idea that will create talkability.

When you're screening ideas and deciding which to keep and which to cut, imagine somebody telling their friends about each item. Does it seem like something they would want to share? Can you imagine them saying, "Tom, you won't believe what my agent did for me..."?

If so, you've achieved talkability.

Marketing Alone is Not Enough

A remarkable service with average marketing will outsell an average service with great marketing. Remarkable products and services have talkability, so even with average marketing their messages will reach farther and wider than the average product with great marketing.

Talkability Success Stories

If a product or service has extremely high talkability, it hardly needs any marketing at all. Red Bull and Starbucks had high talkability when they launched (still do).

As a result, they grew to epic proportions with virtually no initial advertising. Red Bull only started advertising a couple years ago, and Starbucks still does virtually no advertising. Yet people couldn't resist talking about these products. These products surfed on waves of talkability.

Those are products. Now let's look at a service with talkability. Here in Austin, Texas, there's a barbershop called Sexy Scissors. Their name says it all, and their motto drives it home: "Hot stylists. Cold beer. Great haircuts." They have sports on all the TVs and a beer keg built right into the receptionist's desk!

See what I'm doing right now? I've succumbed to the talkability of this service. As a result, I'm giving them free publicity. Whether or not you agree with their "angle," you have to acknowledge the talkability of it. Can you imagine the number of men who've said, "Hey, Joe, have you heard about that place called Sexy Scissors?"

Has it worked? Well, as of this writing, they're building a new location in Houston and putting out the call for additional franchisees. I predict their growth will continue for years to come.

I'm not suggesting you start a sexy real estate service. (Although, if you're in Los Angeles...) I'm suggesting you find a way to put more talkability into your service. Think of it as a way to recruit an army of marketers for your service. The higher the talkability, the more people there are to spread your message.

About the author: Brandon Cornett has worked as a writer and advertising manager within the direct mail industry. He now dedicates his time to helping agents and brokers improve their personal marketing programs. His free newsletter is available at: http://www.ArmingYourFarm ing.com.

Retail Management: A Strategic Approach (10th Edition)

2007-02-07T21:59:00.000-08:00

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7 Search Engine Optimization Strategy

2006-12-08T09:18:00.000-08:00

Search engine optimization refers to the technique of making your web pages search engine friendly so that search engines are more easy to understand and analyze your website. Consequently, your site has a better chance to gain high search engine ranking.However, please be reminded that high search engine ranking is not your only objective, and your objective should be website traffic and conversion. The following advice helps you to achieve the objectives. 1. Make Sure Your Site Will Not Be Penalized Webmasters realize the importance of attaining top search engine rankings. Hence, they perform many search engine optimization activities on their sites. However, improper implementation of search engine optimization can get your site heavily penalized by search engines. To avoid your website being penalized, webmasters must not commit to the following practices: - Use of hidden texts or hidden links on web pages. - Use of cloaking - Excessive automated queries to search engines like Google - Web pages loaded with irrelevant words - Keyword stuffing - Multiple pages, sub-domains, domains with substantially duplicate content2. Select Correct Keyword PhrasesCorrect keyword phrases allow you to drive targeted visitors to your website. Therefore, this step determines whether your search engine optimization effort can improve business result or not. Do not restrict yourself and be open minded in this area. You may think that most of the search is coming from 1 word keyword. However, it is wrong. Most people uses 2-5 words keyword phrases because they are more descriptive and yield precise results from search engines.In addition, think creatively and perform linguistics research can help you generate useful keyword phrases. 3. Optimize Title and Meta Tags One of the important steps in search engine optimization is to optimize Title tag in your web page. Pages with the keywords appearing in the title tag are often assumed to be more relevant to the search query than others. Remember, title tag is the most important location of a web page after the main content of the body tag. Almost all search engines give importance to this tag. Some search engines also give importance to the presence of the keyword in the meta description and keyword tag. Currently, it does not applicable to Google though. 4. Optimize Website Content All search engines place emphasis on your body text content. The main content of your web page should contain the keyword a considerable number of times to make the search engine spiders feel that the content is relevant to the search query. The first two paragraphs are extremely important in search engine optimization. According to Internet Marketing Business Articles, to prevent your site from being regarded as “over optimization”, you should not stuff keywords heavily in your body content. We suggest that you should present the keywords in a natural way. Apart from this, your website copy should have at least 200-250 words. 5. Ensure Clean Coding To allow search engines to index and analyze your website correctly, you must check correctness of HTML coding manually. Webmasters may build webpages from WYSIWYG HTML editors such as Microsoft Frontpage 2003, but these HTML editors may leave some duplicated or unnecessary tags in your copy especially when you edit the pages very often during web design phase. In addition, search engines are not good at understanding Java Applet and Flash. If you have Flash or Java applet navigation menu, make sure to duplicate somewhere and include HTML links as well. Please also check whether your website has broken links. They may stop search engine spiders to crawl other web pages in your website, it may result in loss of hundreds or thousands website traffic per month, and waste your search engine optimization effort. 6. Link Building In case you have a little bit knowledge about search engine optimization, you likely know that link popularity is very important to attaining high search engine ranking in major search engines such as Google, MSN, Yahoo, etc..Yes, search engines use link analysis to determine search engine rankings. The phiolosophy is that if an inbound link points to your site, your site must have some value. Therefore, the inbound link is regarded as a "positive vote" to your website. The more inbound link you have, the higher is your link popularity. This can boost your search engine ranking.However, quality of links (link reputation) is also important. If you can get an inbound link from a high popularity website, your site will get more benefit.There are many methods to perform link building including seeking one-way link, reciprocal links, 3-way links, etc. Because link popularity and link reputation are of great importance to search engine positions, many search engine optimizers spend most of their time in link building. 7. Optimize Dynamic Website ContentSearch engines are not good at understanding dynamically generated web pages. Therefore, I suggest you should change your dynamic URL to static URL. If it is not possible, you should consider using some advanced search engine optimization techniques such as Mod-Rewrite to optimize website.Another simpler way is to create a sitemap and list all dynamic URLs on it. This can help a bit.

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Written by Jimsun Lui from Agog Digital Marketing Strategy Ltd., a company offers Search engine optimization and search engine positioning service, they are also developing Ecommerce Shopping Cart Software

Are you safe when shopping in online stores?

2006-12-03T11:44:00.000-08:00

Why shop online in the first place? When you decide to go online for shopping there is a reason for that. Of course there is reason you think. But really; why not just go down town and buy the product you need? It's probably only a street or block away.

Because you like to do some fast research on the net to compare prices maybe or to simply check your options out there in the product jungle. By a click on the mouse your product is on its way to your home. It's amazing how easy it is now a days. Only a few years back in time you went to the mall to get all your shopping done in one place.

But now, you got the internet, which is one giant world wide mall. You can buy all kinds of stuff and products online: luxury, furniture's, motorcycles, cars, wigs, diamond rings, shoes, golf equipment, jewellery, grocery, saltwater fish and a much more. I don't think there is anything that the internet does not offer in some way.

But how safe are you really? One thing that is important when you shop in online stores is, look for the https in the URL in your browser before typing anything private in the stores checkout page. The s that is put in front of the http indicates that the transmission is secure and encrypted. That is preventing hackers to listen in on your shopping to steal your private data. The last thing you want is for some hacker to empty your bank account either directly or via shopping in your name so to speak. So, look for the https.

Can I trust the online stores? How sure can you be that the store actually intends to send you any of the goods you order? Maybe they simply keep your money and that is all you ever going to see from them. Again, look for signs that this online store is serious. Look for customer service; there should be a direct phone number to the store, if you have any questions you need to be answered before or after your purchase. How do they ship items, and how about if you want to return the item? It should also be possible to pay via international credit cards like Visa or similar cards. I think it is too risky to transfer money directly into a bank account, unless you know the store well.

Final word about online stores. I enjoy shopping online. I purchase books, both e-books and regular books, clothes, vitamins, access to information and much more. The net is a wonderful media when searching for information and services. Just look for the secure signs, and enjoy your shopping in online stores.

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The 3 Easiest Ways For Newbies To Start In Affiliate Marketing

2006-12-02T09:51:00.000-08:00

With the aid of the Internet, you can almost have everything right at your fingertips. With just a few clicks you get access to thousands and even millions of pieces of information and data on virtually any field of interest. As years pass by, the Internet continuous to effect radical changes in many facets of human endeavors, including commerce. Experts say that the information space, commonly known as the "world wide web," grows by over a million pages everyday as more and more people utilize the Internet for information, education, entertainment, business and other personal reasons. It doesn't take a business-oriented individual to realize that this phenomenon can bring about sky-high financial gains. The Internet's fast-growing popularity in the recent years is surely an opportunity for business that any entrepreneur would not want to miss.

You might be thinking only businessmen can make much money out of the Internet, don't you? Think again. You too can earn big bucks through the Internet even if you don't have products to sell and high-profile and established company. How? That is through affiliate marketing. You might have come across these words over the net while surfing. Affiliate marketing is a revenue sharing between a merchant and an affiliate who gets paid for referring or promoting the merchants' products and services. It is one of the burgeoning industries nowadays because it is proven to be cost-efficient and quantifiable means of attaining great profit both for the merchant and the affiliate and other players in the affiliate program, such as the affiliate network or affiliate solution provider.

Affiliate marketing works effectively for the merchant and the affiliate. To the first, he gains opportunities to advertise his products to a larger market, which increases his chances to earn. The more affiliate websites or hard-working affiliates he gets, the more sales he can expect. By getting affiliates to market his products and services, he is saving himself time, effort and money in looking for possible markets and customers. When a client clicks on the link in the affiliate website, purchases the product, recommends it to others who look for the same item or buys it again, the merchant multiplies his chances of earning. On the other hand, the affiliate marketer benefits from each customer who clicks on the link in his website and who actually purchases the product or avails of the service provided by the merchant. In most cases, the affiliate gets commision per sale, which can be fixed percentage or fixed amount.

If you want to be an affiliate marketer and make fortunes out of the Internet, you may follow the following three most basic and easiest ways to start an effective affiliate marketing program. First is to identify a particular thing you are interested in or passionate about so you won't be bored and forced to develop your affiliate web site later on. Focusing on a specific area you know very well will help you bring out your best without much risks and effort. You can add a personal touch to your site and give your visitors who are possible buyers an impression that you are an expert in your field. In this way, you gain their trust and eventually encourage them to buy the products you endorse. Next is to look for good paying merchants and products or services related to your interest and create now a website. In choosing the products, you must also consider its conversion rate--the number of visitors-turned-buyers. There are various affiliate networks and affiliate solution providers that can give you info on the most profitable products and best paying merchants. The key here is, be wise enough to choose the right one.

Now that you have decided where to concentrate, have chosen the products to endorse and the merchant you are supporting and have created your own web site with top level domain name and reliable hosting, you are ready to promote. This is a crucial task, since it is through this that you would be able to increase traffic to the business website, sales and of course, profit. In affiliate marketing, it is possible to earn large sums of money in a short span of time especially when you're endorsing high-priced items. Expensive products are hard to sell; however, with the right marketing strategies and sales techniques, you can draw visitors to the merchant's site and make them buy the products. How to promote the products, though, would need a separate discussion. Continue to educate yourself by reading books or other articles online about the best advertising techniques.

Keep in mind, there is no facile and quick path towards success. Affiliate marketing may seem very tempting due to numerous encouraging testimonies of merchants and affiliate marketers alike who have benefited from it, but it entails great deal of hard work and persistence. Likewise, you need to be creative, flexible and willing to embrace new ideas to market your partners' products until you find the perfect strategy that works for a specific market that you are targeting. Neither signing up for an affiliate program nor copying ads and leading others towards the merchants' site doesn't guarantee success yet. Many affiliate marketers fail to understand this, so when they don't make sales, they quit, look for other programs and repeat the same mistake. In the end, they conclude that affiliate marketing is just one of those scams in the Internet. Even as you sleep, you can work your way to great financial success if you employ the right strategies in affiliate marketing. Be creative, be smart and surely, you'll achieve your goals.

About the author: William Nabaza of http://www.Nabaza.com specializes in domains, webhosting, webmaster's tools, netpreneur's articles and resources. Stands out as a freebie provider, business opportunity provider and the like. Visit his site at http://www.Nabaza.com or contact him directly at william@nabaza.com more free articles here: http://www.Nabaza.com/resources.htm

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Credibility as a Marketing Strategy

2006-11-30T21:05:00.000-08:00

A Marketing Riddle

Question: What am I? I am the best marketing strategy in the world, I'm cheap, but few businesses use me.

Answer: Credibility!

Or for you real estate gurus, what are the 3 most important elements of marketing:

1. Credibility

2. Credibility

3. Credibility

Credibility is being believed and trusted by your customers and potential customers. You can't buy it. No amount of advertising or promotion can hand it to you on a platter. Yet you can achieve credibility by trusting in and using your own product expertise.

Gaining credibility is the best marketing strategy in the world. And it is the cheapest. It can have an enormous impact on income, and it can achieve rapid results. You will be amazed at how easy it is and the difference it will make. You can start immediately.

'Buy this because it's good'.

Most businesses sell their products and services just by talking about their features and benefits. They do not prove any particular expertise in their industry, or even in the product. They just basically say, 'Buy this because it's good'. The more they say it and the better the message looks, the more they congratulate themselves on a successful marketing campaign.

Traditional advertising has had its day.

There is more evidence all the time that people avoid advertisements. They are looking for information instead. Many households turn down the sound during TV commercials. Paradoxically the more people resist advertising, the more companies spend on it. In desperation, some businesses now resort to 'shot gun' methods such as newspaper advertising and direct mail.

Forget selling; prove your expertise.

Start to position yourself as the expert on your product or service. You don 't do this by claiming to be the expert, or displaying your impressive CV.

You do it instead by sharing your knowledge and giving your customers helpful, relevant information, without a sales gimmick and for free.

Jackie's Opals

Jackie Henderson is an award winning jewelery designer, often working with Australian Opals. She employs a staff of 8. Jackie was keen to expand her business through establishing her credibility rather than traditional advertising. She wrote a series of information sheets, freely available at her outlets and on her website. The sheets give customers information about the valuation of opals, how they are cut for maximum light effects, the principles of using gold or silver settings, and design ideas for opals. 'How to spot a bad opal' is particularly popular. There are photos of her jewelery to illustrate the point, but no direct sales pitch. Jackie is however, clearly the author. The sheets are a winner with customers, and the public generally. They have cost next to nothing and prompt many questions, including emailed questions from potential overseas buyers. Jackie believes the information sheets have been so successful she is finding other avenues for her 'credibility drive'. She says, 'I'm trying to establish my reputation as the expert opal jeweler. It guarantees me sales.'

Does your business pass the credibility test? Do your just try to sell your product or service? Or do you gain credibility and trust from your promotions, by sharing your specialized knowledge?

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10 Proven Tips to Increase your Affiliate Income As Revealed by

2006-11-06T04:32:00.000-08:00

10 Proven Tips to Increase your Affiliate Income As Revealed by The World's Top Affiliate Marketers © Copyright By T.H. Quah

It is often published on the web that 95% of all affiliate marketers do not make any money.

Why?

The answer is simple. They are merely hobbyist indulging in affiliate marketing as a past time. They are not serious. Although their original plan is to make money, they have no commitment power.

Is that you?

If you really want to make money in affiliate marketing, then you need to do what the successful 5% are doing. Just follow their proven path. You do not need to re-invent the wheel.

Here are 10 proven tips from the super affiliates:

1. Get Serious.

Treat this like any business with the ultimate goal of making a profit. Write a plan, follow the plan and stick to your plan. Nothing works if you don't.

2. Prepare Yourself Well

Read as much as you can on the subject. There are lots of free quality materials that are sufficient to give you a head start. Then you should buy a couple of the recommended handbooks or manuals on more specialized area of affiliate marketing. 'You need to spend some money to make money' as the saying goes.

3. Built Your Own Opt-in-list or Ezine

That's what the super affiliate has in their arsenal. You may have read about it many times "the money is in the list". And it's true! You can earn thousands of dollars overnight with a responsive targeted list. It has been proven again and again.

4. Built Mini-Sites

Affiliate marketing focused on preselling. You don't need big bulky website with 100's of pages. Just mini-sites! Start with one. Then another and another. It's like opening your own retail store on the Internet. Each store producing some sales. When you have more stores, you'll have more sales and a bigger total income. A whole book has been written on how to built mini-sites.

5. Do Your Research

There is really too much garbage on the web. If you want to succeed, you need to research properly on what people need. What are the best products available? Match them together and you're in for the gold. Take research seriously in all aspects of your affiliate marketing. It pays!

6. Get Your Own Domain Name

It is important that you have your own domain name for your sites. It's the professional way on the net. Your visitors must be made to feel that you're a serious and in for the long haul. Otherwise, they'll not bother to read what you have to say.

7. Focus on Themes

Do not make market too many different products on your site. Work on 'theme' site with products focused on that theme. For example, if your theme is 'Dogs', then you can have dog food, dog toys, dog kennels, dog books, dog diets, etc.

8. Invest Your Time

Or invest your money. Or invest both! Affiliate marketing is not a get-quick-rich scheme. You need to work on it for a period of time before seeing any results. It could be quicker if you invest some money for advertising or purchase new tools.

9. Keep Your Finger On the Pulse

Affiliate marketing is evolving all the time. There are new rules, new products, new tools. Things changes. What worked last year may not work now. You must keep yourself up to date. Read niche ezine on affiliate marketing, read articles and participate on the specific forums. Stay connected!

10. Promote! Promote! Promote!

Finally, it's all about promotion. Do it daily, weekly or as often as you wish. But just do it consistently. There is no magic formula for success accept hard work. Promote, promote, promote and the sales will come.

Affiliate marketing is not for everyone and not everyone is into affiliate marketing. However, if you have penchant for it and is prepared to follow a proven path, then you will succeed eventually. Joining the successful 5 percent is not impossible. You'll just need to focus your effort with a consistency of purpose.

About the Author:

T.H. Quah is the Editor for http://www.AffiliateProNews.com - A niche ezine on affiliate marketing. Get breaking news, real life, how-to-do-it, nuts and bolts affiliate marketing know-how, information you can use right now! He also offers a free 7-days ecourse "Discover the 7 Tactical Formula that will turbo charge your affiliate income to an all time high - 100% Guaranteed!"

"The BLACK HOLE Of Internet Marketing"

2006-10-08T03:23:00.000-07:00

You can’t wait to get up in the morning to get on the computer. You devour ezines. You can’t learn enough in a day. When you’re not on the computer, your mind is composing headlines and ad copy; material for articles. Each evening you reluctantly turn off the computer or maybe you’re still happily at it until the wee hours of the morning.

Then one day it happens...you get out of bed and the thought of getting near the computer makes your stomach queasy. You begin thinking maybe you should get that root canal your dentist has been bugging you about for the last six months. Gee, wasn’t my carpet beige at one time,
not gray? Maybe I should clean house; mow the yard; do my 2000 taxes. Anything...anything...but get on the computer.

My friend, you’ve fallen into the "Black Hole" of Internet marketing. It’s a place where you are totally apathetic about online promotion; you just don’t want to have anything to do with it.

The first time it happened to me, I had just returned from a tranquil week in the mountains of Tennessee. I thought I would return to my computer with a huge appetite for marketing. To my surprise and dismay, I just didn’t want to get back on the computer and my routine of spending 10-12 hours a day doing all the things we do.

I came out of that period realizing that I needed to moderate my time on the computer and to do that; I would need to start working smarter, not harder. So the "Black Hole" episode wasn’t a bad thing. I learned from it.

I think anyone who is passionate (obsessive?) about Net marketing goes through this in varying degrees. And everyone deals with it differently. Some are able to "bully" their way through these
episodes. That doesn’t work for me because then marketing becomes something I HAVE to do instead of something I WANT to do.

I have fallen into the "Black Hole" a few more times and have no doubt I will again in the future. This is how I have learned to get through it:

1. I subscribe to 125+ ezines. I receive the majority of them in several different HotMail accounts so I don’t overload my main email account. I will set my HotMail accounts up not to receive and
automatically delete any incoming mail. This prevents bouncebacks and I won’t lose my subscriptions. I know I’m going through a temporary phase and when I get through it, I can open my accounts back up.

2. I go to the library and check out a bunch of books. For me, the more Stephen King and John Grisham, the better. I spend my afternoons with my butt firmly planted on the couch
(one cat on my chest and one on my legs) with a bag of potato chips within easy reach.

3. I give my house what I call a "5-star" cleaning. Now you have to understand I HATE housework. Hated it when I was a kid and woke up every Saturday to my mother yelling, "Jo Ann, time to get up. We have a lot of cleaning to do." Please, just shoot me now! As I get older, my distaste for housework only increases. But it’s one of those things I need to do just so I can shut up that
"nag voice" in my head.

4. And speaking of "nag voices," I take care of all those trivial things that I have been putting off doing. I find this is important because it seems to clear my head. Shutting up the "nag voices"
is like taking out mental garbage.

Basically, I’m telling myself it’s okay to feel the way I’m feeling...apathetic, disinterested, turned-off, tuned-out.

After a while, I start feeling there’s a void in my life. I miss writing; my brain starts to hunger for knowledge again; I’m feeling aimless and bored.

Then I know it’s time to ease back into Internet marketing.

I start by opening up a few of my HotMail accounts. Not all of them because I don’t want to feel overwhelmed. I allow myself one hour a day to read ezines and study ads. After a while, I’ll allow myself one hour in the morning and one hour in the afternoon to read and study. Gradually, I open all my accounts back up.

Before I know it, I’m getting excited again. Words are flowing; ideas are bumping around in my head.

She’s B-A-C-K!!!

For me, I think the "Black Hole" periods are good. I return to Internet marketing refreshed and energized. I’m grateful once again for the return of passion. No longer stale, I can clearly see flaws
previously overlooked and come up with fresh ideas.

Sometimes we are so deeply involved with our life within the computer; we lose our sense of perspective. We think we are learning, but we’re just reading words. Our brain is overloaded and nothing is sticking. We just do the "same old, same old" and wonder why we’re not getting anywhere.

I think the "Black Hole" is our mind’s way of saying, "Hey, ease up! Ya know, there’s a whole nother world outside of that monitor. I’m going on strike until you give me a break!"

I have come to understand that for me, I live in two worlds; one is CyperSpace and the other is the physical world. I have friends and loved ones in both worlds; I make money in both worlds; I am passionate about both worlds.

I think the key is to try to find the right formula so that the two worlds can co-exist in harmony.

Every time I come out of a "Black Hole," I get a bit closer to finding that formula.

So don’t panic when you fall in the "Black Hole." Just listen to that quiet, still voice inside. It will guide you through it. And when you come out to the other side, I think you’ll be smarter
for the experience. Certainly you’ll appreciate the return of renewed passion and excitement.

"This, indeed, is one of the eternal paradoxes of both life and literature--that without passion little gets done; yet, without control of that passion, its effects are largely ill or null." F.L. Lucas
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7 Secrets of Successful Marketers

2006-10-03T13:25:00.000-07:00

There are certain steps that must be taken if anyone desires to become successful
with an online business. When these steps are not followed , the growth of that
business is drastically impaired. However if the entrepreneur adheres to this plan
of action, the chances of great success are improved dramatically. Outlined below
are the "secret" things that every so called super guru with a six figure income
does to make all that money.

1) You must have a website that has your products displayed.
This can be a site of your own or an affiliate website. Both will work for your
purposes.

2) Your site must have a newsletter (also called an ezine)that you publish for the
purpose of capturing the names and email addresses of your subscribers in order
to build your list of prospects to whom you will send your sales offers .

3) You must write articles that you submit to Ezines for the purpose of Promoting your
particular business opportunity or your expertise. This establishes you as someone
who is knowledgeable as an internet entrepreneur and motivates other siteowners
to link back to yours, thus improving your link popularity.
Getting your article published is as easy as just submitting it to Article Directories
that can be found by just searching Google or any search engine.

4) Internet Forums are useful tools to help expand your knowledge of internet
marketing as well as networking with other marketers.You also have the op-
portunity to leave your business card in the form of a signature
file at the end of your forum posting.

5) A solo ad is a main avenue of generating targeted traffic to your site that is
ready to see what you have to offer. All successful Internet Marketers make use
of these guided missiles to increase sales.

6) If you intend to use every tool in your arsenal then the Pay Per Click search
engines are an essential part of your advertising campaigns. Overture.com is
the most widely known of these.

7) Getting your site listed on Yahoo will help tremendously if you can afford to pay
the submission fee of $299. Other than that, just keep plugging away and using
these tips outlined here and there will no doubt be an increase in your bottom line.

Here's wishing you every success !

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About the Author

Michael Reed has been a successful internet marketer since July of 2003.He is dedicated to researching and reporting on the best products and programs found on the internet today. If you would like to find out more about what He has to offer, contact him by email at : RedRyderReed@aol.com or check out one of his
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Article Marketing Strategies: Selecting The Best Sites & Ezines For Your Article Marketing Campaign

2006-09-30T11:21:00.000-07:00

Writing and marketing articles online is probably the most effective, most cost-effective way to publicize your website, and promote your products and services online. The Web is a printing press with an insatiable appetite for articles written by experts. There are literally millions of websites and ezines that are begging for good articles. They want people to submit good articles to them. They even search sites on the web for permission to use articles.
So, How Do You Know Which Sites To Select?

Through my years of experience, and many conversations with the top Internet Marketers, in order to have the greatest impact, you need to use a 3-tiered article marketing approach targeting:

1. The major article directories like Ezinearticles.com, Goarticles.com, Ideamarketers.com and Articledashboard.com

2. Smaller niche directory sites that are related to your content

3. Niche ezine and website publishers who need and want quality related content that will add value to their website or email newsletter audience

My consulting clients ask me many times, "What is the best way to find ezines and websites that are the most read so my article gets the most exposure?" That should not be the first question you ask yourself. Yes, you do want to find websites that are highly visited and ezines that are the most read - but more importantly, you want to focus on finding websites and ezine publishers within your specific niche that have strong emotional connections to their audience.

Most likely, you are already visiting their websites or subscribing to their ezines. If you don't know who has a great ezine related to your industry niche, there are plenty of ezine directories like bestezines.com on the net that can guide you.

Other Strategies Include:

1. Research your competitors - where are their articles being published?

2. Perform a Google search. Just type in your industry or article topic followed by the words article submission. That's how I helped our client's book jump to the #2 spot on the NY Times Best Sellers List. I typed into Google, "health article submissions", "medical article submissions", and "thyroid dysfunctions article submissions" and discovered (among many other sites) the contact information for an About.com editor - one of the top 50 sites on the net today. After receiving the submission, the editor blasted an email book promotion to her entire list, giving Mark Hyman MD 1500 additional opt-in subscribers and much higher sales in just one day.

3. Think about which organizations, your audience may belong to. If you're a sales lead expert, like our client, Mac McIntosh, then the chances of your audience belonging to an organization such as the American Marketing Association are very, very high. With more than 200,000 registered users and more than 2 million visits each year from a wide range of influential decision makers, Mac McIntosh's soon to be published article on the American Marketing Association's website will provide him with an excellent opportunity to connect with the marketing community.

4. And, don't forget to check sites for magazines within your niche. More and more publications, are looking for fresh, new content for their website, to drive traffic up in order to sell more print magazines in the long run. This constant updating of articles found only on the website and not in their print publications means more opportunities for writers and experts. An article written by you published on sites like Entrepreneur Magazine and Mothering Magazine will give your company the vast amount of exposure and credibility it needs.

Follow these strategies and you will have a sound article marketing campaign.

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10 Secrets To Improving Your Website's Conversion Ratio

2006-09-27T22:05:00.000-07:00

According to the so-called experts, a decent conversion
ratio is right around one percent. In other words, one out
of every one hundred visitors to your website converts to a
sale.

Personally, I think you should ignore what the experts say,
and strive to achieve as high a conversion ratio as
possible. You should never be satisfied. You should always
be looking for ways to improve your conversion ratio. My
website consistently converts anywhere from 3 to 5 percent,
and often converts as high as ten percent!

Unless you're selling a big-ticket item and making $100
or more per sale, it's extremely difficult to make any real
money with only a one percent conversion ratio.

Of course, there are exceptions to every rule, and if your
website is attracting hundreds or even thousands of visitors
a day, then obviously you can do quite well with a one
percent or lower conversion ratio.

But what if you don't have that kind of traffic--and most
websites don't. Then what? What if you're selling a $20 e-
book and you're only attracting a hundred visitors a day to
your website? With a one percent conversion ratio, that
means your website is making a measly $20 a day. And believe
me, that's much more common than you realize.

However, what if you could improve your conversion ratio to
3 percent? 5 percent? All of a sudden, you're making $60 to
$100 a day with the same amount of traffic. Improve your
conversion ratio to ten percent and voila, that $100 a day
turns into $200 a day!

So, how do you go about improving your website's conversion
ratio? Here are some tips that should help:

1. Make sure your visitors know what you do, the instant
they land on your website. Don't make them have to guess.
Tell them right up front with a benefits-laden headline.

2. Make sure the design of your website is up to par? Make it easy to navigate. Get rid of distracting flash or
stupid, meaningless graphics that are a waste of everybody's
time and take forever to load? Simplify your website. Get
rid of the flash, graphics and pop-ups!

3. Use psychologically effective colors. The color blue
suggests quality, trustworthiness, success, seriousness,
calmness--the perfect choice for sales pages. Avoid purple,
which connotes uncertainty and ambiguity, and only use
yellow to highlight key words and phrases. In addition, try
to have as much white space as possible. This makes for a much cleaner looking, easier to read website.

4. Get your own domain name. URL's that contain names
like, "Geocities", "Angelfire" or "Tripod" have amateur
written all over them.

5. Prove what you say. Back up your claims with cold, hard,
indisputable and verifiable facts?

6. Put your name, telephone number and street address
on your website?

7. Use authentic customer testimonials, complete with
first and last names? Just make sure you get your customers
permission first.

8. Offer a fair and reasonable money-back guarantee? Thirty
days is good. Sixty or ninety days is better!

9. Make it easy for your customers to pay. And offer a
variety of payment options. I can assure you, if you're
using Paypal only, you're losing sales. There are a lot of
people out there, myself included, that just won't do
business with Paypal. It's too much of a hassle!

10. And last but not least, make sure you have a powerful
sales letter. A strong and effective sales letter can blast
your earnings into the upper stratosphere!

If you aren't capable of writing that type of sales letter
yourself, hire a copywriting expert to write it for you.

Article Source: http://www.articleonlinedirectory.com

About the Author

Dean Phillips is an Internet marketing expert, writer,
publisher and entrepreneur. Questions? Comments? Dean can be
reached at mailto: dean@lets-make-money.net

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