Advertising and Marketing on the Web

Team Beachbody ~ transforming lives

2008-09-16T12:15:00.001-07:00

With the current state of the economy… the job layoffs… the foreclosures… the overall uncertainty people are feeling… the stress… people are looking for alternative ways to provide an income and secure future for their family.

“I’ve never seen a company where the customers are as passionate about the products, and how their lives have been transformed as I have with Team Beachbody. Your search for a home based business will be over when you watch Beth’s and Dawn’s video“… Andrew Daum

Team Beachbody is not the same old "Network Marketing" company of past... they have taken it to a whole new level.

They've combined Social Networking with marketing products people are truly passoniate about, and keep on buying.

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Team Beachbody is changing lives.

You can be successful with your own home based business… but you do have to get started.

You can tell from watching the other videos on this site, people are changing their lives financially… and transforming their bodies.

Mark McDermott and his wife get to enjoy a ton more family time now that the two have quit their other jobs.

You must take control of your future… otherwise, the company you work for now will decide what your future will be for you.

I can tell you from personal experience, this is not something you want to happen.

Regardless of what you may think or what they may tell you, they do not have your best interest at heart… only their own.

One day they are telling you it’s ‘business as usual‘ and everything is fine… and the next day they hand you a pink slip, and a box to carry out your personal belongings.

We see this happening on the news and to people we know every day.

Take back control of your life.

Lose Weight ~ Weight Loss Success Stories

2008-09-14T14:41:00.001-07:00

Dawn’s heart touching story on how she went from a size 20 pair of Jeans to a size 6… she lost 46 pounds… took 8 inches off her waist… 9 inches off her hips… feels and looks the best she ever has in her life.

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Beth’s Weight Loss Success Story

Bethany was miserable just getting dressed for school, squeezing into a size 14.

After her pregnancy, she hit 200 pounds and decided to do something about it.

“The only pictures I liked of myself was from the neck up… so many times I just wanted to feel beautiful. When describing myself to others I always said I have a good personality“

The Video also includes Dawn’s story.

“I did not know how bad I felt until I felt good.”

Dawn’s heart touching story on how she went from a size 20 pair of Jeans to a size 6… she lost 46 pounds… took 8 inches off her waist… 9 inches off her hips… feels and looks the best she ever has in her life.

Product Development and Niche Marketing Research

2008-09-05T08:44:00.001-07:00

When doing research for niche marketing and developing products... there's really not much different in the steps you take when doing your research.

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Product Development and Niche Marketing Ideas: Part 2

Product Development and Niche Marketing Ideas: Part 2

In Part 1 of this series I gave you a resource of products sold using direct mail.

Let’s take this “Idea Generator” one step further.

What about all of those late night infomercials? How did those products do… and what did those who purchased the product think of it.

The reviews are mixed.

Some loved the product they purchased… some said they were outright scams.

Like “Part 1″ of Product Development and Niche Marketing Ideas — this is an “Idea Generator” post.

Take a look at what sold… if you have the time, do a little cross referencing of these products at NextMark.

One product that jumped out at me was Kevin Trudeau’s “Debt Cures”.

His controversial debt cure book had mixed reviews… but there does seem to be a demand for the product, and possibly one that’s better (hint, hint).

iBuzzPro ~ Affiliate Marketing with a Twist

2008-07-09T05:15:00.001-07:00

iBuzzPro... fast money and a real product, what else could you ask for.

I think this is going to be a great program to be involved with.

With iBuzzPro being a one-time $500.00, you will not be nickel and
dimed to death like a lot of programs - like the ones where you are
required to spend a couple hundred a month buying vitamins.

I'm getting ready to do an iBuzzPro voice broadcast today to over
5000 business opportunity seekers. This should make my phone ring
a little -- beats calling them in person.

iBuzzPro supplied the business opportunity seekers list free of charge.

In fact, they have over 5 million biz opp and network marketing leads
members can use free.

Again, I think iBuzzPro is going to be one of those programs I'll look
back on and be gla

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Affiliate Marketing ~ $500 Commission with a twist: Part 1

A company launches a new product that every Affiliate Marketer, Online Marketer, Realtor, Insurance Agent, Web Site owner, Home Improvement and Carpet Cleaning company wants — basically, it’s something that you and every business owner must have if you plan on staying in business.

This is not something that would be nice if you had it — oh no, it’s something you MUST have or you’ll go broke.

It’s that critical.

Like the air that keeps you alive, it is truly the “AIR” to your business.

What is it?

This is how it works on the “front-end” with the company I am referring to (there is a “back-end” as well where you make more money) — when you join the Affiliate Program and purchase the product, you now have “Resale Rights” to the product.

The illustration below is the way most Affiliate programs are set up — where you are selling products for a commission that someone else created, like Mike.

Go to: http://affiliate.ibuzzpro.com

Link Building oldie ~ but some still goodie

2008-06-13T14:30:00.001-07:00

Except for the linking back to other sites -- trading links, this is still a good article even for today.

If you will notice -- even though this article is six years old, some of the people mentioned are like the "who's who" of SEO and link building today.

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131 (Legitimate) Link Building Strategies

July 11,
2002

In search engine optimization, "off page" factors have
become more and more important as they relate to rankings. In particular, solid
link popularity can literally make or break a site with the search engines.

However, one of the most difficult areas of SEO is building link
popularity. Why? Because the engines don't want "artificially
created" (or useless) links, so there are no easy ways to build link
popularity. The days of link farms and huge link exchange programs are over.
Try those strategies now and you can easily find yourself booted out of an
engine.

The Purpose of this Article

Start with the Basics:

Review any Web site to which you want to link *before* writing
to its Webmaster asking for a link. Like all SEO, do it manually. Automating
the task is asking for trouble, especially if you haven't reviewed the site
before asking for the link. (Gil Sery with Search Engine
Optimization Pros)

Link Building Exchanges ~ Good or Bad?

2008-06-13T13:46:00.001-07:00

I've seen a few of these link building subscription sites where for $40 or $50 a month you can have a 3 way linking structure.

One site links to you -- you link to another... and another one links to the first one. This way you do not have reciprocal linking that Google supposedly does not like.

The question is -- do you always know the quality of the site linking to you using this Ménage à trois arrangement?

... and is really worth paying 30 to 60 bucks a month when you can do the same thing for free.

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Link Building ~ the Holy Grail to High Search Engine Listings

Or how about this one;

utility poster video

I’m #1 for that phrase in Google.

I could go on and on, give you my most profitable phrases that I rank for — but I’d be messing myself up by giving you those phrases.

Besides, the run my car on water phrase is a pretty good one.

Whenever I write a post… I first think of the words or phrases I want to rank well for in the search engines.

I write down the main phrase… then I write down three or four related phrases and use them though out the post (article).

Once I’ve finished with the post, I let the post sit — I don’t link to it from anywhere or basically do anything with it for a few days. No promo at all.

I want Google to find it here first — and Wordpress does a good job of that.

If you want to cut your learning curve down a bit — (here’s the pitch), I have created a 40 page report on how I do it

Linking and Page Rank

2008-06-11T14:30:00.001-07:00

I've spent my fair share of money on link building -- primarily buying high PR links back to my sites.

I did not do a scientific test by any means, but I can tell you that the sites where I had high PR links did not get me listed in the search engines any better than those with low or no PR.

This goes against everything I have learned and read... but it is the truth.

I think there are some other factors in play other than PR -- not even sure if PR matters any more.

Sounds crazy, but I'm almost convinced this is true.

Links from relevant sites -- regardless of PR seems to do the trick.

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Link Building ~ the Holy Grail to High Search Engine Listings

Link building… the “Holy Grail” to high search engine listings?

Not sure I’d go as far and say that — but many seo Experts say it’s so.

I can say this though… whenever I have linked to a page on this blog from another using a certain technique, it always seems to rank higher.

Or how about this one;

utility poster video

I’m #1 for that phrase in Google.

So how did I do it?

I used some of that “Holy Grail” Linking those seo Experts talk about… and it was easy (and free).

Information Overload

2008-05-22T15:09:00.001-07:00

I've been like a hamster on a treadmill for quite awhile now.

I'm sure you are as well.

With all the email we receive -- people pitching us products... sharing the secrets of the universe... how to get rich by the time we go to bed -- and the product launches -- getting the same email from 30 or 40 people day after day.

It has to end.

So I ended it.

I put to high a price on my time to read email after email -- that have no true value to me, just so these folks can pitch me their latest and greatest whiz banger.

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Unsubscribe ~ You’ve got mail

I did something that I’ve needed to do for a long time… I unsubscribed from over one hundred (yep, over a 100) lists I had subscribed to over the last few years.

After that… I decided it was time to delete a few bookmarks of sites I frequent far to much. Over the years, I had bookmarked literally thousands of sites — deleted all but ninety four, and that still sounds like a lot.

Same thing with the email subscriptions.

Honestly, I found this to be my top time waster of anything I used to do.

I can’t remember who or where I heard it from… but a few years back, I remember someone saying you need to subscribe to all your competitors newsletters (to study what they are doing)… as well as Marketers lists who seem to know what they are doing… to see how they do it.

So I did.

Up until the last year or so… it wasn’t to bad.

Here lately though, it is truly out of control.

Here’s a link to his free Internet Marketing Cure ebook.

AAA Plan to Wealth

2008-05-09T21:04:00.001-07:00

I like Joe Vitale.

I own many of his books.

I own his entire Hypnotic Marketing and Writing series... and a few others more along the lines of spirituality and such.

I think you will like this video... good stuff.

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Joe Vitale ~ AAA Plan to Wealth

Joe Vitale is one of my Mentors.

So you will know, I define a Mentor as someone you listen to… take guidance from, and basically heed what they say.

They have “Trustmark.”

This is not to say you do not waffle a bit and question what your Mentor(s) say at times — after all, they may be suggesting something you need to do that’s either foreign, or outside of your comfort zone.

AAA Plan to Wealth ~ Joe “Mr.Fire” Vitale

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POPURLs ~ popular urls to the latest buzz

2008-05-06T13:41:00.001-07:00

Popurls is a great resource site.

I can scan down through the page -- look and see what's popular... what's buzzing and hot at the moment, and then write an article on the same topic.

If I'm not up to writing a new post... I can simply visit the "hot" buzzing article, make a comment on the page (if it is in my niche) - and have a link back to my blog.

Or, I can do like I sometimes do -- write a post about that post if it is a Wordpress blog - link to their post within my post and possibly get a trackback.

Popurls is a great brain storming tool... be sure to check it out.

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POPURLs ~ popular urls to the latest buzz

POPurls

This is just a quick FYI post on a great resource.

Like you… I only have so much time in a day — and here lately, there is not enough time in the day to get everything done that I need to - so I need to streamline a few of my daily tasks.

In order to keep up with trends… whats popular… and what people are talking about, I visit quite a few social networking sites and forums - and this takes a lot of time.

Here’s an example of what’s popular at Digg right now;

What’s popular at del.icio.us;

Clipmarks….

How about Popular Videos at Youtube and Pictures at Flickr;

(Russ, thought that was a boys name… that’s no boy — 3AM, go to bed)

I guess the obvious question is this; “why should I even care what’s popular or what others are talking about?”

I’m not going to go into why you should care in this post — but I’ll give you an example.

If something is really buzzing and just picking up speed…

Clipmarks Unleashed

2008-05-04T21:43:00.001-07:00

Simple way to get relevant links and more traffic to your site or blog.

It has worked for me.

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Discover how to unleash Clipmarks® to receive
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How To On Article Marketing

2008-04-28T19:13:00.001-07:00

Good collection of How to articles on Article Marketing,

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Article Marketing ~ how to on article marketing

Article Marketing…

I’m sitting in the hospital room with my wife (see Rant on Jobs post) — my mind is pretty much the same consistency as my primary food staple for the last ten days, Chocolate pudding (I’ve been raiding the hospital frig).

I need to be writing articles… submitting my blogs to the social bookmarking sites… and working on my new blog, Midnight Blogger — but I can’t….

I had planned on writing a post today on Article Marketing… so here it is — and chances are, it is better than what I would have written on my own.

That’s it for this post on Article Marketing… and I want to thank Jack Humphrey of Social Power Linking for creating Utlity Poster — or this post would not have been written.

Article Marketing: How To Be an Article Marketer Like No Other!

Utility Poster

2008-04-28T09:10:00.001-07:00

Utility Poster is a great new software program that allows you to make a post to your blog when you cannot think of anything to post -- you post and talk about what others have posted on their blog.

Utility Poster is one of the most useful tools I have found in a long time.

It qualifies to be in my "must have" toolbox.

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Utility Poster ~ and a Blogging Made Easy Video

Utility Poster looks to be one of those “gotta have it” tools.

Why is it a must have tool?

Because it does something I have told people I coach to do — but it does it semi-automatically.

Jack Humphrey (of social power linking fame) just wrote a post on his blog about his new tool, Utility Poster — I am writing about what he wrote.

If I had Utility Poster… it would have been a lot easier to write this post.

Instead of me telling you about it… just watch the Utility Poster video below.

Social Power Linking ~ this is Jacks membership site.

Jobs - Jobs they are everywhere?

2008-04-25T18:27:00.001-07:00

Jobs are out there to be found.

It kind of reminds me of the construction industry, farming and basic general labor -- Americans I guess no longer want to do this type of work.

Maybe I'm wrong... I really don't know.

One thing I do know -- there is a lot of non U.S. citizens working at hospitals these days.

Maybe it has been this way a long time and I've simply not noticed -- or paid attention.

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Rant on Jobs ~ non Marketing

Where are the Jobs

Last Wednesday my wife was having some pain in her lower abdomen… wrenching pain that brought her to her knees.

The short of it… we called the Doctor… went to her office — she did a CT scan on my wife… gave my wife a few prescriptions, and sent her home.

On the drive home the Doc called… said the CT scan was in and it’s not good… told us to head to the emergency room as my wifes appendix had ruptured — OOPs!, no diverticulitis.

Her Doctor is from India… my wifes Nurse last night was from the Ivory Coast (Africa)… and her Tech this morning was from South America somewhere — I could not understand her very well.

I hope someone does not ask me something like, “doe she want to donate a kidney while she is here“.

I think she also told me there was special programs in some countries set up where non U.S. residents train to specifically work in the U.S.

Time to get back to my wife before she donates a kidney (and this hospital computer blows).

Adsense is Dead ~ You must be kidding me

2008-04-15T10:13:00.001-07:00

Tim Carter has been using Adsense on his site since April 2004, and he is raking it in.

Not unusual for him to make $1200 to $1400 daily.

Unlike the "Made for Adsense" sites, Tim has real content that people want.

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Ask an Expert: Online profits aren't just for the Amazons, etc.

The book profiled the site and its owner, the builder, Tim Carter. Tim is a nationally syndicated columnist and his website is a font of home improvement columns, videos, tips and help.

But first, let's get an idea of just what online success might mean for a small business:

How successful was this strategy?

"In April 2004, Carter learned about AdSense for content sites. He recognized that it would enable him to reach thousands of advertisers and screen ad quality with minimal time and effort. Carter immediately experienced a jump in advertising revenue of 400%. His monthly advertising revenues, including AdSense, grew from $1,500 to $7,500."

2. Become an SEO expert: Carter does no marketing of his site, other than creating the best, most useful articles and video he can and then making every article as search engine optimizable as possible.

Popularity Contest Plugin Fatal Error

2008-04-13T11:18:00.001-07:00

Popularity Contest Plugin Fatal Error

As I was ungrading to Wordpress 2.5, I was having some major issues with my page not loading... here is a little info on fixing that problem.

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Popularity Contest Plugin Issues~ Wordpress 2.5

Something was going on that would not allow my front page to load. This has happened in the past, so I was somewhat sure it had something to do with a plugin.

I went through all my plugins — made sure they were all up to date — one cool new feature in Wordpress 2.5 is the auto plugin update. You can automatically update the plugin from the plugin page — no more downloading — FTP’ing, etc (so I thought).

To make a long story short… I found the problem on Blogvaria.

Be sure you manually edit the line in the code… do not copy and paste (that is why I did an image instead of the actual code). It is a simple fix… and one I cannot believe Alex has not fixed. He is a big time Blog guy… maybe he is busy or out of town or something.

Short little Popularity Contest Plugin video on how to make the changes to fix the problem;

Cowboy Joke ~ time to take a break

2008-04-11T22:09:00.001-07:00

Now this is funny stuff.

Thought I would take a break from all this working...

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Sex with a Cowboy

Prior to her trip to Texas , Buffy (a New Yorker), confided to her co-workers she had three goals for her trip to the Lone Star State;

1. She wanted to taste some real Texas Bar-B-Que .

2. She wanted to take in a bona fide rodeo, and ….

3. She wanted to have sex with a real cowboy.

Upon her return, the girls were curious as to how she fared .

“Let me tell you, they have a tree down there called a Mesquite and when they slow cook that brisket over that Mesquite, it’s ooooh so good. The taste is unbelievable!”

“And I went to a real rodeo.Talk about athletes…! those guys wrestle full grown bulls! They ride horses at a full gallop, then jump off the horses and grab the bull by the horns and throw them to the ground! It is just incredible!”

They then asked what they really wanted to know…

“Well tell us, did you have sex with a real cowboy?”

“Are you kidding?

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Current Customer Marketing

2008-04-11T08:15:00.001-07:00

Good article on how to market to and keep your current customers.

We do a lot to drive customers to our web site and place of business... but do we do enough to keep them coming back.

Most do not.

Good tips on how to keep your customer coming back and you are out there waiting to serve them.

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How To Lose Your Current Customers, or not!

“There’s a fine line between fishing and standing on the bank and looking like an idiot” -Steven Wright

It’s a given that every Business must have a marketing strategy in place to generate new customers (advertising, direct mail, yellow pages, internet presence, email campaigns, social marketing, etc).

But what about our existing Customers?

Do you have a marketing strategy in place to keep the Customers you already have?… or do you just assume that;

Why do we lose Customers?

What are a few of the reasons you have lost Customers to the Competition?

Prices not competitive?

You give bad service?

Employees ran them off?

They think you are a scammer?

Maybe your location?

Or, I never gave it much thought – do not want to know why.

Let’s be honest… doing business with most of us is not like the Customer went to DisneyWorld. With all the advertising noise in the world – how can we expect them to remember us? We can’t – so we need to help them.

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RSS Feeds How To ~ RSS and SEO

2008-04-09T12:10:00.001-07:00

This article was written in 2005 -- but it is some great info. Something I never thought of is how we use feedburner and feedblitz to syndicate our feeds -- this means they basically own your feed.

Think about it... all of the sites that syndicate your feed goes through one of these two services.

This is something I'll have to think about changing.

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RSS and SEO: Implications for Search Marketers

A lot of people mistakenly lump blogs and RSS together, but RSS has infinitely more applications beyond just blogs!

There are some important tracking and measurement issues to consider when implementing RSS:

Some more "gotchas" if you don't set things up right:

You should own your feed URL (unless you want to be forever tied to Feedburner or whatever RSS hosting service you are using). Remember the days long ago when people put their earthlink.net email addresses on their business cards? Don't repeat that mistake with RSS feeds.

RSS is great for link building. Any SEO worth his/her salt should be making use of RSS as part of a link building strategy, or at least making plans to use it soon. In addition to RSS, there are some other effective blog-related link building strategies, like:

Getting onto bloggers' "blogrolls" (the list of their favorite blogs that they post on their site for all to see)

www.netconcepts.com/learn/rss.ppt.

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Great Advice on how to stay motivated blogging

2008-04-08T17:15:00.001-07:00

Ricky John gives some really good tips and ways to stay motivated writing and working your blog... it can be hard sometimes to stay motivated -- I think his tips are dead on target.

Visit his blog for full explanations and the full article.

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Tips To Stay Motivated In Blogging

By Rocky John on Apr 6, 2008 in Blogging Tips

Motivation is such a powerful ingredient of successful blogging. A blogger who lacks motivation lacks creativity and persistence. A motivated blogger on the other hand, tends to be more creative, innovative and persistent.

According to studies, one of the major reasons why bloggers fail is because of losing interest quickly and giving up at an early stage in their blogging. Failures could have been avoided if they were properly motivated. The question now is, how do you keep yourself motivated to blog?

Blogging and Motivation

1. Blog About Something That Interests You

2. Set Your Goals and Objectives

3. Breakdown Your Goals and Objectives

4. Monitor and Recognize Your Progress. Reward Yourself Afterwards.

5. Aim for More Challenging Objectives and Goals. Accept More Tasks and Responsibilities.

6. Find Competitors

7. Break From Your Routine Once in Awhile

8. Experiment and Explore Your Potentials

Internet Marketing and Selling Taco's

2008-04-08T15:08:00.001-07:00

Pretty good article and comments on Internet Marketing and cross selling.

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Cashing Checks ~ and selling $1 Taco’s

You can even get a lesson or two about marketing, if you keep your eyes peeled.

On our quest to find the donation center, we discovered these two ladies grabbing some rays at a petting zoo off of I-75 in Plano;

Here is the marketing lesson… this picture was taken on 15th Street in Plano, east of 75 a bit.

On a side note (important side note)… for any of you that live in the Plano, Texas or surrounding areas — or anywhere else really, visit Operation Once in a Lifetime.

Well, was there a lesson in the Check Cashing and Taco picture?

Micro Niche Finder

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Micro Niche Finder

2008-04-03T10:58:00.001-07:00

I know this is a review of Micro Niche Finder -- but there is also some very good information on writing articles in this post.

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Micro Niche Finder ~ Review

Micro Niche Finder

This is one tool every serious blogger needs to have in their toolbox.

I don’t give many product reviews on this blog… I do have affiliate links scattered around — over on the right hand side, a few 125 x 125 images that promote what I feel are pretty good products. Some I’ve used — some I have not.

Above the 125’s there is an image promoting Entrecard — a good way to drive some extra traffic to your site. Jack Humphrey has a new "Special Report" at Social Power Linking on using Entrecard — the "ins and outs" if you will on how to maximize your traffic using Entrecard.

While doing my "due diligence"… I asked a few Bloggers to share with me (an unofficial survey of sorts), what was the number one problem or top challenge they had with blogging.

Micro Niche Finder is not a blogging tool.

So what does all this have to do with the #1 blogging challenge I was talking about?

Everything — stay with me.

Micro Niche Finder video.

Writing Engaging Content

2008-03-31T19:44:00.001-07:00

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How to Rock Your Readers Like a Hurricane

What does powerful, engaging content have in common with the brutal intensity of a hurricane? Quite simply, they are both unstoppable, irresistible forces.

Powerful content must resonate so strongly with the reader that she can’t turn away. Likewise, once you’re caught in the torrential rain, crushing winds, and merciless storm surge of a hurricane, you’ve got no choice but to ride it out to the end.

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Strategic SEO

2008-03-31T19:06:00.001-07:00

First time I ever visited Lex G's blog -- great content on SEO and Marketing -- I'm sure I'll be visiting again.

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Strategic SEO - building an optimal keyword attack formula for bloggers (1/4)

Every entrepreneur or manager knows how important it is to implement long term strategies for different aspects of their business, like marketing, branding and so on. However many still neglect strategy implementation for web business projects. The reason is because of the technical aspect of internet business. If you want to get things right, you’ll need to combine both technical as well as commercial parts. One option is to hire professionals (like search engine optimizers and online business consultants) to do the job, another is to read this article and learn at least the basics yourself.

Starting an internet business project, be it an affiliate product selling page, or a blog that’s supposed to attract a lot of traffic is a combination of many connected aspects like online marketing, branding, advertising, copy writing and seo.

I suggest you take a look at part 2 of this post

How to Creat and Write Compelling and Engaging Content

2008-03-28T19:36:00.001-07:00

Great article on writing content that engages your readers -- and compels them to read.

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How to Rock Your Readers Like a Hurricane

What does powerful, engaging content have in common with the brutal intensity of a hurricane? Quite simply, they are both unstoppable, irresistible forces.

Powerful content must resonate so strongly with the reader that she can’t turn away. Likewise, once you’re caught in the torrential rain, crushing winds, and merciless storm surge of a hurricane, you’ve got no choice but to ride it out to the end.

Let’s take a look at how the storm develops.

The Storm Hits: Headlines and Hooks

Into the Eye of the Storm: Crystal Clear Body Copy

If your headline is weak, the reader is gone… he boarded up the windows and left town before traffic got bad. That’s because the filtering process is strongest at the headline, and why skillful headline and title writing remains one of your top priorities.

The Torrential Tail End: Closing With Passion

The Battle for Attention is Never Ending

Tips by Fortin

2008-03-28T07:58:00.001-07:00

Great info and tips I grabbed of of jack's site -- social bookmarking.

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Copywriting Productivity Tools

When I write copy, some tools help me tremendously. Whether it’s the copy itself, or interactions with my clients, there are certain websites I use that help make it a lot easier for me.

Here are some of mine…

Google Writely

Writely is an online web-based word processor. Great for writing copy and sharing/collaborating, especially with other copywriters, clients, associates, etc. The beauty is that it can also import and export in various formats, including MS Word, Rich Text, HTML, OpenOffice, image files, and even zipped files.

Google Analytics

I love Google Analytics. Not only is it free, but Google Analytics is a lot more than your typical traffic and web-tracking software (giving you typical stats like referrers, pageviews, search engine traffic, keywords, etc). It’s also a really cool split-tester and conversion tracker.

RhymeZone

Great Twitter Tips

2008-03-27T17:40:00.001-07:00

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Three Ways to Maximize Your Twitter Time for Networking, Marketing and Fun

Earlier this month, Brian confessed that he has succumbed to a newfound Twitter addiction. He’s not alone. Twitter is facilitating all sorts of communication from all sorts of people. But it can be fascinating and distracting all at once.

So, how can you maximize your use of Twitter to benefit both yourself and your followers?

Here are three easy ways to empower your Twittering for networking, marketing and fun:

1. Utilize the “Track” feature

2. Add Value

3. Engage in Fascinating Conversation

Following along the last point, Twitter is best when you’re engaging your followers rather than updating them with the mundane details of your life.

I hope you found those Twitter tips helpful and that your social networking sees a boost as a result. Happy Tweeting!

Selling Digital Products on eBay?

2008-03-26T10:04:00.001-07:00

You now have to use the classified, not the auction option.

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***New Policy Update: Digital Downloadable Goods in Classified Ads Format Only***

To preserve the integrity of the Feedback system, effective March 31 all goods that can be digitally downloaded or transferred electronically must be listed using the Classified Ads format.

Using the Classified Ads format, sellers receive a 30-day ad at a fixed price. This solution enables sellers to continue to market their digital goods on eBay; however, because Classified Ad listings are a lead generation tool and do not result in transactions that go through eBay, Feedback cannot be exchanged between buyer and seller.

Sellers who wish to continue to offer digital goods can do so by selecting the Everything Else>Information Products category in the Sell Your Item form and choosing the Classified Ads format (not auction-style or fixed price).

Create Who You Are ~ a Lesson from Arnold

2008-03-23T20:07:00.001-07:00

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Create Who You Are ~ a Lesson from Arnold

100 Ways To Motivate Yourself ~ Steve Chandler

I’m a big fan of Steve Chandler.

He gets some flack from some people for reading his own audiobooks (per reviews I’ve read at Audible.com) — he has a bit of a monotone voice… does not sound much like the motivational speakers we have grown accustom to hearing — he is not one of the "rah rah" type of Speakers for sure.

But, the information he gives is truly life changing.

Think of this post as an introduction to Steve Chandler — if you have never heard of him.

Oh yea… a lesson from Arnold.

The movie Arnold had just completed was a big flop.

When Steve asked Arnold what he was going to do next – now that he had retired from body building.

Arnold said that he was going to become the number one box office star in Hollywood.

Arnold gave him the process that he was going to use to do this — he was going to use the same process he had used in body building.

Live as it was already true.

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Latest Updates

Homeless Management Information System

2008-03-20T11:44:00.001-07:00

Homeless Management Information System

Domus Systems has created a revolutionary approach to handling the reporting needs of organizations involved in affordable housing.

The Domus DataHubSM is a progressive and customizable suite of 100% internet-based products solely created to collect, authenticate and report accurate data, providing more time for client and property management.

DataHub is the only online service of its kind. Since there is no software to upload, upgrade or update, users automatically benefit from the latest releases available, secured by the best encryption technology the industry has to offer.

It’s a simple way to accurately handle compliance, certification and verification needs with “one click” ease of use.

Homeless Management Information System

Product Development

2008-03-17T13:24:00.001-07:00

Not many people can create Tipping Point products -- and those who do, most of the time it is pure luck.

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Ready, Fire, Aim ~ and Tipping Point Products?

Ready, Fire, Aim: Zero to $100 Million in No Time Flat.

Maybe a better title would have been; "Ready — Fire — Fail?"

This book has been sitting on my shelf for a few months — truthfully, forgot I had it.

Since it was time to use one of my Audible credits — and I really did not see anything else that jumped out at me, I went ahead and downloaded the audio version of Ready, Fire, Aim.

I loaded it up on my iPod, and a listening I went.

Why would I say "Ready, Fire, Fail" may be a better title for the book?

One thing I’ve always felt a bit uncomfortable doing? — disagreeing with super successful people.

Think about it.

Michael Masterson (the author) is a millionaire many times over. He walks the talk. He is the real deal… the real McCoy… he is bonafide!

If I understand him correctly — your product flow should look like this according to Masterson;

Here is a more realistic flow;

This fits in with my model (and reality) — something most of us can do

Teaching Sells Trial

2008-03-04T19:39:00.001-08:00

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Teaching Sells Update ~ $1 Trial Offer

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I am a charter member of Teaching Sells… I’ve been a member since day one.

I do not participate in the huge community they have there very much — it is a time thing with me. But I do spend hours and hours reading just about everything written there.

Top Notch stuff…

What else would you expect from a guy who owns one of the most visited web sites on the Internet.

If you have ever visited Brian Clarks "Copyblogger" site… then you already know about the great information he freely shares there. It is one of the few sites that I visit daily.

He does the same at Teaching Sells — the site belongs to him and Tony Clark.

Here is a bit of info I stole from the Teaching Sells site;

Teaching Sells is Perfect For:

Bloggers and online publishers who are frustrated with feeding the Google beast, or who are simply looking for a smart way to monetize existing online content.

Teaching Sells

Risk Reversal Marketing

2008-03-03T10:58:00.001-08:00

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Guarantees, Risks and a Fool

One of my favorite all time books on marketing is "Secret Formulas of the Wizard of Ads". Like I have said in the past — don’t own it, get it (both of them).

While checking my email this morning — it reminded me of something I read in the Wizard of Ads.

"If you are not 100% totally satisfied — we will happily refund your money."

This was the guarantee in the email I received. It went on to say that all I had to do was send them $1999.00 — if I did not have more traffic to my web site, then I could request a refund. They would "happily" give me my money back when I returned the program.

Happily?… yea, I believe that. They may in fact refund my money, but I doubt they will do it "happily."

"I’m sitting at a conference table when a client lays down a large check in front of me. He covers the check with his hand and says; "If I give you this money, what can you guarantee me?"

"I guarantee that you will never see this money again."

What if they removed the risk?

Marketing Strategies Feedblitz Page

2008-03-02T14:59:00.001-08:00

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Marketing Strategies - 20 new articles

Amazon ~ Affiliate Marketing with Video
Viral Video ~ the YouTube Way
Affiliate Marketing with Video ~ Special
Blogging Video, In Plain English
Activity Does Not Pay the Mortgage
Hypnotic Marketing and Copywriting
Teaching Sells ~ sell what you know
Internet Marketing and Poppin’ the Rag
How To Lose Your Current Customers, or not!
Small Business Marketing: How To Do It Yourself
Reputation Management ~ Preacher Diggs Hookers and Crack!
Comment Spam… Green Eggs and a Soured Ham
Is Google Bankrupt…
TubeMogul Video Distribution
Best of Copyblogger
Social Bookmarking and Power Linking
NetAudioAds Pay Per Play Advertising
Free Blog Platforms, Networks and Communities
Free Link Master Software
Even More Affiliate Ugly
Search Marketing Strategies

Amazon ~ Affiliate Marketing with Video

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Amazon Video Widget

2008-02-29T09:25:00.001-08:00

Amazon is now letting affiliates use video to promote products.

Another example of how video is being used to market products.

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Amazon ~ Affiliate Marketing with Video

It looks like Amazon has decided to get into the affiliate marketing video game.

I have to give a shout out to Perry Lawrence of AskMrVideo for this one — he is the one who let me know about Amazons new "Affiliate Video" widget.

Instead of creating a new video — I just uploaded a video I use in most of my testing, "Social Power Linking" overview.

After you upload the video… you are required to add at least one product that Amazon has on it’s site. Keep in mind — you need to be an affiliate for Amazon to use the service.

You can add more than one product, but you have to add at least one.

I am pleasantly surprised at the quality. I really did not expect the video to be as clean and crisp as it is.

This is yet another testament that marketing with video is something every marketer needs to do.

Here is the video I did at Amazon:

E Mail Marketing and Building Relationships

2008-02-26T08:34:00.001-08:00

Article is more about staying in contact with your customers and building a relationship with them.

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Small Business E-Mail Marketing - Leveraging What You Already Have

I read quite a bit. Usually you can find me wandering up and down the aisles of Barnes and Noble at least twice a week.
Without fail, when paying for my Magazine - the check out person has asked me this same question - not once - not twice, but every single time that I can remember for the last three or four years;
"Do you have a Barnes and Noble Membership Card?"
"Yep... got it right here. Let me get it out my Wallet". I find my card, hand it over so I will receive my discount.
It's not like I save a lot of money having a Barnes and Noble membership card. In fact, it is usually in the range of fifty to ninety cents every time I buy something - pennies by anyones standards.

I received Joe's "Yard Magic" newsletter yesterday - finally.

You can view additional articles, podcasts and videos on Web 2.0 Marketing,
Social Bookmarking and Affiliate Marketing
by visiting: http://www.AndrewDaum.com

Affiliate Marketing with Video ~ Special

2008-02-23T19:26:00.001-08:00

Howtovideo.tv discount on membership

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Affiliate Marketing with Video ~ Special

It is a fact that video is one of the top ways to drive traffic to your web site - that is indisputable.

Problem is, most people think that web video is hard to do — it is not.

They think you need a video camera and all kinds of software… you don’t.

If you are reading this post — you more than likely already have the tools needed to create video suitable for the Internet.

If you want to learn about Social Power Linking.

I’ll keep this discount up for awhile, or until the coupon expires.

This will give you a ten dollar discount to the HowToVideo.tv membership site.

Copy this code first: 84B1B2EC99

Go here: http://www.howtovideo.tv

Marketing with Video ~ howtovideo.tv

2008-02-23T19:22:00.001-08:00

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Marketing with Video ~ howtovideo.tv Edit

It is a fact that video is one of the top ways to drive traffic to your web site - that is indisputable.

Problem is, most people think that web video is hard to do — it is not.

They think you need a video camera and all kinds of software… you don't.

If you are reading this post — you more than likely already have the tools needed to create video suitable for the Internet.

I'll not give you a sales pitch here, as you can read all about what you will learn on the site.

Go here: http://www.howtovideo.tv

Copy this code first: 84B1B2EC99

This will give you a ten dollar discount to the HowToVideo.tv membership site.

I'll keep this discount up for a few days, or until the coupon expires.

If you want to learn about Social Power Linking.

Social Power Linking

2008-02-17T18:48:00.001-08:00

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Social Bookmarking and Power Linking

Just in case you missed it... the Web has changed.

I think a little history of the Internet is in order to grasp the big picture. I'm not going to give
any dates (late eighties and early 90's)... I'll just give a quick run down.

I would say nearly fifteen years ago I had a dial up Internet connection that allowed me to log into
various College computers, BBS's (bulletin boards) and Newsgroups.

The Internet was much different than the Web is today. There were no graphics... it was totally text based
and everything was dial up. All you could do was basically post to a newsgroup, post messages on some BBS's
and send email. Internet Marketing as we know it today did not exist.

Jump to present day...

The Web 2.0 Marketer will survive this "coup d' etat".

About The Author
You can view additional articles, posts, podcasts and videos on Web 2.0 Marketing, Social Bookmarking and Affiliate
Marketing by visiting: Riffs~Rants and the Pursuit of Happiness.

SEO Mindset

2008-02-17T15:46:00.001-08:00

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SEO Mindset

SEO Mindset
SEO Mindset
Search engine optimization is very crucial to Internet marketing. That is because through an SEO Mindset, Websites and contents are optimized so that link popularity is established.
Websites and online businesses should strive to get higher search engine rankings so that more
online users and prospective clients would come their way.
There are many search engines that proliferate and dominate the Internet search market nowadays. On top of the list is Google, which accounts for more than half of overall Internet usage for search engines currently.
Other search engines are Yahoo, MSN and Altavista. If you are researching for a certain subject or topic of interest, you certainly would need to use search engines.
Type the keywords pertinent to your inquiry and wait for a few seconds before a complete listing of Websites and links are displayed on the screen.

SEO Mindset

How to use Joomla

2008-02-17T12:26:00.001-08:00

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How to Set Up and Use Joomla

A decade ago, having a webpage was cool. Today, not having a webpage is almost primitive.

Through a blog or a wiki or a webpage, everyone these days is present on the web, one way or the other. There are websites on gossip, websites on politics and websites on sports and so on. Why, there are websites on websites as well!
Does that mean everyone who wants to be on the web has to be a geek? No. All you need is a Content Management System.
Wait, did I mention CMS?
Well, not any CMS would do. What you need is Joomla!. It's a revolutionary open-source system that is just as cool to work with as it sounds. If you have a webpage that needs some working on all the time, Joomla! is your best friend.

How it all began...

Joomla! follows a three-tier pattern in releasing its versions. It releases its versions in three categories - Major, Minor and Maintenance, each of which consist of three numbers.

Niche List Profits

2008-02-15T16:46:00.001-08:00

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The 3 Things All Affiliate Marketers Need To Survive Online

The 3 Things All Affiliate Marketers Need To Survive Online Now every affiliate marketer is always looking for the successful market that gives the biggest paycheck

Sometimes they think it is a magic formula that is readily available for them.

What are these three tactics?

1. Using unique web pages to promote each separate product you are marketing. Do not lump all of it together just to save some money on web hosting. It is best to have a site focusing on each and every product and nothing more.

Always include product reviews on the website so visitors will have an initial understanding on what the product can do to those who buys them. Also include testimonials from users who have already tried the product.

affiliate marketing business

Always remember that only 1 out of 100 people are likely to buy your product or get your services.

Besides, think of the huge paychecks you will be receiving!

Social Bookmarking Video

2008-02-14T18:55:00.001-08:00

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Link Building with Social Bookmarking ~ Video Part 1

Social Bookmarking is the latest rage.

As far as linking goes… social bookmarking strategies rank at the top.

Search Engines love the social networking sites. Why wouldn't they?

The Social Networking sites provide the search engines with everything they could ever want — fresh on target relevant content.

Watch the video below on Social Bookmarking — this would be a good place to start with this series of posts before moving forward.

Teaching Sells

Web 2.0 FAQ

2008-02-14T10:01:00.001-08:00

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Web 2.0 frequently asked questions

Q. What is the Semantic Web?

A. Semantic technologies often promote Web 2.0 sites. The Semantic Web enables users to create files explaining relationships between data sets. This technology allows for greater data integration and helps users classify and categorize information. Many also use the term “digital library” to identify these types of sites and this technology. It is the platform from which social bookmarking and other taxonomy type or categorical sites are created from.

Q. What is tagging?

A. Tagging is a way users can classify or organize and categorize data, and is common on many sites including social bookmarking sites and folksonomies. How it works is users attach tags to data items like web pages, their blog entries or even photographs they want classified and categorized.

Q. I still do not fully understand Web 2.0. Can you expand?

Q. How can I learn more about this exciting new technology?

Q. What is RSS?

Q. If Web 2.0 isn’t new, who cares?

Niche List Profits - Affiliate Marketing Introduction

2008-02-14T08:42:00.001-08:00

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Niche List Profits - Affiliate Marketing Introduction

Being in the affiliate marketing business is not that hard now with the Internet at your disposable.

It is much easier now compared to the days when people have to make use of the telephones and other mediums of information just to get the latest updates on the way their program is coming along.

So with technology at hand, and assuming that the affiliate is working from home, a day in his or her life would sound something like this...

Upon waking up and after having breakfast, the computer is turned on to check out new developments in the network. As far as the marketer is concerned there might be new things to update and statistics to keep track on.

The site design has to be revised. The marketer knows that a well-designed site can increase sign ups from visitors. It can also help in the affiliate's conversion rates.

Social Power Linking

Niche List Profits

Is that success looming in the distance or what?

Web 2.0 Guide ~ Introduction

2008-02-14T08:14:00.001-08:00

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Web 2.0 Guide ~ Introduction

The wave of the future is here... and it is Web 2.0.

If you haven't heard already, out with the old and in with the new.

Well, sort of...
In "times of old" people relied on the Internet as a one-way tool for communicating with others. Most business entrepreneurs will set up a website, then offer their opinions, advice and more to anyone willing to listen, pay attention or chime in.
That has all changed. Now people are relying on a relatively old concept to change the way they do business on the Web. Instead of using the Internet as a one-way tool for communicating, people are now realizing the Web's potential for creating an interactive, dynamic environment.
In this environment, individuals, consumers and businesses can collaborate and communicate in new and simpler ways.

Web 2.0 is a broad term describing many different kinds of websites, websites that provide a platform where end-users have control over the content of sites.

Niche List Profits Affiliate Marketing

2008-02-13T12:15:00.001-08:00

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Niche List Profits

Affiliate Marketing Niche List Profits

Do not waste times on skeptics or none motivate people? The important role in order to success on affiliate program, you should give much learning and motivation to your leads.

People build list in order to become their teamwork through many ways, like buying leads, writing articles that relate to affiliate program, building double opt in and others breakthrough.

You do not want to get a bad name for yourself after working so hard for so long now.

If you cannot get your point across easily and effectively then you will not be very good as a leader. We recommend always working on this leadership skill no matter what.

It is simply impossible. Be willing to admit that you still have room to grow and your team will be more likely to work with you. One of the hardest parts about being a leader is admitting that you are not perfect and that you have room to improve as well.

Niche Liste Profits

Marketing Productivity or just busy

2008-02-13T09:16:00.001-08:00

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Activity Does Not Pay the Mortgage

I could have named this post "Being busy does not pay the Bills"… "Don’t confuse activity with productivity" or anything along those lines.

Bottom line — be productive, not active.

But it’s not easy.

t’s 6:20AM Tuesday morning - like I do every morning I walk upstairs to my home office — boot up my computer — check my email and begin my day (first mistake).

It is now 10:22AM — I’ve finished replying to customer emails… finished replying to inquiries on the services I offer… answered some personal emails… and visited the forums where I received a follow up post email — four hours.

Time to get to work. First, I need to check my voice mail.

Good… I only have four messages. Let me return these calls real quick before I "start" my day.

Shoot… it’s 11:18AM — think I’ll grab something to eat.

Okay… time to get busy — but I need to check my web sites and blogs real quick to make sure they are still up and running. Good… they are still there.

RSS Feed

Niche Marketing

2008-02-12T10:58:00.001-08:00

Niche Marketing for Affiliates

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Niche List Profits

Affiliate Marketing Niche List Profits

Do not waste times on skeptics or none motivate people? The important role in order to success on affiliate program, you should give much learning and motivation to your leads.

People build list in order to become their teamwork through many ways, like buying leads, writing articles that relate to affiliate program, building double opt in and others breakthrough.

Encourage your affiliates to do the same. People always use newsletter to communicate with their leads. Perhaps, you can mix few methods like meeting, phone calls, email, voice mail, faxes, and postcards.

You do not want to get a bad name for yourself after working so hard for so long now.

Niche Liste Profits

Communicate constantly, no matter what tries to get in your way during this occurrence! Keep in touch with every one who are in your team work regularly.

Social Power Linking

2008-02-12T10:51:00.001-08:00

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Social Bookmarking and Power Linking

I think a little history of the Internet is in order to grasp the big picture. I'm not going to give
any dates (late eighties and early 90's)... I'll just give a quick run down.

The Internet was much different than the Web is today. There were no graphics... it was totally text based
and everything was dial up. All you could do was basically post to a newsgroup, post messages on some BBS's
and send email. Internet Marketing as we know it today did not exist.

Just in case you missed this "coup d' etat" - give some serious thought to the current environment on the Web
and Social Networking specifically. The Web no longer belongs to the evil Marketer. It is back in the hands
and control of the Purists and they are once again controlling the conversations.

Welcome to Web 2.0 and Social Networking

This is not a fad or a "method of the day"... it is here to stay.

Hypnotic Marketing and Copywriting

2008-02-07T11:22:00.001-08:00

This is a great article on copywriting and story telling.

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On a sunny, warm day in August, 1996 I kneeled over the grave of P.T. Barnum and had one of the most remarkable experiences of my life.

I had begun researching the famous showman in order to write my forthcoming new book, “There’s a Customer Born Every Minute”.

I had visited the Barnum Museum, the Historical Library in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and met with Barnum scholars, biographers, and collectors of his writings.

I wanted to visit Barnum’s grave and pay my respects. Little did I know that the incredible, magical experience would change my life forever…

Recently I went online to hunt for old books by some of my favorite authors, this time I went after anything by Robert Collier — mail order advertising genius and author of such classic books as The Secret of the Ages and The Robert Collier Letter Book.

Hypnotic Copywriting»

Here is a great article by Joe Vitale on Hypnotic Copywriting:

Hypnotic Marketing and Copywriting

Internet Marketing and Poppin’ the Rag

2008-02-04T16:40:00.001-08:00

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Internet Marketing and Poppin’ the Rag

We were driving down the highway, the music faded out and the Announcer started spewing out something about Getting Rich on the Internet.

“What did you say Dad?”

“I said that guy is just “Poppin’ the Rag” he replied.

“Poppin’ the Rag”… what the heck is that?

“I never told you about my New Orleans trip?” he asked.

“Nope” - what happened?

“A couple years back — I went on a business trip to New Orleans. While I was walkin’ down Bourbon Street early one morning, I heard this “Pop!… Crack!… Pow!”

I listened again - heard where all the racket was coming from and headed in that direction.

It was a young shoeshine boy doing a number on a man’s shoes.

The shoeshine boy was really puttin on a show. He was nothing but a blur of sparks and elbows.

Is Google Bankrupt…

2008-02-04T16:38:00.001-08:00

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Is Google Bankrupt…

Well, it was bound to happen.

You did not really think this could go on forever, right?

Some of the largest companies on the planet have either gone bust, or they were purchased simply for the assets they still owned and split up.

But this is not the case with Google. Surely you did not think Google was one of those companies (or were you just hoping so). In fact, from everything I have read it is just a matter of time until they become “Masters of the Universe“.

Years back, I thought it would be Microsoft that became the Master of the Universe - but it appears it will in fact be Google.

So no, Google is not bankrupt - but they have caused a few bankruptcies on their quest for domination of the universe.

With the stronghold they have on the Internet, it would not surprise me if in a few short years that we will be saying jump on “The Google” and see what you can find - instead of saying “The Internet or Web”.

Small Business Marketing: How To Do It Yourself

2008-02-04T16:27:00.001-08:00

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Small Business Marketing: How To Do It Yourself

This is a reprint from our do it yourself page.

Some business owners either can’t afford a Hired Gun, or they just simply want to give it a shot and do everything themselves.

I can understand why those with more time than money would opt to give it a shot… just to see if they can figure it all out and do it on their own.

To keep you from having to figure it all out on your own, and wasting a lot of time experimenting with what does and doesn’t work, I’ll cover some of the Basics you need to know.

I call them Basics — but for any apprentice Gunslinger, these are required fundamentals you must learn and master.

Before we dive off into the Basics, let me give you some “Quick Tips” you can implement today.

Quick Tip #1: Leveraging What You Already Have

I read quite a bit. Usually you can find me wandering up and down the aisles of Barnes and Noble at least twice a week.

Teaching Sells ~ sell what you know

2008-02-04T12:59:00.001-08:00

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Teaching Sells ~ sell what you know

Teaching people a skill or how to do something has always been a great business model.

Problem is, most people do not know how to teach - they may know the subject matter - but they lack the communication and organizational skills needed.

Case in point — I joined a membership site this past November. I wanted to learn how to do what this person was teaching using his step-by-step plan.

He obviously knew the subject matter very well. He gave proof of the earnings he made using his methods and strategies — I was game to give it a go.

So I signed up — logged in — took a look around and immediately realized I had made a mistake.

This guy — while maybe having the skills to do what he said, had zero skills when it came to communicating how he does it.

As I continued to look around - I also noticed there was not a flow to any of the information - there was not any structure to it.
But overall, the information was pretty good — but that did not matter.

How To Lose Your Current Customers, or not!

2008-02-03T11:06:00.001-08:00

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How To Lose Your Current Customers, or not!

There’s a fine line between fishing and standing on the bank and looking like an idiot” -Steven Wright

I cannot tell you the number of emails I receive every day telling me how to explode my lists… how to generate targeted leads with video… basically, how I can build a huge business. I’m sure you receive them as well.

We are not going to talk about generating new business today, instead - let’s cover something you already have – but possibly in jeopardy of losing.

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Reputation Management ~ Preacher Diggs Hookers and Crack!

2008-02-03T10:54:00.001-08:00

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Reputation Management ~ Preacher Diggs Hookers and Crack!

Somebody somewhere is talking about you this very second — could be me, a customer, a competitor or a source of mine (you better hope it’s not my source).

The obvious question is “I wonder what they are saying about me?”

David (name changed to protect his identity) is a guy I have known for a few years… as far as I knew a stand up guy. David has been married for eight or so years and has three children - a son and two daughters.

Well… word has it that not only is he a drug addict — he also runs around on his wife — visits known Hookers and supplies them with drugs; so says my source who saw him “at the scene”.

Can you believe this jerk!

Thing is, none of this is true.

Carol is someone else I know - I have known her for eighteen years (not her real name either).

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