7 Things To Consider Before Joining A Network Marketing Company

Authored By James Woolley

Network marketing programs, also commonly referred to as MLM
or downline programs, can bring huge financial rewards if
marketed well. They provide a way of working at home and
building your own monthly income through your efforts to
introduce and sell the network marketing company's products
or services to other people, who then introduce them to
other people, and so on. It sounds simple enough but how do
you know if a company is legitimate and will pay you on time
or even at all, and will they be around in the long term?

In this article I have listed seven factors that I
personally take into consideration before choosing to join
an MLM company:

1. Are the products offered good enough to be sold on their
own without the downline incentive?

The first thing you should look at is the products or
services that the company is offering. If you don't believe
they represent value for money, or you simply aren't
impressed with them, then the likelihood is that other
people won't be either. Therefore you will probably have
difficulty selling the products to other people, and so your
potential profits could be limited.

2. Has the company already established itself?

It's important to find out how long the company you're
considering joining has been operating. Although there's no
guarantees on whether a company will be around in the
long-term, I still favour companies that are at least a year
old. Yes some of these may subsequently go out of business
at some point in the future, but at least you know they're
not a fly-by-night outfit.

3. Does the company offer a good compensation plan?

Let's be honest, this is the factor that most of us are
primarily interested in. Time is a very valuable commodity,
so we don't want to spend it promoting a network marketing
company's products unless we are being well rewarded
financially for our efforts.

4. Does it offer spillover?

Spillover occurs when say for example, if the company uses a
5x5 matrix then when you refer 6 people, the first 5 will
fill the top level, and the 6th person will go under one of
your initial referrals creating an incentive for them to
continue with the program because they are benefiting from
your efforts as well as their own.

5. Does the company have a reputable owner or management
team in place?

This information can be slightly difficult to find out, but
in this internet age it is becoming much easier to carry out
independent research. If you can't find sufficient
information yourself you can almost guarantee that there
will be a forum somewhere which discusses the company, and
where someone has already done a background check on the
owner or management team.

6. Is it strongly endorsed by other members of the company?

Forums and discussion groups are great places to obtain this
information. Although most people will obviously praise the
company that they are promoting in order to get more
signups, you will inevitably find a few negative comments
from disgruntled recruiters. It's these comments that you
should read carefully. Most of the time they will be minor
issues or faults, but sometimes you can come across red flag
signals such as the company suddenly starting to delay
payments, for example.

7. Does the company still have plenty of room to grow, or
has it already reached saturation point?

This is the final point I want to mention, but nevertheless
a very important one. You don't want to join a company that
everyone is seemingly already a member of, and one that is
already promoted heavily. For optimum results you want a
company that has already established itself yet still has
plenty of scope to grow and attract new members, therefore
being relatively easy to promote.

Mind Power Yoga

Authored By James Traverse

Here is an amazingly simple Mind Power Yoga method that facilitates the communication between your conscious and your subconscious mind and help you realize what you really want. It is one of the most powerful Mind Power Yoga tools that you can use.

It is based on The Law of Duality or the Law of Opposites which in simple terms is like a coin where a coin can only be because it has two sides - You can decide which side you choose to focus on.

Anti-Thing

Take two sheets of paper
Place them side-by-side
On the left sheet write the description of:

Things that you fear - be specific
Things that you do not want
Things that you do not like
Things that you feel that you are not responsible for
Things that you feel like complaining about
Things in your life that have a negative impact on you
Things that you are not or don't have - what you are lacking

Fill in all the details - Be specific.

Give yourself permission to write every anti-thing or negative thing that comes to your mind - wallow in the blackness of the dark side for a time; get it all out and get it on paper in your own handwriting.

Do this Now.

Anything

On the right hand sheet write the opposite of what you wrote on the left hand sheet. Please do not take this lightly by thinking that you know the opposite of what you wrote on the left hand sheet. You will find that it helps to be very specific.

For example: if you wrote something about fear on the left hand page then do not write here that you are not afraid. Your subconscious mind does not know what 'not afraid' means. Thus you write the positive opposite of what you wrote on the left hand page.

In this light since you wrote that you have fear on the left hand page, then on the right hand page you write that you have courage or that you are courageous. Then write a very clear and specific description of the opposite of the fear you described.

Another example is that if you write that you have the life from hell on the left, then you write that you have the life from heaven on the right. Then write the specific description of what life from heaven looks and feels like.

Thus your challenge is to be very specific about what you write on this right hand page as you use the left hand page to laser target the things that you really want.

Challenge yourself to be as equally or more positive on this side as you were negative on the other side (note which comes easier for you - if it is the negatives then also write on this side that you are extremely positive).

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One of the many benefits of this activity is that it allows you to explore your creativity. Another is that it reveals many of the blocks that you hold in your subconscious mind which you may be unaware of until you do this exercise.

This process shows you that there is always an 'any-thing' for every 'anti-thing' that you have now, or for ones that come up. So the next time you hear yourself or someone else say, 'I can't do anything about it' - Think again!

The Solution is always in the Situation...

The psychologists and sages are correct when they tell you to turn and face your demons and dragons. Like Dante who says that the way out of hell is right through the centre of it; all wisdom masters agree that it is best to turn and face your fears and your problems. In practical terms this means take a good look at them - the solution is there!

This exercise provides an excellent means to do that. The more clearly you define what you don't want, what your fears are, and what your problems are - then the more clearly and obviously you see the solution.

When you have completed both pages explore the questions:

Which of these have you been dwelling on?

How do you dwell on them? Is it a matter of fear where these things control your life; or do you focus on things because you know that by taking a very close look at your fears and problems that their opposite will be obvious, such that your real focus is on being happy and dissolving anti-things that sabotage your happiness?

What you choose is what your energies are focused on - it is your choice.

Please do this exercise, do not just read about it. You'll be quite stunned by its effect because it will help you to face and dispel your fears. In the process you will see what you really want and you will also know that you now have a means for finding living solutions to the challenges of your life. Thus you can live your life On Purpose.

Writing For Fame And Fortune

Authored By Randy Justason

How would you like to have your name and web address spread all over the internet?

How would you like to have your web site move up to the first few pages on the major search engines?

Actually, it's not as difficult as you may think. It requires some time and effort on your part, however, the rewards can far outweigh the effort that you put in.

Not only can you receive thousands of dollars worth of free advertising and promotion, but you can also develop a reputation as a smart person, one who many people would like to be affiliated with.

So, just what is this all-powerful genie of self promotion?

Believe it or not, it's Article Writing.

That's right, the absolute best method that I have found to get free advertising is to write articles and submit them to ezine publishers and article directories. Website owners and ezine publishers are always looking for content for their sites and newsletters. Why not let them publish yours.

Let me give you an example of the power of writing. I had written just 1 home business article and submitted it to about a dozen online article submission sites. Prior to this, when I checked Google to see how many links I had coming in to my site, MLM Wonders, it showed only 37 links. About 2 weeks after submitting my article I checked again and had well over 300 links incoming.

If you're not sure what that means, let me explain.

By submitting my article to those few sites, I was giving anyone the permission to download it and use it as content on their sites. By checking just one of the sites I submitted to I found that my article was downloaded over 150 times. So, if 150 people put my article on their web site, just think of the exposure (and links) I am getting.

If you consider the fact that those 150 web sites may get thousands of views each month, my little article could be seen by hundreds of thousands of people. All at no cost to me!

You may also be thinking that people do not want to read articles that are just advertisements with a lot of links in them so how does that let you promote your site.

You're right about that, and also remember that most article submission sites will not let you submit articles that are just advertisements for your site or products. In fact I don't put any links into the body of my articles.

So how are all those links coming to my site?

Simple. With each article you write, you have the opportunity to put a resource box at the end. This short 'Signature File' is usually around 5 lines and is where you introduce yourself and tell the readers about what you are selling and how they can get more information. It can contain a link to your web site and an email address. This is your advertisement, and it's free.

What's the matter, don't think you can write about anything interesting?

I didn't think I could either. Then I got to thinking about what I have been doing online for the past few years. I thought about some of the problems I had and how I fixed them and how I used the internet to make money (i.e. this article). I also decided that other people may want to know about these things and presto, a writer was born!

Thousands of people are joining the internet every day and are looking for information on particular topics. Some may be looking for ways to make money, others may be looking for recipes, or articles on pets, or just about anything. The possibilities are endless. If you have a favorite hobby, share it with others by writing articles about it.

If you're not sure about a topic, do a little research on the internet. Read other articles, check websites and then condense what you learn into an article.

You don't need to be an experienced writer, just write like you would talk to someone about your topic. Try to be grammatically correct and check your spelling, or have someone check it for you.

Don't try to write it all at once either. If you're not sure what you are going to say, simply jot down whatever comes to mind then go back and fill in the paragraphs. Stop for awhile and then come back to it. You'll be surprised at how much you can remember about your topic when you are just walking around, then you can come back and type it out.

Try to keep your articles between 500 and 1000 words. Keep your paragraphs short as this makes for easier reading. If you don't like writing paragraphs, you could make it a 'Tips' article, for instance, "7 Tips For ***", or "10 Good Reasons To ***".

Writing articles can give you free promotion and at the same time develop a favourable reputation for you on the Internet.

So what are you waiting for?

Emotional Colors Of The Web

Authored By William Nabaza

In many ways the web is the ultimate medium. It lets you communicate with anyone anywhere at anytime. We can really and safely say that the web can be the fourth medium after print, radio and television. It has since replaced the old ideas, challenge conventional wisdom, and deliver the most up-to-date, dynamic, helpful, extensive information right in your desktop literally.

Before, I have just treated the web as an electronic brochure with no power in itself to convey messages emotionally to the surfers. Now with the advent of interactivity and customization brought about by connection of database to the web, web surfers now can relate and actively experience the message.

They can "join" a community, club, post to an interactive forum and even get lost in the millions of chat rooms scattered all over the web.

On all of these events the webmaster should be the overseer who monitors every move of his web site. The modern web site has become to us a living creature and we should take our position as its creator.

We should strive to emotionally appeal to our visitors and it will be reflected in our web site. Our web site will not only deliver the goods but also provide a satisfying and rich experience that adds value to the user's life.

People are emotional beings. To reach them we must learn to convey emotions through our web site. Creativity, mailing list, rewards, online utilities, and other interactivity help promote the friendliness of the site. Imagine a web site that consists only of 3 pages -- home, products and services and contact information section will help meet the needs of a robot.

A web site that overflows with activities are very inviting to people who seek relationship (friendship, lovers and even enemies) and you don't have to invite them for more.

How can we convey the emotion?

Colors can be one. Bright colors stimulate activity and subdued colors encourage reflection. Oranges can be inspirational. Blues deliver soothing experience. Reds inspires us to do something. Corporate web sites can have the blues. "Techie" sites can adopt the black. Promotional web site can use yellows and orange.

Web Typography is very important too. Each type of font (serif, sans serif and scripted) speaks in a different tone of voice and with personality. It also adds intonation and expressiveness. A serified face is classical and conservative, sans serif are contemporary and flexible. Bold text is important and loud; italicized text an emphasized thought. More than 2 typefaces on a page looks busy and may diffuse your message as if your mixing several voices.

All of these factors combined together will make a web site to have the same impact as the most attention-grabbing billboard and the most enlightening conversation simultaneously.

BREATHE..... for your own good!

Authored By Nymph Kellerman

During the last few decades, Western Universities have become interested in the various techniques of deep relaxation and the effects it has on the body. During a deeply relaxed state, the heart rate slows down, there is a lowering in blood pressure, a decrease in oxygen consumption, a reduction in the blood lactate (high levels are associated with anxiety), and last but not least, the electrical activity of the brain changes. In recent years it was discovered that the brain has the ability to change its vibrations and in doing so, changes behaviour as well as involuntary functions of internal organs.

The largest part of the brain is called the cerebral cortex and it comprises about 80% of the brain. It is concerned with our conceptual thinking and motor functions. It houses a number of lobes with overlapping thinking, sensory and memory tasks. For our purpose we need to be aware of the two cerebral hemispheres (almost like two separate brains), connected to each other by the corpus callosum (an intricate web of fibres). These hemispheres are largely responsible for different intellectual functions.
The left hemisphere controls the right side of the body and specializes in processing logical, mathematical and analytical information.
The right hemisphere controls the left side of the body and specializes in processing visual, sensory and emotional information.

It is important to realize that the two hemispheres interact, with the result that not all logical functions are processed by the left-hemisphere and not all creative functions are processed by the right-hemisphere.

Electrical activity of the brain can be measured and seen on an electroencephalogram (EEG). Electrodes, attached to a recording device, are placed on a person's scalp to record the brain's electrical activity. These electrodes are not sensitive enough to detect individual action potentials, but can detect the simultaneous action potentials in large numbers of neurons. As a result, the EEG displays wavelike patterns known as brain waves.

CLASSIFICATION OF BRAIN WAVES:

K COMPLEX – measures at 33 and above cycles per second, a state of very high anxiety.
HIGH BETA – 23 – 33 cycles per second, a very tense state in which it is
difficult to e rational.
BETA – 14 – 22 cycles per second. It is the awake-state of physical alertness when the mind and emotions respond to the senses. It is associated with tension and striving.
ALPHA – 7 – 14 cycles per second. In the alpha state a person is deeply relaxed with the mind completely awake. (I call this state the "golden state" - this is as good as it gets. In this state you change your world, you make your dreams come true and you change yourself).
THETA – 3.5 – 7 cycles per second. The state for night-time sleep. Everybody experiences theta twice every normal day – when falling asleep and when waking up in the morning.
DELTA – measures at 0.5 – 3.5 cycles per second. Delta is profound sleep. Dreams take place in delta, as well as regeneration and cell renewal.

Deep breathing slows down the electrical activity of the brain and in doing so, it becomes a powerful relaxation technique that promotes healing on a physical, emotional and spiritual level.

But-how-does-one-breath-correctly………….? The diaphragm is a large dome of muscles that separates the thoracic (chest) cavity from the abdominal cavity. When the muscles of the diaphragm contract, the dome is flattened, increasing the volume of the thorax (chest). During conscious deep breathing, the respiratory muscles contract more forcefully, causing a greater increase in thoracic volume.

Test yourself with this little exercise:

Place one hand on the chest and one just above the middle. Inhale and notice which hand moves the most. If the hand on your chest moves, you do upper-lung breathing, in other words, shallow breathing.

Teach and train yourself to breathe correctly by doing the following exercise:

Sit in an upright chair with the spine straight and the eyes closed, feet flat on the floor a few inches apart. Hands relaxed and in a comfortable position in the lap. Take a long, slow, deep breath and hold for a count of 3. Exhale……. and feel how the body relaxes. Repeat three times. Keep on breathing slowly and deeply. Become aware of how your breathing consciously slows down, relaxing the body more and more as it goes deeper and deeper into a state of deep relaxation. Concentrate only on your breath, breathing deeply until you feel a stillness you have never experienced before. Be at peace with yourself and your world. Breathe deeply for approximately 20 minutes while you think only of your breath and your breathing.

Defrazzle Your Home Business

Authored By Darlene Hull

A Defrazzled Home Business

"I've got all the money I'll ever need if I die by four o'clock this afternoon."

- Henry Youngman. -


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The Internet is the modern "Gold Rush". Seems that everyone on the Internet is promising you vast riches with little to no effort. But are these outrageous claims true? Can you make $5,250 is Guaranteed with no efforts?

Well, I do believe the Internet is a phenomenal asset to those who want to make some money with less effort and financial investment than with a traditional home business. Can you lounge around all day in your underwear doing nothing and be a millionaire by the end of the year? Not likely. However, if you did want to try your hand at a successful Internet career, take some tips from someone who's been there, done that, and has the scars to prove it. Here's my hard-won, 5-step-plan for financial success on the Internet.

Step one: Find Some Adventurous, Business-Minded Soul Mates.

Get at least two companions (five is best!) who will walk with you enthusiastically, and build your business together. Having a couple of friends with you on the journey helps to keep everyone sane, and it's a built in safety net for keeping you from investing in crazy schemes that would never tempt you during a moment of sanity. Friends can also cheer you on through the necessary slogging at the beginning, and then they're there to celebrate your success at the end.

Step Two: Create Your "Cash Machine"

There's an old adage that says, "It takes money to make money" and, unfortunately, it's true – mostly. Therefore, according to Loral Langemeier, the Author of the excellent book "Making Millionaires" – first you have to learn how to run a business that makes money. You don't have to enjoy it, but it does have to make money – even just a little, and fast! You use this first step to teach you how an Internet business works and to develop the right suite of tools and knowledge to gain a solid foundation.

Step Three: Build Multiple Streams of Income

When your first business is up and running, don't simply burn through the money. Use half of the profits to advertise, and half of your profits to invest in the next business(es). Keep building until you have a solid core of different businesses running under you. This brings stability. If you're wise, you will also be carefully investing in businesses that will give you great tools for running and advertising your businesses, as well as investing in courses that train you in the various areas of online marketing: traffic, copywriting, list building, etc. You must learn to use your profits wisely as even stable companies can sometimes go under.

Step Four: Automate it.

It is possible to run a completely functional business on 2-3 hours a day – or less – by simply automating the more routine activities. Again, there's nothing like the Internet for providing automated systems.

Step Five: Develop Your Passion

So now you've got some real money coming in with an automated system. You can either stay there, or you can take your new knowledge and learn to apply it to your area of greatest passion – creating a business that you LOVE. Simply find a need in an area of your passion (scrapbooking, fly fishing, old cars, fashion, etc.) and use the skills you've developed so far to set up a business in that area and let it take you on a wonderful ride!

So, can you make $1.7 million dollars? Yes, you can, but it's not going to be as easy as they tend to promise. You do need to know what you're doing, and it will take time.

And what better time to try it out than over the summer when things tend to be a bit slower?

Want to join the adventure?

Darlene Hull

The Shocking Truth on Overnight Success

Authored By Douglas Titchmarsh

Overnight success seems to be happening to a lot of other people all the time.

A new popstar arrives in a blaze of glory and is an instant success. A hotshot businessman or online marketer suddenly appears, telling how they are raking in millions.

So how come you aren't an overnight success?

Why are you still working so hard at your business, your career or whatever else your personal view of success maybe?

Well here's the shocking truth about becoming an overnight success....
It doesn't happen overnight. Take some time out and lookup some of the apparent overnight success stories, and you'll find a common theme running along all of their stories.

Almost without exception they were all working hard, exactly the same way you are, for some time before they acheived "overnight success".

Read or watch interviews with popstars who have suddenly appeared and you'll find they were playing small gigs, knocking on talent agents doors, entering contests for years before they were discovered.

The highflying business owner or "new internet marketing guru" has a string of failures behind him or her preceding that one big breakthrough which launched them to guru status and the big earnings.

Dig even deeper and you'll find one other thing these success stories all have in common, they didn't give up.

Sure they suffered knockbacks, failures and losses before they hit the bigtime and became known as an overnight success, but they kept getting back up and trying again.

So if you want to be the next "overnight success" you may have to work at it for a while, but most of all you'll have to make sure you never give up.

People Just Don't Answer

Authored By William Nabaza

People Just Don't Answer

Same old story. You sent an email to someone you thought would be interested to do your project and also would be interested for an additional client, but they didn't answer.

You blame the person on the other line but you need to understand there are things that hindered him from answering your email rapidly.

These are the following:

1. They spend hours sorting thru requests trying to send more info quickly. They are overwhelmed by the email messages they're receiving.

2. They spend even more hours entering prospects addresses into a database.

3. They're busy handling prospects call complaining they never received the information they requested.

4. They're trying to remember which prospect received which follow up letter.

5. Since they're doing it manually, they cannot accommodate hundreds of potential customers due to ineffective follow up and tracking.

Eventually, with fewer customers you lose profits and eventually lose your business.

How can we cope up with avalance of email messages thronging our inbox?

The answer is for you to have you're own autoresponder.

What is an autoresponder?

An autoresponder is a program that runs on a web server to automatically send a reply to the email address that sent mail to it. They are also often called infobots, autobots, automailers, and responders.

Now, let's talk about the importance of an autoresponder:

It's been known to marketing industry researchers that your average prospect need to be exposed to your messages is up to at least 7 times to become a motivated buyer!

That's called "rule of seven" which has been taught in business schools for years.

Did you put that "rule of seven" securely inside your head?

Statistics show that average conversion rate from visitors to buyers is less than 1%!

An autoresponder offers you the ability to send your sales letter, catalog, price list, press release, brochure, newsletter, job list, technical data, spec sheet, instructions, ordering info, or anything else you would send a prospect, ON DEMAND when they want it.

Plus..

1. Immediate response to your potential customers' inquiries, which means increased sales.

2. Online reports of clients requesting information.

3. Very cost effective, relative to telephone or faxed information.

4. You can file and fill requests 24 hours a day, even while your on vacation.

5. Instant information on demand and delivered within usually seconds.

6. You have total control over your responder through a password protected web site.

7. You can update your AutoResponder text yourself easily, anytime you wish.

8. Your AutoResponder tracks and logs, "Who and When," relative to information requested and then the AutoResponder will send you a daily log of this information.

9. The ability to "capture" people's email addresses by asking them to send for more info by email while they are visiting your web site.

10. In "Today's Information Age" the name of the game is automatic and fast. Visitors from your site don't want to receive a package of info delivered to their house. They don't even want a brochure. What they want is detailed information delivered to their email boxes right now right there. With an autoresponder, anyone world wide can retrieve their needed information anytime and for free.

Top 10 Tips For Generating Big Traffic To Your Blog Today

Authored By Ewen Chia

Let's face it, blogs (or weblogs) are getting incredibly popular amongst people with an internet connection due to the ease and practicality of setting one up.

Despite this however, there is no value in having a blog if no one is visiting and reading it!

Therefore, it is important to know exactly how to drive traffic to your blog if you desire to increase your readership or monetize it.

To do that, here are 10 quick tips to generating more traffic to your blogs:

Tip 1: Reciprocal Linking

One of the most proven ways to gain targeted traffic is to exchange links with other bloggers or site owners. This is a task which requires a little work – by sending an email request for a link exchange with a few follow ups but the results are worth it.

Another linking method is to simply write a testimonial for a product you have purchased. If your testimonial is good, product owners will usually publish it on their sales page with your blog URL included.

If you want to skip the traditional way of exchanging links and go for the easier way, you can automate the process with various software and services found on the net. Just do a search at Google.com and you will have a list of these.

Tip 2: Blog Commentaries

Do you know that your comments also have high potential in generating targeted traffic to your blog and is an effective linking strategy?

All you have to do is find a blog related to your niche and post your comments. At the end of your comments you can include a link back to your blog, this way people who are interested will be able to visit your blog as well. However you should never misuse this to spam other blogs.

Tip 3: Blog Directories

Blog directories are similar to search engines just that they cater only to searches for blogs. It is advisable to submit your blog to the major directories, some of which include feedster.com, technorati.com and blogstreet.com.

Similarly, there are many blog services like pingomatic.com which you can use to ping your blog. Pinging your blog notifies the service that you've updated your blog. These services will then publish your new posts and you get traffic from interested readers and search engines.

Tip 4: Writing Articles

This is one of the best ways of pulling targeted, steady and long-term traffic to your blog. By writing your own articles and submitting them to article directories, you can invite a lot of targeted visitors to your blog.

In order to generate traffic by writing articles, you need to include your resource box at the end of every article you have written. The resource box is where you promote and introduce your website or blog.

To truly maximize your results, you need a system to create, submit and leverage off your articles easily. One of the best available is seen at http://EzineArticle.com/aa.htm

Tip 5: Writing Press Releases

Press release is a very effective way of generating instant traffic to your blog. Although press releases only pull in short-term traffic, they can work very well if you continuously write and submit press releases regularly while monetizing the traffic received.

PRWeb.com is one of the oldest and most trusted sources for news distribution on the web. Or you can use an automated press release service like http://www.SubmitYourPressRelease.com to do the work for you quickly.

Tip 6: Start A Blog Mailing List

The phrase "the money is in the list" is true in all businesses. If you want to succeed online, you must start building your own list of targeted subscribers. You can send your subscribers to your blog anytime you have new posts.

By the same token, you can also get your blog readers to subscribe to a 'blog update' list which can be used to notify them when you have updated your blog. REPEAT traffic through returning visitors is a key traffic strategy and you can control that with this method.

Tip 7: Publishing Your Own Ezine

You can also provide your subscribers with useful information in several series with an autoresponder. An ezine is often called an online magazine. By publishing your own ezine, you are able to attract readership to your blog when you advertise it in your ezine.

Tip 8: Pay For Traffic

If you have a good monetization strategy for your blog through affiliate programs, Google Adsense and a mailing list, you should consider using paid advertising to drive traffic to your blog.

Recommended options include pay-per-click advertising, ezine advertising and huge banner exposures.

Tip 9: Giving Out Free Reports

Give out free viral reports to promote your blog. Providing useful information in your free reports can trigger your readers' interest to know more about you and your websites. More information on this tactic can be found at http://www.MiniEbook.com.

Tip 10: Niche Discussion Boards

Discussions boards or forums can deliver targeted traffic to your blog. If you have a blog about gardening, try searching for a related niche forum with huge traffic to participate in.

Most forums will usually allow you to include a signature file where you can write a few sentences of words. You can invite people to visit your blog through the signature file by posting more regularly.

In conclusion, realize that getting traffic to your blog should not be viewed as a one time effort. Commit and focus on a long-term strategy in order to succeed. It is all about gaining momentum.

Once you get a decent amount of traffic to your blog, you will attract more visitors to it everyday as you work on it. As time goes by, you will have an amazing amount of traffic to your blog which you never thought was possible!

10 Reasons To Form A Strategic Business Alliance

Authored By Eugenijus Sakalauskas

A strategic alliance is when two or more businesses
join together for a set period of time. The businesses,
usually, are not in direct competition, but have similar
products or services that are directed toward the
same target audience. Below are ten reasons to
create a strategic alliance.

1. You could offer your customers a larger variety of
products or services. This will allow you to spend
less time and money developing new products to sell.

2. Your number of sales people will increase because
you're combining with other business. You won't have
spend to time and money hiring new employees.

3. Your marketing and advertising budget will increase.
When you form a strategic alliance with other businesses
you both will share the advertising and marketing costs.

4. You can now offer your existing customers more
back-end and upsell products. This will increase your
sales and profits.

5. Your business will gain a larger number of skilled
people working on the same project. You will gain
the knowledge of the other businesses employees.

6. You will be able to beat your competition by selling
to a larger target audience. You will also increase the
total number of existing customers you can sell your
products and services to.

7. You can exchange endorsements with your alliance
partners. You'll add more credibility to your business
and gain your potential customers trust to buy.

8. You can expand your business more rapidly. You
can develop new products and services faster with
a larger work force.

9. You'll be able to solve your customer's problems
faster with a larger base of customer service people.
You'll also learn new ways to improve your customer
service from your alliance partners.

10. You'll have a larger number of "strategic thinking"
people. This will allow both businesses to come up
with profitable business ideas quicker than before.

Quote of the Day:

"A man of character finds a special attractiveness in
difficulty, since it is only by coming to grips with
difficulty that he can realize his potentialities." --
Charles de Gaulle

3 Web Promotion Tips

Authored By Amin Lalani

There was an era when people were talking about how to create a website using html coding or some easy tools to create attractive website in seconds. Today we are a level up, and we seek how to promote our website so that, the actual purpose of selling products or services could be attained by bringing more target visitors to the website.

There are basically two ways of doing web promotion i.e. paid and un-paid. Paid marketing brings quick results to the website whereas unpaid marketing brings slow response to the website but it is effective too. Now let's see how it works.

Before going into web promotion, first of all the website should be polished or SEO (Search engine optimization – optimizing website for search engine robot to crawl or read the website easily) so that, the major search engine robots can visit the website and update our web content.

Now let us see how this is done.

Step 1: Ensure each of the pages has Title, Keywords and Description. Here is the code that can be copy paste to the header of the web-pages.







The coding above is a sample extracted from a small broadband website. The letters which is highlighted bold is the text that a site owner is required to input, the other texts are the coding that has to be placed as it is in header of a page.

Step 2: Once the title, keywords and description is done, the next step is to create a sitemap. Sitemap enables spider (spider : a robot from google, yahoo, altavista and other search engines that reads and store the content of the website in the search engine database) to read each and every page, see the example at: http://www.evision.com.pk/sitemap.html

These are some very basic steps, although there are many other steps like writing quality content, adding information and article to the website, etc which would bring good traffic to the website.

Step 3: Now after going through the above 2 steps the website is ready to get submitted to major search engines. Here are few links to submit the website for free in google, yahoo, dmoz and altavista

Once the site completes the above steps now there is a question that how to bring more traffic to the website. So as mentioned earlier, the 2 methods i.e. fast and paid method and slow but free method.

In fast promotional / paid method, keywords that people usually searched, for example to reach 1800flowers.com people would search for send flowers, send valentine flowers, etc in search engine, are listed and best of the listed are added to the yahoo, google and to other search engine accounts, these keywords are then placed on top when anyone search for it in the search engine. Each keyword starts at 10 cents per click and goes upwards. There are many other sites besides search engine, which offer paid advertisement solutions and they are good too for promoting the website. These are called paid advertisement.

Slow or free marketing is where a site can be promoted by maintaining the site as per marketing standards, for example site must have title, keywords and description; it must have relevant content originally written and not copied, it must have sitemap, it should also have article and news section that should be updated on regular basis, site should be submitted to various directories and search engines, and other relevant activities needs to be performed so that the site gets listed in search engine and acquire top position in search results.

JV Marketing - Affiliates in Disguise

Authored By Jim Hoffman

Jv marketing is one the most popular topics online these days.
The problem is that a joint venture should be just that. "joint"

Just offering an affiliate commission is not a true JV. Anyone can
go to Clickbank or PayDotCom and get high affiliate commissions for
promoting a product.

You must offer more to individuals to get a true and profitable JV.
Besides a higher commission on sales you should think about

- Giving the JV a free copy or access to your product or service
- Offering to promote a product of theirs to your list
- Placing a link or recommendation about their product or website
on your website
- Perhaps incorporating their advertisement with your product
(this will afford them a viral ad)
- Try offering to give a freebie to their list or give their list
a discount on your product.
- Give them pre written sales letters and graphics.

The basic idea is to make it hard for a potential JV partner to
say no. If your product is worthy and the JV partner makes some
cash working with you, they will most likely continue promoting
your product each week or month. The goal is to get them to say
yes to that first promotion.

In addition to the above - you must also contact your potential
JV partners carefully. Don't mass email them. Try and build a
relationship before asking to do a JV. Potential JV partners are
like anyone else - they don't want spammy emails and they don't
want to be sold on something each time they hear from you.

As always - don't put your eggs all in one basket. Try and JV with
several partners. This way if one says no - maybe the other 3 or 4
will say yes.

If you want some more information on mastering JV marketing take a
look at http://internetmarketingcpr.com/offers/JVM

Keep It Simple!

Authored By Dwight Braswell

Hey Dreamers! (First of all, SMILE, you are on track to Reach Your Dreams!)

Recently it seems that everyone wants to get rich quick; the easier, the better. With over 50% of the population (in the US alone) turning to home-based businesses it seems that everyone is seeking a Dream. People want financial freedom the easy way and they want it now. People are constantly asking the experts-"HOW CAN I GET TO WHERE YOU ARE?" "WHAT STEPS CAN I TAKE TO MAKE MY DREAMS COME TRUE?" The problem is that most people are afraid to Take Action once they figure out what they truly need to do. They are so afraid of failure or of rejection that they say to themselves "I don't really need to do this, I am content with what I have." In reality, they are not content, they are afraid to take the steps needed to create an extraordinary life for themselves and their family.

I believe, as Robert Allen has said that everyone has what it takes to reach their dreams. Someone, somewhere has the resources you need to get the job done and take you to the next step. The real question is; "are you passionate and hungry enough to search for those resources and put them to use when it is necessary?" If you struggle with these issues of laziness, doubt, hot and cold determination, lack of action, etc, it is my personal goal to help you over come these fears and emotions so that you can create a power inside of you that will drive you to your Dreams!

I believe that you can do anything you truly want to do. "HOW," you ask. First of all, you need to start asking the right question! The question is "WHY?" See, this simple question with help you develop a "motive," a "reason," strong enough for you to reach your Dreams. It is not about starting on the journey, it is about taking the next step and the next until you have REACHED what you set out to reach.

If there is one thing that is certain it is that you will face many failures and obstacles along the way. This is a great time for you to build yourself up and create even more power for your journey. Instead of being upset about failure, thrive on it; Look forward to it, embrace it, because it is a great opportunity for you to grow as a person and as an entrepreneur!

NEVER FEAR FAILURE, THRIVE OFF OF IT!

Learn to grow from it. When you fell off your bike the 1st, 2nd or 3rd time, did you give up? No, you got back on and got better every time you did it. You want to get to a place where no matter what happens, and I mean NO MATTER WHAT, you will take note of the situation and learn at least one important lesson from every fall!

Here are a few helpful hints on how to add Power to your Daily life!

•Find a small notebook that you can place right by your computer. EVERY time something you try doesn't work, open the notebook and write down what it was, WHY it didn't work and WHAT you can do differently the next time you face the situation. Be very detailed. (This will start creating a log in your mind of lessons that will make you stronger and wiser) This is an important step that you want to take on in every aspect of your life.

•Thrive on Failure because it is an opportunity to LEARN! Never stop learning!
•Be willing to take the extra step you don't think is necessary and always do the tasks you don't want to do FIRST!
•Go buy a package of post-it notes (I like the ones with lines) and each night write down a TO DO LIST for the next day. Here is how I do it: write "TO DO – FRIDAY (whatever day)" at the top. Then I list the simple tasks I need to do that day (one per line);
"laundry detergent"
"listen to tape"
"read one chapter"
"pick up dry cleaning"

And so on and so forth. Make it SO SIMPLE; that way you will do it every day. Put it on your desk or somewhere you will go each morning and then take it off the pad and take it with you everywhere you go. Mark off each task as you do it and I guarantee you will feel SO AMAZING that night when you have done everything you needed to do. If you didn't finish a task, put it on the next day's to do list. Since doing this, I have gone to sleep feeling so relaxed and at peace because I know that I am getting things done every day. It will become second nature. Remember to KEEP IT SIMPLE!

These are just a few key steps you can take on a daily basis to start living with POWER in your life. DO TAKE ACTION on these! No excuses. START RIGHT NOW – what do you have to do TOMORROW? Basic tasks to complicated ones- write it ALL down!

My greatest advice is to make things DETAILED, but SIMPLE. Yes, you want to reach your DREAMS, but you must make a detailed plan in order to get there. WHY, WHAT, HOW, right? The simple part comes in with your daily thoughts and tasks. Don't complicate things in your mind. Make the tasks simple ones that get you to the next level. If you can do this, you won't feel stressed or bothered, they will be fun and easy! Does this make sense? HAVE FUN! When you finish your SIMPLE "To Do" list, celebrate! I mean, really celebrate! Do something you have wanted to do, but didn't have the time (take your family or friends out, watch a movie) whatever it is, make it fun!

If you would like more tips, information and inspiration like this, I would love to send you our OSBOS Money Making Newsletter for FREE, simply send an email with your first name to DreamBIG@OneStopBizOpShop.com!

Take care and Always Dream BIG!

Basic Things All Affiliate Marketers Need To Survive Online

Authored By Eugenijus Sakalauskas

The following article lists some simple, informative tips
that will help you have a better experience with Affiliate.

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. Actually, it is more complicated
than that. It is just good marketing practices that have
been proven over years of hard work and dedication.
There are tactics that have worked before with online
marketing and is continuing to work in the online affiliate
marketing world of today. With these top three marketing
tips, you will be able to able to increase your sales and
survive in the affiliate marketing online.

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. Be sure that these
customers are more than willing to allow you to use their
names and photos on the site of the specific product you
are marketing.

You can also write articles highlighting the uses of the product
and include them on the website as an additional page. Make the
pages attractive compelling and include calls to act on the
information. Each headline should attract the readers to try
and read more, even contact you. Highlight your special points.
This will help your readers to learn what the page is about
and will want to find out more.

2. Offer free reports to your readers. If possible position
them at the very top side of your page so it they simply
cannot be missed. Try to create autoresponder messages
that will be mailed to those who input their personal
information into your sign up box. According to research, a
sale is closed usually on the seventh contact with a prospect.

Only two things can possibly happen with the web page alone:
closed sale or the prospect leaving the page and never
return again. By placing useful information into their inboxes
at certain specified period, you will remind them of the
product they thought they want later and will find out that
the sale is closed. Be sure that the content is directed toward
specific reasons to buy the product. Do not make it sound
like a sales pitch.

Focus on important points like how your product can make life
and things easier and more enjoyable. Include compelling
subject lines in the email. As much as possible, avoid using
the word "free" because there are still older spam filters
that dumps those kind of contents into the junk before even
anyone reading them first. Convince those who signed up for
your free reports that they will be missing something big
if they do not avail of your products and services.

3. Get the kind of traffic that is targeted to your product.
Just think, if the person who visited your website has no
interest whatsoever in what you are offering, they will be
among those who move on and never come back. Write articles
for publication in e-zines and e-reports. This way you can
locate publications that is focusing on your target customers
and what you have put up might just grab their interest.

Try to write a minimum of 2 articles per week, with at least
300-600 words in length. By continuously writing and maintaining
these articles you can generate as many as 100 targeted readers
to your site in a day.
Always remember that only 1 out of 100 people are likely to
buy your product or get your services. If you can generate as
much as 1,000 targeted hits for your website in a day, that
means you can made 10 sales based on the average statistic.

The tactics given above does not really sound very difficult to
do, if you think about it. It just requires a little time and
an action plan on your part.

Try to use these tips for several affiliate marketing programs.
You can end maintaining a good source of income and surviving
in this business that not all marketers can do.
Besides, think of the huge paychecks you will be receiving…

Now that wasn't hard at all, was it? And you've earned a
wealth of knowledge, just from taking some time to study an
expert's word on Affiliate.

How To Avoid Hackers From Destroying Your Site

Authored By William Nabaza

How To Avoid Hackers From Destroying Your Site?

Recently, my site and other internet accounts were hacked maliciously for the purpose of getting all my online sales and transferring it to his/her account. I've learned a valuable lesson that I would like to share with you so as to avoid becoming the next victim for this hacker.

Steps to protect your web site:

1. Don't give out your username/password to anyone else.

Even if it's your own net/web/system admin. Chances are he/she already knows it for he/she can just login as admin to the control panel and look at your password.

2. Change your password once in a while.

It's better to write them down instead of saving them on a hard disk with insufficient firewall protection.

3. Don't use any word that can be found in dictionary or anything that signifies your birthdate, your street number to make it difficult for the hackers to guess.

4. Disable the "Forgot Password" utility on your site. This utility is very convenient to most end users, so fast that it gives out password so easy to for hackers to play with.

5. Make your password question / password answer (the one used to remind your forgotten password) difficult to guess. Treat it as a password. If anyone can just guess it, chances are hackers will start exploring with your account.

6. Make sure you are in constant contact with your web provider so they know your real identity and they can help you out as soon as there's hacking going on in your site.

7. Don't use any irc (internet relay chat) based chat system for it connects to ports 6660 to 6669. Hackers will exploit these ports and will upload trojan virus in your computer that can get your username/password on most of your accounts.

If you are going to use any irc chat system, don't even use it without the aid of psybnc or bnc. For more details and pricing of this tool, email: sales@nabaza.com with Subject: psybnc or go to http://www.nabaza.com/support.htm and post your request there.

8. Don't trust any email (even if it's an email message coming from your trusted friend) message that has .exe file attachment. Chances are it came from a malicious programmer and this .exe file already spreadand infected/duplicated in all email addresses in your addressbook including yours.

For antivirus information, go to:
http://www.nabaza.com/antivirus.htm

The Twelve Days of Spyware

Authored By Doug Woodall

The Twelve Days of Spyware

On the first day of Spyware,
A Sender Forger sent to me
A SoBig Virus in a Email.

On the second day of Spyware,
a Phisher sent to me
A Nigerian Email Scam,
And a SoBig Virus in a Email.

On the third day of Spyware,
Webforce sent to me
A unauthorized Bank Charge,
A Nigerian Email Scam,
And a SoBig Virus in a Email.

On the fourth day of Spyware,
A Homepage Hijacker sent to me
A Homepage of Sleeze,
A unauthorized Bank Charge,
A Nigerian Email Scam,
And a SoBig Virus in a Email.

On the fifth day of Spyware,
Advertising Software sent to me
A hundred annoying Popups,
A Homepage of Sleeze,
A unauthorized Bank Charge,
A Nigerian Email Scam,
And a SoBig Virus in a Email.

On the sixth day of Spyware,
A Hacker sent to me
A Keylogger that stole my Identity,
A hundred annoying Popups,
A Homepage of Sleeze,
A unauthorized Bank Charge,
A Nigerian Email Scam,
And a SoBig Virus in a Email.

On the seventh day of Spyware,
A Dialer stealer sent to me
A huge Phone bill,
A Keylogger that stole my Identity,
A hundred annoying Popups,
A Homepage of Sleeze,
A unauthorized Bank Charge,
A Nigerian Email Scam,
And a SoBig Virus in a Email.

On the eighth day of Spyware,
A free download sent to me
A lil program that stole my chatroom logs,
A huge Phone bill,
A Keylogger that stole my Identity,
A hundred annoying Popups,
A Homepage of Sleeze,
A unauthorized Bank Charge,
A Nigerian Email Scam,
And a SoBig Virus in a Email.

On the ninth day of Spyware,
A Drive By Download sent to me
Xupiter,oh joy,
A lil program that stole my chatroom logs,
A huge Phone bill,
A Keylogger that stole my Identity,
A hundred annoying Popups,
A Homepage of Sleeze,
A unauthorized Bank Charge,
A Nigerian Email Scam,
And a SoBig Virus in a Email.

On the tenth day of Spyware,
Grokster sent to me
Gator,oh NO,
Xupiter,oh joy,
A lil program that stole my chatroom logs,
A huge Phone bill,
A Keylogger that stole my Identity,
A hundred annoying Popups,
A Homepage of Sleeze,
A unauthorized Bank Charge,
A Nigerian Email Scam,
And a SoBig Virus in a Email.

On the eleventh day of Spyware,
DoubleClick sent to me
Lots of Ad Cookies,
Gator,oh NO,
Xupiter,oh joy,
A lil program that stole my chatroom logs,
A huge Phone bill,
A Keylogger that stole my Identity,
A hundred annoying Popups,
A Homepage of Sleeze,
A unauthorized Bank Charge,
A Nigerian Email Scam,
And a SoBig Virus in a Email.

On the twelfth day of Spyware,
Malware sent to me
A unbootable computer,
Lots of Ad Cookies,
Gator,oh NO,
Xupiter,oh joy,
A lil program that stole my chatroom logs,
A huge Phone bill,
A Keylogger that stole my Identity,
A hundred annoying Popups,
A Homepage of Sleeze,
A unauthorized Bank Charge,
A Nigerian Email Scam,
And a SoBig Virus in a Email!

Stay Safe Online and Happy Holidays to you and yours.

Cast Your Magic Spell On Business Audiences

Authored By Eric Garner

If you want to win over a business audience, you need to weave a magic spell on them. Here are 7 ways to do it.

1. Meet Their Needs. The quickest way to turn a business audience off is to deliver your presentation to suit you; conversely, the quickest way to turn them on is to deliver it to suit them.

Marketing agencies tell us that most audiences fall into four different types of people:
•Drivers. Busy people, they will want you to start and finish on time. They are interested in the bottom line.
•Expressives. Expressives warm to style and feeling. They want to feel good about your talk.
•Amiables. Amiables enjoy the chance for social interaction with you and others. They find it hard to sit quiet.
•Analyticals. Critics and cross-examiners, analyticals will only tune in to your arguments and facts.

Now all you have to do is deliver your presentation to appeal to every one of these types, or find out who the key decision makers are and deliver to them.

2. Charm Them. Some presenters manage to charm us with their manner and style and we believe they have a natural gift. But being able to charm an audience is a skill that can be learned.

The following are some of the ways to increase your charm rating:
•Look good: it shows you respect your audience
•Make up your mind to like them unconditionally
•Defer to them. "Don't underestimate an audience's intelligence or over-estimate their knowledge." (C.P.Scott)
•Be courteous and courtly. Acquire good manners and mannerisms; thank them for coming to see you.
•Find out enough about them so that you can drop light touches about them into your talk
•Pay them sincere compliments ("As experienced professionals, you will know...")
•Aim to be of service to them.

3. Stand Out. Being different means getting yourself noticed. Antony Jay describes this presentation in his book "Effective Presentations". An Army officer arranged to give a presentation on "Surprise in warfare". Once everyone had assembled, he announced his subject, placed a tiny squib on the table and took out his matches. Just as he was about to light the squib, his assistant let off a huge explosion at the back of the room. The audience immediately learnt three lessons about surprise in warfare: be aware of deception about time, place and the bang you expect.

4. Grab Their Attention. One way to think about an audience is to imagine that they are neutral, ie neither interested nor bored, but capable of being either. It is up to you to grab their attention.

One way to do this is to structure your talk around the mnemonic AIDA:
•Attention-grabbing opener
•Interest-inducing follow up
•Desire-creating middle
•Action-calls at the end

Aim to make sure that nobody leaves your presentations asking "So, what was all that about?"

5. Keep Them Interested. All the presentation skills that you can acquire and practise have one simple purpose: to defeat Randomity Deprivation Syndrome in your audience. Randomity deprivation syndrome is, in simple English, boredom. It strikes when we are captive in a stuffy auditorium and the person who is speaking has "deprived" us of our basic need for "random" and interesting ideas and experiences. One way to stave off boredom is to identify a problem that your audience has and to let them know that they will only overcome it with your help. The more serious you make the problem, the keener they will be to drop every other thought and pay attention to you.

6. Lead Them. The most effective way to lead an audience through your presentation is to follow them. Only by tuning in to where they are can you efffectively respond by delivering a talk that is relevant to them. This is not an easy thing to do in a one-way presentation where opportunities for feedback are few. You can however do it if you...

•go at their pace. Speed up your speaking rate for subjects that they are familiar with, slow down for subjects that are new.
•watch out for signs that you are no longer getting through, such as whispers, fidgets, yawns
•use "we" rather than "you" ("We have five minutes to look at Bioengineering. Let's start with...")
•find common ground between you ("Like yourselves, I travel a great deal, so I know how hard it is...")
•listen to what they say before your talk, during your talk and afterwards.

7. Be Yourself. The thing you bring most to a presentation and the thing that determines whether an audience will accept your presentation, is You and the way to deliver You is confidence. Confidence means feeling at one with others, knowing that you're in this together and the only outcome is "I'm going to win and so are you." Confident people are well-prepared but not so much that they lose the spark of spontaneity. Confident people avoid doubts, self-criticism, and worry about the impression they're making because they see themselves as able, acceptable, wanted and loved.

If you learn and practise these 7 presentational skills, you will be able to get any audience to do what you want. The effect will be sheer magic.

Honesty...Everybody Got Game!

Authored By Laurie Brandt

I am sick and tired of seeing "Copycatting" of everything. I open my email and what do I see? 20 people trying to sell the same thing. What happened to originality? The sad part is they are all attempting to sell what I and most of us already own. The Internet is too big for everyone to copy each other, come on people if you have real talent, show it, don't copy the next guy…it is boring and stupid.

It is almost like American Idol and hearing songs that are carbon copies of the originals…real talent makes it your own. Use your words, pick a unique ensemble of products (or create your own) and show your true talents. I am taking my time to carefully learn all aspects before I throw out the same old stuff they are doing. Actually I will never do it the way it is currently being done, I am my own person, unique and ORIGINAL!

How many people are really buying this anyway…if you contact me I can show you how to gain the majority of all that for FREE! Now true that is getting a little off the subject of this writing but I just have an overwhelming need to set the record straight.

Who am I? My name is Laurie Brandt I am an HMA Marketing Consultant and I honestly want to help people discover their own "Niches", not copy what is going on and around them. Look at it like this…"you have a Quarter and 40 Gumball machines competing for that 1 Quarter. I chose a different machine to knock off the competition myself and if I put my Software out there with how many other so called "Marketers" what have I got? One Quarter competing against how many Gumball machines? Too many to make any significant money."

Copycat Marketing is just what it says it is…BE ORIGINAL. BE YOU! Can I help you with that? Of course I can…It is all about following a Proven system that teaches individuality, takes you step by step and opens you up to discovery. There is one thing however we all have in common, we want to make MONEY! There is a right and wrong way to go about this. Most of these folks peddling the same set of products will be gone far sooner than you think; a few will make it, survival of the fittest!

Those took there time and learned and that is their "NICHE", now find yours. Everyday my inbox is full of names of folks I have no clue how they are selling the same exact thing as 1000 other people, I could be another name on that list, I have all the Software and can turn you on to that too. But that's not what this is about; I am saying…DO NOT BE


ANOTHER COPYCATTER SEEKING A POT OF GOLD THAT DOES NOT EXIST! I and many others have personally searched for it, and it does NOT exist in Copycatting! You must put in work, learn and you MUST learn from the right people and learn what is right for you.

There are people that will promise you all the answers for a price…you must learn to discern the good from the bad (YES I SAID THAT), some are only interested in filling up their bank accounts with your money, there are a select few that are HONEST and DO NOT overcharge and you get far more than your monies worth. Your ROI is fulfilled in a reasonable amount of time (Not Over Night, In 30 days or any other Hype lies). Any legit, true biz takes time to build and you have to learn it first. I can hand you Software and say go sell now, does NOT mean you are gonna make a lot of money. The odds are you are not!

I am here to tell it the way it really is, NO B.S., NO GAMES, a simple word…HONESTY! I want to help and can and will put you in the right place to find your "Niche", get you properly educated so you do not become "Copycatter so called Marketer" that eventually ends up in debt and no where to turn. If you MUST part with your hard earned money at least do it to where it benefits you and makes YOU money!

I have a Secret Special Report…Totally Free to those of you that want the truth and are Fed up with paying and going NO Where! Please send an email to tcsca1@yahoo.com with "Secret Special Report" in Subject line. I think you will be enlightened and your eyes opened and the light WILL come on! The info is priceless, please share about yourself as I really want to help you and can help you. Rome Was Not Built In A Day! Your Business will not be either but I know a way to make it easier and get you to the correct way to do it.

The ball is in your court! Copycatting or being Yourself with your own talents selling yourself? You decide.

15 Marketing Tips to Increase Your Profits

Authored By SadieJane

1-Focus your website on your visitors and customers desires, not on yourself. Be sure they know what is in it for them, not that you won an award for your business. For example, do not make your ad mostly about what you have done; make it about what benefits the reader will get from buying your products or service.

2-Allow visitors to submit a free classified ad on your web site. Require them to give a valid e-mail address in order to post an ad. You could also require them to return after a set time to resubmit. You could also ask that they give you a reciprocal link in return on their web site.

3-Allow other people to publish your e-zine articles on their web site. Include your website ad and link in each issue you publish. This may also help you increase the number of people who subscribe to your e-zine. You could also allow people to use your full issue for their own e-zine as long as they include your links and signature.

4-When you purchase a product or visit a site and it exceeds your expectations or has great information, e-mail a testimonial to the company. Make sure your statement is detailed. Give them permission to publish it on their web site if they link to your site. For example, under your testimonial you could sign it (your name) Author of (your book) Visit (your site).

5-Give away the e-book or software as a gift to your current customers as a way of letting them know you appreciate their business. Place an ad in the e-book for a new back-end product you're offering. For example, you could say, We Are Giving You This E-book As A Way To Say Thanks For Being One Of Our Loyal Customers.

6-Make money cross-promoting your e-book with other peoples products or services; this is a great easy technique and could double your marketing effort without spending more time and money on your part. For example, you could package your business e-book with a search engine submission service and it is a win, win situation for you both.

7-When you create a new product or service; just give your subscribers a free copy or limited membership. These folks are the most likely to purchase the upgrade and of course pass it on to friends.

8-You can earn residual income from your customers by selling back-end products. If you do not have any, you could sign up to related affiliate programs. For example, you could say Thanks for ordering our product. If you would like to learn more about web marketing, I highly recommend (affiliate product)!

9-Most people want life to be easier and quicker. Give your prospects easy ordering instructions, easy product instructions, etc. For example, you could say, our product comes with step-by-step, easy ordering instructions! Also make sure your website is as easy as possible to navigate.

10-Reward your customers for giving you feedback on your product or service, it could be discounted products, useful software, information products, etc. For example, you could say, Could you please give us any helpful feedback on how to improve our product or service and you will get a free business e-book or software program.

11-Give away a follow-up e-mail course on anything helpful pertaining to your product or service. Include your ad with each lesson. People will buy quicker when they see your ad repeatedly. For example, how many times have you bought something because you have seen the advertisement on TV or in the news paper over a period of a few of weeks?

12-Run a contest or sweepstakes for your customers or visitors, give away free ebooks or reports, cash, t-shirts, caps anything with your company logo. People love freebies, Use short polls or surveys for them to enter and increase your opt in lists. Plus be sure to use email to announce winners and notify them of new contests in the future.

13-Add forums or message boards to your site. It will give you visitors a way to be more active on your website. An article section is also a good idea and gives your customers a reason to return more often.

14-Create urgency for a product or offer, you want buyers to buy now. Tell buyers your offer will not be available again. You can always sell that product again with bonuses or a special priced package. Plus you can put a limit on the actual number of products for sale.

15-Turn your ads into a story or How to articles, people are more likely to continue reading your copy if you do this. People love stories, tall tales and humor, use these in your marketing and on your website.

Joint Venture 101 - The Quickest Way To Build Your eBusiness (Part 1)

Authored By Valeriu S. Popescu

This article reveals the same techniques that many Internet marketing experts uses every day to make millions of dollars in profits - no kidding! In my own opinion it is the most profitable and powerful concept ever used on the Internet field. So, stay close and read it carefully.

Joint Venturing represents the easiest way to start a new business and make more money online and it is the only 100% risk-free marketing technique. You have nothing to loose.

A good joint venture can mean a fortune in a short amount of time. It can mean bringing your product/service to market without spending a cent of your own money. It can mean free media attention, etcetera. All these translate into more sales, more free time and more of everything good!

In a few words, Joint Venturing (JV) means that two or more business people/company partnering up to create a win-win situation for all the parties involved.

No doubts, Joint Venturing can be very tricky. But... if you follow these simple rules, you can be on your way to building your empire out of thin air.

As a Netpreneur, you are in one of these four positions if you want to do a Joint Venture:

1) Have your own product(s) : Joint Venturing with list owners.

In this case, be very carefully because most of the list owners want to do businesses only IF your product is new and has a proven value for their subscribers. The greatest advantage is these lists have educated people and were created for different categories.

There are thousands of list owners out there. You can use many of these lists to leverage their customer assets and split the profits with the owner.

Tip : never try to do a Joint Venturing with list owners that do not match with your product/service! It's just a waste of time...

2) Have your own customer list(s) : Joint Venturing with other product/service development owners.

Basically, this type of Joint Venturing has two big advantages:

- you can make more money than your Joint Venturing partner
(of course, in the 'long run')

- you don't have to develop your own product/service

All you need is to find those products/services which best suit your customers needs. Let me advice you to use a software program, because doing this research manually can take a lot of your time.

3) No product or a customer list: becomes a "Deal Maker".

Yeap, this is true! Without any money on your pocket you can start to generate a steady cash flow. Your job here is to discover the right product for the right list of customers. This way you can charge a percent from both sides for years to come. Also if you were very professional with them, they
will do business with you again and again!

4) Have the knowledge to make money online: become the "Providence Man".

This is perhaps one of the most neglected Joint Venturing methods. Possibly because it requires a lot of your time for research, but you could end-up charging as much as 50% of all direct sales, which by the way, it is a fair amount for your work.

Connect to the Internet and search for great products that have very poor advertising. Identify one product or service, look at their web site, sales letter, order forms, web design and many other things you can improve.

Identify everything is wrong, think how you can improve that, what costs you, how much the profit will skyrocket and than, get the Joint Venturing agreement with the product owner (and the 50% for your work!).

The key to successful Joint Venturing is to work SMART not HARD!

At this point, you probably wonder if it's as simple as I told you. Yes, it is that simple! Never forget that simple ideas can generate better solutions for your problems.

Joint Venturing creates tremendous benefits (profits!) for both parties, without any initial investments, because they rely upon two basic marketing rules:

---> Rule #1: People are eager to buy from someone who they trust and know!

Please read this carefully and more than once. Do it again and again until you'll understand that a Joint Venturing is not possible without this rule.

People are eager to buy from someone who they trust and know!

The most valuable assets you have in your business are the relationships you have built with your customers. Needless to say, all Internet marketing gurus pay their attention and much more to this relationship. They built their online empires because they understand the value of developing and maintaining their own list of satisfied customers.

---> Rule #2: The money is in the LIST! The money is in the backend sale. Don't you ever forget this!

This concept alone is worth 'pure gold'. No matter what kind of ebusiness you run, definetely an educated list of customers represents your best asset. Without a list you cannot survive in these days. Why?

Because it is much more easy to sell again and again to your customers rather than using a 'cold' list. Not to mention the expenses you needed if you want to acquire new customers.

The key to succeed is to constantly enlarge your list of prospects/ customers and to offer them the right product, at the right time, with the right price. Work the BACKEND sales and then repeat the process!

So, what's the next? I would say that you should read this article again, think of your ebusiness potential, and then jump on the Joint Venture 101 - The Quickest Way To Build Your eBusiness, Part 2:

http://www.internetmarketingprofitscenter.com/advertising/articles/venture-2.html

You can find a 3-step blueprint to develop a solid joint venture, a new and free source of internet marketing products and/or services, and a pretty good example on how you can triple your profits from one single move!

How To Claim Your Share Of The Enormous Traffic Available Everyday From Search Engines

Authored By Ed Duvall

If you're going to be a success online marketing your
website and its products or services you really need to
pay attention to how well you optimize your site for the
search engines.

There are literally millions and millions of searches for
information in hundreds of thousands of categories going
on everyday via the search engines. Google, Yahoo, MSN
and the dozens more search engines are a huge source
(over 65%) of the traffic that hits the Internet so don't waste
the opportunity to capitalize on all the visitors they could be
sending your way by not optimizing your site.

But what kind of techniques should you be using to achieve
better search engine popularity and how do you know that what
you're doing is going to get your webpages ranked and send
you more traffic?

After all, more traffic is your main objective, isn't it?

I'll give you a quick overview here, but for in-depth details of
how-to get more search engine traffic you can download my
Free Ebook...

"8 Steps To Claiming YOUR SHARE Of The 'Enormous
Traffic' Available Everyday From Search Engines...Starting
With ZERO Visitors...And Attract 1,000s of Qualified Buyers"

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When most people think of search engine optimization
they're usually thinking in terms of how to optimize each
page with specific criteria aimed at the search engines.
These might include, but are not limited to, keywords,
keyword insertion rates, meta tags, H1 tags and page
content to name a few.

True, that is an important part of SEO, but it is only one
of an integral series of techniques and strategies you
should be employing to get your pages and site noticed
and ranked better by all of the search engines in order
to get Free targeted traffic from them.

So how do you go about getting the SE's to notice your
site?

First look at the big picture. What's your site about and
is it focused on presenting information to your visitors
that is relevant to them. I don't know how many times I've
searched for something using a search engine, went to a
site and found not only didn't it have the info I was looking
for, but it had absolutely no organization about it to help
me find the info even if they had it on their site.

Yikes...! what a waste of time.

Well anyway, getting SE traffic depends on more than just
optimizing just a few pages on your site. With google apply
for it's patent on search engine technology things are going
to become a bit more complicated. Google being the number
1 SE on the planet has decided that highly targeting their
advertising activities to "your" individual needs is going to be
their priority.

They will be recording and analyzing individual searches to
proactively provide the information, products or services they
think you might be wanting.

So how do you prepare your site for Google's new criteria
and changing algorithms?

Google has always said that sites should provide relevant
information for people surfing the net. After all the Internet
was set up as an information database, a library if you will,
that people looking for information could go to in order to
find solutions to their problems. Guess what - it still is and
it will always be that.

So my answer for what to do is to do just what Google has
always said - provide relevant keyword rich content (and lots
of it) on a regular basis, set up reciprocal links, create
backlinks to your site.

All of these are straight forward and easy things to do.

You can get all of the relevant content you want from article
directories, you can easily create reciprocal link opportunities
by going to Google or one of the other search engines and
looking for sites similar to your own and writing the webmaster
and asking for a link and you can create back links to your
site by writing and publishing articles about your niche or
specialty.

The only downside to getting them done is that they are time
consuming unless you know some of the short cuts covered
in my free ebook.

Once you've got this process established you need to test,
monitor and tweak the pages you've optimized as necessary.

The Dangers Of Negative Thinking

Authored By Kevin Quigley

As you have shown an interest in starting a business of your own it would be safe to assume that you want to change your life. You want more money - more control over your life - more respect. But just as we each have a dream, we also have a reality.

Unfortunately for most people, the reality bears no similarity whatsoever to the dream. In many cases, the dream exists as an escape from the reality.

Think now of YOUR reality - the life you lead every day. What do you do? How do you feel as you awake? Do you have any enthusiasm for your way of life? Do you enjoy your work, or are you on welfare? Then ask yourself the important question: Do you resent having to live this way?

If you answer 'yes' to that question, then you are in danger of succumbing to the most destructive human emotion - Hate.

If you hate the life you live, the people you deal with, the actions you are forced to take, then you will find yourself rapidly rushing toward disaster. When you hate, you may as well be drunk! You no longer function in a creative manner. Your mind is geared toward destruction. Instead of aiming to create a new life for yourself and those you love, you will become obsessed with the act of revenge.

The more that you hate the people and situations around you, the more your mind becomes poisoned with the purpose of getting even. Logical thought becomes impossible and hate then becomes a substitute for action. You must learn NOW, to resist the urge to hate. It achieves nothing constructive and it will destroy both you and your dreams of
success. As Ghandi said..."An eye for an eye just makes the whole world go blind."

Take a good look at your way of life. Do you always have to make do with what you have got, because you can't afford a replacement? Are you always having to put off paying bills until next week? Have you never enough money to enjoy yourself? Are you unhappy with the area in which you live?

You may find that you are regularly having to write a check on Monday and hope that you will be able to cover it by Thursday. Or you may just be sick of the daily grind of early mornings, or the regular nightshift. If most of these apply to you, the you probably hate living this way. So now make a POSITIVE effort to achieve success. Only through positive endevour and thought will you achieve your goal.


Although your current way of life is hard, think not how to get rid of it, but how to REPLACE it with a better way of life. Think SUCCESS - not revenge. Assess what you resent about your life now.

You may even resent the things that you would normally enjoy, were your circumstances different. Occassions like Christmas, birthdays, and Easter can can be trying times when you have no money to spend. Children don't understand the restrictions of a tight budget, and it can cause great
distress to a parent who is unable to give his child the gift, or day out, that they would like. Now imagine the difference in these circumstances when you have achieved success and you are wealthy.

There is no harm in imagining the difference your wealth will make to your lifestyle - but approach it lightheartedly.

Say to yourself: I will work to be a success so that I can tell my boss where to stick his job! And so I can see the look on the Bank managers face when I tell him not to bother offering me overdraft facilities anymore! This attitude is positive, but don't hate the way things are, or the people
it involves. That would only make things worse. You will have plenty of time to reflect on your past when you are wealthy!

These things that make you miserable and depressed will be all behind you when you put the secrets of success to work. Imagine life without all these trying times. You will be able to enjoy Christmas, and give your kids what they want. That squillion function, water-resistant, solar-powered gizmo (that they ALWAYS wanted) will be a drop in the ocean to you!

Many of the people who buy books on starting a business actually don't bother starting up. They can't imagine themselves ever running their own business and earning Unlimited amounts of money. They never see things how they CAN be - only how they are. Don't make this mistake! KNOW what you want, KNOW how to get it, SEE how it WILL be, and then GO FOR IT!!

Yours in success.
Kevin Quigley.

10 Ways To Increase Sales By Promoting Yourself

Authored By Eugenijus Sakalauskas

People will feel more comfortable purchasing your
products if you give them a little information about
yourself or business. The information could be your
profile, employee profiles, overall business history,
education credentials, awards you've won, etc.
Below are 10 ways you can use to promote yourself.

1. Teach a free chat room class on a subject related
to your business. You could install a chat room on
your web site or use a free one from another web site.
Before the class starts tell them a little about yourself.

2. Publish a free e-zine. Use some of the extra space
in your e-zine to write about yourself or business. This
could be called "A Note From the Editor".

3. Publish a section on your web site called "About
Us". With your information you could also include
pictures. This shows people your not hiding behind
your business.

4. Write an article on your area of expertise. Include
a resource box at the end of the article. You can add
information about yourself in the resource box. E-mail
the article to web sites or e-zines that accept article
submissions.

5. Create and giveaway a free ebook. In the ebook
include a section called "About The Author". Also,
include an advertisement for your business.

6. Participate in online communities like newsgroups,
discussion boards, e-mail discussion lists and chat
rooms. You will meet many people and in return they
will get to know you.

7. Donate your time, products, or services to charities.
You can list the charities you've contributed to on your
web site. This will show visitors that you and your
business care about others.

8. Promote yourself offline; teach a free class offline,
speak at business seminars, join a business club or
association. Assemble fundraisers for charity. These
are just few ideas to promote yourself offline.

9. Offer free consulting to your visitors. You could do
it via e-mail or phone. They will get to know you and
feel more comfortable buying your products.

10. Publish information about yourself and business
history in your ad copy. While people are reading it
they begin to trust you and your business. Don't over
do it though, you want to keep them interested in
your product.

Quote of the Day:

"For children to take morality seriously they must be in
the presence of adults who take morality seriously. And
with their own eyes they must see adults take morality
seriously." -- William J. Bennett

Spam Filters-Why are they harmful for Marketers and How to Avoid Them

Authored By Arindam Chakraborty

Have you seen this text often in websites these days?

'I ABSOLUTELY HATE SPAM and I will NEVER rent or sell your personal

information to anyone anytime. Period'

Why do marketers use this text block at the end of opt-in form?Simple. They are afraid that their subscribers might be come forgetful and might accuse them of spamming, even though they are legitimate email marketers.

How does it affect you?

'Spam is one of the most irritating words these days, especially for email marketers. It not only affects those who are at the receiving end but also those who SEND emails. To combat irritating junk spam filters of different Internet Service Providers (ISP) are outdoing each other in evolving out new ways to filter junk email. While this is good in weeding out real junk, even the legitimate email marketers are affected by it, because spam filters sometimes filter out legitimate emails as spam. So what happens is that if you have a large list and a lot of your emails are filtered out chances are that only 1% of your subscribers are reading your message.

The great 'spam' triggers!

While there are many words that will trigger spam filters(e.g., sexual phrases, money making opportunity),here are the most common "trigger" words that you may be using in your ezine:
*e-zine
*amazing
*cancel at any time
*check or money order
*click here
*congratulations
*dear friend
*e-mail marketing
*for only ($)
*for free
*great offer
*guarantee
*increase sales
*order now
*promise you
*risk free
*special promotion
*this is not spam
*to be removed
*unsubscribe
*winner

How to BEAT 'em

There are two ways to beat the spam filters. One is the hardest way to avoid all these "trigger" words, which I know is quite impossible.For example, when you are recommending a product to your prospects you might be tempted to use a "trigger" word like 'great offer" or "amazing" product, both of which can trigger spam filters.

I tell you of an easier way to avoid spam filters. Your second choice is to disguise these words and phrases in clever ways by inserting keyboard symbols within them and/or replacing a letter in them with a symbol. The trick is not to make it too cryptic - you want your readers to be able to understand what you're saying. For example, in my e-zine, I use "fr*ee" for free.

Some spam filters might penalize you for doing this in order to decrease your spam points, I can tell you that the points this tactic costs you penalize you much less than using the words and phrases themselves.

It's always a good idea to test out your e-zine before you send it out. The good news is that you can do it for free. Before I send out any article or e-zine to my prospects, I make sure I use Lyris's free Content Checker at http://www.lyris.com/resources/contentchecker/ to check if my e-zine will get filtered out or not. The content checker works based on the criteria on which Spam Assassin filters out email messages. It tells that your message scores a certain number of points. If the number of points is low, then it's good. If it's too high, it's time for some revision, because a high Spam Assassin point of 5 or more means that your message is doomed to be filtered out even before it reaches your subscribers.

The report will tell you exactly which words are costing you points.

Usually you should only be concerned if your score is over 5 points.If so, you can either delete those words or disguise them, as I mentioned above. Now suppose that you have checked out your message through the content checker but have found that your message has a lot of "trigger" words. Use a free tool that I recommend. All you need is just enter your article and not only does the tool format your article but also insert "special characters" within the 'spam trigger words" so that your e-zine doesn't get filtered.

I test and check each and every issue of my e-zine with this free content checker and formatter tool before I send out my e-zines. No wonder subscribers get to read most of my articles and promos that I send out. That's why I'm a happy publisher.

Sidenote: Regardless of whatever tools you use, it's still pretty important to request your subscribers to whitelist your email address or domain name. If your subscribers care about your emails, they should have no problem doing this small thing. It will ensure that even if sometimes you feel compelled to use those "trigger words" in your e-zine, your e-zine will still reach your subscriber's inbox.