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2010-06-05T14:38:00.000-07:00

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How To Earn $100 In The Next 48 Hours - Charlie Page

2006-06-30T13:00:00.000-07:00

Charlie Page is the owner of the Directory of Ezines,
and the Directory of Marketing.

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How To Earn $100 In The Next 48 Hours

(c) Charlie Page
http://www.realworldtactics.com/

I've recently reviewed the log I keep of all the phone
calls received. Notes from these calls reveal an
interesting - and disturbing - trend.

People are saying they have been online for *years* and
never made a dime.

I mean nothing, zip, zero ... nada.

To be sure, they have *spent* money buying ebooks,
courses, teleseminars, and more.

And they have spent time - precious time away from the
people and things they love - in order to learn what to
do.

But they have yet to see a return on that investment.

Is it possible to start with very little cash on hand
and make money online quickly?

You bet.

And I'm going to show you how right now - and free - in
this article.

Here we go.

The basis of selling anything online can be summed up
in this way.

* Find a market
* Find a product
* Buy some advertising
* See what happens

If you succeed, repeat the process. If you fail (and by
fail I mean make less than you spend) learn from it and
move on.

If I was starting over and absolutely had to make a
hundred bucks in 48 hours, here is what I would do.

>>> Find A Market

People come online to find information, not to buy
things. When they do buy things, it's usually a result
of them seeing an irresistible (to them) offer about a
product they were search for information about.

That's why most purchases begin with a search.

So, the place to start is to answer the question 'what
are people searching for?'

The best way I know to do that is to use Wordtracker.
This excellent service tracks who is searching for what
and makes those numbers available to you.

They even have a free trial, which I would use to get
started.

http://www.wordtracker.com/

What you are looking for is a word that was search on
thousands of times in the last 48 hours. Wordtracker
will reveal that free. The more searches, the better.

Cost - Zero dollars

>>> Find A Product

Now you need a product that matches the theme of the
market you found using Wordtracker.

Example: People having babies buy baby name books.

The easiest way to start is Clickbank. They list
thousands of products, it's free to become an
affiliate, and you can search their list of products by
keyword.

You want to use the same keyword you discovered using
Wordtracker.

Using the same keyword or phrase you found at
Wordtracker, search the Clickbank marketplace for a
product to sell.

http://www.clickbank.com

I would look for a website that seems very convincing
(it's a very good sign if you would buy the product, or
think it's a great value)

Also, look for a site where the product is very low
priced or sells for $100 or more. You need either brisk
sales at a lower price or a big commission to make this
work.

If in doubt, contact the site owner and ask him or her
how well the site converts. If they answer and can give
a specific number, you've found a good product.

Cost - Zero Dollars

>>> Buy Some Ads

Since the idea here is to earn something quickly, I'm
going to focus completely on pay per click, which is
the fastest way to get started.

The top two pay per click networks today are Google and
Yahoo.

It cost nothing to start with either and you can spend
pretty much as little as you want. Plus, you determine
how much you will pay when someone clicks your ad.

http://www.google.com (Click advertising programs)

http://www.yahoo.com (Click ad programs)

What you will do is to bid on the keyword you found at
Wordtracker.

In other words, you are saying to Google, "I'll pay you
10 cents every time someone clicks on my ad" Hence the
name 'pay per click'

These pay per click ads will be shown on the search
results that Google and Yahoo provide when people
search.

Pay 20 cents or less if you can. If the word you have
chosen costs too much to bid on (some keywords have
very high minimum bids) then find another.

You *will* be able to find this with some trial and
error.

Cost - $20

>>> See What Happens

If you send 100 visitors to a site that converts at 2%
of visitors you should make two sales.

If each of those sales pays you only $50, you will have
earned $100. Less your $20 investment, you've earned
$80 very real dollars.

That's a 400% profit.
Was it worth your time?

To determine that, ask yourself this. If you handed me
a $20 bill and I gave you four $20 bills in return
would it be a good deal?

How often would you do it?

I think you know the answer to that one.

There you have it ... the fastest way I know online to
make some real money.

Will $100 help you live in luxury or become debt free?
Of course not.

But learning the PROCESS above will empower you to make
money online from the comfort of your home, and is
something that can grow into a powerful full time
business, one where you set the hours and reap the
rewards.

And that is a beautiful thing indeed!

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toll free number.
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Auction Sites Trafficking Stolen Goods Online - Jim Edwards

2006-03-15T14:52:00.000-08:00

Auction Sites Trafficking Stolen Goods Online

- by Jim Edwards

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Ah yes, eBay! The online auction giant that makes all your dreams come true for finding that special something you can't find anywhere else.

It's like a giant garage sale in the sky.

Unfortunately, eBay's size makes it easy for people to sell stolen or unauthorized merchandise and not get caught.

To their credit, I think eBay does as much as humanly possible to police their site and shut down any offenders quickly.

However, I recently discovered that plenty of mischief still occurs, especially with downloadable products.

When checking my email yesterday, I found two messages that disturbed me.

The first was an automated message from eBay telling me about an auction selling an ebook about writing ebooks.

Another email came in from a good customer who sent me a link to another auction on eBay that, to them, "looked suspicious."

I clicked on the links for both auctions and found identical postings by two different sellers.

Though they did not mention my ebook, "How To Write andPublish Your Own eBook... in as little as 7 Days," the blatant similarity between the wording on the auctions and my http://www.7dayebook.com/ website aroused my curiosity.

Since they didn't reference the ebook they were selling by title, I decided to go ahead and buy from both sellers to see what they sent me.

Imagine my horror when they both delivered my own ebook, which they were selling illegally.

I immediately got the auctions shut down, but the damage was already done.

Plenty of stolen merchandise gets sold via online auction sites.

People call it "bootlegged" or "unauthorized copies" to soften the wording for what they really know is "stolen merchandise."

Of the two sellers mentioned above, I believe one knew he was illegally selling my ebook and didn't care, while the other person was just ignorant and thought she could sell it because she'd bought it from someone else.

Regardless of their true intentions, their actions were illegal.

Now, let's discuss how you protect yourself and your intellectual property against illegal sales and "bootlegging" on eBay and other online auction sites.

First, set up automated searches on the major online auction services.

Set them up to automatically notify you whenever an auction gets posted that includes your name or the name of your product.

You can also set them up to email you whenever an auction gets listed with certain keywords in it, in my case "write ebook."

Second, if you find someone has stolen your intellectual property (sales copy, ebooks, photos, graphics, software,etc.) you should first contact the seller and politely, but firmly, ask them to remove it.

If they don't, or if they take more than a few hours to respond, you should contact the auction site directly to request an immediate take down of the offending auction.

eBay's "Vero" program, for example, enables you to simply fax in a form or send an email to get an auction removed.

You should also go back and check periodically to make surethat an offending seller doesn't start selling your product again once they think the uproar has died down.

Third, pay attention to emails from customers and prospects for signs of anything strange.

Watch for comments like "I saw your ebook for sale on eBay,"or "I saw it cheaper on eBay."

Also, make sure to compare customer service inquiries to your customer database.

Anyone who asks specific questions about a product and appears to possess it, but never bought it from you, should immediately raise a red flag.

Always try to find out where they bought the product and get them to send you a copy of their email receipt, because all roads to the thief usually lead back through the credit card processor.

Finally, trust the never-failing boomerang of karma to come full circle and ultimately whack any thief in the head!
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Affiliate Marketing: Persistence Pays

2006-02-18T14:19:00.000-08:00

Affiliate Marketing: Persistence Pays

by Ron Passfield

Article Description

Do you find that you are switching from one affiliate program to the next best ever offer, not persisting with any one program for more than two or three months? Do you realize that you are shutting the door to your success? Read the life story of any successful affiliate marketer and you will find that they all share one common trait, persistence! This article shows you why persistence pays.

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Successful affiliate marketers see obstacles as opportunities to learn, not reasons to give up. They have learnt the underlying secret of success – persistence pays.

Persistence brings its own unique pay-off in the form of what I call the four R’s – resources, realization, relationships and rewards.

1. Resources

If you persist with an affiliate program you get to understand the resources available to you and how best to use them for your program. Many affiliate programs today provide support for affiliate marketing in the form of solo ads, classified ads, banners, suggested signature lines, articles for your website or blog, safelist memberships, viral e-books, viral reports, marketing videos and autoresponder message series.

These resources are often backed up by forums, chat rooms, teleconferences, and tutorials where you can learn how to make the best use of these resources for the affiliate program involved.

It is not possible in two or three months to get to effectively use all these resources or fully understand your affiliate program, the product and/or service offering and the dynamics of the relevant target market.

By not persisting with your affiliate program, you are missing learning opportunities and under-utilising the resources available to you (which you are ultimately paying for).

2.Realization

Persistence brings increased realization through exposure to these affiliate resources, to successful affiliates and to the systems that support your affiliate program. You learn (over time) what marketing strategies are the most cost-effective for the product or service that you are marketing through your affiliate program.

You also come to fully appreciate your program’s follow-up system, reporting system and commission structure. Persistence helps you understand better the features and benefits of your product/service offering, the real target market and how to sell to this market.

Persistence can bring the realization of how best to use your personal resources and skills for your affiliate program. It can also help you realize ways to achieve synergy between the various affiliate programs you are involved in.

3.Relationships

Persistence develops relationships over time, particularly if you are active in communicating with your sponsor, upline, downline and other affiliates through the affiliate program’s forum, teleconferences or teleclasses.

Relationships, in turn, bring resources, support, encouragement and ideas to help you to improve your effectiveness and your affiliate income. You can access affiliate marketing coaching through these relationships.

If you do not persist, you cut yourself off from these relationship benefits.

4.Rewards

Persistence can bring a range of rewards. Loyalty to an affiliate program is often rewarded by a sponsor or program owner. Sometimes this takes the form of discounts, bonuses, extra credits or downline members. You may also benefit through the natural evolution of the program as it is refined, improved and upgraded. Long-standing members are frequently given first access to new offerings.

Persistence can result in your emerging as a program leader which in turn can lead to your receiving lucrative offers to act as a leader in another affiliate program.

These four R’s – resources, realization, relationships and rewards – are interdependent. With persistence comes a form of synergy where the four R’s reinforce each other and you receive an even greater benefit from the fact that they are actively working together to increase your affiliate income.

Persistence pays – it takes you to another level of development as an affiliate marketer, deepens your understanding of affiliate marketing, enriches your online experience and brings monetary rewards.

How often have you wondered: Where would I be now if I had only persisted with that other affiliate program?

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Email "Toll Booths" Coming Soon

2006-02-09T20:35:00.000-08:00

Email "Toll Booths" Coming Soon

- by Jim Edwards

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The end of the free ride for email marketing looms on the
horizon.

The days of building up or buying a big email list and
freely using it to market and sell online are numbered like
the dinosaurs heading for an ice age cold snap.

The technical and time costs of dealing with email traffic
(primarily driven by rampant illegal spam) will soon break
the back of both Internet service providers (ISPs) and
online email services.

Major online players like AOL and MSN are currently
wrestling with two solutions to the problem, but I
personally think the almighty dollar will win out in the
end.

The two solutions proposed to stem the tide of commercial
spam once and for all revolve around either "white listing"
email senders or charging a "toll" (typically .25-1 cent per
email message) to allow email through.

Currently, ISPs and email providers can either maintain
their own white lists, as in the case of AOL, or the can
share one.

In the "old" days, companies could (and still do) subscribe
to "black lists" (like SpamHaus.org) which exclude email
senders based on reports of spamming and other factors.

Though the "black list" method rates the least accurate,
it's currently the most popular simply because it requires
the least effort by companies trying to block spam.

However, as spammers get smarter, black listing has proven
an ineffective spam deterrent and ISPs must get proactive if
they hope to survive.

However, an inherent weakness in the "white list" system
makes charging for commercial email inevitable.

Since white listing requires effort on the part of the ISP
or email provider (they must ultimately pay real people to
manage the list), this means additional cost.

Unlike a relatively inexpensive subscription to a "black
list service" which gets implemented automatically by
software filters, white listing requires people to do work
which carries a real world cost.

Bottom line: most ISPs and email services will not be able
to create, maintain or implement a white list for very long
without charging.

Yet, consumers tired of the avalanche of spam are demanding
effective protection by those they pay for Internet and
email access.

Thus, any service hoping to survive long-term must adopt a
hybrid of both the white list and "toll booth" approaches.

This means not only evaluating the legitimacy of every
commercial email sender's methods, but also charging them
for the email they send through a particular service or
network. It's inevitable.

Now, the cry that immediately goes up at this point sounds
like this, "What about the "little guys" who can't afford to
pay the fee or the family newsletters that aren't
commercial? What about them?"

In a perfect world, their email would go through.

In the real world, their email will get lost even more
frequently in the future than it does now in the existing
tangle of email filters and inconsistent white and black
listing.

The hope of survival and prosperity for the "little guy"
lies squarely in the hands of blogging and RSS feeds.

Since blogging and rss feeds enable consumers to subscribe
directly to information using an RSS "reader," they
completely bypass the need to send email.

This eliminates the "middle man" of an email provider and
puts control over what content gets received squarely in the
hands of the consumer.

Though this technology has existed for several years now,
awareness by mainstream consumers of what RSS feeds are and
how to subscribe to them has been relatively slow.

The biggest contributor to the slow adoption in the
mainstream has been the absence of a universally distributed
RSS "reader" on every computer (similar to how Outlook or
Outlook Express on every Windows PC helped make email
universally understood).

But that should also change shortly as more RSS readers get
included in Web browsers and email programs in the near
future.

So while the "big guys" will push their messages to
consumers by paying what will surely amount to an ever-
increasing "toll" to get their emails through, the "little
guys" will "pull" consumers to them with subscriptions to
blogs and RSS feeds.

Whether it happens this year, next year, or the year after -
make no mistake - the email "toll booth" is coming for
commercial emailers and newsletter publishers.

So, if you depend on sending email for your company's
profits, either get ready, plan, and budget for the new
tolls, or start making arrangements to distribute your
content via blogs and RSS feeds, because the market will
shortly force you to make a choice.

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Affiliate Marketing: How To Smash The Glass Ceiling

2006-02-02T14:03:00.000-08:00

Affiliate Marketing: How To Smash The Glass Ceiling

by Ron Passfield

Summary

Do you experience an invisible “glass ceiling” that seems to prevent you from taking your affiliate business to the next level? You may find that the barrier to your business growth has more to do with you, than with the inadequacies of your affiliate program(s). This article identifies ways to break through the glass ceiling that holds you back.

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Most affiliate marketers unconsciously create an invisible “glass ceiling” that curtails the growth of their own affiliate business. They do this by failing to create a substantial, positive profile on the Internet.

Are you reluctant to “stand out from the crowd”? Do you feel more comfortable being invisible on the Internet?

Most people experience a natural reticence to be “out there”, to “stand up and be counted”. How often are the front rows of a course or meeting left vacant because most people would rather be invisible up the back!

The same is true on the Internet, particularly with affiliate marketers. The noun “affiliate” means “connected as a part or an associate of…”, and the verb “affiliate” means “to connect to” or “join oneself to”. It does not, however, mean “lose oneself in…”

When you join an affiliate program, there is a tendency to lose your own personality in the “personality” of the program and its owner. Yet the really successful affiliate marketers are those who are able to place their own unique identity on what they do. They stand out by being themselves, showing who they are and what they have to offer.

Think about your last visit to an affiliate program forum. The people who most likely left an impression on you were those who showed a strong sense of humour, an uncanny insight or a way of viewing the world positively and energetically. These people leave their mark and their impression. Their forum postings are like “footprints in the sand” – they are not afraid to be different, to let their personalities shine through.

If you are going to develop a distinctive profile, you need to understand your own strengths and capacities. Your distinctiveness as an affiliate marketer derives from your unique life history and skill set. You need to find an affiliate program that will build on these strengths and enable you to realize your potential.

The real challenge for you as an affiliate marketer is to find an affiliate offering that draws on your unique knowledge, skills and competencies. You need an affiliate program that enables YOU to “shine”!

What “image” or “Internet profile” are you trying to create? Are you able to be yourself through your affiliate program? Or are you being an extension of someone else?

You need to find an affiliate offering that aligns with your desired profile and your unique competencies. This is the way to create an affiliate business, not just affiliate cheques.

To achieve this, you have to develop yourself. You will need to progressively develop self-awareness, the capacity to overcome fear of visibility and a willingness to continuously review what you are doing. A real synergy will emerge as you learn to integrate your affiliate offering, your profile and your competencies.

You will find that you will break through the glass ceiling as you make a real statement about who you are, what you value and what you have to offer. You will make a real difference because you can “add value” to your affiliate offering in a unique way. This is the only sustainable source of competitive advantage in affiliate marketing.

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5 Ways to Explode Your Viral Marketing

2006-01-23T11:25:00.000-08:00

5 Ways to Explode Your Viral Marketing

by Anik Singal

Summary

One of the best ways to get targeted traffic for life is to use viral marketing. But if you really want viral marketing to work, you better find a unique edge. Here are 5 tools you can instantly use to beat the competition…

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We all know that viral marketing can be a very effective way to drive targeted traffic to your website, but do all viral marketing tools have to be ebooks or little reports? Absolutely not…

Before we start, let’s refresh our memory on exactly what viral marketing is. Viral marketing is a form of marketing where you get someone else to spread the word for you, just a virus works.

For example, if you give someone a free report, they like it, they pass it on to their friends and their friends pass it on to their friends. Basically the report has become a virus and is spreading exponentially.

You can see the power that this form of marketing has – over time it can really build up. But, if you really want yours to move fast, then you have to be unique.

Just giving away a free report has become too common – everyone is doing it!

So, here are 5 other great tools you can make viral while keeping the unique edge.

1. Freeware.

Freeware is software with that has your marketing message in it – a banner, URLs, etc. If you are not a programmer but like the idea of giving away some simple software, type "freeware +your niche" into Google, and look at the results.

If you find a program that interests you, contact the creator, and see if you can get him/her to add your marketing messages in exchange for actively promoting the software.

Simple, that way you don’t even have to make your own program. Or, if you want, just go to any freelance website and hire an inexpensive programmer to build you a small little program (this is very inexpensive).

2. Surveys and polls.

Many people love to share their opinions on anything and everything. Come up with a provocative poll question or interesting survey for your niche, then use it to drive traffic to your site.

If you can find a “controversial” topic you will get the most viral effect.

3. Tell a friend forms.

Especially effective in niche marketing. Simply adding a tell-a-friend form to your web site can, over time, significantly increase your traffic.

Many think that these forms do not work anymore, but I know from personal experience that they still work. A neat trick to get someone to use it is to offer them something for free in return – maybe another free report!

4. Your own forum or bulletin board.

Adding a forum or bulletin board to your site can be a great way to spread the word about your product or service. In fact, if there's no forum or newsgroup for your niche, you can create one - and reap the benefits of having targeted prospects come to your site regularly.

People get their friends to come participate in forums – it’s a great source of word-of-mouth advertising.

5. Blogging.

Creating a blog just for your niche is a way to get people to bookmark your site and come back over and over again. People also tend to spread the word about blogs they like rapidly. Offering your viral products on your blog gives them a reason to spread the word - plus it helps you get valuable traffic.

What will you write about? Progress reports and advice seem to be popular, as well as humorous blogs and running commentary on current events.

Blogs help build a community and communities are great word-of-mouth networks!

Well, there you have it – viral marketing can once again be a bit more exciting than just giving away free reports. Think outside the box, do something unique and viral marketing could be your next big traffic generator!

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Are You Getting Bad Advice?

2005-12-25T13:23:00.000-08:00

Are You Getting Bad Advice?

© Copyright Rosalind Gardner, All Rights Reserved.

During my research this week, I came across an ezine with a subject line that read, 'Stick with One Guru Guidance'. I fully expected that the title was crafted with shock value simply to grab the reader's attention, and expected that the article would in fact promote the opposite viewpoint.

I was wrong.

In a nutshell, the author said that although there is lots of great Internet marketing advice available, if you read the advice of too many 'gurus', you will get confused, lose focus, and that 'complete paralysis' will be the ultimate result.

My immediate reaction was to think 'how absurd'. Without a careful survey of many different viewpoints, you can't formulate your own ideas and opinions.

Although I've been marketing online for since 1997, I still spend time almost everyday researching topics relevant to my Internet businesses.

My email inbox overflows with ezines and newsletter subscriptions. I surf the Web to see what's new and what has changed in the Internet marteting realm. I regularly purchase and review newly-released products and services.

Above all, I seek advice and learn from both my mentors and those I mentor.

I can't imagine choosing between Corey, Marlon, Yanik or a dozen others to be my only eBusiness mentor. All are extraordinarily knowledgeable and each offers a unique perspective. I learn volumes from each and every one.

While I agree that the plethora of prescriptions for internet business success can be somewhat confusing, I trust that you, my dear readers, have ample intelligence to wade through and determine whose counsel is of value to you.

Basic study and organizational skills will help you avoid confusion. Take notes, keep a business diary and bookmark pertinent web pages. Categorize them in ways that make sense to you.

In summary, here's a prescription for your Internet business success. Get a balanced diet of advice by selecting information from all the major gurus. Read, digest and use that fuel to boost your business.

After all, variety IS the spice of life!

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Enrol today in the FREE affiliate marketing course offered by the Affiliate Classroom:
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Why Ugly Sites Sell More Than Pretty Ones

2005-12-25T01:20:00.000-08:00

Why Ugly Sites Sell More Than Pretty Ones
By Anik Singal

What the heck is going on lately? Most internet websites I go to now, all I see are pretty graphics everywhere. I see moving images, I see crazy JAVA, things flying around.

Don't get me wrong, some of these graphics are truly amazing - I love to see them! But, that's the problem! I only love to look at them, when I'm done looking at them, I LEAVE! Lately, there's been a disturbing trend of everyone spending huge amounts of money on web graphics. The problem? There is NO proof that this really helps your sales!

As a matter of fact, one of my biggest money makers is a consulting service...

www.SingalMarketing.com/consultingte.html

...I put that page up in 5 minutes (after writing my copy). Believe it or not, but even being such a high priced service - that page converts about 2.5% - of course I get very targeted traffic...

LOOK AT HOW UGLY IT IS!!!

BUT, it has content! It has great copy, it's got my face, my voice and a great service - the ACTUAL key ingredients to making a website that sells...Now, the problem is that most people are very logical - you would THINK that a good looking site should sell more - it makes sense right?

You expect that a good looking site probably increases your credibility - I mean, come on, it shows your visitor that you REALLY mean business, yadda yadda yadda...But, again, look at MY site - I'm selling a high priced consulting service to business owners - I'm actually selling my expertise in the internet business world. Yet, the site design (or lack there of) seems to have NO influence.

Just so you know, I DID try a nice fancy design for that page. You want to know what happened to my conversion? It plummeted down to 1.4%! Now, that I've got your attention, let's look at why it is that a prettier site probably sells less:

1. More graphics take longer to load.

Not everyone has fast internet yet - actually, most people don't. No one wants to wait for hours for a site to upload!

2. More graphics distract your visitors from your message.

Your graphics can actually work against you because your visitors spend more time focusing on them than they do focusing on your copy! Remember, it's your COPY that sells - so if the visitor isn't reading the copy - he/she is NOT going to buy. Period.

3. Some visitors may not like the colors, you may be sending the wrong message to different cultures.

Just because YOU love the colors of your graphics and you love the color scheme of your website does NOT mean that your visitors do too. There it is, those are the three MAIN reasons to keep your website AS neutral AS possible.

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So, remember, PRETTY does NOT always equal more sales!
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Ugly sites DO sell and will continue to do so. What matters is what you're selling, your own expertise, and your copy writing. In the end, the best way to know what works best for your visitors is to TEST, TEST, and TEST some more!

Until next time,

Anik Singal
Affiliate Classroom

This article is written by Anik Singal, founder of AffiliateClassroom.com. Anik Singal has developed his own affiliate system that helped him earn well over $10,000 in just 60 days. Now, he's looking for a few students to train one step at a time.

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RSS... and WHY Its Being Considered the Newest Player In the Viral Marketing Game

2005-12-09T14:05:00.000-08:00

RSS... and WHY Its Being Considered The Newest Player In The VIRAL Marketing Game

by Cory Threlfall

I have a quick question to ask you... "Are you sick and tired of hearing about RSS (Real Simple Syndication) and how it can take your online business to New levels with VERY little effort on your part?"

If you answered 'YES' to the question above then stop reading this article Right Now!

If you answered 'NO' then you're going to love what I'm about to reveal to you about RSS and WHY its being considered the newest player in the VIRAL marketing game.

But before I do I think it's important you understand the mechanics of each (RSS and VIRAL marketing) and what there role is so there's no confusion.

RSS by definition -- RSS stands for 'Real Simple syndication or Rich Site Summary' and is used to syndicate news or information and is usually associated with Blogs because blogs use an RSS feed to distribute their content.

Next...

VIRAL Marketing by definition – is any form of advertising and/or marketing techniques that "spread" like a virus without you having to do anything.

Now that you have an idea what the two mean and the roles they each play it's now time to tie it all together.

I have another quick question... (As you can see I like to ask questions.) "What do all website owners and portal sites need on a 24/7 basis to keep their visitors/readers coming back day after day?

If you answered 'Content' then give yourself a pat on the back because your absolutely Right!

And what do RSS feeds contain that update on a 24/7 basis?

CONTENT! Whether its News related or Articles.

And where do website owners and portal webmasters go to find these much needed RSS feeds?

You guessed it... 'RSS Directories' where hopefully You submitted your RSS feed(s) to.

The great thing about 'RSS Directories' is they are all categorized making it easy for whomever is looking.

And if your RSS feed catches their eye, guess what? They'll add your feed to there website where You'll gain all that FREE exposure at their expense.

Now, just imagine if 100 or 1000 website owners picked up your RSS feed.

Your traffic to your website would start to Explode effortlessly without you lifting a finger.

And the cool thing is all you had to do was set it up once.

The more 'Quality' RSS feeds you have out there the more opportunities you have of getting picked up by webmasters.

Do you see Now how RSS is being considered VIRAL? And this all happens while you're sleeping.

It gets better So hold on.

Do you publish your own Content/Articles?

If you do you are also in for a real treat because guess what other directories are starting to incorporate RSS into their directories?

That's right, 'Article Directories'.

By submitting your articles to the TOP 'Article Directories' the same effect will

happen as I outlined with 'RSS Directories'.

Remember this, people come online primarily for Information that will help solve a particular problem they are dealing with.

Websites contain 'Information'.

Website owners need Fresh 'Information' on a 24/7 basis to feed their readers needs.

RSS feeds deliver content, whether its News related or Articles, on a 24/7 basis or whatever frequency the website owner chooses.

How can you take advantage of this Right Now if you haven't already?

Simply set up a Blog at Blogger.com -- http://www.blogger.com -- and start posting to it on a Daily basis with your Articles, Product Reviews or News related postings related to your target audience.

Then go submit your Blogs RSS feed to all the top 'RSS Directories'.

Here's a link to a list of Top RSS Directories that you can submit your feed(s) to.

Go to: http://www.masternewmedia.org/rss/top55/

Once you've done that you'll want to Ping your Blog to get the Search Engines to come visit and start indexing your Blogs pages.

You can do this by using this Free service called Ping-O- Matic.

Go to: http://pingomatic.com/

Well there you have it in a nutshell.

I hope you see the true Power of RSS and more importantly... "WHY Its Being Considered The Newest Player In The VIRAL Marketing Game".

The only thing left for you to do is... Take Action!

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Now Anyone Can Get Free Advertising

2005-12-08T12:12:00.000-08:00

As you know some of the best ways to get traffic to your site is through the search engines. And as you know search engines love blogs.

If you know how to use blogs you can easily get more traffic to your website just by posting your keywords in the title and having your blogs indexed.

Other ways to get traffic to your site is to use popular free traffic exchanges. They come in many forms such as start (homepage) exchanges, safelists (opt in email ads), toolbar ads such as instantbuzz.com and forums such as the free advertising forum.

If you are looking to kill 2 birds with one stone, you can advertise for free on a new BLOG that actually allows you to place your ads for free on their site.

The reason this is good because you get all the benefits of placing your ads on a BLOG and you all get to advertise for free.

Most people would look at this as a no brainer. Although most webmaster do not like people to advertise on the blogs, this site was made just for that.

It is free to join and thousands are flocking to this service to drive huge traffic to their sites in ju8st days by simply posting one little ad on their home page.

Anyone looking to increase their profits should look in to
http://www.free-advertising-blog.com/Advertise-Free/940

10 Incredible Ways To Sell Your Products Now

2005-11-04T12:54:00.000-08:00

Below is another article in our series on Emarketing Strategies.
These articles are designed to help you to build your business
by proposing solutions to e-marketing challenges.

Please feel free to distribute the article to others provided you
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10 Incredible Ways To Sell Your Products Now

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1. Make your reader visualize they have already
bought your product in your ad. Tell them what
results they have gotten and how it makes them
feel. They'll already become emotionally attached
before they buy.

2. Turn your ad into an article. It could be a story,
or how-to article. This will lead them into your ad
without them knowing it's an ad. They'll already be
interested when they get to your sales pitch.

3. Make sure you show your reader that they are
getting a bargain. Tell them the usual price you sell
your product for is $99. Then tell them if they
order today they can buy it for $69.95.

4. Direct your ad headline to your target audience.
Your readers will feel important and belong to a
select group of people who buy your product. For
example; "Attention! Accountants, Discover A
New Way To Increase Your Client Base!"

5. Tell your reader how fast they can receive your
product or service in your ad. Their buying decision
may be based on how fast they can receive your
product. They may need it by a certain deadline.

6. Use bullets to highlight your product or services
benefits. Benefits are the key to selling anything,
make them standout in your ad. You can use dots,
dashes, or circles to highlight them.

7. Give a money back guarantee that surpasses a
normal one. Instead of the normal timed guarantee,
give them extra back. Tell them they can keep the
free bonus or give them double their money back.

8. Tell your reader they'll receive surprise bonuses.
This'll raise your reader's curiosity and make them
want to buy so they can find out what the surprise
bonuses are.

9. Let your reader know this specific package will
not be offered again. You must create urgency so
people buy now. You may always sell the same
product but not with the same bonuses or price.

10. Give them a couple tips in your ad that will help
them with their problem. This will give your business
credibility and gain your readers trust to buy your
products or services.

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Affiliate Marketing - A Little TLC Goes a Long Way

2005-10-31T23:32:00.000-08:00

What is one thing that separates the leading affiliate marketers from the rest?

They show TLC – tender loving care – towards their downline members.

This may sound very “touchy-feely”, but TLC is a real business imperative. If you ignore the intellectual, financial or emotional needs of your affiliate downline, you do so at your own cost.

TLC means using accessible language – writing in a way that others can understand. This requires you to break down complex concepts and processes and describe them in simple terms so that the average person-on-the-Net can understand them. If you use Internet Marketing jargon, you need to explain the terms you use – not assume everyone understands them.

TLC involves making yourself accessible to your affiliate downline members by phone, email, chat rooms, instant messenger, teleclasses and/or teleconferences.

TLC is visible when you promote collaborative learning and sharing through your affiliate forum and when you model appropriate behaviour such as genuinely welcoming new comers to the affiliate program.

TLC is recognisable when you are generous in sharing what works for you, what you have found helpful and the mistakes you have made.

TLC is encouraging and supportive. It is reflected when you express understanding of the emotional and financial needs of your downline members through comments such as:
* “You might have difficulty writing articles, so here is some hints on where to start…”
* “You might not have the money for Overture or other Pay per Click options, but have you tried these free classified ad sites?”
* “You may not have your own website yet, but you could easily create a blog in the meantime…”

TLC is responsive - prompt replies and assistance communicate understanding and valuing others. Requests for information and assistance frequently come from affiliates who are “at a loss”, frustrated or feeling helpless. If you can respond quickly to their request for help, you will redress their emotional state and, at the same time, create increased positive regard for yourself.

TLC shines through when you show something of yourself - your own humanity and vulnerability. Affiliates need to appreciate that you too are only human, that you make mistakes and wrong decisions. They also need to know that affiliate marketing is a continuous learning process and that you are an active learner yourself.

A little TLC goes a long way in affiliate marketing.

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This article is written by Ron Passfield, PhD, affiliate marketing coach, who is developing his affiliate business through the step-by-step coaching offered by the Affiliate Classroom:
http://www.affiliate-marketing-coach.blogspot.com/

The monthly Affiliate Classroom Magazine is available free from:
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Integrate Your Affiliate Programs to Explode Your Affiliate Income

2005-10-12T00:31:00.000-07:00

This is another article that has been accepted by EzineArticles.com.

I simply followed the guidelines given to me by the AffiliateClassroom
and my article was accepted in 3 days and I was acknowledged as an
"expert writer". This has given my article increased visibility (see
earlier posting - Become an expert writer of viral marketing
articles.)

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Integrate Your Affiliate Programs to Explode Your Affiliate Income

When you have been involved in affiliate marketing for a year or
more you tend to accumulate memberships in a range of diverse
affiliate programs.

You will have memberships in a number of income opportunities,
downline building programs, traffic exchanges, and payment
systems. In addition, you will have one or more domains and web
hosting services and access to autoresponders (free and paid). You
might also be lucky enough to have a storehouse of e-books and
articles that you can draw on.

The problem with this accumulation of diverse programs is that it
can cause you to become unfocused and can dissipate or drain
your energy.

There are parallels in the corporate world of the 1970’s when
companies decided to diversify through random acquisitions. By the
1980’s, many companies were drained by these acquisitions and
had to off-load them. The catch-cry was “get back to your core
business”. There was a strong move to “integration” of processes,
products and services to lift revenue and profit.

In affiliate marketing, you too can explode your affiliate revenue by
identifying your core business and integrating other programs
around this focus. This will require some hard decisions but it will
be worthwhile in the end.

Here are 3 ways that you can achieve integration of your programs.

1. An integrated downline building program

There are numerous downline building programs available that can
help you integrate your programs. You need to make sure that the
one you choose also builds downlines in your core income producing
business.

It should also enable you to build downlines in traffic exchanges,
payment systems (such as Paypal, e-Gold, and IntGold) and other
downline building systems.

You should also make sure that the owner of the downline building
program is genuinely interested in helping you build your downlines
and is not just focused on promoting themselves and their own
affiliate links.

This form of integration enables you to promote one core program
URL and simultaneously build downlines in multiple programs,
including your core business.

2. An integrated autoresponder

Often affiliate marketers have one or more autoresponder systems,
a separate storehouse of e-books and a different repository for articles.

One way to integrate the functions of ezine publishing, lead capture
page creation and list building is to locate a provider/program that
gives you an autoresponder integrated with an electronic warehouse
of software and e-books and a library of articles for your use.

You can then build lead capture pages that offer an e-book or
software (from the integrated warehouse) as a teaser and capture
the “lead” as a subscriber to your ezine (through using your
autoresponder link). Your weekly ezine can be built from the
integrated article library.

Make sure, however, that you are also able to plug-in your own
articles. As you become more proficient with writing articles, you will
be able to include more and more of your own articles in your ezine
and build “resource boxes” or “author profiles” that direct prospects
to websites or blogs of your choice.

3. An affiliate marketing coach focused on integration

There are now endless resources available on the Internet to help
you with your affiliate marketing. There are e-books, video and
audio resources, online tutorials, special reports and e-mail courses
on every conceivable topic. Increasingly, many of these resources
are free.

However, gaining access to information is no longer the real
challenge. The challenge of today’s world is learning how to focus
and harness this information to achieve your goals.

This is where an affiliate marketing coach can help you. They can
help you identify a niche product/service that draws on your
strengths and life history, assist you to develop a comprehensive
and integrated marketing plan, and build your confidence in affiliate
marketing. Such a resource person is priceless because all the
information in the world is of little use to you unless you can
translate the great ideas into real, focused action.

If you adopt the “integration” mindset, you will find numerous
ways to achieve synergy amongst your programs so that your
results grow rapidly because each program is reinforcing the others.

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This article is written by Ron Passfield, PhD, affiliate marketing
coach, who is also on a quest for the “holy grail of affiliate marketing”.
Check out what Ron has discovered:
http://investwithus.blogspot.com/

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10 Ways To Generate Highly Read Article Ideas

2005-10-09T13:24:00.000-07:00

Below is another article in our series on Emarketing Strategies.
These articles are designed to help you to build your business
by proposing solutions to e-marketing challenges.

Please feel free to distribute the article to others provided you
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10 Ways To Generate Highly Read Article Ideas

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1. Participate in chat rooms related to your targeted
audience. Watch what questions people are asking
and ask others what information they're interested in.

2. Examine what information is being broadcast on
tv, news and talk shows. That information is usually
hot topics.

3. Hang out in similar message boards. People leave
questions for information they're seeking. That is a
strong indicator of subjects to write about.

4. Survey your web site visitors or current customers.
Ask them what type of articles they would like to see
published on your web site or in your e-zine.

5. Regularly check your site's guest books. People
sometimes leave questions or comments that would
help you generate high readership articles.

6. Check online bookstore's best sellers list. They're
very good resources for finding winning topics and
ideas to write about.

7. Use the time of year to come up with good topics.
You could relate your content to the holiday, season,
things that happen years ago during that time, etc.

8. Join some related e-mail discussion lists. Explore
the question being asked and the subjects people are
discussing.

9. Relate your article to a current fad that's going
on in your specific industry. The topic is usually
interesting to your target audience.

10. Make a file of visitor or customer questions you
receive via e-mail or phone. Usually, others have the
same questions, but never ask.

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Increase your affiliate income by leveraging your writing

2005-09-26T23:47:00.000-07:00

There is a lot of advice around for anyone engaged in affiliate
marketing, but much of it is un-focused and lacks integration.

We are told that we need original, focused, keyword-rich content
for our website if it is to attract search engine "crawlers" and
targeted visitors.

We are encouraged to update our affiliate marketing blog
daily because search engines love regularly updated, keyword-rich
blogs.

We are advised to create a regular (at least weekly), personalised
ezine for our mailing list and to include articles about affiliate
marketing.

We are admonished to send regular messages to our often-forgotten
downlines in affiliate programs and traffic exchanges.

We are told that writing original articles and submitting them to
article directories is a desirable form of viral marketing for
affiliate marketers.

We are urged to post to the forum of our affiliate program as
well as other forums associated with affiliate marketing.

Who has the time to do all these affiliate marketing activities?
Where are you going to find the time as a part-time affiliate
marketer?

One possible solution is to leverage your writing - make one
piece of writing serve multiple purposes.

So you have just created a post for your forum. Why not adapt
that post for your blog posting or create an article from the
post? You have written an article for your ezine, why not submit
it to article directories and/or send it to your affiliate
program downline?

Even if your posting to the forum is not adequate for an article,
you might use the title or core concept for an article. You
could add the title to your "article ideas" repository -
a spreadsheet, Notepad, word document or your mobile phone
"to-do-list".

Recently, I created an article for submission to article
directories. I then added this article to my “emarketing
articles” blog (to gain subscribers to my ezine), included it
in my weekly ezine, sent an abbreviated version to my downlines
in my affiliate programs and traffic programs and extracted some
content for inclusion in a forum posting and a posting to my
“affiliate programs” blog.

If you start thinking in terms of leveraging your writing, you
will be surprised by what you can achieve from just one original
piece of writing.

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who have benefited from this step-by-step coaching method.

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10 Hot Ways To Sell Your Products Like Crazy

2005-05-01T14:23:00.000-07:00

Below is another article in our series on emarkting
strategies that will help you to build your business.
Please feel free to distribute the article to others
provided you include the resource box at the end
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10 Hot Ways To Sell Your Products Like Crazy
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1. Turn your ad copy into a story or article. Your visitors
won't be as hesitant to read your ad and will become
more interested in your product.

2. Give visitors a freebie for filling out your online survey
or they usually won't. Surveys will give you valuable
intelligence for your business.

3. Enhance the power of your ad copy benefits by using
attention getting words, highlighting keywords, using color,
bolding key phrases, underlining, etc.

4. Give your visitors tons of choices so they don't get the
feeling of being controlled. Offer them a variety of ways
to order, contact you, navigate, etc.

5. Put yourself in your visitors shoes. Design your site for
them, not for yourself. Create your product around your
visitors not because you would buy it.

6. Get free advice from successful online business owners.
Participate in business chat rooms and message boards to
chat with them.

7. Use your free bonuses to create an urgency for your
visitors to buy. Only offer them for a limited time with
your main product.

8. Offer your customers extra add-on products at the point
of purchase. For example, if they are buying an electronic
toy try to sell batteries with it.

9. Make your visitors feel good about themselves by giving
them compliments. If they feel good they will also feel good
about buying from your web site.

10. Add multiple profits to your web site. If you're selling
business books try to sell business services, courses and
supplies too.

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10 Successful Ways to Market Your Product/Service

2005-05-01T14:08:00.000-07:00

Below is another article in our series on emarkting
strategies that will help you to build your business.
Please feel free to distribute the article to others
provided you include the resource box at the end
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10 Successful Ways to Market Your Product/Service
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1. Maintain your focus - do not waste time, energy
or money trying to promote multiple programs.

2. Use business cards with web address and contact
information.

3. Do not act as a PhD in your program - let the website,
promotion movie or info call do the talking.

4. When contacting prospects, less is better - do not
overwhelm your prospects.

5. Ask questions of your prospects - the power is with
the questionner, not the information giver.

6. Look at businees opportunity ads in your local
newspapers or magazines and ring up the advertiser
offering your product/program.

7. Use the "invite" system on your program's website
to invite friends, family and business colleagues to join
your program.

8. Make an initial personal contact with your prospect
by phone - it will pay off in the end.

9. Write articles about your product/service and submit
to ezines and article directories.

10. Start your own blog on the topic of your product
or service. Get a free blog plus hosting with Google:
http://www.blogger.com

For an example of a blog focused on products/services,
visit my eMoney blog at:
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COMMENT

I got the idea for this article from listening to Tim Sebert,
the leading recruiter for Global Domains International (GDI).
I have taken some of his suggestions and added some of my
own. Jim is very big on the use of business cards. He has
also inspired another article which I wrote on "ways
to use business cards for marketing". I've decided that Jim
is a good model as he is making thousands per month from
GDI.

You too could create your own articles on something you
are interested in - listen to audios, watch videos, participate
in conference calls and forums, read reports and ebooks
- learn your business to gain success. You can build your
emarkting strategies as you learn.

Ron Passfield

10 Profitable Ways to Use Articles

2005-05-01T13:50:00.000-07:00

12 Great Ways to Use Business Cards

2005-04-29T17:48:00.000-07:00

Below is the first in our series of articles on emarketing
strategies that will help you to build your business.
Please feel free to distribute the article to others
provided you include the resource box at the end of
the article.

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12 Great Ways To Use Business Cards
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1. Include them in the envelope with your bill payments.

2. Use "reply paid" envelopes from advertisers to post
them your card.

3. Tape your card to videos when you return the videos
to your video store.

4. Give them away to people at meetings or network
discussions.

5. Drop them into "win a free lunch" jars at cafes and
restaurants.

6. Place them on community notice boards.

7. Tape your business card to "free mail" and "reply paid"
postcards.

8. Run a free community workshop on your hobby and give
out your cards as a contact source.

9. Give them to your friends and family.

10. Send a letter to everyone in the phone book with the
same last name as yourself and enclose your card (you could
seek information about your "family tree" in the letter).

11. Leave them in appropriate places in your local shopping
mall or hotel foyer.

12. Leave them with your tip when you pay your account
at a restaurant or hotel.

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COMMENT

I was inspired to write this article after hearing Tim Sebert on
a conference call. Tim is the leading recruiter for Global Domains
International (GDI) and he swears by business cards as a powerful
emarkting strategy.

Ron Passfield