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How to Waste Money and Annoy Potential Customers

Why do some companies bid on keywords for products they don’t even sell? Or fail to provide the basic information people need to make the decision to buy? Here’s a cautionary tale-- with a happy ending. Has this ever happened to you? I’m looking online for lamp shades. I go to Google and click on. . .

Email Etiquette IV

Further to my previous issues this subject continues - part IV. This month I'll share on Blind Carbon Copy (BCC) field and the use of backgrounds for your emails. The use of Bad language in emails will also be mentioned.Many people do not understand the function of the BCC field in their email pr. . .

Developing a Profitable Web Business Concept

The first step to starting a profitable online business of your own is developing a topic for your website.You want to select from a list of topics that interest you since you are going to have to write original content for your website.Too many "green" webmasters make the mistake of choosing a w. . .

How To Be An Internet Marketing Champion

How bad do you want to make money on the internet? You know thousands of people are doing it and maybe you've had a little success. But do you really want your own business operating 24 hours a day making money for you?If you don't then why are you reading this? You must know that you can do this. . .

Build Your Marketing Muscle

During a saxophone lesson the other day I realized how much regular practice can help a part time internet marketer. My teacher taught me a long time ago to just play for 15 minutes a day to progress. I was shocked when I first started doing it, but it works. And it works fast.As I've applied tha. . .

ClickZ.com Doesn't Get RSS Metrics - How We Really Can Measure RSS

Even after all that's been written and explained, even reputable online marketing publications such as ClickZ.com still don't get RSS metrics.In an otherwise good RSS marketing article, Add RSS to Your Marketing Mix (http://www.clickz.com/experts/crm/actionable_analysis/article.php/3526546), Heid. . .

Work at Home Mom Hits the National Market With Prayer Plates

Prayer Plates® are designed to be used at the dinner table to encourage children to say grace and teach them a variety of dinnertime prayers. All dinnerware is food and dishwasher safe. Originally designed and crafted in London Edwards own home shop, they are hitting the national market this m. . .

What Is The Difference Between A Home Based Business And A Home Based Job?

As a home business entrepreneur who is primarily involved with a program wherein I sponsor Affiliates in a downline, I often find that I am the recipient of emails from new enrollees who are clearly confused on several fronts. Commonly received initial emails consist of questions such as “When do. . .

Freebies are Worth Every Penny

What’s the best way to make money online? I know what you’re thinking, “he can’t possibly be answering a question that clichéd.” Actually, you’re right. I’m not offering a definitive position on THE BEST moneymaker, but a really, really good way is also a pretty easy way. If you’re like me,. . .

What You Can Expect From Search Engine

Search engines will be a way for you to generate from as little as 20% to as much as 60% of your business online (depending on what other marketing techniques you use). Since there are over 130,000,000 webpages in existence (yes that is 130 million!), it is extremely important to understand how t. . .

Finding Products to sell on eBay

Do you know how many people in US are earning their livelihood with the help of eBay? According to a new survey conducted on July 2005 by ACNielsen, a leading research firm, an astounding 724 thousand Americans respond that they rely on eBay for their main or supplemental income. Apart from these. . .

SEO 101... These Tags Really Do Matter.

In search of the coveted search engine traffic? Yes? Then don't ignore your meta tags. If anyone tells you that meta tags are not important, they are seriously misinformed. Follow these simple rules and the clicks will come. Skip them and the high search engine rankings that you work so hard. . .

Are You Following up Effectively?

One of the successful methods in online marketing is collecting visitors' emails in exchange for a free report or an ebook and follow up with new products and services. It's a known fact that 75% of visitors don't buy on their first visit and it might take up to 7 follow ups before they buy anyth. . .

Create "Top Sites" To Increase Your Traffic

You have a website, beautiful in design and unique in content but nobody knows about it. How to drive traffic to your website easy and free? There are many ways to do that but today I want you to tell about "Top Sites" software. I'm sure your website is unique in content but it definitely has com. . .

Internet Buzzwords and Newbies: Proceed With Caution!

Learning the ropes of Internet Marketing is one of the hardest things to do; even more so if you are a Newbie to computers and the Web. I remember watching the movie "The Flim Flam Man" and heard the quote "You Can't Con an Honest Man." The above quote, taken in the context of the movie, did make. . .

A Mentor Can Make You a Smashing Success!

Thinking about a home business? Suddenly you're immersed in a whole new language: affiliate programs, residual income, leveraged income, pyramid scams, html, gateway websites. It's really not all that difficult, and a mentor can be a trusted guide through the home business labyrinth.There are onl. . .

Because Your Lucky Number Is?

I am a strong believer in the Pareto Principle, otherwise known as the 80/20 rule, or the rule of the vital few and the trivial many.In any human activity, just a small group of factors is responsible for the lion's share of success.For example, just 20% of affiliates earn 80% of the commissions.. . .

Solving The Spam

Spam.....Notice how you cringe up just a tad when you read that word? I sure do. For our purposes here, we’re not talking about the well known food product known as Spam. I know that kind of Spam gets made fun of sometimes, but I actually like eating it. Some thinly cut slices slapped between two. . .

Tsunami Relief Revolution

Hello everyone,I am writing you today to ask if you can take a minute or two to read the following blog. http://go4bucks.blogspot.com. There you will find more info about a new business opportunity that I have personally designed with the relief aid workers, and tsunami survivors in mind. It al. . .

5 Free & Easy Ways to Get More Opt-In Subscribers for Your Newsletter

Email newsletters and ezines can be extremely profitable for their owners, providing that their newsletter has subscribers, the more the better. Without a large number of subscribers your going to have a tough time making money when the only recipient of your ezine is…you.To prevent this from hap. . .

7 Simple Ways of Driving Traffic to Your Site Using One E-Published Tips Booklet

I am not a web designer or search engine optimizer, nor do I play one on TV. However, I do know that the driving force in bringing qualified traffic to your web site is dynamic high value content. That means compelling, interesting, approachable, and immediately useful information, especially whe. . .

Steer Clear of the Internet Traffic Jam

Yesterday, I got stuck in a traffic jam. It wasn’t the first time and unfortunately won’t be the last time! 5 miles of bright beaming red tail lights flickering in my eyes. Just the thought of it makes me kind of nauseas. Especially, when all I was trying to do was go to the grocery store to . . .

Guaranteed Sign Ups-What Are They?

Every business needs customers that's axiomatic.When you work on the net, the only way to get customers is to get them to your website.There are many ways to do that.You send send traffic to your siteYou can link to other sitesYou can exchange bannersYou can adveritse by emailYou can advertise b. . .

How To Submit Articles For Massive Traffic

As you perhaps already know, article submissions can drive a huge amount of traffic to your web site for months if not years. The first step is obviously to get a good article written, with a suitable resource box at the end containing a link to your site to drive traffic to your site. But withou. . .

Game Theory, Nobel Prize & Auctions - Auction Primer Series – Part 1

The Auction Primer Series is a group of articles to help further educate sellers about auctions; their history, strategies for use, and provide a comparison of various auction sites and types. In Part 1, we look at the more common type of auctions in use today.William Vickrey, highly regarded as. . .

Is Your Computer Strong Enough For A work From Home Internet Business

If you are planning on doing business online with one of the many work from home based businesses available on the internet, then you are going to want to make sure your computer is up to the task. Although it is possible to get by with a Pentium 1, at today’s prices there is no reason to do so. . . .

What Does Financial Freedom Mean To You?

Most working people dream of this thing called financial freedom. It certainly sounds like something we'd all want. But have you ever stopped to really think about what it means? It can mean different things to different people, so before you spend time looking for it, maybe it's worthwhile to ex. . .

10 Benefits Of Submitting Articles To Ezines

You've heard everywhere that submitting articles can increase your online exposure, but here's a quick run down of all the other benefits you can expect. Believe me, it really is worthwhile writing articles. 1. You'll brand your web site, business and yourself by submitting articles to ezines.. . .

7 Secrets to Explode your eBook Sales! - Part 2

Secret #2: Creating your Marketing Timeline for Success! Aho! You can increase your sales and free time by creating your own marketing timeline. Marketing timelines are essential for all Internet businesses. They provide not only organization but a truly well defined goal sheet as well. To u. . .

Free Or Not Free - It's Your Choice

The internet is one of the world's top sources of information, products and just about anything else you could possibly want. And, if you have spent any amount of time online, you must have noticed that much of it is free.Many home business entrepreneurs get their start online using some of these. . .

Identifying Work At Home Success Characteristics

Do people that are successful in home based businesses share some common characteristics and, if so, what are the primary ones?The dictionary defines successful as: having a favorable outcome, or having obtained something desired or intended, or having achieved wealth or eminence When applied . . .

Creating a Virtual Art Gallery

To the online artist, it might seem a paradox, at first glance, to hear a recommendation to hold back work. The artist on the Internet often overproduces and displays their entire body of work. In essence, by placing it for casual viewing, known as "shopping" the work, devalues its worth by defyi. . .

Do You Have to Be an Expert to Teach Someone in Your MLM?

"How can I teach others when I am not successful myself? That's ethically wrong..."If you're in an MLM program, you might have heard that question from one of your affiliates. You may even have asked the same question before. I know I have, and I get it all the time too from people in my group.Ma. . .

How To Make Your Website More Successful? (Part I)

Building a website and getting it online is easy. Driving visitors to it is the more difficult part. Most people are not patient enough when it comes to build up traffic. They expect thousands of visitors a week after they go live with their website. But that is not how it works. We share some se. . .

Virus Nightmare..Lessons Learned

I got a virus the other day, Thursday I believe and since then I have been making FRANTIC efforts to save all my info.The most important thing for me to save are my Outlook Express emails and my Roboform passwords. That way I can at least access all the places I need, to download and re-install a. . .

Top 10 Business E-mail Basics

When it comes to your business e-mail communications, you need to make an impression that can lend to the determination that you are someone that will be a pleasure to do business with. For your consideration below are the "Top 10 e-mail issues targeted at business men and women. These are the i. . .

E-currency Exchange Trading

If you are reading this article you are probably one of the many people who have spent countless hours searching for unique ways to make money on the internet. Very few people have gone on to succeed and most have failed miserably time and time again. So how are some people succeeding? The answ. . .

What Company Does Your Business Keep?

A man is known by the company he keeps. We have heard that phrase so many times. Our folks have cautioned us often with that in our silly childhood. Do we heed to that advice in our business? Where do you hang out? What is your business surrounded by?Have you heard about Christian Huygens?This ge. . .

Creating Your Own Internet Marketing Product through a Home Based Business

There are thousands of marketing tool kits available online for a whole range of prices, but what if you are not interested in buying someone else’s tool kit and are more interested in creating your own internet marketing product and toolkit to sell. Well, there are plenty of ways to going about . . .

The Hidden Key To Making Massive Amounts Of Money From Your List

Would you like to know the secret to quickly making money from any list, regardless of size?What will you do with the extra money that you'll generate when you use this strategy?As you *read every word* of this article, you'll discover how to quickly position yourself so that readers on your list. . .

How To Choose The Best MLM Leads

What are the characteristics of the Best Mlm Leads? This is a good question to ask before you spend any money buying leads to build your MLM business. Before we get to that let's take a look at why you would want to buy MLM leads in the first place.Over the years the multi-level marketing busines. . .

10 Filler Activities for the Summer Business Slowdown

Summer is a time for the outdoors, for that well-deserved vacation, and with everyone out and about, it’s also a time that you may notice a slowdown in demand for your products and services. So what can you do during this summer slowdown? Well, it’s a great time to do the work that otherwise neve. . .

TALES, FAILS AND BETRAYALS OF SEARCH ENGINE PLACEMENT Part 1

This is the first of a series of articles about a subject so many people want to learn; the un-sizzled truth of search engines. What do you really know about how a web site is placed? Are you being told the truth? Not only will these articles enlighten you, but along the way, I will create a ne. . .

We Are Right In The Middle Of A Pay Per Click Baby Boom

No, this baby boom will certainly not swamp the Social Security system (sort of a bad joke for those that live in the United States, but many other countries...most notably Japan...have an even more acute problem), but this baby boom is revolutionizing the way that pay per click advertising is be. . .

Aspiring Webmasters Want To Know, "What Makes A Website Grow?"

It appears that most webmasters have come from the world of advertising. Their website content emphasizes "marketing and promotion". Just to prove my point, do a Google search on "marketing promotion". As I write, Google comes up with "about 5,910,000" entries. Gosh imagine the good fortune of a . . .

What Will YOU Do With the 1,870 Weeks LEFT in Your Life? Nothing?

WARNING! Do you know that if you are mid 30 by now, you ONLY have 1,870 weeks left to enjoy? Maybe it’s just now that you’ve realized there are only few weeks left.This is the fact…an average person lives for about 75 years……which means we only have 3,900 weeks in our entire lifetime. What will y. . .

Want To Expand Your Business? Try Walking Barefoot in the Grass!

I hear it all the time. "I want to expand my business, but I don’t know how." Many online small business owners have this challenge. In all actuality, it’s not a business problem... rather a creativity problem. For any given industry, there are dozens of ways to expand, reach new customers, devel. . .

How to Build Your List – 7 Powerful Strategies

If you have been an internet marketer, or had any type of online home based business, for more than a few days, then you will no doubt have heard someone say, "if you want to make money online, you have to build an opt-in list."Take that advice very seriously, because it’s true! It took me a long. . .

Ecommerce Solution for the Big and Small Business

Do you have a business? Were you told you needed an ecommerce solution to help your business? Do you need to know how and where to get an ecommerce solution? Perhaps you are not even sure what an ecommerce solution is. For those of you who have asked these questions, an answer has been found. . . .

5 Ways to Drive Traffic Away from Your eBay Auction

eBay is a one-stop solution to any one who wants to make money online. Whether you just selling a few unwanted items from around your house or your want to develop a work from home business, eBay removes many of the obstacles for you. Not many other websites can help you drive targeted traffic to. . .

Who Is Making Money Online?

When you finally decide to open your own home based Business, you are usually fully motivated for it, but then You begin and you realize pretty quickly that it's not going To be that easy… The home based business as it is called today is actually like A normal business outside with several differ. . .

The Advantage and Consequences of New Economy Marketing

Some of the research that has been done today gives us a lot of information on the values of today's society. What I'm referring to is a lifestyle in which there is more to do in generally less time in which to accomplish it. There's more to spend money on so there's less disposable income. Quite. . .

www.Passive-Profits.com investigates... Is this the end for AOL? Switchisp Looms

If you want to take advantage and make a serious passive income from the next major upset in Internet Service Provider business - Read on... Yes, there’s a new kid on the block and he’s cheap, very fast and can make you extremely rich. I found a recent press release about this company which state. . .

Two Methods of Marketing Using Joint Ventures

Whether you're a contractor a local merchant with 150 employees, whichever, however or whatever, you've got to know how to keep your business alive during rough economic times. Anytime the cash flow in a business, large or small, starts to tighten up, the money management of that business has to . . .

Promoting Your Business Using Blogs

Internet marketing using blogs has quickly gained a lot of popularity as a wonderful way to promote your business. There are many ways that blogging can help in the promotion of your business. Since blogs are usually full of links and contain a large amount of keywords it will give your site a mu. . .

Ensure Your Own Success

Being organised is a major step to success and the most important things to organise are YOURSELF and your PLAN.What do you want to accomplish? Is it a new home or to fund your children's further education, or a million and one other things I am sure you can think of. You can have whatever you wa. . .

Email Follow Up Tips, 8 Of Them...

The first thing you need to do is get your e-mails opened & read. Spend at least as much time worrying about the subject line of each e mail in your sequence as you do worrying about the body. Brainstorm at least five subject lines, pick the one most likely to stop your prospects dead in their tr. . .

5 Hidden Resources For eBay Users

Many thousands of people making a living both buying & selling on eBay. Currently ranked as the 37 biggest site on the net (according to Alexa figures) eBay shows no signs of slowing down, even fortune 500 companies are opening eBay shops to sell surplus & unwanted stock. The following are five r. . .

Adsense Tips to Explode Your Online Profits

There are many adsense tips floating around the internet. Here are some adsense tips that can drastically increase your CTR (click-through-rate) and your profits. These are simple changes that only take a few minutes to implement but can make drastic changes to your bottom line. Lots of people sa. . .

We'll Fix That Later...

Wife: "Hey honey, the brakes seem to be leaking on my car." Husband: "We'll fix that later." (BAD ANSWER)Wife: "Hey honey, how's the new website coming along?" Husband: "It's up and live! It may not be perfect, but we'll fix that later." (GOOD ANSWER)Wife: "Hey honey, the sewer is backing up and. . .

10 Benefits of Being a Blogger

I have been a blogger since September 2004 but only began to take it seriously this year. My blogging journey began when I stumbled upon a company owned by Google named Blogger.com that offered free tools to build a website.In fact Blogger provides you with free several templates which you can cu. . .

7 Tips for Winning Customer Appreciation & Loyalty

I am sure you have heard it before. The money is in your list. Follow up with your customers or your business will die. Here is a good list of tips that will help you stay targeted in the right direction toward building your customer database. 1. Make others feel important. Put them first. You ne. . .

Explode Your Business With An Avalanche of Hot Rabid Customers

Explode Your Business With An Avalanche Of Hot Rabid Customers, Clients And Future Clients That Are Hungry For What You Have To Offer. Dear Friend, You can make a decent income selling products and services but you can become insanely rich by creating and controlling markets. That's what I'll hel. . .

Your Affiliate Business and Taxes

Starting a home-based business on the Internet is easy you say. You have your web page built, your affiliate links and you're ready to go. Not really, you need to make sure you have all your i's and t's crossed when it comes to taxes. Getting Started First, you will need to register your business. . .

Domain Name and Web Hosting Hell

Does GoDaddy really suck? I am in the process of registering more and more domain names so it seems natural to look for the best pricing deal.Registering multiple domain names can add up quickly, especially if you register both the NoDashVersion.com and Dashed-Version.com names. Each domain name . . .

11 Ways to Quickly Build Your List

If you've been doing your homework, you know that your Internet business basically can't exist without a list of ezine subscribers. This is very much a case of 'the more, the merrier'. The more people on your list, the more sales you make, the merrier you'll be. So how do you get lots of people t. . .

OPT-in is NOT an OPTion

In the course of my Internet business consulting work, I am asked to review web sites and figure out why the sites aren't achieving sales. The webmasters of these sites have usually worked long and hard to make them attractive to the search engines and appealing to visitors. Some of these webmast. . .

10 POWERFUL Reasons Why You're Crazy NOT To Start A... Home Based Business In 2005

Home Based Business's are spreading across North America and have become widely recognized as one of the most desirable business's to start for several reasons.Just think for a minute what it would be like to work from home and never have to worry about waiting in grid lock traffic or to answer t. . .

The Alchemist's Dream Discovered on the Web

Two hundred years ago, the alchemists dreamed about finding something that they could turn into gold. Today that something has been discovered on the Web. It's traffic. Every marketer knows that sales is a numbers game. The more eyes you put your offer in front of, the more sales you make. But ho. . .

How I Boosted My Conversion Rate by 33% Overnight

Once upon a time, I used to work as an air traffic controller. As you might imagine, rapid technological advancement requires that controllers do a lot of reading to keep up with, and execute, procedural changes in their work. As such, the first fifteen minutes of every shift was set aside to rev. . .

New Google Adwords Policy Benefits Affiliates

Until recently, if you did a search on the term 'satellite dish' at Google, and then surveyed the URL's in the Adwords listings, you were bound to see that most of the ads linked to just one company. You'd also note that most listings ended with the 'aff' (affiliate site) designation.Eight ads al. . .

Internet Marketing: Going Nowhere Fast

How and why do you surf the 'Net? Do you turn on your computer, open your browser, then scratch your head and wonder, "Hmm? what I should look for today?" Hardly. I'll bet you dollars to donuts you've got specific goals in mind when you surf the 'Net. Imagine for a moment that you gained a couple. . .

Color Me Blue

Chris, a new consulting client, asked me to help him increase sales on his affiliate marketing site. As he was describing his site and the problem, I thought, "This is going to be a quick fix." How wrong I was! His site was excellent. Other than a few minor points, it followed all my basic rules . . .

Do You Have a Wealthy Attitude?

Wealthy people are conniving, selfish, lazy monsters who will steal your last penny if you let them, or so that's what I was raised to believe. Fortunately, through my work and various associations, I've spent time with many of these 'monsters', and discovered that nothing could be farther from t. . .

How to Lose 14,000+ List Subscribers Overnight

I made a HUGE mistake with one of my subsciber lists just recently. You'd think after 6 successful years as an Internet marketer that I would know the formula by now. Here's the Tried-and-True Formula: Build an Autoresponder Series + Write a Weekly, Bi-Weekly or Monthly Newsletter + Bring Visitor. . .

How to Make Your Business Image Stand out Above The Crowd

Traditional advertising methods are still being used for almost 90% of businesses today. The number one problem with this, is that all everyone else seems to be following the same old methods. No matter how expensive, does your advertising look and sound like a lot of other advertising? If you ta. . .

10 Ways Writing Articles Can Improve Your Business

Writing articles is one of the simplest ways to demonstrate your expertise while simultaneously increase traffic to your website.And if your articles are distributed via the proper channels and subsequently spidered by the major search engines, your website's link popularity will steadily increas. . .

Pay Per Click Advertising For Home Business Owners

The biggest stumbling block for most home business owners is marketing their business. Most will start at free to post FFA pages and safelists. Most free advertising will never be seen by anyone and as a result business owners get discouraged and quit.Pay Per Click search engines are one of the m. . .

Take Flight with Reliable Marketing

In the last year I have so many people try to educate themselves on how to market their website.There were programs they joined that they believed were going make them rich with little or no effort only to find once again they lost their money. Then there were others who totally amazed me, since . . .

The Truth About Doublers

In 1919 Charles Ponzi invited business men and women to invest in his business and promised to double their money. Returns were guaranteed. Charles Ponzi recruited new investors and used their funds to pay earlier investors. Unsustainable, the business eventually collapsed leaving a great numb. . .