Success On The Internet

2008-04-16T14:58:00.000-07:00

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2008-04-06T00:42:00.000-07:00

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I joined with healthy skepticism. I am usually pretty critical

of the free content you find out there.

However, I soon found my skepticism melting away. In fact,

I was quite pleasantly surprised by what I found.

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First, I have to say that this site is pretty ingenious when you

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When I actually checkout out a few of the reports, I found

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Along with the reports supplied by the staff writers of the

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After a while, once you have contributed a few reports, you

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I've seen an increase in my traffic, as well as seen my own

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To Your Success,
Craig Campos
Net Biz Promo

2008-04-01T17:20:00.000-07:00

Different Types Of Affiliate Programs & Marketing Opportunities
Choose The One That Is The Best For You

Here, we are going to discuss the different types of affiliate programs and marketing opportunities that are available today. When you are a novice, it is very difficult to decide which program to go in for. This article can help you make the decision more easily.

There are mainly two kinds of affiliate programs:-

Pay Per Click or PPC.
Pay Per Performance or PPP.
Click Here For FREE Info On Different Types Of Affiliate Marketing Programs

Pay Per Click

The popularity of this type is on the rise; essentially because you can make easy money from it. The merchant puts up either text or banner advertisements for the affiliate on his website. When the customer clicks on the banner, the affiliate is paid about $.05 per click or whatever percentage the merchant and affiliate have agreed on. The more the clicks, the more money the affiliate makes. So an affiliate program works even if the customer does not purchase something from the product owner, all he has to do is click on the advertisement for the affiliate to rake in the moolah.

Pay Per Performance

This affiliate program is the most money-spinning of all the affiliate programs. The merchant pays the affiliate if the affiliate’s customer makes a purchase (pay per sale) or signs up for something that the merchant may be offering (pay per lead). The merchants love this program, and most finance and insurance companies have such programs, besides the information technology companies as well. Handsome commissions are paid- ranging from 15% to 50% of the sale value.

Tier Affiliate Marketing

Tier affiliate marketing means when an affiliate gets paid for making a referral besides also being paid commissions on the sales that he makes or the leads that he passes on to the merchant. Single tier affiliate marketing means when payments are made to the affiliate, when he refers his customers, for a lead or direct sale to the merchant. Two tier affiliate marketing means that he can make referrals for the company and when the customers sign up for a referral, he gets a certain commission out of the sales that are finally made. In three tier marketing, the affiliate gets a percentage commission out of his referrals’ referrals as well.

Tier Affiliate Marketing

Many people think this is the ideal program to take up because it offers regular monthly checks. Here’s how. If the affiliate signs up referrals to the program, even if they do not earn any income for the company, as long as they continue as members, he gets paid on a monthly basis.

So now that you know the different kinds of affiliate programs and marketing opportunities, you are in a better position to decide which one is suitable and will earn you the most money.

To Your Success,
Craig Campos
http://www.NetBizPromo.com

2008-01-11T18:33:00.000-08:00

AdWords Ads Now Free?

A new breakthrough secret is all you now need in order to get your Google AdWords pay-per-clicks FREE!

A gentleman from New York discovered what he calls an "oversight" on the part of 99.9% of all marketers that allows him to get otherwise paid-for advertising at Google as well as all other search engines that allow sponsored ads.

And no, nothing about his "secret" is illegal - nor does it require that you know someone on the "inside" at Google, Yahoo, MSN, Overture and others.

Here's How to Get All Your Google AdWords Pay-Per-Clicks FREE!

Instead, the New Yorker boasts proudly "...this is something that I caught onto just before 2000 when there was so much search engine craze running around, and started doing small just to test things at first ... but which I later expanded on after getting the hang of it."

This same fellow went on to start and operate sixteen separate online companies selling everything from pet food, DVDs, children's toys & games, books, software, and sold not only his own manufactured products but became an affiliate for other web businesses - all the while applying his mastermind secret.

Over the course of nearly eight years the New Englander confesses "I've actually gotten over $87 million in advertising that using my secret I never had to pay for ... and the largest share of which was more recently in Google pay-per-clicks as well as other forms of pad advertising at search engines ... all of which I got for free ..."

So powerful is his secret that he's able to monopolize any niche online, and can always secure the top premium spots just above the usual organic results featured at most search engines.

He still has to set up an account with the search engines - but after applying his secret he is removed from having to pay for all the costs otherwise involved.
Again, nothing about his secret is either illegal or robs from the search engines.

One spokesperson from one of the most popular search engines said chuckling after being made privy to this amazing secret "Wow! Ha! This is really unique ... and in my expert opinion it would only serve to enhance and bring more business to us at [name of search engine withheld for legal & confidentiality reasons] and not cause us to lose business in the slightest. Amazing!"

The northerner revealed that in this nearly eight years' period of time since applying his secret he's done well over $300 million in sales revenue with a most diverse line of products, and most recently in the last two years netted nearly $166 million after really "buckling down and pressing my secret to its fullest potential."

Now to everyone else's fortune, the city slicker is releasing his secret for getting an unlimited amount of pay-per-click ads to the general public. But he's not promising any of us for how long.

A bit of an eccentric, the gentleman says "We'll see just how long I can make it available before it saturates things."

One famous public web guru pointed out that although this man may gain economically more so as a result of the publication of his secret "he's already so amazingly rich that whether he continues or discontinues its sale will neither make nor break the man, but not grabbing it for yourself while it's still available could prove disastrous for you as you may only have one chance, and a very limited one at that, to get this."

It is currently available at:

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It's in a very easily readable format and is quickly and readily understood and mastered by anyone with even a 4th grade reading level.

While you're there, why not scroll down and review for yourself the huge successes others are now having with this incredible breakthrough in targeted advertising now made freely available to the rest of us?

To your success,

Craig Campos

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2007-12-24T15:09:00.000-08:00

What You Don’t Know About Using PLR Content – But Need To

Private Label Content (PLR) has been a hot topic in online
business over the last couple of years. As more opportunities
have emerged for people to make money with niche marketing,
so has the demand for affordable content.

PLR is the perfect solution!

If you’re not familiar with how PLR works, it is essentially
a way for multiple people to “share” content. Since they are
all given access to use or change the content, they pay
significantly less.

You can then use that PLR as is and put your name on it as
the author. Or you can divide it up, add to it, combine it
with other content, create an audio product from it… the sky’s
the limit! The more creative you are, the more unique your
resulting product will be.

For online marketers, this can mean a savings of countless
hours of work over writing all of their content themselves.
Or thousands of dollars in outsourcing fees if they were to
hire a professional writer.

But before you get started using PLR to grow your business,
there are a few things that you need to keep in mind:

1. It’s important that you trust the source of the PLR
content – Not all PLR content is created equal. There are lots
of people publishing inferior content that no marketer in their
right mind would use.

Remember, once you put your name on the content, your potential
customers think that you wrote it. If it’s not well written,
informative and interesting you’ll make a bad impression. Even
if you’re just using the content on your website to improve
search engine rankings, it has to be good quality because
prospects will be reading it and judging you based on it.

2. The best use for PLR is not article site submissions –
Submitting articles to article directories can be a great
promotion strategy. And in the early days of PLR that is
primarily how people used the content. But the article
directories have gotten smarter and realized that multiple
people are submitting the exact same articles. This makes
the directory look bad – so they’ve tightened up their
policies and no longer allow this.

But that’s alright, because that’s probably the worst use
of PLR content. It just makes you look bad if you’re
publishing the exact same article as someone else. Instead,
smart marketers are using PLR content to create their own
unique products. Customers are less likely to notice any
overlap in the information if you do this well.

3. Combining PLR is the easiest way to use it – If you use
a piece of PLR content exactly as is, the odds are that you’ll
be competing directly with someone else who is offering the
same product. However, if you add other pieces of PLR content
then you can create something that is uniquely yours. You still
don’t have to do any writing, yet you have a product with
different information then your competitors are offering.

PLR content truly is a great way to get the content you need
for your business. It’s affordable, easily accessible and
flexible. Whether you need content for your blog or want to
create a complete product line, PLR is the perfect choice!

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2007-12-20T18:09:00.000-08:00

I'm evaluating a multi-media course on blogging from the folks at Simpleology. For a while, they're letting you snag it for free if you post about it on your blog.

It covers:

The best blogging techniques.
How to get traffic to your blog.
How to turn your blog into money.

I'll let you know what I think once I've had a chance to check it out. Meanwhile, go grab yours while it's still free.

2007-11-30T15:38:00.000-08:00

There really is such a thing as free PLR Content

Well as you guys no doubt know, to really succeed with our internet
marketing careers, we need to have great digital products that convert
all of our qualified leads into real, cash-paying customers. For many
people, coming up with products will involve them creating them on
their own, or may involve them commissioning other professionals to
do the hard work for them. Chances are though, like most smart internet
marketers, you probably want to save a whole lot of time and money.

After all, if you were to create your own e-book for instance, expect to
spend tens of hours doing the research you need, and then writing the
book itself – and that's if you're only semi- decent at writing. If you're a
good writer, it will still take you hours and hours and if you're terrible,
well, forget it, because your e-book won't sell! Now, you certainly won't
go wrong by hiring a good writer to create a really good e-book, but think
about how much a good writer is going to cost you.

Wouldn't you rather spend that money on getting visitors to your site
so you can make more money? I'm pretty sure, like me, you're always
looking for ways to save time and money on your internet marketing
business. I'll easily spend hours each week just reading up on the latest
internet marketing happenings and news, in the endless search of
improving the way I do business.

In my latest search, I came across a really unique website,
that's well worth you checking out if you are serious about time and
money saving: Now the name is pretty self-explanatory. This site was
created by an internet marketer for internet marketers, and it's a one-
stop shop for PLR material. E-books, reports, training videos, e-courses
– you name it! The really wonderful thing about this site though is that
membership is free. You can sign up as a VIP Member, which won't cost
you a cent, and you can download a huge amount of PLR material for free!
You can sell that material yourself as part of your own internet marketing
business, and of course, you can change any part of the product to suit your
target audience. Don't be put off by the free part either, in terms of the
quality of the material that's on offer, because I've downloaded the free
PLR stuff myself and it's of a really high quality. I've paid plenty of writers
in my time to create digital products, and I can honestly say that the quality
of this material is just as good, if not better – without me having to pay the
money I would pay a writer.

In addition to the free PLR material you can download as VIP Member,
you can also access heaps of great information about how to improve your
internet marketing business. You also have the option of paying a small
one-time fee to become a Full Member of the site, and that will entitle you
to even more fantastic PLR products to download and sell, plus you can
become an affiliate of the PLR Wholesaler website itself, and receive a
great commission whenever somebody you refer signs up as a Full Member.

Regardless of whether you're a paying member or not,
you will have access to a regular e-newsletter that gets sent out, and if the
testimonials are anything to go by, it's definitely one e-newsletter that's
worth your while. I can vouch for that too, and I am a real pro when it comes
to deleting emails that bore me! So, please do me a favor and join now – this
is a site that's definitely worth your time regardless of your level of
experience in internet marketing, so visit it now at: http://www.plrwholesaler.com/download/clk.php?pid=2&a=12809

I promise you won't be disappointed.
Until next time, may you keep on selling!

Craig Campos

2007-01-14T19:31:00.000-08:00

How To Monetize
Your Blog More Effectively

So you've done the hard work...you've chosen
the niche market that you are going to target, you've created
the content that they'd be interested in, you've implemented
your onpage and offpage search engine optimization and finally
you've managed to establish your blog in it's market and are
being rewarded by a steady flow of traffic from the search
engines and other sources.

Now - Your BIG question is -

"How do you convert this steady flow of traffic into money"?

You will no doubt already be trying certain
methods, an AdSense ad here and an affiliate link there, for
example, but there's something new that I wanted to tell you
about.

This "something new" will do three
things for your blog:

1. It will instantly make it more profitable.

2. It will give it more keyword rich content pages which will
give it more search engine rankings which will increase that "steady flow
of traffic" and make it even more profitable.

3. It will give it another dimension further distinguishing
it from its competitors whilst enhancing your visitors experience.

So what is this "something new"?

It's a clever piece of software called Build
A Niche Store and what it does is enable you to instantly build an affiliate
store made up of eBay's products and matched to your target niche.

This means that if you have a Golf blog, with
Build A Niche Store you will be able to add all of eBay's
golf products to it, and if you have an Antiques blog then
you will be able to add all of eBay's antique items...you
get the idea.

You simply install the script, choose your niche, press build
and you automatically have your own niche specific affiliate store which updates
automatically (Yes - NO data feeds!) and which:

1. Will generate money for you when one of
your blog visitors buys an item through it.

2. Will give your blog hundreds or thousands
(depending on your niche) content rich product pages which
will get indexed in the search engines targeting keywords
you would otherwise not be reaching.

3. Will add a shopping experience for your visitors.

It's truly a great piece of software and looks set to become
all the rage in the coming year.

You can check out the official Build A Niche Store website where
you'll find case studies and a live demo which is sure to get your creative
juices flowing at the link below.

This one gets my thumbs up!

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To Your Success,

Craig Campos

http://www.Net-Biz-Promo.com

2007-01-12T11:08:00.000-08:00

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2007-01-09T22:50:00.000-08:00

Is a Home Business Right For You?
Copyright © 2003, Stone Evans
The Home Biz Guy

Every morning as people wake up and make the commute to work,
many dream of the day when they will finally work for
themselves. Every time the boss lets someone know that they must
give up their weekend plans for the good of the company, people
contemplate the benefits of being the owner of their own
business.

Are you one of these people?

If you are, it is important to ask yourself some very important
questions before you make the uncertain leap into
self-employment.

Many dream of the benefits of home business ownership, but few
take into account the sacrifices that must be made to bring the
dream to fruition. Please don't make this mistake yourself.

You must approach home business ownership with your eyes wide
open. Ask yourself the important questions, and more
importantly, answer your own questions openly and honestly.

AN IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION

Are you the type of person who relishes every chance to gather
around the water cooler for social interaction?

If so, then home business ownership may not be the right
decision for you.

Instead, if you feel that you can be quite content sitting alone
at your desk; speaking only to clients and really minding your
own home business, then you might have what it takes to succeed
as a home business entrepreneur.

If you feel at ease with your own company and don't need a dozen
coworkers milling around your desk, then you, too, could savor
the freedoms that will allow you and your family, to live the
lifestyle you know you want and deserve.

THE KEY TO HOME BUSINESS SUCCESS

Self-motivation is the key to success when you start a
home-based business. You need to possess the ability to push
yourself ahead. Your drive and determination will be reinforced
with every new sale.

The level of success that you will achieve greatly depends on
the time and effort you are willing to plow into your new home
business. Your organization, planning and marketing skills, will
all be put into practice when you embark on your liberating
journey from employee, to being your own boss. In fact, you will
be the wearer of many hats and gain a wealth of business
experience along the way, when you finally make that commitment
to work at home.

YOUR SUCCESS RESTS ENTIRELY UPON YOUR OWN SHOULDERS

You will now be the boss. Are you truly able to work
independently? Do you have the drive; the tenacity, to persevere
with your home based business? Will you be able to invest the
necessary time to nurture it, to watch it grow and see it
through, from germination to full, glorious bloom? When you're
the boss, you are responsible for the success of your home
business, from A to Z, from disappointments to victory.

When you work at home, it will empower you to achieve many
things you were unable to do when you were stuck working for
that tyrant boss. Remember him? He's the guy that wouldn't let
you take time off when your baby was sick...the same guy that
called you in to work on Thanksgiving Day.

A home business means that you can take good care of your family
and make money from home, simultaneously. You will have the best
of both worlds! Just think--no more dirty laundry piling up--you
can do it while you work. No more scurrying around at the last
minute searching for a babysitter either. And no more worrying
about getting fired; you'll be the boss!

IN CONCLUSION...

Stay positive and focused on your home based business, even if,
when sales aren't up to par, you get occasional negative remarks
or derogatory comments from people with stuffy, dead-end jobs.
Ignore their cutting words and bear in mind that success is the
best revenge! Keep your admirable, positive attitude at the
forefront and show them what you're made of!

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2006-12-05T17:58:00.000-08:00

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2006-12-04T19:26:00.000-08:00

Super Affiliates - Then The Others

What is it that places a small percentage of Affiliates so far ahead of all the other Affiliates. 80% of Affiliates make little or no money, 15% make average money, 5% are Super Affiliates. Why? Is it because Super Affiliates work harder than the rest? Not necessarily. What they do have is systems they use and a professional approach to internet marketing.

As with any high achiever in any field - Super Affiliates have goals and dreams on which they focus while they work patiently towards achieving those goals. They have elected to give what ever it takes to learn and excel in internet marketing - the field they have chosen never losing sight of their goals.

These Affiliates carefully select the products or services they are going to market, they personally purchase use and familarize themselves with these products. They limit the products or services only to those they can personally recommend while at the same time retaining their own credibility.

Super Affiliates take the time to build mailing lists, lists of subscribers who respect their honesty and integrity, subscribers to whom they can mail their eZine/Newsletter and promote and recommend products to. These Affiliates treat their customers as real live people not unseen faces hidden behind a computer screen, making sure they answer all of the customers questions or concerns.

The Super Affiliates don't place a banner ad on their website and sit back thinking it's all going to happen, it simply won't happen. They write their own copy detailing all the features of the product or service and the benefits they have had by using the product, pointing out how the customer can expect to have the same results.

They use ad tracking scripts to track the results of their advertising campaigns, they also use scripts to split hits between pages or ad copy. The Affiliate will write two ads or two pages the script will then split the hits 50/50 between the two from this they can then see page A made 6 sales while page B made 2. They then alter page B and repeat the process again. Constantly testing and improving.

Recently a Marketer told me he had calculated a loss of over $30,000 during the course of one advertising campaign, in his wisdom he had neglected to carefully track the particular campaign, at some time during the campaign he altered the text size of some words and noticed a marked increase in results. He then did some calculations and came up with the loss mentioned above.

Super Affiliates don't sell they pre sell, it isn't the job of an Affiliate to sell the product the Affiliate tells the customer all about the features and benefits of the product then provides a link to the Merchants website where the customer arrives already warmed to the idea and more likely to purchase. If the Marketer does his part of the deal correctly this should result in a sale.

When a Marketer and his Affiliates work in unison together each mindful of his role in the sale process we then have not only a Super Affiliate but a Super Sales Team. We all know what happens when members of any team fail to play their part in the team effort. When that happens guess what? - you no longer have a winning team.

If you have a product or service and would like a simple way to locate Super Affiliates and build a highly efficient sales team I found Dr Neil Shearing's "Internet Success Spider" to be simply stunning. It includes breakthrough software and an ebook to help you find Super Affiliates and get them to sell your product! Plus, it has the best digital guarantee ever! Click the link below for more information! http://www.netwealthgroup.com

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2006-12-01T10:59:00.000-08:00

The Dirty Dozen

Avoiding the 12 Most Common Business Blunders

Introduction

Every single day, enthusiastic entrepreneurs start about 2,000 new small businesses. Three years from now, about 1,600 of those new businesses will have failed.

Being in the business of helping others break into the retail business, we've had a ringside seat to witness competitors battle it out retail arena, and we've identified the 12 differences that separate the champs from the chumps.

In this article, we reveal those differences and use our observations, experience, and expertise to steer you clear of the most common pitfalls and ensure that your business becomes part of the elite group of successful startups.

Poor management

People launch their own businesses for a variety of reasons. Some think it will be fun and easy. Others aren't happy with their current lifestyle and seek to better themselves financially. Still more look at their boss and think, "If he can do it, then I sure can!"

But the truth is that 80% of new businesses fail within the first three years. The number one reason small businesses fail is, by far, poor management.

Recognizing the essentials of good management

Good management boils down to developing a solid business plan and then effectively executing your plan or adjusting it to meet the needs of the current situation. Effectively managing a business, big or small, requires the following...

To Your Success,

Craig Campos
http://www.AffilliateMarketingPromo.com

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2006-11-27T08:51:00.000-08:00

Easy Squeeze Page Generation At Your Squeeze Page

Hey everybody,

I just had the chance to review a new piece of software that was designed to help everybody be able to create professional squeeze pages easily and quickly.

The software is Matthew Glanfield's Your Squeeze Page, and quite frankly, it is just as easy to use as he claims.

The great thing about this software is that you can easily:

* create squeeze pages from scratch easily and quickly
* split test every component to make sure you get the most opt-ins
* add audio and video to your pages easily
* build your list faster
* make more money

You can go and check out a free video on squeeze pages here:

Click here to watch a free video about Squeeze Pages

Enjoy!

Craig Campos
http://www.Net-Biz-Promo.com
http://www.AffiliateMarketingPromo.com

P.S. Don't forget to post your comments on what you think of this software!

2006-10-22T13:49:00.000-07:00

You are excited! You just started up your networking business and you are ready to launch your business to the world by purchasing a list of leads of people that are hopefully just as excited about a life without financial woes and time freedom as you are and then it hits you…$4.00 a lead. Ouch!

You quickly calculate that it will cost you $400 to hopefully be able to talk to 100 people about your business. Ouch again!

Are these $4.00 leads worth the price? This is where the age-old debate of quality versus quantity begins.

Any industry veteran will tell you, the secret to being successful in networking is not selling people on your opportunity, rather it is sorting through enough people to find those right people for your opportunity. It is quite simple really. The more people you talk to, the more people you will find that are right for your business.

This is especially important when you are first starting out. It takes time, practice, and patience to earn the confidence that will be necessary to increase the number of people that are attracted to you.

Yes, I said attracted to you. Most often a prospect will be willing to join your company because they have connected with you and feel that you are the one that can help them become successful.

However, unless you are natural born leader with an instant knack for the phone, you might have to stumble through a few hundred calls before you get enough practice with your script to come across as confident and comfortable.

So what is the solution? Most likely, these same leads that are being sold for $4.00 as a live lead or phone interviewed lead will be sold again as an aged lead for a fraction of the cost. If you look around you’ll see them called aged leads, 7-14 day old, etc. Yes they have been contacted once, twice, or more, before you receive them, however for the fraction of the cost they can fit into anyone’s budget.

There are two main things you need to keep in mind:
1) Not every opportunity is right for everyone.
2) Not everyone is as charming as you!

Even if other people have called these leads before you, the opportunities they are representing may not have been a right fit for them. Or perhaps they may not have felt comfortable with the other people. When you first chose the company you are with now, did you look around first to see what your options were before joining? Most prospects will often want to evaluate different opportunities before making their life changing decision.

So are $4.00 leads worth it? Absolutely! But only after you are ready for them, so you can make the best of them.

But until then, why not start off with a lead that began as a high quality or premium lead that is aged slightly so that you can purchase substantially more. Remember, it’s about finding quality people, and the more people you talk to, the more quickly you will find them. The right people will be receptive to you, whether they filled out a form today, or a week ago.

As you get more experience and practice. Start combining the higher quality or fresher leads with your aged leads to experience both. You will figure out what balance of leads will work best for you and your budget.

Parting Tip: As you get better, your leads will get better, regardless of the age or quality of the lead.

To Your Success,

Craig Campos
http://www.Net-Biz-Promo.com

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2006-10-20T19:04:00.000-07:00

Review:Email Promos Exposed

Have you ever been faced with the task of having
to write an email promotion to your list, and
then realized that you didn't know what to say or
how to say it?

Michael Rasmussen's new video course "Email
Promos Exposed" promises to solve that problem
for you by walking you through the actual process
of creating killer email promos step-by-step.

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If you're in a hurry, just go ahead visit this
URL to get instant free access to these videos:

http://www.emailpromosexposed.com/?thankyou-page=9347
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I decided to see if Michael's videos live up to
their promise by trying them out myself. Here's
what I found:

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Overall Quality
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The first thing I noticed when I opened up the
first video was the stunning production quality.
He used Camtasia Studio for the production, which
is now the industry standard for creating
high-quality screen capture video products. The
audio is near studio quality, and the graphics
are very professional. These videos were made by
someone who KNOWS what he's doing. Well done!

I also liked how Michael divided the videos up by
section, and then again by sub-section. For
example, one video is all about the subject line,
and then there are different parts of that video
that each cover a certain area of crafting a
killer subject line.

Now let's move onto...

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THE ACTUAL VIDEOS
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Here's a brief summary of each video. Obviously
it's impossible to list every single thing here,
but I want you to get a feel for what each one
covered, and how well it covered it.

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If you're in a hurry, just go ahead visit this
URL to get instant free access to these videos:

http://www.emailpromosexposed.com/?thankyou-page=9347
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VIDEO 1 - INTRODUCTION

This video served as an introduction to the whole
course. You get to see a picture of Michael in
his every day life, and he establishes his
credibility right up front by talking about some
of his massive successes online. He even provides
proof of credibility by displaying two checks in
the amount of $50,000 and $25,000 which prove
that, when it comes to the subject of making
money with email promos, he knows his stuff.

This is a good lesson for anyone to get. Whenever
you're teaching people how to do something, it's
good to establish your credibility up front, so
that there's no doubt about whether or not you're
qualified to talk about the subject. Most product
developers either skip or minimize this step.

VIDEO 2 - BEFORE YOU WRITE THE PROMO

This video talks about some things that no other
marketer has bothered to mention. You'll learn
things like:

* The mindset you need in order to write a killer
promo

* The different tools you need before you get
started

* How to keep your emails laser-focused

* How to create an outline that practically
writes the email for you.

This was a fantastic video, and did a good job of
kicking things off.

VIDEO 3 - THE SUBJECT LINE

I liked this video, because it talked about one
of MY biggest weaknesses when it comes to writing
email promos... the subject line. The subject
line is a confusing topic, because nobody's 100%
sure what the best tactics are.

Michael breaks it down, and reveals:

* The biggest secret for writing a subject line
that makes people insanely curious.

* Techniques for personalizing the subject line.

* Mistakes to avoid when using personalization.

I was surprised to find that I was making some of
the mistakes that Michael mentioned in this
video, but now I know better.

VIDEO 4 - THE OPENING

This is where a lot of people slack off when
writing their emails. Michael talks about how
important it is to create an opening that is
conversational, and then reveals techniques and
examples on how to do that.

He also reveals:

* How to get people to keep reading your email
once they've opened it.

* How to make your opening interesting.

* Mistakes to avoid when creating your first few
paragraphs.

VIDEO 5 - THE BODY COPY

This is one of the "meatiest" portions of the
course, because it reveals techniques that are
not widely discussed on the forums, blogs, and in
most eBooks. He talks about the importance of
keeping your body copy tight and relevant, and
then reveals how you can do that. You'll also
learn:

* How to write powerful bullets that make people
curious and want to find out more.

* Simple formatting tricks for making your body
copy easy to read.

* The secret of "bucket brigade copy" and how to
use it in your email promos to force people to
keep reading.

VIDEO 6 - THE CALL TO ACTION

This is where a lot of people wimp out in their
email promos. They start out strong, but when it
comes time to ask the reader to click the link
and take action, they don't know what to say.
Michael talks about some of his favorite
techniques for making that happen, and also
reveals:

* The "magic question" to ask yourself that will
make your close much more powerful.

* The secret of the "unanswered question" and why
handling this is a surefire way to get people to
act right away.

* The structure of a powerful close.

* Mistakes people make when creating their close.

VIDEO 7 - CREATING AN EFFECTIVE P.S.

Some people say that the P.S. is one of the most
important parts of the email, because it is often
the one thing that gets people to click the link
at the end. In this video, Michael talks about:

* Why you should including a P.S. at the end of
your email.

* The 4 different kinds of P.S.'s you can use
(this section was a real eye-opener for me).

VIDEO 8 - COMMON MISTAKES PEOPLE MAKE

I loved this video, because it showed me some
mistakes that I was making that I wasn't even
aware of. Unless you're a seasoned pro, you're
probably guilty of some of the things that
Michael talks about in this video as well, and
that's why it's so valuable. I've shaved years
off my learning curve, because now I can avoid
some of the costly mistakes that I was bound to
make in the learning process.

VIDEO 9 - HOW TO CREATE FOLLOW-UP EMAIL PROMOTIONS

This video alone is going to make me a lot of
money. Why? Because I used to only send out one
email promo for each affiliate promotion I was
doing. Michael showed me in this video how
important it is to send a follow-up promotion,
and he showed me exactly how to do it. He covered
things like:

* The psychology of follow-up email promo's.

* The 2 main types of follow-up promos that make
the most money.

* How to overcome readers' objections in your
follow up emails.

* The 2 most common mistakes people make when
writing follow-ups and how to avoid them.

VIDEO 10 - HOW TO WRITE BACK END EMAIL PROMOTIONS

Every marketing guru out there says that the REAL
money is on the back end. I'd have to agree with
them, but the problem is... most people have no
idea how to set up a back end system that makes
money. This video will teach you how to set up an
automated back end that's loaded with killer
promos that make you lots of cash on autopilot.
He reveals things like:

* The big difference between regular and back end
email promos.

* How to prepare a back end promotion sequence.

* Common mistakes people make when creating back
end email promos.

VIDEO 11 - CREATING AFFILIATE EMAIL PROMOTIONS

This could be the most important video of the
entire package for a lot of people, because most
people email their list to promote other people's
products as an affiliate. Let's face it, if you
only have 3 products, can you really afford to
only email your list 3 times a year? They'll get
bored hearing about the same old products over
and over again. This video sheds some light on
how to create killer affiliate promos. Michael
reveals things like:

* The two main types of affiliate promos.

* What makes affiliate promos different than
regular promos (and why ignoring this huge secret
could cost you big money).

* Michael's favorite tactics for creating
affiliate promos that no one else is doing.

* 3 different ways to add scarcity to your
affiliate promos (this is the most important
section of the video, so make sure you watch it
over and over again).

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CONCLUSION
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As you can see, Email Promos Exposed really packs
a lot of punch! Most of the courses out there
offer only watered down, weak content. Not this
one! These videos are going on my "A-list" for a
long time.

I've already watched them twice, and plan on
reviewing them every couple months to make sure
that I have the principals, techniques and
tactics burned into my mind.

If email marketing is an important part of your
business (and in my opinion, it's the most
important part of ANY online business), then you
owe it to yourself to check out Michael's
exciting new videos, Email Promos Exposed.

Here's the URL where you can get instant free access
to the videos right now.

http://www.emailpromosexposed.com/?thankyou-page=9347

To Your Success,

Craig Campos
http://www.Net-Biz-Promo.com

2006-10-09T18:08:00.000-07:00

Another genius product on the market (no kidding)…

If you have not read ProjectX yet, you really need to. I
have never read a book that explains exactly what to do to
make money online quickly, even if you have no list and no money!

What is really genius about this product is the way the author
subtly positions his own product as a hot seller. The
majority of people who read this book and take action are
going to start promoting his product to start with… He
makes it so easy.

I bet you have already seen at least one email about this
product "revealing the truth" or claiming it to be a scam.

These are the people who have jumped on this product and are
promoting it though the "leech" method.

I am just going to tell you I think it is a great book and
you should read it.

However, I will say this…

DO NOT buy this book through my affiliate link unless you
want to make a full time income online.

DO NOT buy this book through my affiliate link unless you
can spare 1-3 hours a day SERIOUSLY working online. (Not
checking emails, reading or surfing… actually taking
ACTION)

DO NOT buy this book through my affiliate link unless you
can write well or you have money available to pay someone to
write for you (Budget 4 - 20 articles a month at $10 - $25
each).

My honest opinion of the book is that is CAN put you on the
fast track to making a LOT of money online, BUT unless you
can meet the 3 criteria above, it is just going to be more
hard drive filler for you.

If you take massive action on this information, you could
join the ranks of the full time Internet marketers within 90
days, even if you have never made a penny online before.

Here is the link…

http://projectx.netbizpromo.com

2006-08-10T17:00:00.000-07:00

Tools to monitor your website

You can’t just put your website on the net with right
keywords and all the right touches and expect your traffic
and ranking will remain constant. As the web is an ever
changing landscape, you have to keep track of your own
web results like what is happening with the competition
and also the best and highest ranked sites. There are many
useful tools to help you find out what exactly is happening.

1. A tool which you can use to test your own website links
or other websites for broken links:
http://home.snafu.de/tilman/xenulink.html

2. With this tool you can check search engines for the
number of back links to your URL i.e. other web pages
linking to your site:
http://www.digitalpoint.com/tools/backlinks/

3. It sometimes becomes important to know where the servers
of your hosting company are physically located. Because,
some search engines like Google have the ability to filter
search results based on their physical location called
geotargeting. This could be used to determine why your site
is showing in only a certain country. This link can also be
used to research the country location of a particular
competitor’s website:
http://www.digitalpoint.com/tools/website-country/

4. In order to track the location of the visitor or a
customer to your website:
http://www.digitalpoint.com/tools/geovisitors/

5. In order to check the Yahoo! web ranking of your’s or
your competitor’s website use :
http://www.digitalpoint.com/tools/webrank/

6. Here is a link to check the web ranking of a website
using a Mac or Apple computer:
http://www.digitalpoint.com/tools/pagerank-mac/

7. You need a Google AdSense account for using this.
This link provides you with charts and reports which
will help \you analyze traffic, clicks, and results
from your AdSense advertising
http://www.digitalpoint.com/tools/adsense-charts/

8. If you have an AdSense account, you can analyze your
website address or another website address to see what
Google ads will be displayed when the customer selects
certain website names or keywords:
http://www.digitalpoint.com/tools/adsense-sandbox/

9. This link will take you to a cooperative advertising
network where you can join to display andshare your ads
with other website owners:
http://www.digitalpoint.com/tools/ad-network/

10. You can add the Search Functionality on your website
which uses Google. This works only if your site is listed
in the Google Index.
http://www.digitalpoint.com/tools/search/

11. Here are some links to free website counters which you
can use on your website to track your traffic and hits:
http://www.digitalpoint.com/tools/counter/
http://www.amazingcounters.com/?ref=gad033
http://www.cyber-counter.com/signup.php
http://www.statcounter.com/free_hit_counter.html
http://www.free-counters.net/

To Your Success,

Craig Campos
http://www.Net-Biz-Promo.com

2006-07-31T19:01:00.000-07:00

What Is Niche Marketing, and Do I Need It?

In ecology, a niche refers to the place or position
occupied by an organism or a population within an
ecological community called the ecosystem. It is
the term which defines the role the organism or the
population plays in the general scheme of things.
The niche an organism or a population holds is the
one responsible for dictating the ability of the
species to survive. It is the one which spells
whether an organism or a population will perish or
thrive.

In marketing, a niche refers to a service or a
product that occupies a special area of demand.
It is that small corner in the market that
accounts for a certain kind of specialty
concerning an unmet customer need. To be able
to attract a strong, solid market, the choice of
a niche product should ultimately complement the
website one owns. It is through this scheme that
he is able to generate a specific market for the
niche product he is trying to sell.

Niches are involved in niche marketing, the process
of finding market segments that are small but
potentially profitable nonetheless. To maintain a
profitable quantity of sales, this marketing strategy
relies on increasing the loyalty of customers so that
their corporate objectives will be met or surpassed.
Illustrative of this is the fact that the quality of
the product or service sold will generate customer
satisfaction and, consequently, customer loyalty.
The result is profitability garnered through a solid
market base that trusts in the ability of the product
or service to really deliver.

One of the great things about niche marketing is that
it encourages those who indulge in it to be unique and
one-of-a-kind. Here one is not forced into the lion’s
den and made to compete against established marketers.
He is made to occupy a strong and secure position that
ultimately wins him a real place in the market. Niche
marketing differs from other online marketing strategies
because this particular quality allows it to operate
almost autonomously and without having to contend with
corporate sharks that tear each other to pieces.

One of the most important things that should be thought
over by those involved in this type of business is the
niche business that is going to be involved in the process.
It is important to consider the type of business that one
is going to work on to be able to ensure himself of the
success that he hopes to have. It is also important for
him to know everything about the niche business at hand.
Learning the tricks of the trade in is one of the things
that one could do to make a niche business prosper tremendously.

Being able to reach the niche market is another consideration
to make. In doing so, one should know the exact phrases that
people are searching for. The use of tools can help a lot in
knowing the type of keywords that should be used to make the
business profitable. Targeting the right keywords does a lot
in making this type of business soar.

Those who engage in niche marketing know that determining the
potential of a niche before doing everything else is a must if
one wants to save all the time and effort that might be wasted
if he plunges into everything head on. Building a niche
marketing site that proves to be profitable should be done after
an unsatisfied customer demand is identified, and marketing the
site appropriately by reaching out to customers the best possible
way is what niche marketers should consider if they want their
business to reach skyrocketing success.

Is niche marketing needed in a world teeming with a hundred like
systems designed for people to make money online? Those who know
how the system works will answer in the affirmative, because niche
marketing is the only system capable of filling up a gaping hole
in the market by catering to the unsatisfied needs of customers -
needs that are usually not given notice by those in the big league.
Though niche marketing, one is able to gain a foothold in the market
by being a needle in a haystack. Small and inconspicuous it may be,
but its ability to sting someone so madly once it is found will
render him more than surprised.

To Your Success,

Craig Campos
http://www.Net-Biz-Promo.com

2006-06-17T09:01:00.000-07:00

Rich Jerk Review

The Rich Jerk is a bestselling ebook written by an anonymous
millionaire who reveals the secrets he or she used to amass
a fortune. It is not a step-by-step guide to making money,
but rather a book of ideas. Any one of the ideas, if applied
correctly, could make you a lot of money.

I have no clue who the Rich Jerk is, and frankly, I don't care.
The information in the book was solid and original, and after
reading it just once, I got some pretty good ideas of new ways
to make money online. Some of the topics covered in the book are:

Making money with affiliate programs
Making money with Adwords/Adsense
E-currency Trading
HYIPs
Selling on Ebay
Search Engine Optimization
Sales letters

On the whole, I thought this was an excellent book because
it covered so many different topics, was easy to read, and
refreshingly short (just 47 pages). But don't let the length
fool you into thinking there is not much information. The
Rich Jerk had better content that most other ebooks I have
read, which were typically much longer and filled with a lot
of fluff.

I recommend the Rich Jerk to:

1. Anyone who wants to start an online business, but is not sure
which opportunity to pursue
2. People who already have a business, but want some fresh ideas
on marketing and making more money with their sites

To Your Success,

Craig Campos,
http://www.Net-Biz-Promo.com

2006-06-12T20:35:00.000-07:00

What Innovation Can Do to Your Life

It's a talent that everyone has, yet they think they don't. The power of
innovation. If you've ever marvelled at somebody's creative prowess,
guess what, you can create and innovate too. It just takes time.

Everyone is born creative. The box of crayons in kindergarten were not
limited to those who possessed potential; because the truth is, everybody
has potential.You know how long it took to learn to ride a bike or drive or
to never commit the same mistake again? It's the same with innovation.
It takes a bit of practice and a lot of time before this mind function comes
easily when called. This article will teach you a few tips on how to bring
innovation into your life.

Don't listen to what other people say. Follow the beat of your own drum.
Allowing for the input of other people will only bring cacophony to the
music you are trying to make. If you have an original idea, don't waste
your time and effort trying to make people understand. They won't. And
the help you will probably get comes in the form of negative feedback. If
all those geniuses listened to their peers, we would probably still be living
in the middle ages. Spend time on it. I cannot stress that enough, although,
please do not mistake this tip to tell you to quit your day job entirely. Do
not. This involves some tricky time management but with a little discipline
you'll be able to squeeze both in.

Exercise. Take a walk. Run a mile or two. Send all those endorphins
coursing through your veins. Exercising certainly clears and relaxes
your mind and allows for anything to pop up.

Record your dreams. Aren't some of them just the craziest things that
your conscious mind would never have thought of? Ifyou've had these
dreams before, and I'm sure you have, this only shows you the untapped
innovative power you have lying within. So jot down those notes. Those
dreams may just create an innovative spark in you.Find your own style.
People will appreciate your innovation more because it is uniquely yours
and that no one else would have thought of what you were thinking. That
will let people see how valuable an asset you are.

Don't hide behind nifty gadgets or tools. You don't need the most
expensive set of paints to produce a masterpiece. The same way with
writing. You don't need some expensive fountain pen and really smooth
paper for a bestseller. In fact, J.K. Rowling wrote the first book of the
Harry Potter Series on bits of tissue. So what if you've got an expensive
SLR camera if you're a crappy photographer? Who cares if you've got a
blinging laptop if you can't write at all? The artist actually reduces the
number of tools he has as he gets better at his craft: he knows what works
and what doesn't. Nothing will work without passion. What wakes you up
in the mornings? What keeps the flame burning? What is the one thing
that you'll die if you don't do? Sometimes people with talent are overtaken
by the people who want it more.

Ellen Degeneres once said that if you're not doing something that you
want to do, then you don't really want to do it. And that's true. Sometimes
you just want something so bad you become virtually unstoppable. And
that is passion. Passion will keep you going. Don't worry about inspiration.
You can't force it; inspiration hits when you least expect it to, for those
unpredictable yet inevitable moments you should prepare. An idea could
strike you on the subway, yet alas, you poor unfortunate soul; you have
no sheet of paper to scribble down a thought that could change the world.
Avoid these disasters. Have a pen and paper within your arm's reach at
all times.

I hope this article has helped you bring more innovation into your life.
Keep in mind that you're doing these things for your own satisfaction
and not anybody else's. But soon enough they will notice, and everything
should snowball from there.

To Your Success,

Craig Campos
http://www.Net-Biz-Promo.com

2006-06-06T20:07:00.000-07:00

2 Surefire Ways To Maximize Your Adsense Earnings

Most webmasters know that Adsense generates a sizeable source of additional advertising income. That is why most of them use it to go after high paying keywords. They have with them the lists that tells what the keywords are and have already used various methods of identifying them. And yet, after putting up these supposed-to-be high paying keywords into their pages, the money they expected to come rolling in is not really coming in.

What is it that they are doing wrong?
Having the pages with the proper keywords is one thing. But driving visitors to those pages is another matter and often the factor that is lacking. The thing is, to get visitors to your high paying keyword pages, you need to optimize your site navigation.

Stop for a moment and think about how visitors are using your website. After a visitor has landed on a certain page, they have the tendency to click on another page that sounds interesting. They get there because of the other links that appears on a page that they initially landed on. This is site navigation. It is all about enabling visitors to move about your site. And one way of maximizing your Adsense earnings.

A typical website have menu links on each page. The wording on these links is what grabs a visitor’s attention and gets them to click on one of the links that will take them to another page of that website. Links that have “free’ or “download” are oftentimes good attention-grabbers.
This navigation logic can also be applied to driving traffic to your high paying pages. There are some websites that are getting a lot of traffic from search engines, but have low earnings. The trick is to try and use come cleverly labeled links to get the visitors off that pages and navigate them to the higher earning ones. This is one great way of turning real cheap clicks to real dollars.
Before you begin testing if this same style will work for you and you website, you need to have two things. Something to track and compare and some high earning pages you want to funnel your site traffic to. An option is to select a few of your frequently visited pages. This is ensuring fast result to come by.

Now, the next thing to do is think of ways to get visitors viewing a particular page to try and click on the link that will take them to your high earning pages. Come up with a catchy description for that link. Come up with a catchy and unique description for the link. Think of something that people do not get to see everyday. That will trigger their curiosity enough to try and see what that was all about.

You can also use graphics to grab your readers’ attention. There is no limitation to what you can do to make your link noticeable. If you are after the success of your site, you will do everything it takes just to achieve that goal. Just be creative. As far as many Adsense advertisers are concerned, there are no written and unwritten laws to follow regarding what they write. Just as long as you do not overstep the guidelines of the search engines, then go for it.
Also remember that it is all about location, location and location. Once the perfect attention grabbing description has been achieved, you have to identify the perfect spot on your page to position that descriptive link to your high paying page.

There is nothing wrong with visiting other websites to see how they are going about maximizing their site navigation. “Hot pages” or “Most read” lists are very common and overly used already. Get to know the ones that many websites are using and do not try to imitate them.
Another way of doing it is to try and use different texts on different pages. That way you will see the ones that work and what does not. Try to mix things around also. Put links on top and sometimes on the bottom too. This is how you go about testing which ones get more clicks and which ones are being ignored.

Let the testing begin. Testing and tracking until you find the site navigation style that works best for you site.

To Your Success,

Craig Campos
http://www.Net-Biz-Promo.com

2006-05-12T17:32:00.000-07:00

What Is Niche Marketing, and Do I Need It?

In ecology, a niche refers to the place or position occupied by an organism or a population within an ecological community called the ecosystem. It is the term which defines the role the organism or the population plays in the general scheme of things. The niche an organism or a population holds is the one responsible for dictating the ability of the species to survive. It is the one which spells whether an organism or a population will perish or thrive.

In marketing, a niche refers to a service or a product that occupies a special area of demand. It is that small corner in the market that accounts for a certain kind of specialty concerning an unmet customer need. To be able to attract a strong, solid market, the choice of a niche product should ultimately complement the website one owns. It is through this scheme that he is able to generate a specific market for the niche product he is trying to sell.

Niches are involved in niche marketing, the process of finding market segments that are small but potentially profitable nonetheless. To maintain a profitable quantity of sales, this marketing strategy relies on increasing the loyalty of customers so that their corporate objectives will be met or surpassed. Illustrative of this is the fact that the quality of the product or service sold will generate customer satisfaction and, consequently, customer loyalty. The result is profitability garnered through a solid market base that trusts in the ability of the product or service to really deliver.

One of the great things about niche marketing is that it encourages those who indulge in it to be unique and one-of-a-kind. Here one is not forced into the lion’s den and made to compete against established marketers. He is made to occupy a strong and secure position that ultimately wins him a real place in the market. Niche marketing differs from other online marketing strategies because this particular quality allows it to operate almost autonomously and without having to contend with corporate sharks that tear each other to pieces.

One of the most important things that should be thought over by those involved in this type of business is the niche business that is going to be involved in the process. It is important to consider the type of business that one is going to work on to be able to ensure himself of the success that he hopes to have. It is also important for him to know everything about the niche business at hand. Learning the tricks of the trade in is one of the things that one could do to make a niche business prosper tremendously.

Being able to reach the niche market is another consideration to make. In doing so, one should know the exact phrases that people are searching for. The use of tools can help a lot in knowing the type of keywords that should be used to make the business profitable. Targeting the right keywords does a lot in making this type of business soar.

Those who engage in niche marketing know that determining the potential of a niche before doing everything else is a must if one wants to save all the time and effort that might be wasted if he plunges into everything head on. Building a niche marketing site that proves to be profitable should be done after an unsatisfied customer demand is identified, and marketing the site appropriately by reaching out to customers the best possible way is what niche marketers should consider if they want their business to reach skyrocketing success.

Is niche marketing needed in a world teaming with a hundred like systems designed for people to make money online? Those who know how the system works will answer in the affirmative, because niche marketing is the only system capable of filling up a gaping hole in the market by catering to the unsatisfied needs of customers - needs that are usually not given notice by those in the big league. Through niche marketing, one is able to gain a foothold in the market by being a needle in a haystack. Small and inconspicuous it may be, but its ability to sting someone so badly once it is found will render him more than surprised.

To Your Success,

Craig Campos
http://www.Net-Biz-Promo.com
http://www.Go4TheGold.Opportunity.com

2006-05-09T19:34:00.000-07:00

5 Ways To Improve Your Adsense Earnings

If webmasters want to monetize their websites, the great way to do it is through Adsense. There are lots of webmasters struggling hard to earn some good money a day through their sites. But then some of the “geniuses” of them are enjoying hundreds of dollars a day from Adsense ads on their websites. What makes these webmasters different from the other kind is that they are different and they think out of the box.

The ones who have been there and done it have quite some useful tips to help those who would want to venture into this field. Some of these tips have boosted quite a lot of earnings in the past and is continuously doing so.

Here are some 5 proven ways on how best to improve your Adsense earnings.

1. Concentrating on one format of Adsense ad. The one format that worked well for the majority is the Large Rectangle (336X280). This same format have the tendency to result in higher CTR, or the click-through rates. Why choose this format out of the many you can use? Basically because the ads will look like normal web links, and people, being used to clicking on them, click these types of links. They may or may not know they are clicking on your Adsense but as long as there are clicks, then it will all be for your advantage.

2. Create a custom palette for your ads. Choose a color that will go well with the background of your site. If your site has a white background, try to use white as the color of your ad border and back-ground. The idea to patterning the colors is to make the Adsense look like it is part of the web pages. Again, This will result to more clicks from people visiting your site.

3. Remove the Adsense from the bottom pages of your site and put them at the top. Do not try to hide your Adsense. Put them in the place where people can see them quickly. You will be amazed how the difference between Adsense locations can make when you see your earnings.

4. Maintain links to relevant websites. If you think some sites are better off than the others, put your ads there and try to maintaining and managing them. If there is already lots of Adsense put into that certain site, put yours on top of all of them. That way visitor will see your ads first upon browsing into that site.

5. Try to automate the insertion of your Adsense code into the webpages using SSI (or server side included). Ask your web administrator if your server supports SSI or not. How do you do it? Just save your Adsense code in a text file, save it as “adsense text”, and upload it to the root directory of the web server. Then using SSI, call the code on other pages. This tip is a time saver especially for those who are using automatic page generators to generate pages on their website.

These are some of the tips that have worked well for some who want to generate hundreds and even thousands on their websites. It is important to know though that ads are displayed because it fits the interest of the people viewing them. So focusing on a specific topic should be your primary purpose because the displays will be especially targeted on a topic that persons will be viewing already.

Note also that there are many other Adsense sharing the same topic as you. It is best to think of making a good ad that will be somewhat different and unique than the ones already done. Every clickthrough that visitors make is a point for you so make every click count by making your Adsense something that people will definitely click on.

Tips given by those who have boosted their earnings are just guidelines they want to share with others. If they have somehow worked wonders to some, maybe it can work wonders for you too. Try them out into your ads and see the result it will bring. If others have done it, there is nothing wrong trying it out for yourself.

To Your Success,

Craig Campos
http://www.Net-Biz-Promo.com

2006-05-02T18:46:00.000-07:00

Google Adsense Strategies And Tips

The more you understand about any subject, the more interesting it becomes. As you read this article you'll find that the subject of Adsense marketing is certainly no exception.

Google Adsense Strategies and Tips

Adsense is beginning to make a huge impact on the affiliate marketing industry today. Because of this, weak affiliate merchants have the tendency to die faster than ever and ad networks will be losing their customers quickly. If you are in a losing rather than winning in the affiliate program you are currently promoting, maybe it is about time to consider going into the Adsense marketing and start earning some real cash.

Google is readily providing well written and highly relevant ads that are closely chosen to match the content on your pages. You do not have to look for them yourselves as the search engine will be the doing the searching for you from other people’s source.

You also don't have to spend time in choosing different kind of ads for different pages. Google makes it very easy for you, with no codes to mess around for different affiliate programs.

You will be able to concentrate on providing good and quality content, as the search engines will be the ones finding the best ads in which to put your pages on. You are still allowed to add Adsense ads even if you already have affiliate links on your site. It is prohibited, however, to imitate the look and feel of the Google ads for your affiliate links. One of the things you can do, however, is to utilize Google's custom palette to customize your Google ads, making them to appear a part of the web page itself. The idea here is to match background and links to match the theme of your site. People on the internet today are trained to click on a link that is blue, and if your Google ads have the same theme as your web page, it makes the Google ads appear to be a portion of your "content."

You can also filter up to 200 URLs. This gives you a chance to block ads for the sites that do not meet your guidelines, and also block competitors. Remember that it is unavoidable that Adsense may be competing for some space on web sites that all other revenues are sharing.Owners of small sites are allowed to plug a bit of a code into their sites and instantly have relevant text ads that appeal to your visitors appear instantly on your pages. If you own many sites, you only need to apply once. Then ,you are issued a unique "publisher ID", which can be used on any site you currently own. A small snippet of Javascript is placed on your site in the location you wish the ads to appear in, and generally speaking, the ads from Goggle will appear in minutes. This ends the hassle of having to apply to many affiliate programs, and keeping track of many different URL's and user ID's and passwords.

As Google ads are very easy to customize, and can be placed anywhere on your site you wish, you can experiment with placement, colors, and themes. Many tricks are available to the resourceful webmaster, including adding images in conjunction with your Google ads to make them more noticeable.

You may not consider everything you just read to be crucial information about Adsense marketing. But don't be surprised if you find yourself recalling and using this very information in the next few days.

The payment rates can vary extremely. The payment you will be receiving per click depends on how much advertisers are paying per click to advertise with the use of the AdWords. Advertisers can pay as little as 5 cents and as high as $10-12, sometimes even more than that too. Some savvy lawyers are currently paying as high as $75 for advertising the keyword mesothelioma! And you, as the ad publisher, are earning a share of that money generated.

If your results remain stagnant, it can help if you try and build simple and uncluttered pages so that the ads can catch the visitor’s eyes more. It sometimes pay to differ from the usual things that people are doing already. Google has many tutorials, including a "heat chart" which shows you where the best placement for ads are. You will need an account to access these tutorials. Sign up for an Adsense account at https://www.google.com/adsense/?sourceid=aso&subid=ww-et-awhome&hl=en_US. It is also a refreshing sight for your visitor once they see something different for a change.

It is still wise to look at other people’s information and format your Adsense in a like manner. A wise old business axiom is to "find a good business model, then copy it." Let others do the hard work for you, and learn from a successful site. Just think about it as doing yourself a favor by not having to work too hard to know what content to have. Look to sites that have high page rank, and carefully observe their layouts, their content, and placement of their ads. A little time spent doing research can put dollars in your pocket down the road.

Publishers have the option of choosing to have their ads displayed only on a certain site or sites. You can also have them displayed on a large network of sites if you so desire. Google now has the option to allow other people to advertise on your site. This only makes good sense. If you are marketing to a tightly defined niche, you can place your own ads, written by you, on site that allow this option. The choice is yours, depending on what you think will work best to your advantage.

It is important to note that you cannot choose certain topics only. If you do this, search engines will not place Adsense ads on your site and you will be missing out a great opportunity in making hundreds and even thousands of dollars cash.

Topics to be avoided includes gambling, firearms, ammunition, tobacco or drugs. If you are being offered more cash in exchange of doing Adsense with these kinds, it is just like signing your own termination paper.

With all the information that people need in your hands already, all you have to do is turn Google Adsense into your own cash cow. It all boils down to a win-win situation both for the content site owners and the webmasters or publishers.

This article's coverage of the information is as complete as it can be today. But you should always leave open the possibility that future research could uncover new facts.

To Your Success,

Craig Campos
http://www.Net-Biz-Promo.com

2006-04-21T17:42:00.000-07:00

Google Adsense Profits Mixed In With Affiliate Marketing

Are you a webmaster who needs funds to keep your website running? Or is your website the only way for you to earn income? Whichever you are, for as long as you are a webmaster or a web publisher and you need cash, affiliate marketing may work well for you. With affiliate marketing, you may get a lot of cash pouring into your bank account easily. And if your website is rich in great contents and you want to earn more profit, why not get into the Google Adsense program as well?

Why Affiliate Marketing?

Well, simply because affiliate marketing is the easiest and probably the best way to earn profits online, unless otherwise you are a businessman and would rather sell your own products online than advertise other businessman’s products on your site. But even online retailers can benefit from affiliate marketing programs, because affiliate marketing actually works for merchants as well as it works for the affiliates.

Affiliate marketing, simply said, is a relationship or agreement made between two websites, with one site being the merchant’s website and the other being the affiliate’s site. In the relationship, the affiliate agrees to let the merchant advertise his products on the affiliate’s site. The merchant, on the other hand, would agree to pay the affiliate in whatever method they have agreed into. This would generally mean easy income for the affiliate, as he would do nothing but place the retailer’s ad on his site. This would also be very beneficial for the merchant, as getting affiliates to advertise their products would be a lot more affordable than hiring an advertising firm to promote their products.

There are a variety of methods on how the merchant would compensate the affiliate for his services, and for the webmaster, these methods simply translates to the method by which he would earn easy cash. Among the more common methods of compensation are the pay-per-click method, the pay-per-lead method, and the pay-per-sale method. The pay-per-click method is the method most preferred by affiliates, for their site’s visitor would only have to visit the advertiser’s site for them to gain money. The other two methods, on the other hand, are better preferred by merchants, as they would only have to compensate you if your visitor becomes one of their registrants or if the visitor would actually buy their products.

Getting much profit on affiliate marketing programs, however, does not depend so much on the compensation method is it does on the traffic generated by your site. A website that can attract more visitors would generally have the greater chance of profiting in affiliate marketing programs.

What about Google Adsense?

Google Adsense is actually some sort of an affiliate marketing program. In Google Adsense, Google act as the intermediary between the affiliates and the merchants. The merchant, or the advertiser, would simply sign up with Google and provide the latter with text ads pertaining to their products. These ads, which is actually a link to the advertiser’s website, would then appear on Google searches as well as on the websites owned by the affiliates, or by those webmasters who have signed up with the Google Adsense program.

While one can find a lot of similarities between Google Adsense and other affiliate marketing programs, you can also see a lot of differences. In Google Adsense, all the webmaster has to do is place a code on his website and Google takes care of the rest. The ads that Google would place on your site would generally be relevant to the content of your site. This would be advantageous both for you and for the advertiser, as the visitors of your site would more or less be actually interested with the products being advertised.

The Google Adsense program compensates the affiliate in a pay-per-click basis. The advertisers would pay Google a certain amount each time their ad on your site is clicked and Google would then forward this amount to you through checks, although only after Google have deducted their share of the amount. Google Adsense checks are usually delivered monthly. Also, the Google Adsense program provides webmasters with a tracking tool that allows you to monitor the earnings you actually get from a certain ad.

So, where do all of these lead us to?

Where else but to profits, profits and even more profits! Affiliate marketing programs and the Google Adsense program simply work, whether you are the merchant or the affiliate. For the merchant’s side, a lot of money can be saved if advertising effort is concentrated on affiliate marketing rather than on dealing with advertising firms. For the webmaster, you can easily gain a lot of profits just by doing what you do best, and that is by creating websites. And if you combine all your profits from both the Google Adsense program and other affiliate marketing programs, it would surely convert to a large amount of cash.

To Your Success,

Craig Campos
http://www.Net-Biz-Promo.com

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2006-04-20T19:30:00.000-07:00

"How to Boost Your Traffic and Profits with Content!"

Are you aware of how vitally important and valuable CONTENT is to your online business? In fact, content can do more to build your business and profits than just about any other resource or service available. Following is a list of 5 key ways that content can help build your traffic, subscribers, and customers starting today!...

1. Boost your search engine ranking and daily visitor count by posting keyword rich articles and content on your web-site. For example, if your business involves offering products and services related to fitness, posting fitness related articles and content will attract unlimited prospective customers on a regular basis!

2. Generate double or even triple the number of newsletter subscribers you do currently, simply by offering content in the form of "special reports" or manuals as bonuses for subscribing to your publication. People love freebies, so give them what they want and watch as your results increase!

3. Create an automated cashflow by using content to formulate multi-part email training courses with related web-site or affiliate links "sprinkled" throughout each course. Use an autoresponder service to automate the delivery of your training course (such as a 5 part training course delivered over a 5 day period). Training courses can also serve as excellent bonus offers for your prospective newsletter subscribers.

4. One of the most important keys to a successful online business is not JUST having a mailing list or newsletter subscribers... It's about building a trusting relationship with your subscribers (ie, "cultivating" your list)... By sending informative articles (content) to your list on a regular basis you will establish yourself as an expert on your topic of business, as well as gain the trust of your subscribers over time. As a result, your subscribers will be EAGER to take advantage of your "paid" product and service offers. (Just make sure that you NEVER take advantage of the relationship you develop with your list by offering products or services of poor quality just to make a quick buck!) If there is one "constant" in Internet marketing, it's this: A cultivated list of subscribers is as good as money in the bank. Write that down and never forget it!

5. Another excellent way to generate no cost traffic is by submitting ready-made articles to "content hungry" web-site and newsletter publishers with your "resource box" attached. A resource box is nothing more than a little 3-6 line "bio" about you and/or your web-site - including a link to your site (or even instructions on how to subscribe to your newsletter)... When submitting or offering your article(s) for reprint purposes, just make sure to specify that each article is to be reprinted "as is" with your resource box attached....Even one article can go a LONG way towards generating no cost traffic and visitors for you. Just imagine your article being sent out to a newsletter subscriber base of 100,000 individuals - many of whom will be reading YOUR included resource box and clicking on your URL to learn more about what you have to offer!

Well there you have it, 5 sure ways to build your online business exponentially with the help of articles and content... With the declining effectiveness of many of the online advertising methods that we've relied on in past years, content is only strengthening its position as the ultimate KEY to generating unlimited traffic, subscribers, and customers!

To Your Success,

Craig Campos
http://www.Net-Biz-Promo.com

2006-04-14T17:54:00.000-07:00

How To Avoid Getting Your Adsense Account Terminated

Google, being the undisputable leader in search engines from then until now, is placing a high importance on the quality and relevancy of its search engines. Most especially now that the company is public property. In order to keep the shareholders and users of its engines happy, the quality of the returned results are given extreme importance.
For this same reason, doing the wrong things in the Adsense and other forms of advertisements, whether intentionally or uninten-tionally, will result in a severe penalty, may get you banned and even have your account terminated. Nothing like a good action taken to keep wrongdoers from doing the same things over again.
So for those who are thinking of getting a career in Adsense, do not just think of the strategies you will be using to generate more earnings. Consider some things first before you actually get involved.
Hidden texts. Filling your advertisement page with texts to small to read, has the same color as the background and using css for the sole purpose of loading them with rich keywords content and copy will earn you a penalty award that is given to those who are hiding links.
Page cloaking. There is a common practice of using browser or bot sniffers to serve the bots of a different page other than the page your visitors will see. Loading a page with a bot that a human user will never see is a definite no-no. This is tricking them to click on something that you want but they may not want to go to.
Multiple submissions. Submitting multiple copies of your domain and pages is another thing to stay away from. For example, trying to submit a URL of an Adsense as two separate URL’s is the same as inviting trouble and even termination. Likewise, this is a reason to avoid auto submitters for those who are receiving submissions. Better check first if your domain is submitted already an a certain search engine before you try to submit to it again. If you see it there, then move on. No point contemplating whether to try and submit there again.
Link farms. Be wary of who and what are you linking your Adsense to. The search engines know that you cannot control your links in. But you can certainly control what you link to. Link farming has always been a rotten apple in the eyes of search engines, especially Google. That is reason enough to try and avoid them. Having a link higher than 100 on a single page will classify you as a link farm so try and not to make them higher than that.
Page rank for sale. If you have been online for quite some time, you will notice that there are some sites selling their PR links or trading them with other sites. If you are doing this, expect a ban anytime in the future. It is okay to sell ads or gain the link. But doing it on direct advertisement of your page rank is a way to get on search engines bad side.
Doorways. This is similar to cloaking pages. The common practice of a page loaded with choice keyword ads aimed at redirecting visitors to another “user-friendly” page is a big issue among search engines. There are many seo firms offering this kind of services. Now that you know what they actually are, try to avoid them at all costs.
Multiple domains having the same content. In case you are not aware of it, search engines look at domains IP’s, registry dates and many others. Having multiple domains having the same exact content is not something you can hide from them. The same goes with content multiplied many times on separate pages, sub domains and forwarding multiple domains to the same content.
Many of the above techniques apply to most search engines and is not entirely for Google only. By having a mind set that you are building your Adsense together with your pages for the human users and not for bots, you can be assured of the great things for your ads and sites. Not to mention avoiding the wrath of the search engines and getting your Adsense and site account terminated altogether.

To Your Success,

Craig Campos
http://www.Net-Biz-Promo.com
http://www.FreeAdvertisingIncome.Opportunity.com

2006-04-05T19:41:00.000-07:00

Google Adsense - The Easiest Money To Make Online?

For the last couple of months, Google Adsense has dominated forums, discussions and newsletters all over the Internet. Already, there are tales of fabulous riches to be made and millions made by those who are just working from home. It seems that Google Adsense have already dominated the internet marketing business and is now considered the easiest way to making money online.
The key to success with Adsense is the placing of ads on pages that are receiving high traffic for high demand keywords. The higher the cost-per-click to the advertiser, the more you will receive per click from your site. Obviously, it does not pay to target low cost-per-click keywords and place them on pages that do not receive hits.
With all the people getting online and clicking away everyday, it is no wonder why Google Adsense has become an instant hit. For some who are just new to this market, it would be a blow to their pride knowing that their homepage is buried somewhere in the little ads promoting other people’s services. But then, when they get the idea that they are actually earning more money that way, all doubts and skepticism is laid to rest.
There are two major, and clever, factors that some successful webmaster and publishers are learning to blend together in order to make money easier using Adsense.

1. Targeting high traffic pages on your website. If you check on your logs, you will discover that many of your visitors are taking advantage of the free affiliate marketing resources and ebooks that you are offering on your site. In simple words, your ads are working effectively and are generating more clicks. It also means more money for you.

2. Placing Adsense links on pages that are producing little, or better yet, no profit. By placing Adsense on a free resources page, you will reduce the amount of potential customers being lost to other sites. Tricky, but effective nonetheless.

When learned to work effectively, these two factors are actually a good source of producing a minimal amount of revenue from a high traffic page. Many people are using this strategy to pick up some extra and cash with Adsense. This is also especially rewarding to informational sites that focus their efforts on delivering powerful affiliate link free content to their visitors. Now they can gain a monetary return on their services.
With the many techniques that people are now learning on how to make the easiest money by their Adsense, it is not surprising that Google is trying everything to update and polish their Adsense in order to maintain their good image.
The possibility of adding is 2nd tier in Adsense is not impossible. With all the people spending more time in their Adsense now and still more getting into this line of marketing, there is no doubt about the many new improvements yet to be made. Imagine the smiles on the faces of the webmasters and publishers all around the world if ever they sign up for sub-affiliates and double or even triple the amount that they are already earning. The one particularly handy money-making feature that is available with Adsense now is the ability to filter out up to 200 urls. These gives webmasters the option to block out low value offers from their pages as well as competitors to their websites. Talk about taking only those that are advantageous and discarding the ones that seem “useless”.
With Google Adsense, the possibilities are limitless. Yet there is also the possibility of someone taking advantage of the easy money process that this internet marketing is doing. If you think more about it, these negative factors may force Google to break down and thrash Adsense in the process. If that happens, people would have to go back to the old ways of internet marketing that does not make money online as easy as Adsense.
For now, however, Google Adsense is here to stay. As long as there are people wanting to earn some easy cash online just using their talents, the future ahead is looking good. Besides with all the strict guidelines that Google is enforcing over Adsense, it will take awhile for the Adsense privileges to be spammed and even terminated.

To Your Success,

Craig Campos
http://www.Net-Biz-Promo.com

2006-03-14T19:42:00.000-08:00

"How to Find a Realistic Home Business"

If you've done any inquiring about a viable home business, you've
no doubt found your mailbox and email inbox overflowing with various
offers. The numbers seem literally endless. A search for "home
business" on Google alone will turn up about 2.44 BILLION hits!

But you've probably found that most of them just aren't viable
options. Some are outright scams. Others are legitimate, but their
claims are always overblown.

Here's one example. You're offered one or more "free" web sites and
told you can drive traffic using free online classifieds. The result?
You won't get a single order, but you WILL get loads of spam! As for
the "free" web sites, you pay hosting fees paid to (you guessed it!)
the vendor!

So now you probably realize that in almost every case, the only
people making any money are those making the "work at home" offers.
But while the search can be very disheartening, there ARE some
legitimate home business opportunities,and there ARE ways to make
money, even very good money, working from home. Don't give up! But
DO develop a sense for what's over- hyped, and what's worthy of
investigation.

Here are some guidelines.

1. The "We do all the work for you!" deception.

Instant riches with no effort! Best thing to do? Run the other way!
There's absolutely no way to make money without some effort. You've
seen statements like "Everything is done for you" Ask yourself "What
do they need ME for anyway?" Would anybody set up a business and do
all the hard work just to send his profits to a stranger? Get real!

2. The "Start making BIG money immediately" deception.

In some cases it's possible to start making SOME money in a
relatively short time. But "immediate riches" is just not realistic.
Growing any business isn't going to happen overnight. This is
especially true if you're forced to depend on your present job to
pay the bills. Find a home business you can start part time and grow,
until it's producing adequate income. Then you can quit your job and
devote full time to your business.

3. The "Make $50,000.00 (or whatever) the very first month!" deception.

You need to have realistic expectations. Are you expecting to become
a millionaire? While it's not impossible, don'tfall into the trap of
jumping at an offer based on wishful thinking. Give serious consider-
ation to those offers that make realistic sounding claims. That's not
to say you can't grow a business that COULD make you wealthy. But it
won't happen next week, or even next month. Forget offers that promise
immediate wealth with no effort.

4. The "This is completely FREE" deception.

Don't expect to launch a home business without spending any money.
There will always be some startup costs. A free eBook, newsletter,
course, or software product, can be a great way to get some ideas
and do some research into a home business. But make sure you read
the fine print. If you subscribe for information and give your email
address, look for a notice that reads "We will not share your name"
and "You can unsubscribe at anytime."

5. The deceptive "Money Back Guarantee"

Almost every offer comes with a "money back guarantee" and most are
legitimate.Every reputable business person will honor his guarantee,
or he won't be in businessvery long! Nevertheless, a few will engage
in deceptive practices. Always take a close look at the wording. Is
the guarantee conditional? Does it read something like"Follow the
instructions in our program for 3 full months, and if you're dis-
satisfied, return it for a refund!" The catch is "Follow the
instructions" could well involve some kind of purchase or investment.
For example, you might purchase a mail order program that instructs
you to buy a minimum of 3 mailing lists and send 3 mailings. Suppose
you give it a try and find out your profits (if any) fall short of
your expenses and you've lost money. But when you attempt to return
the program, you're told "no refund" because "You didn't follow the
instructions" which would have meant additional mailings and the loss
of even more money, maybe even more than you paid for the program!

Another sneaky trick is a guarantee in which the "conditions" are
revealed AFTERyou've make a purchase. If you come across this scam,
contact the vendor and remindhim of the guarantee as it was stated
in the offer. Tell him you're going to file acomplaint with his
local Better Business Bureau, the US Postal Service (if your program
was mailed) or take other legal action. Give him a reasonable time
frame, and then make good on your threats! You'll be doing a favor
for yourself, other consumers, AND for all honest business people
everywhere.

In summary, make sure there IS a guarantee, that it's unconditional,
and never let the vendor get away with adding "conditions" after the
fact.

6. Follow your passion.

It's a huge mistake to select a business that doesn't account for
your personal interests. No matter how realistic or profitable, you
won't succeed if you're doing something you just don't enjoy. Why?
Because success will demand time and effort.But how MUCH time and
effort you're putting forth is a matter of perception. Everyone
knows how quickly time passes when you're having fun, and how slowly
when you're not. The same is true of effort. Work just doesn't
seem as much like work when you're doing something you enjoy. If
your home business doesn't interest you, demands on your time and
energy will seem unbearable. Your enthusiasm will falter, and with
it, your productivity. Your waning eagerness will eventually spell
doom for your business. It's our nature as humans to believe what
we most want to hear. Anytime you're presented with an attractive
offer, ask yourself "Is this really believable based on the offer
itself?" Try and imagine you were someone else who had no interest
in starting your own business. Would you find the offer believable
enough to suggest it to someone who did?

In conclusion, always examine critically not only the offer, but your
own emotional involvement as well! Look at it dispassionately and ask
yourself "Does it really sound realistic, or do I just want it to?" And
remember! You have billions of offers from which to pick, so you can
afford to pass on any that don't fit your interest, or make outrageous
claims that are most certainly unrealistic!

To Your Success,

Craig Campos
http://www.Net-Biz-Promo.com
http://www.AdProfits4U.com/6162cr

2006-02-09T19:23:00.000-08:00

Headlines That Pull, Persuade and Propel!

by Michel Fortin

When writing direct response copy, there are a few things that can maximize the responsiveness of your message. The first and most important element that can turn any website, salesletter or ad into an action-generating mechanism is the headline.

A headline is meant to do two vital things.

First, it needs to grab your reader's attention. Realize that people surfing the web are click-happy. They tend to scan web pages quickly, even many of them simultaneously. Your site is but a blur. So, your headline must be prominent and effective enough to stop them.

Second, your headline needs pull the reader into the copy and compel her into reading further. To do that, it must cater to a specific emotion or a relevant condition -- one to which the reader can easily associate.

Before I give you some examples, note that most of these headlines were enormously successful for my clients, not because they were tested and tweaked (and most of them were), but because they were actually stolen from other, equally successful ads or salesletters. All "great" copywriters do this. They steal. They recycle. They copy. They model. They swipe.
And they adapt.

Of course, they must not be copied literally. (There's a big difference between plagiarism and modelling.) But they can be easily adapted to fit the market, the offer and the message. I have a large swipe file that contains copies of ads, websites, direct mail pieces and salesletters I come across. I then turn them into templates or "fill-in-the-blanks" formulas.

Here's a list of "triggers," coupled with actual examples I used in the past:

Curiosity ("Revealed! Closely Guarded Secrets For ...")
Mystery ("The Five Biggest Mistakes to Avoid By ...")
Fear ("Over 98.4% of People End up Broke When ...")
Pain ("Suffering From Needless Back Pain? Then ...")
Convenience ("How to Increase Your Chances With ...")
Envy ("How Fellow Marketer Pummels Competitors By ...")
Jealousy ("They All Laughed When ... Until I ...")
Sloth ("Slash Your Learning Curve By 57% When ...")
Love, Lust ("Make Her Fall in Love With You With ...")
Shock ("Finally Exposed! Get The Dirty Truth On ...")
Greed ("Boost Your Income By More Than 317% When ...")
Pride, Power, Ego ("Make Fellow Workers Squirm With ...")
Assurance ("... In Less Than 60 Days, Guaranteed!")
Immortality ("Reverse The Aging Process With ...")
Anger ("Banks Are Ripping You Off! Here's Why ...")

Study and model successful copywritingas much as you can. Dan Kennedy, my mentor and a hugely successfulcopywriter, teaches his students this exercise: buy tabloids, such as The National Enquirer, on a regular basis. Of course, the publication may be questionable for some, and it may not necessarily fit with your style or cater to your market.

But here's the reason why.

Ad space in tabloids is excruciatingly expensive. If an ad is repeated in more than two issues, preferably copy-intense ads or full-page advertorials, common sense tells you that the ad is profitable. Rip out the ad and put it into your swipe file. (If you don't have one, a shortcut is to copy someone else's, or swipe from proven list of successful headlines.)
Then, copy the headlines into a document. They can be easily converted into "fill-in-the-blanks" formulas. And believe me, they work well with almost all markets. I've tried these types of headlines on both low-end and high-end clients, from simple $10 products to six-figure investment opportunities. And they worked quite effectively in both situations.

The cosmetics of a headline is equally important if not more so. The type must be bold, large and prominently placed, even written in a different font or typestyle. It must "scream" at your readers. Don't worry if it's too harsh or too long. (My experience tells me that the longer headlines pull the most, even for professional clients or in conservative situations.)

Specificity is also quite important. The more specific you are with your headline, the better the response will be. Use odd, non-rounded numbers because they are more believable and pull more than even, rounded numbers. (In its commercials, Ivory Soap used to say it's "99.44% pure." Of course, that number is more believable than "100%.")

Whenever possible, be quantifiable, measurable and time-bound. For example, you're promoting some "how-to" marketingprogram. Don't say, "increase your income" or "make money fast." Words like "income" and "fast" are vague. Be specific. Say, "How six simple sales strategies helped me stumble onto an unexpected $5,431.96 windfall -- in less than 27 hours!"

The bigger the numbers are, the greater the impact is. If you say "five times more," replace it with "500%" (or better yet, "517%" or "483%"). Don't say "one year," say "364 days." The brain thinks in pictures, not numbers or words. Both "terms may mean the same thing, but one looks bigger.

Using some of the triggers mentioned at the beginning, here are some examples of being specific with your headlines:

"Nine Jealously Guarded Techniques That ..."
"Here Are 17 of My Most Prized Recipes For ..."
"How I Made $42,791.36 in Only 11 Days With ..."
"Boost Your Golf Drives By 27 Yards When ..."
"A Whole New Way to Lose 45 Pounds in 7 Weeks With ..."
"Marketing Toolkit Contains 35 Powertools That ..."
"Follow These Eight Magical Steps to ..."
"Read This 22-Chapter, 376-Page Powerhouse ..."
"The 10 Commandments of Power Positioning ..."
"Chop Paperwork By as Much as 47% When ..."
"Slash Your Learning Curve By Four Weeks With ..."
"... And Start Using Within Only 33 Minutes!"

My favorite headline formula is the "gapper," which is based on the pain-pleasure principle. In sales, it's referred to as "gap analysis." (Dan Kennedy calls it "Problem-Agitate-Solve." That is, you start by presenting a problem, you agitate your audience by making the problem "bigger," more significant and more urgent, and then you present your solution in the offer.)

With the "gapper," there's a gap between a prospect's problem and its solution (or a gap between where one happens to be at the moment and where that person wants to be in the future). But many prospects either do not know there is in fact a gap or, because it is one, naturally have a tendency to ignore it. It's simply human nature.

So, a headline that communicates the presence of such a gap -- or one that widens it (which can also be accomplished through other components, such as a surheadline, subheadline, "lift" copy, sidenotes or opening statements) -- will likely appeal to those who can immediately relate to it (i.e., people within that specific site's target market).

By opening the gap or widening it helps to reinforce a sense of urgency in the mind. After the headline, visitors will want to know how, by browsing further, they can close that gap. And the wider the gap is, the greater the desire to close it will be. Why? Because it appeals to stronger motives.

Abraham Maslow, the famous psychologist who developed the hierarchy of human motives, stated that the foundation of all human needs is our need to survive. Once satisfied, the next one is our need for safety. Our need to be with other people is next, followed by our need to feel appreciated. Finally, our need to be challenged is at the top.
The "pain-pleasure principle" states that people either fear pain (and try to avoid it) or crave pleasure (and try to gain it). When given a choice between the two, however, pain is a superior motive. Our need to survive and feel safe, which are at the bottom of Maslow's pyramid, rule over all other needs.

So, a headline that instantly communicates a problem (i.e., a painful situation or a potentially painful one that may arise without the benefits of your offering) will have more impact. People who associate with the message will feel compelled to read more, which also helps to qualifiy your readers -- it isolates the "serious" from the "curious."
You heard it before: there's a difference between "needs" and "wants." When I work with plastic surgeons, I often tell them to use as a headline, "Suffering from wrinkles?" That way, it pulls only qualified prospects into the ad because it appeals not only to people with wrinkles but also to those who suffer from wrinkles (i.e., they want to do something about them).

A web salesletter I recently wrote for Michael Murray talks about the fact that he is a college student stricken with cerebral palsy who's "made it" online. The copy and most of the headers use some of the triggers I mentioned earlier.

Below is a brief list. Can you identify them?

"SPECIAL REPORT! Want to cash in on ..."
"... But don't have a product or a website?"
"How a 'Physically Disabled' Teenager ..."
"Earn a $2,000-to-17,000 Monthly Downpour of Dollars ..."
"... On a Shoestring Budget!"
"Jealously guarded 'secrets' are finally revealed ..."
"Get your hands on dirt-cheap products to sell ..."
"You'll never have to create your own products!"
"... Model after actual websites 'making it' BIG TIME!"
"PLUS, for a limited time only, the next 500 orders ..."
"And if I can do it, I'm sure most 'abled' people can!"

Michael is a 19-year old with cerebral palsy. (I was moved by his story.) With his headline specifically, I used strategies to increase the attention factor. My biggest concern was the fact that people have become desensitized with opportunities of this nature. So, while I catered to people's emotions, I used Michael's disability as a psychological "hook."
Ultimately, ask yourself: "Does my headline effectively stop people from scanning my web page, capture their attention and trigger their emotions in order to pull them into the copy?" More importantly, ask yourself, "Does my opening statement beg for attention, arouse curiosity and genuinely cater to the motives and emotions of my market?"
If not, change your headline and try different ones. Sure, the change may be small and insignificant. But often, the smallest changes can create the most dramatic changes in your results.

About the AuthorMichel Fortin is a direct response copywriter, author, speaker and consultant. His specialty are long copy sales letters and websites. Watch him rewrite copy on video each month, and get tips and tested conversion strategies proven to boost response in his membership site at TheCopyDoctor.com today.

2006-01-31T18:18:00.000-08:00

"How To Continually Grow Your Affiliate Checks "

The promise of earning profits without really doing much of anything has enticed a lot of people towards affiliate marketing. But does affiliate marketing really work this way?

As an affiliate, all that is required of you is to simply place the merchant's ad on your website. Then after that, you virtually do nothing but wait for anyone to click on the merchant's ad and later collect your profits. Easy, right?

Well, not quite often. Many affiliates earn almost nothing from their affiliate programs simply because they do nothing. Remember that affiliate marketing is but another form of marketing, and you'll definitely need to market your merchant's product for you to earn something. Successful affiliates in any affiliate program simply don't sit there and wait for money to come.

Why? Because there is no money in simply sitting and waiting. If you want to be successful in affiliate marketing and if you want to continually grow your affiliate checks, you've got to do something. Think of ways on how to promote your merchant's business and products better.
Think of ways on how to induce other people to click on the link or ad provided to you by your merchant. Think of ways on how to make your affiliate sales increase!

So if you're new in affiliate marketing and you try to follow the easy go lucky pit that most unsuccessful affiliate marketers follow, then you're definitely on the wrong track. But we're not advising you to stop right there. No. Rather, we want you to take some steps to make your affiliate program work better and gain more commissions for you. How? Here are a few guidelines that may help you to continually grow your affiliate checks:

* Become an expert on your affiliate product.

You can promote your merchant's product better if you know a lot of things about it. To become an expert, the best thing you can do is purchase your merchant's product yourself. This way, you can tell your customers about your first-hand experience using the product. You can even write a testimonial or a personal endorsement ad about it. But if any condition does not permit you to purchase the product, you can at leas make a thorough research about it.

* Host your own website.

Or at least have a domain name that is short and easy to remember. You certainly wouldn't expect a visitor to remember a very long and incomprehensible URL. And if that's so, you also wouldn't expect him to visit your website any time soon. That means less traffic for your page and the less chance for your affiliate ads and links to be clicked. It is also a good idea to create a private website and offer access to it to anybody who clicks on any of your affiliate ads. Visitors usually get interested with these private websites. Private websites also gives you a venue to promote your back-end affiliate products.

* Write your own affiliate ads.

Many merchants usually wouldn't mind if you write and design your own ads for their products, for as long as you ask permission from them and present them your ad before posting it on your site. This gives you a greater advantage over a lot of other affiliates who must be advertising the same affiliate products.

* Participate in chat rooms, discussion boards, and forums related to your product.

If you use to ignore them before, then it is time for you to start focusing your attention on them. You can start your own chat or join an existing chat related to your product. You don't have to promote your affiliate product at once, but find the chance to advertise and promote it as you go along. The same would be true for message boards, discussion boards and forums.

* Create a free ezine or newsletter.

Ezines and newsletters are periodical publications whose aim is to inform a group of people about a certain subject. In your ezines and newsletters, you don't always have to promote your merchant's product for this may greatly annoy your subscribers. Rather, find a way to insert your affiliate ads and links on some portions of the letter. Also, don't forget to promote your ezine or newsletter on your website.

These are but a few guidelines on how you can increase your affiliate sales and continually grow your affiliate checks. Sure there can be a lot of other tips that out there, and if you think they would work, we won't discourage you from following them. What's important is that you be able to find a way to: attract more traffic to your site, induce your visitors to click on the ads on your site, and be able to promote your merchant's products even outside the boundary of your website. If you can do these, there's no reason for you to fail in affiliate marketing.

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2006-01-20T21:47:00.000-08:00

THE ADVANTAGES OF "RSS WEBSITES"

RSS - or what is now known as "Really Simple Syndication" - is a
file format that is incorporated by Internet users in their websites
to allow for 'web syndication', making their web content available
in a format that can be universally understood by other people.

In essence, RSS is a 'mini database' that contains headlines and
descriptions (a summary or a line or two of the full article) of
your web content, including hyperlinks that enable users to link
back to the full article of their choice.

RSS websites - that is, websites that contain RSS 'feeds' (articles
or postings) - typically have colorful graphics to indicate to users
that the specific web content is available through RSS feeds. These
graphics are usually depicted by orange rectangles that are usually
marked with 'RSS' or 'XML'.

With its increased popularity, RSS is now being adopted and used by
more website owners or publishers. Today, numerous resources are now
available that aid Internet surfers (and even beginners as well) on
how to set up and use RSS.

Setting up RSS feeds and adding them to your website can be a simple
process that does not involve a lot of time or any money. Listed below
are some simple and basic steps that you might want to follow:

1. Have your web content and/or news in an RSS feed format, such as
XML (appropriate and 'ready-made' feeds are also available from
other sources).

2. Click the orange graphic - this is the RSS feed icon. Take note of
the URL of the RSS feed; this will be displayed in the address bar
(for Internet Explorer).

3. Input the feed URL on your RSS feed creation program.

4. Click on the "Generate Feed" button. This will generate the RSS code
for your web content.

5. Enter the RSS code in the appropriate place on your own website.

Having created an RSS feed for your website, next comes the task of
publishing your web content and news and having them displayed on other
sites and headline viewers. This is made possible with the use of RSS
readers or aggregators.

RSS readers or news aggregators are used to view particular web contents.
RSS readers contain the collection of 'feeds' or RSS files from content
providers, and they are generally classified into 3 types:

· Desktop RSS readers - also known as standalone desktop application,
they generally 'run' in the background and are similar to an e-mail
client, collecting the feeds and refreshing items automatically as
they are updated.

· Web-based aggregators - these are online services that enable users
to personalize web pages, refreshing them each time the page is
accessed or each time a person logs in to the service.

· Plug-in aggregators/readers - these make use of either web browsers
or e-mail clients, which allow users to view RSS feeds while inside
an existing program.

Having an RSS-enabled website provides Internet users (especially those who
are website owners) with the following benefits:

· Allows users to generate up-to-date news and postings, as information
and content in the RSS readers or aggregators are automatically updated
each time the RSS feed is 'refreshed'.

· Allows users to have control over the information that they wish to
view or receive, as they can remove a feed of their choosing any time
they want to.

Aside from these benefits, RSS websites are also useful for people who conduct
their business in the Internet, particularly in Internet or Online Marketing.
RSS can be an effective marketing tool for your website, especially in the
following fields:

· E-mail marketing and publishing
· Search engine marketing and optimization
· Business blogging
· Internet advertising
· Digital public relations
· Branding and e-commerce

In addition, RSS can 'power' your website, providing you with the following:

· Valuable, updated, and relevant resources for site visitors and
potential clients - RSS is ideal for websites that contain (and
syndicate) a lot of information that has to be changed or updated
regularly.

· Search engine optimization for the website.

· Increased traffic for the website - your website can 'harvest' and
display information from other sites, driving more traffic to your
own website.

· A wide selection of 'channels' for content distribution, such as
PDA's, cellular phones, voice mails, and email ticklers.

· A reliable way to have your web content delivered to Internet users
and potential clients - RSS ensures that your site is viewed by the
people who are interested in them, without having them blocked and
'cleaned' by ISPs or Spam filters.

These are just some of the advantages that RSS can give your website (and
your business). The possibilities are endless, as more and more comes up
almost everyday. Do not be left behind - take the advantage of the marketing
and publishing power of RSS.

To Your Success,

Craig Campos
http://www.Net-Biz-Promo.com

2006-01-14T16:35:00.000-08:00

"How to Stay Focused on Your Home Business Goals"

When you are the owner of a home business, you will find
hundreds of distractions that vie for your time, energy
and focus.

Common distractions include: children, family, friends,
neighbors, pets, phone calls, mail, household chores,
video games, television, neighborhood children, visitors,
and so many more.

As an owner of a home based business, you must always remember
your purpose in bringing your profession home. What was your
reason for wanting to own a home business? Was your goal to work
from home so that you can share in the lives of your children?
Was your goal to be out from under the rule of a tyrannical
boss? Was your goal to have the freedom to work when it is
convenient for you? Was your goal to make tons of money working
for yourself?

Here's a few good tips that will help you stay focused on your
home business:

TIP #1:
Whatever your reason for going out on your own, you must keep
your reason in the forefront of your mind. If you forget your
reason for starting your own home business, you will not be
working for yourself for long. It is far too easy to let
circumstance drive your activities --- and when circumstance is
in the driver's seat, you are more likely to crash and burn.

TIP #2:
Remember --- your own business is a lot like a real job. Some
people go to work to play, some go to socialize, and others ---
most often those who are paid in a commission or tip environment
--- go to work to work and to make money. When you work for
yourself, your salary is directly proportional to your
productivity. Therefore, wouldn't it make sense to stay focused
on getting as much done in as short of a period as possible?

Go to work to work and to make money. Leave playtime and
recreation for when your workday has ended.

TIP #3:
When you are dealing with family in the course of your workday,
it is important to schedule your activities as much as possible.
With small children, you must take time when you must, but you
should also work hard to make sure you dedicate a specific
number of hours to your workday.

With older children, it is much easier to tell them that you
will be working between the hours of x and y. Your children and
your friends must understand that certain hours of your day are
devoted to the activities of your business.

TIP #4:
Don't permit your friends and extended family to run over you.
Many people get the blind idea that if one works from home then
they are not actually working.

Well-meaning people may try to fill your doorway to bring advice
about getting a real job. Others may simply believe that if you
are at home, then you are fair game for chitchat and
socialization.

You must stand firm. You must make certain your friends and
family understands that when you are working, then you ARE
working! If they wish to socialize with you, then they need to
do it during the hours that are not dedicated to your home
business.

You are the only one who can stand up for you. Your friends and
family will seldom be able to appreciate your dedication to your
home business, unless you make the effort to make sure that they
have the same respect for your business that you do.

TIP #5:
You should allot a certain portion of your day to email and to
regular mail. For example, allot one hour in the morning and one
hour in the afternoon to handling your written communications.

Unless you dedicate certain times to the handling of these
communications, you will soon find yourself on the downward
slope of decreased productivity.

TIP #6:
When you find yourself spending too much time doing
non-productive activities, then you should seriously consider
finding a third-party service provider who will assist you in
those non-profitable business activities.

As an example, you might be in the mail-order business. You
might believe that your time is best spent writing ad copy and
setting up your advertising, but you find yourself spending far
too much time taking care of your books to take care of your
advertising in the manner that you should. In this event, it
might make more sense to hire a bookkeeper to handle your
financial records for you.

CONCLUSION:
In the end, the success of your home business is entirely and
completely reliant upon you and the decisions that you make.

You had your reasons for deciding to start your own home based
business. You must always keep your reasons in the forefront of
your mind. You must always be able to rely upon your own self
and your dedication to the success of your business.

Your friends and family might be annoyed that they cannot come
visit upon their own whim, but when success comes to you and
your business, they will better appreciate you for putting your
foot down when necessary.

Success is within your reach, if only you can stay focused on
your goals. You must decide to reach for your goals, and then,
you must have the discipline necessary to reach them.

To Your Success,

Craig Campos
http://www.Net-Biz-Promo.com

2006-01-13T19:20:00.000-08:00

Your Page Content

Page content is now becoming the key to higher search
engine rankings. Page content has always been the most
important factor in providing a satisfying experience
for your visitors and to keep them coming back for more.
The major search engines like Google and Yahoo! are now
relying more on page content to determine relevancy and
themes within their ranking formulas.

As a result of the unrestrained methods employed by
many in manipulating search engines over the years,
through the abuse of meta-tag descriptions and keywords,
most of the major SEs have developed ways to demote
meta-tags in their ranking formulas. Page titles and
text content, along with link popularity and other
outside factors, have become the essential elements
in optimizing your website for the highest possible rankings.

Most search engines index the full text of each page, so it's
vital to place keywords throughout your text. Make sure your
Home page is full of keywords. It has a higher chance of being
indexed than your other pages, and it will be the only page
indexed by some engines.

The following is a list of some of the behaviors considered to
be spam by most of the major engines:

inappropriate site titles, descriptions and keywords
excessive repetition of keywords, same text color as
background (invisible text); or tiny text
submitting more than once in a 24 hour period
duplicate sites that point to different URLs
pages that redirect through meta refresh tags

Listen to what search engines tell you. By knowing the
parameters search engines use to rank your pages, you can
focus your page optimizations on legitimate methods for
becoming more seductive to the SEs and achieve good results
without resorting to spam.

Establishing a Site Theme:

Search engines will attempt to determine a theme or common
topic throughout your site. SEs have developed elaborate
formulas that attempt to define a site's theme in an effort
to provide their users with more relevant results and keep
searches on topic. Establish your own theme by sprinkling
your most important keywords and phrases consistently
throughout your site. In other words make it clear to the
search engines what the theme of your site is supposed to be.

When establishing a theme for your site, watch you don't
push beyond the limits of what the search engines will
tolerate. Use the 3-7 rule:

Don't repeat keywords more than 3-7 times throughout the
title and meta tags of any given page.
In the body text, 3-7% of all words should be your
theme-focus keywords.

It can sometimes be difficult to saturate your pages with
the keywords and phrases you choose to focus on without
seeming sophomoric or maybe a little obsessed.

With practice, you can create a keyword/phrase theme
throughout your site and establish this theme with
a well-placed repetition of keywords and phrases that
appear to flow naturally into a central site
theme - providing the necessary keywords and phrases for
search engines to properly determine your desired theme
for the site. Besides, we're all a little obsessed and
the search engines prefer it that way.

The text used to describe a link can also affect your
rankings. A well-chosen phrase can give the added weight
of keyword relevancy to your text links.

Here are a few guidelines to use in avoiding spam.

Keyword frequency - Search engines want to find more than
one occurrence of a keyword throughout your page content
to make sure it's not an isolated case. This will help
the search engine establish a page theme.

Keyword Prominence - Try to prioritize your keyword focus
at the top of your page. If your page uses a lot of
graphics at the top (be careful with loading time here)
be sure to include relevant text in the Alt tags with
your images.

Keyword proximity - Put your keywords as close together
as possible, while making sure your sentences remain clear.

Keyword density - This concept, also known as keyword
weight, measures the relationship of keywords to other text.

The higher the percentage of keywords, in relation to
other text, the better. See the 3-7 rule above.
Most search engines index the full text of each page,
so it's vital to place keywords throughout your text.
Make sure your Home page is full of keywords.
It has a higher chance of being indexed than your other page,
and it will be the only page indexed by some engines.

To Your Success,

Craig Campos
http://www.Net-Biz-Promo.com

2006-01-07T18:28:00.000-08:00

Starting Your Home Based Business on a Shoestring Budget

Whether seeking a supplemental income or a full-time income,
many folks have undertaken the task to discover a viable home
based business solution to meet their personal needs.

For most folks who contemplate a home business, a low-cost or
no-cost solution is not only nice, but also very necessary. Many
also seek to find a home business that will permit them to
maintain their regular day job in order to protect their base
income.

Taking the cautious approach to a home based business and
keeping one's job during the start-up period is often a very
good decision. By maintaining one's job, one can maintain the
health of their personal finances while permitting their home
business grow healthy and strong.

Fortunately, most home based businesses can be started with
little or no cash, can be maintained on a shoestring budget, and
can be operated successfully with only a part-time investment.

One day, the business will be strong enough to support itself
and its owner. When that time comes, it will make good sense for
the business owner to leave his or her outside job to dedicate
more time to growing and maintaining their new thriving home
based business. You will know when that time has finally arrived.

The nature of a home based business makes it easy and very
realistic for most folks to take the plunge into home business
ownership.

Yet, many folks put off starting their own home based business,
because they have the misconception that they will have to risk
thousands of their own hard-earned dollars at start-up. Then
later, if their business fails, they fear they may be forced to
take out a second mortgage on their house just to stay out of
bankruptcy.

Are you one of these folks? Do you let your fears of failure
keep you from reaching for your dreams?

If so, then allow me to introduce you to a few home business
ideas that you can start for less than $100 and can be started
and operated very profitably as a part-time business.

THE LIFEBLOOD OF ALL SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSES

First of all, let me advise you to search out a business model
that will deliver steady and repeat business. It is the one
thing --- above all others --- that will assure that your
company can survive the test of time.

HOME-BASED MAIL ORDER:
Home-based mail order is a good example of how one can quickly
grow a home business income. Mail order is a low cost start-up
business that can be launched for around $100 USD.

With proper planning, your home-based mail order business will
not require up-front inventory purchases. In the mail order
business, it is not uncommon to rely upon drop-shippers for
product fulfillment services.

By utilizing drop-shippers, we can sell the products, collect
the money and then purchase the products from the wholesale
outlet. The wholesale outlet will then put a return address for
your company on the product packaging and deliver the product
directly to your customer.

By using the following link, you can explore the drop-ship
directory, which will let you explore the drop-shipping
companies that will enable you sell 500,000 products from over
1,000 brand name manufacturers:

http://www.home-business.com/dropship.html

Your primary expense in the mail-order business is advertising.
Classified advertising tends to be a relatively inexpensive form
of advertising with thousands of outlets available to the small
business owner.

WHOLESALE BUSINESS:
Buy low --- sell high. You can acquire high quality,
top-of-the-line merchandise for a fraction of the retail cost.
Starting a wholesale business would require a Wholesale Dealers
Directory as your source for merchandise, such as the one above
or the one listed here:

http://www.home-business.com/auction.html

AUCTIONS:
Auctions can be an excellent source for buying cheap and selling
high. Both government auctions and Internet auctions can lead to
some excellent profit opportunities. Auctions are an excellent
tool for both acquiring and selling merchandise.

MAKE AND SELL YOUR CRAFTS:
Crafts are a hot seller at country fairs, swap meets or anyplace
where people gather. Make your own crafts and sell them for a
tidy profit!

SELLING INFORMATION:
Selling information by mail is another good example of an
inexpensive home based business start-up. One can gain the
resale rights to information for usually about $50 USD. Other
costs will include printer cartridges, paper and postage. There
are plenty of free classifieds sites on the Internet, in which
to successfully advertise your information.

WRITE INFORMATIONAL BOOKLETS:
Write and publish your own informational booklets; sell them at
a high price! All you need is a little know-how, a printer,
paper and stamps. This is a GREAT home business idea! You can
also sell the resale rights to others, for extra profits. In
this age of the Internet, you may also take advantage of the
fact that selling information is one of the most profitable
endeavors one can pursue online.

OFFICE SERVICES:
Offer office services for hire in your local paper. You'll be
surprised at the amount of regular office business that can be
gleaned from one little classified ad. Word processing, typing,
accounting, data entry, proofreading, transcription, promotional
letters and newsletters. All these tasks can be accomplished
right from your own home office.

AVON REPRESENTATIVE:
Yes, Avon's been around for eternity, hasn't it? Then it's not
such a bad prospect as a home based business, is it? I once knew
a woman who did so much business as an Avon rep. that she had
people calling her and knocking at her door wanting to order
products at all hours of the day and night! Once you are an
established Avon representative, you, too, will turn a good
profit.

CONCLUSION:
On your search for the ideal home based business, try not to get
caught up in any scams that will run off with your money. There
are thousands of scam artists out there just waiting for the
next sucker to come along. Remember, if it sounds too good to be
true, then it probably is. Just use your good judgement and
invest wisely in proven methods of earning extra income.

To Your Success,

Craig Campos
http://www.Net-Biz-Promo.com

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2006-01-02T17:01:00.000-08:00

"Finding Your Home Business Niche"

When some folks begin to think about a business of their own,
they know in that very moment what kind they are going to start.
Then, there are the rest of us...

Knowing that we want to have a business of our own is not
enough. Many of us have struggled with the important question of
what type of enterprise we would like to start.

Franchises offer a simple pre-packaged money making idea, but
the cost of a franchise often makes it a prohibitive option to
most folks who contemplate going out on their own.

For those who do not have a million dollars to buy a McDonalds
franchise, we must look to other ideas for our own business.

There are literally hundreds of lucrative home business ideas
for you to choose from, which will suit every type of
personality and all levels of financing. From selling
information on the Internet as a infopreneur, to growing
delicious gourmet mushrooms for sale to restaurants and catering
companies; there is a pile of money to be made by filling a
need, for these and a host of other necessary services.

Of course, actually liking what you do, will have a lot to do
with the success of your new venture, so be sure to pick a home
business that you'll enjoy running and that will keep you
motivated.

For example, if you're a math whiz, an accounting or income tax
service might be the ideal home business for you to start.
Perhaps writing is your forte and you'd like to start your own
home based copywriting service or advertising agency. Each of
these businesses can be run successfully--and profitably from
the comfort of your own home.

Academia might not be your cup of tea, but maybe you are good
with your hands --- having a creative genius where crafts are
concerned. Craft items are red-hot sellers at swap meets,
country fairs and world wide over the Internet, and they can
provide you with solid profits. If crafts don't interest you,
then why not start a laundry service with pick-up and delivery,
or a shopping service for shut-in's--even a companion service or
granny sitter or a doctor shuttle service; any of which, could
be much in demand, in and around your neighborhood or community.

When brainstorming new ideas for your future home business, keep
in mind the soul of any successful endeavor is providing a
product or service that others will actually purchase in
quantities. Satisfy the needs of your target market, and your
target market will keep you and your home based business
healthy, happy and profitable.

Below are some suggestions for home business ideas that might
help you decide on a suitable venture in which to invest.

Multi-level-marketing (mlm), floral/plant service for offices
and hospitals, pooper-scooper service, dog walking service,
answering service, vending machine service, gift basket service,
homemade soap maker, mobile windshield repair service, mobile
tire repair service, income tax specialist, researcher,
freelance writer, business card and letterhead designer,
courier, shut-in/shuttle service, landscaping service, tree
trimming service, wood crafter, carpenter, crafts and crafting
supplies, pool cleaning service, plants/nursery starts, growing
herbs, growing mushrooms, garage sale and swap meet vendor,
proofreader, private investigator, typing service, interior
decorator/designer, website design, wedding consultant, hot
lunch/snack vendor at local courthouses, pet sitting service,
pet grooming service, Internet entrepreneur, paralegal, gourmet
catering service, new media production, mobile cosmetic
technician, mobile nail technician, mobile hair stylist,
aerobics instructor, personal fitness trainer, advertising
consultant, companion service, small printing service.

Ideas, ideas; hopefully the above ideas will give you some fresh
ideas of your own to mull over. A spring board if you will, on
which to dive into your own chosen home business.

When you work from home, any business you start has the
potential to explode into a perpetual gold mine! It just depends
on how much your home business is in demand around your
community or on the Internet. Your home business might start
slow and steady, regularly picking up clients as you become more
established. On the other hand, your chosen home business may
take off like wildfire, quickly becoming too hot for you to
handle by yourself (well done!). This is the time to enlist the
help of willing family members to help you out in your time of
need, which will make your business into a friendly, family
concern. This will also help family members better understand
your business and get a grasp on the mechanics of profit.

Good luck in all your decisions and have fun with your home
business, which ever one you choose, and don't forget to enjoy
your newfound freedom!

To Your Success,

Craig Campos
http://www.Net-Biz-Promo.com
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2005-12-30T18:26:00.000-08:00

Do you have what it takes to be an e-entrepreneur?
Copyright © Stone Evans, The Home Biz Guy
Author of "Dotcomology - The Science of Making Money Online"

These days, it seems like everyone wants to work
from home and make money on the Internet. But
before you even turn on your computer, the first
question you have to ask yourself is whether
you’re cut out for this kind of work.

The fact is, building a home-based business isn’t
for everyone. Some people like the commute. They
really do enjoy having a boss who tells them what
to do, and they like the routine of working
nine-to-five for an ordinary salary that can
barely pay the mortgage. Personally, I think
they’re nuts.

More reasonably, there are people who are
concerned about the risk of starting up their own
business. They’re not sure it’s worth the
investment of time and money, and they’re scared
of the responsibility that comes with running
their own company. They wonder if there is
another way to escape the rat race.

I’m sure there is. You could win the lottery or
wait for your Aunt Sue to keel over and leave you
her condo. Or maybe you could sit down with a pen
and paper and draw the blueprint for "The Next
Big Thing". Anything can happen... Right?

For me, what happened was creating a successful,
self-running Internet marketing system. It didn’t
happen without effort. It didn’t happen without
at least some initial investment of both time and
money and, of course, it doesn’t happen now
without me making sure that the taxes are filed
and the paperwork is done. But it happened.

I’m my own boss. I work from home according to my
own schedule and I get to pocket all the cash my
business makes. If you’re prepared to give an
e-business the time, the work and the money it
needs to get started and get growing, it can
happen for you too.

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2005-12-29T13:31:00.000-08:00

Get More Website Visitors Without Going Broke

- by Jim Edwards

© Jim Edwards - All Rights reserved
http://www.thenetreporter.com
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In the never-ending quest to make money online, every
website owner wants to get traffic to their website fast.

The main problem they face: finding traffic that converts
into buyers without breaking their bank.

In their haste to get the traffic they need, many website
operators start throwing money at the problem buying ads and
exhaust their advertising budget without any meaningful
profit (unless you count the person they paid for the
advertising).

The following three rules should help any business, big or
small, make money with their online advertising.

** Set An Online Advertising Budget **

Most businesses, especially smaller ones with only a few
people (or even one person), don't operate with an
advertising budget.

The advertising money gets spent when everything else gets
paid, or worse, they spend money on advertising without a
plan so they're basically gambling with their money.

By setting an advertising budget, you can factor it into
your overall business picture and it gives you a yardstick
to measure results.

If you budget $500 a month to advertise and look for ways to
spend that money wisely, then your business will grow more
predictably than if you advertise sporadically and then
wonder why you don't operate with a predictable income
stream.

** Follow The Numbers **

Unlike offline advertising on billboards, magazines or in
direct mail, you can track virtually all aspects of an
online ad, including: how many people saw the ad; how many
people clicked the ad; how many sales and how much revenue
the ad generated.

Since you can track everything, you can test various phases
of the advertising process.

Regardless of whether you operate a real estate agent
website, sell an ebook, or hawk your plumbing services
online, you can and should measure each phase of the
advertising process.

If clicks on your ads fall below expectations, then work on
your ad until it generates a healthy click-through rate
turning viewers into website visitors.

If you don't convert very many of the website visitors you
get into buyers, then your site needs work to do a better
job of selling people.

By following the numbers, you can see where you need to
focus in the online sales process.

The number one rule of online advertising: use a unique
tracking link for each and every one of your ads, preferably
one that tracks not only unique visitors, but also sales.

This might add an extra 5 or 10 minutes of work to placing
each ad, but it will allow you to see which ads make a
profit (so you can run them again) and which ads don't (so
you can change or cancel them).

** Go Beyond Pay-Per-Click **

Google AdWords and Overture, the Web's top pay-per-click
advertising sources, have made people lazy. Many website
owners never go beyond buying advertising from these two.

However, a whole world of advertising exists buying ads
on websites targeted to specific niche audiences.

For more, check out www.adbrite.com, a leading broker of
online text link and banner advertising.

--
Jim Edwards is a syndicated newspaper columnist and the
creator of an amazing course that will teach you step-by-
step and click-by-click how to finally create your own
money-making mini-sites...

2005-12-02T19:47:00.000-08:00

Advertising Your Home Business on a Budget
Copyright © Stone Evans, The Home Biz Guy
http://www.PlugInProfitSite.com/main-4239

When you are starting out in a new home business
and no one knows who you are, one of the greatest
challenges you will face is how to drum up new
business.

If there were not people in your community or
marketplace that you knew who needed your
products or services, you probably would not have
started your business to begin with. But, once
you have talked to those who you personally knew
who needed your what you offer, then your next
task is to find others who will help keep your
doors open.

Many people know that they must turn to
advertising at some point in the future, but they
hope that day will be long down the road. For
some, this utopian concept will come to fruition.
But for the rest of us in the real world, we must
come up with creative solutions for meeting our
home business advertising needs while working
within our budget.

Most people have a misconception about having to
spend lots of money in order to advertise their
home business. When you start out, you honestly
will not have much money available for
advertising, and if you do, you should still
spend it wisely.

Before you jump headfirst into the world of
advertising, let me share some of the lessons I
have learned concerning this most important topic.

LESSON #1

It does not have to cost an arm and a leg to
advertise your home business, unless you fail to
plan and fail to test.

As much as is possible, you should always test
your advertising. If you jump in and start
dumping tons of money in to advertising without
first testing your advertising, you might find
yourself broke and without sales at the end of
the road. Most people who commit this error write
off their failure on the home business they chose
or the economy or any of a hundred other excuses.
But, if they are unwilling to take responsibility
for their mistake, they will never learn from
their mistake. Don't let this be you.

LESSON #2

All testing should be done in blocks. If you
begin to advertise simultaneously in newspapers,
radio and television, how will you know which
advertising is bringing people to your cash
register? You won't. All you will know that
something might be working, but you will not know
what is actually doing the trick.

Even if you tell people in your advertising to
tell you how they found you, my experience shows
that fewer than 10% of the people ever will tell
you anything --- and those people who do may not
even get the facts straight! You cannot rely on
your customers to tell you what advertising is
working for your home business. You must put in
the extra effort to know for yourself.

LESSON #3

Only when you have a proven and solid advertising
portfolio should you venture to drop big bucks in
an advertising campaign. Even then, you should be
careful to keep further measurements to determine
how much the maximum advantage of an ad would be.
Sometimes you might be able to reach ten times as
many people, but depending on the kind of media
and other factors, the additional exposure will
only generate twice as many sales. Keep your eye
attuned to situations like this to get the most
from your advertising dollars.

LESSON #4

As Lesson #3 illustrates, sometimes your best
advertising investment may actually cost you less
money. When you are first starting out, whether
you are running a home business or a business
outside of your home, you need to be able to get
people talking and thinking about your business.

If you are busy testing ads in media's such as
the newspaper, magazines, radio, and television,
you need to learn ways of promoting your business
that do not require large cash expenditures. A
few examples are:

· Word of Mouth
· Business Cards
· Press Releases
· Non-Primetime Ads on Radio and Television

Here is more information about each type of
low-cost advertising:

WORD OF MOUTH

This of course is the cheapest kind of
advertising on the planet --- it does not cost
you anything. Ask your customers if they know
anyone who could also use your products or
services. When they are happy with your offerings
and service, they will be willing to tell you
whom you can contact, and they will pass the
word for you.

BUSINESS CARDS

You can usually pick up 500 business cards for
about $20. When you do, hand them out. Do not
give more than a couple of cards to each person.
If they need more cards from you, they will ask.

Some people are known to network with others on a
regular basis. Some of these people are also
known to be always looking for an extra few
bucks. With these people, you can suggest to them
that if they write their name on the back of one
of your business cards and the card is presented
to you, then you will pay a referral fee to them.
You do not have to offer much --- sometimes one
dollar is enough. Look at your home business and
your offerings and decide how much would be a
good referral fee.

PRESS RELEASES

Press Releases are a good source for generating
news about your home business. The business
editor at your local newspaper is always on the
lookout for a good business story to fill the
business news section of the newspaper.

Of course, the business editor understands the
economics of running a paper and is more inclined
to run your story if you buy advertising in
his/her publication, but will still print
stories for special events and openings.

The important thing to remember about Press
Releases is that it must be constructed in the
form of a news story. Even if you are a sole
proprietorship, quotes from you should be written
in a third person format: John Doe said, "Your
quote here."

A Press Release should pack the most important
information at the beginning of the copy, and
leave extra details towards the end.

You should always provide the reporter who gets
the task a simple and easy way for him/her to
contact you directly. Often the reporter will
want to contact you to get details that will
enhance their take on your story.

NON-PRIMETIME ADS ON RADIO AND TELEVISION

Believe it or not, some of the best rates for
radio and television are on the overnight and
non-primetime venues. These target times are not
a total waste as they can easily keep the
infomercial people in business.

These off-hours are just less populated than the
primetime hours.

Don't be afraid to check your local radio and
television rates for non-primetime hours to see
what bargains may exist. With television,
primetime is 7pm to 10pm. With radio, primetime is
8am to 5pm. This sure leaves a whole lot of hours
available to advertise your home business at
discount rates!

IN CONCLUSION

When it comes down to it, there is a lot to
understand about advertising, but when you have
the basic knowledge down pat, everything will
fall into place and bring more dollars to your
bank account.

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2005-11-09T20:45:00.000-08:00

Online Discussion Board Advertising

Posting messages on online discussion boards is a great way to get free advertising. When you post a message include your signature file at the end. Your signature file should be no more than 5 to 6 lines. Include an attention-getting sentence why they should visit your web site or e-mail your auto responder.

Some online discussion boards allow you to leave text and graphic links at the end of your messages. You will get a better click-through rate with links than just a normal signature file.

Below are three types of messages you could post to online discussion boards:

1. Informative Comments
Post information that would be informative to the people who participate on the discussion board. It could be an article or a study you've completed.

2. Ask Questions
Post a question on the discussion board you would like answered. This will give you a chance to meet other experts and it could lead to a profitable joint venture.

3. Answer Questions
Post the answer to another person's question on the discussion board. When you answer questions you will get known as an expert on the subject.

Before posting to any online discussion board read the FAQ or rules first. They will tell you what kinds of posts are allowed. Read the board for a few days before posting your message to see what type of messages are being posted. Never post messages on a board that are unrelated to the subject.

Quote of the Day:

"You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist." -- Indira Gandhi

Warm regards,

Craig Campos
http://www.WealthInfo4U.com/9176CR
http://www.Net-Biz-Promo.com

Craig Campos is an established Internet Marketing Consultant specializing in how to Make Money at Home by giving away Free Advertising. Learn the Secrets of Free Web Site Traffic without Spending a Dime! Advertising is the highest expense for most businesses. With out it, you might as well not have a business.
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2005-11-07T21:31:00.000-08:00

Get Rich Quick Scams Revealed
Read this special article before you consider
joining or paying for a "Get Rich Quick" program

From the desk of Craig Campos:

......Wouldn't it be nice to make a bundle of money quickly, with minimal effort,working at home in your pajamas? Of course it would. I for one would love to have money flowing into my bank account, working only a few hours a week from home, so I'd have more time to spend with my kids & my wife, without any boss looking over my shoulder.

Whether it's real estate investing, selling by classified ads, stock market investing, internet affiliate marketing, or something else, we've all seen the fantastic claims people make about making tons of money, AND how they can show you how to do the same thing. I can tell you right now that 99% of these people are total frauds. You may have even fallen prey to one of these scam artists,selling you their latest "get rich quick" program. Me too. I've bought so manyof these programs that I can't even recall how many. I don't know why, but I tend to find the "good" in people, and I was "sold" by these marketing schemes time and time again, even after being scammed by another. Finally, after so many disappointments I got FED UP. I decided to get to the bottom of this fascination we all have with get rich quick programs, and find out if there really were any LEGITIMATE programs for making money.

I literally contacted the administrator of every get rich quick website I could find. Posing as an investor, I managed to convince the owners that I was seriously interested in purchasing their entire website and business.That way, once the dollar signs flashed in their heads, they would give me free access to their member's areas to review what I would be "buying". Well, I was disgusted with 99% of what I found. Many of the owners actually boasted about how many people bought their useless programs. I repeatedly found:

*outdated information
*non-working links
*links leading to other sites that asked for more money
*no help section
*no real email support
*no refunds

I quickly realized that these so-called Get Rich Quick programs were totally useless. And the owners knew it, yet they were laughing all the way to the bank! Needless to say, I didn't respond when they asked if I was still interested in buying their websites. Surprisingly, while sifting through all of the scam artist's websites, I was able to locate a couple of individuals that actually ran legitimate programs.

They do charge aminimal fee for access to their program, which is to be expected for any legitimate company that actually has people on staff who are dedicated to helping you get started. What a friendly group of people! They are dedicated to providing excellent service. Well, my search for legtimate Get Rich Quick programs has come to an end. I have to say I was thouroughly disappointed with most of what I found, and I strongly advise that you do not take chances joining any programs other than the two listed below! Whatever you do, I wish you a healthy, prosperous year for you and yours.

To Your Success,

Craig Campos
http://www.Net-Biz-Promo.com
http://www.WealthInfo4U.com/9176CR

Here are the links to the 2 programs we do recommend:
http://url123.com/w4c2w
http://url123.com/cwkap

2005-11-03T17:55:00.000-08:00

The Top Seven Mistakes
EBook Authors Make

EBooks are the hottest thing going on the Web right now! Authors with the entrepreneurial instinct are making anywhere from a few hundred to tens of thousands of dollars per month - that's right, per month - by selling ebooks online. Why are some authors doing so much better than others? We've discovered seven key mistakes that most ebook authors make (and in doing so, hold themselves back from major success):

1. They don't write to a specific, target audience. The biggest mistake most ebook authors make is they don't clearly define, identify and visualize who they are selling their ebook to. On the Web, to be successful, you must write to a specific group of people who have specific interests. Make sure that you know exactly who is going to buy your ebook, and where you can find them online.

2. They don't automate as many of their business activities as possible. Selling ebooks, though it is highly profitable, is not a business where you make hundreds of dollars per sale. Automate everything you can - credit card processing, ebook delivery, as much technical support as possible. If you can't automate a function, delegate it to someone else.

3. They don't have a compelling title for their ebook. Use words that convey the benefit of what's in the ebook, as well as words your audience is familiar with. A bad title for an ebook: "Online Marketing for Newbies." Agood title for the same ebook: "97 Ways to Promote Your Website - No Experience Required."

4. They try to cover too much ground. Many ebook authors convey a lot of information but don't cover anything in-depth. As a result, they never fully explain anything in enough detail to provide any useful value to their readers. This is a very bad mistake to make, especially when it comes to how-to ebooks, which happen to be the best type to write.

5. They are not proactive in their marketing. It would be nice if marketing for your ebook simply happened on its own - but it doesn't. You have to do it yourself. After you've promoted your ebook to the people on your own mailing list (if you have one), then you have to contact other Website owners and persuade them to be your affiliates. You should do this continually.

6. They don't differentiate their ebook from its competitors. When you choose your topic, even if there are a hundred other ebooks out there on same general subject, choose an angle for yours that will make it easy for yours to be distinguished from the others. For example, right now job-hunting ebooks are very popular. There are dozens that are big sellers. "Secrets of Breaking Into Pharmaceutical Sales" has a very specific title that sets it apart from the competition, and is aimed at a clearly identified target audience. Incidentally, it's selling very well itself.

7. They write ebooks that nobody will pay for. Many ebook authors write about information that either people can get for free, or that people are not actually interested in enough to pay for the information. Before you invest weeks or months into the writing of your ebook, invest a little time investigating whether other ebooks in the same subject area are selling on the Web. So, there you have it - the seven big mistakes to avoid. Remember, the opportunities are plentiful - and huge - right now for anyone who wants to become a best-selling ebook author. Simply use common sense, follow our advice, and let your literary career flourish!

To Your Success,

Craig Campos
http://www.Net-Biz-Promo.com
http://www.WealthInfo4U.com/9176CR

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2005-10-27T18:01:00.000-07:00

Spam: Where it Came From, and How to Escape It

[By: Beka Ruse]

In 1936, long before the rise of the personal computer, Hormel Foods created SPAM. In 2002, the company will produce it's six billionth can of the processed food product. But that mark was passed long ago in the world of Internet spam.

Who Cooked This!? (How did it all start?)
Why Does Bad Spam Happen to Good People?
Stop The Flood to Your Inbox
Stay Off Spammed Lists in the Future
Think You're Not a Spammer? Be Sure.
The Final Blow

Who Cooked This!? (How did it all start?)

The modern meaning of the word "spam" has nothing to do with spiced ham. In the early 1990's, a skit by British comedy group Monty Python led to the word's common usage. "The SPAM Skit" follows a couple struggling to order dinner from a menu consisting entirely of Hormel's canned ham. Repetition is key to the skit's hilarity. The actors cram the word "SPAM" into the 2.5 minute skit more than 104 times! This flood prompted Usenet readers to call unwanted newsgroup postings "spam." The name stuck. Spammers soon focused on e-mail, and the terminology moved with them. Today, the word has come out of technical obscurity. Now, "spam" is the common term for "Unsolicited Commercial E-Mail", or "UCE."

Why Does Bad Spam Happen to Good People?

Chances are, you've been spammed before. Somehow, your e-mail address has found it's way into the hands of a spammer, and your inbox is suffering the consequences. How does this happen? There are several possibilities.

Backstabbing Businesses

Businesses often keep lists of their customers' e-mail addresses. This is a completely legitimate practice and, usually, nothing bad comes of it. Sometimes though, the temptation to make a quick buck is too great, and these lists are sold or rented to outside advertisers. The result? A lot of unsolicited e-mail, and a serious breach of trust.

Random Address Generation

Computer programs called random address generators simply "guess" e-mail addresses. Over 100 million hotmail addresses exist - howhard could it be to guess some of them? Unfortunately for many unsuspecting netizens - not too hard. Many spammers also guess at "standard" addresses, like "support@yourdomain.com", "info@yourdomain.com", and "billing@yourdomain.com."

Web Spiders

Today's most insidious list-gathering tools are web spiders. All of the major search engines spider the web, saving information about each page. Spammers use tools that also spider the web, but save any e-mail address they come across. Your personal web page lists your e-mail address? Prepare for an onslaught!

Chat Room Harvesting

ISP's offer vastly popular chat rooms where users are known only by their screen names. Of course, spammers know that your screen name is the first part of your e-mail address. Why waste time guessing e-mail addresses when a few hours of lurking in a chat room can net a list of actively-used addresses?

The Poor Man's Bad Marketing Idea

It didn't work for the phone companies, and it won't work for e-mail marketers. But, some spammers still keep their own friends-and-family-style e-mail lists. Compiled from the addresses of other known spammers, and people or businesses that the owner has come across in the past, these lists are still illegitimate. Why? Only you can give someone permission to send you e-mail. A friend-of-a-friend's permission won't cut it.

Stop The Flood to Your Inbox

Already drowning in spam? Try using your e-mail client's filters - many provide a way to block specific e-mail addresses. Each time you're spammed, block the sender's address. Spammers skip from address to address, and you may be on many lists, but this method will at least slow the flow. Also, use more than one e-mail address, and keep one "clean." Many netizens find that this technique turns the spam flood into a trickle. Use one address for only spam-safe activities like e-mailing your friends, or signing on with trustworthy businesses. Never use your clean address on the web! Get a free address to use on the web and in chat rooms. If nothing else helps, consider changing screen names, or opening an entirely new e-mail account. When you do, you'll start with a clean, spam-free slate. This time, protect your e-mail address!

Stay Off Spammed Lists in the Future

Want to surf the web without getting sucked into the spam-flood? Prevention is your best policy. Don't use an easy-to-guess e-mail address. Keep your address clean by not using it for spam-centric activities. Don't post it on any web pages, and don't use it in chat rooms or newsgroups. Before giving your clean e-mail address to a business, check the company out. Are sections of its user agreement dedicated to anti-spam rules? Does a privacy policy explain exactly what will be done with your address? The most considerate companies also post an anti-spam policy written in plain English, so you can be absolutely sure of what you're getting into.

Think You're Not a Spammer? Be Sure.

Many a first-time marketer has inadvertently spammed his audience. The first several hundred complaints and some nasty phone messages usually stop him in his tracks. But by then, the spammer may be faced with cleanup bills from his ISP, and a bad reputation that it's not easy to overcome. The best way to avoid this situation is to have a clear understanding of what spam is: If anyone who receives your mass e-mails did not specifically ask to hear from you, then you are spamming them. Stick with your gut. Don't buy a million addresses for $10, no matter how much the seller swears by them! If something sounds fishy, just say no. You'll save yourself a lot in the end.

The Final Blow

The online world is turning the tide on spam. In the end, people will stop sending spam because it stops working. Do your part: never buy from a spammer. When your business seeks out technology companies with which to work, only choose those with a staunch anti-spam stance. Spam has a long history in both the food and e-mail sectors. This year, Hormel Foods opened a real-world museum dedicated to SPAM. While the museum does feature the Monty Python SPAM Skit, there's no word yet on an unsolicited commercial e-mail exhibit. But, if all upstanding netizens work together, Hormel's ham in a can will far outlive the Internet plague that is UCE.

Beka Ruse fights spam as the Business Development Manager at AWeber Communications. Ad tracking, live stats, and a strict anti-spam policy: Automated E-Mail Follow Up From AWeber. http://www.aweber.com/?204929

To Your Success,

Craig Campos
http://www.WealthInfo4U.com/9176CR
http://www.Net-Biz-Promo.com

2005-10-13T18:57:00.000-07:00

"5 Quickest Ways To Massive Windfalls Of Cash Online"

These days everyone wants to know how to make money online.
Yet, for some, this lifestyle seems out of reach. Does this describe you at all?
If you’ve been banging your head against the wall trying to figure out the quickest and easiest methods to generate cash for yourself online, then these five tactics should have you opening your eyes wide and wondering: "Why didn’t I think of this before?"

Cash Tactic #1: Affiliate Products

Affiliate products offer the small, home-based business owner the opportunity to make truckloads of cash, while investing a minimum in over head. Low overhead is the primary benefit of affiliate marketing. You don’t need your own merchant account. You don’t need to pay a web designer and programmer to create a huge e-store for you. You don’t handle customer complaints, refunds or returns...All you do is refer the prospect to the merchant’s site, and the merchant handles the rest. I believe the best affiliate products are information products. Your commissions on information products tend to be higher simply because the author can price an information product higher than what the average shopper spends on a tangible product sold online on a typical day. This is because the value of information is ambiguous at best, and subjective to how the prospect sees value. People are willing to spend much, much more in order to acquire a solution to their problems.

Cash Tactic #2: Resale Rights

Resale rights are the lazy marketer’s salvation. You don’t have to create your own product. You don’t have to write a single word. You may not even have to lift a finger on sales page creation when the resale product comes with a ready-to-upload sales page. All you do is pay the licensing fee to acquire rights to the product, perform a small amount of editing to change the payment link over to yours, and upload the sales page and product file to your web server. The trend is taking a turn for the better in 2005 while the marketing world goes through its latest "next big thing": niche marketing. Today, you can find products with resale rights for such things as cooking, golf, arts and crafts, self-improvement and more. Seizing on the profits promised by demand for niche products, there are dozens of new authors out there who have devoted themselves to turning out these niche products, and offering them with resale rights.

Cash Tactic #3: Special Reports

A special report is a ‘mini e-book’ of no more than about 5 to 12 pages in length. While you can certainly create a mini-ebook that sells (provided the information it contains is perceived to be valuable enough), the best use of a short report is as a lead generating tool for your affiliate campaigns. The mini-ebook is the ideal viral tool. You create (or acquire) a mini-ebook which is branded with your affiliate links and/or your main URL. The focus of the report should be niche specific and completely focused on the pre-selling of the affiliate product.

Cash Tactic #4: Interviews

It’s a piece of cake to churn out products created from interviews.
In fact, it may be one of the laziest content generation methods available. Interview packaging is easy, too. You can present the interview as a written transcript, an audio transcript, or both. You can offer a downloadable mp3 file or you can burn the entire interview to CD, put an attractive label on it, and instantly raise your price by at least 30%.

Cash Tactic #5 Teleseminars

Do you want to know something interesting about teleseminars?
While they’re becoming a popular marketing method, the field is really wide open for you to cash in on them because very few marketers understand how to pull them off. A teleseminar requires advance planning and a willingness to overcome a bit of stage fright. The average marketer in competition with you avoids teleseminars for these reasons. They’re intimidated by the idea of showing up on time and speaking, even via telephone, to an audience of a couple hundred people.You can cash in on this technique in a big way. Teleseminars, right now, are popular mainly among the internet marketing crowd and tend to focus on marketing-related subjects; but, just imagine what you could do if you held teleseminars for non-internet marketing niche audiences? The field is wide open and vastly under-exploited.There you have it - five quick and easy methods to generate windfalls of cash online! It’s really amazingly simple, isn’t it? Every tactic is really just a vehicle of delivery for an idea. Your profits begin in an idea which spawns market research. This spawns an analysis of the best approach for delivering your idea to buying public. While there are many more secrets and techniques to generate massive cash windfalls from the internet, as a start, you should put any one of these methods to good use. I promise that you will finally get a taste of what it’s really like to succeed wildly online if you do so!

To Your Success,

Craig Campos
http://www.WealthInfo4U.com/9176CR
http://www.Net-Biz-Promo.com

Craig Campos is an established Internet Marketing Consultant specializing in how to Make Money at Home by giving away Free Advertising. Learn the Secrets of Free Web Site Traffic without Spending a Dime. Click on this link for more information at: http://www.advertopia.com/cgi-bin/ref.cgi/4607/

2005-09-20T20:20:00.000-07:00

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