Viral Videos For List Building !

All experience marketers know the old adage that “the money is in the list

“.Network marketers have developed contact lists in many different ways over the years. Generally a sign up form is offered with a free giveaway. Someone simply fills out the form with a name and e-mail address to “opt in” to the autoresponder and the free giveaway is provided to them. In return for that, they generally understand that they have granted permission for whoever made the offer to follow up with other e-mails with other offers.

Several years ago the singular e-mail opt-in was taken a step further when software was developed that asked the first recipient to forward the offer to 4-5 of there friends in order to qualify for the free giveaway, or perhaps even a very low priced offering. Hence, list building became viral, meaning that a single e-mail to a single individual could be multiplied in a near exponential manner as each level of opt-ins continued to forward the offer to even more people.

The Web 2.0 World

Of course the latest to trend in the network and internet marketing community is the Web 2.0 world of blogs, YouTube, Twitter and the like. The use of videos in various social networks in order to communicate and establish a following with the subscribers has become ubiquitous. The net result of all this is that seemingly the most effective way to communicate with potential subscribers, or even to acquire subscribers and customers these days is probably through the use of videos.

Videos have a number of advantages, including the ability to present yourself as a sincere and a knowledgeable person in a face-to-face way. A potential subscriber or customer is more likely to buy from someone they they feel like they know. So consequently, it’s almost imperative these days that you use the video medium in order to communicate with potential prospects to turn them into eventual customers.

The New Viral Video World

Interestingly, a new video software system to build a contact list and potentialcustomer list virally has been introduced. Internet guru Joel Therien, CEO ofKiosk.ws, is in the process of launching very easy to use video building software called Easy Video Producer that has the potential to be a very effective way of generating contacts in a viral manner. This system is unique because the software itself is being offered as the free giveaway for this video “tell-a-friend” system. Essentially, the system will offer you free and extraordinarily easy to use video generating software that builds and posts your personally produced video and information capture form on a website or blog. A contact management system is included with the free offer as well.

The viral concept is that you would then attract traffic to introduce yourself to the prospect in a more personal way, offering them the opportunity to opt in and use the same free software that you used to prepare the video. The prospect and new contact would in turn use his free new system to attract even more potential contacts for his list and yours as well.

As in the earlier e-mail systems, the originator of the viral distribution of the free software would have access to every subscriber in the levels below him. So, what is offered is a system that provides a free and very simple (even a cave man could do it) method of posting videos to the internet that have a specific purpose of giving away additional software in a viral manner to capture a fast growing network of contacts with whom you can continue to build a relationship.

The Issues I See

The problems with this system are not dissimilar from those in other earlier systems of using free giveaways to build a list. . You first must be able to get your video in front of an audience and in order for them to subscribe, and they in turn must have an audience to subscribe in order for the system to work effectively. It can probably be most effectively used by someone who already has a subscriber list and wants to expand it rapidly. Another potential negative is that the the new contacts you generate with this list, both directly and indirectly, are not yet buyers and it’s likely that many of them will have no interest in your particular marketing niche. Proper strategy of course is to build credibility over time through a series of value adding free offers that are designed to help categorize their interests. Only then should you move on to the stage of offering them the opportunity to buy your stuff.

This new easy video producer software system appears to offer a simple and easy, no cost way for the experienced, and particularly the relatively inexperienced non-technical networker to make effective use of videos for viral list building, and business promotion.

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Making Money with Videos

As an internet marketer I am interested in keeping up with new ideas and trends in internet marketing. Since I have been on the internet for a long time doing things like creating my own internet city, website promotion, making money on the internet, I have seen the internet change by leaps and bounds.

Today, in order to be relevant in internet marketing your website or blog has to do more than just be a static webpage, now you have to have content and different methods to share that content such as having your own blog, perhaps forums, and now the biggie, video. With increasing access to broadband, video is now possible for virtually everyone to use. Video has become the new must have have, not only for internet marketers but for everyone who has a website.

Local Biz Owners who have a website can especially benefit from video. With video, there are new opportunities to get out your message, advertise your business, make video postcards, send video e-mails create how-to the ideas are endless.

We website owners however, are thinking gee we want to get in on the video thing, but it is something else we have to learn how to do, another learning curve, and for many of us the idea just sort of fizzles.

I am excited because I don’t have to miss out this time, because I lack the expertise to create and broadcast videos or perhaps I just don’t have the time.

I found a unique new software I thought I would check out, to see if I could use it. I was hoping it would be easy to use, to create video and then put it on my website. I also wanted the video to look good, something I wouldn’t mind people watching and/or downloading to pass it around.

Well I couldn’t believe it. This software made it drop dead easy to make videos and to put them on my website. I actually was able to make a quality, professional looking video in less than 5 min. This sounds crazy I know, but I did it.

If video is something you have been wanting to do but felt really intimidated by it up to this point, you might want to try this software for yourself, because the best part is you can use the software and it doesn’t cost you anything. That was important to me because I didn’t know if I would be able to use the software, and I didn’t want to pay for something I wasn’t sure I could even use.

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Fresh |Opportunity Leads

If you've been marketing online for any length of time you are aware of the importance of Fresh opportunity leads. Most people search all over the internet and waste hundreds if not thousands of dollar in their search for good qualified leads who are in search of what they have to and then trying to find people to push their favorite" program of the week" on.

 

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Fresh |Opportunity Leads

If you've been marketing online for any length of time you are aware of the importance of Fresh opportunity leads. 
Most people search all over the internet and waste hundreds if not thousands of dollar in their search for good
qualified leads who are in search of what they have to and then trying to find people to push their favorite"
program of the week" on.  </p>

<p>People today are much more sophisticated and computer savvy to fall for that type of advertising!  What you need
is a system which produces those leads for you - automatically while you sleep or vacation or work or play with other
things which are important in your lives.</p>

<p>I have recently started using a system which allows me to send out to a system generated list of addresses where
the recipient must verify that they want to receive our information and then place those verified leads into a folder where
we can then communicate with them on a personal basis and set up a group of specific letters to gradually build a
relationship with them and to share the value of using a successful communication system to generate their own
fresh opportunity leads or leads for any business they happen to be promoting.</p>

<p>How much more effective do you feel it is when someone comes to you instead of you going to them?</p>

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On The Couch by Lorraine Bracco

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Success in Internet Marketing Begins on Day One...

The idea of being mere passengers on a ship meant to sail to the farthest points does not appeal to people who like to put their destiny into their own hands. They have the desire of maneuvering the ships themselves, of being able to be the ones to take it anywhere they want to. Being aboard a ship on its way to a particularly great destination is something each and every one of them dreams of, and the knowledge that they have the capacity to steer it themselves is what makes them actually want to.

Perhaps this is the reason why more and more people are succumbing to one of the most popular home based businesses around - affiliate marketing. It is because in this business, there are no bosses to order the employees around. There are no deadlines to meet and no clutter of work do to. One only needs to be equipped with the tools needed to succeed in a business such as this, and he is bound to get what his heart ultimately desires.

Just what are the things needed to be able to succeed in a home based business? What must one have within himself to be able to do well in this industry? There is a lot of competition involved in affiliate marketing, and to be able to rise above the norm, one must be equipped with just the right stuff necessary to propel him forward. There are five things one must ultimately possess if he wants to achieve the glory he is yearning for in this business, and these five things are a must for him to possess to be able to stand out among the rest.

The very first quality one must possess if he wants to try his hand in a home based business is the willingness to learn and be trained. Treading through unfamiliar territory is scary stuff if one is not properly equipped, and he might get lost amidst a jungle of the unknown. Learning the tricks of the trade is also an important aspect of the game, and one's willingness to know it all will give him far better advantages in the business than he could ever imagine.

The second quality one must possess is the willingness to invest time and effort even if direct results do not seem at all apparent. Although several months may pass without good news, it is important for one who has his foot in the industry to hold on and wait. It is this quality which would save him from giving up after investing a lot of himself in the business.

The third quality one must possess is self-determination. If one wants to conquer the affiliate marketing world, he must have the ability to push himself ahead. Never having to say die is a quality each and every affiliate marketer should possess, and the ability to motivate oneself into scaling greater heights is an ability which would actually take an affiliate marketer there.

The fourth quality one must possess is discipline. If one knows how to teach himself to work everyday with all the energy he can muster, then he is close to achieving what he has set his heart to having in the first place.

The fifth and last quality one must possess is optimism. Negative attitudes and hearsays should not discourage an affiliate marketer from pursuing what he has to in order to make life better for himself and for everyone concerned. Neither should anyone influence his attitude toward the business, because once in it, it is a must for him to be the captain of his ship and the master of his soul.

The ingredients to success in a business such as affiliate marketing are diverse and manifold, but the most important thing one needs to be able to make it big lies in himself alone. It is he who has the capacity to do everything to be able to realize his prospects, and the desire which fuels his heart in doing so is the gasoline which should keep the engine going.

Affiliate marketing is all about putting one's fate into his own hands. The right attitude is the key to being able to steer one's ship into that part of the ocean where a certain kind of serenity can be found, one that permeates the atmosphere as the ship sails calmly on.

Robbie Bracco is an experienced online marketer since 1994. Paste "Robbie Bracco" in the google search engone to find out more about this Home Based Business Expert.

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Ads, Letters, and Copy That Get Real Response

When starting out with a home based business it is extremely important that you learn effective communication. In any of your communication with prospects to join you in your home based business be sure and include all of the following bullet points. ¨

Pictures sell, add credibility, and get attention ¨

Before and after shots create belief ¨

Subheads tell the story ¨

Use short paragraphs ¨

Use bullets, arrows, underlining, etc. ¨

Testimonials, results, before and after stories ¨

Talk directly to the prospect ¨

Does it answer the question, what’s in it for me? ¨

Why is your product/service better? ¨

Explain the benefits. ¨

Does the piece create word pictures? ¨

Ask for the order. ¨

Use guarantees and risk reversals. ¨

Make it easy to respond. ¨

Create an urgency to buy.

Follow this guideline and your home based business will get off to a roaring start!

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Home Based Business|Robbie Bracco

Picking the right home based business is the single most important decision you will make. Running your own home based business is just one of many ways to make money. Starting a Home Based Business is more affordable than most people think. A home based business is just like any other business except it allows the owner(s) to work at home some or all of the time and -- generally speaking, they cost less to start because of greatly reduced overhead.

Internet

Internet Marketing: An Easy Work From Home Business OpportunitySince internet usage exploded in the 1990's, internet marketing has become a marketing tool that every business takes.

Marketing Marketing is a continuous process, and you should not neglect it once your business is launched.

Income

All income is distributed to members on a participation basis. Home based business has increasingly become a very popular way in which to earn a primary or secondary (or tertiary) income. Advantages: Owner in direct control (your own boss) Low start-up (organizational) costs Least government regulated Ease of formation and simple structure No double taxation Business losses can offset personal income. Owner receives all profits. Having business and personal checking accounts will make it easier to track business income and expenses when tax time rolls around. A few of the most often cited are:Eliminating child care costs, Increasing family income, Being your own boss, Eliminating an expensive commute and a necessary wardrobe, Profitably expressing a special talent, hobby or interest, Combining the busy lifestyle of parenting with that of outside work, Creating flexible working hours, Establishing a retirement occupation, and Lowering the cost of starting a new business.

Products Another type of home based business is the home based mail order business which would involve basically three components: finding and advertising products or services that sell, processing orders that arrive on the internet or in your mail box, and delivering your orders. Setting a plan on the type of business you intend to pursue, how you'll be delivering your products or services, your marketing plans, budget, target market and so on, will certain be useful in helping you organize your business.

Advertising Lack of proper advertising and promotion can also be a huge downfall for a home-based business. So, when it comes down to it, advertising your home based business the affordable way is an absolute must, because you normally have a small budget, to start with. However, not a lot of people that start up a home based businesses are wealthy to start with, and you might find that you don`t really have a budget for advertising. This especially applies if your advertising with the larger PPC programs link Adwords. Overhead expenses include taxes, advertising, rent, office supplies/equipment, business-related travel, insurance, business permits, maintenance and repair of equipment, utilities (electricity, telephone, etc.

Customers Your best bet is to work the same hours as your customers. Some home based businesses may involve travel or some time outside the home meeting customers, buying supplies or some other activity, but other home based businesses will require very little or no time outside the home.

Profit People are turning their skills, hobbies and ideas into profitable ventures. The decision to go into business is based on a thorough study of factors such as thepotential market, sales promotion and advertising, location, making the product or settingup the service, delivery of the product and profit potential. This can include profit sharesor early retirement funds, real estate equity loans, cash-value insurance policies, orcredit card advances. Your new home-based venture may not be profitable immediately so consider a gradual transition from employment to business ownership.

The rest of the day your internet home based business is going to 'work' for you. The good news is that the cost of failurewith having your own home based business is very small. A successful home based business is worth the work required but might not feel like until the bank account validates the thought.

About the Author: Robbie Bracco is a Platinum Veretekk Member and Chief Executive Director with the DHS Club since 1998. She is an excellent motivator and was instrumental in the success of many network marketers both on and offline. To learn more about who she is and what she does, just google Robbie Bracco to learn more.

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What is affiliate marketing?

Affiliate Marketing is an agreement between a merchant and a website owner. Both the merchant and the affiliate enjoy some benefits in affiliate marketing. Affiliate marketing programs are described as a win-win situation for both the merchant and the affiliate because of the pay-for-performance scheme. Affiliate marketing will give the product or service the maximum exposure that it may not get with other traditional advertising techniques.

Researching affiliate versus traditional marketing ideas and opportunities can help you start a new business or grow the home based business you already have. By reading this article you have taken the first step towards financial freedom. Affiliate marketing is one of the easiest and fastest ways to make a profit online while at home.

Now that you know what affiliate marketing is, let’s discuss some important ways you need to know in order to be successful at your home business.

First you need to know that your main focus in affiliate online marketing will be on promoting the product of the merchant. Your affiliate marketing system can be duplicated and replicated in any niche’ market, as long as there are products with affiliate programs in that market niche. This leaves the field of affiliate marketing open to everyone who has a desire to become their own boss. Fortunately, it does not take hundreds of thousands of dollars to be making money with affiliate marketing. In most cases you can start for Free!

The most important thing about being an affiliate is you do not have to worry about inventory, order processing, or product shipping. All the same, the best benefit of being an affiliate marketer is the opportunity to increase your income; and you can make a profit even if affiliate marketing is only a sideline business. Most affiliate marketers today make a very lucrative income as they know how to promote their companies in the correct way.

In fact, this great publicity, writing articles, is the first way I want to share with you to promote your business and is often free. You can get freelancers to do this for you if writing is just NOT your thing. This is very inexpensive at places like Elance.com and my personal favorite Team-Shuman.com You can also submit articles to article directories to generate free traffic and backlinks to your site. You can find hundreds of article directories by doing a search online for that keyword. Article marketing is one of the best free online marketing strategies to drive targeted traffic to your website and increase your sales.

The forums are also free and even small affiliates can have a big voice at places like that, which is supported by the anonymity that is provided by those platforms. Do a search on Home based business forums and find tons of them to join and learn the business and secrets shared by those doing this for a living. This is the best ’on the job training’ you can get.

Some secret weapons for succeeding at your own Home Business are as follows :

1)You MUST optimize a business website for a great start. To optimize your website using this free traffic generation technique, make sure you:

2) Build your website around your chosen keywords;

3) Write and distribute quality and unique content (articles, blogs, online journals) around your chosen keywords;

4) Exchange links with other sites;

5) Submit your site to website and search engine submission directories.

Search Engine Optimization, SEO is a free and very effective marketing technique used by affiliate marketers who are succeeding in the Home Based Business Era. You can find tutorials in many places on the internet by searching for keyword SEO.

There are a few good fully automated traffic-generation systems that can send thousands of targeted prospects to your website, every single day, for FREE. If you are a newbie affiliate internet marketer, when creating your traffic strategy you should choose three (3) free traffic methods and one (1) paid traffic method to implement and focus on. Although if you don’t have the extra money to put into this right now it will be fine to use the free ones until you start getting some paychecks in.

There are many free affiliate marketing ideas, tips and secrets the pros use available online. I hope this article has helped you to make an informed decision on whether or not to start your home business based on being an affiliate vs. traditional marketing. This type of business is not only easier, but as I mentioned earlier you do not have to worry about inventory, order processing, and product shipping, only getting your links out there in the online world.

If you desire residual and passive income to be ongoing for your future then these practices are some of the first things you need to do to be successful at your new affiliate marketing business. A word to the wise, any income you generate from your business for the first few months should be turned around and put back into the advertising of your website. This will benefit you greatly in the end.

I honestly believe that anyone who is willing to put the effort and time in, will be able to achieve Complete Financial Freedom upon starting their own Home Based Business in Affiliate Marketing.

Here’s To Your Success in the Affiliate Marketing World!

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3 Most Common Affiliate Mistakes, Here's How To Avoid Them

If done right affiliate marketing is the most effective, lucrative and powerful online home based businesses. These programs give everybody a chance to make a profit through the Internet. Since these affiliate marketing programs are easy to join, implement and pays a commission on a regular basis, more and more people are now willing to go into this type of business.

However, like all businesses, there are lots of pitfalls in the affiliate marketing business. Committing some of the most common mistakes will cost the marketers a large portion taken from the profit they are making everyday. That is why it is better to avoid them than be regretfully in one at the end.

Mistake number 1: Choosing the wrong affiliate.

Many people want to earn from affiliate marketing as fast as possible. In their rush to be part of one, they tend to choose a bandwagon product. This is the kind of products that the affiliate program thinks is ''hot''. They choose the product that they think is in demand without actually considering if the product appeals to them. This is not a very wise move obviously. Don't jump on the bandwagon

Pick a product that appeals to you. Then do some research about that product to see if it is really in demand. Try the product in which you are truly interested in. Promoting a product you are passionate about is easier than promoting one for the sake of the earnings only.

When you find home based business you like and it's honest it's time to plan, for any endeavor to succeed, you need to take some time and plan out your actions. Things like; How are you going to market? What type of website to make and which one sells this product the best? Do you need an auto responder? Will you purchase leads?.... You get the idea.

Mistake number 2: Joining too many affiliate programs with out a plan.

Since affiliate programs are very easy to join, you might be tempted to join multiples of affiliate programs to try and maximize the earnings you will be getting. Besides you may think that there is nothing wrong and nothing to lose by being part of many affiliate programs.

True, that is a great way to have multiple sources of income. However, joining multiple programs with out a plan and attempting to promote them all at the same time will prevent you from concentrating on each one of them properly.

The result? The maximum potential of your affiliate program is not realized and the income generated will not exactly be as huge as you were thinking initially it would. The best way to get excellent result is by either joining just one program that pays at least up to a 40% commission or build a website that you can put multiple affiliate programs on like www.easy-profitsites.com. Now start promoting your product or better yet your web site enthusiastically. As soon as you see that it is already making a reasonable profit, then you can join other affiliate programs and start a second website.

Mistake number 3: Not buying the product or using the service.

As an affiliate, your main purpose is to effectively and convincingly promote a product or service and to find customers. For you to achieve this purpose, you must be able to relay to the customers that certain product and service. It is therefore difficult for you to do this when you yourself have not tried these things out. Thus, you will fail to promote and recommend them convincingly. You will also fail to create a desire in your customers to benefit from any thing you are offering.

Try the product or service personally first before you sign up as an affiliate to see if it is really delivering what it promises. If you have done so, then you are one of the credible and living testaments aware of its advantages and disadvantages. Your customers will then feel the sincerity and truthfulness in you and this will trigger them to try you products out for themselves.

Many affiliate marketers make these mistakes and are paying dearly for their actions. To not fall into the same situation they have been in, try to do everything to avoid making the same mistakes.

Time is the key. Take the time to analyze your marketing strategy and check if you are on the right track. If done properly, you will be able to maximize your affiliate marketing program and earn higher profits.

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How to Start Work at Home Business and Make a Living

It is no more the phase of national depression. Conditions have improved and employee poaching at maximum remuneration is becoming the trend. But still at personal levels discontentment and depression resulting from overwork, less payment, workplace harassment is common. Work from home is one of the many consequences of the merging workload, job outsourcing and the need for flexible work hours.

When Should You Start Work at Home?

Though there is no dearth of home business careers, but you should not plunge directly. It has been seen that the successful home business owners have made it big after considerable exposure to the works in the office.

Be it marketing, content development or business processing, you are facing a global clientele where sub-standard does not fetch anything. So, it is believed that couple of years experience in a particular job will power you with the industry standards and make you market-ready.

Should Start Work at Home?

There are many popular work at internet home business opportunities (http://www.milanodirect.biz/start-home-business.asp) such as business processing, website promotion, medical billing, online marketing and direct sales, etc. But, to make it to the top you must be prepared for the particular work and should be aware of the conventions of that job.

Say for you are taking the job of online promotion at home, but you don’t meet the deadline. In this case you might loose your money and someone else will bag that job.

Work at home idea (http://www.milanodirect.biz/stay-at-home-business.asp) should not be just a rebellion against your boss or for more monetary benefits is not worthwhile. No doubt, there is freedom, fun and financial benefits in home businesses, but the condition is that your creative self should be interested in that job.

Never be moved by the tall claims of ‘Making millions’ without doing anything. Plan for a successful home based business based on your experience, expertise and resources. Only then you will be able to turn your hobby/expertise into dollars.

Inside Story of Work at Home

Well, you can put your talent work for you, but as per clients’ specifications if your work is something like medical billing or any type of business processing. Sales is a different ball game altogether. Irrespective of the nature of your business, it’s always better to work under a perfect mentor.

Ideas alone do not make anything. It’s people who make things happen. Suppose you planned a robust system of online direct marketing where you don’t need to do the marketing, your system does everything for you. Even then you have to manage the system and check/reply the leads.

So, a decision to start a home business by superficial motivation might make you worse off. That home business is worth considering where you have a track record so that you can evaluate and investigate and evaluate.

Remember, 90% of work at home based businesses are pure gimmicks, outright scams. First, check the authenticity of the source, credibility of the opposite party before taking any job online.

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1. All home based businesses, especially direct sales opportunity (http://www.milanodirect.biz/direct-sales-opportunity.asp), are changing rapidly. Make yourself and the system ready to adapt/respond quickly.

2. Share information freely, be always in touch.

3. Experiment with new ideas but tolerate the mistakes of others.

4. Be aware of your objectives.

5. Update yourself with home based business literatures.

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Home Based Business |With |Robbie Bracco|

It's really not hard to be successful. (Although it does require having some guts and not being lazy.) Simply be willing to do what most people aren't. You've seen the ads "Make big money- No selling, no telephone calling, no work, etc". The point is if you really want to stand out from the crowd and be very successful, then do the things other people won't. Think about how little competition you will have.

I have been involved working in home businesses for over 10 years now and one thing has stood out in my mind. When I looked at people in this business who were very successful they weren't supermen or women. Oh sure a few have stood out with better skills then average, but for the most part they are relatively average people with one main characteristic. Each one has been successful because they were willing to do things the crowd wasn't willing to do.

It's an amazing feeling of confidence you get when you are willing to do things you are afraid to do. Sure you may be scared at first to pick up that phone and call someone but it gives you an amazing feeling of confidence after you do.

Have you ever noticed the most successful people also seem to be the most confident. Not necessarily in an obnoxious ego way (although some are), but in a way that you just sense something is different about them.

Some people mistakenly think that people are confident because they are successful. They say, "I would also be confident if I were successful!" However, people who think like that are wrong, those people became successful, because they were confident first and believed they would be successful. I have yet to meet the first person born successful.

You want to be confident and successful? Step out from the crowd and take on those exciting challenges that others are afraid to take. That's why the crowd at 65 is living on Social Security instead of the few who are cruising the Caribbean on a regular basis. It's a lot less crowded out there.

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Author, Robbie Bracco is an experienced Internet marketer and Trainer who has been working online since 1994. Her areas of expertise is in selecting the right business for your lifestyle and then directing you to areas where you can find all of the necessary tools to run that business. Lead Generation, Income maximization and system implementation. She helps people who already have a business but need help in getting it set up, running and profitable.

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Robbie Bracco Home Based Businesses

Have you always struggled to find the right home based business or the right coach? Though there are plenty of home based business opportunities floating around amidst a lot of hype, it is difficult to locate one that really fulfils all of the tall promises it makes.

Things to keep in mind before starting work at home business

Making money on the Internet from home based businesses is easier when you start at the top – the proven home based business opportunities.

There is no dearth of home business scams. While most home based business opportunities claim that you will earn guaranteed money where you have to do little or nothing – only some actually deliver.

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PAS takes all those online marketing work which make the conventional marketing over the net really boring and unyielding, and generates only prospects, i.e., real buyers. You are backed by Prosperity System Network that does everything – from generating leads to closing the sales for you. It combines the creativity of man and the speed and accuracy of a machine.

The bottom line is - irrespective of nature of the home business you are interested in, No doubt, online businesses are real cash cows, but you need to know:

• How the cash flows?

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• How to take help from the company or the up line?

Online home based businesses have great prospects. Find the legitimate home based business and you are on your way to financial freedom and live the life of your dreams.

Author, Robbie Bracco is an experienced Internet marketer and Trainer who has been working online since 1994. Her areas of expertise is in selecting the right business for your lifestyle and then directing you to areas where you can find all of the necessary tools to run that business. Lead Generation, Income maximization and system implementation. She helps people who already have a business but need help in getting it set up, running and profitable.

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Parents Who Work From Home

Parents who work from home have a distinct advantage over those who find themselves on a proverbial treadmill , juggling daily activities between working outside the home while attempting to keep a balance within the family.............

Author, Robbie Bracco is an experienced Internet marketer and Trainer who has been working online since 1994. Her areas of expertise is in selecting the right business for your lifestyle and then directing you to areas where you can find all of the necessary tools to run that business. Lead Generation, Income maximization and system implementation. She helps people who already have a business but need help in getting it set up, running and profitable.

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Beyond Ordinary Goal Setting

If you get up in the morning you have goals whether you realize it or not. Even if it's as simple as:
1. get up
2. get through the day
3. go to bed

But goal setting can be so much more powerful if you know how to set your goals for success. This is a process that is both an art and a science. Setting a goal is more than just picking something you want and going for it. Goals that will provide you with satisfiying achievement must be specific and measurable.

Focus on setting goals that can be measured to provide that satisfaction when you have achieved the change or success that is most important. Saying "I'm going to get back to the weight I was when I was 20" is not specific enough. But saying "I'm going to loose 30 lbs to reach the weight of 120 lbs like I was when I was 20" is. It gives you a measurable goal you can track and succeed at little by little.

Your goals need to challenge you but they still need to be realistic. If the goal seems insurmountable you will defeat yourself before you can even get started. Take baby steps at first and show yourself you can do it, then up the goal and challenge yourself more. Have mini-goals within your ultimate goal. Show yourself, You Can! These mini-goals provide you the success to keep you on the road to your long-term goal.

Be patient. As the old saying goes, "Rome wasn't built in a day". You didn't get where you are overnight, you're not going to make the trip back overnight either. One things for sure though. If weight-loss is your goal, you can definitely succeed at the loss much faster than the gain. The gain usually happens so slowly you don't even notice it until you wake up one day and look at yourself in the mirror and go, Whoa! What happened!

Now, being specific and measurable with your goals is a powerful strategy, but if you want to take it to the next level you want to focus on the behavior that is going to help you reach your goal.

So now instead of saying, "I'm going to loose 30 lbs." you're saying "I will exercise five hours per week"

By focusing on your behaviors that will lead to the results you are looking for in setting your goals you have added power to your punch.

In the end you have handed yourself the power to succeed, because behavior is something you control. You can control your actions which will provide the vehicle for you to reach your goals.

And finally, you need to share your goals. If you keep your goals a secret, then hidden inside you is the fear that you will not succeed and that fear will beat you.

Hold yourself accountable, do for yourself what you would do for your family and friends if they had a worthy goal they were striving for - Have faith in yourself. Tell yourself you can do this, you will do this, and tell others who you know care about your so they can support you in your goals.

And then just do it. Set your goals to action and create a plan. Write your plan down and set your specific guidelines. Create a dream board. Get out old pictures. Get out that old pair of pants and hang them where you can see them. Leave yourself reminders, encouragements, quotes that uplift you. Stack the deck in your favor and then just do it.

Please don't hesitate to contact me:

Christy Ruffner
(541) 678-7005
http://www.ctw2gether.com/
Twitter: ChristyRuffner
Facebook: Christy_Ruffner
Skype: allaboutorganic

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The Best Way to Start Your Blog Right

From the desk of Christy Ruffner - Home Based Business Mentor

Once you have decided to start a blog, the first decision to make is what it's going to be about. Starting with something you are passionate about will make it easier to get blogging and stay with it.

Have an idea of a destination, without every really planning to get there. It's all about the journey...sort of like life. And don't feel like you have to get it perfect the first time out.

Before you actually get started sit down and give some thought to the topics you would like to cover. Create an outline of your thoughts that will help create a cohesive picture like a story building; action upon action, thought upon thought, that brings your reader back for more.

Plan to post to your blog every day for at least 7 days. More if you have it in you. That's where your outline comes in handy, because you can keep building on the outline.

Plan keywords for your blog that can be used for anchor text. Anchor text is an active link that when clicked on takes you somewhere else. This is going to be determined by why you are blogging. Are you driving traffic to your website or promoting an affiliate link? The anchor text needs to be the words you are using as keywords for your website and will help your website by giving you back links with your keywords.

Make sure that as you post to your blog you are bookmarking it on social bookmarking sites such as Digg.com, StumbleUpon.com, and Reddit.com. These will help get you traffic from people who use these sites looking for content.

Always incorporate a call to action in the side bar of your blog and within the individual posts when ever possible. Inviting people to look at your website draws their attention and lets them know you have something you feel is worth their time. People will almost always come and take a look. Then it's up to you to give them what they may be looking for.

So, here it is again in short:

4 basic steps to start your blogging right are:

• to blog once a day for at least a week
• anchor text in your blog
• bookmark every new blog post
• include a call to action on your blog and with individual blog posts

These 4 things will help you be successful with getting traffic to your main site from your blogging site.

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Dare To Dream - Your Best Home Based Business Opportunity Dream

A message from the desk of
Christy Ruffner - Home Based Business Mentor

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There's a big scare in the wind right now because of what's happening in our economy and indeed the economy of the world. None of us really knows what's going to happen with all that. It's a big wait and see game. But we do have a way to take control of our future in a big way and change the direction of our lives for the better.

One of the truly amazing things about being an American is that one person can take an idea and build it into a dream and grow to be whatever he/she wants to be. Who wants to be a millionaire? I do. Do you? Then what do you have to do to become that? There's lots of different ways to pursue such a dream and I could share a few of those with you. But for now on to the purpose of this letter. First, let's all decide to pursue our dreams! But before you can make a dream come true you have to wake up. Then get on with reading this letter.

I just got my latest e-mail from Mike Dillard telling me I needed to get off my duff and buy his Magnetic Sponsoring book. (I already have, by the way, and his Black Belt Recruiting, and The Pink Pig). But I always enjoy reading Mike's emails because they are cut to the chase, no sugar coating, stop feeling sorry for yourself stuff.

I've never sat around feeling sorry for myself and I like the way Mike lays it on the line. He just says, hey if you can read a story like this and not buy your copy of Magnetic Sponsoring then you are in the wrong place, telling yourself lies that will get you nowhere. GO GET A JOB!

So have a read and let's see what you do. If it motivates you GREAT! Click here and let's get started.

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So here is the latest testimonial letter that has come from Mike, and I must say, it's a good one:

Desperate Bike Messenger Buys Magnetic Sponsoring For $39 - Makes $1,010,212 In Next 27 Months. Here's The True Story...

"Mike, I don't know if you remember, but I do. About three years ago I happened across your "Magnetic Sponsoring" guide in an online forum. I bought it on the spot, and then was so excited to get the freaking thing I called you to see when it would show up. To my surprise, you answered and said shouldn't be more than a couple days and sure enough it showed up right on schedule.

I don't know if you've got magic in your words or what, but after reading and grasping the simple principles in that I guide it all clicked for me. I got to work and now a few years later I've recruited more people than I can count - probably approaching the 1,000 mark now, and it's all been site unseen and quiet literally at the push of a button.

(That's me in the picture above holding 37 checks worth $85,172.47. Not bad for a single month!) Those recruits have turned into organizations in the high multiple thousand that to this day grow by 10 to 15 people a day like clockwork.

In total, I've earned well over over $1,010,212, and that's conservative. Which has translated into me living a life I love, traveling to Europe, Central America, and Asia more than once and I don't remember the last time I looked at the prices on a menu at a restaurant.

Had I not found your book would I have achieved these results? Maybe, but I guarantee not as fast, and I don't think people would be calling me "The King Of Never Calling A Single Lead" like they do now.

So if you're trying to decide whether or not "Magnetic Sponsoring" is for you, and you've spent the last couple months calling dead beat leads only to get rejected and pay for it like I did, let me share a few key lessons I picked up from Magnetic Sponsoring...

#1: Never Buy Or Call Generic Leads

Seems pretty self evident, but let me tell you briefly why this is important by sharing a recent experience I had . . .

Not to long ago I was checking out web sites on the net and opted into a few mailing lists.

This time must have been special because the next 3 days I got about 20 calls from people who couldn't tell me where they got my name, but they ALL somehow knew I was someone interested in starting a business (because I happened across some page and opted in).

The first couple calls were nostalgic and reminded me of the drudgery I once endured, but the 20th call was more than a little annoying. Each person that "bought" me as a lead paid the same price, didn't know what I was really interested in doing, and had to deal with 19 other people calling me trying to get me to buy some web site or scheme.

If you're buying leads all your doing is making life harder for yourself because you're basically paying to create competition for you, who, if they're selling hot air will quickly shade the mind of your prospect in a not so positive light towards anyone calling them about anything opportunity related.

All you're doing is making life harder for yourself when you do this. So don't.

That brings up the next point . . .

#2: Get Your Own Leads

Another short story to illustrate why:

After picking up "Magnetic Sponsoring" I realized the importance of getting my own leads and set out to do it.

Literally 2 minutes after I generated my first leads, up popped my first new recruit along with them. I was away at work when it happened, but when I check the time lag between the notification emails for new leads and new sign ups for my company the lag was less than 2 minutes.

There I was after previously having bought thousands of dollars worth of leads and spent countless hours getting rejected by them - to spending $40 on a cheap ad and having people auto recruit themselves into my business.

I'm not a fast learner all the time, but I picked up on this one pretty quick. Knowing that I now had a choice between buying generic leads like the rest of world and wasting time calling them, compared to getting my own and knowing the results of that, I'm choosing option #2 every time.

But here's why it's so much more powerful get your own leads.

You're the only one that has access to them, so competition is zilch, the expressed interest in exactly what you had to offer, so you know they're not generic, and MOST important you control the interactions with them thereafter.

Some may join on the spot, but now either following up via e-mail or on the phone with these NON generic leads in a competition vacuum you'll pull in even more results over time.

Now I can't share everything I learned in "Magnetic Sponsoring" but I'll share one more important lesson I've learned and prospered by . . .

#3: Make Money Now No Matter What

In network marketing and the home business arena we're always taught to build the organization to create a long term annuity and to retail our company's product or service to earn the everyday bread and butter money that keep our business moving forward.

In a word . . . IMPORTANT!

There are economic concerns involved with every business no matter if it's in the home business arena or not, and this one if of the utmost importance.

Here's why . . .

If you're just starting out money is always going to be more scarce than once you have some momentum going.

It's exceedingly important, at the beginning, that for every dollar you spend you do anything and everything in your power to put it back in your pocket as soon as possible.

The problem that causes most network marketers to fail early on is running out of cash before there business can pay for itself.

If you're new you're immediate and most important concern is going to be earning your investment back as soon as possible.

The easier you can make it on yourself to do this and provide an avenue for your team members to do the same the faster and the larger your organization will grow.

The problem is online it's tough as heck to retail your company's product or service for several reasons that I could go on for a day about, but the BIGGEST thing I learned in "Magnetic Sponsoring" was there's a better and even more effective way to earn your initial investment back, and for that and the other priceless lessons I've experienced the power of first hand I suggest you pick up the guide and get the full scoop.

I went on too long here, but all I meant to say here, is my life has changed drastically since I came across the magic that is "Mike Dillard", and I'm just thankful for it.

Anyone who doesn't pick up "Magnetic Sponsoring" could very well be leaving millions on the table.

Keep doing what you do big Mike.

To the top,

Daegan "The King Of Never Calling A Single Lead"

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Well, there you have it. Couldn't be any clearer than that. If you have what it takes to do what you have to do to get what you want, then I look forward to hearing from you.

Seriously. If you can read a story like Daegan's, and still find some excuse as to why you can't benefit from Magnetic Sponsoring, you've got some soul searching to do, because you're kidding yourself. It's time to take off the disguise and stop pretending to be an entrepreneur, because you really don't want it. And that's ok. Not a big deal, but if that's the case, you don't need to be here right? No hard feelings, and best of luck to you.

How do they put it? "Shit or get off the pot." There are a great many resources available that work if we make a plan and work that plan. Schedule a few hours every day to work on your business. Invest in yourself and find the educational material that will help you take the steps you need to take to do what you want to do. The plan is yours, the life is yours, the success if yours. It is what you do with it that matters most. This is all about you!

Christy Ruffner | Phone: 541.678.7005
Streamlining the Organic Lifestyle
Better for you, better for the planet.

Skype: allaboutorganic
Twitter: ChristyRuffner
Yahoo: cruffvisions

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Best Home Based Business Practices - Squeeze Pages

Squeeze Pages 101 - The First Step

What is the first thing you need to do to set a squeeze page? Any idea...

Forget about it. That's right, set it aside, we'll get back to it. Because first you have to do some thinking.

You may be asking, what do I have to think about?

Your prospect. It's all about your prospect. It has nothing to do with your opportunity or your product. It's all about your prospect. And believe me, that's exactly what your prospect thinks as well.

Let's answer a few questions about your prospect. You want to get a pencil and paper out here now because we're going to do a little brainstorming.

1. Why is your prospect here.
2. How did your prospect end up on your page.
3. What motivated your prospect to end up on a web site like yours.
4. What does your prospect know.
5. What does your prospect expect.
6. What does your prospect want.

If you can answer these questions you are well on your way to creating a successful squeeze page.

One of the most important thing you need to remember is the prospect did not come to your web page to give you his contact details. He didn't come to buy your product or sign up for your opportunity. He's looking for information. He's looking for answers to his questions. He's curious and demanding and is not just going to hand you his details because you ask nicely.

So many people put up a page thinking it will act like fly paper and if someone just happens by close enough then they will just get stuck and stay. But he doesn't care about you and if you don't give him a good reason to stay and read beyond the headline then the ease of the click of the mouse will whisk him away before he has had the opportunity to discover what a great offer you may have for him.

And remember that words are cheap. It's all been said before, all the grandeous predictions and outrageous claims. Give him something of value he wants that he can't have without sharing his contact information with you and you will have a successful squeeze page.

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Christy Ruffner | Phone: 541.678.7005
Streamlining the Organic Lifestyle
Better for you, better for the planet.

Skype: allaboutorganic
Twitter: ChristyRuffner
Yahoo: cruffvisions

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Best Home Based Business Opportunities - This One Actually Works!

A page from my diary:

I was sitting back the other night, just before I turned off the light to turn in for the night, thinking about my past. Sometimes we get so focused on what we're doing in our present to create our future, we forget to look back and learn from where we've been and be thankful for what we have.

I've been looking for a way out of the daily grind of working for someone else ever since my son was 18 months old (he's 14 now). I was a single mom (still am) with no family around for support. So whatever I did, I did on my own. My motivation back then was to be with my son and not have someone else raise him in a day care.

First I almost killed myself in a brick and mortar business working 18 hour days and investing the equity in my house to get it started. What a failure that was.

Then I got took for $10,000.00 by someone who I'm sure was running his business out of a garage somewhere down south. That put me into bankruptcy. (That one is finally off my record.)

From there I got into network marketing and numerous fabulous products later I have a stack of business kits, tapes, DVDs, brochures (does this sound at all familiar?) with nothing to show for it but another stack of maxed out credit cards. Will I never learn?

But you know, I'm glad I kept trying. Because I have finally become a part of something that actually works. Am I rich yet? NO! But this business is actually paying me for the volume I have building in my downline, and I haven't had to personally sponsor any of them. They are a part of my team, and my team leader helped me get started by streamlining beneath me. And that's how I plan on building my business.

The products are products I can be cofident in using in my home and for my families health. Plus they are healthy for the environment. That is very important to me too.

The company has been around for over 50 years (I remember my Grandma using their new products back when I was a little girl.) And with the new CEO who took over four years ago, the company is as young now as it was back then, with fantastic new products for the consumer and new pay plan for the business builder.

I believe this business has been the best decision I ever made.

Get all the facts now by going to my website Youth Tonic - Time to Live I would love to help you create a residual income using products we all use everyday. Buy from yourself and invest in yourself.

Christy Ruffner | Phone: 541.678.7005
Streamlining the Organic Lifestyle
Better for you, better for the planet.

Skype: allaboutorganic
Twitter: ChristyRuffner
Yahoo: cruffvisions

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Best Home Based Business Practices

Squeeze Pages

How you convince
your prospect to freely
give you their contact information

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Have you ever been stumped as to how you get people to your website? TRAFFIC, TRAFFIC, TRAFFIC! Without traffic you're dead in the water right?

Isn't that what all the gurus scream at you. But then, once you get the traffic to your website, what then? Even if you are only getting 100 hits to your website a day, if none of those 100 people either buy from you or give you their contact information then what good are they. You can't ever talk to them. You can't build a relationship with them. You can't invite them to try a new product, or check out this new resource, or look at this great opportunity. You just have to rely on getting them to your website again and again and again! How fun is that?

Not!

So once you get the prospect to your website, by blogging or news releases, or article marketing - whatever method you choose. Then what?

**SQUEEZE PAGES**

Squeeze pages identify your prospects problem and shows them specifically how you are going to solve their problem. It even offers them some small way to help them solve their problem for free - a free ebook, report, ecourse. Something that will make it worth them giving you their oh so valuable contact information.

Now you are not just going to give them their free information without checking to make sure that their contact information is good or not. That's where your autoresponder comes in. They opt in for your information and the autoresponder sends them a verification email. If they don't get that email (because of a bad email address) or they don't opt in for more information, then they are not going to get your free information - because that is also set up in your autoresponder.

Does that make sense?

Content, content, content is King. If you haven't been bloggin, or writing press releases, or doing article marketing, you haven't taken the first step yet. You're still stuck at the starting block. But that is only the beginning.

The squeeze page is the next most important step to setting up your home based business for success.

I will have a series of posts coming to walk you through how to set up an effective squeeze page, so stay tuned.

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Streamlining the Organic Lifestyle
Better for you, better for the planet.

Skype: allaboutorganic
Twitter: ChristyRuffner
Yahoo: cruffvisions

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Best Home Based Business Opportunity - Social Marketing All The Rage

From the desk of Christy Ruffner

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Social Networks All The Rage

Social networks are made up of individuals who share a common interest, goal, or value. There are many sites available on the internet where one can actually create their own world that reflects who they are:

MySpace
Facebook
Twitter
Ning

These are social networks where people can recreate themselves, build their dreams and become bigger than they really are.

At the end of the day, we are all just people. Some are more creative, more charismatic, affluent, dreamer of BIGGER dreams.

What I've found is that there are a whole lot of wonderful, facinating people out there that I would have never met if it hadn't been for the internet and social networking.

Out of all the social networking opportunities listed above, and there are many more I'm sure, I think my favorite is Ning. Because with Ning you create your own network of people. I know the others do too, but with Ning it's designed to be different.

In MySpace, Facebook and Twitter you just have your one page and that's who you are. In Ning you can creat your own network or join someone elses and in each network you have a page. And you can be someone else in each network, spotlight different parts of who you are.

You could spend all your time working on your social networking sites and wait for people to find you or you can find a Ning site to join and have all your networking right there in your front yard. You don't have to wait for people to find you. The people are all right there, already gathered and ready to learn about you.

In one network I'm a worm farmer, in another I'm a network marketer, in another I support positive affirmation and yet another I'm a mom. They each have a different focus and allow me to express myself in a different way. They allow me to see the many facets of who I am and express each of them from that prospective.

Everyone is promoting social networking as a great way to build your business. I say it's a great way to learn about who you are and what's really important.

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Best Home Based Business Opportunity - Single Most Important Thing

From the desk of Christy Ruffner - Your Best Home Based Business Mentor

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I've been asked, what's the single most important thing you should be doing when you are just starting out building a business.

While that is difficult to answer without getting long-winded I would have to say, in my opinion, that blogging is the single most important thing to start with.

Building a successful home based business involves many things that go hand-in-hand. My mentor often says, "people buy from people," and the most successful businesses are those that are built on relationships. Any relationship is built better with communication, through blogging, social networking, and just plain getting out and talking to people.

So with that being said I would start by setting up a blog and getting your content out there. This can be as easy as going to Blogger.com, or if you really want to make a huge splash with your blogging I would get a gold Veretekk system and start blogging through Blog Father. The system is powerful at getting your content out there and noticed by Google. This is key to getting your blog noticed by people looking for the information you have to share.

A great thing about blogging is that the content can be used over and over in marketing emails, ezine articles and press releases. Get the information down in a blog and access that information again and again - changing the perspective and adding new keywords. Use that content many times while you build your home based business on a budget using free resources.

The next thing I would do is set up a Twitter account to compliment your blog. Twitter is a great free tool that is taking the internet by storm. The best thing about it is its simplicity.

MySpace and Facebook are good too, but there is so much work involved in getting those accounts set up. Twitter is not like that. The account is simple and everyone is using it. Applications are popping up all over to post back and forth between your Twitter account. Even my Ezine.com account is linked to my Twitter.

Social networking is a key component when it comes to linking back to your website. Set up your blog and get to Twittering. Two of the very first things you should be doing to build your best home based business.

On Twitter I am a worm farmer turned internet marketer. Follow me on Twitter.

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When it Comes To Your Best Home Based Business Opportunity -

Recognizing the Value of a Good Team

Who was it that said "No man is an Island"? I will have to look that up, because that is what I'm going to talk about today.

No matter what you do in life, even if it is just to survive, there is a team of people somewhere doing what they need to do to get the job done.

Whether it's getting the goods to the store so you can buy, or gas to the gas station, medical workers at the hopital, boat builders, car manufacturers, road workers - you name it. Nothing happens without there being a team of people to do what needs to be done to get the job done.

A good team has two major parts. It can be broken up into many more parts than that, but let's look at the two major parts right now.

The biggest part of the team of course are the team members who provide the action for whatever the team's purpose is. They provide support for each other - share ideas, resources, feed back, that sort of thing.

But the most important part of the team is the captain, the leader, the driving force that provides the direction and experience. Every team has a captain or they aren't really a team but just a pack of people all huddling together trying to find a direction to move in where they won't be alone.

So, if you are trying to build a home based business without having a team to support you, you are dead in the water. Either you need to be part of a team membership or you need to be the leader of a team.

If you want to be a leader, it is easiest to start out as a team member and build your business until you can break away and begin providing leadership for your own team. Every team is going to be looking for powerful, confident, focused leadership to provide the path for them to walk in. Provide that and your business will snowball, growing exponentially to a huge organization, creating new leaders who will then breakaway creating their own teams.

Quite simply, those are the steps to growing a successfus home based business that will support you for years to come.

I am a part of a team just like the one I described above. We have a growing team membership with a leader in our industry who has experience and provides the direction and tools for all of our team members to be able to grow and move into leadership position if that is what we want to do.

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I know what it's like to be looking for an opportunity that is legitimate and profitable. With a bonefide company that offers value for my money and the opportunity to create a residual income to provide me with the freedom to live my life, enjoy my family and realize my dreams.

I offer you the exceptional opportunity to find out about a team and company that will do just that. A company that has a spotless 52 year history of innovative science, helping people and remaining a trusted friend to the earth. I am looking for people who would value being a part of such a company. People who recognize that life is more than "I". That what goes around comes around and want to be a part of something bigger than themselves.

This company is a team of people just like what I described above. Wonderful people who do what needs to be done to get the job done. This company has new leadership that is willing to roll up his sleeves and do what he needs to do to provide his team members with the direction and tools they need to be successful in building their own team. This company works like a well oiled machine. Becoming a part of this home based business opportunity will be the greatest decision of your life.

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Your Best Home Based Business Opportunity - Buying Smarter Not Cheaper!

Is this you? You budget your money, shop the budget stores, and shop the sales. And what do you do with all that money you saved?

Nothing, because by spending $40 instead of $60 you still spent $40 and that was all you had to spend anyway. So all your budgeting and wise consumer shopping is still getting you nowhere.

You're living by the Consumer Plan.

If you're tired of the endless cycle that's getting you nowhere then you have to change your plan and in order to change your plan you have to change your thinking. You have to! If you keep doing the same thing you have been doing you are going to keep getting the same results. Nothing ever changes until you change your thinking. Period.

Here's the plan you're working now - It's called, as I said before, the Consumer Plan:

1. Spend money
2. Have a job
3. Income capped
4. Deeper in debt
5. Old-economy thinking
6. Increased liabilities
7. Short-term savings

By becoming a Pro-Sumer you step into the Producers shoes and start thinking like a Producer.

Here's the Producers Plan:

1. Make money
2. Own the company
3. Unlimited income
4. Financially free
5. New-economy thinking
6. Increased assets
7. Long-term wealthy

The key is to start thinking like a Producer but not be the Producer. Because there are a few downsides to being the Producer.

Let's compare the two plans again:

Producers Plan:

1. Employees
2. Huge overhead
3. Office, distribution
4. Expensive e-commerce site
5. Huge advertising budget
6. Divide profits with owners and shareholders

Pro-Sumers Plan:

1. No employees
2. Low overhead
3. Home-based business
4. Computer with internet access
5. Word-of-mouth marketing
6. Keep all the profits

What a great concept right?

Buy smarter by buying from yourself.

Let the producer do what he's good at. You take advantage of his employees, office and distribution, let him warehouse and ship the product while you teach others to do what you're doing. Buying from yourself and making money. Everybody makes money!

Think different and you will get different results. Stop taking the easy route. Get out of your comfort zone and recognize that you don't save money by buying at a discount. The difference is not to save money but to make more money.

Who doesn't want to make more money. I'd wager that I could ask any of you, "If you could make more money would you?" and the answer would be yes. Then you need to become a Pro-Sumer.

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Article Marketing for Your Home Based Business Opportunity

Article Writing and HTML

Remember what we said about article marketing when we first started this series on writing articles for marketing? Article marketing is about high quality, original content that promotes you and your business, product or opportunity. It's not about flash, and fancy HTML. Most article writing services allow only minimal use of HTML. However, what little HTML you can use can be to your benefit.

Here are some of the HTML code you can use to get the traffic from your articles.

To make your URL or Website Address clickable, (so when someone clicks on it they go to your website), your code would look like this:

< a href="http://www.YourCompanyName.com/">http://www.YourCompanyName.com< /a> (I had to put a space between the < a and the / a to make the code show up. Take the space out to make the code work.)

That code will make http://www.YourCompanyName.com clickable.

=> Substitute your website address where it says YourCompanyName.com and now you know how to "link" up a website address.

You can create anchor text by creating code that makes regular text clickable:

=> This code, < a href="http://www.Your-Company-Name.com"> Your Website Address< /a> will make the text "Your Website Address" a clickable link.

Again remove the spaces between < a and / a to make the code work.

Anchor text links must be used sparingly. Many Ezine publishers have limitations when it comes to anchor text links. Too many, duplicate URLs in an article body could lead to your article being rejected.

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Here is more HTML that will help your content stand out and draw attention to any special points you are attempting to share.

**How to Make Something Bold:

=> This code < b>Make my words bold< /b> will make the words between the < b>< /b> code "bold".

(< b> & < / Remove the space for the code to work.)

**How to Make Something Italic:

=> This code < i>Make my words italic< /i> will make the words between the < i>< /i> code "italic".

(Again remove the spaces to make the code work.)

**How to Make Something Underlined:

=> This code < u>Make my words underlined< /u> will make the words between the < u>< /u> code "underlined".

(Once more, remove the spaces to make the code work.)

**How to Make a Bullet Point List:

=> This code:
< ul>
< li>First bullet< /li>
< li>Second bullet< /li>
< li>Third bullet< /li>
< /ul>
will create a list with round bullets

(One more time, remove the spaces in the code to make it work.)

**How to Make a Numbered List:

=> This code:
< ol>
< li>First point< /li>
< li>Second point< /li>
< li>Third point< /li>
< /ol>

will create a list with descending numbers for each point.

So now you know how to use HTML in your articles.

Article marketing is one marketing method you should be implementing to build your best home based business.

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Home Based Business Opportunity - Attraction Beyond Skin Deep

The beauty of an article, a blog post or a web page is in the content. It's important to remember why you are writing the article or blog or web page in the first place. Go beyond yourself - your wants, your goals, your desires...you, you, you! "If you help enough people get what they want, you will get what you want." Build your home based business by giving away as much as you can.

You are writing for your reader! Give them your best and they will come back for more. Give them your best and they will appreciate you and begin that relationship with you without you ever contacting them. Give them your best and they will be your friend when you ask them.

There are basics about writing that you should remember when you are writing about your home based business opportunity that will help you support your goal of giving away the best content possible.

Do's:

1. Give: You should be sharing your best expert strategies, tips and knowledge about your business.

2. Make it Clear and Concise: use your bulleted or numbered lists to make it interesting and easy to read.

3. Use Bold and Italics Sparingly: Using bolded or italicized words can help to draw the reader's eye to your most important information about your home based business. However, if you overuse it you loose that effect.

4. Links Belong in your Resource Box: Your Resource Box is where you "take". Active links in your Resource Box will generate traffic to your home based business opportunity site, if your content is good.

5. Attract Your Reader with Your Expert Content: Providing enough good content to keep your reader interested will leave him wanting more.

Don'ts:

1. Hard Sell: Your articles, blogs and websites will get republished, and linked to more often if you are not hard selling your business opportunity in the content. Save your pitch until asked for and keep your links in the resource box.

2. HTML: Creating links or keyword anchor text links in your article body will only make it less likely that your article will be published. Save the links for your Resource Box.

Remembering that your writing for your reader will keep your article interesting and valuable. And don't forget the keyword-rich article title. The search engines are your readers as well.

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Best Home Based Business Opportunity - Keyword Rich Article Titles Lead to Success for Your Home Based Business

As is with most everything on the internet, the way you do things on the internet can be much different than the traditional way of doing things.

With traditional copywriting, your headline can determine up to 95% of your success when writing a book or article that pertains to your home based business.

When you write for the internet, to be successful you must take into consideration how people look for information.

There is a myth when addressing how people will find your article on the internet. And that is that people will find your article while browsing your home based business website and read it almost like if they were walking the aisles of a book store looking for a book.

In fact this is not the way people on the internet find the information they are looking for. People search for information on the internet by using one of the major search engines. They will use between 1 to five (sometimes more) words that represent the information they are looking for. Often it is mis-spelled as well. These words are called keywords and they are the keywords that the search engine will use to deliver what is considered the best relevant match to the searchers inquiry.

Your goal as a copywriter is to have your home based business articles show up in the search engine results for the keywords that are most relevant to what your article is all about. Most search engines will give greatest attention to the first 3 - 5 keywords with lower priority given to the rest. Therefore, the first 3 - 5 words of your article title could very well determine the success of your article in terms of how much traffic gets generated back to your website. For this to work successfully you must create keyword rich article titles that relate to the most commonly searched keywords for the topic of your home based business article.

Understanding keyword research and creating keyword rich article titles is imperative to maximizing your article marketing strategy. The search engine can create massive amounts of traffic to your article and thus to your website because of it's love affair with keywords.

Here are some good Keyword Research sites for you to use in creating your keyword rich article titles.

* Good Keywords: http://www.goodkeywords.com
* Yahoo Search Marketing: http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/
* Google Adwords: https://adwords.google.com/support/bin/topic.py?topic=1500

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Writing intelligent keyword rich articles will get highly targeted people to your website to learn about your home based business opportunity. Then it's your responsibility to show them what you can do for them by providing them with a powerful system that they can work with to duplicate your success.

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Best Home Based Business Opportunity - Our Way or You Fail

Are you involved with a team so entrenched in the way they do things that there is no room for individuality? Do they monitor how you work your business, putting pressure on you if you are not doing things the way they think it should be done? Would you call it borderline badgering?

If you are a forwards thinking individual who has always liked to walk your own path, then this could be causing you problems.

Everyone is looking for the best way to build their business and the natural tendency is to move in the direction of efficiency. Finding methods that bring the greatest reward for the least amount of work is considered the holy grail for most distributors.

Now, the truth is that there are many different methods of building a business and none can really be declared as the best. The reason for this is because we are all different ourselves. Each of us has different strengths, abilities, and weaknesses and these are the factors which determine what methods work best for each of us as individuals.

If the members of your team have been working your business for a while and has had success using some old school methods, then they are going to think those methods are what work best. Over time they may have mastered these techniques and continue to use those to great effect. They may think that because they have worked so well for them that they should work for you too. However, you are going to have to figure out for yourself what works best for YOU!

If the methods used by your team don't appeal to you and you don't feel they will work for you, that's okay. Whatever method you do decide to use will still require a great deal of study and practice to truly master.

If your team confronts you on breaking with their ways, don't let it worry you. If you value the relationship just be open and honest.

Let your team know that you want to approach your business in a way that is more congruent with your personality and strengths.

If they are interested in helping you build your business they will support you, and if not then it becomes their problem. If they refuse to support you at all then maybe you should consider joining a team that already uses the methods you wish to pursue. It's okay to change teams. It's your business and your life.

Consider this:

There are many ways to pursue building your business...Buying leads, spending hours on the phone talking to people who may or may not remember requesting more information about your opportunity, placing ads in the paper and talking to people who are really looking for a job, they just don't know it...

Over the years it has become clear to me that this was not the way I wanted to build my business. My method involves finding distributors and leaders who are in the industry. The key is to not be cold calling them, you want them calling you. You don't spend time pitching your opportunity. Instead you offer to solve their problems and address what their needs are.

You don't have to spend your time chasing down people and convincing them to join your business. Attract true leaders by demonstrating your own value and leadership qualities through effective marketing. Your time spent on the phone is meant to be signing your leaders up not pitching your opportunity. Instead use effective copywriting to sell large numbers of leaders via email, and the web at the same time.

The key to building a business would be to focus on these people and how you can help them. 95% of your prospects will say no to your products or business. People are interested in finding ways to solve their problems and if you can help solve them they will join you. This makes the long term goal building a business that serves the people in your organization. By adding value to your organization.

By serving your people you develope trust and loyalty, and if anything should happen to your company your business would follow you with the click of a mouse.

In the end the methods you use to build your business have to resonate with you. Find enough people who recognize the value you have to offer them and you have a successful organization that can go out and do it again and again. Help them solve their problems so they can duplicate what you do and you have a successful organization that can do it again and again. Give them the tools that help them build on their own skills. Everything works once you master it.

By stepping into the Streamline system you are building a home based business opportunity that is something like a franchise but with some important differences. Isn't it time to find out what those differences might be. You can do that without risk by investing in yourself with this team of professionals.

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Best Home Based Business Opportunity - Article Marketing: Putting the Pieces Together

Article Components - Putting the Pieces Together

As you start writing articles pertaining to aspects of your home based business opportunity,
while the subject will obviously always be different, there will always be consistencies in the
form in which you lay your article out. Each article will have different components and section
which will differ in importance from one article to another. However, each part of your article
is important to the final submission. Each section and component must be crafted carefully
and with forethought to how it pertains to the rest of the article. A truly great article will impress
the reader and increase pertainent traffic to your home based business website.

An article is divided as shown below:

• Article Title
• Article Keywords
• Article Summary
• Article Body
• Article Resource Box

As we work our way through this series of articles on writing articles for building your
best home based business opportunity, we will cover each of these topics thoroughly.
For now we will just cover a few general points which apply to each.

1. Proof-read your article: If you have been
    working on your article for a while, it's a good
    idea to get up and take a break from it and
    come back to it with fresh eyes. Read it out
    loud to yourself, or have someone else read
    it for you to check for typos or grammatical
    errors that may deminish your credibility
    and expertise on your subject matter. This
    will also give you the chance to see that the
    information is written in a clear and concise
    manner. Often times our mind skips around alot
    and we won't notice it until we get away from the
    material and read it from a fresh perspective.
    This will help you catch mistakes, and areas
    where the idea doesn't appear to flow quite as
    well as it seemed to at first write.

2. Remember your reader: When writing always
    consider that your reader is reading your
    article out of interest in your business opportunity.
    If the subject is technical, it is okay to
    use technical terms, but be careful of leaving the
    reader frustrated by information they are not
    ready to understand and utilize.

3. Give away your best information: Don't hold back,
    give the reader the best you've got, but always
    keep something to make your reader want more.
    Your article is meant to generate traffic for your
    home business website, so be sure the Resource Box
    includes additional information to encourage
    your readers to click on your link.

4. Keep your articles "short and sweet": Say what
    you have to say in as few as words as possible and
    still have an interesting read. Remember you are
    writing for an audience that is looking for immediate
    gratification. Your articles need to be clear and to the
    point so the reader can quickly see the high quality
    content you have to offer. They will expect your
    business website to contain more of the same.

Article marketing is definitely one of the marketing methods you should be utilizing to build your best home based business.
The great thing about writing high quality articles is that content can be used over and over again; in emails, blogs, social
networking sites. If it's good it should be used again and again.

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Best Home Based Business Opportunity - Article Marketing for Beginners

If you are just starting to build a home based business and you are an internet newbie you may be unsure and asking:

• What is article marketing?
• Why does article marketing work?
• How can I benefit from article marketing?

Article marketing is all about high quality, original content that promotes you and your business, product or opportunity.
It's about exposure that pre-qualifies traffic that is attracted to your website.

There are three main keys to Article Marketing:

1. Your content should establish you as an expert in your niche.
2. Your intent is not to "sell" or promote your business or opportunity in your article
   but provide expert useful information for your readers that helps you begin
   building a relationship with your readers.
3. Content should be submitted consistently, much like blogging,
   to provide a steady stream of traffic to your website.

Now you may be wondering, if you aren't supposed to promote your business or opportunity in the article, how are you going to get traffic from your article?

The most important thing to try to accomplish in your article is to give away your valuable information. At the end of the article you have what's called "The Resource Box" where you provide a link back to your website.

The resource box should provide enough information on your business to create interest in visiting your site. Make sure there is catchy information in your resource box that relates back to the information in your article body. Once your prospect has arrived at your web site then you have the opportunity to pitch your sale and capture your prospects information.

Another purpose behind not selling in your article is that you want other publishers to pick up on your article and publish it. This can be done as long as the information in the Resource Box is not changed. You have the opportunity for your article to be seen many more times with a much wider link visibility.

Article marketing is about multiple exposure, and generating traffic to your website that will be interested in what you have to offer, because they already know a bit about you, from your article.

Article marketing is one marketing method you should be implementing to build your best home based business.

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Home Based Business Opportunity - Dream Big to Achieve

It seems that most people spend the majority of their adult lives struggling to earn a living, while a much smaller number seem to flow through life succeeding at whatever they decide to do. Instead of simply earning a living the smaller group busily works at building their fortune. Everything they do seems to work flawlessly, or the problems just seem to work themselves out in the natural order of things. The larger group is left feeling as if life is somehow unfair, complicated and in some way different for them.

Despite the many factors that create who we are and what we make of our lives - such as the parents we have, the schools we attended and the mentors that worked with us, and the area of the world we grew up in - there is nothing that has quite the power over our futures as our ability to dream.

Dreams can create a reality unknown to anyone but the one who is involved in the dreaming. They can empower you, drive you, overcome obstacles, and unleash a creative force beyond your current reality.

Dreams must be well defined, exact - where you can see the colors, smell the smells, and hear the sounds. They are vivid, becoming another reality. In your mind you are already there, your physical reality just hasn't caught up yet.

For successful people this dream reality is all that exists. They don't focus on the hardship or trials involved in achieving the dream. Despite any pain and struggles along the way, the single vision of their dream was stronger than any obstacles or hinderances. There was no way the dream was not to be...

You've got to dream to achieve. The future has to be an intensely real picture in front of you. You've got to see the finish line from the time you start the race. You've got to know the feelings of accomplishment before you start a project. You've got to be willing to experience the uncomfortable until it becomes comfortable, until it leads you to the realization of your dream.

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Best Home Based Business Opportunity - Freedom Speaks From Leveraging

What does the word "Freedom" mean to you? If you have not figured that out yet, then that needs to go up at the top of your list of
"Things To Do".

Without knowing what freedom means to you, you are like a ship without a rudder. You will sail aimlessly, often times in vicious circles, not accomplishing anything. The end result of which is, you give up on your dreams because you see how the JOB you're in is getting you nowhere fast. Or even worse, if you are involved in a new home based business opportunity you blame the home based business opportunity for not working.

It's time to put on your 'inner-vision glasses' and start doing some soul searching. Find out the answers to things like what freedom means to you, where you want to be in five years, realistic goals you want to meet in 6 months, 1 year, 5 years, 10 years... Don't be afraid. Without knowing where you want to go, how can you ever hope to get there?

It's true that if you don't change what you're doing now, you will wake up 5 years from now in the same place you are today.

How does that sound to you?

If the prospect of that future does nothing for you then maybe you want to look at a special report available on my website, that will give you a different plan for the future, where you can find your freedom, once you have defined what freedom means to you.

There is a home based business opportunity that can do that for you. The key is to find the one that is right for you. One that fits who you are on the inside and meets your ethical standards.

If you look at my details you will see I am all about organic. My main hobby is worm farming. I am an environmentalist. I believe in going green. Going Green is the in thing right now. I know some people may see that as a bad thing because they think it's just going to be some kind of a fad and that big business is just jumping on some kind of band wagon. Don't let that type of thinking stop you from getting involved with a green company for your home based business if that's what you believe in. Why shouldn't green make you money? For me that makes it possible for me to make more of a difference!

Go check out my special report now. Take a chance on your future. The only way you can loose is my not doing anything. Remember, that's what gets you right back where you are right now. And if that were satisfactory for you, you wouldn't have ended up here to begin with. Right?

So, once we have defined what freedom means to us, how exactly can we attain that goal without putting in more long hours and working harder than we are now?

The answer...LEVERAGE!

You've heard about leverage before haven't you? You've see the quote by J. Paul Getty where he says, "I'd rather get paid 1% of 100 people's efforts than 100% of my own!" That's where the idea of franchises came from, starting with McDonalds.

With leverage your one hour of work can become 100! By building a network of others everyone's efforts leverage with each other.

By stepping into the Streamline system you are building a home based business opportunity that is something like a franchise but with some important differences. Isn't it time to find out what those differences might be. You can do that without risk by simply clicking here.

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Home Based Business Opportunity - Believe to Succeed

I'm sure you will agree that intelligent, thinking people do not set themselves to a task with the idea that they are not going to succeed at that task.

I do not believe it is the intention of any healthy person to deliberately not accomplish that which they set out to do. I must admit some people do give that impression, but if you were to ask, I'm certain that person would say they totally intended to succeed.

If everyone wants to succeed then why are there those of us who can't succeed no matter what we do? With many answers to that question, at the foundation of every one of them you will find the same basic condition - Lack of "Faith". People who do not succeed do not believe they have what it takes to truly make it happen. Belief is the first step of Faith. Faith and belief are not the same. Belief is a passive thing that begins in our minds and then must blossom into Faith. Faith is active, taking the steps necessary to make our belief a reality.

If have spent your life clawing your way to the realization of your dreams, if you just can't seem to make the right things happen to break out of your bonds and experience your true freedom, then listen closely.

William James said, and I quote, "Believe and your belief will create the fact." But without the faith to step out and take ownership of the fact, you still have nothing but the belief in the fact.

The great philosophers, self-help teachers and great religious leaders tell us all things are possible for those who believe. Yet the Bible tells us, "You must have Faith" the size of a mustard seed, and you can move mountains. Believing you can do a thing is the first step, but you must have Faith to take the steps to actually do it.

At first, when we are young, we accept things we are told by people we love and respect without investigation. But as we mature and begin to think for ourselves we begin to re-evaluate those things that are important to us as they affect our lives. Often, that re-evaluation sets in motion a change our belief about that situation.

If you have never taken a good look at yourself, you may still be believing things about yourself that other people have put upon you. These are things you do not have to accept if you look deep inside yourself and re-evaluate what you find there. Have the courage to delve deep and begin to understand the power of your marvelous mind. This is where you will find the strength to take those steps of Faith.

Wake that sleeping giant within you and make it work for you.

Believe in who you already are, what you are able to become, and have the Faith to make it a reality. Do whatever it takes. Keep moving, keep your eyes on the goal, stretch yourself, push hard for the finish line and be relentless. Feel the finish line get closer and closer until you cross it, then just keep going... because you can.

My system, Streamline Mentoring has a movie, "The Golden Ticket Movie". Using it will provide you with a game plan, a method, a system to help you reach your finish line. But there is a clock ticking. Every second you hesitate team members are slipping in ahead of you. Today is the day you take charge and take that step of Faith.  

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Home Based Business Opportunity - Let Me Teach You to Effortlessly Sponsor Distributors... Without Rejection, Fear, Or High-Pressure Selling...

Yes, I have to admit it...

When I was first starting, I was a certified sponsoring wuss.

I was NOT a born networker, and sponsoring did not come natural to me.

For a very long time I would become paralyzed by anxiety at the mere thought of calling a lead.

I would sit at my desk planning what I would say, picking up the phone only to place it nervously back in the cradle. My stomach was a mass of knots. I was so insecure that I couldn't begin to make that phone call.

And when I finally did summon the courage to make calls, I stumbled over my words, forgot what I had planned to say, and sounded like I was making excuses for my company, padding my words and sounding fake even to myself.

Then my mind would go blank from being so nervous, and not knowing what to say.

To tell you the truth, all I wanted to do was quit. The constant humiliation, fear and rejection was just too much to handle.

Then one day (by fate or just "dumb luck") I came across a course online involving two of networking's top "super recruiters."

These men are so brilliant at sponsoring over the phone... many of today's six and seven figure network marketers call them... The "Guru's Guru" of phone sponsoring.

No joke.

These guys have taught thousands of networkers how to eliminate their fear of talking to prospects, and sponsor hundreds of reps per year without ANY rejection or high pressure selling.

One of them routinely sponsors as many as 25+ people a month into his own business (even with an average start up cost of $800), and he easily built his last organization to 10,000+ distributors in less than 24 months. The other, being a student of the first has managed to match that by learning exactly how he did it.

Anyway, the first man's name is Mark and the second man's name is Mike.

These guys do the exact opposite of what other phone trainers say to do.

For example:

These guys routinely refuse to make follow up appointments. They ONLY talk to prospects a second time when the prospect calls them to process an application.

If someone asks for free samples or literature, they email them a special "homework" assignment to be sent back when finished.

And instead of a "guided sale" (like most networkers do)...
prospects are often told they can't join the team, even though they have their credit card out, ready to join.

Anyway, here's the point:

There is a new course going on sale July 22nd with a 35% discount off the normal price until the 7-day launch window ends.

This program could change your life forever. I've taken the course myself and it is incredible. Nothing is held back. These guys tell you exactly how it is and how it's done!

Go from being terrified of talking to leads on the phone to controlling and dominating every prospecting call you make. (Even with people higher on the social and professional "food chain" than you.)

Your sponsoring rates could conceivably go from one or two new reps every few months... to as many as a dozen new reps in a single evening.

And your income could soar from zero to multi-millionaire in less than two years. It has happened.

Last year Mark and Mike did an intense, 6-day tele-seminar covering ALL of Mark's sponsoring secrets and taped it.

These recordings reveal the almost unbelievably effective tactics Mark learned while sponsoring thousands of reps into his opportunity, and after learning Clinical Psychology, (which reveals how people make decisions and process information).

And that's why no matter how many "gurus" you talk to... no matter how many sales books you read... no matter how many high-priced networking seminars you attend...

You simply can not find many of these sponsoring secrets anywhere else.

This training course is called "Black Belt Recruiting", and besides the few people who heard these private training calls…( I am one of these people) almost nobody knows these simple (but highly advanced) secrets exist.

Black Belt Recruiting will finally be available to the public on Tuesday, July 22nd, but in the mean time, you can actually go watch an hour long training video interview Mike did with Mark last month at his home - for free - right now on this page: visionsofgreen.blackbeltrecruiting

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Best Home Based Business Opportunity - How to Close Your Prospect

You're in a conversation with your prospect, you're excited about your business opportunity and you have been very successful with sharing that excitement in a very real way. Your prospect seems genuinely interested in your business opportunity but has yet to make that final decision. He still has to pull out his wallet and make that commitment. So how do you close the sale? Is that person someone you want to close and have as a part of your business team?Part of your home based business opportunity?

The success of top producers comes from them sponsoring top producers themselves. That's why they call it networking, because it's never just one person that produces all the results, it's a team effort. Or at least that's the way it's suppose to work.

So how do you make sure you're closing the right people who are going to be top producers and be a vaulable part of the team? That's what I'm going to share with you here.

There are really only two basic approaches to "closing" a sale. Generally speaking these are "guided" and "voluntary".

A guided close involves person to person contact. You have an answer to every objection, a list of your prospects desires and wishes, along with emotional triggers you have aquired from your previous interviews.

You personally "guide" the prospect down a path that leads to a purchase. Your skill makes it so that the person joins you whether they wanted to or not, because your guidance has lead your prospect to make that decision, to join your home based business opportunity.

The problem with the "guided" close is that the next morning the prospect awakens with buyers remorse, or worse yet makes a half hearted attempt at making the business work and then fails, spreading the negativity of his experience to all those in his sphere of enfluence.

But there is a better way - where a prospect "sells themselves" and makes a decision to purchase based on their own desires. With this approach the prospect is not put on the spot or asked to make a decision directly.

What makes this approach better is based on a bit of psychology - "A person convinced against their will is of the same opinion still."

In a guided sale the motivation is coming from the wrong place. It is usually coming from pressure and triggers that have left the prospect feeling unstable and insecure, afraid that making the wrong decision will cause some kind of loss. There is no logic behind the decision making process and can be counter-productive creating a one time sale situation instead of a commitment that will last for years, which is what is required to build a successful home based business.

Buyers remorse sets in when logic makes it's way to the forefront and the person regrets the decision because the decision was not built on the logical reasons why he should be joining your business.

In the voluntary close the prospect convinces themselves and then makes the purchase when the time is right for them. When they make their own choice by recognizing the true value in joining your business opportunity, they will work harder and stay dedicated because it was their idea.

Now the voluntary approach doesn't mean you're not going to sell your prospect. But you're going to do it indirectly, over time, with your marketing tools, instead of personal pressure.

When you have a lead that has asked for more information your going to hit them with a new marketing peice every few days, whether it's through email, a letter, a website, a post card, whatever you can.

You still want to push those emotional buttons, and ask for the sale, but you're not going to do it through personal contact.

You apply indirect pressure through marketing which allows them to come to a decision on their own and then voluntarily "push the buy button".

This drip marketing process over time allows the head to catch up with the heart and make a fully committed decision, one that is truly their own, which is so important to building a successful home based business.

Here is a step by step sponsoring process where you will need to believe you are a leader and can not come from a place of neediness.

Bottom line, you have to be willing to let the sale go...

Let me say that again, you must be completely willing to let a sale go.

1. Once the lead is generated a quick introductory phone call is made. The prospect needs to know you are a real person. Ask a few questions, but you're not building up "ammo" like you would if you were planning a guided close.

You are asking questions because you want to find out if this is someone you want in your business. You are trying to determine if he has the qualities to be successful in a home based business. The wrong people will suck you dry of your energy and your assets and cost you much more than they are worth in the long run.

Your prospect will learn to respect you through this qualification process and will recognize your leadership qualities. If this prospect comes on board in your business he knows there will be a certain standard expected of him for him to be successful. He will not be depending on you to do it for him. Only to provide him with tools to build his own success.

See yourself as a leader and others will see you as a leader.

2. If the person fits the criteria of someone you want to work with then give them the address to the business overview via email. Let them know verbally and in the email to contact you when they are done to answer any questions they may have and to get started. Use the opportunity to ask for the sale.

At this point the ball is completely in the prospects court. In the voluntary close you never chase your prospect. You should see your business in a state of abundance and there is no neediness in the midst of abundance.

Continue to give the prospect opportunities to contact you through your marketing. Do not make follow up calls.

Follow-up when the prospect contacts you. If you have positioned yourself correctly, as the expert, they will be excited and feel privileged to have you contact them.

3. Once the prospect contacts you, they will have questions which you will answer in a friendly manner. This prospect is someone you wouldn't mind working with, but let the prospect do the talking and keep the conversation going. Any awkward spots in the conversation are up to the prospect to fill. It's not your responsibility to make the prospect feel comfortable. If they have called for more information it's because they have begun to see the value of your business opportunity. Let them talk themselves into it. Answer their questions and just be quiet.

In any relationship, the person who cares the least holds the power. It's not necessary to chase the prospect, he will join you or not. Don't be attached to the outcome.

And then do you know what happens 9 times out of 10? The prospect fills the awkward silence with statements like, "So what's next? How do I get started?" The prospect had already sold themselves on your business or they wouldn't have contacted you. Leave them alone to finish the process.

If you want to learn more about how to handle your prospects you definitely want to take a look at "Black Belt Recruiting". This program will empower you to handle your leads as a leader would. Black Belt Recruiting is a 6-CD audio set, and a 40 page written supplement that, in my humble opinion, represents the best training in the world when it comes to recruiting new distributors.

It’s a complete, A to Z program that will teach anyone exactly how to call their leads, what to say to them, how to handle objections, how to get prospects to sell themselves, how to get new reps started, and much more… This program is absolutely worth every penny and more.

Remember how I have said how important it is to educate yourself? Well this is an opportunity to educate yourself, learning from the best in the business.

Black Belt Recruiting works so well, that it will come with an INSANE guarantee…

If you're not sponsoring at least 10 new reps per month using what you learn in Black Belt Recruiting, you can send it back for a full refund at anytime over the next YEAR.

If you don’t get results, you don’t pay. It’s that simple.

Don't let your business suffer because you don't know how to get your prospect over the buying threshold. Black Belt Recruiting can do that for you.

Go here and check it out. There's a free one hour video just for looking. That one hour video is worth the time to go take a look.

Remember, you can build your home based business opportunity by actively growing yourself.   http://VisionsOfGreen.blackbeltrecruiting.com

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Best Home Based Business Opportunities - YOU MUST LEAD

Duplication in your home based business is not a given. In order to be successful, you must build as if it isn't going to happen.
You can't build a little and then sit back on your laurels. You must take responsibility for the growth of your home based business
and recognize that you are the only one you can control.

Your people must see that you walk the talk. Show them by example how to grow a home based business. Blaze a trail for them to follow
that will lead them with confidence and steady direction. Expect great things of them by that which you do. Create before them a vision
of the bigger picture. Set the example for them to duplicate.

 1. Blogs...
 2. Free search engine listings…
 3. Pay-per-click…
 4. Article submission (online and off)…
 5. Linking strategies…
 6. Viral marketing…
 7. CPA and CPM networks…
 8. Direct mail…
 9. Postcard marketing…
10. Banner ads…
11. Forums…
12. Ezine ads…
13. Press releases…
14. And more…

Teach them to market smarter, to be more unique, to provide value. Never put all your home based business marketing eggs in one basket.
Diversify and be creative.

Be positioned as the expert. Build trust as a resource before asking a prospect to join your home based business. Invest in yourself
to become the expert and build your resources. Do not propagate lies but become who you need to be by educating yourself.

One of the best areas to spend your time learning would be copywriting. This will be powerful as you blog, write articles, post news releases
about your home based business.

Action Leads to Success!

Reveal to your people how action breeds momentum and momentum leads to success. You've heard the saying,
"no moss grows on a rolling stone." Don't worry about making mistakes. There are no mistakes if you learn from them,
they are life's lesson and most valuable. For life's lessons are the ones that build the most positive growth.
Welcome them and recognize how they create a better you. You learn nothing by standing still.

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Home Based Business Opportunity - Product Choice Effective Recruting

I have always believed and still hold to this premise - that people will choose from the options you give them.  

This idea works very well when it comes to taking the order and filling out the distributor application. Simply asking your prospect how much product they would like to purchase for their initial order is setting yourself and your prospect up for failure.

Give your prospects the options that will set him up for success and only those options. If your company requires a certain amount of volume for money to be made then that volume is what should be the standard and the only acceptable order. 

If the prospect asks to make a purchase that won't meet the company requirements explain that a person really can't expect to start a successful business with so little product. If that is what the prospect wants explain that if he wants to be a consumer that is fine but as a business builder he'd only be setting himself up for failure and you couldn't let him do that. If that is what the prospect insists on then let him go as a business builder and set him up as a consumer and move on.

There are several reasons to let the prospect go:

1. He wasn't coachable. If he isn't going to take your advise this early in the game then he never will and his bad decisions will just be a waste of your valuable time.

2. He's not really serious about building a successful business and is therefore not worth your time as a business builder.

3. Leaders lead by example. He will attract others into the business the same way he came in…Not a recipe for success. 

Set your team up for success by starting them at the volume the company requires which will give them the product they need to actually sell and promote, or use and sell themselves on. 

This will put the whole team on the track to success. Remember, you dictate the terms on how you will build your business. Make sure your prospects only have options for success to choose from and they will choose success or not. You will either have a productive team member to add to the team or you will not, and then you will move on to the next prospect. 

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email to: christy@organicmarketingsolutions.com

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Home Based Business Opportunity - More Products or Less, Effect On You

It was few years ago now that I was building a home based business with a popular company that had one single product in their line. This had become a growing trend with the success of Noni and Sea Silver. These two companies had broken sales records for the industry with a single product based line. It was a definitely a phenomenon that caught everyone’s attention. It started an extended debate among distributors.

Is it better to have just one product, or should you have many to fit all the needs of your potential customers? There were many companies to compare it to like New Vision, or Herbalife, Isagenix, or Melalueca?  

For many people, it was only logical dictated to have multiple products to appeal to a wider customer base. But, the numbers said differently, and the afore mentioned company became the third in a row to shatter all sales and growth records, despite their limited product line.  

Why has this happened? My point is not to argue for one business model or company over another, but to discover the psychological reasons behind the numbers… What made a consumer purchase more product, more often, when they were presented with a limited choice? Well, I have recently started reading a new book called, “YES! 50 Scientifically Proven Ways To Be Persuasive” by Robert Cialdini. And guess what was explained on page30…? Yep, the answer to this massive question.

Here’s an excerpt from the book that relates to this phenomenon in two different studies… “Behavioral scientist Sheena Iyengar and several colleagues analyzed company-sponsored retirement programs for nearly 800,000 workers, looking at how the participation rates varied as a function of how many fund choices the organization offered. Sure enough, the researchers found that the more choices that were offered, the less likely the employees were to enroll in the program at all. For every 10 additional funds the company offered, the participation rate dropped 2%. By comparison, they found that when only two funds were offered, the rate of participation was roughly 75%. But when fifty-nine funds were offered, the participation dropped below 60%.

In a second study, they set up a display at an upscale super market in which passersby could sample a variety of jams that were all made by a single manufacturer. Either 6, or 24 flavors were offered at any given time. The results demonstrated a clear and astonishing difference between the two conditions: Only 3% of those who approached the extensive-choice display actually purchased any jam. Contrast that with the 30% who bought jam when they approached the limited choice display.”

Understand, as always, there are exceptions to the rule. There are times when variety plays a positive role, such as Baskin Robins Ice Cream. However, most cases where too many options are offered, indecision is the end result with no decision on the part of the consumer or prospect.

I have found that this philosophy has had a positive impact in ALL areas of my home based business as well. Having a home based business with a single product based line was advantageous in many ways… It created PERFECT focus and momentum throughout my business because every single one of my team was dealing with the same product. It can be thought of as a bandwagon effect. All the conference calls, all the tools, all the websites, and all of the trainings were about one single product. The business was not about which products to promote, or which tools to buy. Everyone in the business was on the same page. This laser-like focus produced incredible results. The fragmentation caused by too many choices diluted the effectiveness of the team.  This created confusion and doubt for new team members who couldn't help but wonder if there’s a better way.

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Home Based Business Opportunity - Can You Prove You're Real?

"The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today." -- Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Are you at the end of your rope with wild eyed exaggerations and empty promises? Are you leery of opening your wallet one more time for some expert that says he has the next big money making opportunity? Are you desperate to not be disappointed again with information that still doesn't bring you the wealth and fame promised if you just shell out one more time!

Well, you're not alone. There are a lot of people out there who feel they are always getting scammed. These people are victims of someone and always getting taken advantage by someone else. They seem to be attracting what they fear the most and are getting exactly what they expect to find.

In actuality, the scam is all in the perception. Everything is a lesson learned and if you take it that way there is always something of value to be learned in every experience. The more you close your eyes to this the more expensive the lesson is. If you look for the lesson to be learned and learn from it, it's always worth the price.

You may make bad business decisions, and you may loose money, but that is not necessarily anybodies fault. You should always take responsibility for your own actions, your decisions and yes the results as well. The lessons learned should be appreciated. Learn from it and then move on.

Additionally, a book or a course should never be purchased with the idea that it is going to be the end all answer for everything. One book or course is not going to make you rich, change your life or save you.

It should be considered one step up the ladder of success, each step up the ladder gets you closer to your goal, the top of the ladder.

If you look at it this way you will never be disappointed or feel scammed. If you find at least one idea that takes you one step closer to your final goal, it's a step you might not have been able to take without that information.

Change your attitude about the journey. Be appreciative that someone took the time to document their experiences and are willing to share that experience to help you in your journey. It should be experienced with gratitude and not a burden.

The book Magnetic Sponsoring took the author 10 years of experience and $25,000+ of learning his lessons the hard way. He shares that for less than $40 so the reader can skip all the hard knocks and heart-ache he went through.

Don't allow your perception to handicap you to where you don't see the value in the money you spend on your education. Be grateful for those who share their lessons learned and see the value there. You will always get what your thoughts create.

Create positive attraction by your purchase of Magnetic Sponsoring and see the change it makes in your here and now.

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Home Based Business Opportunity - Recognizing the People You Want to Attract

"Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits." Thomas Edison

"Recognizing the People You Want to Attract to You"

 

This is a common question that you should be asking yourself when it comes to finding the "right" kind of people that will not only join your business, but turn into valuable, profitable teammates...

 

Let's start with who's "right" and then move on to the "attraction" part later.

 

There's a lot of different versions of who's right depending on your criteria.  So it's not just who's right but who's right for you or me.

 

Let's go over a few basics regarding criteria, that all good potential business partners should possess, if you have discriminating tastes, as you should.

 

Much of this is just good common sense, but sometimes we forget our common sense in the push to get people joined up in your business opportunity.

 

1. Is there a true desire to be successful - "Here in lies the Test" Everyone will "say" they desire to be self-employed.

 

Actually, only 10% or so will have the true desire it takes to do so.  You can weed out the wannabes by asking this simple question.

 

"How many books or courses would you say you have been involved in recently to help you reach your goals and help you in growing your business?"

Any potentially successful business owner knows that to grow a business you must first grow yourself.

 

2. Are there good verbal communication skills. This can indicate many things…

People with strong communications skills, who can handle themselves on the phone are self confident and possess some degree of leadership qualities. This comes across with potential prospects and is a desirable quality when choosing your business partners. Remember, it's not about the product or the compensation plan. People may think that's what it's all about, but really prospects are joining leaders and if your business partners don't display the qualities of a leader they will have a difficult time sponsoring additional partners or building a business.

People are by nature pack animals and will follow a leader until they have learned enough to be a leader themselves.

This is evident in the tribes that were formed in our early tribal days. Typically the strongest and most dominant of the pack was looked to as the leader. Once someone else of the tribe had the experience and confidence he would challenge the leader or split off and start his own tribe.

Everyone lived longer by following the strength of the leader.

In business that instinct is still alive today. People who have a desire to step out of the status quo look for a leader or a mentor to get them started on the right path, one they can learn from and still feel protected from the big bad reality of the business world.

There are two things to be learned here:

1. People are naturally attracted to people who show they have leadership qualities and
2. If you want to be successful building a home based business you must display those qualities and become the leader.

Therefore you want to look for the qualities that can be built into those leadership qualities. Bringing someone into your business just to get a check is not going to help your business in the long run. If you do bring that person in, at least don't spend your time trying to beat a dead horse. Make that person pull his own weight or let him go.

3. The X Factor... This factor is unique to you as an individual. Day to day living must be enjoyed and sometime you might want to bring a person in just because it is someone you personally enjoy working with.

There may be something in common you share like a hobby, personality, location…

Eventually people who you bring in simply because you "like them" will either raise themselves to meet the necessary criteria or they will fall away.

People tend to gather together in groups. They use to be called "cliques" when you where in school. You know, the cheerleaders would stick together, the jocks, the science nerds, the beautiful people. You get the picture.

Well, the business world isn't so different. Success breeds success and the successful business people tend to gather together much like the cliques of your school years. These successful people add tremendous value to each other and increase the survival rate for each of them beyond what they might be able to accomplish on their own.

It may make you uncomfortable to admit this but the basics of life stay the same no matter how advanced you might think we are. It is still survival of the fittest.

But you must understand that you do not have to settle for the mundane simply because that is where you have found yourself. You can change your vibration and seek to become more than what you are. Education can do that for you and your vision of yourself can do that for you. You can attract a different you by seeing a different you in your own mind and take steps to make that transformation happen.

If you want to attract success and successful like minded people then you will have to see yourself as already being successful. You have to believe it in your heart that you are already that successful person. Other people will see you as you perceive yourself.

Reality follows faith. Your faith will lead to new actions, confidence, and vision. These are all traits of a leader. Express those traits and you will magnetize yourself, attracting all sorts of leaders to join you in your business.

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Home Based Business Opportunity - Beat the Recession

"To realize a dream, you must have a dream to realize." -- Mark Victor Hansen

Let's face it, the economic outlook right now is pretty bleak. Many people are feeling the pinch on their wallets. The price of gas being the main culprit, it effects us directly through the price at the pump when we fill our own gas tanks and indirectly through the prices we pay in the grocery store and any goods that have to get shipped to reach us. The price of services raise because the person providing the service is feeling the pinch as well.

There are some of us who are not so affected by the weak economic outlook. Those of us who have decided to take our destiny into our own hands and not allow "the man" to dictate how much money we are going to make for our efforts.

While the experience of taking charge of your own income capabilities feels risky at first, the comfort of working for "the man" will keep you in the hole you're in and not allow you to climb out. You must take the risk of climbing that ladder out of that hole if you are ever going to find yourself out where you can see a future out ahead of you to work towards.

Wow, that last paragraph was a bit ethereal, but I hope you caught my drift. You're going nowhere unless you take the reigns and take control.

Having your own home based business is not going to guarantee you wealth, but building your home based business slow and steady will give you options down the road and many benefits along the way.

The home based business numbers are staggering right now as more people are taking control of their lives and corporate America is looking for a way out of the rat race. It's never been a better time to find your profitable niche and begin growing your home based business.

Not only that, there are other financial benefits to working at home in a home based business. Most of us know of the tax benefits with using part of your home for your home based business. Then there is the savings on gas driving to and from work, buying clothes to wear to work, food purchased while you're out of the home at work, child care, auto repair…the list goes on.

But when you're looking for a home based business don't get caught up in looking for a job. Even though you are saving the trip into the office you are still working for someone else and lining his pockets instead of your own. Decide to be your own boss and find a home based business that you can build with residual income that won't keep you tied to the day to day drudgery of working for someone else. A home based business where you can pull your own strings and have the freedom to make your own decisions on when you work and when you don't, but the money keeps coming in. There are those home based business opportunities out there. Opportunities that pay you over and over for a single effort.

The economic situation may look bleak, but remember that you don't have to settle for that. There are millionaires being made in the home based business arena every day. But they didn't sit back and settle for the status quo, they took the bull by the horns and made things happen every day that were going to make a difference for them. One step every day that brought them closer to their goal was all it took.

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Best Home Based Business Opportunities - When Failure is not an Option

Best Home Based Business Opportunities - When Failure is not an Option

There is a fact most people don't realize before they go about starting a new home based business opportunity and that is that around 90% of all businesses started will fail or simply go out of business within their first three years of business. Depending on the product or service, many home based businesses won't make it past their first winter. This is just a fact. This statistic is not just for any particular type of business - traditional, home based, international. It encompasses all of them.

When you take a look at why there are 10 most common causes of failure in a business opportunity. And remember, this is any business opportunity - home based, traditional or international.

1. Probably the number one cause of failure is running out of funding. Starting and running any business costs money even a home based business and very seldom is there ever enough money coming in to cover it all, especially at first. Most people underestimate the amount of money they will need (they aren't realistic with their projections and haven't covered all the necessities.) Without sufficient capitol to keep the business running without expecting the business to pay for it will fail.

2. Not having a solid game plan to follow. Most new home based business owners, especially the ones who fail, have not done the necessary research and have not found a mentor to help advise and lead them through the pitfalls that absolutely every business has. They find themselves alone with little knowledge or experience. Not recognizing the path to take generally leads to failure.

3. Now, mentor was mentioned above, but this is so important it deserves its own mention. In most businesses you are on your own and only the strong, innovative, aggressive ones survive. You aren't going to be able to go ask the competition what works for them. That's like asking them to hand over some of their business, and that's not going to happen.

4. Lack of vision. This starts from the moment you came up with the brilliant idea to go into business in the first place. Looking at the home based business opportunity from all aspects, and taking off the "rose colored glasses is absolutely essential." Is there a need, is there room in the market share for another supplier, will the need last or is it just a fad? A great deal goes into deciding if you should start with the business opportunity in the first place. Failure to look to the future could mean certain failure.

5. Location is important in a brick and mortar business, but it is also important in a home based Internet business. Location in a traditional business of course relates to your customer being able to easily access you or find you and your product or service. In an Internet business it has to do with Search Engine Optimization. If the search engines can't or don't want to find you then your prospective customer is not going to find you either. You could have the greatest store front (web page, capture page, etc.) and the best product, but if you have no customers…well you get the picture don't you?

6. Marketing - lack of, inadequate, or just plain bad marketing will sink your ship. Marketing is probably the number one place businesses loose money. If marketing isn't effective you are loosing money. Marketing is meant to bring in business, and if it does not effectively do that then you are loosing money. Even if you have business coming in, if you do not know that a particular marketing technique is what's bring in that business you may be loosing money. You need to be testing. You need to know what marketing is working and what is not.

7. Passion for your home based business. If you have no passion or drive then as soon as the business takes a dip to the negative you will quit before you get started. It's important to understand the peaks and valleys of any endeavor. Business is no different. Just because the storm clouds are overhead today doesn't mean the sun isn't getting ready to make a break. Your passion will often times make or break your business situation. Keep your vision ahead of you and when the skies are darkest just take one step at a time.

8. No personal growth. Everyone needs to be growing or they are stagnant and their business will reflect that. Education is vital for the improvement of every life and business. Self improvement, positive thinking and self talk, helps create the inertia, and flow of attraction that will bring success. See my post on my blog http://organicmarketingsolutions.com/MarketingSolutions/?p=3 Use this post to help you achieve your goals.

9. Lack of or poor planning. This goes along with #4 lack of vision. You must have a very definite plan on where you're going and how you're going to get there. It should be written down in logical steps to follow and they should go from point A to point B to point C and so on. Failure to have a step by step plan will lead to confusion. And if you don't know where you're going, how can you ever get there?

10. Un researched product or service. A product or service has to fill a need or it is an uphill battle to do business. Supply and demand dictates how well your business will do and only thorough research will have you in the right place at the right time to do business successfully.

There you have it. Do your research, educate yourself for personal and business growth, have a vision with passion, have a marketing plan with plans to test how well your marketing plan is working, with a mentor that will give you feedback and direction, with funding in place, and you just may have a winner. Sit back and enjoy the ride.

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My New Bipap Machine

Well, the big day finally came. My machine arrived. I went to my medical Supplier Brown's Advanced Care to pick it up.

The machine was a Respironics Series M Auto Bipap machine. The technician asked me if I had problems with the continuous pressure of cpap. I certainly did and had to fight the panic. I found it very hard to exhale against the pressure. The Doctor who prescribed my machine saw this in my sleep study and went with the bipap machine.

After the therapist showed me how the machine worked we strapped on the mask and turned it on. Panic still set in briefly but I quickly realized it was easier to exhale with the bipap. There is a cool feature called ramp that lets the machine start at a lower pressure for the 1st half hour. It will be much easier to start out that way and if you do not fall asleep in the 1st half hour you can re-start the ramp again.

My pressure was 18 for inhale and that feels like a hurricane wind to me. Amazing, but I am going to do everything I can to make this work. The more I found out about sleep apnea and the cumulative affects on your body the more determined I am to make this work. I would rather try to get used to this rather than trying to learn how to walk and talk again after a stroke. A man I know had a stroke and he seriously wishes he would have listened to his Doctor and had his sleep study.

I laid down with my machine today for an hour. It was still tough to do, but easier the cpap. I did not fall asleep, but I felt a little better. The machine forces you to breath deep and I got more oxygen into my system.

Well, tonight I have a date with my new machine. The hospital technician said the machine would be my new girlfriend...so trying to come up with a name. Will do that shortly. The Doc gave me some Ambien to help me out...so should have a good nights sleep finally.

Mark Potes

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20 Reasons to Have Your Own Web Site or Blog

1. Improve your Credibility as an Internet Marketer, as a Team leader in your business, as a home based business entrepreneur, whatever your niche is.

2. Send e-mail using your own domain name.

3. Make your training info/business tips easily available to your affiliates by writing it on a webpage or blog.

4. Setup a Blog on your site. Posting to your Blog on a regular basis will improve your site's exposure on the Search Engines. Use a Blog to get traffic to your site from the Social BookMarking sites.

5. Install a Forum on your site where your team members could help one another and you could help them all. You could make the forum private for your Team Members only.

6. Adding your own content on a regular and continued basis will get you noticed by the Search Engines. You could allow your affiliates to submit Articles which you could host for them. This will give them a link back to their site or to their blogs.

7. You could setup a page to re-direct to an affiliate site or sales page.

8. Make ebooks, software, Special Reports downloadable in your members Only section.

9. Host a site for one of your affiliates as a folder of your main website. For instance mywebsite.com/PPPP where PPPP could the page devoted to your team member.

10. Branding yourself will give you an USP(Unique Selling Proposition)

11. Setup an RSS feed so you can deliver your marketing messages without needing email address. If you need to become familiar with RSS, first get an RSS reader and find a site with an RSS feed to subscribe to. Google has a free rss reader.

12. Setup a Contact Form on your home page to collect visitors name and email address. Set the form to post the information to your Autoresponder or at least a database on your site.

13. Setup a link page for exchanging relevant links to other websites to improve in bound links.

14. You can join traffic exchanges to get some free traffic.

15. Install (follow instructions) an Autoresponder on your webserver so you can use it to automate your email follow up tasks. An easier way is to use an autoresponder service. Tons of tools that you need are here including web hosting, autoresponder service, and video marketing and hosting. Web Hosting and tools That Pays You Back

16. By copy/pasting some code, you can setup a webpage to redirect to another page. This allows you to hide your affiliate number from your link.

17. You can also use the redirection code above to shorten a long affiliate URL. moreinfo247.com/xxxx could become mydomain.com/yourbusiness/

18. Setup a FAQ (frequently asked questions) page to post those questions that you are often asked and your person answer to each question.

19. Put Audio or Video on a webpage. Video is the future of marketing and draws in traffic.

20. Sell the Skills that you learn to help others with their marketing.

Mark Potes http://www.potesy.com

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4 Home Based Business Ideas

If you want stay at home and earn an some extra money, there's never been a better time than now. With so many opportunities online, you can easily start your own home business with a computer and an internet connection. Whether you want to start a part-time or full-time home business, here are some excellent home business solutions to consider.

1. Make Money Online by Offering Web-related Services

If you're skilled in Web design, graphic design, Internet marketing, or other Web-related services, you can make money online by offering these services to others. There are many homemakers and business people just like you who are getting online to start a business. They'll need their own website, hosting, domain name, company Web logo, and Internet marketing services.

If you can provide these services, you'll have a terrific opportunity for residual income. Many of these services are paid monthly or yearly, so the potential for success is amazing.

This site will get you into some of the services you need. Web hosting, autoresponders, video marketing and web conferencing. Much more actually..but chack it out.

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2. Teach People From Your Home

If you have special skills and love to teach, there's good news. You no longer have to apply for a teaching job at a school or university. You can now start your own training website and teach others from the comfort of your own home. The Internet is flooded daily with people who want to increase their knowledge and skills. Many moms and dads are now offering classes, selling e-books, and providing instructional websites all while staying home with the kids. It's a great way to make money online without paying high daycare bills!

There are also unique home business solutions online where you can sign up with a company that provides training to students for you. You can potentially earn a huge residual income by promoting their educational services.

3. Join an MLM Opportunity

MLM has grown tremendously in recent years thanks to online technology. More and more people are making money online with MLM because it's so much easier to communicate using online resources such as email, websites, and instant messaging.

If you decide to join an MLM company, be sure the company is trustworthy. Investigate before you sign on, or find a company that will investigate for you. A good place to start is a dependable MLM directory. These companies will investigate many different home business solutions and list only those that are legitimate and that offer the most profit potential.

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4. Niche Home Business Solutions

Many homemakers are earning a substantial income by offering niche products or services. For example, the mother who loves to sew baby clothing decides to sell her items through her own website or through consignment websites. Or, a father who loves to do handiwork around the house starts a "handyman" e-zine and sells related products and tools. A young college student discovers the secrets to college life and starts his or her own "college life" blog.

The possibilities are endless. Other niche home business ideas include baking, hunting, fishing, musical instruction, handmade crafts, handmade furniture, parenting, pets, weddings, gardening, and sports.

Mark Potes

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Cold Calling Mistakes

Have you noticed that the old "tried and true" cold calling techniques which were once successful have completely lost their effectiveness over the years? They just don’t work anymore.

But many salespeople are still use them because that’s all they know. They’re working from that old, ineffective cold calling mindset. And they’re making the same mistakes over and over again.

Let's talk about 4 classic cold calling mistakes from the old traditional methods that will put you on the wrong path if you’re not careful.

1. Deliver a strong, enthusiastic sales pitch

People almost always feel "pushed" by a hard sales pitch, especially when it’s coming from someone they don’t know.

A strong sales pitch includes the unspoken assumption that your product or service is a great fit for the other person. But think about it. You’ve never spoken with them before, much less had a full conversation. You can’t possibly know much about them at this point.

So to them, you’re just another salesperson who wants them to buy something. The alarms in their head goes off and so the resistance walls go up.

It’s much better to modestly assume you know very little about your prospect. Invite them to share some of their concerns and difficulties with you. Then allow them to guide the conversation, rather than your pre-ordained strategy or pitch.

2. Your goal is to always make the sale

When your target in cold calling is to always make the sale, prospects are aware of your agenda. Almost immediately, they’re on the defensive. After all, you’re primarily focused on yourself and the sale – not on them.

In the old traditional mindset, you forge ahead with the hope of getting a sale. You’re coaxing, persuading, and pushing things forward.

But most cold calls break down the moment the other person feels this sales pressure.

Why? Because they don’t know you, and they don’t trust you.

So the sales momentum you’re trying to create actually triggers a backlash of suspicion and resistance. They’re trying to protect themselves from a potential "intruder" with what appears to them as a self-serving agenda.

Instead, you can approach cold calling with a different goal. Your focus can be on discovering whether you’re able to solve a problem for the other person.

When you become a problem-solver, this feels vastly different to the person you’re talking to. You’re not triggering rejection. You’re calling with 100 percent of your thoughts and energy focused on their needs, rather than on making a sale.

3. Focus on the end of the conversation – that’s when sales are lost

If you believe that you lose sales because you’ve made a mistake at the end of the process, you’re looking in the wrong direction. Most mistakes are made at the beginning of a cold calling conversation.

It’s at the beginning that you convey whether you’re honest and trustworthy. If you’ve started out your cold call with a high-pressured sales pitch, then you’ve probably lost the other person in just a few seconds.

When you follow a sales script, strategy, or presentation, then you’re not allowing a natural, trusting conversation to evolve. So the "problem" has been put into motion by your very first words. So the place to put all your focus is at the beginning of the cold call, not at the end.

4. Overcome and counter all objections

Most traditional sales programs spend a lot of time focusing on overcoming objections. But these tactics only put more sales pressure on your prospect, which triggers resistance. You also fail to explore or understand the truth behind what’s being said.

When you hear, "We don't have the budget," or, "Call me in a few months," you can uncover the truth by replying, "That's not a problem."

Then using understanding and a few probing, diplomatic questions you can invite them to reveal the truth about their situation.

So move away from the old sales mindset and try this new way of approaching your cold calling. You’ll find yourself being more natural, and others will respond to you in a much more positive way.

Mark Potes

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Keep Your Customers Coming Back

In business, the customer is always right - sometimes confused, misinformed, rude, stubborn and ornery, but never wrong. Ever date anyone like that?

Customers are the reason you have a business. Without them, no matter what you do, there isn't any business.

Therefore, you should approach customer service the same way you approach a date. Nurture it with good habits and relentless care. Each date builds on the previous one. Each sale does the same in building customer retention.

So, here are some simple suggestions for "dating" your customer and enhancing your business relationships.

* Dazzle customers with your service. The key to good customer service is treating all your customers well but not necessarily the same. Respond to their individual needs. One customer might need a ton of help and attention, another might prefer an opportunity to browse with privacy.

* Anticipate the needs of your customers by emphasizing service over sales. Good service sells. Pushy service people who are always trying to sell more can be a major turnoff to all customers.

* Treat your customers well by being a problem solver. If you can't help the customer, help him or her find someone who can. Customers appreciate your help - even when you aren't directly profiting from a sale. Just consider it an investment. They'll appreciate the advice and remember your business the next time they need your goods or services.

* Innovate by understanding that most rules should be flexible. Don't ever say, "No, that's against the rules," to a customer who's making a reasonable request. Your main rule - one that should never be compromised - is to keep your customers happy and satisfied.

* Nurture your employees by giving them the care and respect that you want them to give your customers. If you treat them well, your employees will be great ambassadors of service. If you treat them poorly, they'll treat your customers badly in turn.

* Guarantee that your customers keep coming back. Have a great customer service plan and post it in a central location for all to see. Once employees understand the importance of great customer service, you will have customers returning over and over.

Mark Potes

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Can Spending Keep Your Home Based Business Alive During The Recession?

If you own or operate a local home based business, you’re probably feeling the crunch from the economy. Everywhere you turn people are tightening their belts and trying to squeeze one more mile out of their dollar.

It’s during these times that fortunes are made and lost for local businesses. And it’s not what you’re thinking.

Studies prove that its during hard economic times that businesses should be spending the same if not more on advertising and marketing.

It might sound crazy…

But it’s true. Check out this statement from All Business, a D&B Company –

“Study after study has delivered the same results: companies who pull in their resources and hunker down to ride out the economic uncertainties fall way behind when things get better. Those same studies show that companies, who aggressively pursue revenue in good times and bad, leapfrog over their competitors in the following years.”

So what this means is, don’t be scared to spend some money on your advertising during these tough times. And what you should do is take a look at what type of advertising or marketing will give you the best chances of survival. You’ve got to find the methods that will offer you a nice return on investment (ROI). You’ll have to pay attention to your advertising and where you’re best results are coming from.

Now more than ever, people are performing local searches on the internet before they leave their home to shop for products or services.

They look up what they want online first, price compare, and then go out shopping to get it. People are paying much more attention to gas mileage, time, and energy as the economy is hitting them hard too.

That’s the main reason why local search should be an important part of local business marketing. It’s cheaper than traditional advertising and when done right you get a much better ROI.

You might be wondering how to do it because you have no idea what local search advertising is and how to place an effective ad block. That’s exactly why local search directories are making it easier for your company to implement.

Local search directories are full of everything you need for your city and are highly optimized for your specific area. What I’m saying is if you’re looking for a XYZ Company distributor in Lansing, you’re not going to find a distributor from New York popping up in these local directories.

What that means to you is when your potential customer is searching for “Lansing XYZ Company Distributor” they will find your business much easier because it’s targeted and optimized for those types of searches.

Ultimately that’s more money in your pocket for every advertising dollar you spend. More and more searches are being conducted online before anyone ever leaves their home. And you should capitalize on it.

You’ve got to get ahead of your competition and start getting listed in a local directory before the technology and your competitors leave you in the dust. The bottom line is… it’s here to stay.

Mark Potes

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Free Powerful Google Tools

In the modern day of technology Google has become the leading figure in search engine tools, but the thing that most people are unaware of are the valuable business tools that Google has available for free. Most people have heard about Google Earth or Google Maps, but how about Google Apps? This free tool offers users the ability to create free email accounts, share files, create schedules, and communicate with people in real time. Although most of these tools are used for personal use, businesses should look into Google Apps. The price is right and it is one valuable piece of software.

Gmail: With Gmail businesses are able to create email accounts free of charge. Sure the email address will have "@gmail.com" attached to it, but nobody wants to pay big bucks for a custom email address when Google offers a solution for free. Gmail also has enough storage for your email needs, and the user friendly interface makes this tool a valuable resource.

Google Docs: Google Docs allows individuals to share files and store data on the internet free of charge. In todays world of technology businesses require files to be shared over the internet and Google Docs is an excellent way to do that. Businesses can create files, make changes to them, and republish them online.

Google Calendar: With Google Calendar people can manage there time better than ever. People can schedule tasks, set due dates, and use time more efficiently. This tool also lets individuals share schedules with others making it easier for people to collaborate with each other. This again comes at the amazing price of free.

Google Webtalk: Webtalk is perhaps the most valuable tool that businesses should use to elevate there business. This tool allows individuals to converse with one another from anywhere in the world in real time. Employees and business owners can conduct meetings from a computer anywhere in the world. This means more business can be done with more flexibility. Webtalk will allow businesses to conduct company meetings, allow employees to collaborate, or do anything else that helps businesses grow.

All of these tools combined will prove to be beneficial to any business. Put all of these resources together, and a business can be run from anywhere in the world. The best way to get started with Google Apps is to create an account with Google and download this powerful application.

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How to Write A Press Release For Your Business

Once you know the basics involved in writing a Press Release, you’ll find it's a pretty simple process to put one together. In fact, if you conform to "industry standards" and include the information that reporters and editors are expecting to find, your press release stands a very good chance of actually being used.

Here are the formatting rules you need to follow:

Use proper form when typing. Using all caps is like shouting at someone and it will turn them off. NEVER SUBMIT A PRESS RELEASE IN ALL UPPER CASE LETTERS. As you can see, it’s much more difficult to read that way.

Always follow the rules of grammar and style. Errors in grammar and style affect your credibility. Excessive errors will cause your press release to be rejected.

Don't use HTML. When sending your press release to online Media, do not embed HTML or other markup languages in it. Including such formatting will negatively impact the readability of your press release.

Use more than one paragraph. If you can say everything in only a few sentences, then chances are you do not have a newsworthy story. (*Note: You may hear that your press release should “never” be more than one page long. I have found that a press release should be as long as it takes to tell your story. If that means one and a-half or two pages, then that’s how long it should be. Do your best to keep it short and sweet, but don’t take out important information just to make it fit on one page.)

Include a summary paragraph for online submissions. Some online news services request that you include a one-page summary of your press release. This is because some distribution points only receive your headline, summary and a link to your press release. If you are submitting to online services, not including the summary paragraph may reduce the effectiveness of your press release. This is not usually necessary with print, television or radio media.

Write your press release with good software such as Microsoft Word. When you’ve finished writing it, print it out, and proofread it. Rewrite, edit, and proofread again, until you've got it exactly how you want it, and there are no mistakes. Because most people have a harder time proofreading their own writing, ask someone you trust to proofread it for you.

Do not include your e-mail address in the body of your release -- especially when submitting your press release online, or publishing your press release on your Website or in your blog. You can include your email address in the contact information if you wish, but if it goes online, be prepared to be spammed, since it’s going into public domain. Most online media services will have a place for your email address in the submission process, for your protection, and most of your local media will prefer a telephone number to contact you with.

Here is a basic template you can use when writing your Press Release:

Starting at the top of the page, on your company letterhead, write the words "PRESS RELEASE" in all capital letters, centered and bolded.

Hit the enter-bar twice, so you go down two lines. On the left hand side of the page, write the date you want the information to be released, or if it's "FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE" write that, again in all CAPS and bolded. On the same line, but to the far right, write the words "CONTACT INFORMATION" again, bolded and in capital letters. Go down to the next line, and list the contact person and their phone number.

It's always a good idea to have two contact people whenever possible and two phone numbers for each of them -- for example, the office number and cell phone numbers. You can also put your email address here.

Hit the enter-bar twice again, and type in your headline next. (It needs to be centered and bolded, but not necessarily in all CAPS). Your headline needs to be short, snappy and relevant. You want it to grab the reader's attention.

Go down two spaces again. The body of your press release should be double spaced, and typed in an easy to read 12 in font, such as Times New Roman or Arial. Leave lots of white space in your press release -- use at least one to two inch margins around your page.

The first paragraph of your press release needs to provide the reader with enough basic information to make them keep reading. It should answer the "W" questions -- who, what, when, and where and why. Because you've only got a few sentences, make every word count.

The second paragraph of your press release will answer the "so what" question. It needs to explain who is going to be interested in this information, and why they should care about it. The second paragraph is an ideal place to include a quote, or a touchie-feely "Kodak" moment, to add human interest to your story.

The third (and often final) paragraph of your press release should answer any other questions the reporter or journalist might still have about your story. Here is where you can include information about your company, or any technical stuff.

Make your press release long enough to say what you need to say. If it goes beyond one page, then centered under the last line on the first page, write the word "MORE" in all caps and bold it.

Then on the second page, on the top right hand side of the page, write "Page 2" and on the line under that, write the title of your press release again.

Continue where you left off. When your press release is finished, put these symbols centered under the last line "###" (without the quotation marks.) This lets the reader know that you're done.

That's all there is to it. Although the information you provide will be different each time you write a press release, the basic format will always stay the same. Now you've got enough information to be able to write your first press release. So, "write" on and good luck!

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To OutSource Your Home Based Business or Not

For many people the work needed to market online can be a tedious chore with many jobs being very technically challenging.

If some jobs are out of your comfort zone why struggle trying to accomplish them when you can outsource the work and better spend your time working on the things which you are most competent at doing. You will also enjoy your work much more.

If your talent is for writing but building websites is an utter mystery find someone to build the sites for you.Then you can supply them with the content for the sites or at least source and rewrite plr articles to make them your own. Similarly you can find people to promote and market your web site and probably far more effectively than you ever could yourself.

Cost can be a big factor but then how many hours can you waste trying and often failing to get your site up and running correctly. Especially when you want all the extras like videos, pop ups and all the rest. Probably your time is much better spent on producing good quality content and ideas.

The cost does not have to be overwhelming. An advert in your local paper will very likely uncover a teenage genius who is a whiz on computers. They will probably be happy to jump at the chance to earn more than they earn working at the local fast food store. The advantage of using somebody local is that you have easy access to them and the chance of good face to face communication.

There are of course all the online resources with contractors from all over the world looking for work in every aspect of online business. The prices can vary hugely and English may not be their first language but you can generally question their competence and ability to understand English well enough for you to communicate with them. Try to get some testimonials from previous employers and if you do employ them be sure to watch the progress of your project to see that your instructions are adhered to.

A quick Google search should uncover a number of outsourcing companies with very reasonable rates.

It is an idea worth exploring because so many people get bogged down in all the technology that they do not achieve anything. This is just part of getting yourself organized. Being organized is essential for getting things done. Most people who are successful have hired other people to do the things that they are not good at.

It is amazing what other people will do for you when they are getting paid. Most would not do it for themselves, but as long as the job mentality is there, they will do it for a paycheck. Why not take advantage of other peoples talent and time and free up your time for what you do best. Only you know what that is and you need to decide what to hire out. You will be amazed what happens to your business once all the marketing pieces come together.

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Why and How to Start a MLM Homebased Business

Have you ever wished you could make some extra money for the things you have always wanted, without having to check the balance in your check book first? Do you have enough money saved to take care of those emergencies should they arise. Do you have to save money all year, to take a family vacation or a second honeymoon? How about buying a new car or some of those toys like your friends have?

Are you worried that you might have to work a part-time job, to make ends meet, but you do not want to lose time with your friends and family? Have you ever thought about starting your own online business from home to make extra money or maybe to replace your current JOB some day? Of course the biggest question everyone asks is, "Can I really make a good living, with an online business from home?" The answer is, YES you can!

There are many online businesses from home which will produce the necessary income to set you financially free. You must protect yourself and do not get caught up in any online scams. Make sure you do a thorough research of all the online businesses you are considering! Research them in all the major Search Engines to see what other people are saying about these opportunities you are considering. There are thousands of Forums related to online business. Participate in a few forums and ask questions concerning the programs that interest you. You will likely find people who have already tried some of the programs and based on their observations, you can save yourself a lot of time and money. Keep in mind, even legitimate companies will get some negative responses, but the positive will far outweigh the negative.

Don't get me wrong, there are many honest and legitimate ways to start a business from home, however, be aware of all those scams waiting to clean out your wallet. The intention is not to try and scare you from pursuing your dream. You just need to do the research, and you will find the honest and legitimate businesses from home. It is not difficult to see the difference between the legitimate online businesses and the scams. Remember, If it sounds too good to be true, Then it is!

You should be able to communicate with a legitimate company, either by e-mail or telephone. If you are consistently running into brick walls trying to get answers to your questions, be a little leery. You should be able to get a real person to answer your e-mail with answers to your questions. It may take a day or two, but if they are honest and legitimate, you will get a real person to reply. If a company requires a large some of money to start your business from home; turn and run the other way, because it is a pretty good indicator, It is a scam.

Many people ask this question, "Can I make money with an online business from home? How about asking yourself, "When am I going to get started to financial freedom?" Remember, there are many honest and legitimate online businesses from home, and you can definitely find one to fulfill your dreams.

Remember to thoroughly research all the online businesses from home that interest you. Protect yourself from scams and you will find that honest and legitimate online business you can build successfully.

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The Internet is the 2nd Best place to Advertise Your MlM-Homebased-Business?

Over the years, the Internet has become the primary means of trying to sell products, services, or information for many marketers and businesses. However, as popular as the Internet is, it still may not be the most profitable way to advertise or sell.

In our modern day of high-speed technology, many seem to forget that the tried and true method of direct sales marketing through print advertising can still prove to be the most profitable way to go.

How can such a statement be true? It's because basic human nature has not changed, nor have human buying triggers. Having something tangible a person can hold in their hand is still trusted more than words or images thrown up on a computer screen. In spite of the Internet's capability of reaching out to multi-millions of email addresses or viewers in a matter of minutes... a printed circular or flyer in hand still holds more credibility.

Think about it. When you get a printed circular or flyer that you can hold in your hand... you tend to look at it as something real that is produced by a real person whom you can identify with. You don't generally look at it as some unknown face or entity hiding behind a computer screen trying to scam you.

It seems illogical that so many marketers and businesses are unaware of, or have forgotten this old proven method of advertising and selling. Printed forms of advertising and direct sale pieces have stood the test of time, and have proven itself over and over again against everything that has come and gone.

Here's something else to think about. Most people go online looking for information, not sales offers. So the chance of them running across your online offer is slim to none. However, when a printed direct sales offer is physically placed in the hands of people, they will put forth the effort to seek out the source of the offer. It doesn't matter if it's right up the street from them or online... the printed direct sales piece established a certain form of credibility.

With direct sales, you don't have to worry about getting traffic to a web site, search engine optimization, black hat, white hat, or any of the other online techniques you see touted. People coming online to your web site after reading your printed direct sales piece are generally looking to buy the product or service offered.

The Internet should wisely be used in combination with direct sales as an extension of your advertising and sales efforts... not as your primary medium. More people who are ready to buy will find you through direct sales than they would just surfing the internet to see what's available amid the billions of web pages.

A printed advertising or direct sales piece is really much easier to produce than a web site... wouldn't you agree? All it has to do is make people aware of what is available, the cost, and where to get it. If the offer is located in a physical building, then give the address and times of operation. If it is located online, the give the web site addresses. It's just that simple.

Most internet exclusive advertisers will likely see their sales efforts pay off in a much greater way by combining print advertising and direct sales with their online methods. Once a printed direct sales piece establishes credibility, a web site would only need to highlight benefits and give access to the offer.

Now that you realize the benefits and advantages... do yourself and your business a favor, and make print advertising direct sales an important part of your financial well being.

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Tips for Building a Successful MLM-HomeBased-Business

Running a mlm-homebased-business it is always important to keep abreast of the best current practices to ensure business growth. Here are the 6 practices that many top networkmarketing leaders are using to successfully build their businesses.

Always have a advertising budget whether you are marketing online, offline, or doing a combination of both. Advertising is essential to your business. Stick to your budget so that you will have on-going momentum. Evaluate how your advertisements are working and make adjustments as needed.

Keep in contact with your team. You can touch base with them on a regular basis by phone, email or a service like Skype.. This is an important strategy to implement, especially for those on your team who are serious team builders. Your team members joined because they know, like, and trust you. This doesn't stop after they join you, in fact your support just grew as they are now in your business. Once your team grows, you likely will not be able to talk and work with everyone one on one. However, you can still work closely with your top leaders and teach them how to work with their people. This ensures strong support throughout the team.

Be consistent with lead generation. Running a mlm-homebased-business it is essential to have interested prospects in your pipeline. It is also important to make sure that the system you use to attract prospects is duplicatable. In other words, it should be so simple that a veteran or someone just starting out can use it successfully.

Build leaders and make them successful. You want to hear from your business builders, "I'll do whatever it takes", and not "Well, I'll just try and give it a shot." The second response usually means if things don't work out for the person, they very well may quit. Leaders also make sure their distributors order products. They never complain to their upline or downline, and have their own aspirations, goals, and dreams. True leaders also will run a meeting if you are away. You want to build leaders with strengths such as these on your team.

Have a written plan. As a professional network marketing distributor, always write out your plan and how you desire to achieve your goals. Do this on a weekly basis and then review it at the end of the week. If you are not satisfied with how things turned out, make adjustments for the following week.

Discover the marketing practice that works best for you and become really good at it. This may be article writing, blogging, creating on-line videos, e-zine advertising, etc. If you are not sure what you want to do, implement what is working for others until you find what works best for you.

Becoming a successful network marketing distributor and leader does involve following the best practices others are using with great success. Study them, implement them consistently, and watch your business experience on-going growth.

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Tough Questions for Your MLM HomeBased Business

Many people in network marketing desire to know how to be successful in mlm homebased business. Indeed, with the attrition rate so high, finding success is not always easy.

Many people do not realize that asking one simple question can greatly increase their chance of success? The question is quite simple. What kind of company do you represent?

Is your company simply a churn and burn machine? This is a company that constantly pushes distributors to build a huge downline. There is no true product and people would not join if there wasn't a business opportunity associated with it. Recruiting is important, but is spells bad news if it is the primary focus.

Is anyone retailing products or are they just garage qualified? Of course, everyone should continue to seek new leaders to grow and develop, but not to the point where no retailing of products occurs. There has to be a balance.

Where is the focus? If the focus is only on recruiting, and you are getting paid just to recruit, this is pump and dump networking.

What is the product price? Is it competitively priced? Is the product price being inflated? Remember, only a few companies manufacture products for most other mlm companies. Inflated prices occur when a company's products are very high and the same product can be found with another company for much less. Plus, if you can find the product in places like Wal-mart, Costco, Safeway, on Ebay, etc., this spells trouble for distributors. Who can compete against Wal-Mart? When it comes to how to be successful in mlm, being involved with a company such as this will make success difficult.

What profit are people making? A profit is simply the difference between the wholesale and retail price of a product. If distributors only get 3%, 5%, 7%, etc. of the wholesale profit, they are going to need many, many people to build a good income. Many people more than likely means a couple of thousand or more.

How much overhead does the company have? For some, this sounds weird but it is important to consider. The less overhead, the more a company can put in a compensation plan for distributors.

Are bonuses paid out? Do people have to go through so many hoops that only the top 1% of people are qualified? This is especially important to consider since most people in mlm are part-timers. If almost no one ever qualifies, where does the money go? If people are looking at how to be successful in mlm, think about this very carefully.

Would people buy the product if there were no business opportunity associated with it? The question to always ask is if the recruiting stopped for any amount of time, would the company still be in business? If there is no true product yet lots of recruiting going on, it's an illegal pyramid scheme.

So, to answer the question how to be successful in mlm homebased business, think carefully about the above questions. If some people don't like their answers, it means they very well could be in a network where success will be very difficult. Choose to be part of a company where you can build it big for your children and your children's children.

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Autoresponder Tips and Tricks

The number one rule in effective email marketing is to ALWAYS capture every email address of every possible prospect. Here is how to get started building a large customer list to promote your products and make more money in the process.

First you will need to sign up for a paid membership at a respected autoresponder service. This is not very expensive. It usually costs no more than $20 per month. One of the best services is Aweber.com ...highly recommended autoresponder service. Here is some helpful tips

for using your autoresponder to create campaigns that will sell products for you consistently.

Tip #1. Place an e-mail capture form on every website you own to collect email addresses from your prospects.

Offer them a FREE report or eBook for signing up to your new newsletter.

You will use this newsletter to 'broadcast' news, special offers, discounts and clearance sales to your 'active' list of prospects at different times as needed. A good tip is to keep your prospect audience 'on the hook' and always receptive to your email messages. Build good rapport with your subscribers.

By capturing as many email addresses as you can and broadcasting a newsletter to your customers on a frequent basis (once every 1 to 2 weeks is O.K. for most businesses), you will increase your sales and profits.

#2. When sending out a broadcast, give your prospective customers a FREE offer that complements the product or service that you are promoting in the email.

This could be a FREE eBook or report that might make them more interested in the product that you are selling. Include in the free eBook or report a hyperlink to your product sales page just in case they decide to go ahead and buy your product after reading the FREE eBook or report. You always want to make it as easy as possible for your customers to read, review and purchase your product.

Tip #3. Then in the same email broadcast, give your customers a "preview" of your next email offer. Also include a line or two about the next FREE bonus offer that will accompany your upcoming email to interest them and set up your next product mailing.

It all comes down to meeting the expectations of your customers. They will know what is coming to their inbox next. Who knows, your customer might already be sold on the next offer as soon as it arrives!

Tip #4. When advertising your product in ezine ads, always give the people that are reading your ad the opportunity to get on your mailing list.

In fact, you should be advertising your product for the purpose of capturing the prospect's email address. You are going to make your sales and profits on the back-end. Avoid trying to sell your product from the ad itself.

To do this, you offer them FREE information and MORE DETAILS about the product that you are promoting in your ad. Then have the prospect send a blank email to your autoresponder. Follow-up using your autoresponder with a message of your choice that includes the information the prospect requested.. Also add these prospects to your newsletter mailing list.

Refer to the instructions at your autoresponder service on how to make the hyperlink to your autoresponder and how to organize your new email addresses.

Email marketing makes you more money when it is done right. Follow the tips above and cash in on your company's new email marketing strategies with ease.

Now you have a way to get people to see your offers at a minimal cost. And you have built up a high level of trust and loyalty with your subscribers. Plus in the eyes of your customers, you always over deliver. That's a triple winning combination for your marketing mix. And you did it all automatically!

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How to Keep Your E-Mails Interesting

Most of us are bombarded with more emails than we could possibly handle or ever take an interest in. Thus, companies that transmit ezines should avoid the all too commonly used messages that say “SALE” or “Buy me.” Instead, ezines should be limited to providing useful information about their product and directions on how to use of these products. Also, expert advice about the products and the latest trends and tips about their products. Ezines should also put the company’s products in the spotlight by stressing the fact that they are exactly what the market has been looking for and explain the reasons why. This will arouse the readers’ interests and they will invest more time learning about the products which will eventually lead them to buying the products.

Publishers should engage their readers by actively clicking on various links and by creatively leading them from one valuable resource to another. Whether the targeted market of the promotion is a list of current customers or prospects, to be fully effective it should contain interactive contents, be entertaining and be valuable to its readers. Newsletters are perceived as worthwhile reading when they disclose the latest company news and tell human interest stories. They could also recount the history of the company, declare the company’s achievements such as inclusion among Fortune 500 companies or its rapid growth rate. More could be to share fun facts, discuss employee benefits and perks, address personnel changes, announce money saving sales, broadcast research and production goals and so on. Transactional emails that include updates and general information such as registrations, subscriptions, shipping notifications and order confirmations can also be very effective.

Every emailed communication with current and potential customers must include website links, contact email addresses, telephone numbers and physical addresses. You will want to be able to respond to and collect recipient feedback on the company’s products or services, about the newsletters and about the company's website.

Quick single-question surveys in the form of pop quizzes or other kinds of games can also prove to be extremely effective. Results of quizzes and the surveys can be published on the company website as well as in its newsletter. In addition, positive feedback, good customer reviews and stories which talk about how this company’s products improved someone’s life are good ways to attract new customers and retain old ones. Features such as “Frequently Asked Questions” within the website as well as in the newsletter tend to be appealing and capture reader’s attention and interest.

Building blogs that link directly to the newsletters are effective means of getting subscribers’ and customers’ to help improve company’s products and customer services by collecting useful comments and feedback. The most constructive comments and problem solving feedback can then be published for all to see. Videos that can ultimately lead to video blogs can be used to promote the company, its newsletters as well as its products.

Personifying the company’s newsletters adds an element of fun, charm, warmth and charisma, all of which will attract more and more readers. And finally, a personal note from the editor of the ezine will strengthen the bond between the publisher and its readers which will in turn lead to a stronger connection to the company and its products.

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What Does It Mean To Be An American?

Today is September 11, 2008. We shall never forget the people that perished and the hereos of 9-11-2001.

I thought it would be fitting to host a patriotic post today and came acrossed a troubling one. We all need to take heed and keep this country strong.

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By Gary Palmer

What does it mean to be an American? According to E Pluribus Unum, a new report issued by the Bradley Project on America’s National Identity, Americans’ ability to answer to that question correctly is in serious decline.

Being an American has nothing to do with race, religion or any other “blood” or “dirt” attributes that define citizenship in practically every other country in the world. In other words, we are not Americans by birth or boundary, but by a core of commonly held ideas such as those so eloquently expressed in our Declaration of Independence. Nations that derive their identity from a common race or ethnicity perpetuate themselves through birth of children. But a nation, such as America, that is founded on ideas perpetuates itself by passing on those ideas and principles to each new generation of its children and to each new group of immigrants. It appears we are no longer doing that for our children or for our immigrant population.

The Bradley report found that 63 percent of Americans believe our national identity is weakening and 24 percent believe the nation is now so segmented that a common identity is no longer possible. A more troubling finding is that 45 percent of the 18-34 year olds polled believe international law should trump the United States Constitution when there is a conflict between the two.

The Bradley Project focuses on the entire population, including immigrants who are now estimated to represent one in eight of the U.S. population. According to their report, immigrants are not learning the essential lessons of America’s history or our guiding principles, which makes assimilation into our society even more difficult. Even more troubling, almost half of our children are growing up without the core knowledge needed to have a well-formed appreciation for America’s national identity.

Others have taken note of the failure to patriotically assimilate immigrants into our country. In a March 30, 2006 article, writer Peggy Noonan points out that we are failing to teach them the great legend of our country. What is the legend? Noonan wrote, “That God made this a special place. That they’re joining something special.”

This begs the question: what does make America special?

It is not our economy, though our Gross Domestic Product is by far the largest in the world. It is not our military strength, though we are the world’s only superpower. And it is not our incredible abundance of natural resources, though we are blessed like no other nation.

We are special among all the nations in the history of the world because of the ideals on which America was founded. These ideals, rooted in Christian faith and nourished by reason, along with our history, are the substance of what it means to be an American. These are the lessons that must be taught and reinforced to all our citizens native-born and immigrant if this nation on is to endure.

As the Bradley report states, “… being an American involves an ethos as well as ideas, a way of life as well as a commitment to common values. It is based on a history that stretches into the ancient past and that has tested us severely on this continent. It is embodied in distinctive attitudes to everything from how we worship to how we make our living.”

It is imperative that we teach these ideals to every generation of Americans and those who come to America. More importantly, they must be taught patriotism � that sense off being part of something so special and so much larger than their own interests that they would sacrifice to protect and perpetuate it. As the Bradley report points out, we can only defend what we believe in. What we believe in is determined largely by what we are taught.

As the Bradley report and other studies are indicating, we are not getting the job done.

Gary Palmer is president of the Alabama Policy Institute, a non-partisan, non-profit research and education organization dedicated to the preservation of free markets, limited government and strong families, which are indispensable to a prosperous society.

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Life Gets in The Way

Life Gets in the Way

You know the beauty of a mlm-homebased-business is that it is your own to run as you see fit. You can work as often or as little as you want. Of course if you are just starting out working just a little will get you little results.

Sometimes life just gets in the way. Things happen. Cars break down, toilet seats break, social commmitments, and weather all have affected this home based business man lately.

The very cool thing about a business that leverages your time is that just because you might be laying under your car with wrenches and new parts...one of you business partners might just be bringing in a new partner. That's exactly what happened to me. As I was out chasing cars parts and new toilet seats (hey...it's real life and truth here) someone else entered my business.

If you had a brick and mortar business would that have happened for you? No, you would have had to pay an employee to work for you while you were gone. I know several small business owners and the administration side of the business just is a real time killer. Many work after hours just to process all the paperwork needed to keep there business running. 15-16 hour days are a reality.

Working a networkmarketing business takes away alot of the hassle. No employees, no insurance work, workers comp, ect. You are your own boss. Set your own hours. Work when you can or want to. Is it all roses? No, of course not. You have to treat it like a business in order for it to PAY like a business.

But..it is there...the brass ring. The opportunity is the same for you as it is everyone else. Yours to grab and run with. When you aren't fixing things of course!

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The Good News Merchants Creed of Influence

Leave Everyone You Meet With Your Imprint and more of themselves.

Make Yourself a Seed. Everything Duplicates After it's Own Kind (Gen 1-11)

The Good News Merchants "Creed of Influence!"

1.I choose to be different because I am an individual. I am proud of that. I am good.

2.I don’t play like others in the “crowd” do. I don’t go where the “crowd” goes. I am different. I will be understood by the 2% of America and misunderstood, at times, by the remaining 98%. That’s okay because I am part of the fellowship of the 2%. The people who create the positive force that shapes this great country. This I will teach with my children. No more maybes. No more games.

3.Finally, (now) the foundation has been poured. I have made my decision and I am now dedicated to everyone, not just to my family. I am a vessel now. I now realize that. Because as a fisher of men, I am at their service. Their model. Their friend. (women already do this naturally) I now understand one of Joe’s “Mystique” character traits. He speaks INCREASE into other people. I now am starting to see the “hidden order” of HOW certain people are so attractive. They speak heightened self-image into people + increase and forward speak = good news merchant!

4.I am a Genius. I am a Diamond and I will not ever let up. I am now out of my old comfort zone. I will not back away, slow down or ever complain about my mission and decision. I live my life between Amen and achievement for which I am proud. I love me so much! It’s my turn now!

5.I love this because I now “see” that with every step that I take from now on, I will be creating the path for all of those who will follow behind me. I call this servanthood. The core of Networking.

6.I am done with small thinking, lack of planning and my past lack of discipline. I have been renewed. No more gossiping. No more cheap excuses. No more shame. NO MORE working from home without pay. “You can not save the whales if you can’t afford to fish,” In other words, I know, deep down, that without serious income and profit, both physically and spiritually, I will not be able to feed my real vision which is to inspire 100,000 other people.

7.I no longer need validation or applause from anyone because I am self directed and a part of the 2%ers club. The MASTER-MIND think tank @ STAR-LINK ! We swim together and as one. I don’t have to be first. I don’t have to be heard by all and I don’t care whether everyone likes me or not. Because I now walk in faith. Which is Gods way of getting me to where I am supposed to be. I am a Diamond. My genius lives through me in my children and friends.

8.I will no longer seek to be in the popularity pool and I know that my attitude and thoughts are contagious. I am a winner, a visionary and a leader. Only good comes from my lips and my words heal the pain in the hearts of other people. I speak my world into existence and I am a leader. I know this is true. I am a Genius gathering my own I AM and a proud member of the MASTER-MIND Team at Star-Link. Other alumni will never have a problem recognizing me as one of their own. I wear who I am in what I do and how I treat other people. My world is bountiful. I am a fisher of hearts. I will imprint these ideals into everyone’s eyes that connect with mine.

Written by joe Schroeder. Learn more about Joe Here www.a-supermind.com

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Print this out or save it to your hard drive. Master the creed and master yourself!

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Needed-Tractor Parts from my MLM Home Based Business

I have a few acres here in Michigan and I depend on my Oliver 550 to help me maintain it. I get the old tractor out several times a year for bush hogging or to clear our long hilly driveway. The last time I used it...it started running funny. I put it into the pole barn and forgot about it. The next day I went to start it and found out the engine was seized up. Found out why it was running strange.

I tore the motor apart and I need a new crank shaft. The rod bearings melted to the crank destroying them both. Ok, now this is a big blow to a man. Losing his tractor. Songs have been written about it. I could probably create a new song right now with the words I said in my pole barn. Well, I would have to clean it up, but you know what I mean.

So, what the heck does this have to do with my home based business? Well, I earn a hourly wage from my current civil servant job. I cannot go to my boss and tell him that my tractor is broke so I need a raise to fix it. But... I can work a little harder in my natural vitamin supplement business!

That is the neat thing about a home business. it is your business, so you work on it as much or as little as you want. I have a little extra motivation now. The guys at work all listen to country, so I have heard those tractor songs. Now, I have my own.

Here is the 1st couple of lines..(fill in with your own favorite country singer's voice)

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My tractor's broke and I need some moneeeeyyyy. I'm gonna work harder to fix that ole honeeeeyyyyy.

My Oliver's broke and so's my heart. Gonna grab my wallet and get some parts.

No man should be without his tractor. Not even a fancy pants hollywood actor.

My tractor's broke and I need some moneeeyyyy. I'm gonna work harder to fix that ole honeeeeyyy.

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There you go. My start of my broke tractor song. Might here that on the radio some day!

Talk soon...

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Anti-Aging Franchise Online

I have been sharing the details about Vivix a revolutionary cellular anti-aging product.*

Here is a video to tell you more. Watch the video and then go to Revolutionary New Anti-Aging Product

Vivix Cellular Anti-Aging Video

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Blogging for Your MLM HomeBased Business

The web log, or blog, has turned out to be more than a fad in the internet world. It started out as a personal journal that could be publicly viewed via the Internet. But blogging has become more than that. Now, it has turned into a moneymaking tool. How can you make money using your blogs?

The blog: not just your average journal

Besides sharing your life story with online users, there are numerous ways that you can make money using your blogs. For writing enthusiasts, you can use your blog as a stepping stone in being the author of your own book. For critics, you can use it as a means of expressing your opinions on certain matters. You can even use blogs for online advertising of your work. It has really evolved into a cash cow, generating a lot of income with minimal costs.

Ads

Advertising has reached new heights with blogging. You can make a lot of money from advertisers who want to post their ads on your page. The pay varies, depending on your agreement. Most promoters pay by the number of clicks their ad gets from your page. You will earn an amount when one person clicks on their ad. Some will pay you based on your page views. You will get a certain amount of money per view. You'll have a bigger chance of getting this kind of offer if your blog views are shooting up numbers.

Affiliations from other sites

Another way to make money is to affiliate your blog with other sites. This is almost similar to advertising wherein you mention a product or service of another company in your writing and provide a shopping link for it. If your readers buy any of these through your sites help, you'll get a commission for the sale.

Product / Service Review

Other companies will pay you for writing a review featuring their product or services. This is, again, a value-added activity for them especially if you are a credible critic. The advertiser would most probably check on your featured article before you post it and the article must stay in your blog for a certain number of days, depending on your agreement. Generally, it takes time to create an influential power over your readers so an opportunity like this doesn't come easy.

Most marketers use there blogs to promote a product or service. many have multiple blogs all pointing back to a destination site. It can be a lot of work keeping up on it all, but if you have unique-key word targeted content the effort will pay off.

Overall, the secret behind profitable blogging is building credibility. You must be able to create vale for your blog to attract more investors and earn money. Make your site entertaining but informative, a bit humorous but smart. With all these in tact, you will surely make a living out of it.

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Key Words in Page Titles for Your MLM HomeBased Business

It is recommended to use keywords in page titles itself. This title tag is different from a Meta tag, but it's worth considering it in relation to them. Whatever text one places in the title tag will appear in the title bar of browsers when they view the web page. Some browsers also append whatever you put in the title tag by adding their own name, as for example Microsoft's Internet Explorer or OPERA.

The actual text you use in the title tag is one of the most important factors in how a search engine may decide to rank your web page. In addition, all major web crawlers will use the text of your title tag as the text they use for the title of your page in your listings.

If you have designed your website as a series of websites or linked pages and not just a single Home Page, you must bear in mind that each page of your website must be search engine optimized. The title of each page i.e. the keywords you use on that page and the phrases you use in the content will draw traffic to your site.

The unique combination of these words and phrases and content will draw customers using different search engine terms and techniques, so be sure you capture all the keywords and phrases you need for each product, service or information page.

The most common mistake made by small business owners when they first design their website is to place their business name or firm name in every title of every page. Actually most of your prospective customers do not bother to know the name of your firm until after they have looked at your site and decided it is worth book marking.

So, while you want your business name in the title of the home page, it is probably a waste of valuable keywords and space to put it in the title line of every page on your site. Why not consider putting keywords in the title so that your page will display closer to the top of the search engine listing.

Dedicating the first three positions in your title for keywords, while avoiding the stop words like and, at and the like is crucial in search engine optimization.

Follow these few simple steps in using keywords in your page titles and this will definitely help to improve your search engine rankings.

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Why The Wellness Industry?

There are some excellent, legit, highly credible companies out there with exclusive products. Think for a minute about what you are selling right now. Can you hold it in your hands? Feel it-touch it?

There are a lot of opportunities with products that you cannot hold in your hands, like education/investment courses, gifting programs, travel co-ops, web surfing programs, etc. So do you really need to be involved with a company that sells a physical product?

Absolutely! Here's why.

You should be in the Nutrition company that markets supplements, food, shakes, drinks, and/or Personal Care ( like moisturizers, shampoo, conditioners, facial, etc.).

Here are some facts about selling:

-According to recent Direct Sales Association research, there have only been nine companies in the entire history of Network Marketing to achieve a billion dollars in annual sales. The rest seem to have short spurts of growth before coming crashing down.

-Of these nine, six of them are in the nutrition and/or personal care market. These six are still around; the other three are not.

-This market was created by the rapidly growing Global Wellness Movement – a $500 billion dollar per year movement/industry built around the baby boomers that are consumed with either looking good and/or feeling better!

If you want to earn some good money, you need to read the last 3 paragraphs again!

True residual income only comes from consumption. A successful Network Marketing company will have highly consumable, cutting edge products or an exclusive product that is in demand by a broad segment of the population.

Shaklee has been around 50+ years. They have successful products that people buy month after month. They also have just launched a product that will have a tremendous impact on the wellness industry. Why does everyone take supplements and use personal care products? To look and feel better. Shaklee has just launched Vivix. An anti-aging product developed at Harvard.*

Take a good look. You will find a company that will be there when you are ready, products people buy, and people to help you succeed.

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New Product Launch Will Change Lives

Have you ever wanted to be in the beginning of a tremendous product launch? Do you know what 1st mover advantage can do for you? Shaklee has developed a product that will brand them as the anti-aging company for the next 10 years. This product was developed at Harvard. We have the supply of the ingredient needed to make it contracted for the next 10 years. Patents are pending.

This product will explode a company that has already been in business 50+ years. People in other companies will buy this product for their own use. Check this out as soon as you can.

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A 30-day supply of delivers the equivalent amount of resveratrol found in 3,000 glasses of red wine, and the ingredients were shown in a laboratory study to be 10x more powerful in slowing a key mechanism of aging than resveratrol alone.* One teaspoon of our product supplies the amount of resveratrol found in 100 glasses of red wine.

Shaklee scientists have worked for years to create and deliver a unique blend with polyphenol ingredients shown in laboratory studies to address cellular aging.* Not only have we filed for multiple patents to protect this innovation, we have assured that Shaklee will have the entire output of the largest and best growers of one of the key ingredients so we can deliver these exclusive benefits to you.

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Take life for granted?

I think we all do at times. I was reminded how mortal we are this past week. A good man past away that I worked with. He was doing a routine task and just past away. He was 53. Way to young.

His passing really shook me up. He was seemingly very healthy, but was called back home.

His family situation is similar to mine. Married 30 years. Kids grown up and on there own. Close to retirement with a civil service pension. Now he is not here..just like that. Know he is still around as I believe in the ever after.

Brought back home to me the simpler pleasure in life. A bird singing..nice gentle breeze..beautiful song..my wife's smile..a hug from my grankids..driving a car..watching a deer or two...you fill in the blank. Seriously..think about it. What have you been missing by getting caught up in everyday life's hustle and bustle?

There is a lesson in everything. Even a loss of a friend. Sure, the grief is there...but it redirected my energy into things that really matter. They always do of course...but sometimes you lose focus. And what you focus on expands.

I focus on love. Love my family, my life, my being, my God..my country..my freedom.

Thanks Gary, I love you and will miss you man.

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Key Word Density For You MLM Homebased Business

Keyword density is an indicator of the number of times the selected keyword appears in the web page. But mind you, keywords shouldn't be over used, but should be just sufficient enough to appear at important places.

If you repeat your keywords with every other word on every line, then your site will probably be rejected as an artificial site or spam site.

Keyword density is always expressed as a percentage of the total word content on a given web page.

Suppose you have 100 words on your webpage (not including HMTL code used for writing the web page), and you use a certain keyword for five times in the content. The keyword density on that page is found by simply dividing the total number of keywords, by the total number of words that appear on your web page. So here it is 5 divided by 100 = .05. Because keyword density is a percentage of the total word count on the page, multiply the above by 100, that is 0.05 x 100 = 5%

The accepted standard for a keyword density is between 3% and 5%, to get recognized by the search engines and you should never exceed it.

Simple steps to check the density:

Copy and paste the content from an individual web page into a word-processing software program like Word or Word Perfect.

Go to the Edit menu and click Select All. Now go to the Tools menu and select Word Count. Write down the total number of words in the page.

Now select the Find function on the Edit menu. Go to the Replace tab and type in the keyword you want to find. Replace that word with the same word, so you don't change the text.

When you complete the replace function, the system will provide a count of the words you replaced. That gives the number of times you have used the keyword in that page. Using the total word count for the page and the total number of keywords you can now calculate the keyword density.

Remember, that the density rule applies to every page on your Web Site . It also applies to not just to one keyword but also a set of keywords that relates to a different product or service.

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SEO Robots for You MLM Homebased Business

It is the search engines that bring your websites in front of the prospective customers. It is necessary to know how these search engines actually work and how they present information to the customer initiating a search.

Search Engines use software called spiders to index websites. When you submit your websites pages to a search engine by completing their required submission page, the search engine spider will index your entire site. A spider is an automated program that is run by the search engine system. The spider visits a web site, read the content on the actual site, the site's Meta tags and also follow the links that the site connects.

The spider then returns all that information back to a central depository, where the data is indexed. It will visit each link you have on your websites and index those sites as well. Some spiders will only index a certain number of pages on your site.

The spider will periodically return to the sites to check for any information that has changed. The frequency with which this happens is determined by the moderators of the search engine.

A spider is almost like a book where it contains the table of contents, the actual content and the links and references for all the websites it finds during its search, and it may index up to a million pages a day.

When you ask a search engine to locate information, it is actually searching through the index which it has created and not actually searching the Web. Different search engines produce different rankings because not every search engine uses the same algorithm to search through the their index.

One of the things that a search engine algorithm scans for is the frequency and location of keywords on a web page, but it can also detect artificial keyword stuffing or key word spam. Then the algorithms analyze the way that pages link to other pages in the Web.

By checking how pages link to each other, an engine can both determine what a page is about, and whether the keywords of the linked pages are similar to the keywords on the original page.

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Security and Privacy on MySpace

Is there security and privacy on MySpace? This can be a difficult question to answer because there are many possible answers. There can be a certain degree of security and privacy available on MySpace but as with any online community there is also the potential for unsafe situations and violations of privacy. However, there are a couple of ways MySpace members can ensure they are receiving the highest levels of security and privacy possible. This includes being familiar with the terms of service, taking active measures to protect yourself and making use of the privacy features included in the software.

Read the Terms of Service Carefully

Reading the terms of service carefully can give users an understanding of the amount of security and privacy available on MySpace. These terms of service provide members with useful information for the types of activities or content which are prohibited on MySpace. Understanding these regulations will help members to understand whether their actions or the actions of other members are in violation of the terms of service. While the MySpace administrators do not have a policy of policing the community for content violations, they will respond to allegations by other members of violations and will take appropriate actions if the members are in fact found to be in violation of the terms of service. These actions may include deleting the members account and taking appropriate legal actions.

The MySpace privacy policy is referenced within the terms of service and this reference incorporates the entirety of the privacy policy into the terms of service. As a result members who join the MySpace community and agree to the terms of services are also, by default, agreeing to the privacy policy. Therefore, members should carefully review the privacy policy and familiarize themselves with the terms of this policy.

Protect Yourself on MySpace

Members of MySpace do have a small degree of protection afforded by the administrators of MySpace but they can provide themselves with a great deal of additional protection by being aware of how the Internet works and using common sense. Generic safety tips for protecting oneself on the Internet also apply to the MySpace community. Just like it is not wise to give out sensitive information such as your address or social security number on online discussion boards, it is not wise to list this type of information on a MySpace profile either.

MySpace members may think the information they post on their profile is only being viewed by their friends and the members of their extended network but this is not true. There can be many individuals on MySpace who are lurking and viewing members2019 websites all the time. Some of these lurkers may be completely innocent but others may be harvesting information.

Making Profiles Private

MySpace does have some features which can give members an increased amount of protection. The ability to make a profile private is one of these features. Most MySpace profiles are public and are viewable by both members of the community and nonmembers. However, those who wish to keep their website private can make it only available to those on their friends list.

Members of MySpace also have the ability to remove members from their friends list or block other members from sending them emails or instant messages. Only members in your friends list can post comments on your website so if there are members who are leaving malicious comments, you can remove them from your friends list to avoid future problems.

Also, if you are receiving harassing emails or messages you can block users to stop them from contacting you in the future.

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Maintaining a Professional Appearance on MySpace

MySpace is an online community which can be a fun way for members to meet new friends, reconnect with old friends or make romantic connections. MySpace members who are interested in pursuing these types of activities online are free to create a website which reflects their personality. This will help others to understand who they are and to learn more about their preferences.

Although MySpace offers all of these fun entertainment type activities, there are some members of MySpace who utilize the community for business purposes. They may use MySpace to network, make business connections or to promote their business. In these cases care should be taken to create a MySpace website that is attractive and interesting while maintaining a professional appearance.

Avoid Slang and Abbreviations

One way to maintain a professional appearance on a MySpace website is to avoid the use of slang or abbreviations. Many MySpace websites feature slang, abbreviations and terms which are not grammatically correct. While this type of Internet language may be entertaining and may be considered acceptable among members of the community, this type of writing is not likely to appeal to potential customers or business partners.

Additionally, not everyone understand the cryptic language often used on message boards, text messages and emails and those who do not understand may have trouble reading the information presented on the website.

Keep the Design Tasteful

As previously mentioned, those who are using MySpace strictly for entertainment purposes can design a website according to their personal preferences. This may include unusual fonts, garish colors, offensive images and blaring background music. While this type of design may provide a great deal of insight into an individual's personality it is not a good idea for a business related website. Therefore those who are using their website for promotion of a business should create a more tasteful design.

There are a few generic tips which can make a website appear more professional. The use of muted colors that complement each other can make a website aesthetically appealing. Users are more likely to spend time on websites with these types of color combinations because it is soothing. Additionally, the use of a common font type and size which makes reading the text simple is recommended. The use of background music should also be avoided in professional websites as many users either do not have speakers or may view the website in a location where they do not want to hear music.

Avoid Embarrassing Photos

Finally, special consideration should be given to the use of photos on a website which is striving to maintain a professional appearance. While those who are using MySpace for entertainment purposes only may opt to plaster their website with embarrassing pictures of them and their friends, those who have business intentions should use photos more judiciously.

The photos used on a business website should invoke a professional sentiment. This may include posed photos of the website owner in a dignified location, landscape photographs or pictures of products sold by the company. Alternately those who are using MySpace to promote products or services might come to the conclusion not to use images as at all. Whether or not pictures are used on a website is a matter of personal preference but when they are used, care should be taken to ensure they contribute to the overall design of the website rather than distract from it.

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Internet Marketing Sins

Anyone who has a mlm homebased business will buy or has bought some Internet marketing product. Unfortunately, not all Internet marketers have you best interest at heart.

I am not going to say too much about this product except to say it is a stunner. About time someone spoke up and told people what is really going on behind some of these product launches.

There are very reputable marketers out there, but it does not take too many shady deals to make people wary. We represent a company that has been in business 50+ years. It makes it tough sometimes to get our message through when people have been burned.

E-mail marketing was much easier a few years ago. Now people are just as apt to delete a valid message along with all the spam they get.

Check this out and be prepared to be surprised.Internet Marketing Sins

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Sell Yourself on Myspace to Benefit Your MLM Homebased Business

MySpace is a wonderful online community which is free of charge for members. Members of this service are able to create personal websites which can be used to tell other members of the community about their interests. Additionally, members can include pictures, video and music on their websites. Members can also include a blog on their website which they can use to express their opinions, share their thoughts or vent about their personal affairs. All of these different components of MySpace enable members to let others learn more about them. The purpose of creating a website on MySpace may be to find career opportunities, just make friends or network with those who share their business interests. In all of these cases it is important for the individual to really sell themselves through their MySpace website so others will be interested in joining their group of friends or learning more about them.

Launch Your Career with MySpace

MySpace was created as an online community for people to make new friends and connect with existing friends but it has turned into so much more. Some have found they could launch their careers through MySpace. While those with aspirations in the entertainment industry are most likely to be the ones who market themselves through MySpace there are others who have more traditional careers in mind who include resume type information on MySpace in an attempt to find a new job or career.

In either case the MySpace website should be designed to catch the attention of those in the chosen industry. For example, an individual seeking a career in the profession of library science may have outrageous interests and hobbies but designing a website to reflect these hobbies may detract from those who might otherwise consider the education and past work experiences of the individual. Similarly someone who wants to break into the fashion industry should strive to create a MySpace website which is trendy and edgy as opposed to mundane.

Increase Your Circle of Friends with MySpace

Those who use MySpace just to make friends can also benefit from designing a website that really promotes themselves. This website design should not only promote the owner of the website but should also be tailored to suit the tastes of the type of friends the individual would like to make. For example a diehard Yankee fan might want to incorporate a Yankee themed background to the website and include a song such as I Love New York into the website. This will make the website, and the individual, more desirable to those who share their interests.

Similarly those who want to make friends on MySpace who share a passion for a particular band might consider including the bands music on the website and posting new information about the band in a daily blog. This will attract fans of the band to your MySpace website and can help you to make friends with those who share your interests.

Network with MySpace

The MySpace community provides members with a wealth of networking opportunities. Although these opportunities exist, it takes a savvy user to not only find others with whom they would like to network but also convince these users to join in the networking opportunity.

Individuals who sell Avon cosmetics can be considered as an example of the importance of networking online. These salespeople are prohibited by MySpace to selling their products through the MySpace website but they can certainly find other members interested in the sale or purchase of Avon products and network with these individuals. Entering the term, Avon cosmetics into the MySpace search feature may reveal a list of other websites which use this term. Members can review these websites and determine whether or not they believe networking with these individuals would be beneficial. If it seems as though it would be beneficial, the member can either place a comment on the website or send an email or instant message to the other member.

This can help to get a conversation getting started and may lead to more meaningful interactions which may include sales techniques or other industry tips.

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Can You Advertise Your MLM HomeBased Business on Myspace?

MySpace is an online community where users have the opportunity to create web sites where others can view personal information about them and contact them. However, savvy Internet marketers have found MySpace can also be used to advertise products or service or for the purpose of self promotion. Care should be taken to review the terms of use on MySpace to ensure none of your actions are in violation of these terms but otherwise users can advertise either directly or indirectly on their MySpace web site.

Why Advertising on MySpace is Effective

Advertising on MySpace can be effective as long as it is done correctly and not in a way that is viewed as spam. The effectiveness of MySpace stems from amount of users who are currently using MySpace. This includes both members who place comments as well as nonmembers who only look at other web sites. With so many daily visitors it is likely there will be visitors who are interested in the products or services you are offering on your MySpace web site.

Another reason why MySpace is such an effective advertising tool is there are no fees associated with using your MySpace profile to create links to your ecommerce web site or to provide more information about the products and services you offer. The best way to effectively advertise on MySpace is to follow the same guidelines that would normally be followed by advertisers in online locations. This includes knowing who your target audience is and how to effectively appeal to them. This is important because a marketing campaign which does not follow these simple rules will not likely be effective.

In addition to advertising within a MySpace web site there are also opportunities to advertise in the form of banner advertisements on MySpace. MySpace is able to not charge a fee to members because they generate their income through paid advertisements. Contact MySpace administrators directly to learn more about these advertising opportunities.

Selling Products on MySpace

MySpace can be also be used to advertise products or services. This can be done either subtly or blatantly. Those who are active participants on MySpace and invest time in meeting others and making friends are more likely to benefit from selling products or services through a MySpace account. This is because most people who use MySpace are not exactly looking for information about products or services so they are unlikely to seek out this information.

However, if they have online friends who are using their MySpace account to promote a product or service they may see the advertisements and find the products or services interesting. In this case they may visit a link to an ecommerce web site and consider making a purchase. However, care should be taken when putting adverts on MySpace. Links to your ecommerce web site on your own profile are acceptable but placing comments with the same link on other members web sites will likely be considered spam by both the other members and the MySpace administrators.

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Twitter Users That Blog

Social media is just exploding. It is changing the way people view and use the Internet. If you have not heard of this...well you have a lot of catching up to do.

I follow many peoples actions through e-mail, blogging and social sites like Twitter. That link will take you right to my Twitter page.

Some people gain a huge following because they actually teach and share what they know. One of those people is Darren Rowse from http://www.problogger.net This would be an excellent source for you to follow. You can subscribe to his e-mail newsletter or use his RSS feed.

He has shared a list of 538 people who use Twitter that also blog. This would be an excellent resource for you if you use Twitter and also blog. Here is the link to that page 538 Twitter Users that Blog

The more friends you have in the social networks the more exposure you reap for you and you blogs.

He also has a list for 271 Stumbleupon Readers

Another for 196 Digg Users Who Blog

Here is another useful list 145 Plurk Users

These pages give you access to over 1000 people who are active in social networks to build your community. Now you can get to work!

Make it fun and you will get more done.

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Be a Negative Optimist: By Brian Tracy

The most important quality for success in entrepreneurship and in life is the quality of optimism. Optimists have an unrealistic expectation of success. As a result, they are willing to try far more things without becoming discouraged.

In addition, because of their unrealistically positive attitude, they are willing to persist much longer than the average person. Optimism is a wonderful quality as long as you have it under control.

** Taper Your Optimism **

In order to be successful in business and in any activity where your money is involved, you must temper your optimism with negativism. You must be enthusiastic about the possible upside of the investment, but you must be skeptical, critical, suspicious, and demanding about all the different ways that your money can be lost.

** Listen to Negative Viewpoints **

Seek out and listen carefully to people who are negative toward your idea. Look for negative thinkers, because their viewpoints can be invaluable and save you a fortune in time and money. I have a friend who is a lawyer. And he recommends and gives advice to many people on investments. And what he does is this. When someone comes and they want to make an investment that he's unsure about, he says, all right, I want you to come to my office and I want you to sit behind my desk. And then I'm going to come in and I'm going to present this investment to you, and I want you to critique this investment as if you were me.

** Help Others to Evaluate Honestly **

And he says that when his clients begin critiquing the investments they're thinking about going into, when they begin becoming negative thinkers about the investments, he says they are astonished at how bad the investments really are.

He said he has saved his clients millions of dollars by forcing them to be negative thinkers about their own ideas, simply by switching roles and sitting in front of the desk while they sit behind the desk.

** Keep Your Mind Open **

But don't be overly influenced by negative thinkers. Just take their viewpoints into consideration. There's a famous story of Mary Hudson, who started off with 200 dollars in the middle of the Depression and leased a gas station that two men had gone broke running at two different occasions. And from that she built a company called Hudson Oil, which is now the biggest independent distributor of gas and oil in the United States. From a $200 investment, even though everybody told her she would fail. So remember, listen to negative thinkers, but don't necessarily accept their advice.

** Action Exercises: **

Here are two things you can do immediately to get these ideas into action.

First, view your idea as if you were an outside consultant. Ask, "What are all of the possible risks or flaws in this cause of action?"

Second, seek out the opinions of others. Listen without responding or defending. Thank them for their input. They may save you a lot of money.

About the Author:

Brian Tracy is the most listened to audio author on personal and business success in the world today. His fast-moving talks and seminars on leadership, sales, managerial effectiveness, and business strategy are loaded with powerful, proven ideas and strategies that people can immediately apply to get better results in every area. For more information, please go to http://www.BrianTracy.com

I hope you enjoyed the article from Brian Tracy. There is a huge lesson in this article. Did you see it?

Anyone who runs a successful home business is an optimist. Notice I said successful. If you are trying to run a home business with a pessimistic attitude...stop right now and work on yourself for a while. You can change that attitude. Only you determine what you think. Is it hard to control your own thinking? It takes concentrated effort, but you are worth it!

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Simple Computer Tips For Your MLM Homebased Business

#1 Summer Computer Travel
Vacation travelers should be on alert when arriving home from long weekends, such as the Fourth of July, a popular time for computer viruses to spread.

Most computer users have a tendency to turn off their computers when away on trips, which means you're not getting newly-released anti-virus patches or anti-spyware updates; the two most common areas that cause computers problems. We recommend you update anti-virus and anti-spyware scans before opening e-mail or going online after an extended absence.

We consistently see an increase in calls for virus related problems immediately following long weekends. Avoid the problems altogether by updating your security software before using your computer. For a free listing of viruses, spyware threats and trends, visit: http://www.VisitingGeeks.com/downloads.htm

#2 -- Should You Leave Your Computer Running?
One question we hear frequently is, "Should I leave my desktop computer on or turn it off?"

There are 2 schools of thought
Turning it on and off numerous times during the day subjects the microcircuits to flexing and fatigue due to change in temperatures. Over time this could lead to a break in the circuitry and result in system failure.

Leaving the computer on all the time puts excess wear on the mechanical components (the hard drive spindle motor and cooling fans).

Best compromise. First user in the morning turns it on; last user turns it off.

We leave our desktops on all the time allowing for scheduled utility tasks to run during overnight hours. We also restart the systems (to flush the RAM and reset the operating system) on a regular basis and routinely remove the case covers to clean out any dust that may have accumulated, especially around the fans and screens.

#3 -- Stop Popups!
Never click inside the window of a popup. Instead, close it by clicking on the X in the upper right corner. Many people are fooled into installing spyware applications by popups that promise to clean their computers. If you receive a message saying it can help, assume it's spyware and don't click!

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Use Attention Getting Subject Lines For Your MlM Homebased Business

The race for supremacy in the internet based businesses has been really heating up and many sites have been put up to help others to get ahead for a small fee. But there are also ways in which you do not have to pay so much to make yourself a good list of loyal followers. Having a satisfied web traffic and visitors allows you to put up a foundation wherein you can build an opt-in list and make it grow from there.

An opt-in list allows you to provide newsletters to your subscribers with their consent. When people sign up, they know that they will be receiving updates and news from your site and the industry your represent via an e-mail. But that doesn't mean that all of those who subscribe read them at all. Many lists have been built due to an attachment with free software or for a promotional discount and such. Some are not really interested in receiving e-mails from companies and just treat them as waste of cyberspace and delete or trash them without so mush as opening the e-mail and scanning them.

You can change all that. While forwarding an email message is relatively after producing your newsletter. Getting people to open them is not as easy. You don't want to waste all the time and effort used in making the newsletters, you want people to read them and have their interests piqued. Interested enough to go to your website and look around and most especially purchased and acquire your products or services.

One of the numerous ways you can tempt or persuade your subscriber is by providing a well thought out and well written subject. The subject of an email is what is often referred to when a person or a recipient of an email decides whether he or she wants to open or read an e-mail. The subject could easily be regarded as one of the most important aspect of your promotional e-mail.

Your subject must be short and concise. They should provide a summary for the content of the e-mail so that the recipient will have basic knowledge of the content. This is really vital in grabbing the attention of your readers and subscribers. You want your subject to instantly grab the attention of your subscriber and get them to be intrigued to open up your mail. Remember, it is not necessarily true that a subscriber opens up subscribed mails.

A good subject must always be tickling the curiosity of your recipient. It must literally force the recipient to open the mail. A certain emotion must be ignited and get them to open the mail. It is essential to use specific words to get the reaction you need. Keep in mind that the recipient or subscribers spends only a few seconds looking over each subject of the e-mails he receives. You must grab your reader's attention right away.

There are many forms you can use for your subject. You can provide a subject that says your e-mail contains content that teaches them tips and methods on certain topics. An example of this is using keywords and keyword phrases such as, How to,tips, Guides to, Methods in and others like that.

You can also put your subject in a question form. These may include questions like, Are you sick and tired of your job? Or Is your boss always on your case? Try to stay on the topic that pertains to your site so that you'll know that your subscribers have signed up because they are interested in that topic. This form of subject is very effective because they reach out to your recipients emotions. When they have read the question on your subject, their mind starts answering the question already.

You can also use a subject that commands your reader. Statements such as Act now and get this once in a lifetime opportunity, or Double, triple and even quadruple what you are earning in one year. This type of subject deals with the benefits your company provides with your product and services.

You may also use breaking news as your subject to intrigue your subscriber. For example, if you deal with car engine parts you can write in your subject, Announcing the new engine that uses no gasoline, It runs on water. This creates curiosity with the reader and will lead them to open the mail and read on.

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Make You Own MLM HomeBased Business Web Page SEO Friendly

There is no point in building a website unless there are visitors coming in. A major source of traffic for most sites on the Internet is search engines like Google,Yahoo!, MSN, Altavista and so on. Hence, by designing a search engine friendly site, you will be able to rank more easily in search engines and obtain more visitors.

Major search engines use programs called crawlers or robots to index websites to list on their search result pages. They follow links to a page, reads the content of the page and record it in their own database, pulling up the listing as people search for it.

If you want to make your site indexed easily, you should avoid using frames on your website. Frames will only confuse search engine robots and they might even abandon your site because of that. Moreover, frames make it difficult for users to bookmark a specific page on your site without using long, complicated scripts.

Do not present important information in Flash movies or in images. Search engine robots can only read text on your source code so if you present important words in Flash movies and images rather than textual form, your search engine ranking will be affected dramatically.

Use meta tags accordingly on each and every page of your site so that search engine robots know at first glance what that particular page is about and whether or not to index it. By using meta tags, you are making the search engine robot's job easier so they will crawl and index your site more frequently.

Stop using wrong HTML tags to style your page. Use CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) instead because they are more effective and efficient. By using CSS, you can eliminate redundant HTML tags and make your pages much lighter and faster to load.

I have followed these few simple rules over at my ebook business to great benefit You can do the same to ensure that your Website is more search engine friendly.

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7 Benefits of Writing Articles for You MLM Homebased Business

In today's highly competitive internet universe, the importance of attracting highly targeted traffic to your website cannot be overemphasized. Routing web traffic to your site can be your only means of survival, especially in the cutthroat world of ecommerce. Getting a high search engine ranking can be very difficult. Fortunately, there is a lot of website promotion strategies you can use to drive traffic to your website.

There is a wide variety of strategies you can adapt, from paid advertising to affiliate marketing. However, most of these techniques require payment. Nevertheless, there are ways to promote your website and increase your web traffic without spending anything. Writing articles is one of the best web site promotion strategies you can use and they can be very effective. How can writing articles help improve your web traffic? Here are the top seven ways in which it can help explode your business.

1.Reach more people

When you write good articles, it would be a shame not to share them with other people. You can post your articles in your website or you can submit them to other sites such as e-zines and online publishers. By submitting your articles to these sites, you give exposure not only to your ideas but also to your website. Simply include a link back to your site or include your information in the resource box. You gain exposure and free advertising as well. Submit your articles to popular e-zines and take advantage of their search engine rankings. Other sites who find your article relevant may also link back to you. Thus, you increase your link popularity, which is one of the most important strategies in the internet world. Remember that most people are looking for information online and by filling this need with your quality article; you may reap the benefit of more exposure and higher web traffic.

2.Free Advertising

Submitting your articles to other websites presents an opportunity to advertise your website without paying exorbitant fees. Although you should avoid marketing language in your articles and make it informative and useful to your readers, you can always include your site's link in the resource box. In addition, by making your article relevant and helpful to your readers, you are making a good impression for your website, which could ultimately lead to a visit and hopefully a purchase. Good quality content in an article is far better and more effective than a few lines of ad space. You have a very special opportunity to presell your product or service to your prospective customer.

3.Gain High Search Engine Ranking

Create a new web page for your article in your website. Optimize your article to make it search-engine friendly. Use top-ranked keywords and Meta tags that can give your website a high search engine ranking. As soon as you upload your new webpage to your server, search engines will spider through it and you can gain an increase in search engine ranking. Remember that search engine optimized content is a very effective strategy to gain a high ranking in search results.

4.Increases Link Popularity

Instead of looking for other sites who would want to establish reciprocal links with your site, you can simply submit an article to other sites. Just do not forget to include a link to your site in your resource box. When these websites pick up and publishes your article, you automatically get a link partner. Try to get as many link partners as you can. Link popularity is one of the factors used by search engines in determining search engine rankings. Make your article especially useful and appealing, so that more websites will be encouraged to publish it.

5.Optimizes your site for improved search engine ranking

By making your site keyword rich, you can greatly improve the search engine ranking of your site. Remember that keyword density is one of the most important factors that search engines use when determining the search engine ranking of site. However, you should always provide relevant, useful and pertinent information. Avoid the temptation of overusing keywords just to gain a high ranking as this may turn off most web surfers. Relevance and quality is still the most important things to consider when writing articles and it will be doubly useful to your site if you make these articles search-engine optimized.

6.Establishes a Good Impression and Reputation

By writing excellent, original and relevant articles, you not only give your site exposure, you are also creating a good impression on your prospects. Encourage more people to visit your site and do business with you by establishing an impressive reputation through your articles. Be seen as an expert in the field and your will ultimately gain more customers eager to do business with you.

7.Enhances your credibility through references and testimonies

Certainly, your articles are going to receive feedbacks and testimonies when you publish them in e-zines and free article sites. Record these positive feedbacks and comments and use them as promotional material in your website or in any of your advertising efforts. Your credibility will be greatly enhanced by these feedbacks, as it will create a good impression on your prospects as well as your existing customers. In this highly competitive world, excellent credibility and trust may be the only things you need to attract new customers or make loyal patrons out of your existing customers. Original, relevant, useful and pertinent articles are important tools you should utilize to improve and explode your business

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Mowing Yard Leads To An Aha Moment for MLM HomeBased Business

Every year I mow my yard the same way. The same piece of yard gets broken into sections and then I move into the next section. Today I had just fed our kittens. I knew the mower would scare them off, so I started mowing in another way. I was able to mow my yard just as effectively and maybe even faster. I should have checked my watch! It got me thinking about my MLM Homebased Business.

I have worked with other teams before and we have helped each other. We did 3-way calls together, we prospected in malls, we cold called together and did presentations for our group. Home meetings, trade shows and fairs too. We always had some sort of 3rd party marketing site that enhanced the company site. This is where the team work stopped. It was every man and woman to there own devices to get their site up in the search engines. Ok, here is the thought process the lawn mowing experience triggered....

Every one is doing it the same old way except.....

On our current team, we work together on marketing our sites online. Using Veretekk's Platinum Control Panel we are able to tie all our blog post together. Every member is assigned a key word to focus on. Can you guess mine? The blog posts of every member helps create a synergistic effect tieing us all in together. When I post I help all the members of our team. When they post they in turn do the same.

This is just huge folks. It is where most people fail. The normal person has no idea what the search engine spiders want. Most do not to even know what that is. Not necessary on this team. Plug in and follow simple directions and everyone works together. Remember- No traffic = no money. Our efforts are producing huge SEO gains for the whole team.

Is it time for you to take a look at a new approach to team work?

If you don't...some one else will in you company! Guaranteed. We are making huge waves in the industry. Get a Free Veretekk Site and check it out. Then you will know if the paid version is right for you.

Happy Marketing!

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Backed up Your MLM HomeBased Business Data Lately?

If you have been running a home business for any length of time you have tons of data on your computer that helps you.You might have saved ads, newsletters, pdf files, clip art and hundreds or thousands of e-mails.

I had all of that and much more on my computer and never really worried about backing up my data. Oh, I knew better and once in a while a little voice in my head kept telling to do it..but I just knew I would get to it. Add it to the list.

Well..August 2007 came along with a massive storm. We had warning so we unplugged everything. The storm hit hard. I was in the bedroom getting my shoes on when a bolt of lightning hit within feet of our house. I never heard anything so loud. Lighting instantly traveled through our phone line and came out of the phone jack in the bedroom. It shot out 4 feet. It was amazing and scary and the same time.

My wife screamed in the living room. We forgot that the phone line was plugged into the DVR which connected to our TV and stereo. The lighting lit up the back of the TV like a weird fireworks show. We were sure the house was going to burn down. We raced around the house checking everything we could and found no fire.

In the mean time the storm raged on. When it was all over we discovered the lighting also traveled through our electrical circuits via the TV connection. 60% of our electrical based applications were fried.

Including my home based business computer. It would not start up..at all. I got very lucky though. I was able to removed the hard drive and it still functioned. I downloaded all my data to a new computer when I received it from Dell.

All told, there was over 7K worth of damage. State Farm was awesome to work with and got us back in business. It took 6 weeks to get my home back in order. I now have a back up hard drive.

Have you backed up your data lately? Do not wait..you never know.

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E-Mail Opt-In List for your MLM Home Based Business

Getting customers in your site should always be ranked as high as the importance of the quality and the excellence of the product and the services you provide. They should go hand in hand in providing your customers the value they get in exchange for the money they have paid for them. Customer service should be excellent so that the customers are satisfied and happy with their purchase.

One of the ways you can combine marketing and customer service is through opt-in marketing. With an opt-in list you get the opportunity to introduce your site and products. Opt-in marketing strategy is a marketing strategy that is virtually low cost and not time consuming. Here, you get the consent of your web site visitors to subscribe to your newsletters and other promotional materials such as catalogs and free promotions.

Opt-in marketing uses your list of subscribers to send e-mail to. It is essential that you present your promotional items in a manner that will catch the interest and the eye of your subscribers to keep them wanting more. The best way to do this is to provide fun, entertaining and informational articles. Give value in your marketing e-mails.

Well written articles full of content and useful information will help in building your list as more subscribers will be drawn to your list. When they have read the samples of your content in your sites, they will be intrigued as to what will come next. Subscribing to your newsletter will show them what you have to offer next.

Many sites and companies know the importance of articles and how it aids in search engine optimization. As more people are heading towards the Internet for their information needs, serving the right information to them via articles in your site will increase the flow of your web site traffic. With more traffic, the percentage of your sales will grow. More sales turn into more profit.

There is a need for well written, information enriched and keyword packed articles for the web site content as well as for newsletters. These articles provide the information many are seeking in the Internet. If your site has them, more people will be going to your site for information and research.

Well written articles will also boost your sites reputation. If they are filled with information you will be regarded as well informed and an expert on the subjects that you tackle. Your articles must be well researched so that the people will trust you. When you have gained their trust, they will always come come back to you for their needs on that subject.

You need to write articles or commission them to tackle subjects that are closely connected with your type of business. If you have a site for a medicine tackling a certain disease, your articles must be about the diseases. Or if you sell materials for home improvements provide articles with those themes. Most articles searched for are tips, guidelines, methods, manuals and such.

With the loyalty of these customers, they may subscribe to your opt-in list to receive all the information you have. If you provide them with the answers for that need, they will be happy to receive your newsletters as well as other promotional materials to keep them well informed. Others may even forward your newsletters to other people when they find a certain article interesting.

You should provide links in your newsletter so that when other people are reading it and wants to read more, they may click on the link and go to your site. They may also decide to sign up as well for your opt-in list. This will build your list and make it bigger.

Make sure to keep your subscribers happy and interested in your newsletters and promotional materials. Keep on posting and writing good articles for your site and newsletter. If you are not interested in writing them or if you just do not have the time, there are many experienced and knowledgeable writers available to help you out. This is an investment that will pay for itself in time.

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Using Forums For Your Mlm HomeBased Business

In order to be successful using forums to do viral marketing there are some things that are required.

Do Your Homework: Prior to joining any forum, you must do some research. What is the forums theme?

1. Join relevant forums that are in some way related to your primary sales market. For example, someone involved with a health related product could be involved in many types of forums...everything from holistic medicine to stay-at-home moms.

2. Choose popular forums. There is no point in wasting your time and energy on forums that have few members and few posts. Make sure the posts are current. If there has been no posts that day, move on. Page raking and the amount of active members are two good ways to check for this.

3. Choose forums that allow signature tags. This is a the one spot you can promote your business. A simple tag line with your web site is highly effective. If its possible read the rules before joining and pay attention to them. Your time is important, too. It is better to find out that a forum does not allow posts with signature tags before you go to the time and trouble of joining.

After You Have Joined: OK you have chosen two or three forums that meet your requirements..now what?

1. Keep your signature tag short and update it regularly. The ideal thing is to limit yourself to one link, preferably to your main web site.

2. Never create posts that are nothing more than an advertisement. This all but a universal rule and only displays the marketers lack of experience if he does so. At best this kind of post will be deleted by the monitors...at worst, it is grounds for being banned.

3. Work the room. Be an active member on the forum. Plan to spend some time each day there and get to know the users. Take the time to introduce yourself with intelligent questions depending upon the forums topic.

As a marketer becomes a regular member, they will hopefully develop a good reputation and without saying a word about their promotion, those who are interested in their product will approach them.

As a marketer with several web sites, one of which is Ebooks In Abundance, I have found that joining forums is a very effective way of getting your message across and getting traffic to your site which is, after all, the aim in any marketing project

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Traffic For Your MLM Homebased Business

When it comes to making money from your Web site there is one rule that must be obeyed. That rule is that you must be able to generate a steady stream of Visitors. It stands to reason that you will not be able to make any money if no-one arrives at your site to see what you have to offer.

This has been the demise of many a fledgling online business. They have tried but without success. It is a fact that you require money to advance an income generating Web site. It is also the fact that it takes capital to make money. And this is where many have failed. They have not had the cash to invest in getting traffic to their site.

HOWEVER

Generating traffic to your web site does not take a huge bundle of cash if you know how to go about it.

It is true that the Big Guns can drive huge amounts of traffic to their online businesses by investing very large amounts of money on sophisticated advertising campaigns and the many different marketing schemes available and even by using gimmicks. For them this is definitely worth the money they spend after all this is what has got them to the point they are today - with high volumes of traffic and huge profits they have become online Mega sites.

But do not be discouraged. You do not have to spend mega bucks to succeed if you lack the necessary resources. Sadly there have been many people who have lost the very shirt off their backs because they have depended on using high cost ways of promoting their web site when they really could not afford it.

This does not need to be the case as there are several ways to generate traffic to your web site without spending the fortune that you can not afford or do not have. Here are 5 Ways to Generate Traffic at Low Cost.

These methods could vastly improve your web site traffic statistics. If only a small percentage of visitors convert to becoming clients it works well especially if your traffic is way beyond your present levels.

1. Get Good Quality Links pointing to your site: Well how do you do this? - Exchanging links is still a useful method. It is very rare that you come across a site that has no link to another site. Exchanging Links enables web-masters to expose their site to the net more readily and thus ensuring that their site comes to the fore in the public eye. Perhaps a more desired linking method these days is One way Linking. This is where you encourage other good quality, high ranking web sites to link to your site. One excellent way of doing this is submitting your site to as many Directory sites as you can. There are usually several Directories in most niche subjects.

Most online marketers are willing to exchange links and Directories will usually accept your submission but a VERY IMPORTANT factor is that you link to relevant sites i.e. ones that fit with what you are promoting. It will be detrimental if you link with a company promoting pet food if you are trying to sell high quality jewelry or if you submit your site to a Directory promoting a mlm home based business if your niche is gardening. Your traffic will not appreciate that.

It is important that linking sites have a common purpose, a continuity in the provision of information or a service that interests their target traffic. If you ignore this factor the Search engines will not like it either and you will fail to make any headway.

One of the key benefits of linking strategies is that the Search engines put a high significance on your linking popularity. They see all the back links and consider you to be an important site to be reckoned with. As a result they increase your ranking and you move up their listings. As you move higher in the rankings your site will be seen by more surfers and you will get more organic traffic that does not cost you anything. We use Veretekk Traffic and SEO Portals and daisy chain the together. Get a free site and take it for a test drive. Get a Free Veretekk Site

2. Write Your own Articles and Submit them to E-zines - If you search the Internet you will find many online encyclopedias and e-zines which allow you to submit articles for free. If you cannot write yourself there are my freelance writers who, for a small fee, are willing to write articles for you. However if you want to save money you can write them yourself.

Once again it is important to stress that any article you write should coincide with the theme of your site. Everyone has expertise on something - write about what you know. If you do this those that read your articles will feel your knowledge and will eagerly visit your site. It is a good idea to write articles that contain guidelines or tips on the subject matter of your web site. Write an interesting, information packed, article and they will be hurrying to your site for more. Post your articles to your own Blog. We use Blog Father

All that you need to do then, and this is very important, is to provide a resource box at the end of your article that links them back to your web site. You could write a little about your site or you could simply place a link.

3. Traffic Exchange - What is a Traffic Exchange? The principle of traffic exchange services is that a web site set up for the purpose receives submissions from web-masters that join the network. The person who submitted the web site then earns credits by browsing other member sites on the exchange program. These credits then allow the web-master to have his site viewed by other members in the system. This means that all of the sites involved have an increases in the number of visitors to their sites.One of the best traffic exchanges is Traffic Swarm

There may be a cost involved but very often these web exchange sites are free. Generally traffic exchange programs are used by small business owners who are working on a low budget and need free or low cost advertising. And they can be a good source of traffic if used correctly.

There is a note of caution however. You should choose carefully which traffic exchange site you use. It has been said that the usefulness of some of these programs is doubtful as sites are forgotten by many people once the time limit is up. Also some say it is risky to use these as it can get you banned ~from some advertising packages and some traffic exchanges use forms of advertising that are banned. However if you choose carefully there should not be any problem.

4. Create a Newsletter - Your first thought might be that this sounds like hard work. It is true that you do need to use a lot of articles to successfully build a Newsletter. But contrary to what you may think this is not difficult.

There are many web sites and copywriters who are more than eager to provide you with free articles. Their only stipulation is that you place their name at the foot of their article. Your Newsletter brings you more traffic and gives the copywriter more advertising.

Your letter gets passed around and as it does more and more people become aware of your Internet presence. Producing a Newsletter is great as, when folk sign up, it builds an opt-in e-mail list of interested parties who can revisit your site time and time again.

5. Online Communities and Forum Memberships - Joining these sites does not cost you anything but your time. You share your expertise and knowledge on your web site - why not with online communities and Forums. As before, choose Forums that deal with the same niche or subject as your own web site.

Publish your two cents worth and amaze other members with your knowledge about your particular subject. This has the effect of building your reputation. Then as your reputation grows so does the reputation of your web site. Your Web site eventually becomes known for the honest and reputable business that you have known it is all along. It will then begin to be trusted and visited by many relevant visitors who, because they have come to trust you will take advantage of what you offer.

So there you have it. Five very useful ways to increase traffic to your site. On my site I am using all five strategies to great effect. Why don't YOU Start today, do not delay and you will definitely see your business grow.

Mark Potes 517-547-3049

PS. You have got see how this system works. Our team is growing because of it. You could be missing out.http://www.mlm-homebased-business.com

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Why Do We Do it? Home Based Business

So, why do we put in all the extra hours working to build our mlm homebased business? I will give you a great example of why I do it.

This weekend my wife and I traveled to our cabin in the northern woods of Michigan. The cabin started out as a hunting spot in the 50's Over the years we have made improvements, but we really stepped it up the last 10 years. Now we have a cabin that is family friendly too. It is an awesome spot to vacation. Nice and quiet. We are 5 miles from town. So far out that there are no power lines. We do have a generator now and the place is wired for more modern convenience.

This trip we had 16 close family members at the cabin. We cooked over a campfire. We fought off the mosquitos but had a great time sitting around the campfire and catching up on each others lives. There were 4 generations of my wife's family there.

There are several reasons this is relevant to a home business. Having the time to do this trip is most always a desire of someone starting a home business. Time freedom.

Money. Not necessarily money, but the things that money allows you to do. Without the extra money, we would not have modified the cabin to make it a family friendly retreat. It takes money to make a trip like this and the costs are rinsing rapidly. To keep up this tradition, extra income will be needed.

The memories we generated this weekend are priceless.

What tradition would you like to keep going in your family? What other reasons can you think of to work the extra hours for you and your family?

Mark Potes 517-547-3049

PS. You have got see how this system works. Our team is growing because of it. You could be missing out.http://www.mlm-homebased-business.com

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MLM HomeBased Business a Scam?

I came across a post that was getting a lot of exposure on the net. Kind of upset me a little. There are a lot of very good people out there marketing excellent companies that they believe in. With products they love and depend on I might add.

There is a lot of fear based marketing these days. Have you noticed? It is all over you TV, radio and of course the Internet. examples are: Use this medicine or else this will happen, call us to find out the secret your credit card company doesn't want you to know, do you have to much credit card debt, ect, ect, ect.......

Are you as fed up as I am? Take control, use the mute button, your volume knob, or delete in e-mail. I am more and more. Tired of being bombarded. Whew....Ok I have that off my chest.

Now back to my favorite subject...home based business....This was my post in response to the "MLM is a scam" post I saw..

There is nothing wrong with an MLM-HomeBased-business if you find the right company. There are many legit companies out there. It is the scammers that give us all a black eye that we have to fight through.

Networkmarketing is still one of the only hopes of the average person to start a business. The start up needed is affordable for most people. Find someone who is tied into an establishes group with a company that has been around awhile.

There are legit startups, but there are the usual problems that plagued these companies that can kill growth. Still, there are some rising stars.

I chose an upline who has been in her company 12 years. This is an established upline with a long term company that still has lots of growth coming. How many people are in China anyway?

Mark Potes 517-547-3049

PS. You have got see how this system works. Our team is growing because of it. You could be missing out.http://www.mlm-homebased-business.com

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Slow Economy Helps Home Based Business?

When the economy is slow does it hurt or help a home based business? Many people are now actively looking for ways to make extra money. Neighbours are parking SUV'S and trucks and buying cheap beater small cars to drive to work. Every street in America has something for sale. Many houses of course, but all the toys are up for sale.

Boats, jet skis, classic cars and anything of value that you can live without is up for sale. Where are we headed as a country? I don't think anyone knows, but I do know we will survive and find ways to prosper.

I am working diligently on my home business with a sense of urgency. Prices are climbing and there are no pay raises in sight. So, I have to create my own pay raise. You can too. Sure it takes some money to get started, but only a tiny fraction to what a brick and mortar business would costs you.

Working with the right team that has a marketing system and a SEO system will give you a better chance than most. We are working as a team with a powerful SEO platform all focusing on a handful of key words together. This system has taken a team with a different company to record levels in record time. Do not miss this.

Mark Potes 517-547-3049

PS. You have got see how this system works. Our team is growing because of it. You could be missing out.http://www.mlm-homebased-business.com

PPS. Has T. Boone Pickens come up with an energy plan that will turn us around? You Have to check it out http://www.pickensplan.com

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Are You Ready For Your Home Based Business

If you haven't already sometime soon you will realize You are your home based business. You will then look for ways to improve yourself as most serious entrepreneurs do. You need to be learning and improving yourself your whole life anyway, but it seems more urgent when you are in business for yourself.

I do not remember who recommended this to me and you might not later remember that I did either. But you will thank me just the same. I was introduced to a program called Holosync about 3 years ago. I ordered the free demo CD and was blown away. This was nothing like I had ever heard before.

It is painless, you just put on good headphones and play it with your portable CD player while relaxing. It is meditation on steroids. I now do an hour probably 3-4 times a week. I have had incredible experiences with this program. It is the closest thing to connecting to spirit that I have done.

It is very hard to describe, but now I know what the Zen Masters are trying to achieve. Holosync does all the work for you and many times I fall into a deep sleep. I wake up when the CD is over knowing I am a different person. The affects are that real.

Go to http://www.centerpointe.com and order your Demo CD. I am not compensated in any way by sending you to this site.

Here is some of the benefits of Holosync:

1. Safely and effortlessly take you to states of profoundly deep (and extremely pleasurable) meditation…
2. Stimulate the creation of new neural pathways between the right and left hemispheres of your brain, balancing your brain and leading you to a high-performance state scientists call "whole brain functioning"…
3. Dramatically improve your learning ability, memory, intuition, creativity, and your ability to focus, concentrate and think more clearly…
4. Create true quantum leaps in your personal self awareness…
5. Dramatically increase your production of vital (and very pleasurable) brain chemicals related to your longevity, well-being, and quality of life…

There is much more, but you get the idea. This is the one personal development tool that has real mental, physical, emotional and physiological change. I highly recommend it.

Mark Potes 517-547-3049

PS. You have got see how this system works. Our team is growing because of it. You could be missing out.http://www.mlm-homebased-business.com

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The Law of Attraction for You MLM Home Based Business

I want to give you a personal example of how the law of attraction has worked for me. This is a little off topic of a home based business but the principles apply.

One of my hobbies is old muscle cars. Mopar specifically. I admire other brands, but I own Mopars. I have a 1968 Charger R/T with a very hot motor. I get 3 Mopar magazines in the mail and devour every word inside. About 2003 I started noticing an ad for a complete 5 speed set up that was bolt in for cars like mine.

Every time I saw the ad I told myself I was going to have that transmission. I even imagined myself installing the 5 speed and then driving it. Every time I saw the ad...which was 20-30 times a month. Sometimes the scenario would last a few seconds like a fast forward movie or several minutes. I did not do this with the law of attraction in mind, but rather the intense admiration for my hobbies....ok...I love my car. That's possible right??

Anyway, in the summer of 2005 I went to the Mopar nationals. The vendor with the transmission was there. I looked them over and talked with the techs awhile. As I was leaving one of them said, "Hey, you forgot to sign up for our drawing. We are giving a transmission setup away." I went ahead and signed up and then left the booth.

I had completely forgot about the drawing when in December I got a phone call from the vendor. Yep, I won! I was astounded. This package was worth $4,995.00.

They shipped it to me and I installed it in my car. My car is just as much fun driving it as I imagined.

After awhile I started thinking about the whole process. I had focused my mind on the intention of having that transmission. Instead of buying it, I won it. The universe works in very mysterious ways.

Ok, how do you apply this in you home based business. Set an intention, visualize it happening, then forget about it until the next time you visualize it happening. Make it something that can obtained, like the next level promotion, 3 new distributors, 1000 more volume points, ect.. the mind is a very powerful tool. There are no limits to what you can create. Thoughts do become things.

Be careful..that mind is a loaded weapon!

Mark Potes 517-547-3049

PS. You have got see how this system works. Our team is growing because of it. You could be missing out.http://www.mlm- homebased-business.com

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The products Matter in Your Home Based Business

The Products Matter in Your Home Based Business

When you are choosing the company to begin your home based business you don't just join for the comp plan. The company needs to have products that fit into your life. Pick a company with products that interest you, or else you will not be able to effectively sell them. If you don't believe in what you are doing people will sense it and shy away from you. It is just the way we are wired. People sense a lot more than they realize.

Our marketing system is here: http://www.mlm-homebased-business.com

You have to read this product post I made. This product amazed me. See why:

Environmentally Safe Organic Household Cleaner

I had been hearing a lot about Shaklee's Basic H2 cleaner on conference calls. I thought..well maybe I had better get that out of the closet and try it. I had given it to my wife and she thought she would finish up the cleaners she had first. One woman had stated that the Basic H2 cleaned better than anything she had used, even on the worst grime and grease.

I thought about what the hardest to clean item I had was and.... Oh My God....I remembered my gun. I had shot my black powder muzzle loader and put it away intending on cleaning it the next day. I had used it hunting (in December and this is July!) and had bagged a deer with it and took care of that first. Any one that shoots black powder guns knows you do not leave them uncleaned.

So I got out my Basic H2 and quickly mixed up a 16 oz. batch with 1 1/2 tsp. to the rest water. I was very interested to see how it would perform on my gun. I laid out some newspaper on my kitchen counter. (sorry ladies..us men do that kind of thing when you are gone. My wife was at work. It is the flattest, cleanest surface available.) Then I pulled the breech plug out of my gun. I got out a clean bowl and sprayed the Basic H2 on the plug in the bowl. I was astounded to see the black powder residue run off the breech plug.

Then I put together my cleaning rod and attached a rag to the end. I sprayed some basic H2 onto the rag and ran it though the barrel a few times. I did this with 2 rags. I looked through the barrel (with the breech plug out you can look straight through the barrel of this inline muzzle loader) I was very impressed as 2 rags took out 80% of the residue. I attached a wire brush onto my cleaning rod and sprayed it with Basic H2. I ran this back and forth through the barrel a dozen times and then took a couple of clean rags down the barrel to finish the job. Then I looked down the inside of the barrel again. This gun barrel has not been that shiny since it was new!

I normally use some heavy solvents to clean this gun. I never touched them. There was no need to. The Basic H2 just replaced some very heavy duty chemicals. I cleaned up my newspapers on the counter and wiped it cleaned easily. Then I noticed the floor. I had forgot to cover the floor where my cleaning rod was coming out the end of the barrel. I did not panic..I just grabbed the basic H2 and sprayed it on the floor and wiped it up with a few paper towels. This is one amazing cleaner. I am forever sold.

If you want an environmentally friendly organic cleaner then you need to look no further. One 16 oz. of the Organic Super Cleaning Concentrate makes 48 gallons of cleaner that is safe for you, your home and the planet. Super Concentrated Organic Cleaner

Mark Potes 517-547-3049

Shaklee Independent Distributor

Health Matters http://www.my-vitamin-supplements.com

PS. You have got see how this system works. Our team is growing because of it. You could be missing out on people below you. We build under people!http://www.mlm-homebased-business.com

PS. Here is the press release I issued about my new life path.New Life Path

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What is Your Why for Your Home Based Business?

To have a successful home based business you need a powerful why. What is yours? Why are you building or why do you want to build a home based business? Without a solid reason or desire other than to make money you will probably be unsuccessful.

Some of my reasons or my why is coming over tonight. It is my son's 26 birthday and all my kids and my grandchildren are coming over. As the eldest of this growing family I want to be able and step in and help my son and daughters and their families as they grow. This is a powerful motivator for me.

I also have several more. I have 5 more years to go and I will be eligible to retire with a full pension from state government. I will be 54 and I will have 25 years in. I am also purchasing another 5 years of service credits. This will be a nice pension but does not equal the income I have now. I want to be able to retire at 54. To do so I need additional revenue. This is another area where my home business comes into play. I have 5 years to build it into a nice extra income.

Another powerful motivator is my health. See the post I made today. I poured my heart out. My new life path is on full display for everyone to see. Natural-Vitamin-Supplements Blog This post will tell you why I chose Shaklee as the company to spend all my time on.

So, if you haven't already..find your why and keep focused on your goal. It also helps greatly if you know your downlines why. You can help them keep them motivated towards their real goal. everyone needs more than just making money for a goal if you want a long term business.

Mark Potes 517-547-3049

Shaklee Independent Distributor

Health Matters http://www.my-vitamin-supplements.com

PS. You have got see how this system works. Our team is growing because of it. You could be missing out on people below you. We build under people!http://www.mlm-homebased-business.com

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Reality Check

When natural disaster strike it is a moment of clarity for our souls. What is most important to you? Your own personal safety and health, then of course the safety and health of your family. It was Michigan's turn and we were hit with huge storms. The typical results were power lines down, trees uprooted, buildings destroyed and flooding. Thousands are still without power.

When these storms were going through, no one was concerned about the price of oil or who our next president will be. It was all about personal safety and then our property. The only thing on my mind was where my family was and how was the storm affecting them. They are all safe and sound (Thanks God) with different stories on how these massive storms affected them.

We all go though life with different experiences and reactions to the things that influence our lives. The common denominator is everyone values their health and safety. Your health is the most crucial thing you personally have in your life. Without good health, nothing else matters. This is why I take the best supplements I can find. http://www.my-vitamin-supplements.com

Yes, I know I used a natural disaster to just market my business, but really think about it for a minute. What does life really boil down to...without good health it will be hard to enjoy what this lifetime has to offer. If I can help just one person have better health, then I have totally succeeded as a person who believes Health Matters. By the way, you can now follow me on Twitter

As I was driving today, I just marveled at the power the storms unleashed on Michigan. It is stunning how life can change in an instant. Please say a prayer for all of those suffering not only in Michigan, but around this country. Enjoy and live everyday to the fullest, because you never know what is around the corner in our lives. Have fun and smile a little, it is contagious!

Mark Potes 517-547-3049

Health Matters

PS. Our Team is Growing! http://www.mlm-homebased-business.com

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How has The Internet Changed a Home Based Business?

The mlm homebased business is exploding on the Internet more than ever before. There are some great reasons for this expansion, too. In the past, it used to be that many people started a home based business after they were approached by a coworker, a friend, or a family member. Usually they became an independent distributor for a company and were given a start-up kit.

The prime attraction of the mlm/network marketing home based business is the commissions from the distributors and customer sales which results in an upfront bonus and residual income. Before the internet matured MLM was doing big business and now it is booming due to internet.

The reasons for home based business growth are the new age marketing strategies. Earlier the market strategies involved belly to belly marketing. You had the phone and meeting people one on one or just chance encounters that you turned in to marketing opportunities. Some people listened and some people did not. This type of business is not for everyone.

Many people were against the network marketing home business and prospects were hard to come by. Many nights were spent with lead lists and you cold called strangers trying to recruit new distributors. The strong distributors kept going but many people would give up after a few calls. It's not easy to convince a virtual stranger to look at your network marketing company when you have problems with talking to strangers. Many people would simply stare at their lists and make other lists and never actually pick up the phone. They were so busy getting ready so they could actually avoid the calls.

The interenet makes it easier to sort though people so that you don't have to make cold calls. Many companies or big distributor groups set up lead generating web sites that sort out the tire kickers. You are then left with interested people who have left their name and number and are interested in what you are doing. This is a much easier phone call to make. Still many distributors will generate leads and never call them. be the one who does and watch what happens for you. Here is a great example of a site that works well: http://www.mlm-homebased-business.com

The more you know and the more comfortable with your company you are, the easier it is for people to fill at ease and want to join your MLM home based business. Not knowing the answers to their questions or giving vague answers is more likely to make any prospect mistrustful of you and your MLM home based business. Just be truthful, if you do not know the answer..tell them you don't but will find the answer or someone who does know. Do not get hung up on this, just move on and set up a follow up call. Plan on making a few calls because it generally takes several contacts before people take action, whether buying some products or signing up to be a distributor in your MLM home based business opportunity.

One of the first places people think about is your friends and personal acquaintances. Be careful of this and be sure you are ready to talk with them about your business. Sometimes your friends and family can be your biggest critics. A lot of the time, even if your friends and acquaintances are not interested in a MLM business themselves, they can give you names of people they know who might be interested in your MLM home based business opportunity. Getting a referral is usually pretty easy because people see it as their way out of looking at the business themselves. Don’t hesitate to ask them for names of people you can contact.

Mark Potes 517-547-3049

PS.Our team is taking over. Don't let this pass you by.

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How How to Stand Out Amongst Home Based Business Owners

More and more people are starting a home based business to earn extra money and be a part of a cause bigger than their own.There are many people involved and you need some ways to distinguish yourself from the rest of the marketers. Many are promoting the same program with same replicated websites. Here are a couple of easy things that you can do in order for you to stand out from the crowd.

The first thing is for you to have your own website. This could simply be a blog. There are many free places to get a blog. One of them I use is Blog Father .It is very essential for you to have your own website to express your personality. People join with people, the company is a secondary consideration. It might take a while for that to sink in, but if you develop a level of trust with people, then they will look at what you are doing. (aka..your company) The person to person relationship must be there because it's the glue that will enroll people, keeps people active and involved.

In order for you as the business owner to fully answer the questions of your potential customers, it is best to use the products yourself. You can share the experiences you've had with your products that you represent. You will also be able to provide support on how to use the products. You will be able to give a honest opinion about the product that you are marketing. Are you on autoship for your products? If not you should be..lead by example. It is tough to ask your downline to be on autoship if you are not on it yourself. Lead and people will follow.

You should be using some of the newest Web 2.0 tools such as Twitter . Got to that link and you will see my Tweet. After the 1st day I had 5 people following what I was writing. Get on this amazing tool now..it is free.

Much more to come...

Mark Potes

You have to see this: http://www.mlm-homebased-business.com

PS. Do something..even if you are unsure..Dreams will remain dreams unless action is taken by you!

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10 Myths on Starting a Home Based Business

Many home business people believe certain things about starting their own business that are just not true. Continuing to believe in these myths can lead you into debt. Here are some of them:

•Since it is my business, there is no need for a business plan. Would you go on a trip without a plan? Would you get married without planning the wedding? Mapping out a business plan is the start of a successful business. Your business plan will help you get focused and stay that way. A good business plan will help you to think through all the aspects of your business and give you a road map for success.

•I will have to invest in expensive software to get a good business plan. Not true. Software may help, but you don’t need it. What about all those business men and women who succeeded before the invention of the computer?

•Then I will need to hire a consultant to write my business plan for me. You are the one who knows what you want to do. If not, then all the consultants in the world can’t help you. How about a coach or mentor to guide you, rather than do things for you.

•I should get one of those business plan templates that are really complicated. Complicated sounds impressive, right? Wrong! Simple is better. K.I.S.S (keep it simple stu..)

• Everything has to be perfect before I start. If you wait that long you may never get started. Just make sure the major points are as good as they can be.

•If I don’t do everything my business plan says I have failed. Sometimes detours or changes can be beneficial to your long term plan. Don’t sweat the small stuff.

•My business plan must be typed, the longer the better, with a professional looking cover. You can write it on a white board, as long as you can understand it. Make sure to keep it handy for reference and a reminder of where you are heading.

•I only need a business plan if I’m getting a loan. Would you invest in any business without seeing a prospectus? You’ll be investing in your own business. You might want to prepare a budget and run it by your accountant.

•If I have a business plan in my head I will be OK. Will you remember all of it? Can your friends give you advice by reading your mind? What about your accountant?

•Friends and family are all I’ll need to give me advice. Could a city man tell a farmer how to run his farm? Only if your family are accountants and business experts will they be qualified to give you business advice.

Mark Potes

Finally, a system to help you build your home based business that works. http://www.mlm-homebased-business.com

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MLM-Home-Based-Business-Getting the Right Domain Name

MLM-Home-Based-Business-Getting the Right Domain Name

Ok, you have started your home business, but now what do you do? Before you start marketing a domain name should be purchased. Most companies provide you with a replicated web site, but every distributor has one. You want yours to get noticed in the search engines.

Do some key word research and determine what would be a good fit for the products you are marketing. I used a tool from Word Tracker to determine that vitamin supplements are searched on 1046 times a day.

I was able to purchase a domain name of http://www.my-vitamin-supplements.com I now have that redirected to my replicated distributor site. Just click the link and you will see what I mean. You can also do a frame forwarding of the domain name if your registrar has that option. That allows you to do more key word targeting. I chose just the redirect to see how well these terms pull for me in the search engines.

I also have a marketing system for my main business. I am targeting mlm home based business as my key words. To my absolute delight I was able to purchase http://www.mlm-homebased-business.com This will help tremendously in my key word targeting.

This is one of the very 1st steps you should take in your business. there are still some very good domain names available and with a little thought and research you will find yours.

Mark Potes

http://www.MarkPotes.com

As always, brought to you by Blog Father

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7 Ways to Drive Traffic to Your Web Site

7 Ways to Drive Traffic to Your Web Site by Mark Potes

An affiliate marketer might have all the things needed for him to be able to succeed in affiliate marketing. He might have the motivation, diligence and perseverance to be able to understand how the system works. He probably has all the tools necessary to maintain the business, including a really unique and interesting website which could earn him a fortune if only the whole world could see it. However, all this would prove useless if he does not know how to drive traffic to his website. His business would go down the drain together with all the sales, fortune and dreams that he might have realized if he only knew how to do drive traffic to his web site.

Getting interested prospects to see your website is a difficult undertaking if you consider the fact that there are rivals everywhere competing for the same traffic. The huge world of the internet as well as the affiliate marketing model has created fierce competition between affiliate marketers, each of whom has his own great products to offer. With all the websites that are available, how would you be able to stand out? Below are seven ways to drive laser-targeted traffic to your website.

The first step in driving traffic to your website is by relying on search engines and the incredible amount of traffic they deliver to the affiliate marketer. Search Engines are popular for driving free targeted traffic and should be a top strategy. Having top search engine rankings is vital in building popularity links, and the use of the right keywords is very important in attaining this goal. Once a website gets listed on the 1st page of search engine rankings, it is easily accessible to anyone who wants to see it for himself. Pay per click traffic is another very popular way to drive traffic to your site. There is a science to getting the right prospect to your site and the main part of this is the right key words. The beginner needs to study this tool before starting a PPC campaign. Money can be lost quickly if the campaign is not set up correctly. Educate yourself first and then go for it!

The second way in driving traffic to your website is by contacting other webmasters for a possible link exchange. Locating websites that are related to your own website is the primary task. Once there, you should be able to establish communication by personalizing everything as much as possible. It might then be possible to make reciprocal link exchanges between the webmasters and your web site. It is vitally important to have your own web site and not just the replicated web site that the affiliate program offers. Linking to other web sites is just one benefit of having your own site.

The third way is through writing your own articles. This is an effective way in promoting your website, because good content that is appreciated by readers will lead them to visit your website out of sheer interest. Many other web sites will also pick up your articles if they are well written. Posting them to free article services will help other sites see what you have. Posting your articles on a blog that has its own RSS feed is another prime way to distribute your articles. People can subscribe to your RSS feed and automatically receive your articles when they are published.

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The fourth way is through joint venture marketing or JV for short. This is one of the most effective ways of promoting a product or a service. Having a partner through an ad swap or link exchange is beneficial to both parties as it allows them to reach a wider customer base in a short amount of time.

The fifth is through signing others up into your affiliate programs. Having affiliates to do the work means allowing them to bring tons of traffic to an affiliate program. Skyrocketing sales could be realized as a result, and both the affiliate and the website owner will benefit from the situation.

The sixth is by having an opt-in list of subscribers that you can market to every week. The use of autoresponders and personalized newsletters is the best way of keeping track of them all, and using your list to let them know about new products and services is an essential task that should be done by the affiliate marketer. Providing good benefits to the e-mail list is essential to keeping the subscribers. If you continuously just sell, your list will be less effective. You have to stand out from the normal crowd and share with your list and build a relationship with them. Effective list management is money in your pocket. Mismanage it and you are wasting your time. Give, give, give, and then share some new product or service that adds benefits to your reader's lives.

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The seventh is by knowing your market in and out. It is important for traffic to be targeted to those who might have a special interest in the theme or topic of your website. This way a solid customer base is going to be created. Once a potential customer shows an interest in your website by paying it a visit, you have only seconds to capture their interest or they are one click away from gone.

Traffic generating strategies are important in trying to make your affiliate marketing career pay off. It is always advantageous a marketing plan and sticking to it. This is very important in affiliate marketing. If you can get people to your web site, you are on the right track.

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Do You Live With a Dream Stealer?

Do You live With a Dream Stealer?

Do you have any dream stealers in your life? Dream stealers are those people who discourage you when you are trying to change your life. It's amazing how many people tell their friends and family that they cannot succeed. This is especially true when you are trying to do something outside of the box like making money online or starting your own business.

The main argument these dream stealers have is that your goals are unrealistic. They will tell you are joining a scam and think that they are offering you sound advice.

Many of them believe they are doing a favor by discouraging you. They think they are helping you to live a life in your best interest. In reality, they are encouraging you to a live a life without vision.

If you are really motivated toward success, doing anything less than your ambitious goals will be unfulfilling for you. You end up wondering what could have been. You continue to live your life like other people, instead of yourself.

Your friends and family who discourage you from trying something new are only giving you insight into what they would do. They do not have the vision and the drive that you do. They are only reacting out of their own fear.

Other people take the path of least resistance, but that does not mean that you have to. Your goals are important to you for a reason. You will only be happy when you achieve them. Giving up on your goals because other people think they are unrealistic is no way to live your life.

How to you overcome the dream stealers in your life?

You may want to start with choosing who you spend your time with. If you want to be self-motivated, you've got to spend time with other people who are self-motivated. Surround yourself with people who are successful in your field. Join a mastermind group of successful business people and share ideas. Do not work alone. There are many social networks online that specialize in business building. Find one in your niche and spend some time building a network of contacts.

If the dream killers in your life are close relatives and long time friends, try keeping your business goals to yourself for a while until you get going. By the time you've had a little success, they will probably be a lot more supportive.

Finally, the best way to overcome the dream stealers in your life is to be confident in yourself and your goals. If you are truly confident in yourself and your ideas, then no one can stop you.

Keep your goals and dreams in front of you all the time. They will be your motivation when some one tries to discourage you.

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Benefits of Being an Affiliate Marketer

Benefits of Being an Affiliate Marketer

Affiliate marketing has become one of the most effective ways to advertise online. It is also one of the easiest ways for anyone with a website to make a profit online. Affiliate Marketing is simply an agreement between a merchant and a website owner. The website owner allows the use of their site for the promotion of the merchant's products by linking to the merchant's website. In exchange, the merchant pays a commission to the affiliate on all sales generated by the affiliate. Every time someone clicks on the link on the affiliate's website and makes a purchase, the affiliate gets a commission. The merchant pays the affiliate only when a customer clicks on the product link and makes a purchase.

Affiliate marketing programs are described as a win-win situation for both the merchant and the affiliate because of the pay-for-performance pay plan. Both the merchant and the affiliate enjoy some benefits in affiliate marketing. There are many more benefits on the merchant's side. It gives the merchant a wider market in which to advertise a product or service. Affiliate marketing will give the product or service the maximum exposure that it may not get with other traditional advertising techniques. The more affiliate sites a merchant has, the higher the traffic, which can convert to sales. Affiliate marketing is the equivalent of having an army of sales people who will do the advertising and will only get a commission if a customer purchases.

Meanwhile, since an affiliate marketing relationship is a win-win situation, the affiliate also enjoys many benefits. Foremost among these is the easy way to make a profit. The affiliate can earn by having an ad or link to the merchant's website, which prospective customers can click and proceed to make a purchase. As soon as the customer clicks on the ad on the affiliate's site, is redirected to the merchant's website and goes on to buy that particular product, the affiliate earns a commission. The more referrals there are the more profit for the affiliate.

Affiliate marketing is an excellent way to earn money while at home. There are virtually no production costs. The product is already developed and proven by the merchant and all you have to do to is find as many prospects as you can that will bring in the profit for both the merchant and the affiliate. Affiliate programs are usually free to join, so affiliates do not have to worry about start-up costs. There are thousands of products and services you can choose from. You can find affiliate programs for every product under the sun. More than likely there is a product or service out there that is relevant to your website.

In addition, there is absolutely no sales experience necessary. Most affiliate programs offer excellent support when it comes to providing marketing material. The simplicity of affiliate marketing allows you to be an affiliate marketer at the least cost and the most comfort. You can build a successful affiliate marketing business right in the convenience of your own home. In affiliate marketing, your responsibility is simply to find prospects for the merchant; you do not have to worry about inventory, order processing, and product shipping. This along with customer service support is the duties of the merchant.

Because of the global reach of the internet, you can potentially find thousands of prospects. You can intensify your advertising campaign by exploiting more aggressive and productive strategies such as viral marketing. By attracting more prospects, you also maximize your potential to earn. Another benefit of an affiliate marketer is the minimal risk involved. If the product you are advertising is not making money then you can dump it and choose another. There are no long-term binding contracts tying you to products that are not making enough money.

All the same, the best benefit of being an affiliate marketer is the opportunity to increase your income; and you can make a profit even if affiliate marketing is only a sideline business. With your own affiliate business, you can earn easily earn extra income, although you do have to put effort and use your imagination to maximize your earning potential. Indeed, affiliate marketing is one of the simplest and most effective business opportunities on the web today.

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Easy Promotions 101

Easy Promotions 101 By: Mark Potes

Ok, now you're in an online business and the cost of getting started might have been more than you thought. Do you money have money left over for advertising? You must advertise your new web site or no one will find it. It is like opening a store and not telling anyone it is open-only worse. People could drive by your store, but unless you have your site linked to other web sites or are in the search engines, no one will be able to find you.

Simplify your URL…. Most people find it is easier to join a company that already has a product or service to market and they end up with an affiliate url or web site name. Many are like this http://www.shaklee.net/potesy or even more complicated. Buying a domain name from godaddy or one of the other domain name companies will help in many ways. The URL above is redirected to http://www.megaliquidvitamins.com This is a domain name that people can easily remember and lends credibility to any ad that is run online or offline. This service is available when you purchase your domain name and is a common practice.

Now What? You've got your domain name all set up with your re-direct..now what do you do with it? Getting as much exposure as possible is the name of the game. There numerous ways to promote online. Some are free such as online classifieds and there are many free web boards such as www.voy.com Don't underestimate the power of these sites…the search engines are going through them frequently. Carefully posting in forums that allow signature lines after your name is another good way to get your site out there. Be sure to read the forum rules and do not advertise. You are participating in the discussions and just putting your web site in your signature if allowed.

What About Your Mail? How many bills do you mail out every month? Someone opens these bills, so why not give them a little extra? A business card or a drop card/sizzle card with your new domain name included would be a nice addition to that envelope. How about postage return guaranteed mail? Drop a business card or flyer about your new web site in the envelope and send it back. Someone's going to open it! Another nice method is a stamp with your web site in a bright color such as red or blue. Stamp every outgoing letter with your web site for even more exposure.

How about Your Car? How many other people do you share the road with a day? How about in a year? Many companies sell web decals you can place on your car to promote your web site. This is another reason why you need a relevant, east to remember domain name. Another easy idea is a bumper sticker promoting your site. These are all low cost ideas to help you do one thing….get people to your web site.

Search Engine Optimization is a whole another ball game and most newbie's don't even know what it is. If you follow some basics and get your web site out there with low cost methods you can keep that profit margin up until you can afford to get some help or learn the art of SEO yourself. Educate yourself on your business and you will have a much better chance of succeeding. Check out all the articles we have on our web site about search engine optimization, affiliate marketing and web design.

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PotesMarketing - 3 Must Have's for a Check CashingAffiliate Marketer

PotesMarketing - 3 Must Have's for a Check Cashing Affiliate Marketer

What does it take to become a successful Affiliate Marketer? Do you have what it takes to be an affiliate marketing success story? Is there a shortcut to Affiliate Marketing cash? All these questions cross the minds of affiliate marketers who want to make it big in this business.

Although affiliate marketing is said to be one of the easiest and most effective ways to earn money online, it is not as easy as it sounds. The wise affiliate marketer plans every action and executes it the best way he can. He or she should also maximize the potential to earn by utilizing the right tools necessary for a successful Affiliate Marketing business. We have consulted with some of the most successful affiliate marketers and below are the top three necessary tools for a successful affiliate marketing business.

Tool #1: Your Own Website

The most important and indispensable tool in Affiliate Marketing is your own website. The first step in any successful affiliate marketing business is building a good, credible and professional looking website. Your website is the starting point of all your marketing efforts. Thus, you must first build a user-friendly website, which will appeal to your prospects and encourage them to click on the links to the products and service you are promoting and make a purchase. You must first concentrate your efforts in building a website that will cater to what your prospects need.

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The most important thing you should consider is that almost all web users go online to look for information, not necessarily to go and buy something. Above all else, make your website full of original, relevant and useful content. People will love articles that are appealing and helpful. Content is still king and good quality content will not only build your credibility, it can also help you achieve a higher search engine ranking. By posting relevant and useful articles, you establish yourself as a credible expert in the field, making you a more trustworthy endorser of the product or service you promote. Establishing a good reputation is a good step in building up a loyal consumer base.

Tool #2: Incentives

Competition is extremely tight in the internet world. You must always be one-step ahead of your rivals to ensure that you capture a significant share of your target market. Therefore, you must use every possible means to encourage people not only to visit your site but also to click and proceed to the websites of the products and services you are promoting. Building an opt-in email list is one of the best ways to gather prospects. Offer a newsletter or an e-zine. You can offer incentives to your prospects to encourage them to subscribe to your newsletters. You can have free software, access to exclusive services and other freebies that will be helpful to your prospects.

Here is an example of a site that offers free software: Free Software Giveaway

Here is another example of a site that has a simple to use web page builder: Free Web Page Builder

Tool #3: Link Popularity

The importance of driving highly targeted traffic to your website cannot be emphasized enough. No traffic means NO Sales. Period. Attracting people to your site should be the first step you should carry out. Marketing your site for a high search engine ranking is paramount. Link Popularity is one of the factors that search engines use to determine search engine rankings. To enhance your link popularity, you can launch an aggressive reciprocal link campaign.

One of the best ways to do this – at no cost at all – is by submitting articles, with your website's link in the resource box, to e-zines and free article sites. You will not only gain exposure, you will be advertising for free! The more sites you submit your articles to, the better your link popularity will be. Make your articles original, relevant and useful so that more websites will pick it up and post it.

These are but three of the many tools that an affiliate marketer can use to maximize earning potential. The possibilities are endless and are limited only by your imagination, creativity, resourcefulness and determination. You can always explore other ideas and adapt other strategies, which you think might help you become an affiliate marketer who actually cashes checks.

You can start by posting your articles on http://www.potesmarketing.com We have 3 categories that we accept articles for. SEO or Search Engine optimization-Affiliate Marketing and Web Design. Be sure to also link your site to us. The more reciprocal links you have the better it will be for you.

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Potesmarketing-5 Things You Must Have in Your Head to Succeed in Affiliate Marketing

Potesmarketing-5 Things You Must Have in Your Head to Succeed in Affiliate Marketing

The idea of being along for the ride does not appeal to people who like to put their destiny into their own hands. They have to be in control of their journey. We all have goals and having the capacity to guide their lives themselves is what makes them actually want to.

Perhaps this is the reason why more and more people are turning to one of the most popular businesses around – affiliate marketing. The beauty of this business is that there are no bosses to order you around. There are no deadlines to meet and no clutter of work do to. One only needs to be equipped with the tools needed to succeed in affiliate marketing and he or she is bound to get what their heart ultimately desires.

Just what are the things needed to be able to succeed in affiliate marketing? What must one have within them to be able to do well in this industry? There is a lot of competition involved in affiliate marketing, and to be able to stand out you must have your head in the game. There are five things you need to have a firm hold on. The game is won in your mind first, and then in your reality you have created.

The very first quality one must possess in affiliate marketing is the willingness to learn and be trained. Treading through unfamiliar territory is confusing and the confused mind does nothing. Learning the tricks of the trade will give them far better advantages in the business than they could ever imagine.

The second quality one must possess is the willingness to invest time and effort even if direct results do not seem at all apparent. Although some time may pass without good news, it is important for one who has his foot in the industry to keep working. Successful people are just failures who refused to quit!

The third quality one must possess is self-determination. If one wants to conquer the affiliate marketing world, he must have the ability to push himself ahead. Determination is what will take you to the computer to post more ads, get on more forums, and take action towards your goal while most of the world is watching sitcoms!

The fourth quality one must possess is discipline. If a person can teach himself to work everyday with all the energy he can muster, then he is close to achieving what he has set his heart to having in the first place.

The fifth and last quality one must possess is optimism. Negative attitudes and hearsays should not discourage an affiliate marketer from pursuing what he has to in order to make life better for himself and his family. Neither should anyone influence his attitude toward the business, because once in it, it is a must for him to be the captain of his mind and the master of his soul.

The ingredients to success in affiliate marketing are diverse, but the most important thing one needs to be able to make it big is in his mind. Ever heard of "Think and Grow Rich" by Napoleon Hill? (If you haven't Stop what you are doing and go to Amazon.com and buy it! Many multimillionaires contribute their success to this book) Concentrated thought on a particular outcome along with gratitude for the joyous result has the potential to change your life. Visualize your desired result (always for good-never use this for bad intentions-the result might just backfire on you) and see yourself achieving the goal and know how it feels. How does it feel when you get that huge check in the mail? Express your gratitude to God or the Universe for the result. Do this visualization technique for 3-4 minutes a day.

Affiliate marketing is all about taking one’s fate into his or her hands. The right attitude is the key to being able to steer yourself into the business and monetary success you have been looking for.

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The vast majority of clicks occur within the top 5 positions on a search page.

Not being where your customer is looking could be costing you their business!

•Search engines are tightening up the loopholes to manipulate positioning. So called "doorway" pages, tricks with meta tag/keyword files, etc. no longer are effective. Keyword positioning, along with indexing, is the way to be seen on today's Internet.

•The vast majority of clicks occur within the top 5 positions on a search page.

•As a rule, the more competitive the business category, the harder it is to attain decent placement. Conversely, the more competitive the business category, the more important placement is to success of the business.

•At least first page placement is vital to be effective on the Internet. Your potential customer, client or user rarely clicks beyond the third bona-fide choice they are presented with. If your site is not on the top half of the first page, forget about being effective on the Internet.

•Strong placement on the Internet is becoming an absolute necessity, even for brick and mortar based retailers and non-internet related service providers. Consumers under 40 years of age are much more likely to search the Internet first for almost anything (making the "Yellow Pages" and other directory advertising much less effective).

•Companies that offer "voodoo" search engine positioning or "secret" methods will tell you not to expect results for several months. Meantime, they will keep asking you for money. While you're waiting for results, potential customers are doing business with someone else WHO IS NOW at the top of the search engines .

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Eagles & Bears

Eagles and Bears - Blessed are the Peacemakers

The war had been going on for centuries.  The war between the Eagles and the Bears.  Nobody in the forest knew what started the war.  But everyone know how often Bears were injured terribly or killed by dive bombing Eagles or just as often Eagles were killed in large numbers by sudden attacks by Bears or as they dove and the Bears swatted them from the sky.  Far too often the ones hurt the most were the children or babies or mommies of the baby Eagles and Bears who wanting nothing more than peace to raise their children.

Nevertheless, rumor had been in the air for a long time of a war to end all wars.  A final battle was coming that would pit every Bear in the woods against every Eagle and a final victor will emerge.  But nobody knew when that day would come.  But that day did come, before anyone was prepared for it.  It came about when Bartholomew Bear was playing in the woods by himself.  He wasn’t supposed to do that but sometimes children forget the warnings of their parents because they want so much to explore and learn.  He was chasing a butterfly laughing and leaping at it from a log to a stump to a rock and then to the ground.

Suddenly he felt a shooting pain in his foot.  He cried out before he even know what happened but he heard the SNAP of that man trap closed on his foot and he knew he was in big trouble.  He must have cried for hours wishing his Mommy or Daddy would come.  Little did he know they were preparing for the final battle, the war to end all wars with the Eagles. 

The butterfly lit on his bear shoulder.  “Can’t you get your foot out Bartholomew?”  The butterfly said.  “I want to play some more.”

“NO,” the little Bear cried big tears in his eyes.  “This trap has my leg in these pointy claws and it really hurts.”

“There is another one right next to it.”  Mr. Butterfly observed.  “Make sure you don’t get your other foot in it.  I will fly for help.”

“Yes please hurry.”  The sad little Bear begged his friend.  It was not long later that Bartholomew saw his help coming.  Dozens and dozens of bears appeared on the ridge. 

“Wow they sent everyone” he remarked to himself as more and more Bears lined up on that ridge and just stood there staring over at the other ridge on the opposite side of the valley Bartholomew was in. 

On the other side, the armies of the Eagles were gathering.  Filling the trees of the thick forest there, they dug their talons in and stared hatefully at the army of Bears just across the way not knowing the poor helpless Bear cub was trapped between them.

“DADDY HELP ME!”  Bartholomew’s voice suddenly rang out.  Both armies looked into the valley and recognized the plight of the child Bear.  He was crying loudly as he looked up spotting his Mommy and Daddy in the Bear army on the ridge.  Oh, the hearts of that Mommy and Daddy were torn seeing their child in that spot.  When the battle begins in just moments, the two armies will rush into that valley and the killing will be most awful. 

The Chieftain of the Eagles watched the little Bear.  His heart was touched but not enough to call off the attack.  “Daddy we have to stop it.”  His son Edgar Eagle said to him perched on the same branch with him.

“No son.”  The king of the Eagles declared.  “We can only hope somehow the Bear child survives the battle.”  The Chiefton of the Eagles watched the situation, unwilling to call the attack but unwilling to call it off.  He did not see the tiny Mr. Butterfly light on the beak of Edgar Eagle.

The entire armies of Bears were in anguish watching Bartholomew struggle.  But despite the begging of Bartholomew’s Mommy and Daddy, the King of the Bears would not call off the attack.  The clamor for war began to rise and Bartholomew was terribly afraid.  Suddenly, before the call to attack, a lone eagle soared out from the wooded side of the valley ridge.  All eyes were glued to that lone figure as it did several near spins and spiraled down in long elegant arches toward the stranded Bartholomew.  All of a sudden, the king of the Eagles knew who it was. 

“EDGAR VeretekkPlatinumControl” The cry went out and both army’s tensed knowing the son of the King of the eagles had gone into the valley first.  He landed at the side of the frightened Bear and looked at his injured leg.  “Don’t worry.”  Edgar VeretekkPlatinumControl said to Bartholomew.  “I come to help” but as he moved around assessing the problem.  SNAP the other trap closed on Edgar’s foot.  While Edgar VeretekkPlatinumControl was a soldier, the pain of the trap caused him to cry out in misery.

Without a call to war, suddenly two figures burst from either side of the valley.  The King of the Eagles shot form the ranks to the aid of his son and the king of the Bears rushed to help the fallen Bartholomew.  Seeing their kings’ rush to save the children, both sides suddenly dropped their armor and weapons and rushed into the valley.  The thunderous stampede was not a charge to battle and death but to save the precious youth plus the internet marketing newbie and for mercy. 

Within moments, the two armies were working like a single-minded people to free the children.  The Bears had the strength to pull open the traps and the Eagles the keen eyesight and ability to figure out the mechanisms so they opened them safely.  Slowly and carefully, the traps were pulled from the legs of Bartholomew and Edger and they were free.  Bartholomew rushed to the arms of the king of the Bears weeping with gratitude and Edger VeretekkPlatinumControl to the king of the Eagles CEO Tom Prendergast embracing him for stopping the attack to save their lives.  Then, just as though it was the natural thing to do, Bartholomew ran to the king of the Eagles and embraced him and Edgar wept in the arms of the King of the Bears. 

A thunderous shout of celebration went up from both armies.  The war was over forever.  Never again would the Bears and the Eagles live in warfare but instead they would be brothers and friends for eternity.  And all because the son of the King was willing to fly into the valley and was willing to give his life to save his enemy and give him life instead of death.

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SEO Link-building Mistakes

7 Deadly SEO Link-building Mistakes

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SEO link-building has become one of the main high leverage activities in any online business. The simple fact is that back-links will give you a high page rank and a high page rank will rank you higher in the S.E.R.P's. Obviously this means more traffic and more money, as reported by VodaHost General & Forum Administrator

Back-links make up 90% of your Google rank and because of this, link-building has taken on a life of its own. Most people seem to misunderstand it completely. For starters you should know that not all back links are good links. They can actually hurt you more than help you.

SEO Link-building is all about building links that are natural. Google did not design their ranking system to be manipulated. It was designed to reward good sites that get linked to it naturally. That's why getting the right links can be incredibly difficult if you try and do it manually.

Unfortunately, you have to build in links these days otherwise you will not be competitive. If you sit around and wait for sites to link to you, you might wait forever. The good thing is that this also give the "small guy" a fair shake to get good rankings in Google, Yahoo and M.S.N.

Most guys build Back-links kamikaze style; that is they go in there and just get as many links they can from wherever they can and at whatever cost. This is a recipe for disaster. Once your site gets marked by Google, you might as well start over again.

Rogue link-building techniques can render months of hard work useless, so be very careful when building Back-links. Here are the 7 deadly S.E.O link-building mistakes. Avoid them at all costs.

Mistake #1: Mass Link Packages

Obviously, some sleazy and unscrupulous people are out there selling link packages that are not even worth a mention. Most of the time they blast ads out to classified directories or other spam filled networks. These links are the equivalent of buying spam email lists. Don't do it. Your links might end up on banned sites that can really hurt your Google image.

Mistake #2: Link Exchanges

Back in the day, exchanging links was the main S.E.O link-building strategy. You link to me, I link to you and we both win. Right? Wrong! Google caught on to this when hundreds of link farms opened up. Google can easily trace reciprocal links and they simply don't count for much anymore. Getting links from big link exchange networks can actually hurt your business.

Mistake #3: Linking From Non-Indexed Sites

Most people who spend hours building those free Back-links make the mistake of building links on non-indexed sites. For your back links to count, the page on which you have your link has to be indexed. Having links on non-indexed pages means nothing. It's a waste of time.

Mistake #4: Not Using Anchor Text

At first this probably won't sound too scary, but if you build 2,000 links without relevant anchor text your site can easily pass for a spam site that just gets random links. By using anchor text that is related to your site, it gives your links link-juice; meaning it makes your links relevant and increases the perceived value of each link.

Mistake #5: Not Being Relevant

Google is getting smarter by the day. After all it is their business to provide the most relevant information for each and every search that is conducted. If they don't, people will stop using Google. That's why they protect it so vigorously. When you get Back-links from relevant and related sites that would naturally link to you, then the link will count for a lot. Unrelated and random links from any old site really does not make Google see your site as being important.

Mistake #6: Inorganic links

As I mentioned earlier, Google designed the page rank system to work organically. They are looking for links to come to your site naturally. For the most part that means, slowly and consistently over time from a variety of related sites. If you go and get 1000 links overnight from the same site then Google's alarms will go off and you might land yourself in some Back-linking trouble with the big G. Slow and steady wins the race - especially if you have a new site.

Mistake #7: Buying Links

High PR Back-links are worth gold. Quite literally. I've seen a single PR7 link sell for as much as $250 per month. There are a lot of link networks out there that make it their business to sell links on high PR sites. These links have become quite expensive, but the lure of instant results have people buying links like it's going out of fashion.

Google is catching on and there has been widespread reports of Google slapping page rank. If links are publicly traded then Google can probably trace them and penalize you.

SEO link-building is all about being as natural and as organic as possible. Always go after links that are 1-way, relevant and on sites with a high page rank. If you can get links on pages with a high page rank, even better. Don't fall for the quick-fix promise of so many link building services. In the long run, slow and steady links that look natural will keep sending more and more traffic your way.

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Paid Search Is About Process, Not Planning

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Paid Search Is About Process, Not Planning

Many times we’re asked to present a plan for the next 30 – 60 – 90 days of a paid search program. This makes a great deal of sense when we bring a new client on board and have to fix or re-build their program. It takes time to build out a program comprehensively and laying out the priorities helps manage expectations. After that point that request for a “vision” or “plan” reveals a fundamental misunderstanding about the nature of paid search marketing as reported by George Michie .

Paid search is an amazingly powerful channel for capturing existing demand. It is not a demand generating channel. Like the yellow pages people only see the ads when they’re in the market for the advertiser’s products or services. Yellow page ads don’t make people interested in taking yoga; they convince people who are interested in yoga to try the advertiser’s studio. Paid search plays the same role, but it’s easy for marketers steeped in traditional channels to miss the implications of this fact.

For demand generating channels planning is of paramount importance. Television ads seek to 1) create awareness of a brand; 2) infuse that brand awareness with positive connotations; and 3) catapult that positive awareness into action. Marketers must plan the proper messaging and imagery for each phase, and plan the timing and budgets. Even direct marketers like catalogers must plan contact strategies, page counts and formats, circulation counts and frequency of touches. Planning is required because the marketer must generate interest and action, and the time lag between marketing investment and eventual payoff is both long and not guaranteed.

Paid search is different in every respect. Budgets don’t make sense for advertisers with shopping carts on their sites because the sales happen before they pay for the ads. We don’t have to plan what products to push or when; the ads will be served to the right audience at the right time and in the right volume to respond to consumer demand.

This is not to suggest that paid search requires no work. Paid search demands well honed processes for dealing with product turnover, landing page changes, promotional offers, seasonal shifts and more. Skilled analysts study data six-ways-to-Sunday to find nuggets of gold in search logs, in click-to-order intervals, and in new classification schemes that feed statistically meaningful differentiators to our algorithms. Reacting to shifts in consumer behavior and anticipating them whenever possible takes knowledge, skill and mountains of well-organized data.

However, it doesn’t really require a plan. Indeed, predicting what projects will be most valuable 30 days from now, or 60 is both impossible and unwise. The priorities change depending on all kinds of factors outside of the analyst’s control. Locking an analyst into an arbitrary schedule prevents them from adjusting to the priorities of the moment and thereby squancders opportunities.

Asking an analyst for a long range plan for a paid search campaign is like asking your stock broker what stocks you should buy and which you should sell 6 months from now. They can make those recommendations if you really want them, but usually you’d be wise not follow them.

Absence of “a plan” is unsettling, particularly when you’re working with an agency. You can’t see them hard at work at their desks every day, so it’s natural to wonder whether they’re asleep at the switch. This fear is compounded by the reality of PPC agencies that all too often are asleep at the switch.

Trust comes from results, and in PPC results come from smart people with great tools and great processes. Anticipating and reacting to changes in the landscape requires hard work, knowledge, skills and the flexibility to follow one’s nose.

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When to Run Away from an SEO Company

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When to Run Away from an SEO Company

You probably shouldn't be charged for a couple things that many "back alley" or "strip mall" SEO companies and consultants still offer. In some cases, even larger marketing organizations are trying to push value into some tactics that are outdated or simply don't work to help rankings, as reported by Chris Boggs, Search Engine Watch, Sept 2009

No two sites on the Internet are identical. In rare instances, some of the below tactics may work. But most of the time, if your SEO company is pushing these services on you, take a good hard look at what you're paying for.

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1. Submitting Sites to Search Engines: There's a big difference between submitting your site to the search engines and submitting your site to Directories, Link Pages, Online Malls, Classified Sites! . This type of submission is a very important part of link building, and has continually proven to be valuable.

Submitting your sites to the search engines isn't as valuable to SEO. This simply offers another way for the search engines to find your site. If all you do is submit it to the search engines and sit back and wait, you likely won't see any rankings, other than potentially for your brand name.

Search engines no longer need you to submit to them, although they still provide the functionality for you to do so. As Google says on their submission page, however, "We do not add all submitted URLs to our index, and we cannot make any predictions or guarantees about when or if they will appear."

Google and the other engines are fine taking this additional information, but if you're paying someone to do this once, or even monthly, then you're wasting time and money. As Google also states: "Only the top-level page from a host is necessary; you do not need to submit each individual page. Our crawler, Googlebot, will be able to find the rest. Google updates its index on a regular basis, so updated or outdated link submissions are not necessary. Dead links will 'fade out' of our index on our next crawl when we update our entire index."

2. SEO Landing Pages: Another outdated tactic is building landing pages just for SEO, although this is a temporary solution that e-commerce companies sometimes choose to take rather than spending the time fixing the actual site and navigation. In most cases, if you want long-term results without sacrificing user experience consistency, you should optimize your actual content versus trying to create circa 2001 "doorway pages."

3. Reciprocal Linking: The last outdated tactic is using reciprocal linking as a primary link building tactic. If your SEO company or consultants requires that you place an outbound link to every site that is linking to you, then you should run away. Some reciprocal links aren't bad, especially ones that occur naturally -- just be worried if this is the only link building tactic presented.

SEO Tactics on the Bubble

1. Social Bookmarking: One tactic that has very few concrete results is social bookmarking. Some people will likely argue this, but we've yet to prove ranking lift from the addition of a URL to a Delicious or StumbleUpon. These and other links appear within backlink reports, but that alone doesn't indicate that the link is helping from a SEO perspective.

Yahoo-owned MyBlogLog cleans out their bookmark links on a regular basis. As seen in this FAQ, they provide a good reason for this: "New with Me is a moving river of updates. We are not trying to re-create the Internet. We store the last 100 items and up to 25 'clusters' of events. If you're interested in looking at older updates, we direct you to the original service provider for the full archive."

It's very important to understand that not all links are permanent. Thus, to build lasting SEO value, the majority of links developed should be permanent and carry some sort of authority.

Of course, a "natural" pattern would be that some links come and go. But if you spend a large amount of time (or are pay someone else for) building links using social bookmarking or other "expiring" link tactics, you won't get full value from your time investment.

Please note that some people do this at an almost "industrial" level to help boost rankings, by building literally thousands of links, and "refreshing" the links with new ones as they age or get stale. This would only look natural to a search algorithm if the target site has tens of thousands of existing links. Those using this tactic need to keep building links over and over, and have likely budgeted hundreds of hours to support this task with the amount of hours that it would need to provide long lasting value.

2. Article Syndication: Other tactics that are "on the bubble" include large-scale article syndication and "press release over-optimization." Articles that are relevant to your site and contain links pointed back can be valuable if syndicated on a limited basis to hand-picked partners, but using mass syndication services doesn't often yield the kinds of backlinks that could be garnered from a more personalized approach. The jury is definitely still out on this tactic, but a custom approach (which takes longer) provides value.

3. Over-Optimizing Press Releases: Press release "over-optimization" is something that many readers have probably seen after setting up an RSS feed to monitor a particular word or industry phrase. I always laugh when I see the same SEO company put out a press release every time it signs a new client, because when I check even month later, they haven't climbed in the rankings for the terms they seem to be targeting.

The use of press releases and syndicating through PR Newswire or PRWeb can be valuable, but like article syndication, this tactic must be leveraged in moderation. If you're concerned about how many press releases you've sent out to support your SEO efforts, consider if you're overdoing it. For large companies with lots of relevant news, however, this is a different story -- these companies may be OK with up to two to three press releases a week, and you might as well take the time to optimize them.

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SEO Marketing Channel

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SEO is the marketing channel that brings potential customers to your site who want what you offer, but don't know how to find you. These are people that will browse through the search engine listings of websites that show up for the product or service they're looking for, and choose one to purchase from. If your site only shows up for your brand name, you're not even in the game; the sale will likely go to one of your competitors who have an optimized website.

If you only want to serve the needs of people who already know your brand and aren't interested in new customers, then you don't need SEO. But if you want to use every marketing channel at your disposal, SEO is one of the most cost-effective marketing channels to bring in people who don't already know about you but want exactly what you offer.

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A Search Eulogy For Yahoo

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A Search Eulogy For Yahoo  And then there were two.

Make no mistake, Yahoo’s out of the search game. I know the spin. Better user interface, new ways to innovate, a winning play. Let’s not kid ourselves. They’re done. Not today, not necessarily in a year, but down the line at some point. Done, as reported by Danny Sullivan

And it’s sad, because they were one of the originals. There was a time when the mighty Yahoo roared above all other search engines. When people were so worried about being listed in Yahoo that they pondered lawsuits over the issue, because not being in Yahoo was like not being on the internet at all.

Sound familiar? Yeah, Yahoo was the Google of its day. Funny to write that — it should be Google is the Yahoo of its day, but that’s how the tables turned in the search space.

Yahoo started out in search as a human-compiled directory. Editors, finding sites, writing short descriptions about them. It worked at first. When it didn’t, Yahoo had partners that “crawled” the web automatically to provide “backup” to its directory results. Open Text was its first partner. Later came AltaVista, then Inktomi, then eventually Google.

Ah, Google. It demonstrated that you could index millions (now billions) of pages AND have relevancy. Why use a card catalog-like human directory when you had a tool like Google that could read every page in every book in the library and pull back the matching pages?

Eventually, Yahoo decided it needed to own crawler technology. In 2003, it bought Inktomi and AllTheWeb. It also bought Overture, to have paid search technology and got AltaVista as part of the deal. All these things it needed to own, we were told, because search was so essential that you couldn’t outsource:

Given how important search is to our businesses, we really needed to control our own destiny in this space and not be dependent on any one third-party provider

That’s what I was told at the beginning of 2003 by Jeff Weiner, then senior vice president of search and marketplace at Yahoo. What’s changed since then? How did search go back to being a commodity to Yahoo?

Microsoft squeezed it. No blame to Microsoft. Yahoo was sitting there with leadership that couldn’t communicate clearly how it was a strong second-place player to Google. It seemed weak, ripe for the picking, and Microsoft went to pluck it last year. Google tried for Yahoo itself through a partnership deal. The US Department of Justice, like Amy Winehouse, sang “No, no, no.” Do that, and we’ll take anti-trust action against you, Google.

Microsoft never went away, though to its credit, it continued to improve its own search offering making it even more credible. Bing’s a long way from being proven. Perhaps it might never have succeeded. But it got buzz. Not only was it not embarrassing, it was impressive to some. Yahoo didn’t seem as necessary to Microsoft’s plans.

We’ll never know if Bing could have succeeded on its own. Or, maybe we will, if the proposed deal doesn’t go through. It’s still just a proposal, subject to investor and regulatory approval. But if it does go through, Microsoft becomes the number two search player. It controls the core search technology. Yahoo will have “parity” with Microsoft to use the search technology, we’re told. Soothing-sounding words, but parity doesn’t matter when Yahoo seemingly has given up on search as a top attraction overall.

Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz has made plenty of noise about how Yahoo isn’t just a search engine. Or not even a search engine, at times. How Yahoo has some of the web’s top destinations. That’s true, all true. But search was a leading property as well, for Yahoo. Yahoo wouldn’t consider outsourcing its email or IM services. Wouldn’t decide that its Yahoo Finance area could be powered by someone else. So why’s search got the boot?

Because Microsoft wants it, and they weren’t going away. Neither was Bartz standing up to definitively say that in the long term, it made more sense for Yahoo to keep search as a core technology. That few companies had such crown jewels. That technology alone a year ago worth $1 billion to Microsoft didn’t suddenly become worth no upfront payment a year later.

But also because Yahoo seems to have no choice. It keeps losing talent. It’s fine to have a great machine, but someone’s got to run it — keep developing it. So if I sound harsh about Yahoo getting out of search, I’m also understanding. It would have been incredibly difficult to keep it.

AOL and Lycos are two examples of portals that gave up their own search technologies and watched their traffic drop. Perhaps Yahoo will be the exception. Perhaps it will surprise me and be a long-time search player — a place where substantial amounts of searches happen. Part of me hopes it plays out that way, if only for nostalgic reasons.

But I doubt it.

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More Americans Online because of Recession

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Recession Sends More and More Americans Online

The recession has affected Americans in many ways, forcing people to cut back on their spending and in some cases, out of their homes. According to a new study, it seems that more and more U.S. residents are heading online in search of solutions to their financial woes states Brandon Dimmel.

In the past, community leaders and social workers were relied upon by Americans looking for help during tough economic times. However, today there's an easier way to consult experts for assistance.

Americans Hope for Quicker Solutions Online

A recent study by the Pew Internet & American Life Project found that most Americans have ventured online to get help with their economic problems. In fact, the study estimates an astounding 88 per cent of all American Internet users have employed the web in order to research the recession and solutions of their own financial concerns. (Source: Internetnews.com)

Pew director and report co-author Lee Rainie believes the results reveal Americans' desire to get the information they need to help get through this difficult period. "People are anxious about these hard times," said Rainie. "They are more information-hungry than in normal times." (Source: reuters.com)

Web Used as Multi-Purpose Tool

The unemployment rate continued to grow last month, hitting 9.5 per cent across the U.S. With more people out of work, the Internet has received increased traffic with people both searching for solutions and creating their own blogs to help resolve the problem.

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Search Engine Optimization

Search Engine Optimization

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In the present time, Search Engine Optimization has gained a lot of popularity, as it facilitates people to trim down the marketing costs and relish its fruitful results. However, some people consider that creating a SEO rich website is a very easy job, but in point of fact, creating SEO websites is not that easy as it seems to be. One needs to keep several important notions in mind while working with websites and should take into account the keyword phrases.

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Statistics on getting to the top of the of the Top Ten search engines

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Statistics on getting to the top of the of the Top Ten search engines 

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What do we Mean by Keywords, and Why do They Matter?

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What do we Mean by Keywords, and Why do They Matter?

Keywords are the foundation of any Search Engine Optimization or Search Marketing campaign. If you don’t know what keywords are being used in searches by the people you want to attract to your Web site, you can’t effectively market through the search engines to those people.

The terms keyword is often used as shorthand for keyword phrase. When we use the term keyword, we mean the word—or words—that may be typed into a search engine by someone carrying out a search. In fact most searches these days are not single-word searches … most searchers now type two or more words in their searches.

If you’re reading this, you probably already understand why you need to know the keywords people use when searching for products or services such as those promoted by your Web site. Just in case …

• If you don’t know the keywords, you can’t optimize your Web site properly.
• If you don’t know the keywords, you don’t know what keywords to put in links pointing to your site.
• If you don’t know the keywords, you don’t know which keywords to bid on in Pay Per Click programs.

Selecting keywords, then, is important. But there are two ways to select the keywords you need for your campaigns:
• Guess
• Do a full keyword analysis

The most popular method is to guess at the keywords. The most effective method, however, is to do a full keyword analysis (which actually begins with you guessing at what keywords you think are important, then using a free KeyWord tool to “dig” into databases of actual search terms).

What happens if you simply guess at the search terms you need, and don’t do a full keyword analysis? Typically two problems arise:

• Many of the keywords on your list will be more or less irrelevant. People simply aren’t using them in searches.
• You’ll miss keywords that people are using to search for your product or service.

What Does an SEO Specialist Do?

Essentially, a SEO Specialist does two things:

• Helps you develop a list of likely keyword phrases. SEO Specialist searches other Web site’s KEYWORDS tags and searches a thesaurus, to help you create a preliminary list of keyword phrases.

• Based on these keyword phrases, it shows you what people using the Web’s search engines are actually typing into the search engines.

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How to accept credit cards for small business

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How to accept credit cards for small business

The benefits of accepting credit cards almost always outweigh the risks, and the chances of this are greatly improved if you do your homework before opening a merchant account. In this article I’ll talk about the importance of accepting credit cards, what to expect as you compare merchant accounts and how to keep your merchant account in good standing once you begin processing.

Convincing a business owner that they need to start accepting credit cards isn’t as tough as it once was and it’s getting easier every day. Credit and debit cards are a staple in consumers’ wallets and the trend isn’t showing signs of letting up any time soon. For merchants, the ability to accept credit cards often translates to larger average tickets and greater gross monthly sales volumes. Of course, along with the greater sales volume comes the expense of processing credit card transactions. Fortunately, profit from increased sales typically far outweighs processing costs.Here are a few helpful points that you should know before beginning your search for a merchant account.

Merchant account fees are not standardized

Merchant account Rates and fees vary widely from one provider to the next. Aside from the amount of fees charged, some accounts will have entire categories of fees that others won’t. As you being to research your options, look at every account as an individual.

Credit card processing rates and fees are not written in stone

Haggling is the name of the game when it comes to negotiating the best merchant account rates and fees. Consider the rates and fees of an initial merchant account quote as a starting point from which you can start to reducing costs.

There are a lot of providers competing for your business

Don’t begin and end your search at your local bank or even with the providers in your town. There are thousands of merchant service providers all competing for your business. Use this competition to your advantage to get the best rates possible. Consider using a web site like CardFellow.com to get quotes from multiple providers from a national market.

Once you begin contacting merchant service providers, you should expect to encounter some pretty good sales people that may employ high-pressure sales tactics. The key is to remain methodical in your search process and look at the facts surrounding an account, not the salesperson’s interpretation of them.

The best and truly knowledgeable salespeople will use the rates and fees of their merchant account quote to help portray the benefits of their offer. They’ll take the time to learn about your business, present calculations and estimations of processing expenses using an effective rate, and they’ll take the time to answer your questions in a consultative manner. These are the salespeople to look for, but not necessarily the ones to expect.

Once you decide upon a merchant account provider and start accepting credit cards, your education about credit card processing has just begun. Don’t look at the task as complete, but as just beginning. The bankcard industry is always changing and new regulations that affect you are commonly brought to legislative attention. The phrase “knowledge is power” translates to merchants in the bankcard industry as “knowledge is money.” The more you know about credit card processing, the more you will be able to save yourself in processing expenses.

Once you begin processing credit cards, frequent reliable and unbiased sources on the subject to keep yourself up to date about the industry and ways you can optimize your merchant account to lower costs. The best sources of merchant account information are the ones that aren’t trying selling you processing services.

A wealth of Information to help businesses that start accepting credit cards find the best merchant account is available at the MerchantCouncil.org.

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These days, SEO has become the most effective characteristic of the websites that help the administrators to enjoy the productive results. Most of the website owners consider SEO to be the most powerful tool for marketing, as Search Engine Optimization has reduced the need for door to door marketing. SEO is actually a process through which the websites can rank higher in the search engines by drawing quality traffic. However, the process of creating SEO rich websites is not that easy as it seems to be.

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The focus of much of the training is towards using the fuctionality, "how to's" of the system. The basics of business and how they are interrelated with the Veretekk Marketing System is where I start my training.

One of the most valuable aspects of the Veretekk Marketing System is that is really helps you leverage your most valuale asset - your time. From the time you start to learn the tools that are at your fingertips you will be using your time very effectively. But there are some prerequisites that you must not overlook.

I have designed my training to address those prerequisites. Many of my customers have jumped into the Veretekk Marketing System and that is great. However, in order for you to be successful in building your business you must have a plan. No, not an idea that pops into your head one day. I'm talking about the plan that EVERY business owner must have in order to be successful.

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In this session we will cover what are goals and how do you build objectives to support them. Without goals and objectives you will not be able to evaluate, "track" your activities. And without tracking of your activities you will never be sure of where you will find yourself down the line.

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The Veretekk Marketing System contains an incredibly powerful contact manager. So next we address "The Veretekk Contact Manager". This training session brings the part together so you can see them more clearly. Just about every tool in the Veretekk system uses this contact manager.

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SEO is a procedure of placing researched keywords, that have a known searching audience, into various places on a Web page which are known to be given weight by the ranking systems and algorithms of Major Search Engines like Alta Vista, AOL Search, Ask Jeeves, Excite, Google, Inktomi, Lycos, MSN, Teoma and Yahoo.

A properly optimized Web site can go from search invisibility and zero rankings to top spots in these search engines, especially if optimization is combined with known off page ranking factors.

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Submit Your Site Properly

Submit Your Site Properly

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Easy steps to submitting your website in the right category.

Submitting to the Open Directory Project:

Yes, the Open Directory Project is free, and yes, you can submit much more quickly. But the problem is there's no guarantee that your site will be listed. I've seen sites get into the Open Directory Project within a week or two of submission, and I've seen others that waited months without ever getting in. In addition, the submission forms sometimes don't seem to work! But don't give up. As I mentioned earlier on that, the Open Directory Project is very important. Here's how to submit:

1. Read the editor's guidelines at dmoz.org/guidelines/describing. html. If you know what guidelines the editors use, you may be able to avoid problems. It's hard to get into the directory, so you might as well give yourself the best chance of getting in.

2. Go to www.dmoz.org. The Open Directory Project home page appears.

3. Find a suitable category for your site.

4. Click the Suggest URL link at the top of the page.

5. Follow the (fairly simple) directions. Submitting to the Open Directory Project is much easier than doing so to Yahoo! Directory.

You simply enter your home page's URL, a short title, a 25-30- word description for the site, and your e-mail address. That's it. Then you wait.

But understand that the editors at DMOZ don't care about your site, they care about the directory; in fact, read the DMOZ forums at www.resource-zone. com and you'll find that the attitude tends to be "tells us about your site, then go away and forget about it."

There are all sorts of factors working against you:

- There are 8,000 editors managing over 700,000 categories.

- Many small directories may only be reviewed by an editor every six months . . . or far less frequently.

 The editors regard a six-month wait, or longer, not particularly excessive.

- In some cases editors may even ignore submissions. As one editor explained, "there is no obligation to review them in any order nor is there a requirement to review them as a priority . . . some editors find it more productive to seek out sites on their own and rarely visit the suggested sites."

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Search Engine Optimization, Website Development and Search Engine Spiders

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Search Engine Optimization, Website Development and Search Engine Spiders

Do you have some experience with HTML and web site development, but haven't really gotten your feet wet with search engine optimization? Keep reading, because you're in luck. In this article we'll cover some of the more important aspects of SEO, focusing on the changes that you should find easiest to make to your web site. After you read this, you should know where to concentrate your efforts now and going forward.

HTML Tags and SEO

The <Title> tag is the most important part of the page. It is the tag that visitors see in search results, and it should contain your targeted keywords. The title tag can make your page rank or make it disappear from search results. Use this format for web page title tags:

Keywords | Website Name or Brand

It's okay to include only  your keywords without the site name, especially if you aren't branding using other Internet marketing methods.

Your <h1> tag is very important. As with the web page title, you should include your targeted keywords in this tag.

Your <h2> tag is next in importance. You should put keyword variations in this tag It's okay to be more natural here.

Your <h3> is less important, but still very useful. Promote keyword variations or subheadings using the H3 tag. You can relax a bit with this one and mention keywords only once in a while.

Now that we've talked about the title tags, let's briefly touch on links so you can see one aspect of why getting the keywords in your title tag is important. An incoming link to your pages is typically formed like so:

Link: <a href ="http://www.site.com/page.htm" title="keyword">anchor text keywords</a>

It's very important to include targeted keywords in anchor text in inbound links. You should also use targeted keywords in internal links, including navigation. The search engines take strong notice of keywords in these positions.

This is true for links that are followed. But what about links that are designated nofollow? Many blogs and other sites make any links in comments automatically nofollow.

Next Time Link No followed

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Do You know about Web 2.0

Do You know Web 2.0

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So, tell me, have you heard about Web 2.0? It’s a term you see applied to a lot of Web sites on the Internet these days, but today, I’m going to go a little more in depth about its meaning. Web 2.0 describes the changing trend in the use of the World Wide Web technology and Web design that aims to enhance creativity, communications, secure information sharing, collaboration and functionality of the Web.

Those Web 2.0 concepts have led to the development of Web communities, social networking sites (MySpace and Facebook), video sharing sites (YouTube), wikis (Wikipedia) and blogs (Blogger). Wow! You probably use Web 2.0 Web sites more than you thought, am I right? Well, let's learn even more about it!

A Web 2.0 Web site doesn’t have any technical specifications. It refers to the revolution of using the Internet as a platform. That is, using a Web site to perform a task instead of a program on an operating system. The 2.0 refers to a rebirth after the end of the 2001 dot com bubble, which I’m sure you heard about in one way or another.

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Worst SEO Mistakes - Alt Tag Stuffing

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Last time we talked about Worst SEO Mistakes, this time lets discuss Alt Tag Stuffing

ALT tags are designed for blind people. Alt tags should describe images, buttons, navigation and other site elements to make browsing easier for those who can't see. Some people stuff their keywords into ALT tags, in hopes of ranking better in search results. This doesn't work. If spotted, you'll be punished.

On top of being ineffective, it's a real hassle for blind people who have to listen to the BS webmasters stuff into these tags to manipulate search engines. Use alt tags for image descriptions, and don't worry about the keywords.

Comment Spam

There are several types of comment spam.

One type uses robots to put in generic BS comments and links back to their owner's site in hopes of getting more valuable inbound links. Google discovered this and doesn't count comment links anymore. Bloggers also use the nofollow tag, so it doesn't matter if there are links in comments.

Another way to spam comments is to leave generic comments like "I did an article about this too, come check it out" in hopes of driving traffic and subscriptions.

Blog comments are designed for discussion, so saying something useful without intent to get something back plays a lot better in the long term. You get respect and eventually the blogger becomes more interested in you. Then you get your link.

Forum Spam

Forum spam involves leaving forum messages disguised as editorials, but are nothing more than ads for a website.

This type of spam looks really nasty and irritates all forum users. Don't do it. If you want to drive visitors from forums, participate in discussions, offer advice and help everyone. You will gain respect and people will visit your site from the signature. This time however, instead of saying "who the hell is that guy?!" they will land on the home page wit the thought of "that guy is good, let's see what he's built here."

Reliance on Meta Tags

Meta tag's days are not over. Keyword meta tags do work. I would spend more than just a few minutes on keyword meta tags. The description meta tag, is very useful. It is the description that shows in search results, so make sure there are clear calls to action.

Submission to a Bunch of Social Media Sites

You've probably seen those one-vote articles sitting in no-man's-land with headlines like "New marketing methods" and "Super interactive website www.spamsite.com" Those are attempts by marketers to get diggs, reddits and other types of votes. Social media marketing is a craft of its own, and a link to a generic site doesn't do it. You can learn a great deal about social media marketing over at Sphinn.

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Worst SEO Mistakes - Aggressive Search Engine Optimization Firms

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Last time we talked about Worst SEO Mistakes, this time lets discuss aggressive search engine optimization firms

Aggressive may mean effective. All effective SEO firms buy links, meaning that most good SEOs are official black hats. Are you okay with the risks? Many effective firms actively use spam and other black hat methods to promote their clients. Greedy ones get burned. Those who are smart watch carefully and know when to pull back -- because there is no safety net. You should know if your SEO firm does black hat up front. Rewards are great, but so are the risks.

Automated Content Generation

Automated content generation involves a bot scraping the net, mixing articles and producing low value pages camouflaged as a web site. It's often part of the link farm an AdSense site.

Duplicate content detection has improved to the point that search engines will know in no time if you're spamming.

Frames

This is not spam, but a bad mistake, like building a Flash-based web site. Frames are hard to crawl for spiders; they have no unique URLs to link to and are horrible from a usability perspective. Sites that use frames lose on all fronts.

Cloaking

Cloaking still works if done correctly. Some good SEOs still use cloaking, but if you're new, stay away from it. Cloaking presents a normal page to visitors but a super-optimized page to search engine spiders.

Hidden Text

Hidden text involves stuffing keywords onto a page and making keywords the same color as the background. This is an absolutely pointless technique since search engines discount pages if they see keyword stuffing.

If you put legitimate text or an optimized article on your site as hidden text, just to make page look shorter, it still doesn't make sense. There are CSS "hide/show" tricks that can conceal text while being search engine friendly.

Keyword Stuffing

Keyword stuffing involves putting a bunch of keywords on a page simply to get higher rankings. It's pointless. Search engines can tell when you're using too many keywords for natural content, and your visitors will find keyword-stuffed content to be difficult to read.

Doorway Pages

Doorway pages are one-page websites optimized for a specific keyword and made with one purpose - to rank in the search results. All links on the "doorway" page lead to the real website, essentially acting as an entrance, hence the name "doorway page." Search engine do not like doorway pages, but they still work.

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Worst SEO Mistakes

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Worst SEO Mistakes

In this article we cover some of the worst SEO mistakes. Some of these will cause the search engines to ignore you; others will cause potential visitors to ignore you; still others may make your site disappear from the search engine results pages entirely.

We'll go over each practice and explain why you shouldn't do it. We'll even tell you what you should be doing.
Flash If you're making a new website and thinking of using Flash - stop. Though Adobe made Flash crawlable and shared technology with Google and Yahoo (leaving out Microsoft), Flash is still a bad choice.

If you don't show much content to the search engines, you will have to invest more in links. Not only does a Flash site cost more to make, but you'll need more money to optimize it. If there is no real reason to use Flash, don't. If you want cool movies and features, consider embedding Flash videos and using cool CSS styles.

No Use of Title Tags

The most powerful HTML tag you have at your disposal ­-  Put keywords you target the page for into the tag. This is the part that shows up in search results as a big blue link, so make it count.

Another mistake webmasters make is to put something like "Welcome To...." in the title tag. Aaron Wall calls this "Welcome to low rankings."

Title Tag Duplication

Many designers create a site design without much regard for SEO, using one title tag for an entire website. Make sure to vary the title tags on your pages.

Messed up Robots.txt

It's a good idea to have a file to keep your error log clean of robot.txt requests, but if you can mess up a lot if you use it incorrectly. Here's how it looks, assuming you don't want to block ANY pages:

User-agent: *

Disallow:

Not Using Keywords in Internal Links and Navigation

Your internal onsite links have as much SEO weight as some outside links. If your home page has link authority, then links from your home page to internal pages pass pagerank in the same manner as outside sites pass pagerank to your home page.

By linking from your most powerful pages to internal pages with keyword-rich links, you're doing exactly the same thing as getting

keyword-rich inbound links from high PR pages.

To make the most use of link power, make sure that your navigation consists of keyword-rich, targeted descriptions. Do the same with keywords scattered within content. Don't worry about your footer; Google doesn't put much weight on those.

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"Advertise with us as we get 1,000,000 hits each month." But do they really?

This is from Jim Gras at http://seo-specialist-online.com

You know, a week doesn't go by when an ad says, "Advertise with us as we get 1,000,000 hits each month." But do they really?
 
Probably not.
 
You see, a "hit" is an access request to a web server, not just a visitor. So, if a page has 99 tiny graphics which make up the web page, each view of that page registers as "100 hits". And if the visitor views 5 pages, that one visitor will register 500 hits on the site.
 
This is why advertisers LOVE to tell you about hits because they know you think that means people when it really doesn't.
 
Hits vs. Visitors: Getting a Real Count on Your Traffic
 
Ever see the claim "We get 80,000 hits a month" on a web site? Or the scrolling counter at the bottom of a page? What does it all mean and is it accurate? What is the difference between a hit and a visitor?
 
A "hit" is not a visitor to the web site, but a hit on the web server. A hit on the web server can be a graphic, java applet, the html file, etc. So, if a site has 79 small graphics on the page, every visitor to the site registers as 80 hits on the server (79 graphics plus the html file). In this case, 80,000 hits translates to just 1,000 visitors.
 
As webmasters, designers, business owners, SEOs, etc., we are not concerned with hits to a site. We want to know the number of visitors to our site. And we don't just want to know about every visitor--we want to know about every unique visitor. So if we can't count hits, can we use a counter?
 
The problem with using counters to track our visitors is they are set up to measure page views, not unique visitors. Everytime someone views your page, whether it's the first time or the twentieth, that visitor is counted. And if the page times out for some reason and they "Reload," it counts them again. And if someone just wants to have fun with your counter, they can exit and enter the site several times and are counted as a visitor each time--even if they never look at product.
 
So if you can't count hits and you can't use a counter, how do you track the traffic on your site? Use a web traffic analysis program. A web traffic analysis program will give you vital information about the traffic coming to your site, including where visitors are coming from, what paths your visitors are taking and which pages are the main exit points of your site.
 
Your web host should automatically provide you with a traffic analysis program, but there are a lot of programs to choose from.
 
Now that you understand the difference you can fire back at those advertisers and get the real truth about their traffic levels.

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Popular SEO Myths

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Popular SEO Myths

Search for the phrase “SEO myths” in Google (without quotes) and you’ll get 243,000 hits. With all the major search engines keeping their algorithms under lock and key, and making modifications without notice, it’s no wonder that false beliefs get perpetuated. It’s time to clear the air.

We published an article here on SEO Chat back in June 2007 about SEO myths. These things don’t seem to go away no matter how much you try to educate people. In fact, the search engines themselves contribute to their perpetuation in a sense. After all, they’re constantly tweaking their algorithms so the things that used to work simply don’t anymore – which leads to more myths when people stubbornly cling to old practices, or when a particular change makes it look like one thing is happening (i.e. a Google 30 penalty) when the actual cause is something completely different.

Many myths come from wishful thinking. My favorite along those lines is a variation of “if I just do X, I’ll score high in the search engines.” And “X” can be anything from get enough links, submit your site to enough directories, get the magic amount of keyword density – you name it. The truth is that SEO is a process with no real shortcuts, and no ONE thing will guarantee you a top position in the search engine results pages (SERPs).

Another form of “wishful thinking” myth states that “X is all-important,” where “X” can be PageRank, meta tags, or what have you. I won’t say that PageRank doesn’t matter; that’s another myth. But for most purposes it doesn’t. It really depends on what you’re trying to achieve. You can have a popular site and not have a PR of 10.

I expect this won’t be the last time we visit this topic. I’m including myths that are popular not only among practicing SEOs, but among some of the clients you might encounter. As you educate yourselves, you may also find that you need to educate your clients about actual SEO practices. The Ranked Hard comic strip that inspired this article makes that point very clearly. So without further ado, let’s bust some myths!

SEO is Smoke and Mirrors
 
Like the client in the Ranked Hard cartoon, you might encounter a prospective customer who tried to work with another SEO company that was secretive about its practices. Maybe they were told “our tactics are proprietary” or “what we do is far too complicated to explain.” Your prospect might even have been burned by this other company, so they may be leery about dealing with you.

Real SEO is not smoke and mirrors; it’s not a scam, and it’s not merely “a collection of tricks to fool search engines,” as Lee Odden points out in another article which debunked several SEO myths. But it’s easy to see why some people would believe that. There really are a lot of scammers out there who make incredible promises but use devious methods and care only about getting their victims’ money.

Speaking of incredible promises, let’s talk about another classic SEO myth inspired by scammers: an SEO can guarantee your placement at the top of the SERPs, thus eliminating the risk to your business. That’s hogwash; I’d use stronger language, but my boss would disapprove (especially if we start ranking for the term!). A firm that offers that kind of guarantee on your SEO is probably approaching it in a way that will harm your company.

Some companies that offer guarantees to get to the top of the SERPs will use keywords that no one else is using. So your site ends up ranking for less competitive keywords. In and of itself, this is not a bad thing, but if searchers aren’t using those keywords to find the kinds of products and services you offer, it’s pointless. If you sell raincoats in the US market, what good is it to hold a top-ranked position for “mackintosh” – unless you’re specifically selling to British expatriates living in the US?

Such firms may also use a limited selection of keywords for your website. That might work for a time, but using a greater diversity of keywords will put you in a better position the next time the search engines tweak their algorithm. Think of it as evolution in action.

Finally, another common trick for SEO companies that offer top placement guarantees shows up in the fine print of their contracts. Does it specifically say that they will use SEO to get there, or will they use pay-per-click? Just about anyone can get a top ad placement in Google if they’re willing to pay enough. But that’s probably not what you hired that SEO company for.

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Adsense Targeting: Adsense For Context

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This article originally intent was about explaining how advertisers can take advantage of Adsense to target specific sites. While researching this topic, however, I slammed the brakes on my theme. I noticed that Google seemed to be backing off from the "post your ad here" approach, which focused on the advertiser. You can still see that approach, but it is changing. Keep reading to find out how. Google is moving toward a method of displaying ad groups that are personalized based on a searcher's previous searches. With this discovery I am going to write this article in two sections (and hopefully one part).

The first section is going to focus on Adsense targeting from the advertiser's viewpoint. This approach, known as placement-targeted or site-targeted campaigns, allows an unprecedented level of customization and targeting by the advertiser. Not only can the advertiser target a particular website, but a particular page or a particular sub-group of pages can be targeted. We will look at how Google is allowing advertisers to pick sites from selected lists and how they set different bids for different sites.

The second section will look at how Google is remembering a searcher's previous activity and using this information in displaying Adsense results on web sites the user visits. Now Adsense is not only dependent upon the site's content, but also on the search behavior of the user, independent of cookies and even logging in -- though the user (or the computer) must have used the search engine at a prior time.

We will also quickly discuss whether, at the end of the day, any present advert placement application can realistically catch up with Google's Adsense in the next three to five years, or whether creators of such applications should simply seek another line of work -- social networking e-commerce centers, perhaps.

Adsense Targeting: Adsense For Context

Google advertisers can increase their click-through rates by creating placement (or site) targeted content campaigns, choosing to position their ads on specific sites. It's content control/placement on steroids. By picking selected sites and bidding, you can ensure that your ads get seen by a much wider audience; all this definitely changes the size of the budget, but that's why we pass on the cost of the advertising to the customer, eh?

It all started that way, and now you have site-targeted campaigns, consisting of ad groups that  contain lists of Web sites, not just keywords. Placement-targeted ad groups can include all content ad types: text, static, and animated GIFs, even video with sizes ranging from skyscraper to banner to defined boxes. Advertisers can choose whether to be charged on every one thousand page impressions (CPM)  or on a cost-per-click  basis.

According to Google Adwords, advertisers can choose to display their ads on specific pages within a site, or even subsections of pages. For example, advertisers can choose to advertise on the New York Times Web site in the business, fashion, health, travel, or sports section.

Google's content group is huge and growing rapidly. Some say new sites are joining at the rate of at least 100,000 per month. Information on some of the top sites in the network can be found here. Almost every major media channel is represented, from leading magazine and newspaper publishers to television networks. 

The ads are then placed with the sites you choose. This is a improvement on the normal placement process, which is stated by Google as Google continually scans the millions of pages from the content network to look for relevant matches with your keywords and other campaign data. When we find a match, your ad becomes eligible to run on that page. Google's extensive Web search and linguistic processing technology can decipher the meaning of virtually any content network page to ensure we're showing the most relevant ads.

Normally advertisers find which Web sites display Google AdWords content ads by using Google's placement tool, using a list of categories and keywords, and also listing specific URLs of sites, or by setting the desired user demographics. The tool digs into the pool of site publishers and lets you choose which sites will carry your ads.

As a quick rundown of what I have described in the last few paragraphs, here is what Google has to say, in brief. (This can be