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	<title>Internet Marketing Specialists - Fred B &amp; David S</title>
	
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		<title>Auto Wealth Maker – Complete Niche Marketing Tool</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2011 22:44:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Always on the hunt for a complete niche marketing solution, I have been testing out Auto Wealth Maker, which was just released a few weeks ago. Auto Wealth Maker is a fresh new and low cost tool that has been designed specifically to make it easy for anyone to find hot niches and then go [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><div id="attachment_659" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 270px"><a href="http://4b072-1ufzq0cs33bhbach41d5.hop.clickbank.net/?tid=A"><img src="http://www.fbds.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Auto-Wealth-Maker.jpg" alt="Auto Wealth Maker" title="Auto-Wealth-Maker" width="260" height="193" class="size-full wp-image-659" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Auto Wealth Maker - Complete Niche Marketing Tool</p></div>Always on the hunt for a complete niche marketing solution, I have been testing out <u><a href="http://4b072-1ufzq0cs33bhbach41d5.hop.clickbank.net/?tid=A" target="_blank">Auto Wealth Maker</a></u>, which was just released a few weeks ago.</p>
<p><u><a href="http://4b072-1ufzq0cs33bhbach41d5.hop.clickbank.net/?tid=A" target="_blank">Auto Wealth Maker</a></u> is a fresh new and low cost tool that has been designed specifically to make it easy for anyone to find hot niches and then go on to profit from them as quickly and effortlessly as possible. Most of the functions built into this software take just a few minutes to complete. A simple case of inputting a few details and letting the software complete the automated functions.</p>
<p>This tool can quickly and easily discover easy to rank for money making niches. It has a niche site building tool built in, along with and automated blog commenting system to help you gain backlinks quickly to your completed niche site and get it ranking well in the search engines. Without doubt <u><a href="http://4b072-1ufzq0cs33bhbach41d5.hop.clickbank.net/?tid=A" target="_blank">Auto Wealth Maker</a></u> can be described as a complete niche wealth creation tool. Put simply, it is a piece of software that will help you find keywords and niches, make websites, and drive highly targeted traffic to them all on autopilot.</p>
<p><b><font color="#FF0000">How Much Time Does It Take To Complete An <u><a href="http://4b072-1ufzq0cs33bhbach41d5.hop.clickbank.net/?tid=A" target="_blank">Auto Wealth Maker</a></u> Project?</font></b></p>
<p>Well there are many claims that it takes only 25 minutes or so from start to finish. My first attempt took me just over 45 minutes to complete and I have heard of some people spending as much as an hour total the first time they tried it out. Of course, I would expect that the total time spent on project would come down after a bit of experience is gained.</p>
<p><b><font color="#FF0000">Is This Tool Worth The Money?</font></b></p>
<p>When you consider that most projects will bring in some residual income and that others will hit it big time, the cost of this tool is basically insignificant. The actual time is saves you is incredible. As a website designer and someone who is used to doing research and marketing both manually and semi-automatically, I have spend 20 to 30 times longer to complete all functions this tool does in the past, with similar end results.</p>
<p>The cost of <u><a href="http://4b072-1ufzq0cs33bhbach41d5.hop.clickbank.net/?tid=A" target="_blank">Auto Wealth Maker</a></u> is only $47 and it comes with the usual 60 day money back guarantee that would expect from any quality product on the market these days. So there is no risk factor attached to the small investment. Try it out and for any reason if you find this is not for you, you can go quickly grab a refund.</p>
<p><b><font color="#FF0000">Is It Easy To Use?</font></b></p>
<p><u><a href="http://4b072-1ufzq0cs33bhbach41d5.hop.clickbank.net/?tid=A" target="_blank">Auto Wealth Maker</a></u> comes complete with 11 training videos so you will know exactly how to use every function of the tool from start to finish. This is all designed to have you completing a full niche money making project within minutes. Forget experience, you will not need any, this tool works equally well for experts and complete novices alike.</p>
<p><b><font color="#FF0000">Can This Tool Make Me Money?</font></b></p>
<p>Personally, I have found that I can make money with this on my first attempt. While I did not hit a big money maker with my first go at it, I am still pulling in a small regular income from the project. Although I am always busy testing out different products, tools, ideas and much more, I hope to find a bit of time to do a few more project with <u><a href="http://4b072-1ufzq0cs33bhbach41d5.hop.clickbank.net/?tid=A" target="_blank">Auto Wealth Maker</a></u> and see what kind of results I can get. </p>
<p>Now of course it would always be wrong of me to come flat out and say you can make money with this tool, because first of all I do not personally know you. I do not know if you will follow the video tutorials and advice given with the product. I have no way of knowing what decision you will make at any given step of the process on any of the projects you may do. So it would be impossible for me to predict if you can find success or not. Although, based upon my own experience I would be pretty surprised if most people who purchased this product and followed the instructions could not make any money with it. As the product comes complete with a 60 day money back guarantee, I have no hesitation in recommending that you give <u><a href="http://4b072-1ufzq0cs33bhbach41d5.hop.clickbank.net/?tid=A" target="_blank">Auto Wealth Maker</a></u> a try.</p>
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		<title>Don’t call me a Guru….I’m not a Guru!!!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2010 03:57:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fred</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some people just manage to pi$$ me off some days. Here is a quote from an email that I got today: “Fred B, I have been following you for a few years now. You are for real. I truly enjoy your no nonsense approach to not only your online venture but of life in general. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><div id="attachment_653" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 310px"><img src="http://www.fbds.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/internet-marketing-guru.jpg" alt="" title="internet-marketing-guru" width="300" height="300" class="size-full wp-image-653" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Internet Marketing Guru</p></div>Some people just manage to pi$$ me off some days.  Here is a quote from an email that I got today:</p>
<p>“Fred B, I have been following you for a few years now.  You are for real.  I truly enjoy your no nonsense approach to not only your online venture but of life in general.  You are my favorite Internet Marketing Guru……….”</p>
<p>Man you really started off with a great email but as soon as you called me a Guru I had to shut you off.  I AM NOT A GURU and although I kid him about it often, neither is David S.  We hate the word Guru and that is the last thing we want to be known as. </p>
<p>Don&#8217;t get me wrong, I am flattered that people respect my content enough to consider me a Guru.  I will even go as far as saying that I am ready to bet that Both David S. and I probably make more online than most of the guys who claim they are gurus.  But that is not the point.</p>
<p>David S. and I (Fred B.) are a team  When we do something we really do something.  We research like there is no tomorrow and then we research some more.  Then we develop and when we develop, we do so by creating rich and original content and tools that assure that we or the people we are trying to help makes money  </p>
<p>Like my favorite real estate always tells me when he comes back from an open house or gets a call from a tire kicker”</p>
<p>“Fred this is serious for me…..it not a fu*&#038;$3 hobby.  I have a family to feed and a luxury home and car to pay.  I don&#8217;t have time for people who are not serious” </p>
<p>I have to be honest here folks and tell you that I don&#8217;t have to work another day in my life and I will never miss out on anything.  At this point in my life however, I am more motivated then I&#8217;ve ever been.  I study harder now, I want to learn more than I ever have.  I am constantly reading or writing or teaching….In fact, I am more serious about making money today than I was when I didn&#8217;t have cent and was just starting out.  Why?  Because this is not work for me, it’s fun.  I love what I do now more than I ever have.</p>
<p>Am I saying all to brag NO….I am saying all this to motivate the followers of FBDS..org to want to get to this stage.  Life is a wonderful thing folks and to quote George Jefferson http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072519/</p>
<p>“Listen here Jive Turkey.  I&#8217;ve been poor.  Dirt Poor and now I&#8217;m rich, Filthy Rich and of the two Rich is much better…”</p>
<p>To close out I just want to say that David S and I have the following principals when it comes to what we want to achieve for our FBDS.Org supporters:<br />
<font color="#000099"><b><br />
·        Teach and preach the importance of research</p>
<p>·        Make sure you all understand that Value Content and hard work is what will bring income</p>
<p>·        Teach you to develop multiple streams of income so that you do not rely on only one avenue</p>
<p>·        Build a business that earns you a good income but more importantly like in real estate build you equity.  </b></font></p>
<p>We are not here to see you spend thousands of dollars just to fill our pockets.  Sure we are here to make money, just like you but we want to earn your trust and then keep it.</p>
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		<title>Is it OK to Simply Spin my Articles into New One?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Oct 2010 03:44:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fred</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a very simple answer to the Question Title above and I&#8217;m afraid that answer is No. Actually it’s Absolutely No. Content is, always has and always will be king online. If you are not adding any value to the World Wide Web by creating original, content focused content, then your life online will [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><div id="attachment_650" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 310px"><img src="http://www.fbds.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Article-Spinning.jpg" alt="" title="Article-Spinning" width="300" height="300" class="size-full wp-image-650" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Article Spinning</p></div>There is a very simple answer to the Question Title above and I&#8217;m afraid that answer is No.  Actually it’s Absolutely No.  Content is, always has and always will be king online.  If you are not adding any value to the World Wide Web by creating original, content focused content, then your life online will be short lived.  Sure you may have success in the short term, but I guarantee you that you will not have a long term success.</p>
<p>Some say ya but all I&#8217;m doing is trying to please the Search Engines.  Let me tell you that you will not please the search engines at all.  In fact you will have the PU’d at you in no time at all.</p>
<p>Others thing that just making small changes here and there so Google won&#8217;t realize it, and submitting it to a variety of locations, isn&#8217;t really duplicating content.  First of all, yes it is.  Second of all, you are not going to fool Google.  They have 1000’s of people much smarter than the majority of us checking the web constantly for this type of practice.  </p>
<p>I always get very wary of a guru who offers a product or service by giving advice or selling software to implement a strategy and they use the phrase &#8220;to avoid detection by Google….” If you see this folks believe me when I say you are on the road to self destruction online.  First, by shelling out more money for something that doesn&#8217;t work and two, by trying to take stupid shortcuts that I guarantee you even the Guru who is selling it is using.</p>
<p>Let me put this another way so that you can see the important message I am trying to deliver here. If you do not have original content and if you simply copy off others, sooner or later, your income will disappear. And, since the income was based on not creating true value, there never was any equity in your business. </p>
<p>When writing articles you should be thinking about the following points</p>
<p><b><font color="#000099">What are you doing? </p>
<p>Why are you doing it? (Is it real or just for the engines?) </p>
<p>Are you adding value? </p>
<p>If you were Google, would you consider this article to be good, original content? </font></b></p>
<p>Ask yourself the last question again and then again</p>
<p>Just moving around a few sentences and using a few different synonyms doesn&#8217;t cut it.  Google will be wise to your act in no time at all.  </p>
<p>Even some of these article sites have the nerve to suggest you take their articles and &#8220;customize,&#8221; saying the more you customize, the better. </p>
<p>Keep in mind folks that most of the sites have ads and the more content is created for them the more chances they have of getting clicks.  In other words it’s a self serving attitude. </p>
<p>I will close by saying this.  No trick especially one as evident as spinning articles has ever survived the test of time.  You will not manipulate the engines to deliver sub-optimal search results because that is the way that they survive and they are going to survive us all.</p>
<p>Like I always say, Honesty is the best policy and Hard Word although I hate it too is the way to go.</p>
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		<title>48 Hour Cash Club Bonus</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Oct 2010 02:50:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few days ago Fred asked me to take a look at a new internet marketing program just being released. He was considering recommending it, but as always he like to get a second opinion first. He was talking about the 48 Hour Cash Club. I am sure you will have seen plenty of buzz [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_643" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 310px"><img src="http://www.fbds.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/48-Hour-Cash-Club-Bonuses-300x215.jpg" alt="" title="48-Hour-Cash-Club-Bonuses" width="300" height="215" class="size-medium wp-image-643" /><p class="wp-caption-text">48 Hour Cash Club Bonus</p></div>A few days ago Fred asked me to take a look at a new internet marketing program just being released. He was considering recommending it, but as always he like to get a second opinion first. He was talking about the 48 Hour Cash Club. I am sure you will have seen plenty of buzz about this system online over the last few days. In fact you most likely have had a few emails about it from some of the top marketers online. </p>
<p>So what is 48 Hour Cash Club all about? Well, basically it is program that really can help you make money with Clickbank products. Now there have been quite a few such programs available in the past. But I have to say that the program creator Vick S. has really pulled off something special here. You see this system actually works! &#8211; Yes, you did read correctly, I said &#8220;THIS SYSTEM ACTUALLY WORKS&#8221;. Now with that said, I will simply ask you to go and check it out for yourself and see what you think.</p>
<p>As a little bit of encouragement I have decided to put on a little bonus this time. Well actually it is a Seriously Big Bonus. Over $1,500 worth, at current selling prices.</p>
<p>Every product below will come complete with either master resale rights or private label rights. </p>
<p>You know how I like to keep things short and to the point, so I am not going to bore you with all the bonus details of every item. Instead I have included mostly images only. Fact is, the vast majority of them are instantly recognizable to anyone that knows internet marketing and I guess most of you will have seen them on sale recently.</p>
<p>Now, thing is I know that there is a serious chance that the 48 Hour Cash Club could be closing its doors pretty soon. So I have not actually got back to Fred yet and told him how great I thought the program was. I just thought I would run up a quick post and offer a bonus to all our readers who may be interested in this great program.</p>
<p>I am sure Fred will notice soon and may have an opinion to voice. But let&#8217;s face it, when does he never have an opinion about something. I can hear him now &#8211; &#8220;You should have taken the time to get back to me and let me write out all the details for the bonus&#8221;. Or perhaps &#8220;How do you expect people to know what they are getting from just a picture&#8221;. Fact is though, I know that most of you will already recognize the value in the 48 Hour Cash Club program as soon as you check it out. So realistically, no bonus is even necessary. Plus I know that most of you are savvy enough to see that there is some hot products in the images below, without having to describe them all to you. </p>
<p>HOW TO CLAIM YOUR BONUS</p>
<p>STEP 1 – Purchase 48 Hour Cash Club From <a href="http://48hourcashclub.eu" target="_blank">THIS LINK</a>. [opens in a new window]
<p>STEP 2 – Please forward the receipt to david @ fbds.com [remove spaces].<br />
With the subject: 48 Hour Cash Club Bonus</p>
<p>STEP 3 – Wait for my reply I will get back to you asap with your bonuses</p>
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		<title>What Makes a Quality Affiliate Marketing Program?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2010 03:39:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fred</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Affiliate Marketing as I have preached for many years, is still the best way to earn a buck online. The problem is, if you don&#8217;t chose the right affiliate marketing program, a buck might be all that you earn. So how do you know if an affiliate program is the one to go with? Let’s [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><div id="attachment_639" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 310px"><img src="http://www.fbds.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/quality-affiliate-marketing-programs-300x261.jpg" alt="Affiliate Marketing" title="quality-affiliate-marketing-programs" width="300" height="261" class="size-medium wp-image-639" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Quality Affiliate Marketing Programs</p></div>Affiliate Marketing as I have preached for many years, is still the best way to earn a buck online.  The problem is, if you don&#8217;t chose the right affiliate marketing program, a buck might be all that you earn.</p>
<p>So how do you know if an affiliate program is the one to go with?  Let’s take some time to review some of the important aspects to consider going forward in this lucrative industry.</p>
<p>To me the very first thing to consider has to be the product or service that you will be promoting.  Even if this is not your product, it is your reputation that you are putting on the line.  What you want in this industry is long term success and not a quick killing and never anything else afterwards because nobody trusts you anymore.  You want to make sure that the product is a quality one and that it over delivers.</p>
<p>Make sure you study the Merchants site.  If the site doesn&#8217;t sell effectively then move on to another product.  One way to know if the site is good is simply by asking yourself the question, would I buy this?</p>
<p>Next find out what the payment model.  I like Pay-per-sale and pay-per-lead to me that is the best performance for your buck or potential buck.</p>
<p>The next most important thing if it’s not the most important thing is Affiliate Support.  Look for these details or more in the Merchant affiliate offer.  If the merchant does not offer good support this is a sign that the commitment level is not there and neither should yours.</p>
<p><font color="#000099">·         Accurate, reliable real-time online accounting, preferably with some kind of ability to &#8220;audit&#8221; by spot-checking</p>
<p>·         Detailed traffic and linking stats</p>
<p>·         Notification by e-mail when a sale is made</p>
<p>·         Useful marketing assistance, provides traffic-building and sales-getting tools</p>
<p>·         High-quality newsletter that educates, trains, and accounts for amounts earned</p>
<p>·         Professional marketing materials available</p>
<p>·         Affiliates receive discount on products</font></p>
<p>Of course the commission needs to be worth it. Keep in mind that hard goods have lower margins than digital ones so you will get less money for them. You should make at least 10% (hard good) or 20% (digital good) on any product that you recommend. </p>
<p>Never, ever pay to be an affiliate and never be forced to buy the product.  However, do not expect that they will give you the product either.</p>
<p>Here’s a beautiful combination of words that I like….Lifetime commission,,, If the program pays a commission on future sales of other products to customers that you refer and it also fits all the other points above…I think you may have a winner.</p>
<p>Here are a few more bonuses to help you chose an Affiliate Program:</p>
<p><font color="#000099">·        Two-tier commission: If the program pays a commission on affiliates who join because of you</p>
<p>·        Lifetime cookie.  This is when you receive a commission if the person you referred returns and buys within one month? Three months? The cookie that tracks this should not expire. </p>
<p>·        Restriction on number of affiliates.  There are not many of these but they are out there mostly for the successful affiliate marketer.</p>
<p>·        Makes sure you don&#8217;t have to wait for your money. Monthly payment are best and if they have a reasonable minimum payment.</font></p>
<p>The only way you are going to be successful in affiliate marketing is to make sure it is built on a solid foundation right from the start. Quality merchant-partners (and products) are essential.</p>
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		<title>I Know You Want to Make Money – But First Things First</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Oct 2010 03:44:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fred</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is the number one (without a single doubt in my mind) biggest mistake that people make when they start online. They try to sell right away. The online term for this is Monetize….You shouldn&#8217;t start by monetizing…Yet everybody new to the game does it. It’s not hard to know why either…..Because of all the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.fbds.org/i-know-you-want-to-make-money-but-first-things-first/make-money/" rel="attachment wp-att-623"><img src="http://www.fbds.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/make-money-300x200.jpg" alt="Want to Make Money" title="make-money" width="300" height="200" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-623" /></a>Here is the number one (without a single doubt in my mind) biggest mistake that people make when they start online.  They try to sell right away.  The online term for this is Monetize….You shouldn&#8217;t start by monetizing…Yet everybody new to the game does it.</p>
<p>It’s not hard to know why either…..Because of all the hype….”buy my product and you will make 100K a month with 8 clicks of your mouse and 10 minutes a day….Look at the proof below”  Sound familiar?</p>
<p>What you are forgetting is they usually also write in their sales page that months even years went into developing, testing and trying their product.   What you are also not doing is reading between the lines…Most of the time, you will be buying from an email that you received from one of their affiliates…that’s traffic the one thing you do not have when you are starting out…so that 100k a month is not coming any month soon.</p>
<p>Many beginners will for example start what is called an e-store where they sell widget&#8217;s.  They buy a beautiful site, get a fancy domain name, and host it on the most expensive servers out there.  Others will buy a cookie cutter site on a subject that they like. This site contains pre-made articles and other information on the subject they have chosen.  They do this because they want to put Adsense on the site and make tons of money.</p>
<p>This is a great however, I&#8217;m sorry to be the bearer of bad news…You have about as much chance at making money than you do winning the next Powerball draw.  </p>
<p>The only way you are going to have a chance at making money is by doing what is first important to succeed.  You need to do things such as:</p>
<p><font color="#0000CC">·        Learning to be disciplined and patient </p>
<p>·        Realizing that success will not come overnight if at all</p>
<p>·        Always be honest</p>
<p>·        Never Cut Corners</font></p>
<p>There are also some steps you need to follow A few main ones listed here.</p>
<p><font color="#0000CC">·        You need content….Content has always been and will always be king</p>
<p>o       Your content needs to be original and not copied</p>
<p>o       You content has to be relevant</p>
<p>o       And you content must be ongoing and fresh</p>
<p>·        Next you need Traffic….Without traffic you have no chance at making money…</p>
<p>o       Your Traffic needs to be real traffic and not traffic that has been tricked into going to your site</p>
<p>o       Online businesses are about information, information, information and not like the traditional business which is about location, location, location</p>
<p>·        You next need to what is known as Pre-selling that traffic. The way you do that is by earning that visitors trust.  Once you have earned that trust you might be able to sell them.  How do you do that, by:</p>
<p>o       Giving her free information </p>
<p>o       Original information</p>
<p>o       Given her a free product </font></p>
<p>·        When all of that is done then you can start to think about making money.  </p>
<p> After reading all this I hope you know realize that being online is not a get rich quick scheme and the more we progress, them more this is true.  However, the opportunity is great and money can and will be made for years to come for the person who is ready to do things the right way.</p>
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		<title>Determination Plus Focus Equals Potential Success</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2010 03:08:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fred</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Success, when you have it, is probably one of the greatest words in our dictionary. However, on the flip slide when you are working your butt off, taking risks etc…and not achieving Success, you will think of it as a real ugly word. As I hope you all know by now, Success is not something [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.fbds.org/determination-plus-focus-equals-potential-success/key-to-success/" rel="attachment wp-att-619"><img src="http://www.fbds.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/key-to-success-300x266.jpg" alt="Determination Plus Focus Equals Potential Success" title="key-to-success" width="300" height="266" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-619" /></a>Success, when you have it, is probably one of the greatest words in our dictionary.  However, on the flip slide when you are working your butt off, taking risks etc…and not achieving Success, you will think of it as a real ugly word.</p>
<p>As I hope you all know by now, Success is not something that just happens.  I don&#8217;t care if you are working online, offline, offshore or even in space, Success isn&#8217;t easy.  Success will challenge you, test you and more often than not, bring you down.  </p>
<p>We have all read about and seen the overnight success stories.  I am not going to lie; overnight success stories do happen folks but trust me, when I say they are not the norm.  Those who succeed instantly usually have a slightly different equation than the one I wrote in the title of this post.  Their equation would look something like this:</p>
<p>Determination + Luck + Focus + luck + right place + right time +more luck + good timing + connections = lucky success</p>
<p>On the other hand my good friend David S. who has had tremendous success online is often accused of being an overnight success and just lucky.  His answer to all this is always the same.  “You are right and I have found over the years that the more I work, the more I focus and the more I am determined, the Luckier I get.”</p>
<p>Determination and Focus is to me the key to any success online or anywhere else.  All top athletes have that determination and focus.  All the ultra successful people are the same.  </p>
<p>If you are at home working by yourself at writing content, building a site, finding links, writing articles, studying PPC it will probably take you more time than the guy who hires 100 people to do it all for him.  However your determination and Focus will eventually lead you to Potential Success.</p>
<p>Now Fred why is Determination + Focus only equal to Potential Success and not just Success alone?</p>
<p>Great question….as I have said many, many times FBDS.org is not about hype and false hope.  David S and Fred B (me) are about straight talk and honest talk.  You could do absolutely everything right, work you butt off and still not have success.  That is just a fact of life Folks.   I don&#8217;t make the rules, I just report them.</p>
<p>Fact of the matter is the majority of people who try online fail.  Most of the time I will say it is not their fault.  They fail mostly because of the crap that is pushed their way by people who are only in it for the buck and not for the reward of putting in a good honest days work.  That is why I will say again, find those people that you can trust…Hopefully FBDS.org will be one of those sites and focus on what they say.  </p>
<p>If all those people are saying is that you will get rich for no work of very little work…please, please click away.  Look for the David S’ or <a href="http://www.fbds.org/KenEvoy" style="" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" onmouseover="self.status='ken evoy';return true;" onmouseout="self.status=''">Ken Evoy</a>’s or John Reese’s of the online world and you will soon see that Success will be much easier to achieve.</p>
<p>Please make sure you subscribe to the <a href="http://www.fbds.org/Giveaway" style="" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" onmouseover="self.status='fred b and david s newsletter';return true;" onmouseout="self.status=''">Fred B and David S Newsletter</a> and receive a free monthly gift for doing so…</p>
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		<title>You Need Feedback So Don’t Be Afraid Of It</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Oct 2010 04:05:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fred</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You have probably heard the old saying “two heads are better than one”. Well if two are better than one what about 100 or 1000 or more heads. As much as sometimes it may hurt or make you angry, never be afraid to ask for feedback. This is the main reason why David S. and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.fbds.org/you-need-feedback-so-dont-be-afraid-of-it/feedback-box/" rel="attachment wp-att-613"><img src="http://www.fbds.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/feedback-box-300x286.jpg" alt="You Need Feedback" title="feedback-box" width="300" height="286" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-613" /></a>You have probably heard the old saying “two heads are better than one”. Well if two are better than one what about 100 or 1000 or more heads.  </p>
<p>As much as sometimes it may hurt or make you angry, never be afraid to ask for feedback.  This is the main reason why David S. and I chose a blog type theme for our Marketing website.  We want to see you comment to our posts good or bad.  We want to hear your suggestions and ideas going forward.  More importantly we want to hear your requests for what you would like us to take about next or if you wish for us to elaborate on a subject that we have already touched on.</p>
<p>If you are going to accept feedback, it is important that you train your mind to accept this feedback.  Like anything else in business, feedback needs to be learned.  We need to learn to be strong, positive and also who to chose.</p>
<p>Let me elaborate on what I am saying above.  If you are going to start a blog or have a leave a comment section on your website, you are going to have to learn and realize that not everybody will agree with you, not everybody will like you and that not everybody is honest in this world. As much as the majority of people are good honest folks who are online to work or play there are those that are there to simply be destructive.  It’s that minority voice that could lead you to getting frustrated depressed or ultimately makes you quit your online dream.</p>
<p>Take David S and I for instance, when the financial markets collapse and the car industry followed etc, etc&#8230;, we decided that you would try to help as many people as we could make money online.  So we branched out one of our site building businesses.  What we did is created a turnkey system of affiliate sites, all with original content and fully SEO’d. Their value was easily 2K per website.  But we sold them for .99 and it included full installs…..we even offered cost <a href="http://www.fbds.org/Hostgator" style="" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" onmouseover="self.status='hosting';return true;" onmouseout="self.status=''">hosting</a> for a year.  We sold hundreds a sites an hour….however we had 10 almost consecutive negative feedback&#8217;s on eBay and basically the whole project had to be scrapped because our auctions would not be seen given that our feedback was so low.  So although we did not quit our online business, this project that was done to help American families during a great time of need, was scrapped because of a few destructive people who were probably all website sellers on EBay themselves.</p>
<p>I will admit that I did take this personally, but had this been my main source of Income I would not have permitted myself to do so.  Although it is very difficult to do, you must take the ignorant only comments and push them to the side, you must always listen to the comments that are negative yet productive and appreciate with humility the comments that are flattering.</p>
<p>One good starting point for not taking negative feedback too seriously is to realize that if you are getting feedback that means that you are getting traffic and that your content is valuable enough to be read and commented on.</p>
<p>David S and I (good ole Fred B.) encourage you to comment on any and all of our content.</p>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2010 23:26:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.fbds.org/kajabi-kajabi-free-trial-open-get-kajabi-now/kajabi-free-trial/" rel="attachment wp-att-583"><img src="http://www.fbds.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/kajabi-free-trial.jpg" alt="Kajabi - Kajabi Free Trial Open - Get Kajabi Now" title="kajabi-free-trial" width="285" height="262" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-583" /></a>Try <a href="http://www.fbds.org/kajabi-free" style="" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" onmouseover="self.status='kajabi';return true;" onmouseout="self.status=''">Kajabi</a> For Free: <a href="http://www.fbds.org/kajabi-kajabi" style="" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" onmouseover="self.status='kajabi';return true;" onmouseout="self.status=''">Kajabi</a> has just opened its doors now and you can go grab your <a href="http://www.fbds.org/KajabiFreeTrialNowOpen" style="" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" onmouseover="self.status='kajabi free trial';return true;" onmouseout="self.status=''">Kajabi Free Trial</a> right now while it is still available. The <a href="http://www.fbds.org/KajabiFreeTrialNowOpen" style="" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" onmouseover="self.status='kajabi free trial';return true;" onmouseout="self.status=''">Kajabi Free Trial</a> is only available for a limited time. Act Now to ensure you get your <a href="http://www.fbds.org/Kajabi" style="" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" onmouseover="self.status='kajabi';return true;" onmouseout="self.status=''">Kajabi</a> Free Trail</p>
<p>Looking for a way to start your own online business but don&#8217;t have the resources to outsource all the coding, developing and web design work?</p>
<p><b>Then <a href="http://www.fbds.org/kajabi-free" style="" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" onmouseover="self.status='kajabi';return true;" onmouseout="self.status=''">Kajabi</a> is the answer!</b></p>
<p>Looking for an excellent Internet Marketing platform. An all in one solution that will take your online business to the next level?</p>
<p><b>Then <a href="http://www.fbds.org/kajabi-kajabi" style="" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" onmouseover="self.status='kajabi';return true;" onmouseout="self.status=''">Kajabi</a> is the answer!</b></p>
<p>Looking to be able to create a powerful sales funnel process, from professional designed squeeze and landing pages to membership and customers portals, all under your control within one platform?</p>
<p><b>Then <a href="http://www.fbds.org/Kajabi" style="" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" onmouseover="self.status='kajabi';return true;" onmouseout="self.status=''">Kajabi</a> is the answer!</b></p>
<p>Looking to be able to have the power of the guys that are making millions right now but without spending large quantities of money on a developing team?</p>
<p><b>Then <a href="http://www.fbds.org/kajabi-free" style="" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" onmouseover="self.status='kajabi';return true;" onmouseout="self.status=''">Kajabi</a> is the answer!</b></p>
<p>Looking for the perfect solution to be able to generate all your  squeeze pages, landing pages, video pages, sales letters, review websites and more without any coding knowledge. In other words using WYSIWYG editing functions?</p>
<p><b>Then <a href="http://www.fbds.org/kajabi-kajabi" style="" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" onmouseover="self.status='kajabi';return true;" onmouseout="self.status=''">Kajabi</a> is the answer!</b></p>
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		<title>The New Internet….What is it?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2010 21:11:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fred</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I believe that the new internet is still about finding information but at the same time it’s now about socializing. With site like Twitter showing up and big name starts using it to keep us informed on their drug use, we now all have the feeling that we are top socialites. Then of course there’s [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.fbds.org/the-new-internet%e2%80%a6-what-is-it/new-internet/" rel="attachment wp-att-578"><img src="http://www.fbds.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/new-internet-300x205.jpg" alt="" title="new-internet" width="300" height="205" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-578" /></a>I believe that the new internet is still about finding information but at the same time it’s now about socializing.  With site like Twitter showing up and big name starts using it to keep us informed on their drug use, we now all have the feeling that we are top socialites.  Then of course there’s Facebook with it’s 500,000,000 plus users….If Facebook were a country it would be #3 in population on this planet.  So I think it’s fair to say that the internet is yes still about information but also about socializing.  </p>
<p>So now that we know about this new Internet does this mean that we can&#8217;t make money online anymore?  I hope you know the answer to this.  The huge arrival on the main stage of Socializing Internet does not mean that people are still not going on to find information.  In other words the arrival of one does not mean the extinction of the other.  </p>
<p>To me, every time socializing grows our opportunity grows….to put it in Stock Market lingo, market shares are not being divided up amongst more traders, there are simply a lot more market shares.  To put it in the words of good ole mom….”I&#8217;m making a bigger pie so you don&#8217;t have to divide it up with you brothers there will be lots for everyone and then some leftovers.</p>
<p>Think about this for a second, back in the old, old days (1990 or so ) we use to just use email….When you think of it, even if you have a big list email marketing is really like saying 1 on 1 conversation…..AND email marketing is still huge today.  So today with sites like Twitter and Facebook what we now have is Many-to-Many marketing.  You have a huge audience speaking to an even huger audience all at once&#8230;..If email marketing was and is huge can you imagine how huge social marketing is and will be….Sky is the limits folks…</p>
<p>When I showed this post to David S, he said to me…Ya (I shouldn&#8217;t say Ya David S. would never say ya) he said Yes but Fred, what about blogging my friend….and he is right …what about blogging?</p>
<p>I think blogging is the best example of the New Internet.  It is about information that’s for sure but it is also about socializing.  I would say that blogging is more than 90% information and under 10 socializing. On a blog most of the information comes to you through RSS feeds, (which is the technology that helped blogging to take off.  Blogs are mostly used in a format that is designed to be for news oriented and to make comments</p>
<p>So add all this up what do you get?  The news and post sections of a blog are the Information part of the New Internet and the &#8220;social&#8221; part is where the traffic part (visitors) gets to comment on your posts. </p>
<p>To sum up Blogs, if you read and the leave you have just satisfied your thirst for information and if you read, comment then leave, you also satisfied your socializing thirst. </p>
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