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2013-07-09T23:42:00.001+07:00

Growing Demand for Global Wi-Fi Hotspots to Reach 6.3 Million in 2013

Worldwide carrier Wi-Fi deployments reached a total 4.9 million hotspots in 2012. “Despite the successful adoption of 3G and 4G mobile data services, the number of Wi-Fi Hotspots has continued to proliferate and are anticipated to surpass 6.3 million by the end of 2013,” comments industry analyst, Khin Sandi Lynn. The number includes Wi-Fi hotspots deployed by fixed-line and mobile carriers as well as third-party operators (e.g., Boingo, iPass, etc).

Wi-Fi has very much become a complement to 3G and 4G services and is now a mainstay of connectivity for the majority of smartphone, tablet, and laptop users because it is often free in many public Wi-Fi locations. This is particularly the case when a mobile user is roaming - Wi-Fi networks can help the user save a significant amount on mobile data roaming charges.

As mobility is increasingly important for users, fixed broadband operators are also building Wi-Fi hotspots in order to provide fast and reliable Internet connections when the customers are away from home. Five cable companies from the United States (Cox, Comcast, Time Warner, Optimum, and Bright House) have agreed to allow their customers to access more than 100,000 Wi-Fi hotspots installed nationwide.

In addition to mobile and fixed carriers, third-party Wi-Fi network operators (such as iPass, Boingo and Tomizone) are also expanding their Wi-Fi hotspot coverage. Third-party operators install their own Wi-Fi hotspots as well as retail access to Wi-Fi hotspots managed by telecom operators. Of the total global Wi-Fi hotspots, 88% of Wi-Fi is in Asia-Pacific, followed by 8% in Europe, 3% in North America, and 1% in the other regions.

An Internet Marketing Strategy that Works

2008-10-14T09:27:00.004+07:00

These days an internet marketing strategy plays a vital part of small business marketing strategies (or any size business marketing strategies for that matter). Web site marketing is an important part of just about any business, small or large.

You can't put up a beautiful (or any) web site and hope that people will just arrive. You have to let them know, IN EVERY POSSIBLE WAY, that your web site is there. This HAS to be part of any Internet marketing strategy you develop. This is actually a basic marketing principle. Customers are not going to look for you, you have to look for them.

Promoting your web site on-line and building traffic is the subject of thousands of web sites, e-zines, books, courses and seminars. Using the web to promote your site, however, assumes that your customers are surfers. But there is a large percentage of our population that is not as savvy with the internet as we would like them to be.

So, what about the large percentages of the population who are not? They will only find out about you through traditional marketing and public relations media. This is particularly true if you serve a fairly local market. Fortunately these are the easiest and cheapest prospects for you to reach off-line.

Key Off-Line Internet Marketing Strategies Here are some of the ways to make your web site known (this list was taken directly from the Traffic Building Volume of Ken Evoy's brilliant book, Make Your Site Sell! 2002:

TV, print and other advertising
Stationary and business cards
Catalogs, fliers, billboards, blimps, etc.
Direct mail (prominently on every document)
Telemarketing (make it part of the script)
News releases to targeted media.

The main principle, to which you can add all your imagination, is INTERNET MARKETING STRATEGY INCLUDES ANY AND ALL MEANS OF GETTING YOUR WEB SITE KNOWN AND VISITED BY TARGETED PROSPECTS.

Unless you have a high budget, the TV, radio, classified ad route is not recommended but if you do run ads, be sure to mention your web site everywhere. Make it part of your Internet Marketing Strategy.

Another guiding principle is that your off-line internet marketing activities should make it easy for your prospect to go straight to your web site. One of the best ways to market your website off-line is direct mail postcards.

If your prospect sees your website on a billboard as she's driving home, she probably won't look you up when she gets to the office the next day.

This is not the only medium that has problems like this. Newspapers are bulky, radio has to spell it out and like before most people are driving at the time. On the other hand, if your prospect is sitting at her computer and a post card comes in the mail announcing your web site, she can just turn around and type in your URL and she's at your web site.

Now if someone is in the office reading a trade journal and comes across an article about you in the magazine, it's not difficult for him to copy your URL into his browser and pay your site a visit. I don’t mean to say that those other avenues won’t drive traffic to your site, but it will take numerous impressions and repetition to get them to remember your address.

On the other hand, direct mail postcards are generally received at the home or office where a computer is present, and if received somewhere else they are small enough to keep with you until you can get to a computer. This way, your prospective customer will be able to take the take right over to their desk top computer, type in your address and go right to your site. Brilliant!

I have seen the greatest success in off-line web site promotion with direct mail, and specifically direct mail postcards.

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Are You Sabotaging Your Marketing Success?

2008-10-11T09:37:00.000+07:00

What?!? Sabotage your own success? Who would do that? Well, you'd be surprised how many small business owners think they are effectively marketing their business, when in fact they are cutting their own throat.

Yes, they may be running ads that are pulling in leads or customers. And yes, they may be writing a regular column for their local newspaper so they are perceived as the expert in their industry. And yes, they may even be doing a pretty good job of marketing on a regular basis to their prospect list.

So if they are doing all of these things "right," how are they sabotaging their success? Well there are lots of ways. Following are just a few of the ways small business owners unknowingly sabotage their own success.

(1) They have not taken the time to develop a marketing plan.

A plan focuses your efforts and allows you to make the most of your marketing budget. Unfortunately, you can market without a plan. Yes, you read that right. You can do it, and people do market without marketing plans everyday. But that does not mean you should. To make the most of your marketing efforts and budget, make sure you take the time each year to create a plan.

(2) They don’t have written goals.

Smart business owners have written goals and objectives for what they want to achieve with their business and for each of their marketing activities. I know this sounds b-o-r-i-n-g, but it's a fact. There is proof that people who put their goals into writing have a higher success rate than those who do not. Plus, how can you develop a plan if you don't have concrete objectives? You need a clear vision and target to aim for. You can't possibly determine what marketing or how much marketing you need if you don't know what you are aiming for.

(3) They have a short-term attitude.

They are reactive in nature, and while on the surface it appears they are doing a lot of marketing, they are not doing anything consistently or long enough to make an impact. Running an ad or sending out your newsletter a few times and giving up when you don't get immediate results is worse than doing nothing at all. How so? Because at least when you do nothing it doesn't cost you any money. Pulling the plug too soon costs you money. And statistics show it takes somewhere between three and 10 exposures to a message for the average consumer to notice it and take action. So it is quite possible your audience was just beginning to take notice right about the time you threw in the towel!

(4) They don't know their USP.

Probably the worst way business owners sabotage their marketing efforts without even realizing it, is to NOT have a clear Unique Selling Proposition (USP). The greatest marketing plan in the world will not be effective if you have not clearly defined why someone should buy your product or service instead of all the other products or services available to them. If you have not figured out what is unique and better about your product or service, and found a compelling way to communicate this in everything you do, you can market 'til the cows come home and you will be wasting your time and your money

10 Tips to Banish Marketing Sabotage

(1) Develop a marketing plan. Make sure you make it your number one priority to develop a marketing plan every year.

(2) Write objectives. Write at least one objective that states what results you would like to achieve with your business over the next year. And, write at least one objective for every marketing activity you undertake, that states what results you would like to achieve from that activity over the next year.

(3) Stay the course. Check in on your progress toward your objectives every three to six months, but give your plan a good nine to 12 months to work.

(4) Determine your unique selling proposition and make sure it is represented clearly and in a compelling way in everything you do.

(5) Don't try to be "everything to everyone. " Focus on a few specific benefits and a specific audience.

(6) Track all of your marketing activities so you know exactly what is working and what is not working.

(7) Don't rely on one marketing activity. Employ a mix of several marketing activities to reach more people more times.

(8) Create a system to help you stay on track with your marketing activities every month and to help you plan ahead for future activities.

(9) Create a realistic budget based on a percentage of your projected revenue, or the dollars you have available for marketing and stick to it. Marketing is an investment in your business. You have to spend enough to make progress but not more than your business can financially support.

(10) Understand your environment. The economy, competition, the strength of your particular industry, your prospects' situation. You have to understand them all so you can create an effective plan to either overcome obstacles or take advantage of opportunities. Follow these guidelines and your business stands a much greater chance of succeeding. All of these activities are part of a good marketing plan. And no business that wants to succeed should be without one.

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Home Business Resource - What You Will Need To Start A Successful Business

2008-10-02T10:29:00.003+07:00

Starting a home business is a very important decision, and there are some typical home business resources you will need to have in order for you to succeed. Home business resources are assets, services and systems you will need to make your home business run smoothly; and also other steps you will need to take to make sure that you will succeed with your business.

So, to start a successful home business, what resources and steps do you need to take?

A clearly laid out business plan. Without a business plan and goals to achieve, then you can not get anywhere. A business plan will map out what you need to succeed and how you will achieve your goals.

Good research. Whatever your business will need, you will need to be well informed about it. So you will need to do me research so that you become an expert on the niche, product or service. Knowledge about the business is an important home business resource, so you must do the necessary research to be well-informed about the industry or product/service.

A well set-up office. Your office is another important home business resource. You will need to be productive while working from home. You will therefore need an office that has all you will need to run a smooth business; a computer, printer, internet access, fax, telephone, business cards and a conducive work environment. A suitable desk and appropriate lighting in your office is also an important resource that is often underestimated in its importance. You will sometimes work for many hours in a day, and your work space needs to be comfortable. Allocate some money towards setting up a working environment you will enjoy working from everyday!

Some money to cover capital outlay and running costs is an important home business resource which you will need. Any business requires some form of investment, and you will need to know how much you have, and how much investments and ongoing marketing your business will need for it to succeed. It is therefore recommended that you start your business while you are still employed, so that you have some income to live on while you are still building your business.

Support system. This can be a mentor; someone who has succeeded with a similar business, or simply your family and friends. You need to have people close to you who will encourage you and give you any support you need. You can also join a forum of people with the same business like yours. A good support network is a very important home business resource.

Business leads and clients are a crucial home business resource. Making and creating contacts and networking is very important - you need to start building your potential clients base before you launch your business. Start marketing your business by giving away some products and services. By creating a relationship with your potential customers, you build trust with them, and when you launch your business, it will be easy for them to buy from you.

Be professional! The way you run your business and relate to your customers is very important. Be prepared to 'go the extra mile' with your customers. Care about your customers, and provide all the information they may need.

Hire any professional help you may need. Treat your business professionally, and if you need the services of a lawyer or accountant, hire/outsource it. It is more productive and effective to get experts to do what you can not do, leaving you time to focus on your business. You will want to do the best for your business; so if there are any home business resources you do not have, outsource them.

If you have the home business resources outlined above, then your business will succeed. Although your home business may only be a small venture, treat it like a real business, and get all the home business resources any business will need in order to be successful.

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Jeff Casmer is an award winning internet marketing consultant with career sales over $25,000,000. His "Top Ranked" Earn Money at Home Directory (http://www.24hourwealth.com/) gives you all the information you need to start and prosper with your very own Internet Home Based Business.

Profitable Home Business: The First Steps To An Online Home Business

2008-09-28T07:47:00.008+07:00

Statistics indicate that "home-based businesses" are the fastest growing portion of the U.S. economy and since the U.S. sets the global business trends, it means that most of the computer literate world will soon follow this trend. It has been predicted that in the next decade, up to 75 percent of the world's working population will work from their own homes.

As more and more people think about starting a home business it is imperative to know the areas you need to research when starting your first online business. Here are a few basic guidelines:

1. Evaluate your talents and skills

Start by evaluating your areas of expertise.What are you good at and more important what do you enjoy doing? Do you have good communication skills? Are you creative? Do something you enjoy doing and are excited about. Remember, this home business is going to be your means of support, so you should choose a niche that is exciting to you. If you are having fun with your home business, you will be more likely to stick with it through the rough times. If you are passionate about your business, your excitement will show and it will not be difficult to get your customers enthusiastic about your products or services.

2. Do your market research

Before you start your home business, do a thorough research of your market and your competition. A good guide would be to ask yourself these questions:

What product or service are you planning to sell?
Who wants your product or service...
Who will be your "typical" customer or client?
What are the particular trends in the industry of your choice?
Is there a need for your product or service? Is your niche already saturated?
How will you market your business? Research the effectiveness of various types of marketing techniques.

How will you set yourself apart from your competition?

Who is your competition? How and what they are doing? What aspects of their business can you improve on? It is very likely that they have made mistakes along the way - learn from their mistakes. If you can find a service your competition does not offer where you can solve people's problems, web visitors will most likely use your business as opposed to that of your competition.

4. Design your website

Your website should be unique and must effectively describe your services or products. Create a website that is easy to navigate with clear and precise instructions and full of valuable information. It is not difficult to build a website today. You can use easily available resources and tools, like low cost website templates, free or inexpensive authoring software and affordable programs that will show you how to quickly and easily build and design a website. People surf the internet searching for information. If your website is a good source of useful, well written information, it will attract a wealth of visitors that are targeted to your website's theme.

5. Get your business listed free in the search engines

Search engines like Google, Yahoo, AOL, Alta Vista are great way to drive lots of customers to your website. It would be savvy to learn basic "search engine optimization", as search engines are one of the primary sources of getting targeted visitors to any website.

Learn how to build and market your home business at a pace that is comfortable to you. Don't be in a hurry. Allocate time to obtaining a proper online home business education and marketing training before you launch your website; it will help you to avoid many of the pitfalls made by the majority of home based business newcomers and help to fulfill your dream of building a successful and profitable home business.

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Janice Sharman, enjoys helping independent thinkers fulfill their dream of making money online with their own profitable home business. To find out how you can start your journey to financial independence go to http://www.profits4sure.com/ezine.html and subscribe to the "Secrets To Sure Profits" Newsletter

A Website Model That Makes Money

2008-09-26T07:36:00.005+07:00

I would like to share with you one simple strategy in creating income with your own website. This is just one method out of simply millions that you could create for yourself. Remember the internet provides no limits. This is one example that does work for me, and may give you an insight into exactly a website model, that you may like to put into action for yourself.

Affiliate marketing and/or sales of any kind on the internet, requires a real commitment, as I am sure you do already realize. The internet is really one of the greatest training grounds in the world for sales. You can try and fail many times, until you find that system and approach that will work for you. But the commitment that you show in meeting this challenge will be a lesson that you will always remember.

Success is always achieved in no matter what you do, through simple hard work. There is no easy path to success, but when you achieve the success you are after, there is no greater feeling. So lets begin. In this example my website, which for the purposes of this article i will call '????'. I will give you the exact profit breakdowns.

With this website I treat all my affiliate products as purely residual income, much like adsense. Adsense itself generates for me, on this website, on average around $2 per day. I also use various other companies affiliate products, which generate around $200 per month. Also within the website, I sell e-book informational products, which I own the full resale rights for, which generate around $700 per month. And here lies the answer to making money online, no matter what you sell. The products, that generate the most income, are the ones that you will own yourself.

Certainly I should be making more from the affiliate info products that I sell. But I lose commissions through simple affiliate url tampering. Commissions that are stolen or lost are a real pain. You can try every method in the book to protect your affiliate codes. But after all the hard work is done, you still lose that valuable income.

The people who sell the original affiliate product know this, which is mostly why a high percentage of the sales price is offered to an affiliate to begin with. Because they realize that a very high ratio of sales made on their products will give them the total profit back. The reasons why people change affiliate product codes etc, could run into pages. Let’s just say it is inevitable. This is the reason why I treat all my affiliate based products as purely residual income.

But as you can see in this example clearly where the highest return on investment lies. And that is in the products that you actually own. You can purchase resale rights for info products easily, and it involves not much money at all, most products are available for under $50. Or if you have the time and patience to search the internet. You can find amazing e-books that have free resell rights and the information they contain is really valuable. You will find these types of treasures occasionally, and the lights will start flashing in your eyes when you do.

The information that you have just discovered is of value and that is a real key to success. This is why I, at this point, strongly emphasize the importance of this one principle. Only sell products that you feel strongly about and you know that will be of great value to the person who may purchase it. That includes products you have bought the resale rights for, or a free product, you have discovered with resale rights.

If you sell strong products with real informational value consistently you will always succeed. Your customers will return, quite simply because they know where the value of the information they seek is the greatest. And that is at your website. Always remember to put yourself into your visitors shoes. Ask yourself the question? Would you buy the products you are selling? Answer this question with a Yes. And you will be really on the start too online success.

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Starting A Home Based Business? - Avoid These 6 Costly Blunders

2008-09-22T15:03:00.002+07:00

A lot of people would like to start an internet home based business. However, many people do not know where to start.

Starting a home based business can be overwhelming and confusing for the inexperienced. The fact that there are a lot of 'business opportunities' on the internet does not make it any easier.

You can easily succeed with your home based business if you just avoid some common mistakes which people make.

So what are some of the common mistakes that people who are starting a home based business usually make?

No Plans & objectives. A lot of people start their business with no plans, and this is a very costly mistake. It is important to take the necessary time and effort to plan the business and clearly state the objectives you intend to achieve. Some people start their home based business like a hobby and treat it like one. Do not expect to make millions with your online home based business if you treat it like a hobby.
Reinventing the wheel. Some people starting a home based business make their learning curves very hard and long. The internet is full of proven money making business models. You can succeed easily by identifying the business type that you would like to have your home based business focused on, try to find someone who has succeeded with that business and learn from them, and duplicate what they have done to succeed. It is also important to have the necessary support network, which can be a relevant forum where you can learn more about running your home based business successfully.
Thinking that you can make money overnight. This is a common misconception which people have, which is also the reason why many people fail and give up easily. Your online home based business is like any other business - you will need to apply the necessary effort and dedication to make it work.
Believing that your online home based business doesn't need any capital. This is another very common misconception. If you think you can start and develop a home based business without spending a dime, you are misleading yourself. Be prepared to spend some money to get all the resources you will need to develop your business. Although it varies with the type of the home based business you want to set up, you would need some initial resources that you have to invest in the business. This can be for setting up your website, just as an example. You may also need to buy some resources to make your online home based business fully set up.
No market study before creating a product or starting the business. Yet another very common mistake. For your home based business to succeed, you will need to have a market for whatever you will be offering. Demand for your products is the most important factor that determines the success of your home based business. A market study on the current market size and future potential of the product or service is therefore very important.
Lacking focus and commitment. Your online business will need a lot of effort for it to succeed, especially during the first two years. You must therefore be prepared to give your business your total commitment.If you avoid the 6 mistakes outline above, you will succeed with your home based business

About the Author

Jeff Casmer is an internet marketing consultant with career sales over $25,000,000. His "Top Ranked" (http://www.24hourwealth.com/) Earn Money at Home Directory gives you all the information you need to start and prosper with your own Internet Home Based Business.
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Profitable Home Based Internet Business

2008-09-15T14:10:00.003+07:00

A new home based business opportunity has been launched called Wealth Magnet System. The program has an affiliate type of compensation structure, which makes it highly attractive to affiliate marketers. The company has generated a lot of buzz within the home basedinternet business arena the past few months.

Top leaders from other income opportunities like Perfect Wealth Formula and Easy Daily Cash are jumping on the bandwagon with the new Wealth Magnet System. The program is on its way to become #1 top home base income opportunity on the internet today.

The two tier compensation plan allows members to earn immediate cash while building residual income. There is no passing up sales to any of the sponsors,plus members earn bonus overrides from their second level sub-affiliates to infinity.

The Wealth Magnet System offers two entry levels. By joining at the top $700 Elite level, members can earn $200 to $600 on every direct sales, plus $100 bonus overrides from the second tier. (Soon to be $800 level)

The products in "The Ultimate Internet Marketers Showcase" being offered for the price of membership are well worth the price(valued at over $6800) makes the Wealth Magnet System stand out from other home base business opportunities.
The product in the Ultimate Marketers Showcase will allows new members, regardless of their skill level, to successfully utilize the power of the internet and generates sales on daily basis.

The Wealth Magnet System is changing people’s lives. The bonus overrides from the second tier are adding up quickly to a substantial hands-free residual income. Many new members are able to make sales quickly. Unlike other programs, Wealth Magnet System show people exactly step-by-step how to market effectively online.

Cris Cohen a top Wealth Magnet System leader has formed the Wealth Magnet System team. To help support his second tier affiliates make money quickly. He offers help with lead capture pages, autoresponder series,advertising, step-by-step instructions, phone support and more!

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Create a Successful Business Website

2008-09-15T14:00:00.002+07:00

Congratulation, you finely decided to upgrade your business with a website. This is really important step which can take your business to a new level structurally and financially.

Well built and properly advertised website can bring you hundreds of new customers who wouldn't have heard about your business otherwise.

Most of people do not search for services on yellow pages no more but open Google, Yahoo, MSN, etc. Therefore your presence on the net is a very important strategy to earn new clients.

Website is your face when it comes to clients who arrive to you via the net. If your website is well built, even if you are a small business owner, clients will be more willing to work with you.

Determine your budget:
Website building can cost you nothing or cost you thousands of dollars. I think that the best site is the one which benefit will excel its cost. Therefore every business owner must determine his appropriate budget.

Some companies offer absolutely free websites. There are some advantages and some disadvantages in such a website. The first and the biggest advantage is the zero cost. If your website turns out useless, you don't lose any money. The main disadvantages of free websites are usually the limited storage space (which means you can't build a large website) and limited bandwidth (if many users enter your site at once, it might become slow or even unavailable).

If you have a large sum of money to put on your web site, you may go to a custom Web Design firm. They will usually offer you two or three unique design sketches which they embed in their Content Management System and a direction about how to enter your content into it. The problem about this option is its high cost.

There is no second chance to create a first impression:
Design is naturally one of the most important aspects in website success. Website design must represent your business as a prosperous, impressive and trustworthy therefore there is no place to disregard it.

Quality content:
In order to be found in search engines and attract serious visitors you must fill your website with high quality content. We suggest you enter information about yourself, your business and products. Professional articles and further information from your field of interest might add more value to the website and present you as an expert in your field.

Keeping in touch:
Once you have earned clients you better keep in touch with them. There are number of fast and cost effective ways to do so:

By mail. Today spam mail is a felony, but once a customer signed up at your website and gave his agreement to receive your e-mails, you should keep in touch with him, informing him about new products, services and sales.

By SMS. If your business is very dynamic you might use the SMS technology to keep in touch with your clients at real time.

Keep in touch with your clients by blogs and forums where you can offer them technical support.

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About the Author Gally is a Web developer and Marketing manager at www.Site123.com - a leading website development company.

10 High-Impact Viral Marketing Strategies

2008-09-15T13:40:00.009+07:00

Allow people to reprint your articles on their web site, in their e-zine, newsletter, magazine or ebooks. Include your resource box and the option for article reprints at the bottom of each article.

Allow people to use any of your freebies as free bonuses for products or services they sell. Include your ad on all your freebies.

Allow people to use your online discussion board for their own web site. Some people don't have one. Just include your banner ad at the top of the board.

Allow people to sign up for a free web site on your server. Since you are giving away the space, require them to include your banner ad at the top of the site.

Allow people to add their link to your free web site directory. Just require that they return a link back to your web site, advertising your directory.

Allow people to provide your free online service to their web site, visitors, or e-zine subscribers. They could be free e-mail, e-mail consulting, search engine submissions, etc.

Allow people to give away your free software. Just include your business advertisement inside the software program.

Allow people to give away your free web design graphics, fonts, templates, etc. Just include your ad on them or require people to link directly to your web site.

Allow people to place an advertisement in your free ebook if, in exchange, they give away the ebook to their web visitors or e-zine subscribers.

Allow people to give away your free ebook to their visitors. Then, their visitors will also give it away. This will just continue to spread your ad all over the internet.

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Ian Traynor has been building and running websites since 1996. His "Marketing Magic" website provides tons of free advice and help on all aspects of online and offline selling and marketing. Sign Up on "Marketing Update" newsletter - and get access to his subscribers' free Download Library. Ian is also the Principal of the Newbies School of Internet Marketing.

Blog Profit with Affiliate Programs

2008-09-04T06:46:00.004+07:00

In recent years the blog phenomenon has swept the world. Nearly 4 out of 10 Americans reported having read a blog at least once in their life, and half that group reported reading blogs regularly.

According to the associated press; internet users who regularly read blogs are far more likely to spend money online. With these statistics it is no surprise that generating blog profit with affiliate programs has become one of the leading passive income opportunities. Successful bloggers who write on topics they are passionate about can easily generate a very healthy passive income through blog profit, and most blog authors have a lot of fun doing it.

The first step in the blog profit process is to find a topic. George Bernard Shaw once said: "The man who writes about himself and his own time is the man who writes about all people and all time." It is important to select a topic that you are very familiar with. Hobbies you are passionate about, the industry you work in, movie genres or sports that you really enjoy are all great places to start. If you are writing directly from your own experiences, readers will easily be able to identify with you which is the best way to keep a regular audience. Keeping a regular audience is golden ticket to blog profit.

In the beginning it will take some work to grow an audience. One of the best ways to grow your audience is to create profiles on web forums that are related to your content. In your profile, include a link to your blog. Now use that profile to make intelligent, helpful posts within the forum. Forum readers will see your post, and often will follow the link in your signature, taking them to your blog.

If your blog has useful information to them, they will likely return to your blog at later dates. Another great tactic is to write articles related to your blog. These can have dual benefits as you can also use them for blog posts. Upload your articles to free article directories and make sure to include a link to your blog in the provided resource box. As you begin to develop your blog you will likely see your blog profit increasing.

Now that you have an audience, you will need to learn exactly how to generate blog profit with affiliate programs. This part is pretty simple and with the right techniques it can be very powerful. The first step in generating blog profit is to create a list of products and services your audience will be interested in.

For instance, if your blog is about football, your readers may be interested in signing up for fantasy football or buying cheap game tickets. Build a list of several products then visit an affiliate program management site such as Commission Junction. Once there you can locate affiliate programs that offer the products and services on your list.

After you have signed up for the programs, you will want to advertise the products or services in a couple of different ways. The first way is to create links from specific words. In our football example, you may link the word "tickets" wherever it appears to your affiliate program from a sports ticket site.

The second way to advertise your programs is to place banner or text ads in various locations on the blog, just be careful not to clutter the blog too much or you may discourage readers. If your ads are related to the content of the blog, there is a high chance your readers will follow the links. When users follow your affiliate links and purchase products or services, you make a percentage of the sale as blog profit.

A third method for generating blog profit is utilizing Google's Adsense. Adsense allows you to create customized ad boxes within your blog. It automatically searches your blog and displays ads related to your content. Google then pays you each time your readers click the advertisements. This is probably the quickest method for placing ads on your blog to begin generating blog profit as quick as possible.

You can also generate blog profit indirectly by collecting the email addresses of your readers. This can be done through adding a subscription requirement to your blog, or by simply offering readers the chance to receive extra related material by email. If your users agree to receive offers by email, you can create email newsletters that feature some of your affiliate program products and services. With a large enough email list, you can generate as much passive income through your indirect blog profit as you can from your direct blog profit.

In closing I would like to say that there are many opportunities for generating passive income online. Blog profit with affiliate programs can be a very powerful source of passive income. If you are honestly seeking ways to gain freedom from the typical J.O.B. (Just Over Broke), and you are willing to put in the time and effort required, I truly believe you can build wealth and freedom through blog profit.

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Home Business Resource - What You Will Need To Start A Successful Business

2008-09-03T06:19:00.000+07:00

Starting a home business is a very important decision, and there are some typical home business resources you will need to have in order for you to succeed. Home business resources are assets, services and systems you will need to make your home business run smoothly; and also other steps you will need to take to make sure that you will succeed with your business.So, to start a successful home business, what resources and steps do you need to take?

A clearly laid out business plan. Without a business plan and goals to achieve, then you can not get anywhere. A business plan will map out what you need to succeed and how you will achieve your goals.

Good research. Whatever your business will need, you will need to be well informed about it. So you will need to do me research so that you become an expert on the niche, product or service. Knowledge about the business is an important home business resource, so you must do the necessary research to be well-informed about the industry or product/service.

A well set-up office. Your office is another important home business resource. You will need to be productive while working from home. You will therefore need an office that has all you will need to run a smooth business; a computer, printer, internet access, fax, telephone, business cards and a conducive work environment. A suitable desk and appropriate lighting in your office is also an important resource that is often underestimated in its importance. You will sometimes work for many hours in a day, and your work space needs to be comfortable. Allocate some money towards setting up a working environment you will enjoy working from everyday!

Some money to cover capital outlay and running costs is an important home business resource which you will need. Any business requires some form of investment, and you will need to know how much you have, and how much investments and ongoing marketing your business will need for it to succeed. It is therefore recommended that you start your business while you are still employed, so that you have some income to live on while you are still building your business.

Support system. This can be a mentor; someone who has succeeded with a similar business, or simply your family and friends. You need to have people close to you who will encourage you and give you any support you need. You can also join a forum of people with the same business like yours. A good support network is a very important home business resource.

Business leads and clients are a crucial home business resource. Making and creating contacts and networking is very important - you need to start building your potential clients base before you launch your business. Start marketing your business by giving away some products and services. By creating a relationship with your potential customers, you build trust with them, and when you launch your business, it will be easy for them to buy from you.

Be professional! The way you run your business and relate to your customers is very important. Be prepared to 'go the extra mile' with your customers. Care about your customers, and provide all the information they may need.

Hire any professional help you may need. Treat your business professionally, and if you need the services of a lawyer or accountant, hire/outsource it. It is more productive and effective to get experts to do what you can not do, leaving you time to focus on your business. You will want to do the best for your business; so if there are any home business resources you do not have, outsource them.

If you have the home business resources outlined above, then your business will succeed. Although your home business may only be a small venture, treat it like a real business, and get all the home business resources any business will need in order to be successful.

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Jeff Casmer is an award winning internet marketing consultant with career sales over $25,000,000. His "Top Ranked" Earn Money at Home Directory (http://www.24hourwealth.com/) gives you all the information you need to start and prosper with your very own Internet Home Based Business.

5 Reasons Why Some Affiliate Marketers Fail To Earn Money Online

2008-09-01T07:13:00.000+07:00

Some people who aspire to earn money online as affiliate marketers fail to achieve this goal. Others give up after trying for a few months. Even though affiliate marketing is one of the easiest ways to earn money online, many people fail to earn huge affiliate commissions.This article outlines the key reasons why many people fail to achieve their goals of becoming successful affiliate marketers.

The first reason why some affiliate marketers fail to earn big commissions is that they are not prepared to work hard. Many people have the misconception that one can earn money as an affiliate without investing some time and effort into the business. Affiliate marketing requires you to devote some time to promote your affiliate programs and drive traffic to your website in order for you to make some sales. Without making some sales, you cant earn some commission.

The second reason why some affiliate markets fail to earn money online is that they are not prepared to invest some money in their online business. As an affiliate, you will need to have a website and an auto responder on your website to build a list. You will also need to pay for some website promotion activities to drive traffic to your website.

Lack of focus is the third reason why some affiliate marketers fail to earn money. Some people pursue many internet money-making opportunities simultaneously, without focusing on building their affiliate business. Due to a lack of focus, these people fail to grow their affiliate marketing business.

The fourth reason why some affiliate marketers fail to earn money online is that they dont do the necessary research to make sure that they select affiliate programs and products that have high demand and are therefore easy to sell. In order to make it easy to make many sales as an affiliate and therefore earn money online, it is important that you select and promote high quality affiliate programs and products which will be easy for you to sell. Some affiliate marketers simply market any product without assessing it to make sure that its a high quality product.

Failure to select affiliate programs that have high commission paying structures is the fifth reason why some people fail to earn money online as affiliates. There are a wide range of affiliate programs and products with different commission payment structures. As an affiliate, you can earn 30% to 70% commission on the product you sell. To boost your chances of earning huge commissions, you must also select affiliate programs with which you can earn some residual and passive income. This means that for the sales that you make today, you will continue earning some commissions in the future.

These are the five main reasons why many affiliates fail to make money online. By making sure that you avoid these mistakes, you will be able to earn huge affiliate commissions and achieve your goal to earn money online as an affiliate. To be a successful affiliate marketer, it is important that you work hard to develop your business and never give up!

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Jeff Casmer is an internet marketing consultant with career sales over $25,000,000. His "Top Ranked" (http://www.24hourwealth.com/) Work at Home Directory gives you all the information you need to start and prosper with your own Internet Home Based Business.

Blog Profit With Affiliate Programs

2008-08-25T14:50:00.001+07:00

In recent years the blog phenomenon has swept the world. Nearly 4 out of 10 Americans reported having read a blog at least once in their life, and half that group reported reading blogs regularly. According to the associated press; internet users who regularly read blogs are far more likely to spend money online. With these statistics it is no surprise that generating blog profit with affiliate programs has become one of the leading passive income opportunities.

Successful bloggers who write on topics they are passionate about can easily generate a very healthy passive income through blog profit, and most blog authors have a lot of fun doing it. The first step in the blog profit process is to find a topic. George Bernard Shaw once said: "The man who writes about himself and his own time is the man who writes about all people and all time."

It is important to select a topic that you are very familiar with. Hobbies you are passionate about, the industry you work in, movie genres or sports that you really enjoy are all great places to start. If you are writing directly from your own experiences, readers will easily be able to identify with you which is the best way to keep a regular audience. Keeping a regular audience is golden ticket to blog profit.

In the beginning it will take some work to grow an audience. One of the best ways to grow your audience is to create profiles on web forums that are related to your content. In your profile, include a link to your blog. Now use that profile to make intelligent, helpful posts within the forum. Forum readers will see your post, and often will follow the link in your signature, taking them to your blog. If your blog has useful information to them, they will likely return to your blog at later dates.

Another great tactic is to write articles related to your blog. These can have dual benefits as you can also use them for blog posts. Upload your articles to free article directories and make sure to include a link to your blog in the provided resource box. As you begin to develop your blog you will likely see your blog profit increasing.

Now that you have an audience, you will need to learn exactly how to generate blog profit with affiliate programs. This part is pretty simple and with the right techniques it can be very powerful.

The first step in generating blog profit is to create a list of products and services your audience will be interested in. For instance, if your blog is about football, your readers may be interested in signing up for fantasy football or buying cheap game tickets. Build a list of several products then visit an affiliate program management site such as Commission Junction.

Once there you can locate affiliate programs that offer the products and services on your list. After you have signed up for the programs, you will want to advertise the products or services in a couple of different ways. The first way is to create links from specific words. In our football example, you may link the word "tickets" wherever it appears to your affiliate program from a sports ticket site.

The second way to advertise your programs is to place banner or text ads in various locations on the blog, just be careful not to clutter the blog too much or you may discourage readers. If your ads are related to the content of the blog, there is a high chance your readers will follow the links. When users follow your affiliate links and purchase products or services, you make a percentage of the sale as blog profit.

A third method for generating blog profit is utilizing Google's Adsense. Adsense allows you to create customized ad boxes within your blog. It automatically searches your blog and displays ads related to your content. Google then pays you each time your readers click the advertisements. This is probably the quickest method for placing ads on your blog to begin generating blog profit as quick as possible.

You can also generate blog profit indirectly by collecting the email addresses of your readers. This can be done through adding a subscription requirement to your blog, or by simply offering readers the chance to receive extra related material by email. If your users agree to receive offers by email, you can create email newsletters that feature some of your affiliate program products and services. With a large enough email list, you can generate as much passive income through your indirect blog profit as you can from your direct blog profit.

In closing I would like to say that there are many opportunities for generating passive income online. Blog profit with affiliate programs can be a very powerful source of passive income. If you are honestly seeking ways to gain freedom from the typical J.O.B. (Just Over Broke), and you are willing to put in the time and effort required, I truly believe you can build wealth and freedom through blog profit.

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Explode Your Business With Viral Marketing!

2008-08-21T10:02:00.006+07:00

Creativity is one virtue a site must possess to lead the race in the ruthless competition in the Internet based business. With so much competition and rivalry going on, every method of marketing must be employed and utilized.

It does not matter if you have a killer product or a fantastically designed website, if people don't know that you exist, it does not matter, and you are not going to make it big. Worst of all, you business could just get killed.

While there are so many methods and schemes used by so many e-commerce sites today, there are still some of those that can help you with an extra boost in the popularity ratings. One of these is the so called Viral Marketing.

While the term Viral easily depicts a virus, a word very much dreaded by all computer owners, it is not what it seems. You do not actually use a computer virus to spread your business; on the contrary it just might kill you. Everyone has had enough of all those pop up ads and spyware.

Viral Marketing Overview

Viral Marketing also known otherwise as Viral Advertising is a marketing technique used to build the public awareness of one's product or company. They use many forms of media to reach out to the public without actually promoting the product by riding on in other forms of addictive means that could get a person hooked and be obliged or amused to actually pass it on, with the product or company advertisement along with it.

In a nutshell, companies ride on the idea that if people like the content of a media they will pass it on to their friends and family. They sponsor the certain media, such as a cool flash game, funny video, amusing story and such, which one may pass on to another with the company brand or logo or the products description or any other content to help promote the company or its product.

Viral marketing has become a popular means of advertising and marketing because they are relatively low cost. To avoid being tagged as spam mail, viral marketing counts on the eagerness of one person to pas on the product. If a person sees the name of the person they know as the sender, they won't block it and open it as well.

Many companies offer incentives such as discounts and rebates when they help in spreading their viral marketing. They rely on the number of recipients a viral marketing gets from one person in determining the amount or number of incentive they can be attributed with.

Using Viral Marketing to your advantage

The main and foremost advantage of viral marketing is that you get a lot of publicity and public awareness about your site and your company. You get to generate a flow of traffic that are potential customers. With a little ingenuity and imagination, plus some incentives or prizes, you can reach out to a great number of people and announce your existence.

Most sites and companies are catching on to the effectiveness of Viral Marketing and Advertising. Not using it could kill your business. Along with other schemes and methods in promoting your site, like Search Engine Optimization and such, viral marketing could easily push you ahead in the rating games.

Viral Marketing could be a sneaky way to get people to know about you and your company. You get them to pass your advertisement along. They are also very low cost that not investing in it could be downright a business suicide. All it takes is a great idea, a good addicting game, a funny story many ideas are still out there.

Create gossip or a buzz. Many movies are promoted by using scandals and gossips to make them more popular. Remember the movie, The Blair Witch Project.Many big companies have tried viral marketing and have had many success stories with it. A classic example is Microsoft's Hotmail. They were the first known big company to utilize the scheme and it has worked wonders for them.

Now it's your turn to use viral marketing to work wonders for you. Act now and reap the benefits Viral Marketing will provide for you and your sales figures.

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Terry Sauerbier is a marketing consultant. His mission is assisting associates achieve a more fulfilling life, sharing techniques that generate financial well-being and success. More about viral marketing, visit, http://www.viralshock.com/members/tcsassociates and http://www.million-dollar-maker.com

Ways To Appear On The First Page Of Google Search Results

2008-08-20T07:05:00.000+07:00

Once you create a website for your business, you quickly figure out that people are not flocking to it. When you assess the different ways of driving traffic, your options include advertising your website address, promoting your website address through Public Relations and gaining media coverage, encouraging other sites to link to you and getting placed in online directories.

However, these marketing activities will deliver small and sporadic volumes of traffic. The single biggest thing you can do to drive traffic is search engine marketing. If you want to drive traffic to your site it is imperative that you get onto the first three pages of Google and the other top search engines.

Here are few ways through which you can get your site appear on the first page of Google search results.

In order to optimize your website to appear in natural search results, there are four components that you will need to address.

1. Design

Many small businesses make the mistake of designing their website and then start thinking about driving traffic to it. The problem is that the way you design your site can result in your site being ignored by the search engine spiders, which means you will receive very little traffic. When designing your site, ensure you avoid the following pitfalls.

Flash: Sites are designed in HTML or flash codes. The spiders that are sent to your site by the search engines cannot read flash.

Frames: Some agencies design sites within frames. It makes designing the site easier as the only thing that changes from page to page is the content within the frame. However, spiders cannot read what is inside a frame so you will not get indexed and noticed by search engines.

Dynamic pages: Some sites are developed with a database which generates dynamic pages. Again, most but not all of the search engines can read dynamic pages.

Text within graphics: To ensure text is read uniformly by different browsers, design agencies often put text within a graphic. It looks great, however, a spider cannot read what text is in a graphic and simply moves on.

Keywords: At design stage, think about the keywords you want to be found by on search engines and incorporate that into your design.

2. Content: Major areas to be stress upon are:

Keywords: Choosing the keywords that you want to appear in search results for is one of the most important things you can do. Invest time in choosing the keywords. Think about how you would search for your product or service. Once you have decided on your keywords, you need to place them throughout your site. The main areas are:

Web page title: This is what you see written in the title bar of the browser. This should explain what the purpose of your site or your page is and include keywords, but always in such a way that makes sense to a user who reads it.

Meta tags: The tags are not visible to users but they explain what the content of the page is. Keywords should be placed in here as they are easily searchable by spiders.

Homepage content: Your homepage is searched by the spiders and you should ensure that your keywords appear near the top header. They should also be sprinkled throughout the homepage.

Keyword density: Each page should have a minimum of 250 words; your keywords should account for 2 - 8% of the word on the page. That means they should appear between 4 and 16 times. To help you achieve both objectives you should focus on a couple of keywords for each page rather than a large number.

3. Links:

Inbound links: your site might be designed in a way that is easily searchable by spiders and your content might be sprinkled with keywords, but you need to have other sites linking to you in order to achieve success. Ensure you know how many other websites are linking into your site and set a goal for increasing that figure. You can Post comments on forums or discussion groups with a link back to our site or Register your site with multiple directories in order to get links.

4. Maintenance:

Once you achieve a high ranking in the search engines, it is important to realize that you need to maintain your ranking. The criteria the search engines use in the algorithms constantly change and what works today may not work next week. Your site will need to be tweaked to bring you back up the rankings.

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10 High-Impact Viral Marketing Strategies

2008-08-16T13:35:00.002+07:00

Viral Marketing is allowing people to give away and use your free product or service in order to multiply your marketing quickly over the internet. The idea behind viral marketing is that you include your ad with the freebie people give away or use. Below are ten high impact viral marketing strategies:

1. Allow people to reprint your articles on their web site, in their e-zine, newsletter, magazine or ebooks. Include your resource box and the option for article reprints at the bottom of each article.

2. Allow people to use any of your freebies as free bonuses for products or services they sell. Include your ad on all your freebies.

3. Allow people to use your online discussion board for their own web site. Some people don't have one. Just include your banner ad at the top of the board.

4. Allow people to sign up for a free web site on your server. Since you are giving away the space, require them to include your banner ad at the top of the site.

5. Allow people to add their link to your free web site directory. Just require that they return a link back to your web site, advertising your directory.

6. Allow people to provide your free online service to their web site, visitors, or e-zine subscribers. They could be free e-mail, e-mail consulting, search engine submissions, etc.

7. Allow people to give away your free software. Just include your business advertisement inside the software program.

8. Allow people to give away your free web design graphics, fonts, templates, etc. Just include your ad on them or require people to link directly to your web site.

9. Allow people to place an advertisement in your free ebook if, in exchange, they give away the ebook to their web visitors or e-zine subscribers.

10. Allow people to give away your free ebook to their visitors. Then, their visitors will also give it away. This will just continue to spread your ad all over the internet.

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Ian Traynor has been building and running websites since 1996. His "Marketing Magic" website provides tons of free advice and help on all aspects of online and offline selling and marketing. Sign Up on "Marketing Update" newsletter - and get access to his subscribers' free Download Library. Ian is also the Principal of the Newbies School of Internet Marketing.

Make Money On The Internet With Any Work At Home Business

2008-08-09T14:52:00.000+07:00

By Richard van Beek

Is it really possible to make money online from home? It is. In this article we discuss what skills are necessary to a make a work from home opportunity a profitable one.

The Internet has afforded us so much. For many people this includes a profitable at-home income through the use of the Internet and working from home. With the availability of so much through the Internet, this also includes jobs and work avenues. There are literally hundreds of ways to make money online from the comforts of home. You can make money on the Internet with any work at home business as long as you keep in a mind a few things that will help you to ensure success.

Most at home businesses fail because people don't have the motivation or dedication to work as hard as they do when they go to the office. It takes a lot of self-discipline to work 2 to 3 hours during the evening when other people are watching tv or going to the gym.

However, simply just knowing this statistic will help you avoid the pitfalls of falling into work-at-home failure as long as you keep in mind that you need to work hard to achieve success. Like any start up business it can take some time before you start earning from home the way you did from your office job.

However, the flexible work schedules, the comforting office space and a little bit of patience all help to make up for some of the cons working from home can create. With that said however, a consistent work schedule, a dedication to work hard and some patience will allow you to make money on the Internet with any work at home business.

Some of the most profitable at-home businesses are those that have set themselves up to use the 24-hour working Internet format to their advantage. Affiliate programs that pay for traffic to their sites are an example of this type of business. If you are able to use Internet marketing skills and generate a lot of traffic to your website, and offer links to other affiliate sites through yours, you will essentially get paid every time someone from your site, links to one of your affiliates.

This means your normal work day, 9-5 for example, becomes a 24 hour money making day because people are visiting your site even when you're not on the clock, earning you money.

This is just one example, although one that reflects a lot of at-home office formats that will allow you to earn money from home. Just remember, keep working hard and stay dedicated and don't give up.

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Richard van Beek is a professional marketer, and has marketed different products. He devotes the time, energy, and effort into his team and mentors them to ensure their success. To learn more about growing a Home business, you can go to the Secrets in Home Business Blueprint.

How I Succeeded in Network Marketing in 18 Months - Part Two

2008-08-07T15:26:00.000+07:00

Get A Mentor - How important is it to have a mentor in business? It's critical! It's not just a nice to have it's a MUST HAVE. There's a reason why all the most successful business people have mentors. It's because you need people who've been where you have been to help guide you through the twists and turns of success.

Before I found my currant mentors, I'd spent a fortune failing and far too much time (years I'll never get back) trying to implement methods that just didn't work and never would. I was like a wind up toy that kept trying and trying to walk though the same brick wall over and over again.

But in only 18 months from the time I decided to shut up, listen and learn from people who had done what I wanted to do many times over, I went from being an MLM failure to making over $100K working part time all the while still holding down a full time teaching job; and I owe it all not only to getting the proper mentoring and guidance from the right mentors, but also to the fact that I was willing to listen to them and put their knowledge into massive action every day.

Lead With The Product - Using the income from your regular job can be a bit of a sticky wicket at first so you'll need to budget for it. This is why getting your MLM to fund your MLM as quickly as possible is so important. But how you ask? Well... (Drum roll please) by selling your product of course...but not the way you've been taught by your upline and Network Marketing Company.

You wont be buying any more brochures, DVDs, CDs or flyers...in fact the only thing you will be paying for when you first get started are leads, but not those expensive opportunity leads that your company is pushing on you...those are worthless. You also won't be calling your friends and family to harass into joining your new business opportunity nor will you be employing the three foot belly to belly rule; your acquaintances are off limits from now on!

You see those methods only work in the company's favor. In fact only 3% of all MLM reps ever make it anywhere near the big league; a stat that neither the companies nor their reps readily divulge. So where does this leave you as a budding Network Marketer if you don't have people to chase around and pester anymore? You will need people to share your wares with, but if your warm market is off limits as well as anyone within arms length, whose left?

Hmm, well how about people who have already expressed a want need or desire for what you have? There are a lot of potential customers and business builders out there searching for what you have, learn how to tap into that niche market and have customers and prospects coming to you for a change...what a concept.

And leading with the product instead of the business opportunity is the quickest way to build a clientele of people who truly love your product and continue to buy it on a monthly basis. Not only have that, but those who truly love the product or service make the absolute best business builders!

Make A Schedule And Stick To It - Network Marketing is a great way to take care of your monetary future as well of your families' future by building a powerful residual income, but how to do this with a full time job? Scheduling is the key.

This is the hardest thing for most folks to master, and believe me it wasn't my strongest suite in the beginning either, but I can't stress enough how important this is even if you don't have a full time job, but if you do have a full time job it is non negotiable.

Perhaps one of the reasons sticking to a business schedule of your own making is because it not only takes a lot of discipline but more importantly it takes a far different mind set than most people who have been employed by others are used to.

Sure you may have no problem with a work schedule that your employer has put together for you but budget your own business schedule takes a business owner attitude. In other words when scheduling for yourself you need to wear two hats, one being the business owner and the other one being the employer.

If you think nepotism is a problem in other businesses imagine what can happen if you're your own boss...talk about favoritism and getting away with murder on the job. But the fact is, if you can't be honest with yourself as to what kind of an employee you are for yourself, murdering your business is may be a sad inevitability.

In closing - Treat your network marketing business like the real business that you want it to be. If you play with it like a hobby it will always be a hobby and it will always cost you more than it makes you.

I wish you great success in your Home Based MLM Business.

Ellen Franzoso is a home based business consultant living in New York who is currently helping hundreds of people to achieve their business dreams.

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How I Succeeded in Network Marketing in 18 Months - Part 1

2008-08-05T21:02:00.002+07:00

By Ellen Franzoso

I built a 6 figure income in Network Marketing in an 18 month period, all while I was still working a full time job as a first grade teacher. Let me back up a little.

I've lived in the majestic suburbs of New York most of my life but have for the past few years gotten really tired not only of my teaching career with its grueling hours that never seemed to quit even when I was on vacation or just trying to relax on the weekends with family or friends (I always had papers to grade or a new curriculum to prepare) but also the freezing cold winters were really starting to get me down.

My husband said to me three years ago while I was once again complaining about my plight, and I believe it was tongue in check, that if I replaced the income from my teaching job with a six figure income in network marketing, I could retire from teaching and we could move to a warmer climate during the winter months.

Needless to say I took him on and set out to lean exactly what I had to do in order to make this come true and ended up doing just that. In fact just recently shocked both my friends and peers by turning in my irrevocable resignation, thus giving up a seventeen year, six figure income career, and the full pension that would have gone with it!

How I did this with a full time job in only 18 months is why you are here so let's get to it...number one:

You Must Have A Big Why - What Drives You?

You already know what mine was and obviously it is what kept me going even through the times (and there were many) that I really wanted to throw in the towel, so what's yours? If you think its money, think again! You must have an emotionally charged why in order to keep your mindset in the proper perspective, which brings us to number two:

You Must Be Willing To Do Whatever It Takes

What are you made of? When you get involved in a home based business you get to really test your mettle on this one. What I mean is you are going to have some startling revelations about yourself and not all of them are going to be pretty, not that that's a bad thing.

The personal growth you'll get when your doing all the things you should be doing in order to build your network marketing business into a successful and powerful six figure entity will laterally knock your socks off! You'll find yourself doing things you never dreamed possible, but you must be willing to take the lumps of failures along with the glory of successes and accept them as part of the deal. You will not succeed in network marketing until you are willing to fail not just once or twice but over and over again. And this leads us to number three:

You Must Be Teachable

I'm not kidding here, without this one you may as well pack it up and quit right now. You see at this point you don't know what you don't know, so if you are not willing to keep an open mind and ears coupled with a mouth shut off from excuses as to why this or that method wont work for you but at the same time open to even what you might perceive as the dumbest of questions, you will not make it in this business...Period!

In Closing...

One of my mentors told me, in business you can do only one of 2 things, you can either make excuses or you can make money, you cannot do both...

The next installment (Part Two) of this article will deal with the details and the trench-work of how to succeed in MLM.

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Ellen Franzoso is a home based business consultant living in New York who is currantly helping hundreds of people to achieve their business dreams.Contact Info: 914-980-1089http://addnewrepsnow.com/

How To Recruit 500 New Affiliates With Very Little Work

2008-08-02T15:42:00.002+07:00

By Willie Crawford

Here is a simple step-by-step plan for recruiting hundreds of highly-motivated, active affiliates for your product in just a few days. Others actually help recruit these affiliates for you. You can also make your affiliate recruiting effortless and automatic.

If you run an affiliate program, but are struggling to get it off the ground, you can change that. You only really need a few dedicated affiliates to start making sales, and after that the affiliate program can actually grow itself automatically.

A little-acknowledged fact is that with many affiliate programs, the top 5% of affiliates make 95% of the affiliate sales. Indeed, with many affiliate programs that I've studied, the top 1% of affiliates make 95% of affiliate sales.

So, it's not really a numbers game. It's a matter of recruiting people who will actually promote the product effectively. The secret there is to make it really, really easy for them to promote your product.

I said earlier that it's easy to have your affiliate program grow itself. The "secret" is to recruit your customers as affiliates. After a customer has used your product, and fell in love with it, they are ideal for telling others about it. So, why not send them a follow-up message (via autoresponder) telling them about your affiliate program.

What could be simpler?

Here's an easy way to recruit those early affiliates. It's actually a stealth affiliate recruiting SYSTEM :-)

You create a short ebook related to the problem that your product solves. You can design this ebook to be sold, or given away.

In your ebook you recommend your product several times, as the logical solution to the problem that you're writing about.

You turn this ebook into a "rebrandable ebook" meaning that you set it up so that those who get the ebook can change the links recommending your product to THEIR affiliate links.

You bundle the ebook in a zip file with a text file explaining how to rebrand the ebook AND how to join your affiliate program. In that file, you also generally include a software rebrander tool such as Viral Document Toolkit.

You join one of the many free giveaway sites that allow you to not only giveaway your products, but to grow your email list in the process. With these giveaways, you typically require a visitor to the giveaway site to visit your site, and join your list in order to access your gift. This is how participating in these free giveaways allows you to grow your list.

You tell your list members, friends on sites such as Twitter, FaceBook, MySpace, etc., about the free giveaway. You do this because the success of these free list-building giveaways depend upon contributors all spreading the word. Contributors are generally rewarded for helping publicize the event on a point system. You earn points for recruiting new members (who come for the gifts), and for recruiting new contributors. The more points you have, the higher up in the gift listings your gift appears. This is important because if a site has a LOT of free gifts, it's very likely that many visitors are not going to sift through hundreds of listings. They're going to look at the first few pages, grab the items that interests them, and perhaps never come back to download the gifts listed deeper within the site.

Thousands of visitors come to the giveaway site, and if your description is enticing enough,download YOUR rebrandable ebook.

They unzip your package, read the easy to follow instructions, register as your affiliate, rebrand the ebook with their affiliate links, and then begin selling or giving away your ebook.

When they begin distributing that ebook, they have begun actively promoting your product.

Do you see why I called this a "stealth affiliate recruiting system?"

Since they can earn money from the ebook, and since you make promoting your affiliate product as easy as perhaps offering your ebook from their blog or newsletter, you will have lots of new ACTIVE affiliates. They'll be active because you made it almost no work.

Select the right free list-building giveaway, and you could easily recruit 500 new ACTIVE affiliates with very little work.

There you have it, a simple plan for growing your affiliate program faster than most people dare imagine is even possible. Now, if you don't have a rapidly growing affiliate program, it's because you simply won't even do the EASY things to make it happen :-)

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Willie Crawford is co-founder of The Viral Rebrandable Money Machines Giveaway, a free list-building giveaway that features ONLY rebrandable gifts. Register as a member or contributor to this free business building giveaway today at: http://ViralRebrandableMoneyMachines.net/

How to Promote Your Sites to Ensure a Steady Flow of Traffic

2008-08-01T15:23:00.004+07:00

By John Woon

This article shows how writing and distributing articles and optimizing search engines could be at least two effective systems that could promote websites to ensure a steady flow of after months or even years.

We all know that in order to be successful in Internet marketing business, we have to promote our websites to generate a steady and increasing number of visitors. This is true whether you are promoting a product, a service or a business opportunity. Also, it does not matter whether you are promoting your own products or somebody else's via an affiliate program.

In the process, you would probably come across many challenges some of which are listed below:

1) It is too expensive

Most of the newbies when first started out, are not willing to invest financially due to lack of knowledge and uncertainties. Especially with those lacking the required budget, there is a great reluctance to spend on promotion. Hence the progress of promotion is very slow in the beginning. It takes time to study all the countless and seemingly very attractive offers and to make the decision to part with their money.

2) Can this offer still work?

With the Internet, what used to work 6 months ago might not work now or two months down the road. For example, E-books or articles on the 12 top search engines published 3 months ago might no longer be valid. The recommended strategy would therefore no longer apply.

3) It takes to long to learn

How often have you heard this?: "You don't have to be a computer techy. In fact you don't have to have any computer knowledge as long as you can type and send an e-mail! Our software would do all the jobs for you!"......... Once you have done the process of ordering and parted with your money, you realize to your disappointment and frustration that it'd take months for you to learn the so-called a-few- easy-steps procedure.

One of the main reasons most Internet marketers have given up after having failed to achieve any positive results is the fact that they have wasted too much time searching for the ideal the promotional strategies. Whatever they have tried or purchased do not work according to plan or the promise given. As a result, there is still no effective system to ensure traffic flow to their sites after months or even years.

One of your objectives should therefore be putting at least one or two traffic-generating systems such as writing and submitting articles to directories and optimising search engines (SEO) through the selection of keywords. This entails only minimal financial commitment on your part.

If you are good in writing and enjoy doing it, you might decide to write your own articles. Otherwise you could join an article cooperative to get access to private label articles OR hire someone to write articles for you.

Let's discuss the differences of these 3 possibilities:

1) Do Your Own Research and Write Your Own Articles

The main advantage of writing your own articles is that it's "free" and it would give you a sense of pride in accomplishment. You might enjoy writing articles to share your experience in Internet online business. The downside is that it'd take up some of your time to conduct some research work.

2) Join An Article Cooperative to Get Pre-written Articles

A recommended article cooperative is InfoGoRound where you could get hundreds of pre-written articles for a small enrollment fee. From these you could choose those discussing subjects related to the content of your website. These are referred to as the "Private label articles" which you have full permission to use and also add your own name and article resource box to the article as the author.

3) Hire Someone to Write Articles For You

If you are not comfortable writing your own articles or if you find it too much a hassle especially when you're new to this business or if you do not fancy pre-written articles due to lack of originality, you could use an article ghost writing service such as Just Articles to put your own ideas into writing For a relatively small fee you can get your articles written very quickly.

For article marketing on the Internet, articles written with between 400-700 words would suffice. It goes without saying that your articles must be relevant to your Internet business. Hence topic of your articles should be related to: "working at home", "home based business", "Internet marketing", "making money online", "promoting a website", etc.

Submitting your articles and getting them re-published on others' websites and newsletters/ezines is one of the most powerful Internet marketing strategies. Your articles will then start working as a free advertisement for you forever. And you do not have to pay even a dime for such advertising space. You will continue to enjoy free traffic driven to your website for a long, long time!

Search engines are the first things Internet surfers look for when they are searching for goods or services. Where your website appears to the visitors in their search results is of utmost importance. The objective of all Internet marketers is to ensure that their URLs appear right at the top of the first page or at least the first 50th position since this would mean higher chances of the visitors clicking on the most prominent URLs.

First and foremost, it is the Keyword. Keywords are the foundation on which the entire search engine system works. If a top ranking site suddenly drops drastically, it may mean that certain content of the website has become invisible or inaccessible to search engine spiders and crawlers.

Very often certain particular keyword or phrase has been ineffective due to fierce competition. Hence, Search engine optimization refers to the development of the right keyword strategies to ensure good ranking of your website. The most effective advertising technique online today is good placement in the search engines.

In conclusion, with writing and distributing articles and optimizing search engines, you would have at least two effective systems to ensure traffic flow to their sites after months or even years.

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John Woon (Sung-Liang Woon) is a Rubber and Latex Consultant with about 30 years of experience. He is now also earning handsome income from the Internet working from home. Check this fantastic website to find out how he has ventured into Internet business: http://www.PlugInProfitSite.com/main-9747 ... Learn more about his website and blog at: http://www.johnwoon.com/ and http://healthysite.blogspot.com/

11 Creative Ways to Make Big Profits from Your eBook - Part 3

2008-07-30T17:27:00.003+07:00

What do you do when you spend your valuable time and energy on creating an ebook? Do you start selling it online and then spend a lot of time to create another ebook from scratch?

What if I told you that you can create an ebook once and easily multiple your profits from it? Would you be interested to discover these profit-pulling ideas?

If you’ve read Part 1 and Part 2 of this article, you’ve discovered 8 hot ideas on how to multiple your ebook profits.

Now here are 3 more creative ideas…

Hot Idea #9: Turn Your Publication into Software

You can create a software program that automates or simplifies what you teach in your ebook. For example if you sell an ebook on how to write profit-pulling sales letters, you can create a tool that offer sales letter templates and people can simply fill in the blanks and have their own killer sales letter ready in minutes.

You can sell your software as a backend to your ebook and also a new stand-alone product. Since using software is easier than learning to do it yourself from scratch, many people will buy your software.

Hot Idea #10: Turn Your eBook into an Audio Course

You can create an audio course simply by recording your voice while reading your ebook text. You just need to add a little emotion and excitement to it to make it feel more live. You can also add a part to it whenever you feel is needed.

After you finish creating your audio course, you can sell it on CD or as downloadable audio.

Since audio courses offer a higher perceived value, you can sell your audio course for a higher price. For example if your ebook costs $37, you can sell your audio course for $97.

So why would people pay the extra money to buy the audio course?

Because some people learn much better by listening than just reading. What’s more, listening to someone talking to us with excitement is much more fun than staring at the white screen for a long time.

Hot Idea #11: Start a Success Stories Membership Website

When you sell your ebook for a while, there must be some of your customers who have followed your teachings and have gotten amazing results by doing what you told them.

You can create a membership site and each month, interview one of your successful customers who has gotten the results your other customers want to achieve.

Your goal should be helping him reveal his secrets to success the way it’s easy to understand and follow for other people. Then you’ll publish that interview on your membership site for other members.

This will be a great backend for your ebook because your ebook customers would love to see how they can get results in action.

Also seeing how other people just like themselves have reached what you promise, gives them hope and motivation which will also reduces the number of refund requests.

Final Thoughts

Let me share a secret with you…

To become more and more successful online, you need to be creative and think outside the box.Millions of people have their own website and try to make money online.

To stay above the crowd, you need to be “unique”!

The 11 creative ideas that you just discovered are very valuable and will help you make multiple your profits from the ebook you create once.

But you shouldn’t stop at these 11 ideas. Try to find more and more ideas to multiple your profits with the minimum amount of time and effort.

You can do it!

So what are you waiting for?

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Ladan Lashkari is a respected Internet marketing expert and the author of “How to Find Best-Selling Product Ideas” and also many Internet marketing articles that show you killer tips and tricks to create your own profit pulling products.To grab a FREE copy of "Best-Selling Ideas" Master's Course, simply visit her website at: http://www.findproductideas.com/

11 Creative Ways to Make Big Profits from Your eBook - Part 2

2008-07-28T11:28:00.003+07:00

What do you do when you spend your valuable time and energy on creating an ebook? Do you start selling it online and then spend a lot of time to create another ebook from scratch?

What if I told you that you can create an ebook once and easily multiple your profits from it? Would you be interested to discover these profit-pulling ideas? If you’ve read Part 1 of this Article, you’ve discovered 4 hot ideas on how to multiple your ebook profits.

Now here are 4 more creative ideas…

Hot Idea #5: Give Away Part of Your eBook as an eCourse

You can divide a part of your ebook into some lessons and turn it into an ecourse (e.g. a 5-day ecourse) and put it on autoresponder. This ecourse should provide helpful information and also promote your paid ebook. Then you can ask people to sign up to your ecourse to receive one lesson every day.

This is a very effective marketing technique because your prospects will see for themselves how much you know about that topic which makes them trust you as an expert, so they are much more likely to buy your ebook.

After all, they’ll think if you can afford to reveal such valuable information in your “free” mini course, how valuable the information in your “paid” course will be?

Hot Idea #6: Give Away Your eBook and Charge for Advertising

You can create an informative ebook that offers valuable information, and then sell advertising space in it to people who have related products.

Simply send them a copy of your ebook and explain how you’re going to turn it into a viral tool that will spread all over the Internet, promoting THEIR product, and how having their ads in it will bring them targeted traffic.

Of course it’s necessary that you really give the value you’ve promised and DO promote and spread your ebook effectively, so they'll happily agree to work with you again in the future.

Hot Idea #7: Start Your own Paid Membership Site Based on Your eBook

You can start a membership site and discuss a technique or chapter of your ebook in more details each month. You can provide examples, interviews and other valuable types of content to help your members understand and learn to use what you teach in your ebook more effectively.

You can let people access this membership site for a monthly fee. You can make a lot of profits by having your own membership site because it’s recurring sales every month.

Your membership site can be a great backend for your ebook, as well as a hotstand-alone product.

Hot Idea #8: Turn Your eBook into an eClass

You could divide your publication into lessons and assignments and send them out once or twice a week via e-mail. You can create two eclasses: beginner and advanced.

The beginner eclass can last for 3-5 weeks, for example, and then you can promote your advanced eclass to them and ask them to sign up.

If you really provide valuable lessons in your first eclass, many of your customers will also sign up for the advanced class.

Hot Idea #9: …
Read part 3 of this article to discover more killer ideas to increase your ebook profits.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Ladan Lashkari is a respected Internet marketing expert and the author of “How to Find Best-Selling Product Ideas” and also many Internet marketing articles that show you killer tips and tricks to create your own profit pulling products.To grab a FREE copy of "Best-Selling Ideas" Master's Course, simply visit her website at: http://www.findproductideas.com/

11 Creative Ways to Make Big Profits from Your eBook - Part 1

2008-07-26T16:36:00.002+07:00

By Ladan Lashkari

What do you do after you spend your valuable time and energy on creating an ebook? Do you start selling it online and then spend a lot of time to create another ebook from scratch? What if I told you that you can create an ebook once and easily multiple your profits from it? Would you be interested to discover these profit-pulling ideas? Well, here you go…

Hot Idea #1: Sell the Resell Rights to Your eBook

When you sell people the rights to resell your ebook and keep 100% of the profits, you can make money in two ways:

First by selling the resell rights, and second by promoting and selling affiliate products or your other related products in the ebook. So when people give it away or sell it, their customers will see your promotions and some of them will buy them. So you’ve just made some sales without any additional marketing effort at all.

Now that’s a nice way of making additional profits, isn’t it? ;-) The key is to write your ebook about a hot-selling subject, so a lot of people will buy the resell rights to it because they know it will sell like crazy.

Hot Idea #2: Sell the Master Resell Rights to Your eBook

You can allow people to sell your ebook as well as the resell rights to it and keep all the profits. Naturally master resell rights are worth more than just resell rights so you can sell them for a higher price.

On the other hand, if people get the master resell rights to your ebook, soon more and more people will start selling it on the Internet and after a while, you’ll find yourself facing a lot of competition all trying to sell your ebook. So you won’t be able to sell it as easily as you could before.

Selling the master resell rights to your products is most profitable when you have a powerful backend selling strategy in place. So by making your ebook viral, not only you don’t lose anything, but you’ll also make a lot of profits by promoting your backend and affiliate products inside the ebook.

Hot Idea #3: Give Away the Resell Rights to Your eBook

Instead of "selling" your ebook resell rights, you can give them away for free so people can offer your ebook on their website for free or give it to their customers as a bonus for their own product.

This technique will easily make your ebook spread on the Internet fast. So it can be a great viral marketing strategy to get free advertising for your backend and affiliate products.

Hot Idea #4: Give Away the Branded Copy of Your eBook

To make your ebook more viral and make it spread even more quickly, you can let people brand it with their own name and website URL.

When a website owner offers his customers with an ebook that includes his name and website address, it has a higher perceived value and increases his credibility. So people will be much more willing to promote your ebook if you make it brandable.

Branding can be as simple as including a sentence like “Brought to you by: Joe Smith”, or even letting people replace the affiliate links with their own affiliate ID.

Hot Idea #5: …
Read part 2 of this article to discover more killer ideas to increase your ebook profits.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Ladan Lashkari is a respected Internet marketing expert and the author of “How to Find Best-Selling Product Ideas” and also many Internet marketing articles that show you killer tips and tricks to create your own profit pulling products.
To grab a FREE copy of "Best-Selling Ideas" Master's Course, simply visit her website at: http://www.findproductideas.com/