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	<title>Information for the Marketer</title>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:37:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>How to Get Your Website Indexed by Google</title>
		<link>http://handholdingmarketing.com/blog/search-engine/how-to-get-your-website-indexed-by-google/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:37:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pablo</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Search Engine]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So you’ve built your Website and you’ve gone live with it.
Congratulations! But now you need the website indexed by Google so
that the site show’s up on the search engine. It will happen
eventually, Google will find your site and list it on their search
engine, but you want to know how to get your Website indexed by
Google [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So you’ve built your Website and you’ve gone live with it.<br />
Congratulations! But now you need the website indexed by Google so<br />
that the site show’s up on the search engine. It will happen<br />
eventually, Google will find your site and list it on their search<br />
engine, but you want to know how to get your Website indexed by<br />
Google fast.</p>
<p>There are many great and free ways to get traffic to your site.<br />
However, the best and the easiest way to do it is to rank well with<br />
the major search engines. And the biggest of all the search engines<br />
– by far and away – is Google. So you need to make sure your site<br />
is known to Google before you even try to get it to rank well.</p>
<p>The easiest and surest way to get your Website indexed by Google is<br />
to submit it to Google. Google has a place where you can submit<br />
your site. Simply go to Google, click on “Business Solutions”, then<br />
“Webmaster Central”, and finally “Submit your Content to Google”.<br />
From there you will be given the choice to submit your url. Again,<br />
this is very easy and it works but the major drawback is that it<br />
takes a long time.</p>
<p>If you want to get your Website indexed faster there are many<br />
things you can do. The best thing used to be to ask a popular<br />
Website owner to link to your site. This would help get your site<br />
known because the Google spiders would find you through them.<br />
However, Google now penalizes sites for taking part in link<br />
exchanges so you’ll find it next to impossible to get anyone to<br />
link to your site in exchange for you linking to their site.</p>
<p>What you can do is set-up a couple social sites that work in<br />
conjunction with your main site. For example, if you have a site<br />
about dieting then you can build a Squidoo page on exercising and<br />
then link back your site. This will help Google find you and it<br />
will also help you rank better with Google since you’ll be adding a<br />
backlink to your site.</p>
<p>Then you can add both the social site(s) and your actual site to<br />
Digg.com and StumbleUpon.com. These two sites will also help with<br />
Google finding your site.</p>
<p>Finally, you can write articles and submit them to<br />
ezinearticles.com. Be sure to put a link to your site in the<br />
signature box of the article. Once again this will help get your<br />
Website indexed by Google and it will also improve your Google<br />
ranking.</p>
<p>Eventually Google will find your site and index it. However, it can<br />
take a very long time. To speed up the process a little you can<br />
submit your site to Google. To get your Website indexed by Google<br />
even faster you can create social sites, submit to Digg and<br />
StumbleUpon, and write articles.</p>
<p>One of my favorite social networking sites to create a page and add<br />
a link to my site to get indexed fast is Squidoo.  If you&#8217;re<br />
looking for a detailed plan that will show you how to use<br />
Squidoo to get your site ranked fast just head over to the<br />
following website now:</p>
<p><a href="http://pablo8518.ultsquidoo.hop.clickbank.net/">http://pablo8518.ultsquidoo.hop.clickbank.net/</a></p>
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		<title>JV Your Way to Success Online</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 10:28:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Internet Marketing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In the Internet Marketing world being able to market directly to
people through email is huge in determining how well a product
launch goes. Obviously the way to market directly to people is to
have a large list. However, to market to even more people, it’s a
good idea to Joint Venture or JV with other Internet Marketers who
have [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In the Internet Marketing world being able to market directly to<br />
people through email is huge in determining how well a product<br />
launch goes. Obviously the way to market directly to people is to<br />
have a large list. However, to market to even more people, it’s a<br />
good idea to Joint Venture or JV with other Internet Marketers who<br />
have huge lists. In fact, getting good JVs can be your key to<br />
success.</p>
<p>Joint Venture actually refers to someone else agreeing to market<br />
one of your products to their list in exchange for a commission on<br />
the sales that are made. The commissions are usually a high<br />
percentage of the sale since the person who has the list is really<br />
doing (or has already done) most of the work for the sale. Also,<br />
usually anyone you want to get as a JV partner is an established<br />
Internet Marketer with a great list and therefore would command a<br />
high percentage.</p>
<p>It’s always very difficult for any new IMer to get good JVs. You<br />
really need to build-up a good reputation in order to even get the<br />
more successful IMers to even consider being a JV with you.<br />
However, one way you can get more JVs is by hooking-up with a<br />
mentor. A mentor is a built-in JV partner for you (usually) and any<br />
good mentor will usually be able to get his/her friends (who<br />
usually have large lists too) to consider being a JV for you too.</p>
<p>Of course, you can go about finding JVs on your own. The best place<br />
to do this is on IM forums. If you can become a positive presence<br />
on a forum then you can begin making friends that way. Over time<br />
you will develop good relationships with people who will be great<br />
JV partners. To help with this process you’ll have to be sure to<br />
make quality posts and you’ll also want to consider going out of<br />
your way to help others on the board. This will help you stand<br />
above the others posters and will greatly increase your chances of<br />
finding great JV partners.</p>
<p>Launching a product on the Internet is always very exciting.<br />
However, after the excitement dies down all that really matters is<br />
whether that product is successful or not. In order to help ensure<br />
success you need to be able to directly market your product to as<br />
many people as possible. The best way to reach people is by getting<br />
people to Joint Venture with you. In fact, getting JV partners is<br />
your key to success with any product launch.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.paulconway.biz/">http://www.paulconway.biz</a></p>
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		<title>The Fastest Way to Online Success:Get a Mentor.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 11:12:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pablo</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Internet Marketing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ever since the Internet began to catch on, people have been
steadily making more and more money through Internet Marketing
(IM). Many people have found tremendous success with IM but a much,
much larger percentage of people never make a single penny from IM.
These people wind-up losing more money then they make. So what can
you do to ensure [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ever since the Internet began to catch on, people have been<br />
steadily making more and more money through Internet Marketing<br />
(IM). Many people have found tremendous success with IM but a much,<br />
much larger percentage of people never make a single penny from IM.<br />
These people wind-up losing more money then they make. So what can<br />
you do to ensure your success? Well, the only way to guarantee your<br />
success is by finding a good mentor. And that’s also the fastest<br />
way to IM success.</p>
<p>A mentor is a person who will help get you started with your<br />
Internet Marketing business and the mentor will also help lead you<br />
to success. You mentor will teach you everything you need to know<br />
so that you’re able to cut-down on mistakes and your also able to<br />
bounce back quickly when you do make mistakes.</p>
<p>When you have a mentor you are suddenly able to tap into a wealth<br />
of experience and knowledge. You also suddenly have connections in<br />
the IM world. Any good mentor will have a large list that you can<br />
market to when you begin to promote your own products and/or<br />
services. And good mentors will also know other major Internet<br />
Marketers who may become a JV with you on a launch. Then you’ll<br />
have multiple large lists that you’ll be able to market to.</p>
<p>The one thing you need to realize about mentors is that not all of<br />
them are good. And just because someone is a successful IMer<br />
doesn’t mean that person is a good mentor. A mentor must be<br />
successful with Internet Marketing but success doesn’t guarantee<br />
that the person is a good teacher. Always remember this. In fact,<br />
most successful IMers like working on their own too much to be a<br />
good mentor. So always be careful and choose a mentor wisely. At<br />
the very least get 2-3 references from current or past students of<br />
the mentor.</p>
<p>When you enter into Internet Marketing the odds really are stacked<br />
against you. And everyday – as more and more people enter into the<br />
IM game – your odds of success become longer and longer. That’s why<br />
you need all the help you can get. The absolute best help you can<br />
possibly get is finding a good mentor to guide you to success. If<br />
you want to guarantee that you make it with Internet Marketing, and<br />
you want to start pulling in cash within a short amount of time<br />
then you want to hire a mentor.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.paulconway.biz/">http://www.paulconway.biz</a></p>
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		<title>Article Writing the Right Way</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2008 15:16:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[writing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Just about anyone who has a business on the Internet uses article
marketing as part of their marketing efforts. Article marketing is
when a person writes an article related to a product or service
they’re offering in an attempt to get more people to become their
customer. Unfortunately not many people even know the right way to
write articles.
One of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just about anyone who has a business on the Internet uses article<br />
marketing as part of their marketing efforts. Article marketing is<br />
when a person writes an article related to a product or service<br />
they’re offering in an attempt to get more people to become their<br />
customer. Unfortunately not many people even know the right way to<br />
write articles.</p>
<p>One of the keys to writing articles is to make sure they will rank<br />
high on the search engines. This is done through search engine<br />
optimization. This means that the article is written using a<br />
keyword or a keyword phrase in the article so that the article<br />
appears when that keyword or keyword phrase is searched for.</p>
<p>Just about everyone who writes articles knows that the articles<br />
have to be search engine optimized. So this is followed but the<br />
other key for the right way to write articles is completely<br />
overlooked. The other key ingredient is to make sure the article is<br />
well-written, easy to read, and informative.</p>
<p>Too many people simply write an article as fast as they can and<br />
pump it full of keywords or a keyword phrases and then throw it up<br />
on the Internet. The article is not educational and has no value to<br />
anyone. So people will find the article but they won’t go any<br />
further.</p>
<p>So anyone writing an article has to remember there are two steps<br />
that must be taken by any potential customers. First the person has<br />
to find the article and then they have to read it and find enough<br />
value to want to continue to where the article directs them.</p>
<p>There are many people who write articles but absolutely hate it.<br />
Many of these people also have no idea how to write a good article.<br />
Luckily there is a formula they can follow.</p>
<p>The first part of a good article is the title. The title should<br />
include the keyword or keyword phrase and it should also promise to<br />
give a benefit to the reader. For example, it might promise it will<br />
tell them how to save money on gas or it might promise to tell them<br />
how to write an article the correct way (just as the title of this<br />
article does). One thing to keep in mind is to always give people a<br />
list or a specific number of solutions to a problem. People love<br />
reading these types of articles.</p>
<p>Next an introduction has to be written. This will introduce the<br />
reader to the topic and should include a “hook” – something that<br />
will keep the people reading.</p>
<p>Then in the body of the article, you should give them the benefit<br />
that was promised in the title. Make sure you give them what was<br />
promised. If you promised “4 Ways to Save Money on Gas” then you<br />
better give them 4 ways to save money on gas. If not, they’ll get<br />
disgusted and simply click-out of your article.</p>
<p>Finally, in the conclusion you should just sum-up what the entire<br />
article was about. Some people like to make the conclusion a mirror<br />
image of the introduction.</p>
<p>Many people write articles and post them on the Internet but not<br />
many people actually know the right way to write articles. A good<br />
article needs to be optimized for search engines and it also needs<br />
to be well-written so that the article leads the reader to where<br />
you want them to go.</p>
<p>For a course all about how to write profit pulling articles fast,<br />
check out 30 Minute Articles now::</p>
<p><a href="http://www.paulconway.biz/">http://www.paulconway.biz</a></p>
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		<title>Do Not Give Up Your Dreams</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 09:24:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pablo</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are trying to achieve success at anything, the first thing
you must commit to is that no matter what, you won’t give up. You
have to tell yourself that there’s no way you’re going to let
yourself fail, no matter what happens. You have to believe that you
will never give up.
The path to success is a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you are trying to achieve success at anything, the first thing<br />
you must commit to is that no matter what, you won’t give up. You<br />
have to tell yourself that there’s no way you’re going to let<br />
yourself fail, no matter what happens. You have to believe that you<br />
will never give up.</p>
<p>The path to success is a long and winding road. There will be ups<br />
and downs. It will be somewhat easy for some people and it will be<br />
very difficult for others. And then for everyone else achieving<br />
success will be somewhere in between. But on thing that’s certain<br />
is if you’re going to be successful then you can’t give-up.</p>
<p>It takes all different kinds of people to achieve success.</p>
<p>Some people went to college and studied hard for many years. These<br />
people got their Bachelor’s, and their Master’s, and some even got<br />
their Doctorate Degree. And then they finally ventured out on their<br />
own and now they are very successful.</p>
<p>Other people begin their journey to success much sooner. Some<br />
people drop out of college and some even drop out of high school.<br />
They know what they want and they go for it with unwavering passion<br />
and dedication. And without a solid education, these people become<br />
successful.</p>
<p>So you have people who are very well-educated and people who aren’t<br />
educated hardly at all who both become successful. These people<br />
have very little in common. But they do have something in common<br />
that is the most important ingredient to being successful. They are<br />
all very successful because they didn’t give up.</p>
<p>When every thing else is stripped away, that’s what’s truly<br />
important. If you want to be successful, you can never give up.<br />
This sounds simple and it can be, but often it’s much easier said<br />
than done.</p>
<p>It can be a daily struggle to always stay committed to success and<br />
not to allow yourself to give into thoughts of doubt.  Sometimes<br />
things will get so bad that you think there’s no possible way<br />
you’ll be successful with what you’re trying to do. You’ll curse<br />
yourself for even trying to do what it is you’re doing. You’ll<br />
begin to think of ways to stop trying and to move onto something<br />
else.</p>
<p>Don’t let this happen to you. Know that the number one thing that<br />
it takes to be successful is perseverance. You can’t give up. You<br />
have to keep striving and believing. You have to keep yourself on<br />
the right path and have faith in what you’re doing.</p>
<p>Because in the end, if you don’t believe in yourself, no one else<br />
will either. But if you do believe in yourself, and if you refuse<br />
to ever give up, then others will start believing in you too. And<br />
before you know it, you’ll be truly successful. So make sure you<br />
don’t ever give up.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.paulconway.biz/">http://www.paulconway.biz</a></p>
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		<title>Networking For Serious Internet Marketers</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 14:06:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pablo</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Internet Marketing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Over the last several years Internet Marketing has grown in
popularity. It’s a great way to make a living for a variety of
reasons. Yet many people don’t make it with Internet Marketing (IM)
because they forget to take care of one important key to IM
success. That key is networking.
Internet Marketing is great because it allows people to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Over the last several years Internet Marketing has grown in<br />
popularity. It’s a great way to make a living for a variety of<br />
reasons. Yet many people don’t make it with Internet Marketing (IM)<br />
because they forget to take care of one important key to IM<br />
success. That key is networking.</p>
<p>Internet Marketing is great because it allows people to be their<br />
own boss. And once they become successful with IM, often they can<br />
quit their 9-5 job and begin to work from home. That’s when the<br />
real fun begins because these people are able to be their own boss.<br />
No longer do they have to worry about impressing or answering to<br />
someone else. But this sometimes becomes a problem.</p>
<p>Some Internet Marketers become so entrenched in working for<br />
themselves that they forget to worry about anyone else. They forget<br />
that networking is an important key to IM success.</p>
<p>All networking refers to is meeting and interacting with people in<br />
order for both of you to potentially make gains – financially and<br />
otherwise. Networking takes work and it also takes time. But all<br />
the time and work is well worth it.</p>
<p>If an Internet Marketer is able to build a strong network that’s<br />
filled with other Internet Marketers then all of those Internet<br />
Marketers will prosper. They will be able to help each other work<br />
through problems and they’ll also be able to share success with<br />
each other.</p>
<p>The advantages you can get from networking are nearly limitless.<br />
And the problems you will encounter from not networking are also<br />
endless. Sure it feels great to achieve success on your own but<br />
when things start going wrong then there is no lonelier feeling<br />
than having no where and no one to turn to.</p>
<p>The best way to network is to frequent Internet Marketing forums<br />
and to post helpful information as often as possible. Networking is<br />
a two-way street so if you help out others than others will be much<br />
more likely to help you out. Slowly, over time you’ll be able to<br />
form great relationships with some of the other IMers and together<br />
all of you will have a much better chance of succeeding.</p>
<p>A major key to Internet Marketing success is networking. Yet many<br />
people forget or don’t even know about this. They try to make it<br />
completely on their own and then when things get rough, they have<br />
no one they can turn to for help. And when things go right, they<br />
have no one who can help them be even more successful. Networking<br />
truly is a major key for succeeding with Internet Marketing.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.paulconway.biz/">http://www.paulconway.biz</a></p>
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		<title>Writing Your E-Book</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2008 13:10:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pablo</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Writing and selling an eBook is one of the most profitable ways a
person can make money with Internet Marketing. But more than that,
writing an eBook can also establish a person as an expert in their
niche. That is, as long as the eBook is good. So here is the right
way to write an eBook.
The first elemental [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Writing and selling an eBook is one of the most profitable ways a<br />
person can make money with Internet Marketing. But more than that,<br />
writing an eBook can also establish a person as an expert in their<br />
niche. That is, as long as the eBook is good. So here is the right<br />
way to write an eBook.</p>
<p>The first elemental that is essential for writing a great eBook is<br />
that you must be able to write. If you can’t write then you need to<br />
be honest with yourself and you need to hire someone else to write<br />
for you. No matter how hard you work, your book simply won’t be any<br />
good if you can’t write.</p>
<p>Now, if you can write then you need to know that there is a certain<br />
style of writing that most readers prefer. That style is a<br />
conversational tone with a lot of space included. So be sure to<br />
write like you’re talking to the reader rather than writing for<br />
them. And also leave most of your paragraphs short and include<br />
spaces in between them. This will give people the impression that<br />
they can devour the reading easily.</p>
<p>The third tip for the right way to write an eBook is to make sure<br />
you include valuable information. And you want to make sure you<br />
begin presenting valuable information right from the start.<br />
Otherwise, you may lose a lot of readers before they even get to<br />
the good stuff. One of the best ways to include valuable<br />
information early is to use the Introduction of the book to simply<br />
let the reader know about all the great stuff that’s in the book.</p>
<p>The last of the things you must do to write a good eBook is to make<br />
sure you edit it. Make sure the entire story flows well and that<br />
each sentence sounds right. Make sure there aren’t any major<br />
grammatical errors and that there are no misspellings or<br />
punctuation mistakes.</p>
<p>There are certainly a lot of bad eBooks out on the Internet today.<br />
This is mainly because many people don’t know the right way to<br />
write an eBook. If you want to write a great eBook then you need to<br />
be sure that you are a good writer, that you know how to write for<br />
an Internet audience, that you include valuable information, and<br />
that you edit your work. If you make sure these four things are<br />
taken care of then you will have a great eBook to offer on the<br />
Internet.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.paulconway.biz/">http://www.paulconway.biz</a></p>
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		<title>How to Build Your Squidoo Lens</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 10:54:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Social Marketing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A Squidoo lens is a great thing to set up. Google once again seems
to love Squidoo. That means Google ranks Squidoo lenses very well
on their search results. It’s also very easy to build a Squidoo
lens quickly. Here’s how to build a Squidoo lens in 10 minutes.
The first thing you need to do is go to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A Squidoo lens is a great thing to set up. Google once again seems<br />
to love Squidoo. That means Google ranks Squidoo lenses very well<br />
on their search results. It’s also very easy to build a Squidoo<br />
lens quickly. Here’s how to build a Squidoo lens in 10 minutes.</p>
<p>The first thing you need to do is go to Squidoo.com and sign-up for<br />
an account (if you don’t already have one). Once you have an<br />
account then you’re ready to build your first lens. So you can go<br />
ahead and click-on “Make a Lens” at the top of the page. Then go<br />
ahead and complete the information they ask you to complete.</p>
<p>The correct way to build a Squidoo lens is for you to include<br />
keywords for your topic. Try to do this in the URL and in the title<br />
of your lens. You’ll also be able to add keyword tags to your lens<br />
after you’re built the lens.</p>
<p>Once you’ve filled in the preliminary information (name of lens,<br />
the URL, keywords, etc.) then you want to actually build your lens.</p>
<p>The best way how to build a Squidoo lens in 10 minutes is to<br />
include as little information as possible in each module (you can<br />
add more information later). You also want to have about 5 modules.</p>
<p>So begin with the Introduction module. In about 3 sentences explain<br />
what the lens is about. Include a picture if you have one.</p>
<p>Then include a poll, an Amazon module (books from Amazon that<br />
relate to the niche), a YouTube module, and a link list (linking to<br />
your website). It will probably take you about 5 minutes to do all<br />
that. You can add more now or later if you want.</p>
<p>One last thing you do need to do is include more keyword tags. You<br />
do this by going to the right of the lens and clicking on “edit”<br />
beside tags. Then put in as many as 20 keyword tags that apply to<br />
your lens.</p>
<p>When this is finished go ahead and click on “Publish” at the top of<br />
the page. This will put your page “live” on Squidoo. Remember you<br />
can go back in and make improvements later. You can add some other<br />
cool modules like “Black Box” or “Sticky Note”. (They are both<br />
super-easy to set-up and they look great!) Just to get your lens up<br />
and running this is a great way how to build a Squidoo lens in 10<br />
minutes or less.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.paulconway.biz/">http://www.paulconway.biz</a></p>
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		<title>Four Key Points to Writing Sales Copy</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 10:29:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sales Copy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you have a product or a service to sell then you need a sales
letter. Your sales letter is the most important tool for making
money. If you have a great sales letter than people will pay you
money to get their hands on whatever you’re offering. If you have a
bad sales letter, people are going to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you have a product or a service to sell then you need a sales<br />
letter. Your sales letter is the most important tool for making<br />
money. If you have a great sales letter than people will pay you<br />
money to get their hands on whatever you’re offering. If you have a<br />
bad sales letter, people are going to click off of your site and<br />
never return. That’s why it’s so important to write a great sales<br />
letter.</p>
<p>The best sales letter writers have been practicing their craft for<br />
years. They have a lot of experience. They also have a lot of<br />
knowledge. Now, obviously the only way to gain experience is for<br />
you to actually sit down and write a lot of sales letter. And the<br />
knowledge part of sales letter literally takes dozens (if not<br />
hundreds) of books and articles in order to gain all the knowledge<br />
you need. However, there are four keys for writing a great sales<br />
letter.</p>
<p>The first key to writing a great sales letter is putting your best<br />
benefit in the headline of the sales letter. Don’t tell the person<br />
what the product or service does. Tell them what it will do for<br />
that person. Will it make them pain free? Will it make them richer?<br />
Will it make them successful? Whatever the main benefit is, make<br />
sure you put it in the headline of the sales letter.</p>
<p>The second key for writing a great sales letter is to make your<br />
writing reader friendly. This means you write in language that’s<br />
easy to understand. It also means you keep your paragraphs short<br />
and you keep a nice flow to your writing. Reading a sales letter<br />
should not be an ordeal for anyone.</p>
<p>The third key to a great sales letter is called “the slippery<br />
slope”. This simply means that you want to hook your reader right<br />
at the beginning of the sales letter. Then you want to keep them<br />
sliding right down the slide you’ve built until they click the “Buy<br />
Now” button at the end of the letter.</p>
<p>Finally, the last of the four keys to writing a great sales letter<br />
is to actually ask the reader to buy your product or service.<br />
Surprisingly this is often overlooked. Too many sales letter<br />
writers forget to ask the reader to hit the “Buy Now” button. So<br />
don’t you forget to ask for the purchase from the prospective<br />
buyer. It could make all the difference between making a sale or<br />
not making a sale.</p>
<p>Writing a good sales letter is not an easy task. It usually takes<br />
people years to get good at it. However, there are some things you<br />
can do right away to make your own sales letters better. These four<br />
keys for writing a great sales letter are putting the best benefit<br />
in the headline, writing an entertaining and easy to read letter,<br />
creating a “slippery slope”, and actually asking the reader to buy<br />
from you.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.paulconway.biz/">http://www.paulconway.biz</a></p>
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		<title>Five Tips to Make Your Blog Better</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 10:27:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Blogs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you have a blog or are planning on beginning one soon, then you
obviously want it to do as well as possible. It should go without
saying that you need to update your blog regularly – at least three
or four times a week. However, there are a handful of other things
you should do as well. Five [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you have a blog or are planning on beginning one soon, then you<br />
obviously want it to do as well as possible. It should go without<br />
saying that you need to update your blog regularly – at least three<br />
or four times a week. However, there are a handful of other things<br />
you should do as well. Five tips to make your blog better are<br />
writing articles, submitting your blog to digg.com and similar<br />
sites, pinging your blog, including the link to your blog in your<br />
signature on forums, and including the link on social networking<br />
sites.</p>
<p>One of the best ways to promote your blog is by writing articles<br />
about the topic and submitting the articles to article sites such<br />
as ezinearticles.com or goarticles.com. You can even just cut and<br />
paste an actual blog and submit it to your blog. Just put a link to<br />
one of your blogs in the signature box below the article.</p>
<p>The second tip to make your blog better is to visit dig.com and add<br />
the URL to the site. This will draw in more visitors and will get<br />
you a ton of hits if your blog post is good enough to be selected<br />
as one of the feature stories. There are other sites like digg.com<br />
that you can visit as well.</p>
<p>Every time you post a new blog, you should ping your blog. There<br />
are many great services on the Web that will ping your blog. All<br />
you have to do is enter the URL and the service will do the rest of<br />
the work.</p>
<p>The fourth of the five tips to make your blog better is to belong<br />
to forums that are in the same niche as your blog. Then make good<br />
posts on the forum and include a link to your blog in your<br />
signature on the blog.</p>
<p>Finally, the last tip to make your blog better is to create<br />
profiles on a number of social networking sites and then include<br />
links to your blog. This will allow even more people to see your<br />
blog. Some of the best social networking sites are MySpace,<br />
FaceBook, and Squidoo.</p>
<p>Too often people create a good blog but they don’t do a few easy<br />
things that will make their blog more popular. Five tips to make<br />
your blog better are writing articles, submitting the blog to<br />
dig.com and similar sites, pinging your blog, including the link in<br />
your signature on forums, and including the link on social<br />
networking sites.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.paulconway.biz/">http://www.paulconway.biz</a></p>
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