The following is a poem written by Judge Roy Moore from Alabama … Judge Moore was sued by the ACLU for displaying the Ten Commandments in his courtroom foyer. He has been stripped of his judgeship and now they are trying to strip his right to practice law in Alabama! The judge’s poem sums it up quite well.

America  the beautiful,
or so you used to be.
Land of the Pilgrims’ pride;
I’m glad they’ll never see.

Babies piled in dumpsters,
Abortion on demand,
Oh, sweet land of liberty;
your house is on the sand.

Our children wander aimlessly
poisoned by cocaine
choosing to indulge their lusts,
when God has said abstain

From sea to shining sea
our Nation turns away
From the teaching of God’s love
and a need to always pray

We’ve kept God in our temples,
how callous we have grown.
When earth is but His footstool,
and Heaven is His throne.
We’ve voted in a government
that’s rotting at the core,
Appointing Godless Judges
who throw reason out the door,

Too soft to place a killer
in a well deserved tomb,
But brave enough to kill a baby
before he leaves the womb.

You think that God’s not
angry that our land’s a moral slum?
How much longer will He wait
before His judgment comes?

How are we to face our God,
from Whom we cannot hide?
What then is left for us to do,
but stem this evil tide?

If we who are His children
will humbly turn and pray;
Seek His holy face
and mend our evil way:

Then God will hear from Heaven
and forgive us of our sins,
He’ll heal our sickly land
and those who live within.

But, America the Beautiful,
If you don’t – then you will see,
A sad but Holy God
withdraw His hand from Thee.

~~Judge Roy Moore~~

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PLR content is a hot topic right now mainly because it is win-win for both buyers and sellers. Your investment in PLR is a fraction of what you’d pay for original articles, even if you pay an editor to adjust
them.

Ghostwriters charge anywhere from $10 to $30 per page for original work. That means a package of 10 articles could be up to $300 out of pocket! Your marketing budget could be eaten away in no time.
On the other hand, PLR articles generally sell for $1 to $2 per page. That’s over $280 savings! Even if you hire someone to alter the articles for $3 per page, you’re still saving hundreds of dollars and loads of time.

You also don’t have to wait for a ghostwriter to complete your content. The packages are already there waiting for you to purchase them. You can start filling your website with content almost immediately.

So how does this benefit the writer? Even though packages are sold for rock bottom prices, they are sold multiple times. With multiple buyers, a writer could be looking at a profit of $250 per page if they
sell enough copies.

There are a few minor drawbacks to using PLR content. You have to watch for quality. Make sure you review some sample articles before you commit to buying a package or signing up for a PLR subscription site.

You’ll also need to avoid the temptation to use the content as is. However, even with these few considerations, PLR is an excellent source for content.

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When you use content correctly, you’ll be able to directly influence the amount and quality of your sales. The question then becomes “Where do I get good content?” This is especially important if you don’t consider yourself a writer, or if you don’t have the time to write content for yourself. Fortunately, there’s a special brand of content out there that makes your job a whole lot easier.

What Are Private Label Rights?

Private Label Rights (or PLR) refer to content that has special privileges attached. If the content you purchase has PLR rights, you can alter it to suit your needs. You can make changes to the text, add your name as the author and distribute it anywhere you like.

Just like ghostwritten content, PLR content is written by somebody else. The major difference, though, is that the PLR provider will be selling the same content package to many different people. There are many different types of PLR content available. Many writers offer PLR article packages. These packages typically come with 10 to 30 articles around a topic and can vary in length from 300 words to 800 words each.

You can also buy full-length eBooks, short reports and autoresponder courses with private label rights. Some PLR providers include graphics and sales pages with their PLR packages. The key thing to know is that PLR content requires some altering. They aren’t meant to be used “as is.” Remember, your content package is in the hands of several, if not hundreds, of other marketers. You need to make some changes to make it stand out.

A good rule of thumb is to edit your PLR content by at least 25-40%. The main changes you’ll make will be to the title, introduction and conclusion. You can also change the keywords throughout the piece to make them fit your website and niche better. Another great way to change your PLR content is to change the way it’s used. If you bought an article package, try splitting up the articles in an autoresponder course or linking them together to create an eBook.

A lot of PLR purchasers are lazy, and they just try to use the content as is. This means by making just a few changes to your purchases, you can really stand out in your niche and make the most of your investment. My favorite PLR content source is Extreme PLR Makeover because all the tools you need to change the articles are provided right on the site. You don’t need to have or get software to create a pdf document. Make the changes you want and click create pdf and you’re done. Very easy and simple.

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Once you’ve mastered the basics of making your presence known in a forum, and you’ve got your signature file up and running, it’s time to see if your efforts are paying off.

The easiest way to check on this is to check your affiliate sales with your affiliate program manager. However, these figures won’t really tell you where your sales are coming from. If you’re using your affiliate link in several different forums, it will be impossible to tell which forum is buying the product – and you want to know which efforts are paying off and which ones are a waste of your time.A helpful program called PowerLink Generator will help you track how profitable your signature file is. With the program in place, you can give each affiliate link a special tracking code. You’ll be able to tell whether your sales are coming from Forum A or Forum B, and so on. The other useful feature of PowerLink Generator is the ability to “cloak” your affiliate links. This means your link won’t appear as an affiliate link. Here is an example of an uncloaked affiliate link:

http://www.affiliateprogram.com/youraffiliateid.html

The problem with this is that anyone familiar with affiliate marketing can remove your affiliate id and replace it with their own. You’ll lose out on your commission. With PowerLink Generator, you can cloak your affiliate link like this:

http://www.yourowndomain.com/recommendedprogram.html

Your affiliate id is completely hidden, and your potential customer is transferred directly to the sales page for the product you’re promoting. They purchase the product, and you get the commission automatically.

There’s another important step to affiliate marketing through forums. You may want to consider adding a list-building page that visitors arrive at before they are transferred to the sales page. This “squeeze” page will allow you to capture the names and email addresses of potential customers. Why is it so important to have customer contact information? Although affiliate marketing is very powerful and profitable, your eventual goal should be to create your own list of targeted niche customers.

When you add a squeeze page, you can collect information on your niche customers and market other products and services to them at a later date. Transferring customers directly from your sig file to the sales page with no squeeze page in between is like leaving money on the table. Take a few hours to set up a one page website that can capture email addresses, and you’ll reap the benefits for a long time to come. You can manage your mailing list with an autoresponder program like Aweber or GetResponse.

Autoresponder programs handle automatic mass email lists, and make your list management very simple. After setting up your initial list settings, you’ll be able to manage your potential customer list with just a click of a few buttons each month. Posting on forums can be a powerful springboard for the rest of your online career. The contacts you make there can help build your business quickly. The best part is that you can get targeted customers for no cost at all.

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Most forums discourage direct promoting of products within your posts. However, that’s where the signature file comes in handy. With a sig file, your product recommendation is included as part of your post each and every time you converse on the board. Your signature file is a little portion of text that appears below each one of your posts. The more you participate in a forum, the more your signature file appears. When you set up your signature file to show a product link, forum members can click on that link and buy the product you recommend.
Making a signature file varies just a bit from forum to forum. However, most of the process is the same. You can normally edit your signature file by editing your profile. There will be a box that you can type your URL or product link into. Before you add your product links in your signature file, make sure that you can use affiliate links in your sig. The forum rules should state whether or not this is allowed. Sometimes they only allow you to post links to your own sites, while other times you can promote affiliate products publicly.

You’ll want to make your signature link a “hyperlink.” This means that the forum members can click on the link, and it will take them directly to the product page. Every forum is different. Some require you to use HTML, and others use BBC code. But the basic set up for the code is the same.

HTML (Hyper Text Markup Langauge): <a href=”http://www.youraffiliatelink.com”>Your Site</a>
BBC (Bulletin Board Code): [url=http://www.youraffiliatelink.com]Your Site[/url]  The [url] tag will open your site in a new window. If you want it to open in the same window use [iurl] tags.

Of course, you’ll want to use something catchier than “Your Site” to describe your link. Use a phrase or sentence that will entice the other forum members to click on your link. For example:

“Are you sick and tired of feeling sick and tired?”
“Tired of paying too much for health insurance? I was too!”
“Find out the top 5 secrets to making money on eBay”
“Looking for more tips for bonsai gardening?”

You can make your signature stand out in the forum by adding special code to make it appear bold.

For HTML: <b><a href=”http://www.youraffiliatelink.com”>Your Site</a></b>
For BBC code: [b] [url=http://www.youraffiliatelink.com]Your Site[/a][/b]

Remember, you don’t have to point people to your signature link within your posts. Simply post and contribute to the forum in a positive way, and your link will be there for others to click.

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Here’s everything you need to know: http://tinyurl.com/yzt3j28

Another crack in the armor of freedom as the federal government intrudes into the private business sector. The federal and state regulations have invaded everything you do everyday. List just one thing that isn’t regulated by either federal or state law/regulation.

I asked that question of group of fellow party goers during a conversation about all of the czars we have acquired in the past 10 months. One of the party group said sex. REALLY! Did you or your partner use birth control and/or condoms?  Both are controlled by federal regulations. Did you have sex in a bed with a mattress, pillows, sheets and pillow cases? All are covered by federal regulation. If you did it in public there are a whole bunch of laws you broke.

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Be A Good Forum Community Contributor

Next, you’ll want to get involved in the forum by using your past observations as your guide. You can either set up your signature file right away, or wait until you’ve made a few posts in the group. Plan your posts wisely. There’s nothing that breaks down your credibility faster than misspellings and bad grammar. Proofread before you hit “enter” and make sure your post says what you intend it to say.

When you first get started, you’ll want to post a brief introduction. Share a little about yourself and your experience with the niche topic. You don’t have to go into too much detail. Don’t start off your posting history at the forum by giving out a lot of advice. Remember, you’re still a “newbie” no matter how much experience you have with the topic. You have to earn the trust and respect of forum members.
Before starting your own threads, participate in existing threads to begin with. Try some “me too” posts. In a “me too” post, you basically respond to an existing message with agreement. They can be used to increase your clout on the forum, but too many can make you look like a spammer – or like you have nothing of
value to add to the group. Balance your “me too” posts with valuable information.

The most important thing to keep in mind is to not try to sell anything in these initial stages. You’ve got to earn the respect of your fellow forum members before you can begin to offer advice and recommend your product. Once you feel you’ve established yourself enough in the community, feel free to offer advice to your fellow members. Keep your posts short and sweet. There’s nothing worse than trying to wade through paragraphs of information to get to the important posts. A
targeted, short post will be much more valuable than a rambling response to someone’s question.

You should make it a point to keep your tone friendly and helpful when you respond in the forum. Remember, sarcasm doesn’t translate well online and your tongue-in-cheek response to something could get you in trouble. It’s also important to note that every forum, from time to time, has its share of drama. Try your best not to get involved. Some people just wake up on the wrong side of the keyboard and attack others. If you find yourself in a position where you’re being “flamed” (attacked by posts in a forum), try to respond in a professional manner. Don’t get angry and post nasty messages back and forth. If you can, simply ignore the flaming all together. Don’t be bullied into leaving a forum.

In most cases, forum drama is normally limited to a few people and is squelched by moderators within a few hours. Do your best to stay out of the fray, and you’ll keep your image untarnished.

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Step 2: Loitering and Lurking – Not Against the Law in Forums

Once you’ve found a worthy forum (one with a good number of posters that allows sig files), go ahead and register for the forum. Normally, you’ll only need to provide your email address and your desired username. It’s recommended that you get an email address just for forum messages. You can get a free email account at Google mail or Yahoo. Google mail has a few more features than Yahoo does for their free account.

You may want to use a pen name or screen name and never list any personal information in your profile. If the forum’s profile asks for your address or location, use just your State or Country. Never list your phone number. Although all of this type of information is usually private, there is no guarantee it is or that the site won’t be hacked. The your personal information is available to the hackers to sell or track down additional information about you.

Before you post anything, however, take some time to observe (loiter and lurk) what’s going on in the forum on a regular basis. Nothing ruffles forum members’ feathers more than someone coming in and posting 100s of product recommendations in their first day. Figure out who’s who in the forum. There are always different roles that you can identify. You might see certain members who see themselves as “experts” in the topic. Others always seem to have problems that they want the forum members to fix. (Could you be the person who positions himself/herself as a go-to authority figure?)

Also, pay close attention to the mood of the forum. Do they use a lot of graphics in their posts? Are the signature files bright and flashy, or more subdued? Do they encourage off topic posts, or are threads kept to the niche topic only?

All of these factors will help you fit in better when you start posting on the forum. Spend at least a week “lurking” (watching the board but not participating) in order to get a feel for how things run. After that you’ll be in prime position to become a valuable member of the forum. If you find the forum isn’t what you originally thought you can just never return or cancel your membership.

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If you’re like many people, you use the Internet as a way to connect with others who have similar likes and interests. The good news is that you can put your social butterfly skills to good use and make some money while you’re chatting away.

Marketing in forums is one of the simplest ways to make money online. The vast majority of forums have no fees to join. They offer a goldmine of prospective buyers who are interested in specific niche topics. When you get the process right you’ll find that marketing in forums can be a very lucrative, and a fun way to sell your products or someone else’s as an affiliate. Here’s a step-by-step plan for forum marketing success.

Step 1 of 5: Finding Forums that Fit Your Niche

The first step to marketing in forums is finding the right one to become a part of for your online income strategy. The Internet is a vast connection of social networks and no matter what niche you’re involved in, there’s bound to be a group of people talking about it.

You can quickly and easily find suitable forums for your niche with a Google search. Enter the following into the Google search engine: allintitle:keyword filetype:html forum . Of course, you’d replace keyword with your keyword of choice. If you’re planning on promoting an eBook with tips on gardening, you’d want to use “gardening” as your keyword, and so on.

Make sure there are no spaces between “allintitle:” and your keyword. Your search results will show a list of online forums related to your topic. Next, you’ll want to evaluate each forum to see whether or not it’s worth your time to post there.

The biggest thing to look for in a forum is activity. Does the forum have a lot of members, or just a hardcore few? You want to find a forum that has a wide variety of regular posters, so you’ll have lots of people to market to. Still, don’t rule out a smaller forum if you want to test the waters because sometimes a highly targeted group can mean a higher conversion in click-throughs to your links, and ultimately – sales. Also, make sure the forum allows you to use a signature or “sig” file when you post. Your sig file will be home to your product links, so it’s vital that you’re allowed to use one.

Steps 2 through 5 to follow in later posts. Subscribe to the RSS feed and I’ll personally let you know when the rest of the steps are posted.

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There are many places on the net where you can upload your articles so they’ll get picked up by publishers. Some are free and some make you pay for exposure. Let’s look at the most common article marketing depots:

Ezine Articles

When you get an account at www.EzineArticles.com, you’ll start out having to go through a process where your articles take about a week to get approved. After 10 accepted submissions, you get faster approval because you’ve proven yourself to the editors. You’re only allowed to link to your site in your Bio Box. It’s free to get an author’s account with Ezine Articles.

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Publishers love the articles there because they’ve been carefully reviewed so that they don’t appear like Spam or blatant selfpromotion. Once your article is approved, it stays in the cycle of articles for six months. Ezine Articles has an RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feed to alert website owners and ezine publishers that there’s new content available within their niche. Plus, many are on an email list to receive notification right to their inboxes.

Go Articles

A faster way of getting your articles available to publishers is to use www.GoArticles.com. This is also a free service, and unlike Ezine Articles, you’re allowed to post affiliate links directly within the main text of the article. Article marketing will spike your traffic temporarily, but you always want to continue providing fresh content to the various article directories.

You should have your site ready to convert the traffic into sales. This coverage isn’t just about getting the one time conversion, however. Becoming an expert author in your field means branding yourself as the primary “go-to” person in your niche. This lends credibility to you and allows you to partner up with others in the industry for joint ventures.

Direct Marketing

Not all article marketing is done through a distribution service. You may find a list of Ezines that cater to your niche and contact the publisher directly for exposure to their readers. You can offer to provide free content in exchange for them allowing you to include a Bio Box or your links directly within the article itself. You can invest in a list of Ezines and find your niche at http://www.ezine-dir.com/. Or, do a search for ezine directories.

Other Article Distributors

New article directories are popping up all the time. Some are gaining in popularity. You can use a combination of directories to saturate the market with your text and ultimately maximize your potential for traffic and sales. Here’s a list of more article directories you can use:

• http://www.isnare.com
• http://www.snaparticles.com
• http://www.a1articles.com/
• http://www.content-articles.com/
• http://www.earticlesonline.com/
• http://www.free-articles-zone.com/
• http://www.getyourarticles.com/
• http://www.justarticlesonline.com/
• http://www.myarticlepub.com/
• http://www.newarticlesonline.com/
• http://www.postarticles.com/

You can perform a Google search for the key phrase, “article directory” and find out what new sites have sprung up that you can become a contributor of content to. Some authors like to slightly change each article for individual sites rather than submit the same one to every directory. Or, use a submission service such as Article Marketer that will submit your articles to hundreds of directoires saving you hours of time.

A Last Word About Article Marketing

The best thing about having your articles distributed is that they usually stay online forever. With other advertising, such as Pay Per Click marketing, your exposure stops when you stop paying the fee. I recommend you use a nom de plume (pen name). You may want to Google a combination of first and last names in quotation marks until you find one with no matches. When you find one, you can use it as your pen name and make it simple for you to track the publication of your submissions.

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