Internet 'Street Smarts' Traffic Secret - Audience versus Target Market

Internet 'Street Smarts' Traffic Secret - Audience versus Target Market
Before you jump in and build a website, start by developing
a marketing plan that targets an audience rather than just
a market.

Let's say your plan is to sell to young mothers, so your
AUDIENCE is 'young moms', but within this audience are many
small NICHE target markets.

* NOTE: Niche marketing means marketing to a highly
targeted market sector versus marketing to a large general
audience.

Look at some of the many niche markets for 'young moms':

* Young moms that are overweight - are a target market for
diet products.

* Young moms that are divorced - are a target market for
dating sites.

* Young moms that want a divorce - are a target market for
divorce attorneys.

* Young moms that have children with learning disorders -
are a target market for special training sites.

* Young moms that worry about what their kid's eat - are a
target market for a cookbook site.

* Young moms that worry about a college education for their
kid's - are a target market for an investment advice site.

* Young moms with a growing family - are a target market
for a mortgage information site.

* Young moms with a growing family - are a target market
for a home improvement site.

* Young moms with a growing family - are a target market
for a real estate site.

* Young moms with a growing family - are a target market
for life insurance.

If you take the approach of concentrating on an AUDIENCE,
then you can target the many small NICHE markets that exist
within your target audience.

Imagine, in this example for 'young moms', if you have a
series of websites each targeted at one of the niche market
examples mentioned above. As your email list grows, for
each site, you can start to use your email marketing
campaigns to cross promote all of your websites because
your have a common AUDIENCE.

Example: If one of the 'young moms', that joins your list
for say a home improvement site, just happens to want to
lose some weight then, you already have a potential
customer because you also have a weight loss or diet site.

This works because domain names and hosting are downright
cheap.

You can easily setup multiple sites because domain names
and hosting are very inexpensive. The cost of owning one
website - called a domain name - is less than $10.

To put that domain name on the Internet requires a hosting
company. This is a company that will rent you space on a
server [a special type of computer] where you store the
files that make up your website. Hosting companies have
direct connections to the Internet. When people type your
website name into their web browser they are sent to your
hosting company where your websites files are located.

Another Internet 'Street Smarts' lesson: Create a family of
sites.

If you do your homework, you will find hosting companies
that will let you host a whole bunch of websites for one
low monthly price. That's right, you do not have to pay a
separate hosting fee for each site you own if you use the
right hosting company.

Since purchasing a website name and hosting a website is
very inexpensive make sure and design your marketing plan
to take advantage of these benefits. Rather than build just
one site, plan on building a family of sites all targeted
at the same audience, but with each of your individual
websites targeted at a small special niche within your
target audience.

Put up one simple niche site a month and you'll have 12
separate moneymakers by the end of the year.

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The Top Five Things You Need to Know about SEO

The Top Five Things You Need to Know about SEO
Whether you built your business website or not, you need to
learn about SEO. Search Engine Optimization is the key to
getting your website in the forefront of visitors' minds.
Based upon the idea that the more keywords you have in your
site, the more likely you will match the visitor's query,
SEO is the hot topic of debate among those with websites.
And with its ever changing rule system, you need to find
out what the rules actually are and how to use them to your
advantage.

SEO is More Than Keywords

It seems simple enough ' add more keywords and you will
rank higher in search engine listings. This used to be the
main rule for websites, but things have changed. Though
you are still ranked according to how many keywords you
have in your site, it's also ranked according to how many
other related keywords you have as well as other factors.
In the 'old' days, websites used to just stuff their sites
with keywords, making the text unreadable and often
unrelated to the visitor's search. Those in charge of the
ranking system realized just how easy this rule could be
manipulated, so you should think about more than just the
keywords.

SEO Works for Websites

But while it sounds like it's getting trickier, SEO does
work and you can make it work for you. Once you learn the
rules of SEO, you will be able to see a large jump in your
page's relevance on the search engine result page. And
what's more, the more people who come to your site because
of this jump, the higher your site will be in the listings
over the long haul.

SEO Requires Quality Articles

One of the first things you need to keep in mind for
writing the text of your website is that the text needs to
be relevant to what you are selling. For example, though
'vacations' is an often searched for term in search
engines, you can't put a bunch of travel articles on your
website to get people to come to your site when you are
selling bowling balls. You need to create content that is
interesting to the kinds of visitors you want on your site
' that will place you higher in the rankings. Try to build
these articles around relevant keywords too, but use no
more than 5% keyword density ' most experts recommend
between 1 and 2% density.

SEO Needs to be Truthful

In the past, website developers used to try to 'trick' the
search engines by creating invisible pages on their
websites that were filled with keywords, driving traffic to
their site, even if the keywords weren't relevant.
However, pages that do this now are going to be either
banned or pushed far down the search engine result pages.
Search engines are looking for this dishonest practice now,
so it's not worth trying to chance it.

SEO Will Probably Change

Of course, even though these are some of the rules of SEO
these days, that doesn't mean that things aren't going to
change in a few years. The rules are forever changing as
technology changes and website developers figure out new
ways to tip the search results in their favor. Try to keep
informed about SEO by reading web developer sites and news
stories about internet searches.

SEO isn't something that you can simply ignore anymore or
think isn't relevant. Though you might not be able to
simply stuff your website full of relevant keywords, you
can use the new rules to your advantage.

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EDC Gold Transition To EDC Diamond - Compensation Plan Expert Review

EDC Gold Transition To EDC Diamond - Compensation Plan Expert Review
EDC is one brand known to the online marketers across the
world. The founders of EDC, Craig Garcia and Michael
Corcoran are forging ahead to launch the new mutant, EDC
Diamond.

Once launched, EDC Diamond will be retailing at a price of
$2497, however, as a pre-launch offer it is right now
available at the same EDC Gold price of $997 and this will
be a saving of up to $1500 for the early birds.
Furthermore, it's a chance for those who have not yet
signed up for EDC Gold to straight away own the EDC Diamond
and the 2 other businesses that come along with it, namely
EDC Gold and easy daily cash. All the existing EDC Gold
members will automatically graduate to EDC Diamond level
anyway.

Since the monthly admin fee of EDC Diamond, EDC Gold and
easy daily cash are split between the company and the
sponsor, a member gets a fair chance to make money for each
sale along with a monthly residual income of up to $50 per
month per person. The new three-tier program, allows one to
start out at easy daily cash (EDC), EDC Gold or EDC Diamond
depending on the budget he has.

The compensation of the 3 EDC programs are explained
hereunder.

For easy daily cash the cost to join would be $397. No
passing up any sales. Earn $397 on each sale and in
addition receive a $15 monthly residual inome for every new
member you bring in.

For EDC Gold the cost to join would be $997 and your first
two sales are passed up to your sponsor. The bonus is a
$600 commission on those first two sales. You are then
qualified in EDC Gold and for every new sale put in your
downline you will receive $997. When your downline makes a
sale you will receive $397 on every sale they make.
Additionally, receive a $25 per month residual income on
each of the qualified sale you make.

For EDC Diamond the cost (soon to be launched) to join
would be $2497. EDC Diamond compensation includes no
passing up sales and members start earning $1500 on every
sale made and receive a $50 per month of residual income on
every new member coming and joining under them. The bonus
is that a member will receive $500 for every sale that his
EDC Diamond downline makes.

If you decide to join at easy daily cash or EDC Gold you
can automatically earn your way up to EDC Diamond by making
three sales as an easy daily cash member or or two sales as
an EDC Gold member. Since EDC Diamond is in the pre-launch
phase if you join into EDC Gold now you will receive
membership to easy daily cash as well as EDC Diamond at no
extra cost giving you multiple streams of income
generation. The software valued at $1497 does anyway come
free with no commitment from the members.

"The EDC Diamond compensation will set a new standard in
the home-based business arena and no other competitor
businesses are using this compensation right now, " says a
top earner of the program, Shay Patil.

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To learn how much residual income you can earn with the new
compensation plan of EDC Diamond ask a top earner at
http://www.edc-diamond.org

Why Do So Many People Want To Work From Home These Days?

Why Do So Many People Want To Work From Home These Days?
There are many reasons why people all over the world want
to work from home. You probably have your own reasons.
There are a lot of people who want to have their own home
business.

The world around us keeps changing and not always for the
better. So people want to have control over their own lives
instead of letting someone else have control over them.

Here are some of the reasons that people all over the world
have in common. These are not by any means the only reasons
why people want to work from home.

One: With the gas prices going up everywhere people are
getting tired of trying to pay to get to work where they
don't want to be in the first place. If they had a home
business they wouldn't have to spend all that money or time
doing something that they don't get paid enough for anyway.

Two: People want to spend more time with their families.
This is becoming more and more important to people
everywhere. When you have a home business you can work from
home and make money but still spend time with your family.

Three: One of the biggest reasons why people want their own
home business is because they need more money and they know
that they won't be able to get it working a job. When you
work from home there is no limit on how much you can make.
The amount of money that you make will depend on the effort
and time that you put into your business. So it will all
depend on the desire you have to be financially free.

Four: Another good reason that people want to work from
home is because they want to be able to do whatever they
want when they want. Wouldn't you love to be able to go on
vacation whenever you wanted and be able to go wherever you
wanted to go for as long as you want to?

These are the more popular reasons why people want to work
from home. They are not the only ones. The reason that it
is important to know why you want a home business is
because it will not be easy to make your business a success
and you will feel like giving up at times.

So knowing your reason for working at home will be great
motivation to help you keep going when you feel like
quitting. So take time to figure out your reasons are
before you start your business.

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website to learn how you can start and run your own
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Don't waste your Adwords dollar.

Don't waste your Adwords dollar.
You've heard the buzz about making money with Google
Adwords. And, chances are, you've been pitched with the
scams too.

Millions of dollars cycle through the Adwords system around
the clock. And with every tick of the clock thousands of
clicks burn millions of dollars from one bank account to
the other. Google Adwords is so powerful because it is
"targeted traffic" for your website (or affiliate website).

If money is being spent, then money is being made--since
people are normally eager to spend money only when the
prospect of making it back is in clear view or just around
the corner. But who is really minting the money with Google
Adwords? That is a complex question but it is safe to say
that Google.com is on top of the game. Next follow highly
experienced and informed internet marketers. And you can be
sure there have been losers in the game. Don't be one of
them!

In an arena such as the Google Adwords program, you are
competing against the biggest brains around the world.
Consequently, the cost per click for each keyword keeps
soaring and many people advertising a pay per sale
affiliate program seldom make a profit. Another factor is
that surfers looking for a particular product, opportunity,
or information will surf hundreds of websites and in the
process click hundreds of ads before (if ever) buying
anything.

So how exactly do you make a successful use of your
valuable dollars on Adwords? The key to success is simple.
And it can be spelled with thirteen letters...
"Autoresponder". You read that right. If you have never
used one before, that might sound like a frightening word.
But like most software technology, it's quite simple to use
and all it requires to learn is a little "poking around".
You need to direct the people who click on your Adwords ad
to a "lead capture page". That page should contain nothing
but a form to capture the surfer's information. It may
contain text such as "Yes, I would like access to the best
and latest web design software". Then follows a field to
enter the visitor's name and email. At the bottom of the
page you should reassure your visitor that you will not
spam or rent or sell his/her information.

When the visitor enters his/her information, he/she is
taken to your website or affiliate website. If you visitor
does not buy anything, (normally people buy only after they
are presented with an offer several times), you may offer
him/her a free newsletter subscription related to their
interest, for example a web design tips ezine. If they
accept, each email will contain a link to your product and
other related product that you prospect might be interested
in.

Does the sound of this complicated system frighten you? You
will love it just as much once you get it up and running
and beating and humming like a well oiled money machine.

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Patrick Carpen is the designer, writer and owner of the
website http://internetmarketinghelp.infobay.ws/
He is an internet entrepreneur who helps the average user
better understand the workings of internet in addition to
providing high quality content on selected topics.

How Do You Know When You Find The Right Work From Home Job Business Opportunity?

How Do You Know When You Find The Right Work From Home Job Business Opportunity?
When you want to work from home there are a lot of business
opportunities that you can choose from. However, to find
the right work from home job business opportunity for you
there are a couple of things that you need to do.

This will help you to find the business opportunity that
you are looking for. It is important that you take the time
to do each thing so that you can make sure you choose the
right work from home job business opportunity for you so
that you don't end up disappointed later on.

You want to make money not jump from one opportunity to the
next. If you don't take the time to prepare yourself for
your search for the right business opportunity for you then
you will have a hard time finding something. So here are
some things that you have to do so that you will be able to
make a decision about which opportunity you want to start
your home business with.

One: You need to decide what type of home business you want
to have. In other words, do you want to sell products on
eBay, do you want to sell a product such as information
products or maybe you want to sell a physical product from
your own website. This will make it much easier when you
are looking at all of the different business opportunities
out there.

Two: You need to figure out what your target market will
be. Will you be selling internet marketing products that
business owners need or will you be selling baby products
that mothers will have to have. By doing this you will be
able to target your market easier so that you can get
customers easier.

Three: You need to figure out how much of a budget you have
when you start your work from home job business
opportunity. This is important because with any business
you have to advertise. It doesn't matter if the business is
in your home or outside your home.

You have to advertise or people will not know that you have
a business. So you need to know if you have any money to
work with or will you have to start with free advertising.

These are just a few of the things that you have to do when
looking for a business. However, if you do these three
things you will have a big head start. There are a lot of
people that get online looking for the right work from home
job business opportunity for them but they end up jumping
from one opportunity to the next because they don't know
what they want to do.

They have not prepared themselves to search. Don't do this
yourself or you will quickly find that you will have to
stop your search to prepare yourself anyway.

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business opportunity website for hundreds of internet
marketing tips. If you need to make more money and want a
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Essential Niche Marketing Tips You Can Use

Essential Niche Marketing Tips You Can Use
As an internet marketer, you need several things to happen
for you to be successful. If you minimize your risk, you
stand a better chance of succeeding. Marketing to a niche
instead of the mass market is one way to achieve this.
Let's look at a few niche marketing tips that will help you
maximize your profit.

Two niche marketing tips in particular will help you beyond
measure. Choosing very specific keyword phrases and going
deep into your niche will improve your results. Each of
these tactics can provide better results than you would
receive otherwise.

First of all let's look at the benefits of specific keyword
phrases. When someone types in a longer phrase, they are
looking for very specific information. General phrases are
much more hotly contested on the internet. The more
specific you get, the less competition you will have for
traffic. While there may be less visitors overall, you may
get more visitors than if you went after a broad term.

The way to find good specific keyword phrases is by doing
research. Keyword research is essential to any internet
marketer. There are many keyword tools available online. If
you want to succeed it is critical that you learn to use
one of them. These tools can help you find words that are
related to your niche. Many times, they are phrases that
you never would have thought of otherwise. Besides coming
up with new phrases, you'll also find out which ones are
worth your while. You can find out the search demand and
supply for each keyword. This will let you know how many
people you're competing with. It will also let you know how
many people are searching for the information. This one
step alone could save you weeks of frustration. There's
nothing worse than doing hours of work promoting a product,
only to find out that no one wants it.

The second of our niche marketing tips is going deep inside
the niche. While you may think you're in a niche, it may
actually be a large canyon. You can always go down deeper
into the niche you're in with sub-niches. Once you've
mastered one area, you can drill down deeper and completely
master the many sub-niches in your area of expertise.
There is always someone out there looking for the most
obscure things. If you're the first one to provide it for
them, you will profit greatly.

While you may not get as much traffic from these
sub-niches, the quality of the traffic is generally better.
People that are typing in a very specific keyword phrase
into a search engine are usually looking for a specific
solution. If you can provide it, they'll buy from you. So
don't get discouraged if you only get a few hits on these
keywords. You will probably have a higher conversion rate
on those hits. Therefore each hit becomes worth more.

With these niche marketing tips, you should be better
equipped to go out there and tackle the internet ' one
niche at a time.

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You can get more quality free information about finding
your own niche in the e-course "List Building in a Niche
Market". http://www.cyber-marketing411.com/niche11

How To Use Online Video To Promote Your Business

How To Use Online Video To Promote Your Business
If you've been working online I'm sure you might have heard
about sites such as You Tube, and Google Video. It's a
well-known fact that the Internet is changing, and so is
the way people are starting to promote their business
online to new prospects. Now people are using the power of
video to showcase their goods.

So how can you become apart of this Internet explosion, and
quickly cash in? Well its quite simple actually. You just
need a few things to make it all work together as a whole.

1. You need to know the basics of running and working with
a computer.

2. You're going to need a webcam, or a digital camcorder
for those who have more experience.

3. You will need to know how to work both your webcam
and/or digital camcorder so you can record video to your
computer.

If you can do those three basic things then you can use the
power of online video. Now if you can even go as a far as
being able to actually edit your videos and add effects to
them like music, text, and graphics, then you'll have a
great advantage over the rest of the people using online
video.

So how else can you use video to help promote your business?

Here are a few ideas.

1. Use video in your emails. This will give people a face
to match whatever it is your trying to sell, and most of
the time people buy you not whatever it is you sell online.

2. Put videos on your blogs. Instead of writing a blog
post. Try putting a video up there and write a small
paragraph or two about what your video is based on.

3. Add videos to your website. People want to know whom
they are working with in business, and picture can easily
be outdated or completely false. Even audio is losing its
effect. Adding a video will give your customers a great
understanding of whom they will be working with.

4. Put your videos on Myspace. If you have a Myspace page
then you should have a video or two up there that people
can watch to see what it is you do to work at home.

The more creative you can become with your videos the
better. In this world today when people visit a website
they want to be able to interact with it, and feel as if
they are apart of it. Those who take this new level of
technology and run with it will succeed much greater then
those who still use old and outdated tactics.

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Chris Rohrer has been working online for over 3 years, and
has been helping people make extra money working online. To
learn more about Chris and how he can help you visit
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7 Reasons To Look At A New Business Opportunity

7 Reasons To Look At A New Business Opportunity
Need a reason to look at a new business opportunity? If
you are stuck in a dead end job you may want to look at a
different way to make money. If you can find the right way
to do it you can make a lot of money for yourself on the
Internet. Here are seven reasons to consider a new
opportunity you can make money with starting today.

1. Do not quit your job. A job is security and a steady
paycheck. A new business opportunity is just that. It is
new and it is an opportunity but the money is not flowing
in just yet.

2. Consider an online business opportunity you can run from
home. You get up and go to work everyday, so why not do
this part time and make money at home. Online ecommerce is
big business but working it at home is what appeals to many
people for many reasons.

3. One of those reasons is you get to be the boss. Unlike
work, where you are told what to do and how long to do it,
now you get to do it the way you prefer. If you are self
motivated this is a great thing. Earning your own money
and doing it on your own way has benefits unknown, unless
you decide to try it out for yourself.

4. For some people a new business opportunity is not about
money. It is about pride and a feeling of accomplishment.
Many success-oriented people love the chase more than the
end result. Starting an online home based business from
scratch let's you build it from the ground up and gives you
the great feeling of an job well done.

5. Are you a busy person with a hectic lifestyle? Today
everything is moving fast around us. Some days you may
have more time to work online than others. By being able
to set your own schedule you can still start a new business
and work it when you have the time. Doing it online is
great because even when you cannot work your Internet
business is at work for you.

6. When is the last time you got a raise? With your own
home business on the Internet when you sell more you make
more. Plain and simple you can build a business for the
future with unlimited income possibilities that can enhance
your future.

7. None of us can predict what the future holds. What if
you become sick and cannot go to work. If your paychecks
stop how will you pay the bills? Start a new online
business of your own and protect yourself against the
unknown.

These are reasons to consider a new business opportunity
and do it on the Internet. Can you think of any others?
Stop for a moment and think of the endless possibilities
that may be awaiting you now. All you need to do is take
that first step towards creating your own future in what
can be a new business opportunity for you. The Internet is
still considered to be in its infancy stage and billions
more web pages will be designed within the next decade.
Find what excites you and build your own career online.

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Aubrey Richardson creator of http://www.logofax.com Clip
Art and Logos also founder of
http://www.internet-based-business-opportunity.com that
teaches others how to create a successful online venture.
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Google - I Thought I Knew You?

Google - I Thought I Knew You?
You don't REALLY know someone until you get back to their
apartment, pop the cork on a bottle of wine, dim the
lights, stare into their eyes and listen to them gush about
every detail of their lives...and then you still don't them.

It's only after a few years of soul-stretching challenges
do you really become intimately acquainted — married
or not.

Well, as silly as the metaphor seems, that's how I felt
about Google Search recently. I thought I knew her as that
clean but clever, elegant but athletic, beautiful eyed
search muse behind a set of fancy bifocals. Turns out, I
was only partially correct.

The vision of Google Search I had was a bit weird, I'll
admit... as I've come to find out, it was also a bit too
dainty.

Google Search is much more powerful and complicated that I
ever imagined! A social media marketer with the right
"touch" can find much, much more than I ever knew.

The thing about Google Search is, she does a great job of
hiding her search weapons and sleuthisms. Now, this is not
a bad thing, not at all... there is something that is
devastatingly attractive about a beautiful thing that is
deep with intrigue and prowess.

So, now, I would like to introduce you to the REAL Google
Search, but be careful... she is quick and sometimes a bit
messy..I hope that's OK. These tips will help you bend the
web to your will using things only a few soothsayers can
find using the "new" Google Search...

Easily Find Your Competitions Back-Links
TYPE: link:www.the-name-of-the-competitors-website.com
--This returns a list of pages that link to your
competition.

Don't Know Your Competition?
TYPE: related:your-website.com
--This returns a list of sites Google thinks are related to
you.

Practical Keyword Research
TYPE: allinanchor:your-keyword
--This returns a list of all pages with "your-keyword" as
anchor text

Don't Know What "anchor text" Means
TYPE: define:anchor text
--This gives you some definitions Google has plucked from
the web.

More Practical Keyword Research
TYPE: allintitle or allinurl or allintext:your-keyword
--Like the allinanchor example above, this returns a list
of pages with your keyword on the title, url or text,
respectively.

Do a Quick Market Survey
TYPE: insubject: your-keywords
--This will return a list of Google Groups with your
keyword in the subject line. Listen in to the conversation.

Get Some .edu Back-Links (this is a powerful SUPER-TIP)
TYPE: site:.edu inurl:blog "post a comment" -"you must be
logged in" -"comment posting closed" -"comment closed"
"your-keyword"
--This returns a list of relevant .edu sites where you can
post comments and garner a powerful back-link.

There you have it..I hope you are as enamored with the
"new", sexier Google as I am. Enjoy!

PS: Thanks to the crew at the Authority Site Center for
introducing me to the "new" Google Search!

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Peter Lenkefi publishes social media marketing and blog
promotion tips at http://Web2Center.com . He is also the
co-founder of the Authority Site Center, a membership site
dedicated to serious business bloggers.

Four things YOU can do to Protect your Freedom of Speech

Four things YOU can do to Protect your Freedom of Speech
Internet access has always been the ultimate in democracy
and freedom of speech and choice. You can use virtually any
available application, equipment or service to gain access
to almost any content.

Bloggers have access to the same potential audience as the
New York Times. Artists of all kinds have equal
opportunities to find an audience based on their talent and
drive and not on money or privilege. Two students in a dorm
room with a good idea, a little ingenuity and some skill
can create a multi-billion dollar company. That's freedom
of speech!

And it gets better since every internet user is pretty much
guaranteed access to any site they want, whenever they want
it and at the fastest available speed. It does not matter
if you log on to Google or eBooks About Everything, the
internet access is equal.

There are always those who are suspicious of freedom.
People who want to control a good thing; for profit, for
morality or just because they think they can. So it is not
surprising that big telephone and cable companies (AT&T,
Verizon, Comcast, Time Warner) have set their sites on
controlling access to the internet and its content.

These (and other) big companies lobby the Federal
Government every day for control of internet access, speed
and content. In essence they want to transform the freeway
model of networking to a toll road version. They will
magnanimously allow the government to collect part of the
toll if they can control who gets to use the fast lanes.

Some of us are fighting back. A large number of internet
pioneers. industry leaders, bloggers and ordinary citizens
believe the internet was created provide equal access and
that the access should remain equal. We actually believe
that the world does not need one more thing controlled by
Government and/or Big Business!

Since freedom of speech is still allowed a movement call
Net Neutrality has sprung up.

Net Neutrality simply means that internet access will
always be free, fast and available. That innovation, not
money or politics, will determine who succeeds in the
market place of ideas and technology.

To find out more, do a simple Google Search on Net
Neutrality or a scan of Wikipedia; you will get more
information than you can absorb in one sitting.

I love the fact that the internet is open, free and
somewhat like the wild west. I suppose it is the last
vestige of my 60's rebel persona. And as a former rebel,
nothing makes me sit up and notice faster then when the
government (or anyone else) wants to start controlling
something.

As we move into election season protecting our freedoms has
become an increasingly important agenda for me. I have a
few action items:

-I will only vote for candidates who support Net Neutrality.

-I am stepping up my writing/email campaign to my current
representatives to tell them that Net Neutrality is vitally
important to economic growth and development

-I have joined Save the Net (http://savethenet.org) and
Hands off the Internet (http://www.handsofthenet.org)

-I will support these organizations with money and time

I am asking my family, friends and you to join in this
effort and take these four simple steps to protect your
freedom of speech.

One of the things I have learned over the years is the
awesome power of fingers on keyboards. Enough of them
pointed at a single target can change the world. That is
freedom in action!

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Gigi Reynard is CEO of eBooks About with fifty-seven eBook
outlets including eBooks About
Everything(http://www.ebooksabouteverything.com). She
turned bookseller after a 25-year career in computer
software development and electronic publishing. She also
like to add that she has over 50 years as a avid reader.
Gigi lives in Southern California with her writer husband,
Henri, their cat, computers, electronic gadgets and
thousands of (paper) books.

Looking For a MLM Company, Read This First

Looking For a MLM Company, Read This First
Many people tell you that MLM is nothing but a scam but
that is not true. There are legitimate MLM businesses out
there, however most people get in for the get rich quick
pitch of some companies. The problem is that most people
get involved with a company without doing any research
about the company, the CEO, the products and the
compensation plan. Would you not do research on a company
that you are applying for a job at, so why not a business
opportunity that you are going to invest time and money in.
There are some basic things that one can easily do with
the internet today unlike years ago to avoid getting
scammed. However most companies promise big rewards and
consumers jump in without doing basic research.

There is no problem in finding MLM companies today, the
internet is full of them. You need to find the right
company with the right product for you. This can be
different for every one out there. When you are looking
for a company, look for a product that you want to use for
your own personal use and is not overpriced. MLM companies
know that 98% of the people will drop out. Why the high
drop out rate? People who get in for the opportunity are
less likely to stay in the company after 2 months if no
profit is made. This is not get rich quick, it takes work
so you want a product that you want to use until you are in
profit.

Once you decide on the type of product you want to promote,
then comes the task of finding a MLM company to work with.
When you find a company research the company name and the
name of the CEO. This is pretty easy just take the names
and put scam at the end and see what you find on the
internet. If you see that the company has bad press or the
CEO is on a lot of scam websites do not join no matter what
they promise. So many of these CEO's open company after
company and scam people out of money. Sure people make
money but it is usually the same leaders who follow them
from company to company who make the money. The rest of
the reps for the most part are in debt and have friends who
will never trust them again.

Once you have the company with the product take a look at
the compensation plan. A true MLM program will sell
products to the general public without requiring them to
pay any extra or any hidden costs. Remember what I said
before 98% of the people will drop out, so you will see a
lot of companies charge set up fees and front load product.
Front loading of products is when the company tells you
that is you buy so much of the product you can achieve a
higher paying level in the compensation plan. These
companies do not care if you get stuck with products that
you might not be able to sell. There are plenty of
legitimate companies out there that do not charge start up
fees or front load product. You also want to see at what
point you make money, I have seen companies that you do
not make money until you have spent hundreds of dollars and
recruited many people. Make sure that the company you
choose you start to earn after you get one referral.

Once you find the right company with the right product and
pay plan, now you need to do one more thing, have
patience. You need to choose a company and stick with it,
This is why choosing the right company is so important.
Many people go from company to company and get further and
further in debt and in the end give up saying MLM is a
scam. MLM is not a scam, unfortunately many people get
scammed by dishonest CEO's.

Do your homework and research before joining and spending
any money in a MLM opportunity. Your chance of success is
much better when you find the right company for you. When
you are ready to advertise for referrals remember to lead
with the product. Remember people who get in for the
opportunity leave while those in for the product stay.

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Theresa Stauffer is an internet marketer that is looking to
help people avoid getting scammed by opportunities out
there.

http://mlm.getgbgvitamins.com

The Big Google PageRank Slap - Perception Is Everything

The Big Google PageRank Slap - Perception Is Everything
Recently Google did a major PageRank update where a lot of
sites were downgraded. Many experts believe this PageRank
update was Google's response to link selling - sites which
sell links lost points in their PageRank.

Google measures all web pages on a scale of importance from
0 to 10, which is shown in a small green pixel bar on
browsers carrying the Google Toolbar. PageRank is
"supposedly" measured by the number of backlinks to your
site.

Online democracy in action, a link is a vote for your site.
The more votes you have the higher your site is ranked. At
least that's how it was supposed to work until a lot of
high PR sites started selling links and put a monkey wrench
into the whole system.

The latest update may be a smart move on Google's part to
curtail this practice; who's going to buy a link from a PR2
or even a PR4 site? Besides this could be more than a
warning that your site will go down even further if you
continue to sell links.

Now this is more of a cosmetic change in PageRank than a
real change in your true rankings in Google. Just because
your PR goes down doesn't mean your keyword rankings or
traffic from Google also goes down.

I saw some of my sites go up, some stayed the same, but my
major site took a big hit - falling from PR6 to PR4. This
was more of a devastating blow than I expected mainly for
psychological reasons than actual consequences. After years
of building the best content you can muster and constantly
getting quality one-way links, to see that PageRank drop
was very disappointing and hits to the core of your online
work.

I have been around for a while so I have experienced many
Google Updates - anyone remember the Florida Update? I also
keep my ears peeled to discussions of the latest updates in
Webmasterworld and Stompernet, and I even read Matt Cutts
when I get real nervous... so I knew not to panic just
because of the sudden drop in PageRank.

I also knew what most of the SEO experts were saying was
true because my major keywords stayed the same and my
Google traffic actually went up. But that's little comfort
when you're talking about Google; you immediately go into
overdrive and try to figure out where you went wrong. What
caused the drop - because whether PageRank is meaningless
or not, you're still going in the wrong direction.

I saw many of my competitors drop too, but many stayed the
same and even a few increased in PageRank. What are they
doing right; what am I doing wrong? I don't sell links but
does Google think I am selling links was my main concern? I
even moved one external link from my main page to another
part of my site, just in case Google is mistaking that as a
paid link.

Welcome to webmaster's paranoid hell!

For SEO reasons I have very few external links on my main
page. Can't see why Google downgraded my main site. I have
been at PR6 for years.

Herein lies my main beef, with Google you never really know
where you stand; you are constantly walking on eggshells.
No matter how good your content or your site is - one
misstep and you could be in the doghouse. All your hard
work can be taken away in a heartbeat.

It wouldn't matter so much if it was one of the other two
major search engines downgrading your site but this is
Google.

Free organic traffic from Google is vital to any online
site or business. I would take traffic from Google over any
other source of traffic on the web, except for traffic
coming from my articles on other sites, and even that
traffic probably originated from a search in Google.

Google and Google PageRank have always been important to me
- that's one of the reasons a sudden large drop causes so
much concern. There's another important reason Google
PageRank is important to me.

Most SEO experts mistakenly believe PageRank is meaningless
because Google is not giving us the true ranking of any
site or revealing all the backlinks, which is supposedly
one of the major factors in how Google ranks sites. While
this fact is obviously true, it has caused many to jump to
another conclusion.

Because Google is not giving us the real ranking, many
webmasters have dismissed PageRank as a vital element in
their sites. Don't make the same mistake.

Google PageRank is extremely important if you're doing
business on the web. The higher PR you have, the better.
But it has nothing to do with keyword rankings or first
page SERPs.

What many SEO experts fail to realize (not really their
business) is the whole "perceived" value of PageRank.

Google, hate it or love it, has become the most respected
company on the web in the eyes of the majority of the web's
users. It carries enormous weight and prestige. The
"perceived" value of a high PR7 or PR8 is extremely
valuable.

We are not talking about link selling; we are talking about
how a perspective business partner or customer will treat
your site or business.

Say you have two identical sites you want to do business
with online and you discover one is a Google PR2 site and
the other is a Google PR8 site - which one would you choose
to do business with? Honestly?

From first-hand experience, I know any online company or
marketer will get more business offers and be offered more
partnerships/joint ventures if you have a high Google PR
site than a low one. It will make a difference to your
bottom line.

PageRank is important. PageRank has meaning. Even if it has
little bearing on your SERPs rankings or Google traffic,
PageRank can greatly influence the success of your online
site or venture. Don't ignore or dismiss PageRank as a
meaningless relic that didn't quite work out as Google had
planned for it in the first place.

High PageRank will always be valuable.

The day Google gives its own site a PageRank of PR1 or PR2
instead of the current PR10 - that's the day you can
dismiss PageRank as truly meaningless.

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The author is a full-time online marketer who has numerous
websites, including two sites on Internet marketing. For
the latest web marketing tools try:
http://www.bizwaremagic.com
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2007 Titus Hoskins. This article may be freely distributed
if this resource box stays attached.

How To Make Some Extra Cash Right Now

How To Make Some Extra Cash Right Now
I put making money on the Internet into two categories at
this point in my career. You either need to make some extra
cash right now, or you are looking for an ongoing income
from something like a home business.

You may even be able to develop that into a residual income
if you are smart about it. So let's look first at residual
income and then at making immediate cash.

Residual income is something that is going to pay you over
and over for doing the work one time. A money making
website could do this. You build it up and get thousands of
backlinks providing traffic to it. There are many people
online right now earning money on websites they built 5 or
even 10 years ago.

Network marketing and two tier affiliate marketing are
other ways to make a residual income. You recruit people
and get paid on their efforts.This is a beautiful concept
and one I highly endorse.

What if you need to make some extra cash right now. Can you
really do that on the Internet? Yes, but you have to get it
set up correctly. Here is one way you could do that.

1. You need a PayPal account which you can get at PayPal.com

2. Once you have one get a PayPal debit card as well.

3. Sell your own products with a PayPal button on your own
web page or blog. This way whenever someone makes a
purchase you have immediate cash that you can access with
your PayPal debit card.

4. Sell private label right products that give you a PayPal
url. This is really cool. Let's say you buy a report that
comes set up to give you a PayPal url. This is your website
address that you can promote.

Everytime someone buys the report the money immediately
goes in your PayPal account giving you cash you can access
in seconds. A smart way to do that is to buy your own
domain name and redirect it to your new PayPal url. This
way it looks like the product is yours to begin with.

5. Join affiliate programs that offer instant commissions.
This is not the normal, as you are usually going to get
paid in the month following your sales. But I have started
to see it happening and predict you will see more of this
in the future.

You get the idea. The key is to be able to access your cash
right way after you make a sale. This is why a PayPal debit
card is so good to have. You can use it just like a Visa or
Mastetrcard and you can access cash at ATM's all over the
world.

If your goal is to build a residual income then by all
means work on that. If you need to make some extra cash
right now you now know the basics of one way to do it.

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Affiliate Money Magnet

Affiliate Money Magnet
So, you want to make big money online.

Hands-down the easiest and fastest way to make your banker
smile is selling third-party products.

This business is the Affiliate Marketing Business. What if
I told you last thousands of people made five and six
figure incomes promoting other peoples products... for
total sales exceeding $8 Billion dollars. Not bad for
little home businesses aye?

The affiliate industry is comprised of thousands of
products ranging from Fortune 500 companies to the online
entrepreneurs living next door. The products fall into two
categories, Physical products (those you can hold and feel)
and Informational products (how-to e-books, videos,
reports, newsletters, etc.).

Physical products require additional start-up capital to
purchase, inventory, store and ship, so your profit margins
are narrow. Information products generally have
significantly higher profit margins with virtually no
overhead expenses.

That is why I believe the Affiliate Marketing Business is
the Ultimate Home Business. I can start my business with
little to no start-up capital; the business can be run
completely remotely with full automation potential. The
only requirements are computer access and an internet
connection... in fact I was able to monitor my business and
follow-up on sales activities from the mountains of Panama,
and the Bay Islands of Honduras this year... pretty
flexible if I say so myself.

Automation is your key to a successful Affiliate business,
the more sites you have promoting products the More Money
your going to make... if you automate your business.

The technology behind websites is becoming more and more
technical... if your like me terms like FTP, PHP, and HTML
give me the chills. You see a website is just one piece of
your Affiliate Money Magnet.

Your website is where your new customers are going to go to
learn about your product, and be convinced that they cannot
live without the information you have available for them.
Your website is where you begin building customer trust and
confidence with your business.

In order to change your site from a name to an actual
business, you need to build a Money Magnet, incorporating a
lot more technology. You are going to need software
applications to:
1.Create and manage your Websites
2.Generate your headlines for your sales page
3.To incorporate audio and video to increase your
conversion percentages
4.Track the origination source of your traffic
5.Test your conversions
6.Collect and process for credit cards (merchant services)
7.Ship your product(s)
8.Track and money and business statistics

Are you aware that 90% of the people that start a home
business fail!

The number is so sad, especially when no one needs to
experience this situation. The reason for this is most
people just "build a website" and then begin throwing lots
of software at it to handle all the various components of
their fledgling business. This must be integrated properly
to guarantee that all the components interact with one
another efficiently. As you increase the number of
additional business components, the time it takes to manage
them explodes. This takes away from your most important
task driving potential buyers to your site.

A mentor of mine summed it up best.

"The secret to making money online is simple. Don't spend
any more than 10% of your time on managing technologies so
you can spend 90% on traffic and conversion, because that
is where the money is made.

There is no money in learning or managing technologies,
unless you want to be a webmaster."

Where does this leave you? You can hire a webmaster to
manage all the intricacies of your website(s). On the other
hand, if you cannot afford the expense of a private
webmaster, then you need to find an integrated application
that contains all the moneymaking technologies you require
to succeed.

This new concept in business automation incorporate all
time consuming and day-to-day business tasks that software
applications can do more efficiently, faster and cheaper,

This is Leveraging Technology.

To make an Affiliate Money Magnet, you need to automate
your current online business. Automation is your key to
making significant money online. Automation eliminates the
need for and expense if hiring a webmaster and frees you up
to do what it you came to the web to do... develop traffic
and convert visitors to buyers.

Best of all, these Integrated Business Applications
websites save you huge amounts of time, and tons of money.
Utilizing a hosted money website service costs about 90%
less than purchasing and managing the separate applications
required for today's successful Web Business.

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The Reverse Funnel System By Ty Coughlin - Scam Or Legitimate Business Opportunity?

The Reverse Funnel System By Ty Coughlin - Scam Or Legitimate Business Opportunity?
Are you researching the Reverse Funnel System (RFS) and its
advantages or disadvantages? This is an unbiased review of
the program and its founder.

For people looking for home based business opportunities,
the program by Ty Coughlin is one of the many options to
choose from. So what exactly is the Reverse Funnel System
and who is Ty Coughlin?

The Reverse Funnel System

"Systems Work, People Fail...It's That Simple!" That is the
basis for Ty Coughlin creating the Reverse Funnel System.
The Reverse Funnel System refers to the manner in which
prospects are accepted into a specific home based business
opportunity. Rather than gathering the names of prospects,
the RFS requires prospects to pay a fee to receive
additional information about the business opportunity. The
fee is generally around $50. Proponents of the system say
that it serves to weed out prospects who are not likely to
follow through with the business opportunity.

Who is Ty Coughlin?

Ty Coughlin, and his Inner Circle partners, are the
creators of the Reverse Funnel System. According to his
biography, Ty Coughlin resides in Hawaii and was previously
employed by a construction company prior to owning his own
business. Ty also tried his hand at multi level marketing
before eventually coming up with his own Internet based
system known as the RFS.

How Does The System Work?

The system is advertised by placing ads developed by Ty
Coughlin. As the leads start funneling in from the ads, the
business owner has to respond to questions that arise from
the prospects through email. The business owner is also
advised to attend a daily conference call about the Reverse
Funnel System.

How Much Does It Cost?

The Reverse Funnel System is just a system to advertise a
business opportunity. The program that you are going to
promote can cost anywhere from $500 all the way up to
$10,000, depending on the opportunity. After you sign up
for a program, the RFS is going to cost you some money as
well. The system will cost around $300-$500 per month.

Advantages and Disadvantages?

As with any other program there is the opportunity to earn
a nice income. Another positive is that the system is
self-replicating, so new business owners don't have to have
a lot of knowledge about building websites or Internet
marketing. On the down side, the monthly cost is kind of
expensive. Many new business owners will not have the funds
to pay for an expensive advertising system after they have
just paid a significant amount for their program.

The Reverse Funnel System is a legitimate advertising
system. However, like any other system, success lies in
your commitment to whatever system you choose to utilize.

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If you're looking for a successful leader to team up with,
visit http://www.WealthyMarketer1.org .
Brian McCoy is a six figure earner and one of the top
income earners in the home business industry. Brian works
with entrepreneurs around the world. He devotes the time,
energy, and effort into his team and works with them to
ensure their success.

Why Are People Turning To Teams For Their Success Online?

Why Are People Turning To Teams For Their Success Online?
Leading internet marketers say that you should not put all
your eggs into one basket. Anybody knows that. Right? But
how can we spread out our "eggs" and give each one an
advantage over its competition? Find out which programs
are working for their affiliates and then find out how to
promote them. Our team will do just that, we will treat
you as a team member and give you the guidance you need to
make it in internet marketing by sharing what we've found
works the best and gives us the highest income from our
efforts. Are you a stay at home mother or father? Maybe
you are looking for a side income from your computer. I
even know of realtors and famous television stars that are
finding tha making a lucrative income on line is not only
possible, but fun as well. If you are like any of these
folks, you want to find a program that will make the most
money in the shortest time while allowing you to attend to
life's responsibilities. Right? Sound good?

If you have been slogging through the multitude of internet
marketing opportunities such as 1up and 2up programs then
you are in for refreshing news! You are not alone anymore.
However, if you are not yet on a marketing team, you are
essentially alone among the big boys! If you are new, you
are going to find out just how overwhelming it really is to
first of all, find a product or service worthy of your time
and one that actually produces income like it says it does.

I started off with a goal in mind. My goal was to find at
least one internet marketing opportunity that would yeild
the most money for the least amount of my time. This was
not an easy task. Firstly, I found myself swallowed up by
the many many products to choose from. I knew it was a
gamble so to speak with any of these products and their
promotional methods. I honestly did not know where to
begin. So what did I do? I went fishing! Not really, but
I sent out responses to many of the offers believing that
one might turn out to work for me. I did this knowing that
not any one might be the one. I was willing to use some of
my money to "invest" in a search for wealth-making
opportunities.

I found that what was required of me to market these
products and or services was marketing knowhow. I had
none. I felt blinded by all the little things that I did
not know how to do to get MY products and services seen by
millions of targeted leads. I was dismayed and felt like I
needed to give up. Fortunately for me, I was "delivered"
practically at that moment from being alone and found out
how important a mentor and team really is. It's essential
to your success. Finding a mentor, an established and
respected internet marketer, was for me the key to success.
Instead of fumbling around wondering what to do next, I
simply ask a person who already found out the hard way and
is now willing to teach me and others the right way to
market online. I was almost at the point of quitting
online marketing due to the difficulty I found. But it was
after finding a mentor and learning what it was that I
needed to do, that I saw that this way of making a living,
a good living, was possible!

You too can have all this knowledge at your fingertips and
in a matter of a few days with a reputable online affiliate
program, you can be making a six figure income within the
year. This is exciting stuff! You will be off and running
with your very own web page that generates a lucrative
income for you and your family. Plus! You will be a member
of a team of marketers who's goal is to have everyone on
the team making at least six figures within six months.
You will be able to attend private training calls each week
with a mentor and learn what you really have to do to get
your website(s) out in front of people who want your
products and services. I say websites with an "s" because
you will know how to apply what we teach you to every other
campaign you use! These skills ar not difficult to learn,
but you must learn them. Talking to real people, getting
real answers rapidly is the key. Joining a great team
accomplishes this.

You really can make a great lucrative income online. No
more commuting, no more alarm clocks, no more bosses. This
is what I wish for you. But you are the one who can make
it happen. Going it alone is just too risky. Get on a
team that cares whether it's my team or another. After
joining a team, within just one week, my article was number
one on Google. I didn't know how to accomplish that before
joing a team! But it took a few specific things I had to
do to get it done. My mentor taught me how. Now it's your
turn!

Internet marketing is an ever-changing animal and a team
approach makes your chances of success well within your
grasp! Join us now and let us prove it to you that you can
be a six figure earner within the year using an honest and
lucrative program. Eric Latocki

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Find out the secrets you need to know to succeed online
with a successful Internet marketing team! Eric Latocki
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