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Setting Goals for Your New Years Resolutions

2007-01-01T09:43:00.000-07:00

I want to wish you a Happy New Year and send this along to you. I found it to be of help in setting my goals for the new year.

Kevin

Setting Goals for Your New Years Resolutions

In order for resolutions to actually fit into your life and
become completed, they first need to become goals. Here are
some basic goal-setting guidelines to help you with your
resolutions.

Begin by setting up short and long term goals. Then devise a
means of accomplishing both and evaluating your progress along
the way towards completion. Because once you chart your
progress, you will be able to see the different levels or
stages needed to accomplish each step towards completing your
resolution; i.e. you’ll know what exactly you need to do to
complete your goal.

Then mark off minor accomplishment rewards along each step of
the way. For example, if you are trying to stop smoking, maybe
you’ll stop smoking in your car first, then your living room,
then your family room, etc. until you finally quit smoking
everywhere. So after quitting in each room, take a time out to
reward all your hard work. Invite a friend out to lunch.
Redecorate an old smoke filled room with fresh curtains and a
nice clean rug. This way your road to resolution success won’t
seem so long and like drudgery. Plus by enjoying each step of
the way, you are actually helping push yourself to your goal
completion with powerful, positive giant steps forward.

Tips to help with your goal setting are:

1) Research and Education – Learn all you can about the
resolution goals you want to make. Find out exactly what is
involved in reaching your goal so that you can set up a step-
by-step plan to reach them. For example, to lose weight, maybe
you need to schedule an appointment with your local physician
first to get a check up, than ask him or her help set you up
with a good exercise and diet program. And plan your program
accordingly, revising each month as needed.

2) Make your resolution goals manageable. Don’t bite off
more than you can chew. There’s always next year. So tackle
what’s the most important to you first.

3) Attitude is important in order to accomplish your goals.
Sure, everyone has a down time or so and things aren’t always
perfect. But if you need help with attitude, pick up self-help
books at the public library, or read articles on self-improvement
in this area, or reach out to your physician if you believe it
may be a mental or internal issue.

For a free report on setting and achieving your New Year's
Resolutions, check out:
http://www.newyearsresolutionshelp.com/freereport/?a=293

All the best in the New Year!

Kevin Newman

"Holiday Greeting"

2006-12-24T13:31:00.000-07:00

Just a little cheer for the holiday season.

"Holiday Greeting"

To each passing stranger
Give the gift and a smile
The joy of a kind word
Warms the soul for a while

The simplest look of kindness
No matter how short or fleeting
Brings love to each and everyone
A truthful holiday greeting

And spirits may sing
And hearts may melt
On this Christmas day
When real love is felt

Throughout a family
Amongst true friends
Here's a wish of happiness
To all you and your kin

Merry Christmas!

May your holiday season be cheerful, comforting, and embraced by
family and
friends. This is the season for love and warmth, celebrating and
rejoicing.

Wishing you a Happy, Healthy, and Prosperous Holiday Season,
Kevin

Happy Holidays

2006-12-22T09:33:00.000-07:00

Here is a story I received today that touched me and in this holiday season I hope it touches you as well. Take a moment this holiday season and see if there perhaps isn't something you can do for someone who may need a helping hand.

Happy Holidays,

Kevin

White Envelopes

It's just a small, white envelope stuck among the branches of our Christmas tree. No name, no identification, no inscription. It has peeked through the branches of our tree for the past 10 years or so.

It all began because my husband Mike hated Christmas. Oh, not the true meaning of Christmas, but the commercial aspects of it, overspending, the frantic running around at the last minute to get a tie for Uncle Harry and the dusting powder for Grandma, the gifts given in desperation because you couldn't think of anything else.

Knowing he felt this way, I decided one year to bypass the usual shirts, sweaters, ties and so forth. I reached for something special just for Mike. The inspiration came in an unusual way. Our son, Kevin, who was 12 that year was wrestling at the junior level at the school he attended, and shortly before Christmas, there was a non-league match against a team sponsored by an inner-city church.

These youngsters, dressed in sneakers so ragged that shoestrings seemed to be the only thing holding them together, presented a sharp contrast to our boys in the spiffy blue and gold uniforms and sparkling new wrestling shoes. As the match began I was alarmed to see that the other team was wrestling without headgear, a kind of light helmet designed to protect a wrestler's ears. It was a luxury the ragtag team obviously could not afford. Well, we ended up walloping them. We took every weight class. And as each of their boys got up from the mat, he swaggered around in his tatters with false bravado, a kind of street pride that couldn't acknowledge defeat. Mike, seated beside me, shook his head sadly, "I wish one of them could have won," he said. "They have a lot of potential, but losing like this could take the heart right out of them." Mike loved kids, all kids, and he knew them, having coached little league football, baseball and lacrosse.

That's when the idea of his present came. That afternoon, I went to a local sporting goods store and bought an assortment of wrestling headgear and shoes and sent them anonymously to the inner-city church. On Christmas Eve, I placed the envelope on the tree, the note inside telling Mike what I had done and that this was his gift from me. His smile was the brightest thing about Christmas that year and in succeeding years. For each Christmas, I followed the tradition, one year sending a group of mentally handicapped youngsters to a hockey game, another year a check to a pair of elderly brothers whose home had burned to the ground the week before Christmas, and on and on. The envelope became the highlight of our Christmas. It was always the last thing opened on Christmas morning and our children, ignoring their new toys, would stand with wide-eyed anticipation as their dad lifted the envelope from the tree to reveal its contents. As the children grew, the toys gave way to more practical presents, but the envelope never lost its allure. The story doesn't end there.

You see we lost Mike last year due to dreaded cancer. When Christmas rolled around, I was still so wrapped in grief that I barely got the tree up. But Christmas Eve found me placing an envelope on the tree, and in the morning, it was joined by three more.

Each of our children, unbeknownst to the others, had placed an envelope on the tree for their dad. The tradition has grown and someday will expand even further with our grandchildren standing around the tree with wide-eyed anticipation watching as their fathers take down the envelope. Mike's spirit, like the Christmas spirit, will always be with us.

Author Unknown

Give PPC the Finger

2006-12-11T21:00:00.000-07:00

Hi Again...

Kevin here...

I just got an email about Keith Baxter's Free Report
called - "Give PPC the Finger"

I will admit, like you may be feeling now, that I thought it was some
hyped up offer to get me to join for free and get some offer...

...Turns out I was wrong. Way wrong.

The bottom line is, this report really opened my eyes. The good news is, the report also shows you what
you need to know to succeed in the near future.

The times are changing and I it would be a shame for anyone to not read this
report and fail like many will.

I read it, and I wanted to share it with you ASAP.

I recommend you take a break from what ever it is you are doing if you can and
get access to this report now.

Consider your future success by going here now...

http://giveppcthefinger.com

Thanks,

Kevin

PS - Keith says it will only be available for a few weeks at most so do
not delay...

http://giveppcthefinger.com

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2006-12-06T11:10:00.000-07:00

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Three Quick Ways To Save In Your Online Business

2006-12-05T12:15:00.000-07:00

Here is a quick article by Willie Crawford that I think holds a lot of merit for anyone running an online business. Check it out and see what you think.

Kevin
www.kcn-enterprises.com

Three Quick Ways To Save In Your Online Business
Copyright 2006 By Willie Crawford

Running an online business means that you will have business
expenses just as in any other type of business. Often those
starting online businesses don't have as much start-up capital
as someone starting an offline business, and that's part of
why they chose the online route. To them, there are times when
every penny counts.

Here are three quick and easy ways to save a few pennies and
free up some fund that you may be able to reinvest back into
growing your business.

1) Use Skype for your long-distance telephone needs. Skype is
an Internet-based telephone service that is owned by the same
people who own Ebay and Paypal. That tells you that this
company has serious backing, and will be around for a long
time.

Skype allows you to download a simple piece of free software,
and then call anyone anywhere in the world that has an internet
connection, and has also installed the free Skype software on
their computer. You simply use a microphone plugged into
your computer and listen over the speakers or a headset.

For just pennies per minute you can also use the enhanced
Skype services that allow you to make calls from Skype to
regular "landlines" or to receive calls on your computer from
regular phones. As an example, I recently made an 80-minute
phone call from my hotel room in Singapore to the U.S. for
under $2. This call would have probably costs me several
hundred dollars had I used the hotels phone system and paid
their exorbitant service charges.

You can get all of the details on downloading, installing
and using Skype from their website at:
http://www.kqzyfj.com/click-2231139-10386654

2) Use Self Promotion.com to semi-automatically submit
your websites to all of the major search engines and
important directories. This free service speeds up the
process of site submission, allows you to store your data
and periodically resubmit, and provides direct links to the
proper pages on the search engines (included the ones that
have gone to paid-only inclusion).

This service is free, but when you make a small donation
to help fund the site, you get access to a fantastic suite
of bonus tools. I've found the extra tools a real time-saver.

You can get all of the details on Self-Promotion.com at:
http://selfpromotion.com/?CF=Willie%20Crawford

3) Pay for your business purchases with a Paypal debit card.
If you are in a location where you can qualify for and use
a Paypal account and debit card, use it for you business
purchases. Certain purchases qualify for a cash-back credit.
On large purchases such as computers, pay-per-click advertising,
and airline tickets, this can quickly add up.

Since many online customers do have Paypal accounts and prefer
paying for purchases using those accounts, you should offer that
as a payment option. By paying for your purchases with your
Paypal debit card, you get a little rebate on your purchases.

To get all of the details and sign up for a Papal account visit:
https://www.paypal.com/us/mrb/pal=GTQ2ANFJTKDNG

Those are just three quick, easy to implement methods of saving
some money in your online business. If your business is just
getting started those little savings, reinvested in your
business, could be what saves your businesses from failure!

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Willie Crawford has taught thousands how to build successful
online businesses since late-1996. His membership site
contains over 40 interviews of leading online marketers sharing
their views on "How To Break Into The Internet Marketing Inner
Circle." You can access those powerful and shocking interviews
at: http://TheInternetMarketingInnerCircle.com

Keyword Software for Free?

2006-12-03T11:01:00.000-07:00

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Hate to...

2006-11-25T13:03:00.000-07:00

Hate to Sell? Design Your Business So You Don't Have To
by Kevin Newman

Owning your own business can have tremendous benefits. You can
experience the joy of being your own boss, setting your own
hours, working from home, and earning just as much as you want.

But with all that freedom comes a few challenges. If you've
already worked a home-based business, you know what they are. A
dislike for selling tops the list for millions who start their
own business.

"I really believe in my product," Maria says. "But I hate trying
to sell it to complete strangers. Often they aren't interested
and the rejection makes me want to give up on the business."

These days it isn't necessary to like to sell or even know how to
sell. Automated systems are taking over all the selling and
prospecting duties.

Here's how this highly automated system works. Advanced search
engine marketing automatically pulls thousands of prospects to
state of the art web sites. Keep in mind, these are TARGETED
prospects. They aren't just anybody, but are mostly those who are
actively interested in your product or service.

Then a pro sales team talks with each prospect. This keeps YOU
from having to talk on the phone with customers. The sales team
answers all the prospect's questions and quickly finds out if the
prospect is qualified to buy your product or service.

Then the prospect, already sold and ready to buy, is delivered to
you. You simply get up in the morning and check to see how much
you've sold -- that's it!

But what if you don't already have a product or service? That's
no problem. This automated system is so hot that you can simply
sell the system to others and earn thousands per week. That's
right -- THOUSANDS per week.

With that kind of big money, you may be looking at home-based
business in a new light. Use your automated home business to
augment your income, pay off bills, expand your budget to afford
nice cars or a better place to live, even retire early.

Or make your home business your full-time career. Think of all
the options you'll have in life when you only work a few hours to
a few minutes per day. You can get up when you like, get dressed
when you like, never have to commute, and spend just as much time
as you want with those you love.

Clearly, automation and out-sourced selling is turning home-based
business into the new "dream job." Get on board while this
exciting trend is hot.

Kevin Newman is an independent business consultant. To find
out how you can use Kevin Newman's system to generate your
own home-based income visit:
http://thebusinessprofessional.com/cgi-bin/uam/x.cgi?a=r&id=1&aid=440&p=11

Ten Tips To Power Up Your Article Marketing Campaign

2006-11-19T15:15:00.000-07:00

Ten Tips To Power Up Your Article Marketing Campaign

You’re selling a product. You need to get visitors to your site as you realize that the probability of effectuating a sale is directly proportional to your number of hits. What should you do?

Viral marketing involves e-books which are too long for you to write. Link exchanges are a series of hits and misses and you don’t have the time to spare. Google doesn’t seem to like your pages for some strange reason and you’re still stuck at PR zero. What should you do?

Worry not, dear friend. I’m going to tell you all about article marketing, the fastest way of exposing your site to more people and gaining the traffic that really matters.

Article marketing involves the peddling of your articles to as many free articles sites as possible. Search engines love free articles sites, and having a page dedicated to your work would serve you well. Best of all, you’re allowed a resource box where you could prominently display your name as well as a link to your website. This would surely generate some traffic!

The trick is in writing an article that people would love to read and in subtly promoting your product through the same. Do consider the following tips in formulating your article marketing campaign.

1.

Write well. By this, we mean that you should write well in accordance with proven methods in web publishing. Web readers are generally more impatient. Keep your paragraphs short, your tone conversational, and your style accessible. Avoid using jargons that common people wouldn’t understand. But still make sure that your article is grammatically sound, flows well, and factually correct.

2.

Write with focus. Pinpoint a subject you want to discuss. It should be relevant to your product, as the point here is to generate traffic for your site. Stick with that topic.

3.

If you do not have the time to write, you could hire a ghostwriter to do the job for you. Fees for a 300-600 word article range from $5 to $15, but money should not be a consideration for as long as you find a ghostwriter who is perfect for your needs. Additionally, the very essence of a ghostwriting service is confidentiality, so choose one whom you could trust.

4.

Your article should be informative. It should not be a sales pitch, or at the very least, an obvious one. Readers frown on ads disguised as articles. The purpose is to provide them with something informative, something that they would want to read.

5.

Strategically populate your article with a keyword that is relevant to your business as well as the topic of your work. Search engines love article sites, and more often than not, each page is indexed. Making your article keyword-rich would invite those search engine spiders like crazy!

6.

Format your resource box. What is needed is but a short introduction of you. One or two lines will be perfect. Consider this line as an illustrative model: “John Doe has been in the web design business for 7 years. He has come up with many innovative products that have helped webmasters the world over.”

7.

Encourage your readers to distribute your article by expressly allowing them to republish it in their websites, or to e-mail it to their friends, provided that your resource box is kept intact.

8.

Compile a list of all the free articles directories that you can find. Know the editorial guidelines for each, and if your article would fit them, submit to as many sites as possible.

9.

Do not stop writing! Write or commission more articles and repeat the entire process. It’s still a numbers game. The more articles you have distributed, the more chances you’ll have of being read by a lot of people.

10.

Practice patience. Waiting could be difficult, but once your article is posted in numerous sites, more visitors are due to come. Give it time. The viral nature of article marketing would soon make its presence felt, that’s a guarantee!

Fast And Easy Free Long-term Website Traffic Generation

2006-11-14T08:46:00.000-07:00

Fast And Easy Free Long-term Website Traffic Generation
Copyright 2006 By Willie Crawford

It's a fact of life that without traffic, your website
can't make sales. That makes traffic generation the
top priority for many webmasters.

The sad thing is that we often make generating traffic
to our websites much more difficult than it has to be.
We also often make it more expensive in terms of time
and other resources than it has to be.

Let me share with you just one quick traffic generation
method that will generate an endless stream of traffic
to your website.

One very successful method that I use, and that many of
my mentors use, is to offer a free or low-cost service
from your site. An example is to have some script on
your site that generates code that other webmasters
need to make their sites work better. It doesn't have
to be webmaster tools though, it just needs to be
something that brings visitors back to your site over
and over again.

You could host games on your site. These could even be
games where site visitors compete against each other.

You could host a recipe generator or recipe converter
on your site.

You could host quizzes or interactive courses on your
site. This would bring visitors back over and over again.

You could offer a file hosting and sharing service. Your
site visitors would come to your site, upload files, and
then access them from various places such as their Ebay
auctions, etc. They would have a convenient place to
point family and friends to for accessing their photos,
etc.

With the file sharing and file hosting service, you could
charge a nominal fee, and easily earn more than most people
do at their regular JOB. You could also offer the service
for free, and monetize your site by running your own ads,
or by running ads through a service like Google AdSense (TM).

I love the file hosting idea because it is so simple, and
it's something you can set up for under $20. You can grab
the script needed to do this for $17, set it up, and have a
traffic magnet in about an hour... if you're fast. You
can get that simple, easy to install script at:
http://NoHypeInternetMarketing.com/filehost/

Back to the idea of offering tools that webmasters need...
you can host "generators" on your site. Generators are
software tools that "generate" code or products that others
need. For example, you can host a press release generator,
or a cloaked links generator. The possibilities are really
endless, and most can be set up on your site fairly quickly.

For a ton of generators that can be set up on your site just
by copying and pasting a few lines of html code into your
webpage (where you want the generator to appear) check out
this site: http://NewbiesStartHere.com

When you really start thinking about it, generating free,
long-term traffic to your website is a snap. For some reason,
we just over-complicate it. We also often look at simple ideas
like the ones I just shared with you and don't use them. They
work, they're easy to implement, they're inexpensive, and you
should be using them! Instead most people who read this will
just keep foolishly looking for a bigger, more complicated,
harder to implement, secret method :-)

Take advantage of this idea today, and I'll offer you a few more
that are just as simple, fast, and easy in future articles.

-------------------

Willie Crawford has taught thousands how to build successful
online businesses since late-1996. His membership site
contains over 30 interviews of leading online marketers sharing
their views on "How To Break Into The Internet Marketing Inner
Circle." You can access those powerful and shocking interviews
at: http://TheInternetMarketingInnerCircle.com

The Death of Internet Marketing?

2006-11-11T17:25:00.000-07:00

Kevin here...

I just got an email about Mike Filsaime's F.ree
Report called - "The Death of Internet Marketing"

I will admit, like you may be feeling now, that
I thought it was some hyped up offer to get me to
join for free and get some offer...

...Turns out I was wrong. Way wrong.

The bottom line is, this report really opened
my eyes to what really is the death of Internet
marketing. The good news is, the report also
shows you what you need to know to succeed
in the near future.

The times are changing and I it would be a shame
for anyone to not read this report and fail like many
will.

I read it, and I wanted to share it with you ASAP.

I recommend you take a break from what ever it
is you are doing if you can and get access to this
report now.

Consider your future success by going here now...

Get The Death of Internet Marketing now... Click here!
Thanks,

Kevin

PS Check it out soon.
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5 Sure Ways To Cure Internet Marketing Overload

2006-11-11T10:07:00.000-07:00

5 Sure Ways To Cure Internet Marketing Overload
by Diane Hughes
================================================

The main thing I hear from most people just starting out
online is that they are overwhelmed. Yes -- you will see
TONS of ezines, membership sites, product packages,
product launches, forums, blogs, and anything to do with
internet marketing. It's a fact -- there's a lot out there!

So how do you stay focused and organized?

1. KEEP EZINE SUBSCRIPTIONS TO A MINIMUM

Don't signup for every ezine and mailing list you come
across.... and if you have already, sift through them and
decide which ones are most important to your success.

Trust me -- I used to think I'd miss something if I didn't
subscribe to everyone's list. Eventually I realized that
I was overloaded with emails all telling me the same thing!
Most internet marketers go to the same people when they're
ready to launch a product and if you stay subscribed to a
quality ezine, you'll always be in the loop.

2. DON'T JOIN EVERY FORUM YOU COME ACROSS

Forums are VERY valuable and in my opinion, can mean all
the difference in how fast you succeed. Name branding and
business relationships are built everyday in quality
marketing forums. However, you CAN spend TOO MUCH time
reading and posting. Joining a few select forums and
slotting time out "just for forums" is your best bet.

A few of my favorites...
http://www.conqueryourniche.com/forum/probiztips
http://www.warriorforum.com/forum/
http://www.im4newbies.com/forum/portal.php

3. REMEMBER THAT "ADS" ARE GOOD FOR YOU!

When venturing into the internet marketing world, you are
going to see lots of ads, marketing, and launches. It always
tickles me when someone is trying to "break" into the
internet marketing niche yet they get irritated because
there are so many ads and launches. You're in the wrong
business, buddy!

Change your attitude about ads. Use them as free education
materials! Even if you're not interested in what the ad is
advertising, learn from their ad copy and website. In my
opinion, this is an uptapped secret and can directly
affect your "marketing attitude" and success.

4. ORGANIZE, ORGANIZE, ORGANIZE

I have separate folders on my PC for Resale Rights,
Private Label Rights, eBooks, etc. I admit, I'm an internet
marketing junkie so I HAVE to organize everything. If you
come across a good deal, DON'T PASS IT UP! Buy it and
organize it for safe-keeping.

5. FINALLY -- RELAX AND TAKE IT SLOW

Success is not going to come overnight... no matter what
you might hear. It takes patience, diligence, faith,
education (free marketing ezines & forums), and even a
little money every now and then. Don't expect huge returns
or results without huge efforts!

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Diane Hughes is publisher of the long-running ProBizTips
Newsletter. Would you like exclusive access to an entire
vault of marketing tools and tips & tricks at no c.ost?
http://www.marketersdream.com/diane

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10 Seldom Used Freebies That Can Increase Your

2006-11-10T19:11:00.000-07:00

10 Seldom Used Freebies That Can Increase Your
Traffic And Sales

by Kevin C Newman

1. Checklists-Create a list of things to check for a

particular process related to your business's topic.

Ex: a checklist for creating a web site.

2. Templates-Design a template that will make a

certain action easier for your target audience. Ex:

a template for writing a resume.

3. Text Workbook-Publish a text format ebook so

your audience can learn and practice a certain skill.

Ex: a text workbook for writing ad headlines.

4. Transcripts-Create an ebook of text transcripts

of a related live event. It can be a seminar, speech,

class, interview, etc.

5. Dictionary Of Terms-Publish a web directory or

ebook dictionary of terms relating to your specific

business industry or subject.

6. Advice Service-Offer a live chat room were

you or your employees can give your visitors and

customers advice on your business topic.

7. Human Research-Offer a free service were you

will search for sites or information your visitors or

customers can't seem to find online.

8. Plans-Create ready-made plans for a particular

project your target audience wants to accomplish.

It could be marketing plans, landscape plans, etc.

9. Forms-Offer printable, ready-made forms your

visitors or customers would use regularly. It could

be legal forms, organizational forms, etc.

10. E-mail Reports-Publish quarterly e-mail reports

that contains new research discoveries, surveys,

and statistics about your related industry.

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ListLotto - Play to win at the Double Opt In

2006-11-09T16:48:00.000-07:00

ListLotto -

If you know how important List Building is for your Business Online and you want a way to help you build your Internet Marketing list with ease, then ListLotto is the ticket...

Lets first look at what ListLotto is:

Its a Downline List Building web site that lets you email the list you build every 5 days.
There are many other sites like this on the market, such as ListDotCom and YourLuckyList and many others.

Each of these sites allow you to build a list, then mail out to that list every few days or so. The incentive is you can grow your list by sharing information about the main site, which in turn attracts new visitors and then means you build a list of your own.

Provided you build the relationship correctly with these people, you can then start to pull them across to your main sites and market to them from there.

In general, these downline list builders will also let you upgrade to a paid membership which gives you more access to mail more people on the site itself.

This is great in the early days of these sites launch as everyone reads the mail from them and you can get a great response.

Where ListLotto has set itself apart from the current trend of list building web sites, is it gives you the potential to email to the entire house list, no matter how big by winning the weekly free draw, hence the name List Lotto!

The cool part is, for every person you refer, you can gain a further entry into the weekly draw, thus making it Viral... Invite more people, the more chances you will have to win the weekly draw.

Now with the appeal this has, it means that thousands of people will be marketing this site with all the great tools included, even Blog Posts :)

The more people promoting, means the BIGGER the list will be on the site... Imagine for one moment the potenial to mail to hundreds, thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands of people? Would'nt that be simply AWESOME...

Well now you can...

ListLotto is the ultimate list builder online and its free to get started... You could win the weekly draw and be sending your information to thousands of interested people.. now that sounds like a list I would want to send to..

To your success

Kevin Newman

http://www.kcn-enterprises.com/recommends/listlotto.html

DesktopLightning - Strengths and Weaknesses

2006-10-12T14:52:00.000-06:00

If you've been following what's been going on in the last few
days in the Internet Marketing scene then I'm sure by now you've
at least heard about DesktopLightning.com.

A lot of people are saying really good things about the site,
but are they true?

I decided to write up an honest review of the site, covering
what I believe to be its strengths and its weaknesses, just
to clear it up once and for all...

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DesktopLightning.com - Strengths and Weaknesses
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Overall Rating: 4.5 / 5 stars (* * * * 1/2)

In A Nutshell
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A catchy new viral marketing tool, capable of broadcasting
messages directly to people's desktops. Easy to use, and
caters primarily to those who have something they want to
promote and are looking for a better way to do it.

(Read on for why I didn't give it 5 stars)

1. Initial Impressions
----------------------

When I was first introduced to DesktopLightning.com, I wasn't
quite sure exactly what to think. Everyone was saying it was
going to be more powerful than e-mail marketing, but this
seemed like too bold of a claim.

I signed up anyway, since I usually give things a chance --
that's how I have found the several sites I do really trust
and rely on.

The signup process did take about 60 seconds, as advertised,
and their software program downloaded and installed in about
30 seconds. No long, tedious install processes here. If you
own downloadable software, you might want to take a look at
how quick their install process is.

Right after installing the software, it ran immediately, and
I was quickly presented with a tool to invite my friends.

Within one-click's access was my Inbox, the tool to send
broadcasts, a statistics page, and my favorite, the "Build
Your Network" page.

I'll get more into why that's my favorite page later.

2. Viral Growth
---------------

This is where the site really shines, in my opinion. The
purpose of a viral marketing site is that you should be able
to invite just a few people, and then it will start growing
on its own.

Many sites claim to work like this, but few actually work as
advertised.

I'm not sure if it's because of their unique concept or the
slick implementation, but this site is REALLY viral. Here's
some of the testimonials they got, which I think sum it up
pretty well:

"I haven't ever seen a system build a downline so
fast. I joined your program just to try something
new. Four days later I had a downline of 43 people.
This is unbelievable."

~ Harry Joseph

"I invited just a handful of people only a few days
ago and I already have 48 members on 5 levels below
me. I am going to keep promoting this, but I see it
has a life of it's own now. I couldn't stop my
network from expanding if I wanted to!"

~ David Parton

"This website is so viral - I received over 100
sign-ups and my network is already 5 levels deep in
less than 48 hours."

~ Rene Keiser

Although they obviously can't guarantee results for anyone,
the general consesus is that most people who do get those
initial few people in are experiencing results similar to
these.

I give DesktopLightning.com an A+ for spreading like wildfire.

3. Direct-To-Desktop Broadcasts
-------------------------------

So, once you have the people in your network from the direct
invitations and the viral growth, then it really gets cool.
Now is when you get to broadcast whatever message you want
directly to their desktops.

Gone are the days of sending out emails and wondering if
they were received due to spam filters and crowded inboxes.

If you upgrade to their Platinum membership, then you can even
get exact statistics on the percentage of your broadcasts that
were opened, but the Platinum membership is not the subject
of this review.

Here's how it works -- the DesktopLightning.com software is
what allows the direct-to-desktop communication to be
received. Since everyone in your network will have the
DesktopLightning.com application installed, just as you do,
this is what allows such smooth and instant communication
to occur.

Within one hour of your sending the message, everyone in your
network who is online will receive a notification on their
desktop that they can click to read your message.

Anyone who isn't online at the time will receive it when they
log on next.

I'm sure you can see why this type of communication has been
more successful than email as of late, so I won't get into
it too much here. The basic point though is that there's no
way your message can be lost, overlooked, or blocked by any
filters.

If you upgrade to their Platinum service you can do things
like embed video and sound right into the broadcast, but
again, I'll save the Platinum service for another review.

4. Building Your Network
------------------------

Most sites out there nowadays don't really help you build a
network of people below you. They just throw you a URL and
tell you to run with it.

While this works for most advanced people, it's not something
that's very easy for people who are just starting out.

DesktopLightning.com went really far this time to make sure
that everyone has a way to bring people into their network,
regardless of skill level.

When you click on the "Build Your Network" link from within
their application, you'll be presented with a surprising
number of tools to help you build your downline.

Everything from banners, to popups, to text ads, to invitation
tools, to emails to send out, etc.

Then, they continue to offer something which I haven't seen on
any Internet Marketing site yet -- they have a "Starting From
Scratch" section, designed specifically for people who have
no list and no website with traffic.

If you're in that position, then you'll love this section,
since they detail specific strategies you can use to promote
DesktopLightning.com (or anything for that matter), even if
you don't have anything to start with.

Quite a valuable resource.

5. Not For Everyone
-------------------

With all that said, the only downside to DesktopLightning.com
is that it's not for everyone.

Of course, some might see that as an upside, since it's a more
targetted opportunity.

Basically, the bottom line is that DesktopLightning.com is a
promotional tool. You need to have something you want to
promote or advertise before you can really make use of the
site.

This is all due to the fact that the basic concept is that
you build a viral network of people, and then broadcast
something to it.

But, this "something" is whatever you want, so you must
already have something you'd want to send to a lot of people.

If you don't have something yet, you could start building your
network first, and then once you get something to promote
you'll be ready to launch it immediately.

If you do have something to promote, that's when the site
really shines.

6. Conclusion
-------------

I would recommend this site to anyone who has something to
promote or advertise.

It definitely works, and your downline will grow extremely
fast if you put some energy into getting it started.

The direct-to-desktop broadcasts are a killer app in today's
online climate, where emails barely even get through anymore.

The only reason I didn't give it 5 stars is that it has
nothing to offer for people who don't have anything to
promote or advertise yet.

If you want to advertise or promote something to a lot of
people in a unique and poweful way, then this site is for
you.

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At any rate, my general opinion is that since it's so quick to
set up and try, if you have something you want to promote you
might as well go check it out.

You can always remove it later if you decide you don't like it.

Here's the link where you can sign up:

http://www.DesktopLightning.com/ShadowKnight

Enjoy! :)

Kevin Newman

New Life For Old Computers

2006-10-10T20:13:00.000-06:00

by Jim Edwards © Jim Edwards - All Rights reserved http://www.thenetreporter.com -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- With computer prices dropping and CPU speeds doubling every 18 months, why doesn't everyone have a new computer at least every year? Well, I have a theory! I think a silent fear prevents most people from upgrading their computers to take advantage of the latest technology. I believe most people don't get a new computer because they don't know what to do with the old one! For example, I just bought a new laptop and desktop computers and need to quickly figure out what to do with the old ones. Well fear not gentle reader, because you are about to discover some very practical (and a couple of funny) uses for your old computer. * "Starter" Computer * Every kid should learn how to use a computer, however, investing a thousand dollars in a new computer and monitor just so "junior" can crash it doesn't rate a smart idea. Give your old computer to your son, daughter, niece, nephew, grandkid or whoever needs to learn basic computer skills without worrying if they crash the machine. * Give To Charity * Believe it or not, a lot of people out there can't afford a computer and would be thrilled to get your older model. School children especially should have computers to help them with homework, research and all the other incredible learning tools computers make available. WARNING: Make sure to thoroughly wipe your hard drive data before giving it away. * Upgrade / Fix Another PC * An old hard drive might make an excellent built-in backup drive for your newer computer. Also, you might be surprised how much all the little spare parts (fan, power unit, cpu, motherboard) on your "dead" computer could bring on eBay if you chopped it up and sold them individually. * Software Robot * Many software programs can run unattended on a PC to perform various tasks such as research, search engine submission, and more. Running that software on a "robot" machine in the corner can save you valuable computing time by taking it off your everyday work PC. * "Field" Computer * I've often wanted to take my laptop with me to the beach, on the boat, or work on it in the car while my wife prowls the local mall. However, my fear of wind, weather and theft by using it outside my home office usually prevents me from taking it along. Though not disposable, an older laptop used only for word processing or similar tasks rates the "risk" of bringing along in harsher conditions. None of these practical uses appeal to you? Well then take some of these "lighter side" uses for a spin. PLANTER - That sturdy metal box is the perfect size for petunias or starting your shade garden while waiting for the spring thaw. SPEED BUMP - Tired of people speeding through your neighborhood well in excess of the posted limits? A well- placed old Pentium II PC will slow them down! Regardless of how you choose to use your old computer, don't set it in a corner and forget about it. Put it to good use either for yourself or someone else who could really use and benefit from it! -- Jim Edwards is a syndicated newspaper columnist and the co-author of an amazing new ebook that will teach you how to use fr^e articles to quickly drive thousands of targeted visitors to your website, affiliate links, or blogs... -=-=-==-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Need MORE TRAFFIC to your website or affiliate links? "Turn Words Into Traffic" reveals the secrets for driving Thousands of NEW visitors to your website or affiliate links... without spending a dime on advertising! Click Here> http://www.turnwordsintotraffic.com -=-=-==-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

New Business Plan?

2006-10-01T21:00:00.000-06:00

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42 Deadly Ad Copy Sins That I've Made

2006-09-12T12:39:00.000-06:00

42 Deadly Ad Copy Sins That I've Made

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I have read thousands of ad copies online and offline
over my lifetime. I have read excellent ad copies that
made me buy right away and some that may have had
a decent product, but had a poor ad copy that turned
me away.

Now that I am in business, I have written some of my
own ad copies. Some of them have worked, some of
them have bombed. The key is to keep changing and
testing your ad copy, don't just write one and then
stop. I don't have a college degree in copywriting, but
I know to learn from the mistakes and never give up.

Below I've made a list of 42 deadly ad copy sins that
I've made over the years and that you can learn from:

-no compelling headline
-no believable testimonials
-no sub headlines
-no attractive benefits
-no features
-no strong guarantees
-no asking or answering questions
-no proof of benefits offered
-no contact information for questions
-no endorsements
-no conversational writing
-too long of sentences
-no deadline to order
-no free trials
-spelling mistakes
-grammar mistakes
-too light of text
-too dark of background
-ad copy doesn't blend together
-no breaks in ad copy
-no bullets
-ad copy in all CAPS
-few ordering options
-no visual aids
-no comparison to competition
-no reminding of benefits or deadlines
-no information about your business
-no appealing adjectives
-no appealing phrases
-too large of text
-too small of text
-no emotional appeal
-too large of paragraphs
-no story telling
-no underlining or bolding of keywords
-too short of ad copy
-too long of ad copy
-no facts or case studies
-hard to understand jargon
-no free bonuses
-too low of price
-too high of price

Don't get me wrong, not all 42 of my ad copy sins will
apply to each and every ad you write. It is just a list
you can use in the future. If you currently have an ad
copy, compare it to the list right now. Your ad copy
could make or break your sales.

Quote of the Day:

"The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who
cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn,
and relearn." -- Alvin Toffler

Warm regards,

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Opportunist vs. Entrepreneur...

2006-09-12T12:14:00.000-06:00

A lot's been made since Rich Schefren leaked his Internet Marketing Manifesto about the importance of building a true business with real systems, instead of just being an opportunist marketer, out for the latest shiny object.

Two things...

The reason I bring it up is that Fabio Marciano and Mike Ambrosio went out and found 13 top butterfly marketers to interrogate and get them to reveal all of their strategies for success. These interviews, which don't cost anything to listen to, are 100% pure info...without the usual teleseminar BS and upsell garbage.

The reason I bring up Schefren is that these guys on the calls have really focused in on their core competencies and what they're good at and they got paid very, very handsomely as a result.

If you're anxious to take your business to the next level, but have not been able to build a profitable info marketing funnel, then you are going to love this...

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Mike and Fabio have put together, by far, the best interview product this year.

Seriously, it's that good.

Best of all, you can get acess to the interviews at no cost.

There are quite a few fast action bonuses so make sure you check it out today...

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Thanks,

Kevin

No Approval Required

2006-09-05T22:33:00.000-06:00

No Approval Required

- by Stuart Goldsmith

(c) 2005 Stuart Goldsmith - Worldwide Rights Reserved
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It is your dream that counts, not somebody else's
definition of what constitutes a valid dream.

You do not need to get your dream countersigned by
society and have them approve it as big enough or
important enough.

The dream is for you, not society. It matters not one
jot if a single other human being benefits or not from
your passion.

You're doing it because you want to do it. That's
the only reason you need. If you want to make money
from your dream, then it will have to benefit
others as well, but it's a very rare dream which
has no positive impact on the lives of others.

Big, planet-changing dreams are allowed, of course!

Just make sure it really is your passion, and not
something you are claiming to believe in for one of
these three erroneous reasons:

1. It's so big you know you'll never do it, and so
there's no point in making a start. In other words,
your grandiose passion is little more than an excuse
for in-action.

2. This is not really your passion, but you think it
sounds grand enough, altruistic enough, or worthy
enough to be allowed under society's definition of
'meaningful.' In other words, you feel that small,
personal dreams are not allowable, are too
insignificant and make you look like a loser.

3. Your dream is merely one, grandiose strategy for
filling your need - you could fill that need far more
easily than via this complex and unlikely scheme you
have envisaged.

When you get in contact with your passion, and follow
it, remarkable life-changing events will happen to you
- sometimes not exactly what you might expect. Here is
a story taken from Barbara Sher's book which
illustrates this point well.

The Story of Jessie

Jessie was 45, very quiet and shy. She lived in
Atlanta, Georgia, and ran an office for her husband, a
well-known architect. He was a star in his community,
involved with meetings and parties while Jessie did all
the unglamorous paperwork.

Jessie had no idea what she wanted do with her life.
She joined a six person Success Team (a self-help group
of about six people who meet regularly to make each
other's dreams come true).

Jessie's team did everything they could to help her
find something she'd love, though she couldn't come up
with a thing.

"Why don't you look for a job you like better?" They
asked. "I don't know," she said. "I just don't feel
like it."

Months went by. Then one day, Jessie walked into the
group and announced: "I want to race sled dogs in the
winter race at Bear Grease." (Bear Grease is a small
town in Minnesota.)

The team was flabbergasted.

"Are you sure?"
"Yes," Jessie said. "That's what I want to do."
"Do you mind telling us why?" They asked.
"I don't know why," she said.
"Do you know anything about sled dog racing?"
"Nope."

That was the end of the team's questioning.

Before I go any further, see if you can guess at the
need which this challenge might fulfill in Jessie.

Her team were so happy Jesse had found something she
wanted that they set out immediately to help find a
training school, or a dog racer, or anything. They
approached anyone walking any kind of dog and asked,
"Do you know anything about sled dog racing?" Finally,
somebody did know about a summer training camp for dog
racers, and on a warm summer day, Jessie walked into
camp, went up to the trainer, and said, "I want to
learn how to run the sled dogs."

He looked at her, a tiny 45 year-old lady in a straight
skirt and sensible shoes, and decided to discourage
her. He hitched up the team of dogs to a training sled
on wheels and gave her the reins.

"Here," he said. "Practice a little. See if you like
it."

Suddenly he shouted to the dogs and they took off
running. Jessie could barely keep up with them. She
tripped and slid and practically fell on her face, but
she stayed with the dogs all the way around the track.
When she finished and caught her breath, she smiled at
the trainer and said, "I love this!" He laughed, and
consented to train her.

When winter came and it was time to go to Bear Grease,
Jessie realized she knew nobody. She asked her trainer
if she could use his name for introductions and he
said, "I can't do that, Jessie. You are still a
beginner, and I have a reputation to maintain." So
Jessie's Success Team took her to the airport and saw
her off with loud cheers and secret fears.

When she arrived at Bear Grease she found a tiny town,
mostly one main street, packed with snow and full of
seasoned sledders sitting around in clumps with their
dogs. She forced herself to walk up to one crew after
another, asking if anyone needed a helper, until
finally, someone who had lost an assistant to the flu
took her on. And Jessie ran with a team of sled dogs
over a hundred mile course.

The Success Team went wild when she called after the
race and when Jessie returned home, she was a satisfied
woman. She told her team all the gripping details with
a big smile on her face. "Now, that's happiness," one
said. "It sure it is" Jessie said. "What now?" her team
said. "More training?"

"No," she said. "I'm finished. I don't want to do that
any more."

There was a moment of stunned silence and then her team
said, "Well, what do you want to do now?" Jessie said,
"Quit my job."

It had never occurred to anyone in Jessie's team that
she would need to overcome a big challenge before she'd
be ready to give up her thankless job and go out into
the world.

That was an excellent example of the power of dreams.
Jessie knew she wanted to change her life, but could
not summon up the courage to quit her job outright. She
needed this intermediary dream to help her realize a
bigger goal - that of independence. It was, if you
like, a 'steppingstone' dream.

Until next time...

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10 Important Things To Tell Your Prospects

2006-09-04T17:13:00.000-06:00

10 Important Things To Tell Your Prospects

by Kevin C Newman

1. Tell your prospects that you offer free delivery.

This may cost a little money, but, you will gain the

extra customers to make up for it.

2. Tell your prospects that you offer a lower price.

If you can't afford to offer a lower price you could

always hold the occasional discount sale.

3. Tell your prospects that your product achieves

results faster. People are becoming more and more

impatient and want results fast.

4. Tell your prospects you've been in business for

a longer period of time. People think if you've been

in business longer you have more credibility.

5. Tell your prospects that your product tastes,

smells sounds, looks, or feels better. When you

target the senses you're triggering human appeal.

6. Tell your prospects your product is compact or

light. People may want to take the product on a trip

or don't have much room where they live.

7. Tell your prospects that your product lasts longer.

People don't like to spend more money purchasing

replacement products all the time.

8. Tell your prospects that your product is easy to

use. People don't want to buy a product that they

have to read a 100 page instruction manual.

9. Tell your prospects that your product has better

safety features. People want to feel safe when they

use your products.

10. Tell your prospects that you stand behind all

your products. People want to know that you back-

up any claims you make about your product.

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Kevin is a custodial single parent, graduate

student, personal fitness trainer, and internet

marketer.

KCN-Enterpises ClickBank Solutions Marketplace

Unleash the SuperHero in You

2006-09-03T10:31:00.000-06:00

This is something that I think is so very important to all of us. Therefore I am passing along this article in hopes that it can help you in your journey of creating that perfect home based business that allows you the freedom you so richly deserve.

To Your Success,

Kevin

Unleash The Superhero In You

Within every human being, exists an infinite supply of creativity, strength and wonder.

You are capable of more than you know.

Let me tell you about a real life Superhero I know. His name is Mike Berkson.

Mike Berkson was born a few minutes after his twin brother David, on February 4th, 1989. Shortly after birth, Mike was diagnosed with cerebral palsy. Doctors told his parents that he would not be able to talk and he would never be a student in a regular classroom. By the time Mike was 3, he was not only talking up a storm but had a thirst for vocabulary. Mike sets BIG goals. Mike excels in English and History, is creative in writing short stories and has ambitions in film making.

Mike lives in a Chicago suburb and now attends high school. He loves rap music, Seinfeld reruns, movies, girls, and many other things most teenagers are interested in. Mike is unique in that he has to work around some obstacles in his day to day life that you and I will never be faced with.

Because he is confined to a wheelchair, and has limited use of his arms and legs, he is paired with someone to help him through the day so he can attend school and get the quality of education he deserves. For a few years, my friend Tim was fortunate enough to be paired with Mike and serve as Mike's aid and helper.

Ponder the things you do every day and imagine being physically unable to do them. Tim was responsible for taking notes for Mike, assisting him with eating, the bathroom, transportation and all the things that we do without thinking about.

As Tim and Mike grew closer and Tim became a member of Mike's family, Tim felt a yearning to share with the world Mike's awesome attitude, and how Mike deals with prejudices, ignorance and inconveniences despite his circumstances.

Tim was so inspired by the Superhero within Mike, that last year he set a goal to write a book about Mike and run 1,200 miles from Florida to Chicago to promote it.

Just one tiny problem...at the time, Tim could hardly run 30 minutes and in order to achieve his goals within 4 months, he would have to write the book at blazing speed AND get into the kind of physical condition to maintain a pace of running 40 miles per day for 31 straight days.

Impossible you might think? No. Remember I told you that you are more powerful than you think you are.

You see Tim had a unique source of motivation to fuel his goals. He had Mike. He had the examples from years of watching Mike display the traits of a real life Superhero. Tim had the inspiration of making a promise to an exceptional young man. Tim had the motivation of a purpose greater than himself.

Tim had the yearning to pursue a series of goals so much bigger than anything he had ever done before, that he just had to try. As a tribute to Mike, Tim had to push himself beyond anything he ever previously did, as Mike does every single day.

Some people in life believe you should only pursue goals you know you can achieve. Others believe the success lies in the growth that occurs from stretching beyond your previous wins, and that all growth is success.

How do you define success?

I interviewed Tim recently on my radio show. Tim explained how he found an endurance coach and transformed himself from a couch potato into an ultra endurance champion. Tim did not reach his goal of running 40 miles a day. You see, his plan was flawed. He made a lot of mistakes. His schedule for the run was so tight, that he did not allow himself any room for error, like weather, funding, or the hazards of running alongside traffic. His approach for raising money was limited. He had a skeleton crew of one to accompany him on the run.

He had to return home by a certain date, regardless of how far behind he was, so he had to drive the distances to catch up when he fell behind. Shortly after he started his journey, he realized he would not be able to achieve the 1,200 miles and still make it home on time. But he kept running anyways, he wanted to Keep On Keeping On. He would rather continue stretching himself than consider quitting.

Why is Tim's journey considered a success by many? Because he dared to pursue it in the first place. Because he did finish his book about Mike in record time. Because he succeeded in transforming his body into an Ultra Endurance Machine for that time. Because he DID succeed in running an average of 24 miles per day for a total of 700 miles. Because he didn't quit, even when he realized he could not reach every goal he set for himself. Because he touched the heart of a young man who looked up to him. Because he inspired a lot of people to go beyond what they previously thought they could do.

Because for a moment in time, he taped into the Superhero inside himself and unleashed more of his own potential.

Rising above circumstances like a champion inspires other people.

We must re-evaluate our perspective on what success really is.

Are you a success if you play it safe your whole life and never dare anything unless you are guaranteed victory?

When you set BIG Goals, it is important to set many smaller goals that coincide with it. Even if you fail to reach your deadline for one Goal, you will still succeed at many, and you will build your confidence to a much higher level. Give yourself empowering reasons for getting up when you feel down.

There is a Superhero inside YOU.

What Goals can you set that will inspire you to unleash it?

Keep On Keeping On.

Live Your Dreams.

Jill Koenig

Jill Koenig, the "Goal Guru" is a best selling author, coach and motivational speaker. She is an expert on the subjects of Goal Setting, Time Management and Business Success. Visit her website at: www.GoalGuru.com

10 Ways To Improve Your Customer Service

2006-09-01T22:02:00.000-06:00

10 Ways To Improve Your Customer Service

1. Stay in contact with customers on a regular basis. Offer
them a free e-zine subscription. Ask customers if they
want to be updated by e-mail when you make changes to
your Web site. After every sale, follow-up with the
customer to see if they are satisfied with their purchase.

2. Create a customer focus group. Invite ten to twenty of
your most loyal customers to meet regularly. They will give
you ideas and input on how to improve your customer
service. You could pay them, take them out to dinner or
give them free products.

3. Make it easy for your customers to navigate on your
web site. Have a "FAQ" page on your Web site to explain
anything that might confuse your customers. Ask them to
fill out an electronic survey to find out how make your web
site more customer friendly.

4. Resolve your customers complaints quickly and
successfully. Answer all e-mail and phone calls within an
hour. If possible, you the owner of the business, personally
take care of the problem. This will show your customers
you really care about them.

5. Make it easy for your customers to contact you.
Offer as many contact methods as possible. Allow
customers to contact you by e-mail. Hyperlink your e-mail
address so customers won't have to type it. Offer toll free
numbers for phone and fax contacts.

6. Make sure employees know and use your customer
service policy. Give your employees bonuses or incentives
to practice excellent customer service. Tell employees to
be flexible with each individual customer, each one has
different concerns, needs and wants.

7. Give your customers more than they expect. Send thank
you gifts to lifetime customers. E-mail them online greeting
cards on holidays or birthdays. Award bonuses to your
customers who make a big purchase.

8. Always be polite to your customers. Use the words
your welcome, please, and thank you. Be polite to your
customers even if they are being irate with you. Always
apologize to your customers should you make a mistake.
Admit your mistakes quickly and make it up to them in a
big way.

9. Reward customers a point for every one dollar they
spend. Let's say customers can get a free computer for 300
points. That means customers will spend $300 dollars on
your products and services to get enough points to get the
free computer.

10. Build strong relationships with your customers. Invite
them to company meetings, luncheons, workshops or
seminars. Create special events for your customers like
parties, barbecue's, dances etc. This will make them feel
important when you include them in regular business
operations and special events.

Quote of the Day:

"It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the
privilege of wisdom to listen." -- Oliver Wendell Holmes,
Jr.

Warm regards,

Kevin Newman
http://www.kcn-enterprises.com

Eric Rockefeller Created A Monster!

2006-08-28T11:54:00.000-06:00

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2006-08-27T20:28:00.000-06:00

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Simple, Fast and Inexpensive, Web2 Corp Changes the Game for Small Businesses That Want to Thrive on the Internet

2006-08-25T18:57:00.000-06:00

Simple, Fast and Inexpensive, Web2 Corp Changes the Game for Small Businesses That Want to Thrive on the Internet

ORLANDO, Fla., Aug. 24, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- Like many small business owners, when they think about the Chamber of Commerce they think about local support and networking opportunities within their business community. With the advent of the Internet, that business community has expanded to the four corners of the globe. How does a small operator engage that massive market and thrive? Enter Web2 Corp and its Chamber of E-Commerce division. Devoted to supporting small and micro-sized businesses in their Internet ambitions, the E-Chamber is a one-stop cornucopia of resources advice and services that can help the smallest business get out there fast and on the cheap. Best of all, membership is free. The Chamber is like that utility knife with all the blades for every need. Business owners can find it at www.chamberecommerce.com.

Founded by serial online entrepreneurs Bill Mobley and Andre Forde, the Chamber realizes that many small businesses just don't have the time, budget or expertise to do the web for themselves. Both contribute value that most small businesses can benefit from: Mobley created one of the first online supply chain management systems on the Internet for perishable cut flowers (talk about little room for error!); and Forde developed one of the best website builders on the market (which was purchased for $25 mil by an industry leader). The two teamed up to tackle what they saw as a glaring gap in services for small businesses. The result is the Chamber. "Our goal is to arm the vast numbers of non-technical business owners with information and E-commerce products that let them stay focused on their business, not on learning arcane details of the web," says Mobley. "We are the non-techie do-it-yourself solution that is the perfect for eBay sellers who want their own website, or small business operators who have avoided the Internet. We target non-consumers by making the process easy, fun, fast and very affordable," says Forde.

In addition to offering information, training and networking opportunities, the Chamber targets a gap in E-Commerce offerings by integrating an easy-to-use website builder, shopping cart, payment processing and Internet marketing into one simple working bundle. "The array of terms that face any small operator in launching a web version of their business is a huge barrier to entry," says Mobley. "PHP, SQL, SSL, HTML, AJAX, SWF, Linux, ASP, MySQL . . . and much more must be waded through for a do-it-yourself webmaster to create a site. Most give up in short order. We eliminate that today." Mobley proudly points to the professionally designed site templates and promotional tools that the Chamber delivers. In his view, the Chamber offers the next evolutionary step for small businesses that are relegated to eBay. "We hear from many auction users who are looking to move to ownership of their own site." Forde intends to be one of the best options for them to do so.

Traditional E-commerce solutions have been a la carte in nature. A firm might offer a website builder, but it is up to the business owner to find and integrate a shopping cart script and then secure a merchant account to be able to accept credit cards. All of these pieces have to be assembled into a working whole. The Chamber recognized the difficulty of that effort and the frustration of users. This was the genesis of the Chamber of E-Commerce. "We looked around and saw that traditional Chambers of Commerce in general were not addressing the needs of Internet businesses. That is what prompted our adoption of the Chamber brand," says Mobley. "We are all about making it easier and less expensive for enterprising people to realize their dreams."

The Chamber offers website packages that begin as low as $0.99 per month for a basic site, $9.95 per month for professional marketing sites, and $19.95 per month for webstore packages that include everything needed for conducting transactions online. Says Mobley, "We have priced our products to be competitive, particularly our webstore product which is significantly less expensive than the leading competitors who offer the old incomplete a la carte models of service." Asked how he can do that and remain profitable, Forde replied, "By making the products easier at a much lower price, our costs of customer acquisition and customer service are lower. We expect our price to value relationship to drive significant volume."

About Web2 Corp

Web2 Corp (OTCBB:WBTO) Web2 Corporation is an Internet technology company focused on improving the ways people and businesses utilize the power of the Internet. We specialize in rapid adaptation of technologies to address new markets of users by reducing the level of technical skills required, simplifying useful products, and lowering prices. We are a development-stage company with a slate of projects that are expected to launch in the near term.

Our products and services address a significant market gap by providing non-technical business operators of small to medium-sized businesses with all the necessary services needed to migrate their cottage industries to the Internet or to start a new Internet business. Web2's Chamber of E-Commerce packages provide all the necessary components for launch of a successful online business in just a few hours. The Chamber integrates a helpful, non-threatening bundle that can be easily used and managed by low-tech business operators. The company profitably provides all elements basic to any business endeavor in a cost-effective package offered for $19.95 per month with no start-up fees. Clients simply need to add their information and products or services to be in business in as little as an hour without knowing a thing about HTML, Flash, Secure Socket Layers, FTP, or any other technical aspect of creating and running a website.

Certain statements in this news release may contain forward-looking information within the meaning of Rule 175 under the Securities Act of 1933 and Rule 3b-6 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and are subject to the safe harbor created by those rules. All statements, other than statements of fact included in this release, including without limitation statements regarding potential future plans and objectives of the Corporation, are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate and actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Gross turnover could be substantially less in the future due to changes in the law, general economic conditions, or unexpected failure of equipment servicing the accounts. In addition, technical complications which may arise could prevent the prompt implementation of the plans outlined above. Additional Safe Harbor Act Disclaimer Notice is available on the web site at http://www.110mediagroup.com.

CONTACT: Mediawise Communications for Web2 Corp
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(407) 862-5477
Fax: (407) 862-5734
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Do you have what it takes to be an e-entrepreneur?".

2006-08-24T20:38:00.000-06:00

Do you have what it takes to be an e-entrepreneur?
Copyright © Stone Evans, The Home Biz Guy
Author of "Dotcomology - The Science of Making Money Online"

These days, it seems like everyone wants to work
from home and make money on the Internet. But
before you even turn on your computer, the first
question you have to ask yourself is whether
you’re cut out for this kind of work.

The fact is, building a home-based business isn’t
for everyone. Some people like the commute. They
really do enjoy having a boss who tells them what
to do, and they like the routine of working
nine-to-five for an ordinary salary that can
barely pay the mortgage. Personally, I think
they’re nuts.

More reasonably, there are people who are
concerned about the risk of starting up their own
business. They’re not sure it’s worth the
investment of time and money, and they’re scared
of the responsibility that comes with running
their own company. They wonder if there is
another way to escape the rat race.

I’m sure there is. You could win the lottery or
wait for your Aunt Sue to keel over and leave you
her condo. Or maybe you could sit down with a pen
and paper and draw the blueprint for "The Next
Big Thing". Anything can happen... Right?

For me, what happened was creating a successful,
self-running Internet marketing system. It didn’t
happen without effort. It didn’t happen without
at least some initial investment of both time and
money and, of course, it doesn’t happen now
without me making sure that the taxes are filed
and the paperwork is done. But it happened.

I’m my own boss. I work from home according to my
own schedule and I get to pocket all the cash my
business makes. If you’re prepared to give an
e-business the time, the work and the money it
needs to get started and get growing, it can
happen for you too.

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Low Testosterone Levels, Higher Death Rates

2006-08-22T19:21:00.000-06:00

Low Testosterone Levels, Higher Death Rates

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Men in their 40s or older who have low hormone levels have a higher risk of death than those with normal hormone levels.

Men experience a gradual decrease in testosterone levels -- about 1.5 percent each year -- after age 30, not like the drastic hormonal change women undergo during menopause.

A recent study reveals low testosterone levels -- characterized by traits such as reduced energy and sex drive, declining muscle mass and bone density, insulin resistance and irritability -- in men older than 40 could equate to a higher risk of death in a four year time frame, compared to men with normal testosterone levels.

Molly M. Shores, M.D., and associates from the VA Puget Sound Health Care System and University of Washington, Seattle, examined 858 veterans older than 40 by checking their testosterone levels and then following the men for an average 4.3 years afterwards.

Men with low testosterone levels comprised about 19 percent of the study group and were generally older and had a higher body mass index among other qualities. Roughly 28 percent of the group had equivocal testosterone levels -- meaning they had an equal number of tests measuring low or normal levels. This group also had a higher body mass index than the men with normal levels. Men with normal testosterone levels made up 53 percent of the study group.

The men in the low testosterone group were most likely to die during the four-year study period -- 34.9 percent of the group. This was significantly larger than the death of approximately 20 percent of the normal testosterone group and almost 25 percent of the equivocal testosterone group.

Researchers attempted to factor out men whose testosterone levels were low because of surgery, trauma, or critical illness. The data still revealed that low testosterone men were 68 percent more likely to die than men with normal testosterone.

SOURCE: Archives of Internal Medicine, 2006;166:1660-1665

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2006-08-21T11:36:00.000-06:00

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Top Ten Ways to Maximize Your Internet Message

2006-08-11T19:08:00.000-06:00

Top Ten Ways to Maximize Your Internet Message
Karen Kanakanui
If you're just getting ready to create a website, you may be tempted to use existing text from your print material for the website. It may seem like a logical step, but in fact, print material often doesn't "translate" well to the Internet.

So what do you do? Well, some businesses write the new content themselves; others outsource their marketing needs to professional copywriters. Copywriting, or business writing, is any kind of writing that sells your product or service. Sales letters, newsletters, brochures, billboards, TV/radio commercials - all are examples of copywriting. But the Internet has grown to such a huge force in marketing and sales that it's created a whole new sub-specialty in copywriting: web copywriting, or sales copy written specifically for the Internet.

Hmm, you may think, isn't copywriting copywriting? Well, all copywriting has some common elements: there is a product or service to sell, a specific audience is being targeted; a good headline and strong lead-in are critical.

But there are some key differences as well. The Internet is its own arena and you can use that to your advantage if you know how. Whether you write your own words, or hire someone else, keep these key points in mind as you create your web pages.

The Medium Is Still the Message

Writing for the Internet is different from writing for print because people reading web copy "scan" the page rather than read every word. It's estimated that you need 50% fewer words on the Internet than you do if you send the same material out via a direct-mail campaign. Of course, you still need enough copy to cover the pros and cons. A higher-priced item will need more copy than a lower-priced one, and even a free offer needs some copy supporting it.

"What's In It For Me?"

Your reader always thinks this, so be aware of the frame-of-mind of your potential customer-what do they want that you can provide? You may be too close to your product to see what its benefits are. A good web copywriter will ask enough questions and get to know your business well enough so that he or she can communicate to your customer the wonderful, exclusive, and "I-have-to-have-this" aspects of your product.

Stop-Em-Dead-In-Their-Tracks-Headline

You need a riveting headline. Copywriters in general are trained to write headlines that encapsulate the value of your product or service, but this is especially important on the Internet, where it is so easy to "click away." The tone of the headline should not be sales-like but have an editorial feel. You may craft 30-50 test headlines, let them sit for a day or two and then look at them again. Is it the best one to meet your objective? Reach your target audience?

Don't Write "At" - Chat!

Remember, the Internet is a folksy place, not a corporate conference room. Most copywriters are trained to write "at" their audience, thinking of the audience as "them." Web copywriters think of talking "to" one person at a time in a friendly, informal way. Whenever possible, use "I" instead of "we" or "our."

The Formatting Is Different

It's hard to read one huge block of text on the Internet; most people just don't bother unless they find something interesting that catches their eye. Use blank spaces, short paragraphs, headings (and sub-headings) to divide your copy into manageable chunks. Use boxes and bullets to highlight important points and try easy-to-read san-serif fonts like Verdana or Arial.

Develop Relationships With Your Customers

Did you know that most people who bookmark a site never return to it? A good web copywriter helps you develop relationships with your customers by 1) inserting devices to capture contact information on your web site and 2) writing follow-up emails that build rapport!

Looking For Information?

People go to the web looking for information, not a sales pitch. Some businesses approach the Internet as a giant shopping channel, which it's not. Your web site should be free of hype. What you are providing is that is of value to your visitors.

Know the Prime Real Estate

A web copywriter knows that the first eyeful of your web site is the most important piece of real estate you own online, so he or she will not suggest you fill it up with fancy graphics or the logo for your company. As nice as those elements are, they shouldn't take up the whole top of the screen.

Use the "Links" Feature

One of the great things about a web page is the way it can link to a number of other sources, all of which contain information to help your prospect make up his or her mind. Use this to your advantage in linking to, for example, a testimonials page about your products.

Take Advantage of Online Resources

Use Overture to help you find the right words for your copy, Alexa for researching your competition, and Copernic, which queries multiple search engines for you and brings you the most relevant results from each - great for providing more sources for you to use to flesh out your web copy.

Even if you have a great product or service to offer, you may get lots of "clicks," but not customers. Remember, your web copy is the primary tool you have to convert your web site traffic into customers. Whether you decide to hire a pro or go it alone, use the tips above to make your copy the best it can be!

About the Author: Karen Kanakanui owns WordsAreUs, a business communications company, specializing in writing newsletters, sales letters, feature articles, and yes, web copywriting. Visit her on the web at http://www.wordsareus.com and sign up for a free newsletter with tips on improving your business writing!

Intensive Mind Meld

2006-08-05T01:00:00.000-06:00

I don't even know where to start ...

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Or should I first tell you about the past?

Okay - 10 seconds for the past and then into
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2006-08-03T19:18:00.000-06:00

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Internet Marketing Buyers - Beware!

2006-08-03T19:11:00.000-06:00

Internet Marketing Buyers - Beware!
by Willie Crawford

One of the saddest things I've witnessed in personally
consulting with literally hundreds of people, is
someone attempting to start an online business with a
virtually useless product. These are usually people
trying to sell outdated products that are generally
available for free from hundreds (if not thousands) of
other websites.

I see the above far too often. Here are two ways that
I've seen this happen:

1) Someone, often a newbie, buys a set of reprint or
resale rights from a long copy sales page. This page
does such a great job of selling the package that the
prospect can see setting up dozens of sites and "making
millions."

The newbie buys the package, picks out a few products
that look promising, and begins setting up websites
for each. Shortly afterwards is where I often come into
the picture, as these webmasters often approach me for
help in getting more sales. They are perplexed as to
why they haven't made even a single sale.

I often take a quick look and instantly identify the
problem. The product is often "older than dirt" and
available all over the internet for free. At other
times, the product is not outdated, but is available on
dozens of other sites at a much lower price. In the
latter case, the webmaster is trying to sell the
product at the price that was listed on the sales page
where the bundle of products was described. This would
work if it weren't for the fact that MOST of the
other people who bought rights to the product were
selling it much cheaper, or even using it as a freebie
to get new subscribers.

2) A relative newbie buys a package containing dozens
of "web businesses-in-a-box." These are complete
packages containing a ready-to-go website and a product
(usually software or an ebook). Often these ready-to-
go packages are comprised of outdated products that
countless other people are GIVING away.

How do you avoid the two situations described above?
There's a Latin expression - "caveat emptor." It means
"let the buyer beware." It means that it's the buyer's
responsibility to know what he's buying.

Does this mean that you shouldn't buy these packages of
reprint and resale rights? No, it just means that you
need to know what you are buying. You also need to know
how to properly market it. I've made a small fortune
from buying, repackaging, and then reselling reprint
rights, resale rights and private label rights.

My secret is that when I buy one of these packages, I
go through and look for items that I can combine in
different ways. I look for gems within these packages
that weren't even emphasized on the sales page, but that
I know many of my customers would get a lot of use out
of. I look for items that I can add to other packages
I'm already selling... to breathe new life into an old
sales page or add more value to my offerings.

As an example, I once purchased a resale rights
package that included 38 PDF cookbooks. I added these
cookbooks to the sales page for my soul food cookbook
that I was already selling (as a time limited bonus).
This increased my sales for that cookbook substantially
while adding practically nothing to the cost of
delivering the basic product. If you'd like to see
that example in action, check out my sales page at:
http://Chitterlings.com/cookbook.html

Another one of my secrets is that I buy private label
rights and source code, modify these, and come up with
new products at a very low cost. I've done this with
over a dozen ebooks, and with several software titles
that I currently market. This gives you your own
unique product at a very low cost.

The final thing that you MUST do is not overpay for
these reprint and resale rights. You WILL find lots
of marketable gems in these packages. You can
market these as parts of new packages, or as stand
alone products. However, you do want to minimize your
initial investment.

You can actually find packages containing literally
thousands of dollars in reprint and resale rights for
under $100. You can even find these bargains for
under $50. An example, is the Kick Start Mega Sale,
conducted to raise funds for building a homeless
shelter. Here you can get a package worth over $4000
for pennies on the dollar. This package is available
for a very limited time at:
http://kickstartmegasale.com/ks/?ksa=2

You CAN set up an online info-marketing business
and do extremely well. The whole key is to get
started with the right product... one with some real
value. The whole key there is to do your due
diligence, and to be aware of the traps. Now, you
need never fall victim to the horror stories that
we opened this article with. Feel free to pass this
article on and to help spread the word.

----------------------------------------------

Willie Crawford has been marketing and teaching on the
Internet since late-1996. One of the most unusual
projects he helped orchestrate involved using an
Internet "fire sale" to fund the launching of a television
show, and building of a homeless shelter. Read about
that at: http://kickstartmegasale.com/ks/?ksa=2

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2006-07-24T21:24:00.000-06:00

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Make Drop-shipping Work for You

2006-07-24T21:17:00.000-06:00

Make Drop-shipping Work for You
By James Maguire
July 24, 2006

As Internet retailing was getting started in the mid '90s, online storeowners assumed drop-shipping would be the answer to their every worry. Little did they know it's an issue still being worked out today. Still, progress is being made in the technology, including standardization protocols and remote inventory-watch functions, and vendors can stand to gain from the distribution method if they know what to consider before signing up.

Filling orders through drop-shipping (sometimes called "virtual inventory") meant that site owners could route all their orders to wholesalers, who shipped directly to customers. For e-tailers, this eliminated the expense of carrying inventory - and the risk of being stuck with it if it didn't sell.

At one point in the mid '90s, "everyone was going to be virtual," says Frank Poore, CEO of Commerce Hub, one of today's top drop-ship companies. Online retailers assumed the days of needing a warehouse were coming to a close. And pity those poor brick-and-mortar stores who actually had to stock goods. They would probably be extinct by about 2005 or so.

But, notes Poore, there were service issues — in fact there were all kinds of issues with virtual inventory. Customers placed orders, retailers routed it to the wholesaler, but the product was never sent. Wholesalers shipped the wrong product or couldn't keep up with the pace of retailers' sales. The list goes on.

Many of these snafus were caused by slow, inefficient communication between wholesalers and e-tailers. In many cases they sent orders back and forth via fax or e-mail, or even — gasp — used the phone. Orders had to be keyed in manually and were prone to human error.

Even for those companies that sent information electronically using EDI or XML, obstacles were numerous. Businesses tend to do things their own way, all the way down to the number of digits in a purchase order number. Or how many lines they use in purchase orders, or how many words are allowed in each field of a purchase order. "Every supplier is like a snowflake," Poore says.

Consequently, drop-shipping created as many problems as it solved. "In the first step of drop-shipping, it did kind of fall on its face," says Jeremy Hawks, CEO of Doba, another of today's leading drop-shipping firms.

The problems were generally the suppliers' fault, he says. "Those companies didn't have the knowledge, the processes, the operations and the technology to really excel at that." For suppliers, it was a foreign concept to ship, say, one camera to a buyer's home. They were used to shipping pallets of products to retailers.

Worse still, as Internet commerce rocketed, the demand for drop-shipping companies exploded, leading plenty of shady salesmen to set up drop-ship firms. Sure, they would take a store owner's money, but would they ship the product?

By the early 2000's, drop-shipping was no longer seen as a magic cure-all for every Internet retailing woe. Many retailers who were setting up shop online carried their own inventory, giving them a competitive advantage over virtual inventory sites. Plenty of businesses began viewing drop-shipping with a pronounced disdain.

Data Translation
Fortunately, the technology for carrying virtual inventory has improved significantly. Commerce Hub, a leader in drop-shipping for big retailers, offers what Poore calls a "universal connectivity hub," between suppliers and sellers. This hub is a central clearinghouse for data exchange, with the ability to translate as many communication protocols as the United Nations translates languages.

Retailers, instead of having to wonder about a wholesaler's inventory level, can now view those levels remotely. And store owners have a "dashboard" to monitor whether a supplier is breaking any of their pre-set delivery rules.

Commerce Hub handles order management systems for multi-channel retailers like QVC, Staples, ShopNBC, Target, Sears and thousands of others. The firm's growth has been phenomenal. In 2000, it handled some 50,000 transactions. By 2005, the number had grown to more than 10 million, Poore says.

Although it handles mostly larger players, Hub does work with some smaller retailers. Generally, though, a retailer must be making a minimum of 2,000 transactions per month for it to be cost efficient to work with Commerce Hub. The company's initial implementation fee can vary wildly, ranging from $500 to $150,000, depending on factors like volume, Poore says.

Big Player for Small Sellers
In contrast, Doba handles drop-shipping for small and midsize retailers. It has contracts with some 50 suppliers, offering more than 250,000 products. The company's proprietary platform connects wholesalers and retailers using a variety of uniform protocols."We've standardized what we need from a supplier to make it work," Hawks says. "Each supplier can work with us one of ten different ways."

Like Commerce Hub, Doba acts as a data translator. "So the retailer doesn't need to know that supplier A is sending data in XML and supplier B is sending flat files that go to an FTP site, and supplier C just hired three people to manually do all the work."

The company enables retailers to monitor suppliers' inventory levels, allowing sellers' sites to accurately (and quickly) reflect remote product offerings. Doba's user interface for merchants is Web-based, so it's easily accessed.

"With a few clicks of a button they can fire [a product] off to eBay or eBay Stores, and take the pictures and the descriptions from the supplier and leverage that to make it easier to list the product for sale to the consumer." (Doba is an eBay Certified Service Provider.) Retailers, of course, don't have to purchase the products before they post them - they owe nothing until a shopper actually buys them.

Tight Margins
It's inexpensive to get started with drop-shipping. Doba charges its retailers a monthly subscription fee, ranging from $30 to about $70, depending on the services required. But working with a drop-shipper is not a path to easy riches. For a retailer, drop-shipping typically provides smaller profit margins than if they carried actual inventory, Hawks notes.

Given the nature of drop-shipping, these tight margins are to be expected. The supplier is taking all the risk and covering the expense of holding inventory, plus handling fulfillment and shipping. All the retailer does is post a photo and description of the item on their site.

Hawks claims his company can offer a better wholesale price for retailers because it aggregates the purchasing power of its many retailers to negotiate a competitive rate. In particular, Doba has been successful in getting lower shipping and handling fees from wholesalers, he says.

There is no single margin percentage that retailers can expect from Doba's wholesalers. Margins differ greatly among the many product categories, from consumer electronics to home and garden to camping equipment, and may even vary from product to product within a category. One notoriously slim-margined category is electronics, Hawks says. Overall, the margins vary from "10 percent to 90 percent," he says. But it's reasonable to assume the majority of products offer margins near the smaller end of that scale.

Detecting Fraud
It's not often talked about in e-commerce but it's a huge problem: fraud. Unlike the face-to-face transactions in commercial storefronts (which also deal with credit card fraud), online transactions take place between two parties who don't know each other.

Some big e-tailers budget 2 to 3 percent for losses to fraud, Hawks says. But for small sellers working on razor-thin margins, that's not realistic.

Furthermore, drop-shipping adds a third party into the transaction. "It's a little bit easier for people who are looking to be bad people to use the disadvantages of drop-shipping to defraud individuals," Hawks says.

With this in mind, Doba launched a fraud protection program to protect retailers. "If their consumer defrauds them, and [the seller] followed best practices…then we'll cover it," Hawks says. This means his company is accepting responsibility for a transaction between two unknown parties. However, "we're able to do that because we've built a lot of proprietary systems so that we're really good at seeing when fraud is going to happen."

The "Secret" of Drop-Shipping Success
Launching an online store that uses drop-shipping to fulfill orders is comparatively easy. Hire a Web designer to build a site, post some photos and product descriptions from wholesalers, and — like magic — you're running an e-commerce site.

But building that store and making it a real success are two different things. To attract actual paying customers, that store must offer far more than a selection of goods that shoppers can find elsewhere.

The biggest mistake that Hawks sees small online sellers make is that, "they forget the fact that they're a retailer and they need to add value, they need to market the product." As easy as it is to carry virtual inventory, "it hasn't made it any easier to be a retailer in the sense that your job is to have a unique value proposition, a reason for somebody to buy from you," he says.

Anyone can post a photo of a glitzy new digital camera. But "the best retailers in the world, they take that and say, 'I used this camera in my backpacking trip to Glacier National Forest and it changed my life,'" Hawks says.

Other techniques that retailers use to establish a brand identity include offering a library of articles about their products, and hosting the opinions of industry experts. Customers respect retailers who have a deep understanding of the products they sell.

Regardless of how you build your brand, leveraging the technology of drop-shipping can help you operate your business more efficiently. Just be sure to consider how inventory controlled, be sure the firm you hire has a proven track record of delivering goods and be sure it can accept your order protocol.

James Maguire is a regular contributor to ECommerce-Guide.com.

Internet Video -- Yeah but how do you do it?...

2006-07-23T14:40:00.000-06:00

There has been a lot of talk about video lately
but not

really many solutions regarding it. In fact up to this

point the majority of people doing video have been doing it

for some time and are probably not very anxious to get

others involved because of the value it offers to their

business.

This is one of the major problems right now because

affiliates and marketers are at a disadvantage to those

using video because it does add so much value and "visual"

learners who are sick of seeing e-book after e-book are

grasping onto video with a heightened enthusiasm.

Now the other disadvantage of people not using video is the

cost and training involved in getting started. There are a

variety of tools necessary and techniques to learn to shoot

video properly so that it can be viewed, downloaded or

streamed from your website.

The most widely accepted format has appeared to be the flash

format because of the dominance of macromedia and the

prevalence of the flash plugin offering high compliance in

terms of view ability and more importantly because of the

compression.

Often times flash videos are 4 times smaller than AVI's

meaning they download faster and stream better. Now if I

told everyone reading this to go shoot a screen capture

video, convert it to flash, and put it on your website could

you?

Probably not!

With all that being said this is the guide for you. This is

an all encompassing video tutorial which walks you through

all aspects of shooting screen capture on your PC and

discusses (and shows how to use) the many features of the

software used to generate an AVI video. From there, you are

shown how to convert this video to a flash format and

briefed on the use of the software involved in this process

and the authors do a good job of explaining video

terminology along the way. Lastly they show you how to get

this video up on your website.

Here's the kicker. The tutorial uses nothing but FREE tools

to shoot and encode the video and they include the necessary

flash video player to host the video on your website. So

with one tutorial you learn exactly how to get video on your

website and you are given the tools to start right away.

This one definitely gets my stamp of approval!

Flash Video Revealed

I have an almost underground secret for you....

2006-07-21T16:14:00.000-06:00

Hey,

Could this be the coolest site on the Internet?

Matt Callen is giving away an awesome software package
called HyperVRE. Basically what this software does
is create websites for you that contain the two
hottest things in marketing right now ALL ON THE
SAME PAGES. The best thing is...it is free.

I just downloaded my very own copy and it is awesome,
so I wanted to share it with you. The software is a breeze to
use and there is an endless amount of customizable features.

The owner of HyperVRE told me I could let a few people know
about the site before they start charging for the product, and I
thought you would be interested. :-)

Go ahead and check it out now.

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Enjoy this one!
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Don't hesitate

How You Can Find the Financial Success You're Seeking

2006-07-19T20:57:00.000-06:00

How You Can Find the Financial Success You're Seeking

- by Tony Mase

© Tony Mase - All Rights Reserved
http://www.constructivescience.com
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Not long ago, I received a question from a customer that
went something like this (I've edited out the personal
details):

"Tony, I would really like to ask you a question and
hopefully you will provide me a very honest answer."

"I see many different opportunities available everyday via
the mail, email, media, promotions, ebooks, etc."

"Tony, I have a family to support and I want you to know
that I am a born-again Christian and have a very good
personal relationship with Jesus everyday of my life."

"My problem is that I have searched and searched and I
continue to search for a way to earn a good living for my
family so my wife can quit working. HOW can I truly find the
prosperity that God promises and wants for his children?
What can I do in life?"

"I just got fired today after trying in-home sales and not
meeting my monthly quota! I am NOT a high pressure salesman,
but I do want to provide people with a good product or
service. I really need to find a solution! Is it to start a
website and provide info or products? I would GREATLY
appreciate your honest answer!"

This question really boils down to...

"What can or should I *do* in life to find the financial
success I'm seeking for me and my family?"

It's an excellent question and one I'm asked practically
every single day in one way or another.

In his book "The Personal Power Course", Wallace D. Wattles,
best known for his classic masterpiece "The Science of
Getting Rich", wrote:

"... you must know what you want to do. First, choose your
business. Choose the one that seems most in line with your
tastes, and which will require the use of your strongest
faculties. Select for your life work the thing you most WANT
to do. Do not become possessed by the idea that you must be
fixed by circumstances in some business or profession which
you do not like, and barred out from the one which you WOULD
like. Even though you are making money, you are not
successful so long as you are doing something you do not
like to do, and not doing the thing you want to do. The man
who feels that he is misplaced is neither wealthy nor
successful. Perhaps the most essential part of wealth-
culture consists in finding the place where you will be
happy in your work. If you are not happy in your work, you
are a slave."

And, therein lies the key...

If you want to get rich, however you define rich for
yourself, it's vitally important for you to decide what
*you* want to do based on what you *like* to do.

Here's the deal...

You can get rich in *any* business or profession.

Let me repeat that...

You can get rich in *any* business or profession!

Don't believe me?

Just take a look around you and you'll see there are people
who got rich in *every* conceivable business and profession.

No further proof is necessary.

So...

Since it's obvious you can get rich in any business or
profession, why not chose a business or profession which you
like?

You see...

Most people have this backwards. They put the "cart before
the horse", so to speak.

They decide they want to get rich and immediately start
looking for a way or ways to make more money without any
regard whatsoever to what they like to do or, just as
important, what they *don't* like to do.

In other words...

They look for a business or profession to get into based
purely on the money they think they can make.

Now...

This may work for some.

However...

It's never worked for me.

Whenever I've done anything purely for the money, which is
exactly what I spent the majority of my life doing, not only
was I absolutely miserable in the process but every single
time, without exception, I failed!

So...

My "honest answer" is this...

First...

Ignore *all* the so-called "opportunities" floating around
out there. More often than not, these so-called
"opportunities", regardless of whether they're online or
offline "opportunities", are nothing more than the
opportunity for someone else to get your hard-earned money.

Second...

Sit down and decide what it is *you* like to do.

Third...

*Think* of a way or ways to earn money doing what you like
to do.

Although you may have to develop some abilities, skills, or
talents to earn money doing what you like to do and/or you
may have to temporarily do something you don't like to do to
earn money while you're working towards earning money doing
what you like to do...

Ultimately...

Doing what you like to do, combined with constructive
thought and constructive action, will bring you the
financial success you're seeking for you and your family.

-----

Tony Mase is a serious student of the works of Wallace D.
Wattles and the publisher of the "The Personal Power Course:
Ten Lessons in Constructive Science, Teaching You How to Use
Your Own Subconscious Energies for Health, Prosperity and
Personal Achievement" ebook by Wallace D. Wattles...

============================================================
"The Personal Power Course" by Wallace D. Wattles
Ten lessons in constructive science, teaching you how to use
your own subconscious energies for health, prosperity and
personal achievement.
Click Here =>
http://www.thepersonalpowercourse.com
============================================================

6 Surefire Ways To Squeeze Maximum Sales From Your Website

2006-07-12T17:09:00.000-06:00

6 Surefire Ways To Squeeze Maximum Sales From Your Website

- by Jim Edwards

© Jim Edwards - All Rights reserved
http://www.thenetreporter.com
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I would venture to say that not a single website in the
world has reached its peak of effectiveness or earnings
potential.

No matter the circumstances, every site can "better its
best."

If a "magic" formula for website success existed, you'd see
the big boys like Google and Yahoo using it.

Since no formula exists, they constantly test and tweak for
new ways to squeeze more money from their sites, and you
should too.

If you operate a website and want to squeeze maximum revenue
from it, the following 6 tips will kick-start your efforts.

#1 - Test Headlines

Just like a newspaper headline, the headline on your website
represents the single most powerful factor in grabbing a
reader's eye and pulling them into your site.

Most websites do not have a headline or, if they do, it's
limp, wimpy, and carries zero "punch."

Every website should carry a compelling headline to let
visitors know exactly what they should expect to get from
the site.

I've personally seen one headline outperform another by 400%
on the exact same website.

#2 - Offer Payment Plan

Why do you think pitchmen on TV offer "3-easy payments" of
only $19.95 on a $60 product?

Because the technique works for increasing sales!

Often, people either don't want to or can't come up with the
payment all at once, but can pay over time.

If you sell a product priced at $100 or more, try breaking
the price up into smaller payments to increase sales.

#3 - Test Guarantee Period

Like it or not, people don't always trust promises on your
website to live up to the realities of your product.

To remove risk for the customer, you should offer a refund
or money-back guarantee (not offering one will, in most
cases, kill your conversion rate).

However, it's been said by "experts" that the longer the
guarantee period, the lower the refund rate.

My experience does not support that advice. I suggest you
test various refund periods to see which nets you the most
sales balanced against the least refunds.

#4 - Test Audio Instructions

One of the best ways to increase sales is to include an
audio button on your site that tells people exactly what to
do in order to buy or subscribe.

Telling people in no uncertain terms to "Enter your name and
primary email address in the box and click the button" has
proven one of the most effective means of getting website
visitors to take the actions you want.

#5 - Follow Up

Most online businesses totally blow it when it comes to
follow-up, especially with existing customers.

Follow up with your customers at least once or twice a month
and it will amaze you how easily you can make "back-end" and
repeat sales.

Industry news, tips-and-tricks, and helpful hints combined
with a low-key, specific offer for another product or
service makes an excellent follow-up formula for both
prospects and existing customers.

#6 - Start a Blog

A blog makes it extremely easy to keep your customers and
prospects updated, as well as providing a dynamic means for
new people to find you through the search engines and blog
directories.

Blogger.com allows you to start a blog even if you don't
operate a website, and WordPress.org makes it easy to add a
blog to your existing website.

--
Jim Edwards is a syndicated newspaper columnist and the
co-author of an amazing new ebook that will teach you how
to use fr^e articles to quickly drive thousands of targeted
visitors to your website, affiliate links, or blogs...

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New Products Claim to Make SEM and SEO Easier

2006-07-06T21:26:00.000-06:00

New Products Claim to Make SEM and SEO Easier
By Vangie Beal
July 6, 2006

"Build it and they will come" is catchy phrase in the movies, but it doesn't work on the Internet, as any e-commerce or small business with a Web site can attest to. Traditionally, businesses have been left to paying their way to the top of the category list in local Yellow Pages or 30-second radio ads, never knowing if customers arrived at their door because of the expensive ads or plain old positive word-of-mouth advertising.

While Internet marketing can provide a higher conversion rate, knowing how to use search engine technology isn't a matter of intuition. Just having a Web site today is not enough. Small e-commerce-based businesses need to consider investing in optimizing their Web site for organic (i.e., free) search engine rankings, as well as backing it with a successful search engine marketing plan (i.e.,paid listings).

SEM is Not Just SEO
Adding to the confusion for small businesses unfamiliar with search engine technology, is that search engine marketing (SEM) and search engine optimization (SEO) are not the same thing — even though some tend to use the acronyms interchangeably. Just like your traditional print ad is going to target a specific category listing using the yellow pages, SEO is what you need to bring your Web site nearer the top of organic Web searches, for keywords related to your business. By ranking high in these searches, you are going to increase exposure to your Web site.

Many people start with a good Web site and invest in SEO, but don't necessarily follow through with another very important component: SEM. Where SEO aims to provide better organic search results, SEM uses the search engines to advertise your Web site and send you more targeted traffic. For example, when people use a search engine to query "laminate flooring," the organic search engine results is where SEO technologies can assist your Web site in being more visible. The paid advertising, or sponsored links, are the ones prominently displayed above or beside the organic search results is a product of SEM.

Fortunately, there is a wide range of products and services available to help you make the most of using search engine technologies to get your listings where you need them — ahead of your competition.

Optimize Your Web site for Search Engines
Anyone with a Web site knows, it's important to have your listing rank high in organic search results. The problem is, exactly how to achieve this is not imminently clear for many small businesses. The good news, however, is that if you budget this cost in, you can find a reliable company to optimize your Web site for you, or find products to help you do it yourself.

One such SEO product is a new offering from 1&1 Internet Inc., a Web hosting provider. The company just launched two new tools to assist businesses to achieve higher search engine rankings. 1&1 SimpleSubmission is a free service for their customers, and 1&1 SimpleSEO, costs $4.99 per month and allows any user (regardless of experience level) to explore SEO.

1&1 Internet says the tools are ideal for developing an SEO campaign and can deliver a competitive edge that would be of particular value to small and medium businesses. As an added bonus SimpleSEO is being offered as a 90-day free trial.

Top That SEO with Some Good SEM
Marketing your physical business is, of course, very important, and marketing is just as important when dealing with your Web site. Unlike traditional marketing where you might advertise in print or through radio spots to promote your business, SEM is what businesses need to advertise to the growing number of worldwide Internet consumers.

Traditional advertising has you paying based on the general number of readers or listeners a specific newspaper or radio station has, where SEM offers you the opportunity to pay based on clicks — meaning you pay only for each click through from the advertisement to your Web site. Ads in a successful SEM campaign will be shown to those consumers specifically looking for your products or services, resulting in a higher conversion rate.

Homestead Technologies Inc. recently expanded its Web site creation tools with SearchLight, a service designed to deliver affordable advertising to small business Web sites.

SearchLight hopes to provide small businesses with an affordable and efficient way to deliver advertising to their Web site from more than 20 different search engines, including Google, Yahoo, MSN, and Ask. The service is available to both Homestead subscribers and small business owners who host their Web sites with other service providers.

In discussing key factors that indicate small businesses should consider SEM and products such as SearchLight, Justin Kitch, Homestead founder and CEO, says the first milestone should be when you realize your competitors are marketing online and you are not.

"Also, if you think your business is not growing or you have saturated your current marketing strategy, such as word-of-mouth or the yellow Pages, yet you know you need more customers, that is another good indicator that you should be looking at marketing your business online. It is a great marketing tool that allows you to measure results. SEM provides detailed and specific analytical data that you can't obtain through traditional means of marketing."

According to Kitch, small businesses are losing valuable sales because potential customers simply cannot find them online. "Their business Web site is not visible within search engine results, or they're buried in the results by the national chains, making them virtually non-existent to qualified and motivated customers."

The Best of Both Can Help You Succeed
There is no denying that the Internet has and still is changing the way we do business. It does require you to look at different options in terms of getting customers to your online business space.

If you want to conduct business on the Internet you need to be visible in both the organic and advertised links (preferably listed above your competition), which means you need to consider investing in both optimization and marketing to bring the right traffic to your Web site.

Success can really be as simple as finding the right company offering SEM and SEO services to demystify search engine technology for you.

Vangie Beal is a regular contributor to ECommerce-Guide.com.

The Worlds Biggest Loser

2006-07-06T21:15:00.000-06:00

Visit Mark Joyner for more of his

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5 World Class Marketing Tactics!

2006-07-04T14:15:00.000-06:00

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SHOULD YOU USE A "DO IT YOURSELF" INCORPORATION SERVICE?

2006-06-29T19:32:00.000-06:00

Succeeding in Your Business
Cliff Ennico
SHOULD YOU USE A "DO IT YOURSELF" INCORPORATION SERVICE?

"I'm thinking of setting up a corporation or limited liability company (LLC) for my small retail business, but the attorneys around here charge a bloody fortune to do the paperwork. I surf the web a lot, and I see countless websites that offer to set up a corporation -- usually in Delaware or Nevada -- for under $200. This seems like too good a deal to be true. Are these services legitimate and, if they are, what am I not getting by using one of these instead of an attorney?"

There is nothing wrong with using a "do it yourself" service to set up a corporation or LLC, but be careful. An online service may give you a brochure or DVD illustrating the differences between corporations and LLCs generally, but they won't give you one-on-one advice. That's considered "practicing law" or "practicing accountancy," and only a licensed professional can do that.

When looking to set up a corporation or LLC for your small business, it's best to consult with a lawyer AND an accountant to determine the type of entity (corporation, S corporation or LLC) that will give you the most legal and tax advantages. Once you've settled on a particular entity, though, you can (if you wish) go to the online service and save some money getting the paperwork done. Just remember that if they make a mistake, you can't sue them for malpractice.

There are some pretty reputable online incorporation services now that are giving the legal profession a run for its money. Intuit Corp. (which publishes the QuickBooks(r), Quicken(r) and TurboTax(r) software products) recently acquired MyCorporation Business Services, Inc. (www.mycorporation.com), a Calabasas, Calif.-based incorporation service. Other major players online are LegalZoom (www.legalzoom.com) and BizFilings (www.bizfilings.com). There's even a franchise called "We the People" (www.wethepeopleusa.com), that prepares incorporation and other simple legal documents, with 166 brick and mortar locations in 29 states.

But beware. There are a lot of "fly by night" incorporation services that will take your money, file a generic incorporation form with your state Secretary of State's office, and leave you to figure out the rest. When looking at a "do it yourself" incorporation service, you should ask six questions:

1) Will they register your entity with the Secretary of State's office? Virtually all online services do this, but if they're charging less than $200, that's probably all they're doing.

2) If you're incorporating in a state other than your own, will they help you find a "registered agent" to act as your local mailing address in that state? Most online services do this, but will send you the bill for the registered agent's service fee (usually $150 to $250 a year).

3) Will they provide you with the internal corporate documents (such as bylaws, minute book, corporate resolutions and share certificates) you need to run your business day to day? Some services do this, but most do not.

4) Will they give you notice of filing deadlines on an ongoing basis? Only the better services do this.

5) Will they register your entity with the IRS and get you a taxpayer ID number? Again, only the better services do this. And finally:

6) Will they help you register your entity for state and local taxes (including sales taxes, since you are a retailer)? I'm not aware of any online service that will do the actual registration for you, but some will tell you that this is a necessary step, and the better ones will offer you some assistance (such as a link to your state tax authority's website) to make sure the job gets done.

Until steps number 1, 5 and 6 have been performed, you are not legally incorporated, and it will be only a matter of time before you receive a nasty letter from a government agency saying you owe them something. Even using one of the very best "do it yourself" incorporation services, you will probably have to hire an accountant or attorney to help you with step #6.

One more thing: I've said it before in this column, and I'll say it again -- there is absolutely no reason for a small business to be incorporated in Delaware or Nevada unless it is physically located in one of those two states. Forming a Delaware or Nevada entity when you're actually doing business in Wisconsin will not protect you one bit from Wisconsin state and local taxes, and you shouldn't believe anyone who tells you otherwise.

Cliff Ennico (cennico@legalcareer.com) is a syndicated columnist, author and host of the PBS television series 'Money Hunt.' His latest book, "Small Business Survival Guide," has just been published by Adams Press. This column is no substitute for legal, tax or financial advice, which can be furnished only by a qualified professional licensed in your state. To find out more about Cliff Ennico and other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit our Web page at www.creators.com.

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FATHER FORGETS

2006-06-24T10:49:00.000-06:00

FATHER FORGETS
W. Livingston Larned
Listen, son: I am saying this as you lie asleep, one little paw crumpled under your cheek and the blond curls stickily wet on your damp forehead. I have stolen into your room alone. Just a few minutes ago, as I sat reading my paper in the library, a stifling wave of remorse swept over me. Guiltily I came to your bedside.
There are the things I was thinking, son: I had been cross to you. I scolded you as you were dressing for school because you gave your face merely a dab with a towel. I took you to task for not cleaning your shoes. I called out angrily when you threw some of your things on the floor.
At breakfast I found fault, too. You spilled things. You gulped down your food. You put your elbows on the table. You spread butter too thick on your bread. And as you started off to play and I made for my train, you turned and waved a hand and called, “Goodbye, Daddy!” and I frowned, and said in reply, “Hold your shoulders back!”
Then it began all over again in the late afternoon. As I came up the road I spied you, down on your knees, playing marbles. There were holes in your stockings. I humiliated you before your boyfriends by marching you ahead of me to the house. Stockings were expensive, and if you had to buy them you would be more careful! Imagine that, son, from a father!
Do you remember, later, when I was reading in the library, how you came in timidly, with a sort of hurt look in your eyes? When I glanced up over my paper, impatient at the interruption, you hesitated at the door. “What is it you want?” I snapped.
You said nothing, but ran across in one tempestuous plunge, and threw your arms around my neck and kissed me, and your small arms tightened with an affection that God had set blooming in your heart and which even neglect could not wither. And then you were gone, pattering up the stairs.
Well, son, it was shortly afterwards that my paper slipped from my hands and a terrible sickening fear came over me. What has habit been doing to me? The habit of finding fault, of reprimanding—this was my reward to you for being a boy. It was not that I did not love you; it was that I expected too much of youth. I was measuring you by the yardstick of my own years.
And there was so much that was good and fine and true in your character. The little heart of you was as big as the dawn itself over the wide hills. This was shown by your spontaneous impulse to rush in and kiss me goodnight. Nothing else matters tonight, son. I have come to your bedside in the darkness, and I have knelt there, ashamed!
It is a feeble atonement; I know you would not understand these things if I told them to you during your waking hours. But tomorrow I will be a real daddy! I will chum with you, and suffer when you suffer, and laugh when you laugh. I will bite my tongue when impatient words come. I will keep saying as if it were a ritual: “He is nothing but a boy—a little boy!”
I am afraid I have visualized you as a man. Yet as I see you now, son, crumpled and weary in your cot, I see that you are still a baby. Yesterday you were in your mother’s arms, your head on her shoulder. I have asked too much, too much.
Instead of condemning people, let’s try to understand them. Let’s try to figure out why they do what they do. That’s a lot more profitable and intriguing than criticism, and it breeds sympathy, tolerance and kindness. “To know all is to forgive all.”
As Dr. Johnson said, “God himself, sir, does not propose to judge man until the end of his days.”
Why should you and I?

Major SEO Success Stories

2006-06-22T21:14:00.000-06:00

Major SEO Success Stories

By Cody Moya

There are many ways to get great rankings in the search engines,
and many people think they’re a secret – but that’s just not
true. Once, top 10 spots were very easy to obtain, but getting
multiple top spots is now a thing of the past. Some people say that
top 10 spots are very hard to get these days, but we have
managed it on many occasions recently. Here are some of our success
stories.

Every SEO company should strive to get your website listed in at
least the top 20 – although there are no guarantees, they
shouldn’t have much difficulty in achieving this if they use proper
keyword placement. If a company can’t get you ranked within the
top 20 on some of your keywords then it’s time to look for another
SEO company.

SEO success relies on inside knowledge of search engine
algorithms and ranking techniques. This, combined with testing websites
before submission, will give you good results, as long as you
keep it ethical.

SEO Success Stories from Clients.

R. Nishimoto (Desert Hot Sauce): "Search engine optimization
took our company from a few sales a week to more than 60 sales per
week. We could no longer run this business with only two people.
I am convinced that without this we would still be back at a few
sales or even be under by now. "

AL (DVI Video Walls): "We are pleased with our web presence,
many new customers, I will tally the sales increase at year-end. I
know that the web page has now paid for itself at least once!
More later, we are very busy - a couple competitors are going out
of business so we are getting many panic calls."

Jenny (Music Asylum): "Your search engine techniques have
produced the best return on our advertising dollars which was even
better than any promotion we have done in the past. I am talking
about quantifiable results the company can attribute directly to
our website.

At first, I couldn't see how your search engine work would make
any difference based on the poor results from our old website. I
have to give you credit though you got our site found on top of
the major engines resulting in many calls, e-mails and eventual
sales. Thanks."

Chris (Legacy Golf): "We are very impressed with the short
period of time that it took to get our website listed in the search
engines, we hoped it would place high but never expect to be one
of the top 3."

(3rd Rock Internet Services): "Our Internet services company
would not have any business if it were not for the efforts made to
increase sales, being listed in the top 20 of the search engines
was a great accomplishment that we were hoping would come true
and now it has."

Scott (XTS.NET) "The company was struggling before we had the
site optimized and now we are able to stay in business and keep up
with the demands of our clients."

Companies like these are finding it ever more important to be
placed where they can be found on the web – if you think that
search engine placement isn’t necessary then think again. With the
Internet business marketplace continuing to grow, you’ll have
more competition to deal with every day.

When customers can’t find a company, the business goes bankrupt.
You need to get ahead of your competition, and stay ahead. Now
is the time to prepare for the future, before it’s too late.

Here For Your Success

Cody Moya

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Web site growth: It takes an Internet village

2006-06-16T19:43:00.000-06:00

Web site growth: It takes an Internet village
Friday, June 16, 2006
BY BETH FITZGERALD
Star-Ledger Staff
A crowd of entrepreneurs surrounded search engine expert Eric Papczun like bees seeking the nectar of Internet success: How could they make their Web sites leap to the top of the pack when potential customers go searching on Google?
"Every page of your Web site needs to speak to your specific audience: Your Web site has to have content that is relevant to what people are looking for, just the way your business has to be relevant to your customers," said Papczun, an expert in the area of "search engine optimization" who heads the Performics consulting firm.

Papczun spoke yesterday to a conference on business technology that drew about 400 small businesses to the Birchwood Manor in Whippany. Sponsored by WCBS and North Fork Bank, and hosted by WCBS/Wall Street Journal reporter Joe Connolly, the forum attracted businesses eager to learn the tricks to exploit search engines and gain more visibility on the Internet.
"You have to think of the Internet as a platform for your business," said consultant Andrew Rasiej, founder of the Personal Democracy Forum. The old model of Internet commerce -- "Web 1.0" -- just meant creating a Web site and trying to get as many hits as possible. But in the world of "Web 2.0, there are ways to use the Internet to carry your message beyond your site, through Weblogs and links to other servers," he said. "You need to think about building communities."
Jeff Caplan, the former WCBS AM morning rush-hour anchor announcer, talked about how he had started an Internet community that morphed into a business.
For years he did wedding photography as a sideline, and six years ago started a Web site where wedding photographers could chat with each other and share common problems. It grew to 3,000 members, and Caplan turned it into a business, charging membership fees and running conferences and seminars on wedding photography.
He screens potential members of Digital Wedding Forum and won't let amateurs join, "because I realized that exclusivity was something that would increase the value of my site to members who are inside."
Connolly said he has seen a steady growth in sophisticated small business, with "10 to 30 employees who might take up a floor or a half floor in a professional office building," and said these firms have a keen interest in using technology to boost their sales. "Right now the growth of small businesses is being fueled by people who are thinking about a second career. A lot of people are looking at running a business as soon as they retire."
Beth Fitzgerald may be reached at efitzgerald@starledger.com or (973) 392-4111.

Three Reasons Why More Website Content Increases Traffic

2006-06-14T19:42:00.000-06:00

Three Reasons Why More Website Content Increases Traffic

People typically visit the internet in search of information.
They are looking for content that is relevant to their purpose.
They typically are not looking for marketing ploys. There are a
number of ways to increase this content, including having a search
engine optimization company provide you with keyword rich
articles, but there are three major reasons why more website content
increases your website traffic.

The first reason more website content increases traffic is that
content articles tend to be focused on a topic. This focus will
then lead to the repeated use of a keyword or phrase. That
repeated use leads to higher search engine rankings. Search engine
rankings are the way returns come back to an internet user through
a search engine. If someone searches for the term “dogs” they
will come back with thousands of pages of results. The order those
results are displayed on the screen depends on a number of
factors including how frequently the term is mentioned on the site
and where it is mentioned on the site.

Research shows that people tend only to click on the first ten
results a search engine offers them. Increasing your website
content will help you become one of those first ten websites. This
means more people than you ever thought possible will be clicking
on your site in no time simply based on your website ranking.
Not only will you be closer to the top of the search engine with
more content, you may also be indexed by more search engines.
This could mean something like ninety percent of all internet users
seeing your website in any one given internet session.

The second reason more website content increases traffic is a
bit more complicated. If you have strong, well written content on
your site, you increase your credibility with customers.
Suddenly you are no longer a company selling homemade dog food; you are
somebody who can offer knowledgeable advice about anything a
responsible dog owner needs to know including house training, leash
laws, and sleeping problems. This increase in credibility not
only makes people believe what you have posted to your site, it
also makes them want to stay at your site to read the rest of your
content articles. The more content articles you have at your
site, the longer they will stay. Keeping them there as long as
possible is the key to selling your product to them. You have a much
longer time frame in which to pitch your product and close the
sale.

Not only will they stay at your site longer with more content,
but this also means they may come back to your site the next time
they log onto their machine. For example, if you are selling
refilled printer ink cartridges, but you have content on your site
related to all things printers, you have a good chance that
someone might stay to look at a few of the articles. However, the
next time they need digital photo printing tips, chances are good
that they will remember what great content you offered them
during their last internet session, and they will return directly to
your site just to read more of your content. This means you have
their complete, undivided attention for an even longer period of
time. Moreover, if they are returning to your site on some sort
of regular basis, chances are good that they will recommend the
site to other users like friends and relatives which will mean
even more traffic for your site.

The final way more website content increases your web traffic is
that it increases the likelihood that advertisers and reciprocal
link exchangers will be attracted to your site. Reciprocal links
are exchanged by websites that have similar interests. The more
relevant topics you are able to list, the more chances you have
of someone with similar interests attempting to link to your
site. This could greatly increase your website traffic because not
only will people be able to find your site through search
engines, they may also be able to find your site through other sites.
Further, though, advertisers are looking for sites that
encourage customers they want to do business with. More keywords will
mean more customers for you which can mean more advertisers for
you which can mean more profits and visibility for you.

No matter which reason you choose, more content will increase
your website traffic. That can only mean good things in store for
you and your website. You can have your content articles written
for you or write them yourself. Whichever way you go, though, be
sure they are well-written, as poorly written articles will do
nothing to increase your website traffic.

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Duh Idiot’s Guide to Starting a Home Business

2006-06-10T08:26:00.000-06:00

Duh Idiot’s Guide to Starting a Home Business
By: D. Idiot

“Starting a Home Business”…”Work from Home”…“Be a Work at Home Mom”…”Make Millions Working From Home” I CAN’T TAKE IT ANY MORE!!!!!

So why does everyone want to work from home?? I’ll tell you why, because working 9 to 5 SUCKS!!

Hey don’t listen to me, here are the stats: According to The MicroEnterprise Journal “In the last 25 years, self-employment has grown by almost 300%, fueled by waning employee loyalty and growing worker dissatisfaction.” And the US Census Bureau reports that “90% percent of all U.S. businesses employ between ZERO and FOUR workers, making this the fastest growing segment of the business community.” See I told you!

Everywhere you look on the Internet we’re bombarded with sites peddling “work at home” opportunities. The stats prove it, we’re all looking to get out of the 9 to 5 rat race. The biggest problem is that MOST of the so called “work-at-home” related websites are so bogged down with clutter, fluff and double talk that you’d have to be a friggin robot to find and process the information you need in order to understand what the heck to do.

So where can an Idiot like me get the information I need contained in a simple, concise format that’s easy to understand and follow? Well nowhere really. That’s why I wrote this article and condensed the whole process down into 5 Summarized Steps, so that maybe other Idiot’s like me will have a fighting chance in hell to get out of the “Rat Race”.

Idiot Step 1:

SELECTING a business – simple enough right…wrong. Questions to ask yourself: What do I like to do? What will make money? What is available? Can I make Money?

These are tough questions. These days, most people are scouring ways to make money on the Internet. If considering a TV or Internet program, do as much independent research as possible on the program you’re interested in and find something that fits your personality so that you will excel no matter what.

Whatever you do use common sense and don't allow desperation to influence your decisions.

Start-Up Nation - www.startupnation.com offers SOUND advice and has tons of RELIABLE resources for selecting a home business.

Idiot Step 2:

PLANNING your business. You will have to have some “form” of a business plan before you get started with a home business. Even if you are the only one that will ever read it, you should definitely put a plan together on paper.

An informal business plan should contain a start-up budget (money you need to get to the point of doing business) and an operating budget (money you need on a weekly basis just to keep doing business).

Be certain to include all overhead expenses and be sure to include a budget for advertising. Also you should note any significant milestones you hope to achieve and list your financial goals in a time-line fashion.

Idiot Step 3:

FUNDING your home business. Every business has start-up costs and your new home-based business will be no different. As the old saying goes “You need money to make money”. So where do you get the money you need to start?

The simplest way for home business owners to get the money they need is from the principal owner’s own pockets…that means YOU! Like myself, many work at home entrepreneurs simply use their own savings to fund their businesses, using money from personal resources such as…

· Savings
· Personal Investments
· Credit Card Advance
· Sale of Assets
· Second Mortgage Loan

…are all ways to finance a small business start-up using your own funds.

The alternative to funding it yourself is to apply for a small business loan. The biggest issue there is that unless you have sufficient collateral, or any related experience in your field of business, you may not qualify for this type of loan.

The Small Business Administration - www.sba.gov has a TON of information and resources for start-up businesses. It contains valuable info on locating financing and it contains several links to other business resources, planning tools and calculators.

Idiot Step 4:

STARTING your home business. Once you’ve chosen your great new home business, and have got your starting cash in reserve, it’s time to get you up and running. But before you do, you will have to do some preliminary work just to get to the point where you can actually start operating.

Two-thirds of all small business are solo operations. Therefore, when you’re a “one-man band”, you must wear different hats and assume several roles as the “head” of various departments.

You’re the CEO, sales manager, director of marketing, director of finance, the shipping clerk, receptionist, the janitor…you get the drift Fonzi?

Because of your heavy load, you need quality office equipment, supplies, software and business services to keep you, I mean your “departments”, running smoothly and at peak efficiency.

Choose the right office equipment and machines that will keep you operating at peek efficiency.

Idiot Step 5:

MARKETING your home business. Now that you’ve got your business funded and operational you will need to implement a marketing and advertising campaign so that you can start attracting customers and finally start making some money.

This isn’t “Field of Dreams”. If you build it, that doesn’t mean they will come.

In order to draw customers to your business, you MUST do some form of repeated advertising, and you should definitely have a plan in place so that you can budget it into your overall Business Plan when you first start.

A good place to start is by reading Jay Conrad Levinson’s series of Guerilla Marketing books. This is standard reading for any small business entrepreneur. You can learn some very useful and basic techniques that will help you form a great and inexpensive plan.

Everything contained here was condensed to fit into a short article format. Obviously there’s a bit more to it. But if this Idiot' can do it, so can you.

Just don't be intimidated. Start off really, really small, maybe just part-time to start. Take one step at a time. But whatever you do, just get off your keister and get started!

“U can do it…just dive into it”

Duh Idiot’s Home Biz Start-Up Guide™
© 2005 A Covert Operations, Ltd
http://www.starting-a-home-business.org

Domain name price hikes come under fireBy Declan McCullagh, and

2006-06-08T18:19:00.000-06:00

Domain name price hikes come under fireBy Declan McCullagh, and Anne Broache, CNET News.com
Published on ZDNet News: June 7, 2006, 11:00 PM PT

Forward in EMAIL Format for PRINT ZDNet Tags: Domain names Pricing Verisign Inc
WASHINGTON--A dispute over the cost of Internet domain names has spilled over onto Capitol Hill, where allegations of monopolization and unreasonable price hikes surfaced in a congressional hearing on Wednesday.

The dispute arises out of a lawsuit settlement reached on March 1 in which the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) gave VeriSign the right to raise fees on .com domains by 7 percent annually. The settlement, approved by ICANN's board by a 9-5 vote, ended a legal spat that started with VeriSign's controversial move to take control of all unassigned .com and .net domain names in 2003.

Those guaranteed price hikes struck some members of the House of Representatives' Small Business Committee as unreasonable. "When you're talking about increased prices and you're allowed to do that at VeriSign, I don't know that's going to produce any better safety or security from anyone who's paying that additional cost," said Rep. Sue Kelly, a New York Republican. "And I haven't heard anything today that tells me that would be the case."

While ICANN--which was birthed by the Clinton administration--makes most decisions about domains on its own, the March settlement needs to be approved by the U.S. Commerce Department before it becomes final. That requirement has politicized the dispute, with registrars that sell .com domains and must pay the higher prices trying to gain ground in Washington against VeriSign, which has a far more muscular lobbying operation.

It was no coincidence, then, that Rep. Cliff Stearns, the Republican chairman of a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee, wrote a letter to the Commerce Department on May 26 saying the settlement "is crucial" to international commerce. "We should insist on an environment that provides ample resources and long-term legal certainty for this vital part of our economy," wrote Stearns, who has accepted money from VeriSign's political action committee.

Deal under attack
During Wednesday's hearing, domain registrars attacked the deal as a way to let VeriSign bilk consumers for the foreseeable future.

"I have no objection to VeriSign's continuing to run the .com registry," said W.G. Mitchell, CEO of Network Solutions (which split from VeriSign in 2003). "What I do have is an objection to it being done in a manner that gives a perpetual monopoly to a company with unregulated price increases."

Mitchell estimated that consistent 7 percent price increases over that time period would eventually yield $1.3 billion in new revenue for VeriSign--more than half of which would be paid by the estimated 10.5 million small businesses that use the Internet. He said the allowance of rate hikes is inconsistent with the agreement reached last year with VeriSign over the .net registry, in which the base price of domain names was actually lowered.

VeriSign and ICANN have defended the deal, making arguments about Internet security that have been echoed in letters sent to the Commerce Department by sympathetic politicians.

The agreed-upon percentage increase means that the most .com fees would rise between now and 2012 is $1.86, given the current wholesale .com domain name rate of $6, ICANN General Counsel John Jeffrey said.

"If I had to give up the latte I bought this morning in order to ensure that reliability remains the same, I'd do it in a heartbeat," said Craig Goren, CEO of Clarity Consulting, a 50-person information technology firm based in Chicago.

It's not clear what happens next. While Congress doesn't have the authority to block approval of the settlement unless new laws are enacted, even the threat of congressional action could spur the Bush administration to try to negotiate new concessions.

What's more, other members of Congress have raised red flags about the proposed agreement. Rep. Rick Boucher, a Virginia Democrat, urged the Bush administration in a letter earlier this year to examine the proposal carefully, saying it could have "serious anti-competitive implications." He also asked the House Energy and Commerce Committee to launch a formal investigation.

And in late May, Sen. Orrin Hatch, a Utah Republican, sent a letter of his own to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales in which he asked the Justice Department to scrutinize the deal for antitrust implications.

In responses to members of Congress, the Bush administration has expressed tentative support of the settlement. John Kneuer, a Commerce Department acting assistant secretary, said that "the resolution of long-standing and costly litigation would be a positive step." Kneuer added, though, that the Commerce Department is "in consultation" with the Justice Department's antitrust division.

'Net neutrality' looms as tough telecommunications issue

2006-06-07T17:45:00.000-06:00

'Net neutrality' looms as tough telecommunications issue

By The Associated Press
06.06.06
WASHINGTON — A major wrestling match in Congress over control of the Internet features some strange tag teams — rockers and evangelists vs. phone companies and the Bells' usually biggest adversary, cable TV companies.

The most far-reaching telecommunications bill in a decade has as its main purpose making it easier for phone companies to compete against cable companies in offering the equivalent of cable TV, and streamlining the approval process for both. The promise to consumers is lower prices and more choices.

But the biggest controversy is a different issue, so-called net neutrality. The idea is that all Web sites should get the same treatment from cable and phone companies for use of their broadband, high-speed Internet lines.

The rockers and evangelists — joined by Microsoft, Google and Yahoo — fear that the telephone and cable companies that control the Internet highway will put their own products in the fast lanes and relegate those unwilling to pay premium fees to poorer quality and slower service.

In their corner are the Christian Coalition, National Religious Broadcasters and Gun Owners of America as well as liberal Web-based entities such as MoveOn.Org and recording artists REM, the Indigo Girls and Moby.

"If Congress guts net neutrality, independent music and news sites would be choked off, consumer choice would be limited and the Internet will become a private toll road auctioned off by companies like AT&T," Moby said in a statement at a recent Capitol Hill event.

Phone and cable companies contend pure net neutrality would erode Internet freedom and drive up costs to consumers because online businesses wouldn't pay a fair share of the billions of dollars being spent to provide high-speed service around the country.

"Simply put, net-neutrality legislation endangers both the future of video choice and the accelerated broadband investment that is just beginning to gain traction," Verizon executive vice president Tom Tauke testified at a recent Senate hearing.

Both a House bill (H.R. 5252) and a Senate bill (S. 2686), sponsored by the chairmen of the two commerce committees, respectively Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, and Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, address net neutrality, but in language that critics say is too weak to prevent discrimination.

The more aggressive proposals of net neutrality, Tauke said, "really come down to one thing: government regulation of the Internet."

Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, a sponsor of another net-neutrality bill (S. 2917), said Congress must provide nondiscrimination safeguards in the wake of Supreme Court and Federal Communications Commission rulings that effectively deregulated broadband services.

"Unfortunately, if Congress does not act, the age of digital democracy will come to an end," she said. "Innovators with great ideas, but without deep pockets, will be relegated to the Internet's 'dirt road.'"

In the House, Judiciary Committee Chairman James Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., and the top Democrat on the panel, John Conyers of Michigan, won committee approval of their net-neutrality bill (H.R. 5417) last month. It requires phone and cable broadband suppliers to give nonaffiliated content producers equal opportunity to reach consumers, and to refrain from interfering with users' choices of content.

They're hoping to get a vote when the broader telecommunications bill comes to the House floor, possibly this week.

The main thrust of H.B. 5252 is to create a national franchising process for subscription TV to replace the current system where video providers must negotiate contracts on a municipality-by-municipality basis.

These negotiations with localities can take up to two years, said Verizon's Tauke, making them a disincentive for phone companies interested in expanding into video.

Robert Johnson, president of Consumers for Cable Choice, said 96% of Americans had no choice in landline cable TV operator, and that the United States was currently 16th in the world in deployment of broadband, just ahead of Costa Rica.

The Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal and Economic Public Policy Studies, a Washington-based nonprofit group, says it has found that cable prices to be about 15% lower in areas where there is direct competition.

The cable industry, locked in a fierce lobbying and ad war with the phone companies over bringing TV into homes, points out that the Phoenix Center gets financial backing from the Bells. Lawrence Spiwak, president of the Phoenix Center, said they had been publishing on cable competition for 13 years and "nobody from the cable industry has tried to refute our work."

Five Ways to Choose the Right Keywords and Have Your Website

2006-06-07T17:39:00.000-06:00

Five Ways to Choose the Right Keywords and Have Your Website
Hopping

Choosing the right keywords can really increase your website
traffic by increasing your search engine ranking and by encouraging
visitors to stay on your site and return to your site. Choosing
the wrong keywords, though, can be disastrous. There are five
simple ways to choose your keywords wisely and improve your web
traffic.

The first, and perhaps the easiest, way to choose the right
keywords for your website is to brainstorm ideas with regard to your
individual goods and services. Sometimes simply the name of your
goods or services will work as an excellent keyword. For
example, if you offer writing services, consider “technical writing” as
you keyword. Creating a page around “writing” may not get you
the customers you deserve. Think specifically about what you offer
and create a page to advertise it. Within this, though, you must
remember to stay away from general keywords. The competition for
these keywords is rather stiff.

Thousands of sites are optimized for words like “computers,” and
doing the same thing with yours can simply make it redundant and
hard for customers to find. Moreover, customers are more search
savvy than you are giving them credit for. If a customer wants
to find information on something specific, he or she will search
for something specific. For example, they may want to know about
flea treatments for their cat, but instead of searching for
“fleas” or “cat,” they may search for something more specific like a
product name or type of treatment. If you feel you must use a
general keyword, try taking a keyword and adding a more specific
term to it. For example, if your key word is “cat,” try adding
more specific terms like “behavior” or “specialist” to that for
site optimization. With these general terms, you might also
consider adding regional terms. If you service a particular area of
the country, you may have some regional terminology that will help
customers find you. Names of nearby cities or towns can help as
can terms that your customers know and respect. For example, if
you run a sandwich shop in New Orleans, you might want to
optimize for the term “muffuletta.”

The second way to choose the right keywords for your website is
to use a service like Google Keyword Sandbox or Overture Term
Suggestion Tool. This way to choose your keywords can be a bit
time consuming, but in the end, it is certainly worth it. Start
with either service, and you'll end up with a huge list of
possibilities. Once you've finished with that service, pick another and
try running the same search. See what keywords you have in
common with the two lists.

The third way to choose the right keywords for your website is
to check your server log files. When someone visits your site
from a search engine, the words they used to find your site are
recorded in your server log files. Analyzing the actual files,
though, can take some work. You can use various methods to examine
those files depending on your server operating system. It can
sometimes be best to use a software program to extract the
information if you are not technically inclined.

The fourth way to choose the right keywords for your website is
to use a keyword counter service. These analyze your web page
and compare them with other, similar web sites. They offer you a
density percentage report and the top words for the two pages
based on their analysis. Keyword counter services are available all
over the internet in both free and costly forms. Choosing the
right service for you will simply be a matter of reading the
reviews.

The final way to choose the right keywords for your website is
to review sites that have both similar missions and products with
regard to yours. It is important to notice sites that have
rankings within the top ten on any given search engine. The point
here isn't to copy the site; it is to figure out which keywords
they are using to draw in potential customers.
Choosing the right keywords can be both a difficult and a long
process. However, if you pick the right terms, you won't regret
it based on your increased web traffic.

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E-Commerce: Putting the Trust Back Online

2006-06-01T17:42:00.000-06:00

E-Commerce: Putting the Trust Back Online

By Jennifer LeClaire
E-Commerce Times
06/01/06 5:00 AM PT

Consumers have a part to play in the fight against identity theft. Specifically, consumers need to implement best practices to protect their banking, credit card and even social security numbers. If stolen, fraudsters will use this information for fraudulent purchases, fraudulent financial transactions and as false IDs for criminals.

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E-commerce is alive and well. Holiday shopping sales were through the virtual roof last season and analysts predict continued growth in the online channel in 2006.

There's only one problem: Security threats seem to be rising almost as quickly as e-shopping revenues. From phishing to pharming to hacking and cracking, electronic fraudsters are stealing identities from customers and credit card processing databases, and all parties are more than a little concerned.

Data points from Internet performance firm Keynote Systems (Nasdaq: KEYN) are telling. For example, even at the best online banking sites, up to a third of online consumers are not fully satisfied with the privacy and security of the site. When booking hotel accommodations online, trust and security issues are almost as important as price satisfaction.

E-Business Success
"Establishing trust online has become essential to the e-business experience. After all, consumers have no way of knowing whom they are giving their personal information to, even if the site looks familiar. These 'familiar' sites can actually be phony sites looking for personal information," Melih Abdulhayoglu, president and CEO of trust assurance services provider Comodo, told the E-Commerce Times.

With so much risk and new threats arising all the time, how can consumers and e-merchants protect themselves, and establish trust online? How can consumers truly protect their identities, and how can e-merchants utilize tools to ensure users that their business is a trusted source so that relationships may be sustainable, positive and secure?

These are some tough questions; questions to which every stakeholder in the e-commerce game craves an answer. There are two sides of the equation -- consumers and merchants -- both play critical roles in keeping the Internet a safe place to work, shop and play.

Consumer Best Practices
A recent Federal Trade Commission report found that 37 percent of all Internet Fraud complaints filed dealt with identity theft. Additionally, Gartner research vice president Avivah Litan noted in her report "Credit Report and Internet Data Theft Results in More Fraud in 2005" that of those surveyed, financial losses resulting from information stolen off the Internet was US$2.7 billion.

Consumers have a part to play in the fight against identity theft. Specifically, consumers need to implement best practices to protect their banking, credit card and even social security numbers. If stolen, fraudsters will use this information for fraudulent purchases, fraudulent financial transactions and as false IDs for criminals.

"It used to be that people stole wallets to get this information. Now, unfortunately, fraudsters hack into Web sites, computers, or pretend to be legitimate businesses to get private identity details," Abdulhayoglu said.

Self-Protection
EDS security and privacy expert Peter Reid offers eight consumer best practices out of the gates:

Know the business you are dealing with.
Ensure you are shopping at a secure Web site.
Beware of phishing e-mails that appear to be from trusted businesses.
Review privacy and security policies of the companies you do business with.
Do not use personal information for passwords.
Be proactive in protecting your security by keeping antivirus and firewall software updated.
Be aware that international security and privacy standards may be different.
Check your credit report regularly.
"A secure Web site uses encryption technology to scramble the information you send, such as your credit card number, in order to prevent identity thieves from gaining access to it. Secure Web sites addresses also include https:// at the beginning of the address -- the 's' indicates the Web site is secure," Reid told the E-Commerce Times. "Also, look for a closed padlock displayed at the bottom of your screen, it that lock is open, this may be a sign that the sight is not secure."

The Merchant's Responsibility
Even if consumers take these steps, this is only half of the security equation. For their part, merchants need to make identity trust and assurance their business strategy rather than just deploying point security solutions to address a specific vulnerability, Abdulhayoglu noted.

His company's certification authority product is designed to allow e-merchants and consumers to confirm identity and site safely from surfing through to the final transaction. Comodo is one of many springing up in this competitive Identity Trust and Assurance market.

"With the increase in both the frequency and sophistication of malicious online activities such as phishing and identity theft, a fresh approach is needed to protect consumers as they conduct business online," said Judy Lin, executive vice president and general manager, VeriSign (Nasdaq: VRSN) Security Services.

VeriSign Identity Protection launched in February, hoping to be viewed as that "fresh approach" to combating digital identity theft targeted for both consumers and online services. VIP allows consumers to use a single security device to authenticate themselves across any member site, like PayPal, eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY) or Yahoo (Nasdaq: YHOO) .

Communicating Security
The truth is, the major online merchants have strong systems in place. Banks spend millions of dollars on IT security, hardware, software and human resources to keep data safe. ISPs have run to the battle line with solutions designed to protect their subscribers. Merchants are pursuing authentication technologies.

Putting trust back online is more than just putting security measures in place. It's communicating that you have done so, according to Robert Scaliano, a personal security and identity theft expert in Boston. His clients include British Petroleum, GMAC and KPMG Peat Marwick.

Scaliano looks at security as a journey, not a destination. Like a bank vault, thieves will always target IT systems. It is an evolving and never ending game of cat and mouse. Merchants and banks need to inform consumers of their dedication to winning that game to maintain healthy e-commerce, he told the E-Commerce Times.

"AOL has made online security their entire sales and marketing campaign," Scaliano noted. "Citibank launched those funny commercials to show their clients and potential clients they're watching your back. The sooner banks and retailers incorporate security into their marketing plans the better."

"Freedom Isn't Free!"

2006-05-29T13:50:00.000-06:00

"Freedom Isn't Free!"

I watched the flag pass by one day,
It fluttered in the breeze.
A young Marine saluted it,
And then he stood at ease..

I looked at him in uniform
So young, so tall, so proud,
With hair cut square and eyes alert
He'd stand out in any crowd.

I thought how many men like him
Had fallen through the years.
How many died on foreign soil
How many mothers' tears?

How many pilots' planes shot down?
How many died at sea
How many foxholes were soldiers' graves?
No, freedom isn't free.

I heard the sound of Taps one night,
When everything was still,
I listened to the bugler play
And felt a sudden chill.

I wondered just how many times
That Taps had meant "Amen,"
When a flag had draped a coffin.
Of a brother or a friend.

I thought of all the children,
Of the mothers and the wives,
Of fathers, sons and husbands
With interrupted lives.

I thought about a graveyard
At the bottom of the sea
Of unmarked graves in Arlington.
No, freedom isn't free.

Enjoy Your Freedom & God Bless Our Troops

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Net Neutrality lives on in Congress

2006-05-22T18:30:00.000-06:00

Net Neutrality lives on in Congress
By STOKELY BAKSH
UPI Technology Correspondent

WASHINGTON, May 22 (UPI) -- Both the House Judiciary Committee and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation are expected to review Net neutrality-related bills later this week.

The reviews come quickly as some lawmakers continue to keep Net neutrality afloat, with new bills that promote equality and competition over broadband, introduced last week.

They comes as debate continues over whether telecom companies and cable operators should be prohibited from favoring one provider's Web traffic or their own content over another's by ensuring faster downloads to companies that pay a tax, thus creating a two-tier system.

The Internet Freedom and Nondiscrimination Act of 2006 introduced by House Judiciary Committee Chairman F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr., R-Wis., and Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr., D-Mich., last week is expected to be considered by their Committee this week.

"This legislation is a necessary step to protect consumers and other Internet users from possible anti-competitive and discriminatory conduct by broadband providers," Sensenbrenner said. "The FCC recently reported that 98 percent of American consumers get their high speed broadband from either a cable company or a DSL provider. This virtual duopoly creates an environment that is ripe for anti-competitive abuses, and for which a clear antitrust remedy is urgently needed."

Specifically, the bipartisan-supported bill amends the Clayton Act to require network providers run on a discriminatory basis, so that content providers have an equal opportunity to reach consumers and refrain from interfering with users' access to lawful content, services, and applications.

On the Senate side, the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation will have its second review of Senators and Committee Co-Chairmen Ted Stevens, R-Alaska and Daniel Inouye's, D-Hawaii, telecom bill the Communications, Consumer's Choice, and Broadband Deployment Act of 2006.

The bill, introduced earlier this month, currently directs the FCC to commence an annual study of the Internet and information transmitted over the Internet, of which any problems arises, the agency would make recommendations to Congress as for its course of action -- the least aggressive of proposed bills in terms of net neutrality.

Stevens anticipates a vote on the bill come June 20, but Inouye has shown strong sentiments over the lack of Net neutrality regulation.

Moreover, two other members of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation U.S. Senators Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, and Byron Dorgan, D-ND, introduced the Internet Freedom Preservation Act last week.

If approved, the bill amends the Communications Act so that telecom companies operate in a nondiscriminatory manner but still manage the network by protecting the security of the network or offering different levels of broadband connections to users.

But it also requires than a network operators provide an option of purchasing a "standalone" broadband connection not to be bundled with cable, phone, or VoIP service.

Additionally, within 270 day of enactment, the FCC must adopt rules for resolution of complaints within 90 days of their filing. And it would require the FCC to report to Congress on the deliver of the delivery of content, applications and services into and over broadband networks.

"The Internet's open architecture allows access to the Internet for everyone equally," Dorgan said. "That access has been the cornerstone of the Internet's growth so far, and is vital to its continued success in the future. The Internet Freedom Preservation Act will ensure that the right to participate in the internet remains free and available to all, so that the innovation, economic opportunities, and consumer benefits it makes possible, will continue to flourish."

Both the Sensenbrenner-Conyers and Snowe-Dorgan bills add to make six net neutrality bills this year so far introduced between the House and Senate as the lawmaking body seeks to reform telecom and communications laws.

Net neutrality proponents have continued rallying for legislation on net neutrality, despite a previous effort to include a relevant amendment, dumped from the House Energy and Commerce Committee telecom-reform bill back in April.

However, new endorsers of Net neutrality now include a coalition of musicians joining the effort signing the Artists and Musicians for Internet Freedom petition, which now includes Moby, R.E.M., Q-Tip, the Indigo Girls, Jill Sobule, Wilco, Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails, the Roots, the Dixie Chicks.

In fact, Moby was on hand Thursday on Capitol Hill with Rep. Edward Markey, D-Mass. having recently introduced his own Network Neutrality Act of 2006, to show further support of Net neutrality and prompt lawmakers to support their cause.

"You will not be allowed to sell out the Internet to companies like AT&T without a huge public backlash," Moby remarked. "If you vote against Internet freedom and Net neutrality, don't be surprised if your constituents vote against you."

In the past, telecom companies have defending themselves by saying that such provisions is unnecessary, and that they would not compromise overall quality service or block access.

They argue that it should be able to charge companies who want it for faster delivery of content especially for VoIP, video over IP and TV over IP services, as companies continue to invest in adding bandwidth and new superfast fiber-optic technologies.

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Why There's Never Been a Better Time to Start

2006-05-12T18:03:00.000-06:00

"Why There's Never Been a Better Time to Start Your
Online Business... and the Top 5 Strategies and Cool
Tools You Need to Know About"

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I was surprised to hear at a recent seminar how many people
think that the Internet is just too saturated for new online
business owners to be successful -- and that if you didn't
get in on the ground floor, you're out of luck.

Well, we did get in on the ground floor, and we've seen all
the changes, so I can tell you this:

*Nothing could be further from the truth!*

That's why I wanted to write this article to show you why
NOW is probably the best time in Internet history to start a
wildly profitable online business.

Sure, there's more competition on the 'Net these days. When
we first opened our doors in 1998, there were only 130
million web pages in existence... now there are well over
313 billion (eMarketer)!

But there are also a LOT more potential customers online, too --
1,022,863,307 of them in fact! (Neilson/Net ratings March 2006.)

And if online sales are any indication, the number of people
who are actively shopping online is also on the rise.
According to Forrester Research, online sales reached a
staggering $172 billion in 2005 -- a number they predict
will rise to $329 billion by 2010!

New technologies and crazy new tools have opened up worlds
of opportunity that make it easier -- and cheaper -- than
ever to start an online business and immediately start
profiting.

Through it all, the core principles of Internet marketing
have remained essentially unchanged -- but now they've been
tested, tweaked, and honed to peak effectiveness.

Let's start by looking at how the cornerstones of Internet
marketing have evolved since we opened our doors in 1998...

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#1: Depend on the tried and tested essentials of Internet
marketing

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These key strategies for marketing your business online have
always been effective, but are now much easier to apply.

Things like...

* DESIGNING A WEB SITE THAT SELLS:

As in the early days of the 'Net, your web site needs to
have clear navigation and a good sales process to be
effective; however, it's now much more important for your
site to look professional.

Today's web surfers have clear expectations of how a
commercial web site should look and perform.

Luckily, new tools and resources, such as the free
web-building software Nvu (http://www.nvu.com), make it a
breeze for you to create a good-looking, fully functioning
business web site.

* DISCOVERING A PROFITABLE NICHE MARKET:

Providing a solution to a problem for a narrowly-defined
niche market is still extremely important -- maybe even
more so with the increased competition.

But now, advanced tools such as Yahoo! Search Marketing's
Keyword Tool (http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/rc/srch/)
and Wordtracker (http://www.wordtracker.com) can help
you pinpoint exactly who your market is and what they're
hungry for.

* MULTIPLYING YOUR PROFITS WITH ADDITIONAL INCOME STREAMS:

If you want to pile profit on top of profit, combine
several revenue streams.

The host of e-commerce opportunities that are now available
mean that you have an almost limitless selection of these
profit-boosters including:
- moving merchandise on eBay (http://www.ebay.com)
- creating free web pages with Google pages
(http://pages.google.com) that will be quickly indexed by
the search engines
- selling on-demand merchandise on sites such as Cafe Press
(http://www.cafepress.com).

* EXPANDING YOUR REACH -- AND PROFITS! -- WITH AN AFFILIATE
PROGRAM:

An affiliate program can still ramp up your income while
exposing your site to a wider audience.

But instead of recruiting an "army" of affiliates, these
days it's more important to attract "super affiliates" to
your program -- a few affiliates who will be responsible
for generating the bulk of your sales.

These superstars can be attracted by a generous commission
structure and payouts for sales generated long after an
affiliate's referral. And software like AssocTRAC
(http://www.marketingtips.com/assoctrac) helps you automate
your program for almost hands-free affiliate management.

Of course, some areas of Internet marketing have changed
more than others since our first course made its debut in
1998. Let's take a look at some of them... and the
tremendous opportunities they offer.

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#2: Make sure your e-mail gets delivered... the critical
changes you need to be aware of

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E-mail marketing is still highly profitable. In fact, we
made $2.4 million last year from e-mail marketing alone!

Not only is it a great -- and inexpensive -- way to
establish relationships with your customers, but your
promotions and follow-up offers can be completely automated.

However, while you used to be able to send e-mail to
absolutely everyone, these days you have to be very careful.
Spam -- a growing problem on the 'Net -- cost US businesses
an estimated $17 billion in 2005 (Ferris Research) and now
accounts for 57% of all e-mail (Ipswitch 2006)!

The consequences of spamming have grown far beyond a slap on
the wrist from your Internet Service Provider or a few nasty
e-mails from angry recipients. For example...

* Internet Service Providers now filter all incoming e-mail
for spam by blocking messages that contain particular
combinations of words or phrases and shutting out ALL
e-mail from the domains and IP addresses of known spammers.

50% of your e-mail may be "filtered" and never reach your
subscribers. And it can take weeks or months to resolve
the issue!

* The CAN-SPAM Act (January 2004) introduced laws that allow
spammers to be prosecuted if specific guidelines aren't
being met. Under this Act you can be fined or even jailed,
if your e-mails don't meet certain requirements, such as an
"unsubscribe" link in the body of each e-mail you send out.

The bottom line is that if you want to take advantage of the
profit-boosting power of e-mail marketing, you MUST make
sure that your e-mails comply with the CAN-SPAM act. You can
read the full text of the CAN-SPAM regulations at:

http://www.spamlaws.com/federal/can-spam.shtml.

Once you've made sure your e-mails will be delivered, you
need to think about their content. In the face of
overflowing inboxes, your e-mails and newsletters need to be
particularly appealing and valuable if you want them to be
opened.

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#3: Keep up with the search engines and take advantage of
FREE sources of traffic

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The search engine landscape has changed dramatically since
we published the first edition of our course. We used to
recommend getting listed on eight major search engines:
Altavista, Excite, HotBot, InfoSeek, Lycos, Northern Light,
WebCrawler, and Yahoo.

Today, clear leaders have emerged, narrowing our
recommendations to the top three contenders:

* GOOGLE (http://www.google.com): The most important of
the three, Google has a 49% share of the search market.

* YAHOO! (http://www.yahoo.com): A distant second, Yahoo
has a 22% market share.

* MSN (http://www.msn.com): With 11% of the market, MSN
is still worth focusing on.

With fewer search engines, keeping on top of their
ever-shifting algorithms has become critical. If you can get
a top listing on Google, for example, you can double your
potential customers!

A new way to drive free traffic to your site is to write
short articles related to your industry and post them on
e-zine article directories such as EzineArticles.com
(http://www.ezinearticles.com).

Include your tagline at the bottom of each article you write
and watch your traffic increase exponentially -- as well as
your inbound links (which the search engines consider when
ranking your site!).

Take advantage of as many FREE sources of traffic as you can
to drive tons of targeted traffic to your site!

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#4: Instantly boost your traffic with pay-per-click
advertising

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Paid search has exploded, becoming a widely accepted way to
drive qualified traffic to your site -- fast. And with each
passing year, it becomes more sophisticated, allowing you to
zero in on your target market with greater precision.

Today, the major players are...

* YAHOO! SEARCH MARKETING (http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com):

Yahoo's sponsored search lets you advertise your site in
the search results of the following search engines:
MSN, Yahoo, AltaVista, InfoSpace, AlltheWeb, and NetZero.

* GOOGLE ADWORDS (https://adwords.google.com/):

With Google AdWords, you can have your ads show up in
sponsored search listings for certain keywords -- and you
can also advertise on other sites that match your audience.

* MSN ADCENTER (https://adcenter.msn.com/):

MSN has recently entered the arena of paid search with
AdCenter. So far, it's the only PPC engine to offer
keyword-based demographic targeting.

Paid search is one of the fastest ways to drive qualified
traffic to your site... and if done properly, won't break
the bank. To learn how to profit from pay-per-click
advertising in three simple steps, check out my April 17, 2006
blog post at:

http://blog.marketingtips.com/derek/2006/04/

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#5: Promote your business with the technologies
that have changed the face of Internet marketing

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Technology has been furiously advancing since the first
edition of our Insider Secrets course -- paving the way for
new and highly effective ways to promote your Internet
business.

Let's look at some that have had the biggest impact:

* AUDIO AND VIDEO:

The Internet has come a long way since its text-only
roots! Programming languages such as JavaScript and
programs like Macromedia's Flash have allowed for web
video and audio, slide presentations, and other
interactive elements.

Our testing has proven that using audio and video as part
of your sales process can now have a dramatic impact on
your bottom line -- if done right. Use short audio and
video clips of you and your customers to personalize your
site and reassure visitors that you are a credible business.

* BLOGGING:

Blogs are informal web forums that invite feedback
and discussion. They're free to set up and use, and so
simple that they can be created in minutes using sites
such as Blogger (http://www.blogger.com).

As a result blogging has exploded in popularity over the
last few years.

With a business blog you can reach a wider audience,
generate better search engine rankings, boost your revenue,
and develop rapport with your customers -- to name just a
few benefits.

And because blogs are updated frequently, search engines
LOVE them. For an in-depth, step-by-step guide to using
blogs to explode your income, check out "Blogging for
Dollars" (http://www.marketingtips.com/trafficsecrets/) --
a 125-page book plus DVD devoted to this subject.

* PODCASTING:

Podcasting, the delivery of audio files -- typically MP3
files -- via the Internet, is one of the hottest new
technologies to hit the market.

It allows you to publish audio content that interested
listeners can subscribe to via RSS "feeds" -- so they can
automatically receive your audio broadcasts without having
to go to your web site.

Check out my March 14, 2006 blog post to learn how you can
create your own podcast in three simple steps:

http://blog.marketingtips.com/derek/2006/03/

* DIRECT-TO-DESKTOP TECHNOLOGY:

Direct-to-desktop technology is a way to deliver information
straight to your subscribers' desktops -- without having to
wrestle with e-mail filters, bouncebacks, or your
competition!

Here's how it works: The sender uses an application such as
Desktop Marketer (http://www.marketingtips.com/desktop/)
that formats and sends the information straight to a
"reader" that's been installed on the recipient's desktop.

Once your customers sign up, they don't have to check
their e-mail or visit your web site to get your latest news
or updates. A flashing desktop icon alerts them as soon as
they receive your message -- and all they have to do is
click to read it.

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Ordinary people achieving extraordinary success...
the making of Internet millionaires

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The unique benefits of having an online business -- low
overhead, inexpensive advertising, and a global reach -- can
produce HUGE profit margins... and for tens of thousands of
Internet entrepreneurs, a level of personal and financial
freedom they could only dream about before.

Since we opened our doors in 1998, we have seen a staggering
number of real, everyday people earn life-changing incomes
with their Internet businesses. And the numbers keep on
growing...

The Internet is now churning out more millionaires than
ever before!

Take one of our customers, Melanie Boudar of VisitVolcano.com
(http://www.visitvolcano.com). At age 50, when the company she
worked for was bought out, Melanie knew she had to go into
business for herself.

So she opened a bed-and-breakfast in Hawaii and created her
web site to attract her clientele. After just six months
online, Melanie was making $12,000 per month -- and a hefty
$8,000 of it is pure profit!

Paul Jerard, another of our customers, had limited computer
and Internet knowledge when he started his first yoga web
site (http://www.yoga-teacher-training.org). Still, in less
than 90 days, he was already making a profit -- with over $500
a month in sales!

Today, it takes Paul less than four hours per day to run his
business... and he made over $113,000 last year -- with over
$71,190 in profits! That's a 63% profit margin!

We've seen success stories like these time and time again...
people from all walks of life who have achieved enormous
success with their online businesses! You can read their
amazing stories in the 56 pages of our site that we devote
to showcasing their inspirational achievements:

http://www.marketingtips.com/testimonials.html.

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Final thoughts

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Sure, there's more competition on the 'Net these days... but
the opportunities are also growing!

So if you you've been putting off starting your FIRST online
business because you thought you missed the boat... or if you
want to ramp up an existing one, there's never been a better
time to take ACTION -- and start generating life-altering
wealth of your own.

With the explosion of technological advances and resources,
running an online business is now so accessible that
literally ANYONE can get online very quickly -- and
immediately start profiting from their own Internet business!

And to get a proven game plan that REAL PEOPLE have
repeatedly used to earn $100,000... $500,000... $1 MILLION
(or more!) per year on the Internet, check out the brand-new,
just released 2006 edition of our "Insider Secrets" course at:

http://www.marketingtips.com/tipsltr.html

With over 1,000 pages of our hottest new test results, case
studies, and resources, it's the surest way to start and
grow a successful Internet business in 2006.

It's such an exciting time to be an Internet entrepreneur!
Make sure you take advantage of the unique opportunities
that have been created since the early days of the Internet.

Read the stories of people just like you who have created
online businesses they love... and mind-boggling wealth.
They are living proof that it's possible. I hope to see your
success story featured on our web site one day soon.

Best of luck with your exciting new venture!

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Derek Gehl specializes in teaching real people how to start profitable Internet businesses that make $100,000 to $2.5 Million (or more) per year. To get instant access to all his most profitable marketing campaigns, strategies, tools, and resources that he's used to grow $25 into over $40 Million in online sales, visit: http://www.marketingtips.com/tipsltr.html

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E-Commerce News: Legal : Coalition Calls on Congress to Save Internet

2006-04-25T17:35:00.000-06:00

E-Commerce News: Legal : Coalition Calls on Congress to Save Internet: "Coalition Calls on Congress to Save Internet
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By John P. Mello Jr.
E-Commerce Times
04/25/06 8:01 AM PT
'The last decade of Internet evolution has been marked by innovation,' said Vint Cerf, Google's chief Internet evangelist and one of the founding fathers of the Net. 'That innovation has been a consequence of the open and neutral access that the Internet has afforded up until now.'

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3 Free Online Gizmos Everyone Should See

2006-04-20T09:01:00.000-06:00

3 Free Online Gizmos Everyone Should See

- by Jim Edwards

© Jim Edwards - All Rights reserved
http://www.thenetreporter.com
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* Free Audio Editing Software *

Log on to http://audacity.sourceforge.net and download a
just plain cool PC software you can use to record, edit,
convert and mix audio tracks right on your computer.

Ideal for people who need to create audio CD's with a basic
microphone, create the perfect party mix, or perform basic
sound editing.

Available free of charge, this open source utility makes it
easy to convert old tapes and records into more permanent
CD's just by hooking up to the microphone or line inputs on
your computer with a $10 cable from Radio Shack.

The software works with both MP3 and WAV (CD) files, and
also decodes the AU and Ogg Vorbis audioformats.

The software also allows you to adjust volume control on
individual tracks, fade volume in and out, and remove static
hiss or any other consistent background noises.

Overall, Audacity makes an excellent tool for anyone just
getting started in audio editing or who doesn't want to
spend $100 or more on commercial audio editing software.

* Free RSS Feed Reader *

RSS feeds represent a huge part of the future of online
communications as email gets less and less reliable.

Primarily associated with blogs at the moment, RSS feeds
(stands for "Real Simple Syndication") make it possible for
subscribers to get notified about newsletter and site
updates automatically and without the need for email
notification.

The problem, until now, has been that most RSS readers were
designed for geeks and propeller-heads, not for everyday
users.

However, log on to www.FeedReader.com and you can change all
that.

Feed Reader offers just that, a simple-to-use, easy-to-
understand PC software program that doesn't eat up a lot of
hard drive space or suck up all your memory.

If you want to subscribe to multiple blogs and news feeds,
but don't want to get bombarded with ads or pay for
software, give FeedReader.com's free software a try.

* Free Mind Mapping Software *

Log on to http://freemind.sourceforge.net and grab a copy of
"FreeMind," a free mind mapping software program that rivals
the functionality of programs costing $200 or more.

I've used mind mapping software for years, and even paid for
one that cost me over $200.

I found that I actually only used about 10% of the features
of that commercial software, and I also found that FreeMind
gives you all those basic features and more (for free).

Plus, if you're just getting started with mind mapping, this
software makes a great place to start without forcing you to
make a large investment in software. Mind mapping is an
absolutely indispensable technique for writing outlines,
brainstorming projects, and outlining essays and
professional papers.

As with any free software, you get what you pay for, but in
these three cases, I think you get a little more than your
money's worth.

However, always remember that free software normally does
not offer any support and, as with any software, you should
proceed carefully.

Always back up your important files before installing any
software (paid or free).

Also, if you are at all unsure about a piece of software, go
to Google and search for reviews on the software before
installing.

A quick search for "'Product Name' software reviews" can
yield some very interesting and helpful comments before you
spend time and energy installing and testing the software
for yourself.

--
Jim Edwards is a syndicated newspaper columnist and the
creator of an amazing course that will teach you step-by-
step and click-by-click how to finally create your own
money-making mini-sites...

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FOR THOSE TAX FILERS WHO ENJOY "LIVING ON THE EDGE"

2006-04-13T14:00:00.000-06:00

Succeeding in Your Business
Cliff Ennico
FOR THOSE TAX FILERS WHO ENJOY "LIVING ON THE EDGE"

Let's face it. If you're just starting to think about your taxes NOW, it's probably too late for you to learn what you need to know between now and April 17. I've got one word for you -- just one word -- EXTENSION!

If you are a sole proprietor or single member LLC, you can get an automatic six-month extension of time to file your return (to Oct. 16, 2006) by filing IRS Form 4868, "Application for Automatic Extension of Time To File U.S. Income Tax Return," by April 17. This form is available as a free download at www.irs.gov. You don't have to explain to the IRS why you need an extension; they just give it to you. An extension of more than six months cannot be granted if you are in the United States.

If you have a partnership, a corporation (regular or subchapter S), or an LLC with more than one member, you should still file Form 4868 for your personal tax return, but you will also need to file IRS Form 7004, "Application for Automatic Six-Month Extension of Time To File Certain Business Income Tax, Information, and Other Returns," by April 17 in order to get an automatic six-month extension to file your Form 1065 (partnerships and multimember LLCs), Form 1120 (corporations), or Form 1120-S (subchapter S corporations). These forms are available as free downloads at www.irs.gov.

Last, but not least, you will also need to file applications for an extension of time to file your state income tax returns. These forms vary from state to state, but are usually available as free downloads from your state tax authority -- go to www.natptax.com/state_information.html and click on your state when the map of the United States pops up. You will be linked to your state tax authority's website -- click on "Forms and Publications" or search on the site for "extension forms."

Keep in mind one important thing -- when you file for an extension, you are only getting more time to file your tax return paperwork. If you think you will owe the government taxes for last year, (SET ITAL) you cannot extend the time to pay your taxes (END ITAL). You will have to "guesstimate" the amount you owe and pay it along with your Form 4868 or 7004. Otherwise, you will incur interest and taxes on the overdue payment, and make yourself more likely to be audited down the road. If, of course, you think the IRS owes YOU money, you won't be able to get it until you actually do file your return.

"I am a very small sole proprietor and have provided over $600 in products to 12 customers in 2005. I have only received one 1099 to date. Am I responsible for the customers who have not mailed me the 1099? Some of my customers have sent me W-9 forms, but I haven't responded because I don't want them to know my Social Security number. My accountant has told me I may be penalized for not responding to a request for a W-9 form. I am ready to mail my tax returns, but I don't know if I should mail them in without the 1099 forms from my customers. What should I do?"

You must, of course, report ALL income your customers paid you in 2005 and pay taxes on it, whether or not they sent you a 1099, but you are not required to attach 1099s to your tax return if your customers forgot to send them to you. Just attach the ones you did receive to your 1040, and off you go. It is your customers who should be concerned that they didn't send you 1099s -- if you fail to report income you received from them and are later audited by the IRS, they may get caught up in your audit. The W-9 question is a bit trickier. Form W-9 -- a "Request for Taxpayer ID Number" -- is usually sent to independent contractors and others who must receive a 1099 at the end of the year. If someone sends you a W-9 form, you must fill it out and return it within 30 days. Otherwise, your customer may be required to withhold 31 percent of the interest, dividends and certain other payments they make to you -- this is called "backup withholding." Further, you may be subject to a $50 penalty from the IRS for failing to provide a W-9 upon demand.

I understand completely your reluctance about giving your Social Security number out to your customers. To avoid doing that, get a federal Tax Identification number for your business and use that on any W-9 forms you have to sign. Better yet, form a corporation for your business -- that way your customers won't have to send you 1099s at all, making you both very happy.

I'm leaving now to tackle my OWN return. Good luck to all last-minute tax filers, and remember, this is one of the many reasons God invented liquor . . .

Cliff Ennico (cennico@legalcareer.com) is a syndicated columnist, author and host of the PBS television series 'Money Hunt.' This column is no substitute for legal, tax or financial advice, which can be furnished only by a qualified professional licensed in your state. To find out more about Cliff Ennico and other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit our Web page at www.creators.com.

Parents' Action for Children - Should Soda be Taking the Blame for Childhood Obesity?

2006-04-13T09:36:00.000-06:00

Parents' Action for Children - Should Soda be Taking the Blame for Childhood Obesity?: "Is Soda to Blame for Childhood Obesity?
By Renu Mansukhani, M.D.

There are some folks out there who believe soda is getting a bum rap. Beating the drum loudest, not surprisingly, is the Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF), which is funded by the food and beverage industry and has claimed, among other things, that the obesity crisis is a hoax.

In its report, Why Soda Bans Don�t Fight Childhood Obesity, CCF argues that our couch-potato culture bears sole responsibility for the growing number of overweight children and that attempts to restrict kids� access to soda and junk food are a waste of time.

From both a scientific and practical perspective, this argument doesn�t hold water.

While there is no question that America has become a sedentary society and that kids need to get up and moving, the reality is this: Rarely does increasing one�s physical activity level without a change in diet accomplish significant weight loss.

The reason? Weight comes down to math -- calories in versus calories out. It is much easier to cut calories by not consuming them in the first place than trying to burn them off with exercise. "

The Secret of Success

2006-04-13T09:29:00.000-06:00

The Secret of Success

FOXNews.com - Cybercrime More Widespread, Skillful, Dangerous Than Ever - Science And Technology News | News On Technology

2006-04-11T14:50:00.000-06:00

FOXNews.com - Cybercrime More Widespread, Skillful, Dangerous Than Ever - Science And Technology News | News On Technology: "Cybercrime More Widespread, Skillful, Dangerous Than Ever
Tuesday, April 11, 2006
By Ryan Naraine

STORIES
�Script Kiddies Hack Washington State Quarter-Design Vote�IBM Unveils Encryption Module for CPUs�Microsoft Official: Malware Recovery Not Always Possible�Spitzer Sues Another Pop-Up Advertiser Over Spyware�Microsoft Not Happy With Third-Party Security Patches�Hackers Use BBC News as Keylogger Trojan Lure�Do-It-Yourself Spyware Kit Sells For $20 on Web�Adware Pioneer Claria Getting Out of Business�Watchdog Group: Kazaa Tops List of Sneaky Software�Cops: Security Guard Hacked Into GM Personnel Files
Ken Dunham, you could say, spends his life peeking at the bowels of the Internet.
As director of the Rapid Response Team at VeriSign-owned iDefense, of Dulles, Va., Dunham and his team of malware hunters infiltrate black hat hacker forums, chat rooms and newsgroups, posing as online criminals to gather intelligence on the dramatic rise in rootkits, Trojans and botnets"

iPods and Hearing Loss

2006-04-11T09:51:00.000-06:00

iPods and Hearing Loss

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- They're trendy, high-tech and everywhere you look. iPods have taken the country by storm, but they may also be taking us on the path to hearing loss. Here's how to safeguard your ears.

Walk around a college campus and you quickly notice a common trend. iPods are the cool thing to have.

Bethany Pendleton listens to her iPod at least an hour every day. "With the songs I have on now, I'm pretty jammin'," she says.

But that jammin' could come at a price. Like many audiologists, Katie Edmonds, Au.D., is seeing hearing loss develop at a younger age. And she fears the loud music kids listen to in iPods may be to blame.

"If they are in their teens, and this is something they are doing for the next few years, we'll see it before they hit their 20s," Dr. Edmonds, of All Children's Hospital in Tampa, Fla., tells Ivanhoe. She says exposure to loud music wears out the hair cells in the inner ear. These hair cells can recover after a few days, but repeated exposure weakens the cells, leading to hearing loss.

Dr. Edmonds adds that once the hearing is lost from noise exposure, it's permanent. But it's hard to convince college kids to be concerned now.

Emily Consolino is just that -- an college student who admits she's aware of her behavior. "I know what it's probably caused from if I have hearing problems when I'm older," she says. "I'll be like, 'Oh yeah, it was probably that iPod I was listening to.'"

One solution: The 60/60 rule. Listen no more than 60 minutes a day at 60-percent volume. Another rule: If you can't hear a person talking to you, it's too loud.

"Turn it down, and wear it longer, so you can enjoy it," Dr. Edmonds says, and you'll be sure to enjoy your hearing later in life.

Researchers are also concerned earbuds do more damage than earmuffs because they're inserted into the ear. Another solution is noise-canceling or sound-isolating earphones. They help block out background noise so people don't have to crank the volume up as high ... But they can cost several hundred dollars.

This article was reported by Ivanhoe.com, who offers Medical Alerts by e-mail every day of the week. To subscribe, go to: http://www.ivanhoe.com/newsalert/.

Automated Contextual Affiliate Links - For FREE

2006-04-07T07:23:00.000-06:00

Its no secret that theres a lot of money to be made with contextual advertising, Google AdSense is obvious testimony to that.

Well, I think I've just found the next big thing in contextual advertising...

This little known program is a dynamic linking tool that generates affiliate links within the content on your site, on the fly, as it loads up in the users browser. Any keyword or keyphrase in any web page you publish can be instantly converted into your affiliate links.

You can use Clickbank links, Amazon links, or literally any other affiliate program you choose to promote.

This is pretty cool because you can use them together with AdSense so your site makes even more $$$. Usually Google don't allow you to mix other contextual ad programs in with adsense, but the head guys over at Google said its fine to mix AdSense and this on the same site. :)

Whats more, is this program can be instantly added to any website, blog, forum, or any other site, no matter whether its html, php, asp, ANYTHING! All you do is add the javascript they give you into your site and relax.

Not only that, if your worried about search engines penalizing you for having too many outbound links, worry no more, because the code is javascript, the search engines don't see them, so your search engine rank stays in tact.

Oh, and want to hear the final kicker? Its completely 100% FREE! (well, for now at least)

I really love this and cant say enough about it, I suggest you check this out now before the developers get wise and start charging $37 a month for it like their competition are doing.

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2006-04-06T14:58:00.000-06:00

Ivanhoe's Medical Breakthroughs - Sleep for Your Heart's Sake

2006-04-05T10:16:00.000-06:00

Ivanhoe's Medical Breakthroughs - Sleep for Your Heart's Sake: "Sleep for Your Heart's Sake
(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- We all know the benefits of a good night's sleep, but did you know not getting enough sleep could do harm to your heart? Researchers from Columbia University in New York found people who sleep less than five hours a night may be putting themselves at risk for high blood pressure.
During the study, investigators followed more than 4,800 people between ages 32 and 86 who did not have high blood pressure at the start of the study. They were tracked for eight years to 10 years and reevaluated. Of those who slept less than five hours a night, 24 percent developed high blood pressure compared to only 12 percent of those who got seven or eight hours of sleep a night. This held true when taking into account conditions such as obesity, diabetes, physical activity, and other risk factors for high blood pressure.
Upon further analysis, researchers found those who slept five or less hours a night were less likely to exercise and more likely to have a higher body mass index (BMI). They were also more likely to have diabetes, depression and suffer from daytime sleepiness."

Microsoft Loses Patent Lawsuit

2006-04-04T19:16:00.000-06:00

Microsoft Loses Patent Lawsuit

- by Jim Edwards

© Jim Edwards - All Rights reserved
http://www.thenetreporter.com
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One of the top news stories this week that got virtually no
popular press involves the judgment against Microsoft by a
small company with a big software patent.

University of California and Eolas Technologies, Inc. hold a
patent which Microsoft, according to several judges,
violated with its popular Internet Explorer Web browser.

Without going into painful technical detail, the patent
involves the "ActiveX" technology enabling Web browsers to
display both web pages and content such as streaming audio,
Flash, QuickTime video and other "rich" or "dynamic"
content.

Despite heated input by the Internet community to invalidate
Eolas' patent because of its broad nature, Microsoft lost
every appeal and effort to get the patent nullified.

** Does this mean everyone's website using flash, streaming
media, or audio buttons witll break on April 11th?

Click Here To Finish the article and find out

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Seven arrested in online fraud crackdown

2006-04-03T18:53:00.000-06:00

Seven arrested in online fraud crackdown: "Seven arrested in online fraud crackdown
Robert Lemos, SecurityFocus 2006-03-31

The U.S. Secret Service arrested seven people across the nation this week as part of an ongoing investigation that has turned up links to the massive debit-card breaches which have worried banks and consumers.

� Some of these arrest were linked to recent nationwide compromises of debit-card customer information and PINs involving a number of retailers and debit card issuers. �

Jonathan Cherry, spokesman, U.S. Secret Service The investigation, dubbed Operation Rolling Stone, has resulted in 21 arrests in the last three months and involves local, state and international law enforcement. The online uncover operation targets Internet criminal groups that 'threaten our financial infrastructure,' Jonathan Cherry, spokesman for the U.S. Secret Service, told SecurityFocus.
'Rolling Stone is an ongoing and active operation in its initial phase with future coordinated arrests expected as the operation continues,' Cherry said."

Learn about the Laws of Internet Commerce, Covering for Example Patent, Trademark and Copyright Issues

2006-03-28T16:53:00.000-07:00

Learn about the Laws of Internet Commerce, Covering for Example Patent, Trademark and Copyright Issues

Did You Buy Stolen Merchandise?

2006-03-21T22:35:00.000-07:00

Did You Buy Stolen Merchandise?
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Did You Buy Stolen Merchandise?

- by Jim Edwards

© Jim Edwards - All Rights reserved
http://www.IGottaTellYou.com
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In a recent article, I wrote about how owners of ebooks,
software, CDs and other intellectual property can keep from
getting ripped off through online auction sites such as eBay
and Yahoo auctions.

By popular request (a slew of emails), we'll now discuss how
buyers can avoid receiving stolen, "pirated," or
"bootlegged" merchandise via online auction sites.

Nobody wants to knowingly receive stolen merchandise and the
following tips should help you avoid trouble.

Digital downloads such as ebooks, MP3 audio files, and
software represent the easiest products to sell illegally on
an auction site.

The seller obtains a copy of the file, puts up an auction
listing, and then delivers the file to the successful
bidder(s) via email or website download.

Because it's so easy, that's where many people start their
lives of online crime.

Unfortunately for the buyer, this can lead to hot water with
the rightful product owner.

** Smart Buying Tips for Digital Download Products:

First, if the person you're buying the product from didn't
create the product (they aren't the author), immediately
become skeptical.

Do a little research on the author, name of the ebook, and
any other information you can find out (Google.com makes a
great starting point).

See if you can find where the author is actually selling
resell rights to their product and, if in doubt, contact the
author to see if others have permission to sell their
product at online auctions.

Second, when you see an auction with verbiage such as
"Attention eBay Staff: I have full resell rights to this
product" get suspicious.

The only reason someone puts that on their auction is if
they've gotten shut down before or they're worried they will
get shut down if anyone notices them.

A real business person doesn't need to place such a
disclaimer on a legitimate auction.

Third, check the seller's feedback. Sometimes, the rightful
owner of the ebook or software will purchase the product
being sold illegally and then leave negative feedback
advising people not to buy from that seller.

** Physical Product Purchase Tips:

Illegal CDs and DVDs represent one of the biggest illegal
sellers at online auctions when it comes to music, software,
movies and educational courses.

An excellent rule of thumb: if they are selling more than
one copy (or have held more than one auction for the same
product) you need to dig a little deeper.

Ask the seller how they came into possession of more than
one copy, especially if it's an expensive software package
or educational course.

Also, ask if the advertised item is an original. If it's a
copy, steer clear and do not buy it.

Another warning sign involves a seller with multiple
quantities of never-been-opened merchandise selling for
pennies on the dollar.

For example, someone selling 20 brand-new Dell computers
that regularly go for $1,500 with a "Buy Now" price of only
$200 should raise your suspicions.

If you suspect someone of selling stolen merchandise or
illegally selling downloadable products, report your
suspicions to the auction service immediately via their
support link.

Nobody wins when seller theft on auction sites goes
unreported and unchallenged.

--
Jim Edwards is a syndicated newspaper columnist and the
creator of an amazing course that will teach you step-by-
step and click-by-click how to finally create your own
money-making mini-sites...

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"Finally! A Quick and Easy Way For YOU to Painlessly Set Up
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Virally Build Your List To 100k Optins

2006-03-20T21:04:00.000-07:00

List building is a method of direct advertising. You get to place an advertisment or offer in front of someones face. This is the most responsive type of advertising around.

The power of direct marketing is amazing. I did over $20,000 in sales in under a week with one eMail to my optin list.

If you are interested in growing your own optin list you should visit:
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You will be able to virally grow your list to over 100K members in 30 days. Once you have a large list you can advertise your own products or affiliate products.

I recommend starting by selling affiliate programs. Once you get the hang of it and know what people are buying you can start creating your own products and selling them.

Good luck building your list, and get ready for it to Explode at:

http://www.ListExplode.com/index.php?referid=shadowknight

7 Ways to Use AUDIO to Increase Your Web and E-mail Sales

2006-03-17T09:39:00.000-07:00

7 Ways to Use AUDIO to Increase Your Web and E-mail Sales
by Alexandria K. Brown, "The E-zine Queen"

Thought about adding audio to your Web site yet? You should.
While great copy does a good job of selling your services and
products, audio will amplify the effect of your words.

Audio gives you a more personal connection with your Web
visitors. Social psychologists tell us that humans are more
likely to trust you if they can both see you and hear you. And
prospects are more likely to buy from those whom they feel they
know, like, and trust.

So let's think about how you can build that instant rapport
with your prospects.

What Could YOU Do With Audio?

There are unlimited possibilities of what can be done with
audio on Web sites and in e-mail, but here are seven simple
ideas to get you started.

1. Greet Your Homepage Visitors.
Welcome first-time visitors to your Web site with your own
voice. It's a much warmer welcome than text alone.

2. Create a Series of Audio Lessons.
Audio learning is hot! Teach your audience via your voice
instead of just words on the page. Think about developing a
series of mini-audio lessons for your prospects.

3. Share Your Interviews.
If you don't have an interview clip already, ask a friend or
colleague to conduct a short, dynamic interview with you via
phone. Record it and post it at your Web site. Or, do a series
of interviews with other experts in your field and post them at
your site to be listened to.

4. Samples of Teleseminars.
Want more signups for your free and/or paid teleseminars? Then
start recording them. Pull out the highlights and post free
clips of them at your Web site.

5. Pump Up Your Testimonials.
You probably already have customer testimonials on your site.
Now amplify their impact with audio. Have your customers record
their testimonials in their own voices, and post them on your
site along with their names and photos. (See great examples
here.)

6. Make Your E-mails and E-zines Talk.
Liven up your e-mails by making them talk to your prospects,
subscribers, and customers. The members on your lists will feel
like you are right there with them. (And remember, it will be
that personal connection that encourages people to hire you or
buy your products.) Be the first in your industry to do this,
and watch your numbers rise!

7. Audio Postcards.
Reach out to your best customers and prospects for holidays,
birthdays, or other special occasions by sending them an e-mail
"postcard" accompanied with a personally recorded message.

So What's the EASIEST Way to Post Audio?

In the past, adding audio to your site wasn't that easy. You
had to either spend hours learning how to do it yourself, or pay
someone else to record it and host it for you. That's why I was
never interested in audio before. I may be the E-zine Queen, but
no way am I a techie queen. In fact, my VCR still blinks "12:00
... 12:00 ... 12:00."

Here's the good news: There's a brand new program that makes
recording and posting audio ridiculously easy. It's called Audio
Generator and was created by Armand Morin, the same guy who
created PopUp Generator and a slew of other innovative
"Generator" products. I signed up immediately after he debuted
this at the System 3 Seminar in Ohio a few weeks ago.

Here's an example of how easy Audio Generator is: Say you want
to add an audio greeting to your site this afternoon. Just call
Audio Generator's toll-free hot line and record your message.
Then, as soon as you hang up the phone, go log into their site.
Ta da ... your message is ready and waiting, with a line of HTML
code for you to copy and paste on your home page.

That's it!

Even better, you can do this an unlimited number of times and
have unlimited clips on your site (or multiple sites). You can
also upload digital audio files up to 30 minutes in length,
which I'm going to do for samples of my teleclasses.

Click here to get the full story, and see (and hear) The E-zine
Queen's own audio testimonial at the Audio Generator site.

Remember, It's That Personal Connection That Matters

Take some time today to think about what YOU could do with
audio at your site and in your e-mails to increase rapport with
your visitors. Then choose at least one tactic to implement this
month. It could be the best addition you've made to your online
marketing efforts this year.

(c) 2003 Alexandria K. Brown

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Alexandria K. Brown, "The E-zine Queen," is author of the award-
winning manual, "Boost Business With Your Own E-zine." To learn
more about her book and sign up for more FREE tips like these,
visit her site at http://www.certificate.net/ezinequeen.html

Auction Sites Trafficking Stolen Goods Online

2006-03-14T21:31:00.000-07:00

Auction Sites Trafficking Stolen Goods Online

- by Jim Edwards

© Jim Edwards - All Rights reserved
IGottaTellYou.com
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Ah yes, eBay! The online auction giant that makes all your
dreams come true for finding that special something you
can't find anywhere else.

It's like a giant garage sale in the sky.

Unfortunately, eBay's size makes it easy for people to sell
stolen or unauthorized merchandise and not get caught.

To their credit, I think eBay does as much as humanly
possible to police their site and shut down any offenders
quickly.

However, I recently discovered that plenty of mischief still
occurs, especially with downloadable products.

When checking my email yesterday, I found two messages that
disturbed me.

The first was an automated message from eBay telling me
about an auction selling an ebook about writing ebooks.

Another email came in from a good customer who sent me a
link to another auction on eBay that, to them, "looked
suspicious."

I clicked on the links for both auctions and found identical
postings by two different sellers.

Though they did not mention my ebook, "How To Write and
Publish Your Own eBook... in as little as 7 Days," the
blatant similarity between the wording on the auctions and
my www.7DayEbook.com website aroused my curiosity.

Since they didn't reference the ebook they were selling by
title, I decided to go ahead and buy from both sellers to
see what they sent me.

Imagine my horror when they both delivered my own ebook,
which they were selling illegally.

I immediately got the auctions shut down, but the damage was
already done.

Plenty of stolen merchandise gets sold via online auction
sites.

People call it "bootlegged" or "unauthorized copies" to
soften the wording for what they really know is "stolen
merchandise."

Of the two sellers mentioned above, I believe one knew he
was illegally selling my ebook and didn't care, while the
other person was just ignorant and thought she could sell it
because she'd bought it from someone else. Regardless of
their true intentions, their actions were illegal.

Now, let's discuss how you protect yourself and your
intellectual property against illegal sales and
"bootlegging" on eBay and other online auction sites.

First, set up automated searches on the major online auction
services.

Set them up to automatically notify you whenever an auction
gets posted that includes your name or the name of your
product.

You can also set them up to email you whenever an auction
gets listed with certain keywords in it, in my case "write
ebook."

Second, if you find someone has stolen your intellectual
property (sales copy, ebooks, photos, graphics, software,
etc.) you should first contact the seller and politely, but
firmly, ask them to remove it.

If they don't, or if they take more than a few hours to
respond, you should contact the auction site directly to
request an immediate takedown of the offending auction.

eBay's "Vero" program, for example, enables you to simply
fax in a form or send an email to get an auction removed.

You should also go back and check periodically to make sure
that an offending seller doesn't start selling your product
again once they think the uproar has died down.

Third, pay attention to emails from customers and prospects
for signs of anything strange.

Watch for comments like "I saw your ebook for sale on eBay,"
or "I saw it cheaper on eBay."

Also, make sure to compare customer service inquiries to
your customer database.

Anyone who asks specific questions about a product and
appears to possess it, but never bought it from you, should
immediately raise a red flag.

Always try to find out where they bought the product and get
them to send you a copy of their email receipt, because all
roads to the thief usually lead back through the credit card
processor.

Finally, trust the never-failing boomerang of karma to come
full circle and ultimately whack any thief in the head!

----

Jim Edwards is a syndicated newspaper columnist and the co-
author of an incredible new ebook that will teach you how to
write and publish your own highly profitable ebook in a week
or less... even if you failed high school English class!

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Spyware - Is It All Bad?

2006-03-13T11:12:00.000-07:00

Spyware - Is It All Bad?

Author: Michael Russell

Spyware is getting a lot of bad press. Now don't get me wrong.
I'm not saying I love the idea of spyware but most of it is not
as bad as people make it out to be. Before I go on I guess I
should give a brief, if incomplete definition of what spyware
is. Spyware is a program or group of programs that monitor your
computer and report back to the company that installed the
spyware, all of your Internet activities such as search engine
searches, purchases, or just simply sites that you visit.

Now the legitimate companies use this spyware as marketing tools
to find out people's Internet viewing habits and quite honestly
there's nothing wrong with that if used legally. Sure, some
people may feel that their privacy is being invaded and might
object to this and if that's the case they can always uninstall
the spyware. Of course that's not as easy as it sounds. But I'll
get into that later.

The real problem is the companies that use this spyware to steal
your credit card and other private information for the purpose
of charging items, using your account, and who knows what other
illegal activities. Credit card theft is rampant and easier to
do than most people would think. The illegal spyware programs
are responsible for many of these thefts.

The even bigger problem than what is done with this spyware is
even detecting that the spyware is on your computer to begin
with. I'll give you an example of how you can innocently end up
with spyware on your PC.

I was looking up some song lyrics one day and in order to view
this particular song lyric the web site said that I had to
download a special viewer but assured me that it would in no way
harm my system. Now, I have Norton Security on my PC so if a
program tries to attack me I am warned. Well, sure enough as
soon as I tried to install this online viewer I was bombarded
with attacks from the Internet. They wouldn't stop no matter
what I did. Norton kept warning me but couldn't stop it unless I
specifically pointed out each file I wanted access denied for.
Finally I just let the installation complete. To make a long
story short the viewer also installed spyware, that Norton
reported to me, was sending info back to a site somewhere in
Asia. I knew this wasn't good. So I stopped the program from
transmitting and immediately got a spyware removal program to
get rid of this monster. It took me 4 hours that night to clean
up my PC.

Spyware removal programs are just that. They scan your PC for
anything they recognize as spyware and remove it if they can.
Some spyware can only be removed through the uninstall programs
that comes with the spyware. Funny thing is, when you try to
uninstall these programs, you get all these messages saying that
the software REALLY isn't dangerous and you will lose all the
benefits of the program, such as making your surfing experience
faster. Trust me, the only thing these programs do is slow up
your computer because they are constantly transmitting data.

Unlike viruses, security programs don't stop the spyware in it's
tracks. You have to manually tell the system which files to
disallow access to. This can be a real pain in the neck. So how
DO you avoid getting hit with spyware? I wish there was an easy
answer to this question. Security programs help but the best way
to avoid it is to ONLY go to sites that you know you can trust.
I'll never go look up song lyrics again where I have to install
a viewer to see them.

About the author:
Michael Russell

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2006-03-12T18:00:00.000-07:00

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Resale Rights - Understanding & Minding the Terms

2006-03-10T08:43:00.000-07:00

The following is from an e-mail I recieved from Barry which I have to say I totally agree with. All too often have I seen this. I have seen this recently with a few products I am promoting myself where I have come across someone else not abiding by the resale rights terms included in a plainly written text file.

Please be honorable in all your dealings.

Kevin Newman

Resale Rights - Understanding & Minding the Terms

Lately, I'm seeing a lot of violations of resale
rights terms. Don't be one of the violators. Resale
rights work when sellers abide by the terms of the
product creator.

When you purchase a product with rights, you can
usually find a text file within the file package
that spells out exactly what rights you have. Many
times it will be named something like license.txt
or it might be in the readme.txt file.

The creator of the product has the right to specify
what resale rights, if any, are included in your
purchase. Various rights include:

Resale Rights - allow you to sell the product, and
that's it. You may not pass on any resale rights.

Master Resale Rights - You may sell the product
AND sell the resale rights to the product, PLUS
you can give your customers the right to offer
resale rights. Some terms also give you the right
to pass on MASTER Resale rights to your customer.

Non-Transferable Master Resale Rights - Here's
where it gets tricky. You may sell the product,
and you may sell Resale Rights, but you may not
pass on Master Resale Rights.

Private Label Rights - this gives you the right to
put your own name on the product, rename it,
repackage it, add to it, break it up and use it
as content on your site. Sometimes Private Label
Rights will be combined with one of the other
rights above. Note: just because you have Private
Label rights, you don't automatically have Master
Resale Rights to the product. It all depends on
what terms the product creator has set. Check the
license.

When considering the purchase of a product, a good
seller or product creator will make the terms of
resale clear on the sales page, or will link to a
"terms" page. Be sure of the exact license you will
receive BEFORE you make your purchase. When in doubt,
ask!

A fairly well-known Internet marketer recently held
a large sale of 30 "Master Resale Rights" products.
He also got many other marketers to promote the
package as affiliates. I'm sure you saw it advertised.

Only problem was, he was violating the license terms
on several of the products in the package. When the
products' creator informed the marketer of his
violation, he insisted his private label rights
gave him the right to do what he wanted with the
product.

Well, no it doesn't...

You get the rights the product creator SAYS you get,
and you automatically agree to those terms when you
make the purchase.

The marketer ultimately made a notation on his sales
page next to those products that said "Resale Rights
Only", but much damage had been done. Many people
had already purchased the package, plus, with the
package being promoted as a "Master Rights" package,
many people don't even make not of small notations
and assume everything is Master Rights.

The creator of those several products had just
released his package of products and had only just
begun offering it to resellers. Who knows how much
money and how many hours he had spent developing his
own product package, only to see its value destroyed
in one weekend, due to this promotion that did not
abide by the creator's terms.

The marketer even had the nerve to taunt and insult
the product creator on his blog. The marketer's
subscribers left comments praising him, merely
because he saved them money. They of course, did
not know the truth. Very sad.

If we, as marketers, treat the creators of products
with such disdain, we take away all incentive they
have to CREATE quality products. Why should they
if we ignore the license terms and practically give
their product away as if it were nearly worthless?

Please, if you resell digital products, now or
ever, check the license terms and responsibly
abide by them. We all benefit in the long run.

To your success,

Barry Richardson
http://www.easytoolbox.com

How to Stay Focused on Your Home Business Goals

2006-03-06T13:18:00.000-07:00

How to Stay Focused on Your Home Business Goals: "How to Stay Focused on Your Home Business Goals
Copyright � Stone Evans, The Home Biz Guy
http://www.PlugInProfitSite.com/main-11350

When you are the owner of a home business, you will find
hundreds of distractions that vie for your time, energy and
focus.

Common distractions include: children, family, friends,
neighbors, pets, phone calls, mail, household chores, video
games, television, neighborhood children, visitors, and so many
more.

As an owner of a home based business, you must always remember
your purpose in bringing your profession home. What was your
reason for wanting to own a home business? Was your goal to work
from home so that you can share in the lives of your children?
Was your goal to be out from under the rule of a tyrannical
boss? Was your goal to have the freedom to work when it is
convenient for you? Was your goal to make tons of money working
for yourself?

Here's a few good tips that will help you stay focused on your
home business:

TIP #1:
Whatever your reason for going out on your own, you must keep
your reason in the forefront of your mind. If you forget your
reason for starting your own home business, you will not be
working for yourself for long. It is far too easy to let
circumstance drive your activities --- and when circumstance is
in the driver's seat, you are more likely to crash and burn."

Size Matters with a Home Based Business

2006-03-04T12:33:00.000-07:00

Size Matters with a Home Based Business by David Riewe

When companies look for outsourcing help, they often look to home based businesses. And although the term ‘home based’ can imply one person working from a house, it can take on a different, larger dimension. And that’s what many companies look for: a larger sized business operation.

What does that mean? In a word, reliability. For example, can you be counted on regularly? Or will there be times when you take on too much work or not enough, need to adjust accordingly – and then… what will happen to their projects?

Well now you can get a grip on your company size and handle workloads large and small. Here are ways that you can increase your home based operations without physically crowding yourself out of workspace or blowing your budget for future project handling opportunities.

Joint Venture – Team up with a partner, company or other entity and help each other. Combine a product with a service – something or yours with something of theirs. Then farm out work as necessary.

Interns / Students – Contact colleges, universities, high schools and other education centers in your area and ask about intern and student opportunities. Many places allow you to participate in their programs; fill out their forms, post flyers, actively recruit, etc. Keep some help on hand and put them to work.

Subcontract – Check with your local Chamber of Commerce, surf the Internet, post for help on forums, etc. Find companies for farming out some of your work and keep their information handy. Give them a try when you’re not too busy, so that when you ARE, you’ll know they are a good fit for your clients and you.

Helpers - Hire part time help. Place an inexpensive classified ad in the local newspaper and search for hourly help. Call the places that leave flyers on or around your mailbox or front porch and have them distribute ‘Help Wanted’ flyers in your neighborhood for you. Call your church, fitness center and / or other organizations with which you participate and have them post a notice on the bulletin board. Get help and keep a list handy of those seeking extra income.

Profit Center – Seek help from others experienced in your chosen field of interest and set up a profit center or two to generate additional opportunities. Many can be automated today so that they are pretty much hands-on. They all you have to do is market. This way, when times get lean, you can increase your marketing efforts. And when times are too busy, you can ease up.

As the Boy Scouts say, Be Prepared! Don’t let your lack of preparation be an excuse for being too small and unreliable.

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Virally Build Your List To 100k Optins

2006-03-01T20:44:00.000-07:00

List building is a method of direct advertising. You get to place an advertisment or offer in front of someones face. This is the most responsive type of advertising around.

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I recommend starting by selling affiliate programs. Once you get the hang of it and know what people are buying you can start creating your own products and selling them.

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Google Creates Video "Vending" Machine Online

2006-03-01T08:50:00.000-07:00

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- by Jim Edwards

Jim Edwards - All Rights reserved
http://www.thenetreporter.com
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It's really no secret that search giant, Google.com, wants
to own the gateway to all media online.

They operate the Web's most popular search engine, largest
free blogging service, and one of the largest news services
online.

Recently, Google started offering video from their website.
Google's video offerings so far, comprised mostly of
documentaries, news, and daytime talk TV programs,
represented a testing device to get the kinks out of their
video delivery and search system.

Now, thanks to widespread availability of high-speed
Internet access, inexpensive desktop video editing, and the
emergence of portable video players, Google is steadily
ramping up what will surely become the Web's first video
"vending" machine.

Log on to Video.Google.com and search a limited number of
available TV shows.

Curiously, most do not allow you to play video, only to see
still screen shots of the show and read a transcript taken
from closed captioning for the hearing impaired.

However, based on the fact that Google recently started
accepting video submissions through their website, this
format is about to change drastically.

Originally, speculation about Google's new video service
centered squarely on video "blogging, " where online
pundits would share their thoughts in video rather than
written form.

However, after releasing more details, it appears that
Google maintains much grander plans for online video than
just allowing people with a camcorder to rant and rave.

Currently Google is in the "gathering" stage. This means
they are accepting video submissions from content providers
with very few restrictions.

Basically, Google says they want original content, no porn
or offensive content, and they want it in a very specific
video format (mpeg2 or mpeg4 with MP3 codec).

Other than that, the sky is literally the limit. For
specifics, log on to https://upload.video.google.com/ and
click the "Find out more" link.

Right now it appears that Google decided to gather as much
content as possible before offering any of it to the
public, so you currently can't view any videos.

Google also states that they will allow content providers
to either charge for their videos or allow viewers to watch
them for free.

Google states they will collect the money, take a small
fee, and pay the content provider. This alone should excite
anyone who sells content online because the barrier to
entry (high-speed servers, video delivery, credit card
processing, customer service) just got a lot lower.

Plus, it's a safe bet that Google will find a way to
integrate revenue producing videos into their pay-per-click
program.

Combine all this with the recent emergence of truly
portable digital video players (Sony PSP, Creative Lab's
Zen Media Center), and beginning of video-on-demand through
the Internet just arrived. Now this doesn't mean growing
pains won't occur.

The biggest drawback to searching for and finding online
video is that each video file must have a text transcript
associated with it in order to get properly indexed by a
search engine.

In the beginning, this will slow the production of new
material.

Despite these and other growing pains, plan on Google
opening up the first and largest video "vending" machine
online within 12 months.

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Senators back new broadband taxes | CNET News.com

2006-02-28T16:46:00.000-07:00

Senators back new broadband taxes | CNET News.com: "Senators back new broadband taxes
By Anne Broache
Staff Writer, CNET News.com

Published: February 28, 2006, 11:37 AM PST
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WASHINGTON--New broadband taxes may be on the horizon, if an influential senator and his like-minded colleagues get their way.
At a Tuesday hearing convened by the Senate Commerce Committee, several senators from largely rural states called for expansion of the Universal Service Fund (USF), a multibillion-dollar pool of money that's currently used to subsidize telecommunications services in rural and other high-cost areas, schools and libraries.
Committee Chairman Ted Stevens, an Alaska Republican who counts himself among the fund's staunch supporters, said Tuesday that 'without Universal Service, just having a dial tone would average about $200 per month' for many residents in his home state.
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The Top Seven Mistakes eBook Authors Make

2006-02-26T08:40:00.000-07:00

The Top Seven Mistakes eBook Authors Make

-By Jim Edwards and David Garfinkel

2002 Jim Edwards and David Garfinkel
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eBooks are the hottest thing going on the Web right now!

Authors with the entrepreneurial instinct are making
anywhere from a few hundred to tens of thousands of dollars
per month - that's right, per month - by selling ebooks
online.

Why are some authors doing so much better than others?
We've discovered seven key mistakes that most ebook authors
make (and in doing so, hold themselves back from major
success):

1. They don't write to a specific, target audience.

The biggest mistake most ebook authors make is they don't
clearly define, identify and visualize who they are selling
their ebook to. On the Web, to be successful, you must
write to a specific group of people who have specific
interests. Make sure that you know exactly who is going to
buy your ebook, and where you can find them online.

2. They don't automate as many of their business activities
as possible.

Selling ebooks, though it is highly profitable, is not a
business where you make hundreds of dollars per sale.

Automate everything you can - credit card processing, ebook
delivery, as much technical support as possible. If you
can't automate a function, delegate it to someone else.

3. They don't have a compelling title for their ebook.

Use words that convey the benefit of what's in the ebook, as
well as words your audience is familiar with.

A bad title for an ebook: "Online Marketing for Newbies." A
good title for the same ebook: "97 Ways to Promote Your
Website - No Experience Required."

4. They try to cover too much ground.

Many ebook authors convey a lot of information but don't
cover anything in-depth. As a result, they never fully
explain anything in enough detail to provide any useful
value to their readers. This is a very bad mistake to make,
especially when it comes to how-to ebooks, which happen to
be the best type to write.

5. They are not proactive in their marketing.

It would be nice if marketing for your ebook simply happened
on its own - but it doesn't. You have to do it yourself.
After you've promoted your ebook to the people on your own
mailing list (if you have one), then you have to contact
other Website owners and persuade them to be your
affiliates. You should do this continually.

6. They don't differentiate their ebook from its
competitors.

When you choose your topic, even if there are a hundred
other ebooks out there on same general subject, choose an
angle for yours that will make it easy for yours to be
distinguished from the others.

For example, right now job-hunting ebooks are very popular.
There are dozens that are big sellers. "Secrets of Breaking
Into Pharmaceutical Sales" has a very specific title that
sets it apart from the competition, and is aimed at a
clearly identified target audience. Incidentally, it's
selling very well itself.

7. They write ebooks that nobody will pay for.

Many ebook authors write about information that either
people can get for free, or that people are not actually
interested in enough to pay for the information.

Before you invest weeks or months into the writing of your
ebook, invest a little time investigating whether other
ebooks in the same subject area are selling on the Web.

So, there you have it - the seven big mistakes to avoid.
Remember, the opportunities are plentiful - and huge - right
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Starting Your Home Based Business on a Shoestring Budget

2006-02-25T14:31:00.000-07:00

Starting Your Home Based Business on a Shoestring Budget: "Starting Your Home Based Business on a Shoestring Budget
Copyright � Stone Evans, The Home Biz Guy
http://www.PlugInProfitSite.com/main-11350

Whether seeking a supplemental income or a full-time income,
many folks have undertaken the task to discover a viable home
based business solution to meet their personal needs.

For most folks who contemplate a home business, a low-cost or
no-cost solution is not only nice, but also very necessary. Many
also seek to find a home business that will permit them to
maintain their regular day job in order to protect their base
income.

Taking the cautious approach to a home based business and
keeping one's job during the start-up period is often a very
good decision. By maintaining one's job, one can maintain the
health of their personal finances while permitting their home
business grow healthy and strong.

Fortunately, most home based businesses can be started with
little or no cash, can be maintained on a shoestring budget, and
can be operated successfully with only a part-time investment."

Home based internet marketing business opportunity

2006-02-24T10:14:00.000-07:00

Home based internet marketing business opportunity: "Boost Your Business and Personal Success by Creating Your Own Luck!
by Jack Humphrey
http://power-linking-profits.com

Jason Zweig wrote a great little article in Money Magazine called 'R+U Lucky? Some Guys Do Have All The Luck. Here's How to Join Them' (Money, August 2003 pp85).

In it he describes the patterns that 'lucky' people follow and how to increase your odds of success by basically placing yourself in the 'right place at the right time.'

Can you always be in the right place at the right time? Not really, unless you broaden your definition of that phrase a bit, as I have.

MORE...
My Definition of The Right Place at The Right Time: 'Putting yourself in every corner of your market niche in some fashion so as to be in front of customers and people who can further your business through partnerships, buyouts, joint ventures and many other opportunities that only come through the luck you *create* by being active and involved in your niche.'"

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2006-02-24T08:50:00.000-07:00

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Wal-Mart and Target Join Amazon and Ebay as the Most Visited E-Commerce Web Sites

2006-02-23T19:09:00.000-07:00

Wal-Mart and Target Join Amazon and Ebay as the Most Visited E-Commerce Web Sites: "Wal-Mart and Target Join Amazon and Ebay as the Most Visited E-Commerce Web Sites
DUBLIN, Ireland --(Business Wire)-- Feb. 23, 2006 -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c33460) has announced the addition of the eMarketer report: Multi-Channel Shopping: The Rise of the Retail Chains to their offering.

The Internet is changing sales tactics everywhere. Seven of the ten-most visited retail Web sites during the past holiday season belonged to dominant bricks-and-mortar retailers such as Wal-Mart, Apple and Target. Commercial success is becoming increasingly dependent on how well retailers manage their multiple sales channels.

Attention: Advertising Agencies, Marketers, Direct Manufacturers, Online Retailers and Mass- and Mini-Merchandisers.

Emarketer's Multi-Channel Shopping report analyses the changing dynamics of retail sales and customer communications.

Wal-Mart and Target have joined Amazon and eBay as the most heavily trafficked e-commerce Web sites, and retail chains account for about 40% of online sales, compared with just over 25% for pure-play Internet retailers. "

Internet Marketing Tip: get paid $500 to test this

2006-02-17T19:08:00.000-07:00

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2006-02-17T08:19:00.000-07:00

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2006-02-16T18:26:00.000-07:00

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focusing so much on keyword placement and all
that nit and gritty junk.

Honestly, people put WAY too much emphasis on all
that stuff - it's important, yes. But what about
EVERYTHING else that goes into proper SEO?

1. Link popularity
2. PR
3. Out-going links
4. Anchor text
5. Search engine penalization...

People ignore all of those CRITICAL elements to
SEO mainly because they don't understand them.
These things can get incredibly complicated...

Well, that's the difference between my site and
most others! While other sites focus on playing
with their webpage and placing keywords everywhere,
I put my focus on things like linking and PR.

Wanna know the results?

I BLOW my competitors OUT of the water! I
out-rank all of them and got a CRAZY 200,000+
visitors just last month...

Now, how can you learn about all those complicated
things and keep track of everything on your own?

Honestly, SEO is no joke - it's incredibly complicated,
so if you were to try to do this on your own - I'm
not so sure you could do it. Heck, I know "I"
couldn't...

Well, you know what, I saw this problem a few months
back and and that's exactly why I created SEO Elite.
Pure and simple, the average jo shmo like you and
I canNOT do everything by hand and keep track of
it all ourselves. If we try, we're risking getting
BANNED by search engines (for just one little
mistake!)

So, what I created was a software that will literally
do it all for you - just hit a button and watch it
go.

You can keep your focus on things like keyword placement,
just let this program do the rest...

Go on over to SEO Elite to learn
more - this may just be the one thing you need to
have a crazy BOOM in traffic.

Always here to help,

Brad Callen, SEO Professional and creator of SEO Elite
SEO Elite

How To Generate Traffic Using Only Free Methods

2006-02-14T22:06:00.000-07:00

How To Generate Traffic Using Only Free Methods

The following article lists some simple, informative tips that will help you have a better experience with free traffic.

Putting up a company would of course require a lot of things, to get straight to the point, you need a capital. To make money requires money as well. But of course, with the versatility the internet offers, there are many ways you could find that could help optimize the potential of your site or business in generating traffic.

While there are ways to jumpstart your traffic flows, many sites don’t have the resources that others have to generate more traffic for your site. Well, you don’t have to spend a cent; all you need is the proper mindset and a lot of eagerness. You also must have the drive and perseverance to do hard work and research to generate more traffic for your site.

How sweet it is to have more traffic for your site without spending a single cent. Now it’s a sure thing that many sites have articles that offer tips and guidelines in how to generate traffic using only free methods. Because it is possible, you don’t need to speed a single cent, it may take time, to say honestly, I’m not going to beat around the bush with you. You get better chances by paying for your advertisements, but at least you get a fighting chance with some of these free methods I’m about to tell you.

Take advantage of online forums and online communities. The great thing about forums and online communities is that you can target a certain group that fits the certain demographic that you are looking for. You can discuss about lots of things about the niche that you represent or offer. Another great advantage is that you know what you are getting into and you will be prepared.

With online communities and forums you can build a reputation for your company. Show them what you are made of and wow them with your range of expertise about the subject, with that you can build a reputation and build trust with the people in your expertise and knowledge.

Once you begin to move beyond basic background information, you begin to realize that there's more to free traffic than you may have first thought.

You can also make use of newsletters. Provide people with a catalog of your products and interesting and entertaining articles. If you make it really interesting and entertaining, more people will sign up for your newsletter and recommend it to other people. The more people who signs up for your newsletter, the more people there will be that will go to your site increasing your traffic.

Another great idea is trading links with other sites. You don’t have to spend a cent. All you have to do is reach an agreement with another webmaster. With exchanging links, the efforts both sites do will benefit both sites. Every traffic that goes to the site could potentially click on the link of your site and visit your site as well. This works well especially when both sites feature the same niche.

Write articles that could pique the attention of people that have interest in your product. Try writing articles that will provide tips and guides to other aficionados. Writing articles that provide good service and knowledge to other people would provide the necessary mileage your traffic flow needs.

Many sites offer free submission and posting of your articles. When people find interest in your articles they have a good chance of following the track by finding out where the article originated. Include a link or a brief description of your company with the article and there’s a great probability that they will go to your site.

Write good content for your site. Many search engines track down the keywords and keyword phrases your site uses and how they are used. It is not a requirement that a content should be done by a professional content writer. You could do your on but you have to make content for your site that is entertaining as well as informational. It should provide certain requirements as well as great quality.
Generally, internet users use search engines to find what they are looking for. Search engines in return use keyword searching in aiding their search results. With the right keywords, you could get high rankings in search engine results without the costs.

All of these methods and more will drive more traffic to your site for free. All it takes is a bit of effort and extended man hours. Learn all you can about the methods depicted here and you will soon have a site with a great traffic flow without the usual costs that come with it.

When word gets around about your command of free traffic facts, others who need to know about free traffic will start to actively seek you out.

Kevin Newman
http://www.kcn-enterprises.com

Home based internet marketing business opportunity

2006-02-08T08:51:00.000-07:00

Find out the answers to some of your home business questions. What sort of home business is right for you? How do I get started? Is a home business even right for me?

The answers to these questions and other can be found in todays article.

Kevin

Home based internet marketing business opportunity: "Finding Your Home Business Niche
Copyright � Stone Evans, The Home Biz Guy
http://www.pluginprofitsite.com/main-11350

When some folks begin to think about a business of their own, they know in that very moment what kind they are going to start. Then, there are the rest of us...

Knowing that we want to have a business of our own is not enough. Many of us have struggled with the important question of what type of enterprise we would like to start.

Franchises offer a simple pre-packaged money making idea, but the cost of a franchise often makes it a prohibitive option to most folks who contemplate going out on their own.

For those who do not have a million dollars to buy a McDonalds franchise, we must look to other ideas for our own business.

There are literally hundreds of lucrative home business ideas for you to choose from, which will suit every type of personality and all levels of financing. From selling information on the Internet as a infopreneur, to growing delicious gourmet mushrooms for sale to restaurants and catering companies; there is a pile of money to be made by filling a need, for these and a host of other necessary services.

Of course, actually liking what you do, will have a lot to do with the success of your new venture, so be sure to pick a home business that you'll enjoy running and that will keep you motivated. "

Without 'Net neutrality,' will consumers pay twice? | CNET News.com

2006-02-07T19:50:00.000-07:00

Not sure what the net is coming to if this comes into effect. Seems to be a bit of double trouble coming down the pike. At least till they get all this sorted out anyway.
Kevin

Without 'Net neutrality,' will consumers pay twice? | CNET News.com: "Without 'Net neutrality,' will consumers pay twice?
By Marguerite Reardon
Staff Writer, CNET News.com

Published: February 7, 2006, 4:00 AM PST

The debate over whether broadband providers should be allowed to prioritize the traffic they carry and to charge companies to ship data via their networks is about to get its second airing in Washington.
On Tuesday the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation is holding a hearing to discuss the issue. Companies such as Amazon.com, eBay, Google and Microsoft are pushing congressional leaders to draft legislation that calls for 'network neutrality,' which would bar phone companies and cable operators from picking favorites.
The carriers, not surprisingly, strongly oppose any legislation that would limit their ability to charge for carrying content on their network. They believe that a so-called tiered service model will let them deliver new services, such as video, more efficiently and more cheaply to consumers.
No broadband provider at this point has started charging Internet companies for delivering content. And so far, none of them has proposed outright blocking of traffic. But some experts fear that if broadband providers are given free rein, they could impose Internet traffic restrictions: The customers of companies that refuse to pay for premium network access will have such poor quality service, consumers will be forced to go elsewhere."

Fast-Track Your Journey To Online Success

2006-02-06T14:12:00.000-07:00

Fast-Track Your Journey To Online Success: "Copyright � Stone Evans, The Home Biz Guy
http://www.PlugInProfitSite.com/main-11350

No one has ever logged onto the Internet for the first time and started pocketing dollars in a really short period of time. As with all things in life, there is a learning curve.

SOME PERSONAL HISTORY

Just a few short years ago, I was a working stiff just like you.

One day, I bought and read a book called 'Multiple Streams of
Income' by bestselling author, Robert Allen. Immediately, I began my journey.

Every night after work and after my wife and children went to sleep, I would get online and explore different ways of using
the Internet to make money.

In the 2 years that followed, I spent over $10,000.00 racking up credit card debt buying eBooks, membership sites, special
reports, opt-in leads, and joining every 'guru' recommended business opportunity that flew into my email inbox...

I stayed up learning, working and drinking coffee until 5:00 in the morning month after month filled with the hope of making
money online.

In my 3rd year of working part-time to build an home based income, I finally broke through and earned over $100,000.00 in just 12 months from the Internet."

MY Free Ads Secret!

2006-02-06T13:08:00.000-07:00

Read the amazing true story of how one man, with no
previous business experience, earned $1.7 million in
just under 9 short months ...

All using what's in "My Free Ads Secret!"

In straight-to-the-heart-of-it, down-to-earth,
realistic style, Howard L. Moreland reveals exactly how
he places up to and above 50 MILLION ads FREE! (Either a
few at a time or as many as several million all at
once!!)

Howard L. Moreland guides you through the entire
process of building YOUR business online or off using
only PROVEN FREE ADS -- free ads that hardly anyone
knows are so readily available if you know how and
where they are!

Howard's NEW secret is expected to take the Net by
storm so be sure to be among the first to get every
single source he uses NOW! ... and before your
competition beats you to them! You'll learn exactly
what you need and only what you need as Howard doesn't
waste your time, but just gives you instant links
allowing you to place ads exactly where he does -- and
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With FREE ***PROVEN*** ADS you have absolutely nothing
to lose and everything to gain, so find out how to get
started right away!!

To learn exactly how Howard does it, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND
that you visit:

http://MyNetMarketingCenter.com/r/freeads/shadowknight/

Website Or No Website…That's The Question

2006-02-04T20:16:00.000-07:00

Do you want to make money through the Internet but you don't have enough experience or capital to start your own online business? You don't have to worry, for a lot of online marketing options exist for you to start with. One of these options, and shall I say the best, is affiliate marketing.

Affiliate marketing provides first time online marketers like you the chance to market something online even without having your own product to sell. All you have to do is to sign up with an affiliate marketing program, which is usually owned by an online merchant or retailer, and start picking the products you want to promote. As an affiliate, you are paid by the merchant for your services on a commission basis, that is whenever you have directed a visitor to the merchant's site and the visitor actually buys something.

Becoming an affiliate in an affiliate marketing program is often quick and easy, and for most affiliate programs, signing up is also free. But despite these and all the benefits being promised by affiliate programs, many people are still hesitant to get into affiliate marketing. One of the reasons why a lot of people remain hesitant is the lack of a website to start marketing his affiliate products with. This now leads us to the question of whether a website is required or necessary in affiliate marketing or not.

Many people say that one can do affiliate marketing even without a website to start with. Actually, one can really start promoting and marketing his affiliate products even without a website; and there exist a lot of ways on how this can be done. In fact, many affiliate marketing strategies that leads to success can exist without actually needing a website. Among these strategies are email marketing, offline promotions, writing e-books, writing ezines and engaging in online discussions like forums, chats, message boards and others.

*Email Marketing

Email marketing, or maintaining email lists, is actually the most popular affiliate marketing strategy that doesn't require the affiliate to maintain a website. In this affiliate marketing strategy, what you basically do is maintain a list of the email ads of your prospective customers and provide them with articles that are relevant with the affiliate products and programs you are promoting. Articles that you provide your contacts with need not always be promotional, for many individuals find such types of email annoying. Rather, it would be better if you provide them with something informative and just add small text ads that link to your merchant's site.

*Offline Promotion

There are many ways on how you can promote your affiliate products offline. Among the common medium used for such promotions are classified ads, brochures and flyers. Classified ads would generally work better compared to the other two because classified ads in periodicals often get a wider audience.

*Writing Free e-books

If you have a knack in writing, writing an e-book can be the best way for you to promote your affiliate products in the absence of an actual website. Just like in emails and newsletters, your readers would better appreciate your e-book if it is not too promotional but rather informative. Be sure, however, to make the contents of your e-books relative to the actual affiliate products you are promoting. And just like in email marketing, you can just place text ads or banners somewhere near the end of your e-book that links to the merchant's site.

*Writing Free Ezines

Ezines are publications or articles that aim to inform individuals about a particular topic. If you don't have a website and yet want to be an affiliate, you can well use ezines to promote your affiliate products or to insert links to your merchant's site. If you have a website, your ezine article may actually work well as content for your site. But since you have no website, you can just submit your free ezine articles to various websites that hosts ezines, like goarticles.com, ezinearticles.com and others.

*Online discussions (Forums, Chats, Message Boards, etc.)

With or without a website, you just can't ignore online discussions because they are great venues for marketing your affiliate products. In chats, forums, message boards and discussion boards with topics related to your products, you can easily find people who may be interested with the products you are promoting.

With all these strategies, it may appear that one really doesn't need to have a website to start marketing his affiliate products and promoting his affiliate programs. Well, starting in an affiliate program without a website may be easy, but getting successful in affiliate marketing without a website is another thing. While one can actually gain enormous success in affiliate marketing even without a website, it is a rare instance that "newbies" like you can reach the same levels of success.

Having a website is not really a pre-requisite in entering into an affiliate program, unless otherwise the program owner would require you to have one. But while this is so, I would still recommend that you have for yourself a website, if not now, then maybe at a later time. Having a website creates a lot of advantages in affiliate marketing. For one, it provides you a place where you can creatively promote not only one of your affiliate products but all of your affiliate products. With a website, you can also advertise your affiliate products to a wider market.

Again, having a website is not a requirement in affiliate marketing. But with the advantages that a website can provide, I'd rather have one for myself and make affiliate marketing a lot easier for me.

Kevin Newman
KCN-Enterprises

New Opportunity

2006-02-02T20:20:00.000-07:00

Hello,

I hope you're sitting down because you might faint when
you hear what I have to tell you!

It seems that a NEW ebook just got released that's
shaking things up all over the Web.

It's an ebook that contains actual resources that you
can "click to" right from inside, that are all just
giving away FREE CASH!

Already there have been some really cool success
stories, so people will know this isn't just some
rip-off.

Look for yourself ...

~~~~~

"Woman with spinal meningitis gets a whole farm so
children with disabilities can play with lovable
animals!"

[And this woman got it with some free cash she got from
just 1 of the resources in this new ebook I'm telling
you about!]

~~~~~

"An 18-year old girl originally from Guatemala got all
the money she needed to attend college in San
Francisco!"

[And again, this girl got it with some free cash she
got from just 1 of the resources in this new ebook I'm
telling you about!]

~~~~~

"Some fat guy even got a bunch of free money to start a
new business growing grapes for his wine vineyard!"

[And again, this man got it with some free cash he got
using just 1 of the resources in this new ebook I'm
telling you about!]

~~~~~

I don't mean to bore you, but there's even more ...

~~~~~

"Some other lady got a chunk out of $1,248,678, and at
least 13 other free money sources helped her out too!"

~~~~~

"Even some grandmother got a bunch of money to start a
tax service business in Indiana -- and all FREE!"

~~~~~

This free money is just being handed out to anyone in
need of it.

The only catch is that the sources want you to save a
few dollars and then they match it from
dollar-per-dollar, all the way up to dollar-per-$20 (or
even more!)

***************

This means that if you save as little as just $100
bucks, somebody you've never met could give you up to
$2,000 -- or if you saved say $1,000, they could give
you up to $20,000 -- and all for FREE!

***************

=> You never have to pay back any of this money!

Isn't this crazy?

That's why I'm letting *YOU* know all about it -- I
figure if you were looking for some FREE CASH, then
this is it.

And it hasn't got anything to do with that goofy
little-guy on TV either -- you know, the one always
running around saying "I'll show you where to get the
money!" (looking like 'The Riddler' from Batman or
something?)

Nope, this isn't just another "Government Grant" book
that's outdated.

This is DIFFERENT ! !

In fact, until now, even I haven't ever heard of
anything like this.

The sources seldom ever advertise they have billions
available, so the ONLY way you can get all of them in
one place as far as I know, is through this new ebook
being offered now at:

http://mynetmarketingcenter.com/r/1click/ShadowKnight/

That's all I know.

I figure if you're interested, you could go there and
get some free cash for yourself for some things you've
been wanting to buy.

Sincerely,

Kevin Newman

PS -- I heard they only have something like 200 copies
available though -- so you may want to HURRY ! !