Friday, August 24, 2007

Back To Work

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Contents:

o IMC - Internet Marketing Center

o eBay Auction Ads

o Next Internet Millionaire

o Back To Work

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o IMC - Internet Marketing Centre




There are some things in life you never forget.
Receiving my first Affiliate Check from my online
marketing didn't seem to be all that important
at the time. But it is something I will always
remember.

It was only $5 bucks and it came from the
IMC - Internet Marketing Center.

Quite frankly, at the time I was extremely
cautious and worried if the check would bounce.
I was fairly new to the Internet and didn't
trust it or anything coming from it.

I can also remember some family members laughing
at the time. They were more skeptical than me
about the whole Internet marketing stuff.

Little did they or me know the real significance
of that first check. Your first dollar earned
online is always the most significant. It started
the ball rolling and sparked my interest in web
site building and online marketing.

The Internet Marketing Center was then run
by Corey Rudl. It was and still is a major
affiliate marketing program.

http://bizwaremagic.com/Recommends/IMC.htm


Most will remember, Corey Rudl died in a tragic
car accident in 2005 at the age of only 34,
Corey was a passenger in a 2005 Porsche Carrera GT
at the Fontana Motor Speedway in Fontana when
the accident occurred.

Corey was one of the true pioneers of web marketing.
And online marketing suffered greatly on that
day and he is still missed. Read more of Corey's
story here:

http://www.remembercorey.com

After Corey's death, the running of IMC was placed
in hands of Derek Gehl. He is still running it
and it's still going strong. Mainly due to the
excellent products and a sound foundation
built by Corey Rudl.

The good people behind IMC still has a nack
for picking marketing products which appeal
to the masses. Plus, the backlog or catalogue
of products developed by Corey himself are
still as relevant today as the day they were
created.

The basic fundamentals of online marketing has
not changed. The rules are same. The marketing
techniques are still the same.

Produce a valuable marketing product that allows
people to earn income from the web and you
will have a ready market for your product.
IMC has some excellent products/tools on Email
marketing, Online Marketing, Site promotion,
eBay...

The latest product from IMC on eBay PowerSellers
is no exception to that rule. This a specific,
step-by-step system you need to follow in order
to achieve eBay success.

Over $158,000,000 is spent on eBay every
single day! Now you can discover how to get
a share of this very popular auction site.

Get a trial version for only 99 cents:


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o eBay Auction Ads


As a very active online marketer I am always
examining different ways of monetizing my web
content. Offering my site's visitors the best
possible deals on the web - it is all about
options.

Several months ago, I started testing Auction
Ads as a way of offering another option for
those who wanted to purchase online from my
webpages - this is a simple program that offers
Auction Ads from eBay on your sites.

It's a simple way of connecting your site
to this popular auction site.

Now, this program has not been a roaring success,
but I have earned money from it so it stays on
my sites. I like diversifying my online income
streams, never place all your marketing efforts
on one program or one revenue stream.

Instead I have found it very beneficial to have
many revenue sources and programs. Auction Ads
won't be replacing my Google Adsense any time
soon but it's another option that's worth
considering.

Auction Ads places eBay ads on your site and
they work like Adsense Ads ( matched to your
content by the keywords you're promoting).

You will get paid the first of every month via
Paypal. And there is a 30 day cookie on all
referrals.


If you're interested in finding out more
about placing Auction Ads on your own sites
or blogs, go here:

AuctionAds


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o Next Internet Millionaire

Joel Comm's Next Internet Millionaire is now
online. You can watch the first episode and
discover why this reality online show is
important especially for those with an
interest in online marketing.

I was quite surprised at the production
quality of NIM - Joel has gone 'all-out' in
presenting a first class show.

The first episode features Mark Joyner, another
one of the pioneers of web marketing. It is
very appropriate to have Mark as the first
mentor on the show.

My own marketing experiences with Mark has
not been all that positive but I did learn
a lot from him. His email writing style is
simply the best in the industry... I can still
remember some of his emails from 4 or 5 years
ago.

If you don't know Mark Joyner, then the Next
Internet Millionaire is surely for you. Future
episodes will feature such marketing greats
as

- Armand Morin
- Marlon Sanders
- Jeff Walker
- Mike Filsaime
- Rich Schefren
- Brad Fallon
- Perry Marshall
- Dave Taylor
- Ray Edwards
- Mike Koenigs

so don't miss it. You can view the first
espisode here:

Next Internet Millionaire



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o Back To Work


As September rolls around, it's back to work for
most people who take it easy during the summer
months. Back to the old grind!

Even for those who work full-time online, once
Labor Day rolls around it spells a marked increase
in new programs and promotions being released.
Things usually pick a bit more steam and go right
up to Christmas.

Most people want until the Fall to start any
new major projects. It is a time for starting
new beginnings.

Site Build It is offering a $100 special for
the occasion. It is a good time to finally
build that web business you were planning
on building. Now is the time to get started...

I am sure you're tired of me promoting SBI
to you. So I won't give you all the run-down
on why SBI should be your first choice for
any online business.

It's a little more expensive but it's the
the whole deal. All the things you need to
get started online. It is quickly turning
into my #1 Recommendation for starting a
web business.

If you're interested, SBI is having a
"Back To Work" special where you can get
a second SBI for only $100.

If you have another colleague or family member
you can share the cost of two sites. You get
two SBI sites by paying $200 each - buy thru
your own affiliate link and you earn $100 commission
back - your SBI site will only cost you $100.

Still one of the best deals I have ever offered
from my sites...

SBI For $100


If you could only experience what SBI and
affiliate marketing gives you 2 or 3 years
into your web marketing career you would
snap this deal up in two seconds flat!

That is, if you could only see the benefits
of affiliate marketing you wouldn't hesitate
to take up this offer especially if you
want to start an online or work-at-home
business. If you could only experience the
outcome now instead of later.

SBI is simply one of the best programs you
can use - but I won't lie to you, it does
take a lot of work. You do have to do the
work but the rewards are worth it and SBI
shows you the way at each and every stage.

As someone who is making a very decent
full-time living from the web, I highly
recommend you try Site Build It:

SBI For $100 Special Deal








Kind Regards,

Titus Hoskins
http://www.bizwaremagic.com
http://www.marketingtoolguide.com
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Friday, August 17, 2007

The Joys Of Affiliate Marketing

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Contents:

o The Joys Of Affiliate Marketing...

o Boost Your Affiliate Sales Programs
With Popular Trends

o Affiliate Marketing Connections


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o The Joys Of Affiliate Marketing...



I didn't exactly set out to become an affiliate marketer.
It just happened somewhere along the way.

When starting my first site affiliate marketing
was only one option to make the website pay
for itself. I was mainly aiming for advertising
revenue from sponsored links and sales, Google
Adsense and the like.

Affiliate marketing was only a way to occasionally
promote a product or marketer which I found to
be offering a great product or marketing system.
Just a small part of the whole picture. An appetizer
and not the main course.

It didn't turn out that way. Things rarely go as
we plan them or as we would like them to proceed.

Another lesson I learned. Money changes everything.

The affiliate programs that I did join and promote
with my first site quickly became the main source
of my online income. I simply followed the money.

I quickly learned affiliate marketing is extremely
lucrative. It quickly presented an opportunity
to work full-time online, which was my main goal
from the start.

The main reason affiliate marketing became so lucrative
was because of the high commissions one can earn.
Many programs pay over 50%, some even as high as 70%
or 80% to their affiliates. Especially in the Internet
Marketing field which the general theme of my first
site.

But there was one Big Problem!

Little did I know the competition would be so fierce
in that niche, all those special bonuses from
the 'brand-name' gurus made promoting any new
marketing product simply hellish!

I could not compete!

How can an unknown marketer compete with all
those big name marketers and their special bonuses
offered if you buy from their links. I quickly
learned this is a favorite marketing technique of
the so-called big dogs. One of the ways

Offer bonus gifts/products if you buy from them
and their affiliate links.

Facing all this competition I ventured outside
of the marketing info niche with my site and
affiliate programs. This is where the floodgates
really opened for me and my online marketing.

Promoting affiliate programs with little or low
competition was the main reason my site became
so profitable. I could compete because I had
all the marketing information (from years of
running two sites on Internet Marketing) but
I didn't have all those big-name marketers
competing against me.

I used my own SEO tactics to promote my
affiliate programs and suddenly found because
the competition was very minimal - I could
easily get on the first page in the Search
Engines for my affiliate keywords and phrases,
displaying all my affiliate links of course.

In promoting general common day items,
the affiliate commissions are lower usually
around 1% to 10% but you can sell more of these
products very quickly. Early on, I choose big
ticket items that if you only earned 1% or 2%
- you still make money. 2% of $5,000 is $100!

Plus, as an affiliate marketer if you regularly
make sales in the 100 to 200k per month for a
company or business you get rewarded with a lot
of bonuses and incentives. These quickly
add up to a very healthy online monthly income.

Affiliate marketing has been very good to me, and
I am just getting started really. The main joy
of affiliate marketing is the freedom it gives
you. I can work anywhere in the world, anywhere
you have Internet access...

I am currently on vacation visiting family and
friends and I have already earned in a couple
of days what the ordinary worker probably makes
in a month.

In this whole affiliate marketing scenario, there
is one extremely important element that I totally
missed, actually I always knew it was an option
but I never followed that road.

Those who have a few more gray cells than me
already know this option. It's staring you right
in the face!

What is it?

Simply, those who make the most money are the
ones WITH the affiliate programs. Those who
own and run their own affiliate programs. These
are the true affiliate marketers.

Owning and running your own affiliate program
gives you 1000's of affiliates promoting and
selling your products for you. Basically you
have to be on the other side of the equation
to make the big bucks.

Now starting you own affiliate program does
have some risks and it does take exact planning
to set up but it can be done.

If you want to explore this profitable side of
affiliate marketing, Marlon Sanders has an easy
to use Point/n/Click system entitled "The
Affiliate DashBoard".

Marlon Sanders is one the prime marketers I
promote with my Internet Marketing sites - he
is one of the pioneers of this business and has
an excellent affiliate program.

I have made countless sales thru Higher Response
Marketing and the commissions are some of the
most generous you will ever find. I have placed
his products on the home/main page of my
sites not only because they sell extremely well
but they are truly helpful for anyone marketing
on the web.

One of the main reasons (in my opinion) Marlon's
products sell extremely well is not only because
of the marketing info and knowledge you get - but
because of the WAY the information is presented.

With Affiliate DashBoard and Marketing DashBoard
Marlon has presented all the information in a
simple Point and Click format - you can easily see
and access the information in a very user-friendly
way. Simple and easy.

Anyway, if you have ever considered starting your
OWN affiliate program, I would strongly suggest
you have a glance at Marlon's Affiliate DashBoard
first:

Affiliate DashBoard




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Feature Article
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Article Teaser:

Matching your affiliate sales programs with popular trends
can boost your profits. This ready-made marketing strategy
is one every affiliate marketer should be using...



o Boost Your Affiliate Sales Programs With Popular Trends
Copyright © 2006 Titus Hoskins


It doesn't take an Einstein to realize that matching
affiliate sales programs with popular trends can be very
profitable. If you're an affiliate marketer you should be
keeping a close eye on what people are using and buying;
then matching and marketing those trends with appropriate
affiliate programs.

It can be a simple process of observation and application.
Any marketer, online or offline, can and should take advantage
of this ready-made marketing strategy.

Spotting popular trends is relatively simple, just look
around at what your friends are using and buying. Take note
of the activities and products that's consuming their time.
Take note of your own activities and any new gadgets that
you have started using recently. You're probably find a few
trends worth your time and consideration.

Checking the amount of demand for certain items during
a holiday season is another way of finding what trends
and products are hot. What products are on Santa's list?
What are children and adults wishing for this holiday season?
How many ipods, digital cameras, x-boxes, blackberries,
nanos, flat screen tvs, video phones, laptops... were on
that list?

Match up your affiliate sales programs to this list and you
will have easier and more profitable marketing campaigns.
Promote the trendy products everyone wants and your sales
will go way up. Keyword market to these popular trends and
your online stats will also take a big jump.

If you're an online marketer you will know keeping track
of the popular keywords (what words and phrases people type
into the search engines) will give you a very good indication
of what's hot and what's not. It will also point out popular
trends for you!

You can use a site like Wordtracker.com to tell you what
people are searching for on the web and in the marketplace.
You can also use a popular site like www.nichebot.com to
find out how much competition there is for each keyword or
keyword phrase.

Watching for popular trends can be very profitable. New
services should also be examined, for instance, efax or
receiving your faxes from your email. Podcasting, receiving
music from RSS feeds. Videocasting, receiving videos on your
ipod or video phones are all just catching fire...

Keep an extra eye focused on RSS, with the advent of
Microsoft's new RSS powered 'Longhorn' browser and
operating system, the utilization of RSS should be one
trend prudent marketers should be watching.

What about voip phones, using the Internet as your
phone system? Online dating is another trend that's
expanding each year. Laptops are becoming very popular,
they are now outselling their main rival the desktop PC
for the first time in history. Wireless systems such
as cellular phones, satellite radios, GPS... are other
trends worth watching. They're growing rapidly and are
quickly replacing outdated technologies.

Keeping a close watch on all types of media advertising
is another way of spotting popular trends. Savvy advertisers
are sometimes in the vant garde, pointing the way to popular
trends and new products.

Once you have spotted the major trends and products, you
can use mega affiliate sales programs like ClickBank, LinkShare,
Amazon and Commission Junction to find products and services to
market. Finding the perfect match of an affiliate product to a
popular trend may prove very lucrative for the watchful affiliate
marketer.

It's one case where being trendy can help you earn a healthy
income from affiliate marketing. Timely products for timely
profits - Carpe Diem!



...

The author is a full-time online marketer who has
numerous websites, including two sites on Internet
Marketing. For the latest web marketing tools try:
Internet Marketing Tools
Copyright © 2006 Titus Hoskins. This article may be
freely distributed if this resource box stays attached.
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o Affiliate Marketing Connections

Joint Ventures (JVs) are essential elements of
affiliate marketing. Doing JVs with brand-name
marketers is one of the surest ways to earn
affiliate income online.

And one of Affiliate Marketing biggest JOYS!

As you can imagine, these big name marketers are
bombarded with JV offers every day. They become
very selective in what products or programs they
promote. Reputation is everything on the web.

Promote too many low quality products and you're
history in the eyes of your all important subscribers
and patrons.

So most big-name marketers are very careful when
choosing their programs. Some marketers like
Joel Comm even charge a fee for just considering
your JV project or product.

For serious marketers this may be a very good way
to proceed. You cut out those people who are
not really serious about their products.

Putting your money where your mouth is... should
rule the day.

Plus getting a high-profile marketer to promote
your affiliate product usually means many smiling
trips to the bank!

It can really make or break a project. Getting
that all-important JV is worth the up front money...

Anyway, if you want to see an example of how this
works, Joel Comm has a page and offer here:

http://www.jvrequest.com/joelcomm











Kind Regards,

Titus Hoskins
http://www.bizwaremagic.com
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Thursday, August 09, 2007

The Next Internet Millionaire Is...

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o The Next Internet Millionaire Is...

o Avoid These Fatal Web Site Design Flaws
(If You Want A Profitable Site)

o Developing Business Relationships Online


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o The Next Internet Millionaire Is...


Joel Comm is debuting his much discussed Internet
Reality show 'The Next Internet Millionaire' on
August 15th.

You have probably heard about this online event
from numerous sources already but in case you
haven't - here's a quick run-down.

Joel is bringing the concept of Reality TV to
the web and Internet Marketing. Joel Comm has
a long history with working on the web, earning
a solid reputation along the way.

His products on Google Adsense is some of the
best you will find but he also has websites
outside of the traditional web marketing field,
mainly WorldVillage.com which is a family style
website.

Joel was also the co-creator of ClassicGames.com,
which was snapped up by Yahoo! in 1997, and now
is called Yahoo! Games.

The Next Internet Millionaire will no doubt
also make history - it will feature 12 contestants
competing for the title. And a $25,000 cash prize
and an oppportunity for a large scale joint venture!

The Next Internet Millionaire


If you're wondering how you can get a million bucks
out of this situation you really don't know
Internet Marketing. The real prize here for
the winner is name recognition and the JV network.
Being able to launch and promote your site or
product thru a well established network of JV
partners with millions of loyal subscribers is
the key to online success.

More importantly, the show will feature some of the
top names in online marketing:


- Mark Joyner
- Armand Morin
- Marlon Sanders
- Jeff Walker
- Mike Filsaime
- Rich Schefren
- Brad Fallon
- Perry Marshall
- Dave Taylor
- Ray Edwards
- Mike Koenigs


I would have liked to have seen some women on
that list - Rosalind Gardner, Diane Hughes,
Janet Wilson, Tinu Abayomi-Paul, Shelley Lowery...

Just imagine being about to launch a product
through the full resources of the above marketers.
If you understand web marketing you will realize
just what Joel is offering to the winner of
The Next Internet Millionaire.

For anyone viewing this reality show the rewards
could also be very high. Especially if you want
to know exactly how online marketing really works.

You can click this link to find out more about the
constestants and view the trailer:

The Next Internet Millionaire

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Feature Article
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Article Teaser:

You must avoid these common web site design flaws if
you want your site to be profitable. Almost all successful
web sites have certain vital design elements fully embedded...
discover what they are and why you should also have them.
...





Avoid These Fatal Web Site Design Flaws
(If You Want A Profitable Site)

© 2007 Titus Hoskins



Web site design is not rocket science but you have
to avoid certain fatal flaws or your site will never
get off the ground. You must also sidestep these
common design mistakes if you want your web site
to reach its fullest potential.

In other words, there are certain vital elements
of website design you must get right or it's game
over before you even get started. These are the
design elements which every successful site possesses,
essential components every webmaster must consider
when designing a profitable site.



The Right Keywords


Perhaps one of the most deadly design flaws has to
do with keywords. Many novice webmasters fail to
target the right keywords when designing their sites.

Keywords are the vital lifelines of any well
designed web site. Basically, keywords are the
exact words or phrases web users type into search
engines to find what they're looking for on the
Internet.

You must get this right or it may spell disaster
for your site. You must target the right keywords
and optimize your site for them in all the search
engines.

Most SEO experts suggest you have your main keyword
phrase in the domain name of your site. This domain
name should be directly related to the topic of your
site. If you design a site on gaming laptops, then
these keywords should be in your domain. All pages
on your site should be related to these main keywords.

But first you must make sure your keywords are good
searchable keywords, i.e. a large number of people
must be searching for these keywords each day in the
search engines in order to supply a steady stream of
interested visitors or potential customers to your
site.

How Do You Find Good Keywords?

There are many free keyword suggestion tools that
you can use. All the major Pay-Per-Click programs
such as Google Adwords, Yahoo! Marketing (Overture)
and MSN Adcenter have keyword suggestion tools.

Many professional online marketers use keyword
research software like Keyword Elite but you can
also use any free online keyword suggestion tools to
see how many searches are made. This is a good site:

http://www.digitalpoint.com/tools/suggestion/

Check and find good keywords related to your site
and optimize your site for them. Don't pick the
most competitive keywords because first page
placement in the search engines will just be
too hard to obtain especially for a new site.

Instead pick long tail keyword phrases which
have fever searches but you will have a better
chance of ranking high for these phrases. These
long tail keyword phrases also have much better
conversion rates than general (too broad) keywords.

Make sure your targeted keywords are in the
title of your page and many experts suggest it
should also be in the URL. Simple yet effective
design elements which will increase your site's
chances of success.


Exterior Links On Your Homepage


Another common design flaw is placing exterior,
external links on your main homepage.

Most SEO experts suggest ALL your links on your
homepage should be internal links pointing to
your own content filled pages on your site. External
links should be on a separate 'links page'.

If you want to use affiliate links, create a
separate page for each affiliate product or program
and link to this page on your site. Place your
affiliate ID link and moneymaker on this content
filled (reviews, how-to-use, testimonials...)
internal page, rather than on your homepage.

To rank high, especially in Google, all your
PageRank and visitors should be funneled into
your site and not out to some external links.
This is extremely important on your homepage -
so make sure all or most of your links are
internal links.


Simple Effective Navigation

You must design your site with simple effective
navigation in mind. Visitors to your site must be
able to access and move around your site with ease.
Your site should also be fast loading even in this
age of high-speed Internet for surfers are the most
impatient creatures on the planet!

As a common courtesy, if nothing else, make sure
you place a link back to your homepage on each and
every page of your site. Instead of just calling
it 'home' or 'homepage'; include your domain name
or major keywords in this link: 'gaming laptop home'.

Have links to all major areas or topics of your
site on each page. Make it easy for your visitors
to find what they're looking for on your site.

Include a sitemap which lists all the major
pages/content on your site. Make sure a link
to your sitemap page is listed on all your
webpages, never leave your guests stranded
with nowhere to go.

These are just some of the most important design
flaws which can spell failure for your site. Avoid
them at all costs. So make sure you keep these design
elements in mind when you're designing your next site
or correcting your present one.

Creating a successful site will be much easier
if you overcome these simple, yet all too common,
web site design flaws. Give your site a fighting
chance at success by sidestepping these mistakes,
after all, sites like rockets are meant to soar.



...

The author is a full-time online marketer who has numerous websites,
including two sites on Internet marketing. For the latest web marketing tools try:
Internet Marketing Tools
As for other mistakes in designing your site, especially where the
overall look and feel of your site is concerned. Here's a good free
PDF Report by Marlon Sanders entitled:
10 Graphic Design Mistakes
Copyright © 2007 Titus Hoskins. This article may be
freely distributed if this resource box stays attached.



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o Developing Business Relationships Online


Before starting my online operations and web
sites I had very limited experience with
business or business relationships. Perhaps
the closest I came was dealing with Gallery
Owners and Art Dealers who carried my art.

Most of these dealers were very professional
and some arrangements developed into long
lasting mutual business relationships. Respect
and trust shown on both sides.

Providing products (artworks) was my main
part - the gallery owner did all the business
transactions and took a 40% commission for all
the work they did.

It was the kind of relationship I really
liked - unfortunately my artistic talents
are/were very limited and I found it hard to
produce a steady income from my art.

Nor did I possess the showy personality that
often works wonders in the art world. I am
more on the reserve side - actually bordering
on catatonic - if truth be told.

However, my art dealings did give me some
experience with the business side of art.
Valuable knowledge which I carried into my
online business and dealings.

Most of all, with my online site and dealings
I wanted to be as professional as I could
possibly be - that's easily said but sometimes
very hard to do.

I try to keep my emotions and feelings in check
and respond to any situation with a degree of
control and respect. Handle things clamly and
quickly.

In affiliate marketing, developing healthy
relationships with managers, business owners,
affiliate networks is the only way to proceed...
you must build your own online reputation for
providing good quality service.

Basically you have to develop good business
relationships with the people you're working
with - doing everything online does complicate
matters somewhat but it can still be done.

I now go out of my way to cultivate business
relationships with key people in the niches
which I promote online. It is a practice
that is now paying high dividends for me.

I am slowly growing my residual income thru
these relationships. For example, with some
companies I now receive a percentage of the
earnings (for the life of the clients) I bring
into certain companies or services.

I try to bring same professionalism to all
the opt-in lists and contacts I have made
over the years. These relationships are
really your online business - the heart
and center of your operations.

So no matter which kind of online marketing
you do - try to go out of your way to develop
professional business relationships with the
people in your niche or subject area.

Don't be afraid to ask for special commissions
or deals - for if you can produce results
( make sales, acquire clients, get leads...)
for the major companies in your niche area,
you will develop special relationships with these
companies.

These business arrangements and dealings are
your real online business. They are your security
blanket. They are your real source of online income.

Keep it professional. Keep it honest.

Remember, good solid business arrangements and
partnerships will last a lifetime and produce
countless rewards. So cultivate them and treat
them like old friends.

Your online business may depend upon it!





Kind Regards,

Titus Hoskins
http://www.bizwaremagic.com
http://www.marketingtoolguide.com
http://www.pdaphonedeals.com
http://bizwaremagic.tradepub.com
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Friday, August 03, 2007

Don't Make These Fatal Website Design Flaws

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Read This Newsletter Online:
http://www.bizwaremagic.blogspot.com




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Contents:

o Fatal Website Design Flaws

o Google Plans to Buy the 700 MHz Band?

o My Internet Marketing Story


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o Fatal Website Design Flaws


Keywords

I am often asked by subscribers if I can take a look
at their websites and tell them what they're doing
wrong.

Most times I find very good content but the websites
have some very basic design mistakes which dooms these
sites to failure.

The major flaw I see concerns 'keywords' - these sites
are not targeting good searchable keywords. If nobody
is searching for your keywords in the search engines
your site will suffer greatly.

You must make sure your site is targeting keywords and
keyword phrases your visitors are actually typing into
search engines to find what they're looking for on the
web.

You must check to see the number of searches made
each month for your keywords. I personally use
professional keyword research software called
'Keyword Elite'.

But you can use any free online keyword suggestion
tools to see how many searches are made. This is a
good site:

Keyword Suggestion Tool


Check and find good keywords related to your site
and optimize your site for them. Don't pick the
most competitive keywords because placing for
them on the first page in the search engines
will just be too hard.

Instead pick long tail keyword phrases that
have fever searches but you have a better chance
of ranking high for these phrases.


Homepage Exterior Links


Another common flaw I see on some websites is
too many exterior, external links on the homepage.

Most SEO experts suggest ALL your links on your
homepage should be internal links - pointing to
your own content filled pages on your site. External
links should be on a separate 'links page'.

If you want to use affiliate links, create a
separate page for each affliate product or program
and link to this page on your site. Place your
affiliate ID link and moneymaker on this internal
page, rather than on your homepage.

To rank high, especially in Google, all your
PageRank and visitors should be funneled into
your site and not out to some external links.
This is extremely important on your homepage -
so make sure all or most of your links are
internal links.

As for other mistakes in designing your site,
especially where the overall look and feel
of your site is concerned. Here's a good
free resource by Marlon Sanders entitled

"10 Graphic Design Mistakes"

Get it here:

10 Graphic Design Mistakes



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o Google Plans to Buy the 700 MHz Band?

In a press release, Google gave everyone notice
that it plans bid 4.6 billion dollars to buy
the 700 MHz band when it is auctioned off next
year.

Google is promoting four types of 'open' platforms
which would make up the license conditions. Google
would like to see:

"Open applications: Consumers should be able to
download and utilize any software applications,
content, or services they desire;

Open devices: Consumers should be able to utilize
a handheld communications device with whatever wireless
network they prefer;

Open services: Third parties (resellers) should be
able to acquire wireless services from a 700 MHz
licensee on a wholesale basis, based on reasonably
nondiscriminatory commercial terms; and

Open networks: Third parties (like internet service
providers) should be able to interconnect at any
technically feasible point in a 700 MHz licensee's
wireless network."

Why is all this important you ask?

Mainly because it could mean Internet access
anywhere, anytime. It could also spell the future
of the web.

Google is basically an advertising company, could
a free Internet available anywhere, anytime be the
perfect vehicle for all those ads? The Internet will
be Free in the future, it's only a matter of figuring
out how it can be done. One can only wonder if Google
will be the medium as well as the message? Helped by
a little piece of hardware called the iPhone!

Could Google's latest intention be one more step to a
Free Internet?

Read more here:

Google 700 MHz Band

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My Internet Marketing Story


We all have our own story to tell. Everyone
has a story to tell. We all make our own choices
and decisions along the way which affect how we
live and hopefully prosper.

My story is not out of the ordinary but it does
have to do with Internet Marketing so it might be
of some interest to those who are trying to set
up an online or home business on the web.

Because this part of my life and story concerns
the Internet, I guess it is not typical. Although
now the web seems such a solid part of my life
- it is very hard to believe 10 - 15 years ago
the Internet never existed!

I have a background in art education, and have
been somewhat of a free spirit where work is
concerned - I have worked as an professional
artist but that work can be loosely translated as
starving.

Although I have always fell back on teaching
as safeguard against total starvation and
extinction.

When we first got the Internet, my eyes really
came open. I live in a somewhat remote part of
the world, a rock in the Northern Atlantic but
the Internet reached us slowly but surely. We now
have high speed Internet.

I quickly saw the net as a way of earning a living
from home - right where I was. Like thousands
of people who want the freedom of working from
home, setting your own hours... work where ever
you want in the world.

All my operations and sites are online - I can
work anywhere you have Internet access, and these
days that's anywhere on the planet.

Reaching a 5 figure monthly income didn't come
quickly or easily and I have put in some long hard
days... working 12-15 hour days are not uncommon.

I still put in some long hours but once you set up
an automated marketing system with websites,
autoresponders, article marketing... it basically
runs itself. However, I am constantly adding content
to my sites, blogs and newsletters... it is a lot
of work.

Don't know where that 'Four-hour Work Week' some of
the big Marketing Gurus are talking about - I work
long and hard for my income!

But the rewards have been totally worth it for me,
I enjoy the writing, I enjoy the SEO stuff and I
enjoy keeping track of all the latest developments
in web marketing. It has become a true passion
with me... something I didn't expect to happen
when I started my first site and didn't have a
clue how it all worked.

My story is like thousands of other web marketers
who are making a good living from the net. There is
nothing special about me, anyone can do what I am
doing... it's not rocket science or anything close
to it.

If you want to find out exactly all the details
of my story and how I am making a very comfortable
living from the web just follow the link below.

Everyone has a story! Mine is called: "In Search Of
The $100 Click or How I Found A Full-Time Online
Income And Came To Love The Internet" It's located
here:

Online Income











Kind Regards,

Titus Hoskins
http://www.bizwaremagic.com
http://www.marketingtoolguide.com
http://www.pdaphonedeals.com
http://bizwaremagic.tradepub.com
http://videotour.sitesell.com/bizwaremagic.html

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