tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32576469313671779352024-03-21T17:12:49.911-07:00LiveWorkatHome BlogOpportunities, resources, articles, tools and ideas needed to start your own home business. Top tips and advise for the career oriented entrepreneur working from home and the like minded individual.Tammy Akmenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07587283181744580219noreply@blogger.comBlogger59125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3257646931367177935.post-19144895973690624902009-07-01T21:11:00.000-07:002009-07-01T21:14:28.250-07:00What is the Right Home Business for You?Early in my work-at-home career, I started several home businesses, most of which could have been successful, but they weren’t because they were the wrong home business for me. In my years of helping others find success in working at home, I’ve had people tell me they’ve had the same experience. Some businesses just weren’t for them. While there can be some benefits to trial and error in staring a home business, it also wastes time. It’s much easier to do a little research and evaluation to make sure you’re picking the right home business for you. To do that you need to:<br /><br />1) Determine if you’re knowledgeable about the product or service. While you don’t have to know every little detail, you should have a cursory knowledge of the business you want to start. How can you expect to market your business and provide quality service if you don’t know what it is you’re selling?<br /><br />2) Decide if you’re interested in the product or service. Just because you have a knowledge, doesn’t mean you have an interest. You may know about gardening, but if you don’t like gardening, it won’t make a successful business. Some people choose home business options based on what they think will be the easiest and most profitable, but again, if you’re not into the product or service, then it will become a tedious chore to turn it into a business. Starting a home business takes time and work so you might as well choose something that peaks your interest.<br /><br />3) Research to make sure it’s a viable business option. Is there a market for your product or service and do you know where they hang out so you can market to them? Will the market pay enough to make it worth your while? If no one is buying what you got, you won’t have a business.<br /><br />4) Be willing to do what it takes. Sometimes people tell me a business isn’t for them, not because the product or service isn’t a match, but because the work required to build the business isn’t a match. Despite what the scammer and schemers say, you can’t sign up and get profits on autopilot. You have to work. You have to learn about building a business and marketing or hire someone who knows about it. You need to work on your business daily, even the stuff that isn’t fun (or hire someone to do the un-fun stuff). You’ll need to learn new things and step out of your comfort zone. So before you get started, evaluate all the tasks that are required to succeed, and determine whether or not you’re willing to follow through on them.<br /><br />5) Make a commitment for the long haul. It’s unlikely you’ll be making a living let alone a million dollars next month in a business start-up. Most experts say it can take six months to two years to build a profitable business. The results rest almost entirely on you and your commitment to your business. That means not quitting when you get discouraged or hit a bump in the road (which you will). It means being smart about how you invest your time and money. It means treating your business like the asset it is.<br /><br />Starting a business is one of the fastest and most profitable ways to earn an income from home. But it’s not something you can simply jump into based on ease and income potential. While there are many reasons for home business failure, in my experience it’s often because people choose the wrong business for the wrong reasons, and don’t do what it takes. Before investing time and money in an opportunity that sounds good, research and evaluate whether or not it’s really the best option for you.<br />__________________________<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">About the Author: Leslie Truex is the author of The Work-At-Home Success Bible (2009 Adams Media). She has been telecommuting and running home businesses for over 15 years and helping others to work at home since 1998. Get work-at-home jobs and other resources with her free newsletter at </span><a onclick="javascript:urchinTracker('/outbound/www.WorkAtHomeSuccess.com?ref=/category/business-home-based/');" href="http://www.workathomesuccess.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:85%;">http://www.WorkAtHomeSuccess.com</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;">.</span>Tammy Akmenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07587283181744580219noreply@blogger.com112tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3257646931367177935.post-83712050570224215302009-03-27T10:10:00.000-07:002009-03-27T10:14:58.447-07:00Proven Insider Tips To Get More Web Visitors Quickly And EasilyBelieve me, in spite of the current financial turmoil, there has never been a better time to generate an online income stream!<br /><br />And yet it seems that so many budding Internet marketers are finding it hard to break through VNB - the "Visitor Numbers Barrier."<br /><br />When I started, I thought there was some magic elixir or secret technique that would transform my visitor numbers! If only I could find THE ONE successful method!<br /><br />Well, this article is to let you know that while there may be hundreds of ways to get visitors to your website - I've selected some of the techniques that work best for me.<br /><br />And they can work for you, as well.<br /><br />Because, if there IS a secret of success, it is this: "Don't rely on ONE way to generate traffic. Become familiar with MANY." Better to have many visitor doors to your website, rather than just one, don't you think?<br /><br />I'm still surprised how many serious Internet marketers neglect the basics. And one of the most basic ways to increase your visitor traffic is to me absolutely certain that your website is listed by the search engines.<br /><br />Don't trust the search engine spiders to do your work for you. All the major search engines have detailed and easy-to-follow instructions on site submission, as well as how to create and submit site-maps. I don't think Facebook needs a great deal of introduction, does it? But you can mine value for Facebook if you look for opportunities to include your website on information that you provide.<br /><br />Then, there is what I call the secret power of blogging: search engines LOVE blogs. The search engine spiders thrive on novelty and change, and if you write or post a new entry to your blog every day - or every other day - the search engines will recognise what is going on and begin to rank your website blog higher than a website that doesn't change its content from month to month. And a high ranking means visitors to your site.<br /><br />Don't forget that you can leverage your signature in online communities or discussion groups. If your product is specifically niched, then you know that there are loyal and relevant online communities or discussion groups who want to hear from you.<br /><br />And, your forum signature could be a goldmine once you have thought through the best way of expressing your product's unique feature so that readers find your website irresistible.<br /><br />Would you like your web address to be seen by ten million people in ten minutes? Well, it's possible - if you're careful! Because there are three kinds of people: those who love Google Adwords, often known as Pay Per Click, those who hate it - and those who haven't tried it.<br /><br />Many people just go nuts trying to get their advertisement absolutely perfect. And, if you don't read the small print, you could find that your budget is exhausted quickly. But if you follow the guidelines and budget sensibly you could attract many, many hundreds of paying visitors on a daily basis.<br /><br />Do you remember those kid's stories where the fairy Godmother tells the child to repeat a word three times for magic to happen? Well, here's that word: "eBay", "eBay", "eBay".<br /><br />There - I've said it. eBay is perhaps THE most underestimated visitor generating resource. Ignore eBay at your peril. There are many, many resources available on the web where you can discover how to sell products on eBay. Until recently you could sell digital products (i.e. eBooks, which you can download) but the rules have changed and you can now only sell physical goods, so your eBook will have to be on a CD. Personally, I think it's a good move, and opens up many possibilities.<br /><br />Don't forget that Ezines and Newsletters are the Grand Daddy and Grand Mommy of all website visitor attraction and list building activity. The thing is this - Ezines and Newsletters work!<br /><br />If you love your niche product, you'll have LOTS to say about it, and there will be people who want to hear what you have to say. I built an opt-in subscriber of almost 3,000 with a business coaching Newsletter.<br /><br />Another way to get visitors to your websites is to write your own ebook. I'm not embarrassed to say that we're not talking great literature here. We aren't talking about the Pulitzer Prize. We're not even talking more than, maybe, 30 pages, double spaced, and size 12 font.<br /><br />But the fact is this: your eBook will attract visitors to your website single-handedly.<br /><br />Later, you can offer your eBook to affiliates so that they send visitors to your site as well! If you're more of an audio expert than a novelist, whay not create your own podcast? Uh? Well, a podcast is a series of audio files that is distributed over the Internet to iPods and other music players and personal computers. This is the future - and it's fun!<br /><br />The fact is, everyone loves information but don't always find printed pages the best way to get it. If you can provide the same information that can be played on an iPod or similar media player, or a mobile phone, you're offering a higher value product.<br /><br />You needn't start from scratch - you can plug your product or service almost immediately by converting your existing articles or eBooks into .mp3 recordings. (.mp3 is the industry standard audio format that is widely accepted for iPods, mobile phones etc.) Remember, you have, on your hard drive, stuff that you have written, or will write, that you can add value to by converting it into an .mp3 recording.<br /><br />Again, it's the basics that are often the key to increasing your visitor traffic, so you might need to shine your light on your meta tags. (To put it briefly, a "meta tag" is used by search engines to allow them to more accurately list your site in their indexes.<br /><br />To be honest, it works most of the time, but not always! Search engines are always changing their methods, and some use the Meta tags a lot, while others don't, but I would not want to neglect this technique. It is a small piece of the mosaic that completes the whole visitor traffic picture.<br /><br />How many times have you wanted to speak your mind? Well, now you can - and it'll help drive visitors to your website. How? Leave testimonials on other people's sites. This won't take you a second, but your web address will be around for years. Go for it. It is so simple, and so little done.<br /><br />Another technique I used to attract visitors was to write a priority email to opt-in customers with an attention-grabbing subject like such as "The Top Ten Myths In Your Industry." Or, offer something like this as a freebie. Make certain that there are clear links to your website, and a compelling reason for the reader to visit.<br /><br />Finally, I don't think YouTube needs much introduction! It's simply one of the largest websites devoted to online videos covering every single subject you can think of - and more! So how can you use the power of YouTube to get more visitors? Simply this: upload a video of you talking about your niche.<br /><br />Many cheap digital cameras have a video option - and you do not need a high end movie camera. You could get a friend to film you. Or, you could use a built in camera on your PC or Mac, if your model has one. Aim to talk for not much longer than 10 minutes maximum, and - sign off with your website address. Again, this is much easier than you would think.<br /><br />Remember, so many people focus on one traffic building technique, and one only. I hope I've shown you that there are many ways - and you should have fun with all of them. My best to you. __________________________<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">About The Author<br /><br />Did you find these suggestions helpful? Is your website making you money? Go to <a href="http://www.ultrasimplewebtraffic.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.ultrasimplewebtraffic.com/</a> to find out more and claim your free visitor traffic mini course by James Gladwin.</span>Tammy Akmenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07587283181744580219noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3257646931367177935.post-89144082339973448432008-12-28T20:56:00.000-08:002008-12-28T21:23:31.136-08:00Malcolm "Mac" Russell 1953-2008<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwiXk6fjzVkVBKwV3vfoJ5Q5SwAYqAhTVNxMmtFvuq8-SXhYVxBLpjyS6GXh55zt6o1bnm7d_EPNcdaqYp9rheXDtJE6ui-HMKBNk7BeUuGod87KXOnjsYVb5y1erkVpUqffhgJauXE6E/s1600-h/New+Years+2008!+026.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwiXk6fjzVkVBKwV3vfoJ5Q5SwAYqAhTVNxMmtFvuq8-SXhYVxBLpjyS6GXh55zt6o1bnm7d_EPNcdaqYp9rheXDtJE6ui-HMKBNk7BeUuGod87KXOnjsYVb5y1erkVpUqffhgJauXE6E/s200/New+Years+2008!+026.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285075430523107714" /></a><br />In loving memory of a very near and dear, amazing person. Mac was so special to so many people and much to our dismay, passed away suddenly on Christmas Day. The world has lost one of the most thoughtful, selfless, caring people I know and will be missed terribly. I still can't believe you're gone. We will always love you and will keep your memory alive everyday until we meet again. Until then, keep a spot open for me at the poker table Macky. Gone but NEVER forgotten.Tammy Akmenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07587283181744580219noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3257646931367177935.post-21778954190231297252008-12-06T13:16:00.000-08:002008-12-06T13:21:25.879-08:00Starting a Small Home Base Internet Marketing Business OpportunityTry to advertise a single job vacancy and see what will happen.<br /><br />Countless individuals will heed to your call, flood you with relentless calls asking you the details about the job vacancy and will try to convince you to give them the opportunity of an interview.<br /><br />You already knew the reality of this scenario. Hundreds to thousands of individuals will compete for this single job vacancy. One will go home with tears of joy, while the rest will go home with tears of sadness and regret that they did not make it to the position. That is the reality in the world of unemployment that each of us should realize at the first place.<br /><br />While this “rat race” is going on, there are other companies that take off employees due to “streamlining of their business operations” and effectively serve the interest of their immediate clients. There are also employees who found themselves unhappy with their present employment situation, resigns, and try to find other jobs that will suit their specific needs. Unfortunately, these individuals are now among the millions of Americans who are currently unemployed.<br /><br />On the other hand, there are individuals who are just determined to earn not just enough but to strike it rich, and take the risk of starting a small home based business. They get out of the pressure of working on a stressful environment and enjoy the flexibility of their working hours. Although there are home base entrepreneurs who failed in their business venture, most individuals who started a small home base business continue their struggle, and luckily, generating substantial income before they realize that they do not need a regular job in the office to work with.<br /><br />How good is it to start a small home base business opportunity? According to the U.S. Small Business Administration, there are several benefits of starting a small home base business.<br /><br />• You will be your own boss, thus you have the power and the freedom to employ strategies that you think will work for the advantage of your own business.<br /><br />• The hard work and long hours that you have invested on your small home base business will benefit you directly instead of exerting your efforts for the good of someone else’s business.<br /><br />• Your earning as well as your growth potential is greater.<br /><br />• Although it comes with several risks to your investment, your new home base venture will lead to endless challenges and learning opportunities.<br /><br />The world of self-investment became more popular with the integration of technology, particularly the information superhighway or the Internet. As a matter of fact, a small home base Internet marketing opportunity is increasing at a fantastic rate as the employment trend drastically changed and as more individuals realized the opportunity is within their reach. Earning through the Internet is considered to be a legitimate way of generating sales and expanding the clientele base of a certain business venture. Subsequently, the continuous growth of the Internet as well as the business opportunity that comes with it offered an alternative to individuals who found themselves in between unemployment and poverty.<br /><br />Small home base Internet marketing business opened new doors of opportunity for individuals who thought that staring a home business is almost impossible without huge starting capital. In fact, operating an Internet marketing business gives anyone the opportunity of working anytime and anywhere—as long as there is the presence of the Internet in a given geographical location.<br /><br />There is a wide array of Internet marketing business opportunity that you can adopt for your small home base business venture. Affiliate businesses, online advertising opportunities, and other ventures—name it, the Internet got it. Such online business opportunities require specific knowledge, skills, and expertise. Thus, you will be able to determine whether an Internet marketing opportunity will work for you or not.<br /><br />Whether you want to start either a part-time or a full-time home base Internet marketing business, it will start to instill the true feelings of freedom as you work within your own schedule, work whenever you are, and become the boss. Through this new business opportunity, you can get out from the world that once given you headaches and burden—the world of unemployment.<br />__________________________<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">About the Author<br />Andrew Bell is an Internet Marketer who has been reviewing home based online business opportunities for many years and webmaster of </span><a href="http://www.manomanju.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:85%;">http://www.manomanju.com</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;">...Learn how to start your home-based online business at </span><a href="http://www.manomanju.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:85%;">http://www.manomanju.com</span></a>Tammy Akmenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07587283181744580219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3257646931367177935.post-62430527106613272262008-11-16T11:52:00.000-08:002008-12-29T16:49:05.704-08:00Starting a Profitable Internet Marketing Business in 4 Easy Steps<p>In this article I want to show you how you can easily create your own money making home based internet marketing business in 4 easy steps - without breaking the bank.<br /><br />I'm going to assume that you don't have much spare cash to invest in your business (or that you you want to create your business with as little up-front investment as possible).<br /><br />I admit it, I don't like spending money where there are free or low cost alternatives, so if you're like me and don't want to bankrupt yourself but DO want to create an online income from internet marketing, then this article is for you.<br /><br />It doesn't really matter whether you just want to create a little extra money to supplement your 9 to 5 earnings, or whether you want to develop a full time money making empire; the principles of making money online from internet marketing are the same.<br /><br /><strong>Step 1 - Get your product(s) to sell</strong><strong><br /></strong>Perhaps the cheapest way to get products to sell is to create your own ebooks or reports; this involves minimum upfront costs (just the purchase of a good pdf compiler, available from less than $20) and each report or ebook you sell represents 100% profit.<br /><br />Alternatively, find a suitable product to promote as an affiliate (there is a huge range on Clickbank, or try Commission Junction). Marketing an affiliate program may well be the best choice if you're completely new to internet marketing as you not only get a ready made product but will often get marketing materials as well. Using the affiliate marketing route, you will receive a commission for every sale you make (which could be up to around 75% of the sale).<br /><br />Whichever route you choose, try to ensure that your products are for a market that is in demand and for which there are ready buyers.<br /><br /><strong>Step 2 - Create your web site</strong><br />Even if you have no experience designing and creating a web site, the days when you needed an in depth knowledge of HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) coding have long since passed. If you have this skill then great, but it's now very easy to create your site without any knowledge of HTML at all. There are numerous (free) web site design programs you can use - Microsoft's Frontpage, Nvu (available from download.com) or the excellent MyFreeWebsiteBuilder are the best known examples - which are true visual design programs (i.e. what you see is what your get, aka wysiwyg) which don't require any knowledge of HTML at all.<br /><br />There are however a few rules to follow when designing your web page(s):<br /><br />-Keep it simple - visitors to your page(s) should be able to see at a glance what you have to offer.If you are promoting more than one product, place them on seperate pages so that you focus your visitor's attention on one product at a time<br />-Use the minimum number of typefaces (fonts) that are easy to read<br />-Use colours in graphics that are compatible and easy on the eye, and avoid blocks of text that use colour. As a general guide, use red text for headlines, and black or blue for the body text<br />-Show your enthusiasm for the products your are promoting. If you don't demonstrate enthusiasm then you're unlikely to get a positive response from your prospects.<br /><br />Sending good quality traffic to your site and it not converting into sales has to be one of the most frustrating things as an internet marketer. A number of reasons can cause this, of which poor site layout is one - visitors aren't turned into customers and leave the site without making a purchase, so engaging the visitor is something you should always keep in mind.</p><p><strong>Step 3 - Get your page(s) hosted</strong><br />You could spend hundreds of dollars getting your pages hosted, but why do that when you can get quality, professional hosting for only a few dollars per month? Try to ensure that whoever you choose to host your site provides an easy to use panel for uploading and editing your pages, has sufficient web space for your site to grow, and provides built-in email (so that your personal email remains seperate from business emails).If you really want to get up and running with minimal cost, why not create your web site using the free hosting provided by Wordpress? Although Wordpress is intended for simple blogging, there's no reason why you can't generate a blog that is marketing related!</p><p><strong>Step 4 - Get visitors to your web pages</strong><br />Once you have created and uploaded your page(s), your next step is to drive visitors to them. You could pay for ads using Google Adwords, MSN, or Yahoo, but why not start with generating your own free traffic? Join a traffic exchange (most are free for basic membership), create interesting articles related to your market and post them on article directory sites (free, and great for getting links back to your site).</p><p>It's perfectly possible to generate a large and growing number of visitors just using these free methods.</p><p>Just remember when placing ads on traffic exchanges that you have a limited amount of text space to grab attention, so make sure the headline and subtext will entice viewers to click!</p><p>For best results with articles, compose them with a liberal sprinkling of keywords related to your topic throughout the text, and make sure you include a link back to your web page(s) in the resource box at the end of your articles.</p><p>Monitor the results of your traffic generation strategies, and apply your main energies to those that produce the best results first before spending too much time modifying those that are not producing results.</p><p>Once you have followed all 4 steps above, you should be well on your way to generating that extra income. Best of luck!</p><p>__________________________</p><p><span style="font-size:85%;">About the Author:<br />The author is CEO of </span><a href="http://www.moneymaker4u.com,/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.moneymaker4u.com/">http://www.moneymaker4u.com</a> a</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> resource centre for internet marketers. More articles on making money from home with internet marketing at </span><a href="http://www.moneymaker4u.com/wordpress" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><a onclick="javascript:urchinTracker('/outgoing/article_exit_link');" href="http://www.moneymaker4u.com/wordpress" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:85%;">http://www.moneymaker4u.com/wordpress</span></a></a></p>Tammy Akmenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07587283181744580219noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3257646931367177935.post-31674310932838898492008-09-26T16:47:00.000-07:002008-09-26T16:58:44.806-07:005 Tips To Build A Legitimate Home Based Business OpportunityBy using the legitimate home based business opportunity tips listed in this article you can set up a foundation of unstoppable web site traffic. Using these tips to your advantage you will be able to earn a residual income for the rest of your life. You will be able to become an expert on the internet and enjoy a peaceful life.<br /><br />Are you looking to achieve a life-time of automatic residual income? This can be possible if you use the effective home based business tips that are listed in this article. You will be able to create a foundation of unstoppable web site traffic.<br /><br />There is no need to reinvent the wheel. All the tools and tips you need for online marketing have already been invented. Many successful internet marketers are willing to show you what it takes to also be successful. The legitimate home based business opportunity tips listed below are the ones that they used to get their success.<br /><br />1. The first tip is to select an automatic email responder. To run a home based business it is helpful to do as much as you can through automated actions because it allows you to spend your time more efficiently elsewhere. The best automatic email responders offer a wide variety of features.<br /><br />You can choose from double opt-in where your person first gives his name and email address then must respond to an email from your autoresponder confirming they want to receive your information. Single opt-in is another choice that simply starts sending your autoresponder messages the minute someone gives you their information.<br /><br />With single opt-in there is no need for a confirmation email. A list is much easier to build with the single opt-in method but the chance of receiving a SPAM complaint is slightly greater. Double opt-in assures your new prospect wants to receive the information you will be sending them.<br /><br />2. Google AdWords are a great way to advertise your business. Google is used by over 100 million people each day, and Google AdWords is the best way to get traffic to your site. If you have a small budget this is the best way to get the most effective results.<br /><br />Before attempting to use Google AdWords be sure and learn how to use the service effectively. Targeting your market audiance will not only build your business quicker it will allow you to save money by not attracting those people who will not be interested in your offers.<br /><br />3. Blogging is a great way to get the word out about your business. It is free to blog and there is no domain name required. You are able to publish blog articles, which are similar to affiliate articles but shorter.<br /><br />Again you want to target your audience with your Blog articles. This is done by using specific keywords relating to your product or service in each post you write.<br /><br />4. Post on as many internet marketing forums as possible. By posting on forums like The Warrior Forum<a href="http://www.articlesfactory.com/"></a>, Conquer Your Niche or many other related forums you can meet some of the most successful internet marketers and get the tips to their success. You will begin to become a part of the internet business world and eventually people will be asking you for tips.<br /><br />5. Affiliate marketing articles provide you with targeted web site traffic and they will increase your search engine ranking which will also help your traffic. You increase your search engine ranking by building up back links to article directories and other web sites.<br /><br />Another great thing about affiliate marketing articles is they work long term. Articles will stay in the Article Directories database for years to come. If you take time to write an informative well written article it can and will be published long after it was written.<br /><br />By using the legitimate home based business opportunity tips listed in this article you can set up a foundation of unstoppable web site traffic. These tips will help you to earn a residualincome for the rest of your life. You will become an expert in the marketing field of your choice<br />__________________________<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">About the author: </span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />Stephen Meyer is an experienced home based business owner who offers many legitimate home based business opportunties that can help any one succeed. To see his many legitimate home based business opportuntites and reviews please visit </span><a href="http://www.itcanhappen4u2.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:85%;">http://www.itcanhappen4u2.com</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;"> .</span>Tammy Akmenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07587283181744580219noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3257646931367177935.post-68723690952710508322008-09-08T12:09:00.000-07:002008-09-08T12:12:52.006-07:00Getting Your Website Online In Just One DayIf you are starting your business with a very small budget, as are most WAHMs, finding a good, free website host should be your top priority. There are many to choose from but not all are good. You will need a free host who has an easy website builder, email for your account, testimonials from satisfied customers, personal and quick customer service and a good reputation for keeping their clients’ websites “live.”<br /><br />Once you have done your host comparisons and asked all your hosting questions, setup your account and take a look at the website builder. In general, these are very easy-to-use programs that can create a website in a matter of minutes. You do not need any programming knowledge or graphic design talent. The preloaded templates take care of any design need you may have.<br /><br />One of the best benefits of using a website builder is the fact that no software needs to be downloaded. Website builders are web-based programs, which mean you can login from any computer and have access to your files. This is a great benefit if you travel frequently and need to make changes while on the road.<br /><br />If you can drag your computer mouse, you can make a website in one afternoon. The program works very much like your favorite word processing program. Simply choose your template, customize your colors and fonts, input your sales copy, upload your photos, setup your email account and press the publish button. Now you just have to let the world know where to find you online.<br /><br />Using a website builder is also beneficial when you have to make copy or photo changes. Simply log in to your account and make the changes. You do not have to wait for your designer to get back to you or hear him say that he can get to your changes next week. Easy website builders let work-at-home moms keep control of their own website, thus saving money on designer’s fees.<br /><br />Free web hosting is also a good option for those moms who are unsure if working at home is the right decision for their family. Starting slowly with free hosting will provide the new WAHM a chance to see if she can fit this business into her busy life without worrying about hosting contracts and fees.<br /><br />No matter if you are a committed work at home mom or if you are just testing the waters, using a free web host and easy website builder is one of the quickest and easiest ways to get your presence onto the internet.<br />__________________________<br /><a href="http://www.ladypens.com/"><span style="font-size:85%;">Article by:</span></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Michelle Waters helps physical product sellers build successful online businesses. She offers free web hosting at <a href="http://www.freewahmhosting.com/">www.freewahmhosting.com</a> to new work at home moms.</span>Tammy Akmenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07587283181744580219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3257646931367177935.post-39869490219100784522008-08-30T11:41:00.000-07:002008-08-30T11:46:38.917-07:00Now Let's Get That Traffic!<span style="font-family:georgia;">Traffic is the lifeblood to your business. You can have the best graphics, the best compensation plan, the best product, the best everything but if you've got zero web traffic, your business is destined for doom. There are tons and tons of ways to get more website traffic but let's get into some proven free methods that you can use to start getting visitors to your site!<br /><br />Firstly, let's talk about Article Marketing. If it applies to your home business or internet marketing that you can make an article about it - do it. The reason being that it almost instantly makes you an authority on the subject - I say almost because it depends on how your article is written. In the articles that you write, never ever try to sell anything in it. I'm serious!<br /><br />Your articles should be informative and helpful to the reader. The purpose of articles is to allow the reader to accept what you're talking about and believe that you are someone who knows the written subject. Nobody wants to do business with someone who doesn't know what he/she is doing. The article is 100 percent geared at benefitting the reader.<br /><br />The only part that you introduce yourself or do any kind of selling is in the resource box. If you've done the article correctly and the reader believes that you're an authority on the subject, you will have a better chance at having the reader click on the link that's in your resource box.<br /><br />Next, we'll talk about Forums. There are lots of forums on the internet created just for about every possible subject! You should join forums which are related to your business and actively participate in them. I recommend joining a max of 5. Too many might get too distracting and time consuming. When you are in the forums, do not spam replies and threads. Actively participate and contribute to the forums and set yourself up as an authority. If the forums allow, you can also use the signature to get people to visit your website.<br /><br />This can also be applied to visiting websites and leaving comments. The internet marketing world is filled with newbies - there are always new people joining in and attempting to start their own business. Such people will very often have their own blogs or websites, due to the highly recommended method of using article marketing. If it has a place where you can leave a comment, you can also leave a mark on their website by placing good or useful comments on the site. They'll love you for leaving comments on their site and you also get a link back to your own website! Everybody wins!<br /><br />We come to Traffic Exchanges next. Most, if not all, Traffic Exchanges are free to join. How it works is you surf the pages to accumulate credits so that your own website can be shown on the traffic exchanges. The drawback is that you may not be getting targetted visitors because the people who are surfing it are concentrating on getting their credits as well. But it is undeniable that these traffic exchanges give you traffic. So, you can also join in a few of these websites to start getting traffic to your website. Done correctly, it's very possible to have more than 500 visitors per day!<br /><br />These three free methods are proven to get traffic to your website!<br /><br />The next level that you might eventually get into is Paid Advertising. This is when you get really specific and it has got the best chance to make sales. However, done incorrectly, it can also cost you the shirt that you're wearing. Before getting into advertising, I recommend that you do some studying and research on the subject matter. Advertising is one of the best ways to get targetted traffic to your website!<br />__________________________<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">article written by Asher Aw</span><br /><br /></span>Tammy Akmenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07587283181744580219noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3257646931367177935.post-80229457057845461022008-08-03T15:29:00.000-07:002008-08-03T15:32:30.377-07:00Mistakes to avoid when making Money Online<span style="font-family:georgia;">Have you ever heard of a webmaster saying that their website is getting thousands of visitors every day but making only a few bucks daily?<br />Well, there must be something wrong with their websites. Massive number of visitors daily but small money? They must have some website mistakes. I'm pretty sure you don't want to become one of them, spending most of their time generating traffic, submitting links but in the end earning a little.<br /><br />To make money online, you must properly optimize your site and avoid mistakes in your site. Below are the points to consider to avoid mistakes in your website:<br /><br />1. JavaScript pop ups - JavaScript popup are notification windows that automatically appears when you visit a website. I’m pretty sure that you have encountered a lot of these pop ups. It’s a message box with an “OK” button at the end. Before, Pop ups are very popular but quickly became a no-no because they are annoying web visitors. Usually pop ups are not important. Well,it seems like pop ups do nothing but disturb visitors! However, if you have an important message that is needed to be displayed, a JavaScript pop up could still be a good idea, but I strongly advise you not to overuse it.<br /><br />2. Outdated content - You should remove information and contents that are already outdated or no longer useful. Update your website when you found the latest information you think your visitors will like to read. Search engines and web visitors both like fresh ideas.You should consider publishing new articles on an ongoing basis these may increase your traffic and increase your profit.<br /><br />3. Too many graphics and pictures - Too many graphics and photos to your site can slow your website loading. It is common to visitors not to wait too long to get into a site, if your site takes a minute to load then you lose. Some of the web visitors are still using dial-up connection, which means they will have trouble downloading websites that have large number of graphics.<br /><br />4. High contracting colors – Yes, High contracting colors would grab the visitor’s attention but it can also hurt their eyes, making them uncomfortable makes them leave your website. You need to limit the use of high contracting colors. Website background should be simple and plain. Texts should be contradicted to the backgrounds color. You can use contracting colors to your sites title and headline to catch your visitor’s attention.<br /><br />5. Clutter up pages – Confusion from too much content, I’m sure you’ve experienced this before. Looking for information but that information is hard to find and you have to go through other pages but still it can’t be found. If your visitors got confused they will definitely leave your site. If the visitor thinks that they have to weed out useless information to find what they really need then you will surely lose that visitor. Don’t have too much information and content on one page. A good navigation system in your website will surely eliminate this problem.<br /><br />6) Too many ads on your website – Visitors usually are looking for information and not ads. A website that has many ads and less content will definitely drive visitors away. You need to maintain a balance between your ads and content that’s on your site. The irony of the situation is: A visitor is more likely to click on an advertisement link if they do not feel that they are being bombarded by them. This is a situation where the saying “less is more” is true.<br /><br />You can earn more money online if you have avoided these mistakes. Other websites are actually good but they lack cautiousness. Now that you’ve read this I’m pretty sure you can achieve your goal in no time. Large traffic to your site simply means fast money, big profit and makes earning money online easy<br /><br />__________________________<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Choose a good partner! visit </span></span><a href="http://www.u-gotcash.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;">www.u-gotcash.com</span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;"> for more information</span>Tammy Akmenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07587283181744580219noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3257646931367177935.post-52765099240145677102008-07-13T00:59:00.000-07:002008-07-13T01:05:09.560-07:00Start your online business! Do it now!It's no big secret that we all need money to survive in this crazy world. While some of us are born with it, the majority of us have to seek out business ventures and make our own capital. On the bright side, this is easier now than it's ever been before. We currently reside in a world of endless possibilities. Much of this is related to the World-Wide-Web. Computers and cyberspace have opened so many doors. It's certainly reasonable to assume you can make a hefty income online. Countless others, not so different from yourself, do it everyday. Our modern world is loaded with money making ideas and wonderful ways to pursue them. Are you ready to work from home?<br /><br />We're flooded with infinite infomercials now days. Many of them talk about at-home money making ideas. While I think this is great, you may not be clear on what it is they're pitching. Well, you don't really have to choose a particular path. There are countless ways to earn a decent living via the web. Have you ever considered opening up your own business. I can't even begin to imagine how many others have done this online by now. But we all see the abundance of web-stores. You could have one of your own if you wanted. There's always room for more. That's what's so wonderful about cyberspace. There's always more space. And imagine the potential customers. Six billion people inhabit this planet. How many of them do you think surf the web regularly? My guess is a freaking lot. You see, the cool thing about having your business in cyberspace is the rental fees. They're nothing compared to having a business in the local shopping mall or downtown. Just ask yourself what kind of business would suit you. What do you feel passionate about?<br /><br />It doesn't stop with online companies/businesses. There are other great money making ideas to ponder. Ever heard of Google Adsense or Yahoo Publisher? Google and Yahoo are two of the largest search engines right now. And they pay ad revenue to those who place their ads on websites. So if you were to build web pages and place Google ads on them, every time you get traffic and someone clicks on a Google ad, Google pays you. Therefore you might want to consider building websites in your spare time. As I said before, there are countless money making ideas with the web at our fingertips.<br /><br />If you have a little familiarity with the net, you're halfway there. A website can be the answer to leveraging a modest investment into multiple streams of income.<br /><br />Think about what you know. If you're working as a secretary, you can set up a website offering your services as a “virtual assistant”. A virtual assistant provides secretarial services on a telecommute basis to clients around the world. Additionally, you can place advertising banners linking to other sites with services related to, but outside your capacity. Advertising banners pay commissions for each sale that results from a “click-through” from your site. You can set up links to Amazon or other book sites, advertising books relevant to your customer's needs, which also pay handsome commissions for each sale. Without too much trouble, you can write a monthly newsletter, including links to sites your customers will find rewarding and for which you'll gain another source of multiple streams of income.<br /><br />No matter what your “day job” is, you can generate multiple streams of income to enhance and build off your paycheck job. Advertising is key in your search for added income. Are you a mechanic? Why not set up your website, filled with information on cars, with advertising links to resources, books, car parts, junkyards and car shows? Garner your commissions for sales on click-throughs, creating multiple streams of income to add to your weekly paycheck.<br /><br />Writers are notoriously underpaid. The self-employed writer has many “dry” periods where no income whatsoever is forthcoming. Set up your own website, packed with information and articles – you're a writer, right? Write your own newsletter, including links to resources and products your audience will find helpful and gain commissions and advertising income to boot!<br /><br />The net is a boon to every profession. You have something to offer to the world at large. You just have to let them know! When you do, you'll realize the benefits of multiple streams of income.<br />__________________________<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">You can find your first advisors and business partners in the new growing community. Just ask your questions, share your thoughts and thousands of people will answer. Visit <a href="http://www.CallOfMoney.com " target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.CallOfMoney.com </a>and start!<br /></span>Tammy Akmenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07587283181744580219noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3257646931367177935.post-32894206923016174342008-06-03T19:10:00.000-07:002008-06-03T19:17:59.701-07:00Nurture Your Internet Home Business To Make Internet IncomeAn internet home business needs to be nurtured and nourished in order to make internet income, just like an acorn needs to be fed and watered in order to flourish and grow into a huge oak tree.<br /><br />Just as an oak tree takes time to grow, the same applies to an internet home business if it is given the attention it needs.<br /><br />Firstly, ensure that your internet home business website is nestled safely and comfortably in the hands of a respectable and longstanding hosting company where you are allocated plenty of space for the roots of your internet home business to become large and established. You will want to avoid the need to transplant the website to a new hosting company, should the original one become too small, unreliable or simply vanish from the internet altogether.<br /><br />In order for the roots and foliage of the sapling to grow it requires food and water on a daily basis for its whole life, the same applies to an internet home business if it is to make internet income.<br /><br />Start by nurturing the roots in the form of optimizing your website for the search engines. Search engine optimization forms the foundation of your internet home business to ensure easy indexing of your site in the search engines as well as preparing your site to appear on the first page of the search results for your chosen keywords. Spend time choosing your keywords carefully. Check your keyword density and html and general performance and layout of your site. Remember build your site for the visitors, not for the search engines.<br /><br />Continue nurturing the root system in the form of regularly updating your website with fresh content and internet business ideas that add interest to your site. Use more advanced optimization strategies and ideas to stay ahead of the competition and maintain your ranking in the search engine results. Join and participate in SEO forums to obtain additional internet business ideas that you can use to further enhance your website.<br /><br />As the root system starts to develop so the foliage starts to grow. You need to now start providing different food to promote the strong and steady growth of the branches and leaves of your internet home business, so they spread far and wide over the internet.<br /><br />Foliage food can be provided in the form of inter alia, article marketing, forum posting, social book-marking, pay-per-click advertising, classified advertising, ezine solo adverts, blogging, directory submissions. You need to select a few of the options that you are comfortable with and daily scatter the food that builds valuable back links to your site, thereby increasing your site`s ranking in the search engine results.<br /><br />The oak tree would grow quicker and more evenly if it was relieved of any hindrances such as dead branches or strangling ivy. The same applies to your website, so check for dead links regularly, remove unnecessary links too. Check that your auto-responder is working correctly by sending a test message to yourself. Check on all your advertising and tweak where necessary. If you exchange links with other websites be sure to check the reciprocal links on a weekly basis as you can be penalized by the search engines for linking to sites that do not link back. Link exchange software is ideal for this task.<br /><br />Keep nurturing your internet home business with a daily supply of good root and foliage nourishment and it will surely flourish and make internet income.<br />__________________________<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">About the author:<br /><br />Cynthia Minnaar works from home online and invites you to visit <a href="http://www.cyns-home-biz.com " target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.cyns-home-biz.com </a>for web income generating ideas and opportunities, articles and marketing tools.<br /></span>Tammy Akmenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07587283181744580219noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3257646931367177935.post-85130890116744487662008-05-14T19:47:00.000-07:002008-05-14T19:51:45.594-07:00Running a Successful Home Based Business on the WebMany people these days are looking into starting their own ecommerce business, or looking into expanding their existing business onto the web. Once they get this idea they go online and research for hours on how to run a successful business online and most of them come up with junk like, “I made $20,000 in my first month, now I am on vacation and still making money off my website”. These places also state you can be really lazy and do minimal work while becoming filthy rich. Well these websites are wrong and must be avoided at all costs.<br /><br />Starting an internet business is just like any other business. It takes hard work. You can not just sit around doing minimal work and expect to make a decent income. It will take much of your time getting to understand the world of ecommerce at first as well as finding your niche. Here’s a few tips on how to run a successful internet business.<br /><br />1. First you must find out exactly what products you want to sell.<br />Try to find products that everyone and their moms aren’t selling. Find a line of products that are in high demand but very few suppliers of them if any. If you find this (which most people don’t) you just took a giant step into a successful business online.<br /><br />2. Search for suppliers of this type of products with good prices<br />Of course like any other type of business you would have to find a supplier for your products. Now there is one benefit you will have having your business online which is called drop shipping. With drops shipping you never see the products you sell, you just send the orders to your wholesale drop ship company and they ship it out for you. The best place to find wholesale company’s that would drop ship for you is worldwidebrands.com<br /><br />3. Decide weather you want to sell on auctions or on your own website. If you are in a rush and would like to start quickly you would probably prefer selling on auction websites such as ebay. If you sell on auctions I would also prefer you list your products on yahoo auctions since its absolutely 100% free with no costs at all. You will make less sales then ebay but there are no costs. Also you may start up your internet business with a website. Websites usually take much work in creating it and will take some time. You may hire a web designer to build one for you or just build it yourself. I prefer you learn how to, and build it yourself since its your business and you should know what’s going on. Learning HTML is very easy. If you know how to use Microsoft word and Microsoft Power Point, then you would know how to use Microsoft Front Page to build your websites! It’s that simple.<br /><br />4. Promoting your website once it is finished.If you sell on auctions don’t worry about promoting them because you will get traffic from people searching the auctions site. Promoting your website is very simple but takes much hard work and lots of your time. A few years ago people used to say “Make it and they will come”, this is no longer the case at all. If you make a website and open for business no one will come unless you market it well. The best way to get traffic (visitors) to your website is by ranking high in search engines. To do that you may hire a search engine optimization company to do so, but it may be very costly even though most times its worth it. To do the search engine optimization (SEO) yourself here’s a few tips. Build as many links as you can to your website with your keywords in the anchor text. You may do this by submitting your site to many many directories, I suggest you never stop finding new directories to list to because every day there are 100’s of new directories that open. Search engine traffic may take a while to achieve meanwhile you could list your products on shopping comparison sites such as yahoo shopping, bizrate.com, pricegrabber.com etc. These are pay per click product search engines. I also suggest you list your site on froogle.com since its 100% free. You may also start an adwords campaign. This is simply paying to rank high in search engines with google. You may also start an affiliate program, where people advertise your site for you and you pay them a commission for each sale they give you. If you are new to all of this I suggest you post on webmaster forums to better understand the industry. Make sure you post a signature link to your website on all your posts because it will get you traffic and higher search engine rankings.<br /><br />__________________________<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Shakib Nassiri<br />Shakib Nassiri - CEO of SplayTech - To get the best deals on the hottest new electronics products on the web please visit </span><a href="http://www.splaytech.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><a title="http://SplayTech.com" href="http://splaytech.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:85%;">http://splaytech.com/</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;"> - Best Electronics Deals Anywhere!</a> </span><a href="http://www.articledepot.net/authors/1079/Shakib-Nassiri" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"></a>Tammy Akmenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07587283181744580219noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3257646931367177935.post-37488855556757843982008-04-12T12:42:00.000-07:002008-04-12T12:48:48.025-07:00Start your online business! Do it now!It's no big secret that we all need money to survive in this crazy world. While some of us are born with it, the majority of us have to seek out business ventures and make our own capital. On the bright side, this is easier now than it's ever been before. We currently reside in a world of endless possibilities. Much of this is related to the World-Wide-Web. Computers and cyberspace have opened so many doors. It's certainly reasonable to assume you can make a hefty income online. Countless others, not so different from yourself, do it everyday. Our modern world is loaded with money making ideas and wonderful ways to pursue them. Are you ready to work from home?<br /><br />We're flooded with infinite infomercials now days. Many of them talk about at-home money making ideas. While I think this is great, you may not be clear on what it is they're pitching. Well, you don't really have to choose a particular path. There are countless ways to earn a decent living via the web. Have you ever considered opening up your own business. I can't even begin to imagine how many others have done this online by now. But we all see the abundance of web-stores. You could have one of your own if you wanted. There's always room for more. That's what's so wonderful about cyberspace. There's always more space. And imagine the potential customers. Six billion people inhabit this planet. How many of them do you think surf the web regularly? My guess is a freaking lot. You see, the cool thing about having your business in cyberspace is the rental fees. They're nothing compared to having a business in the local shopping mall or downtown. Just ask yourself what kind of business would suit you. What do you feel passionate about?<br /><br />It doesn't stop with online companies/businesses. There are other great money making ideas to ponder. Ever heard of Google Adsense or Yahoo Publisher? Google and Yahoo are two of the largest search engines right now. And they pay ad revenue to those who place their ads on websites. So if you were to build web pages and place Google ads on them, every time you get traffic and someone clicks on a Google ad, Google pays you. Therefore you might want to consider building websites in your spare time. As I said before, there are countless money making ideas with the web at our fingertips.<br /><br />If you have a little familiarity with the net, you're halfway there. A website can be the answer to leveraging a modest investment into multiple streams of income.<br /><br />Think about what you know. If you're working as a secretary, you can set up a website offering your services as a “virtual assistant”. A virtual assistant provides secretarial services on a telecommute basis to clients around the world. Additionally, you can place advertising banners linking to other sites with services related to, but outside your capacity. Advertising banners pay commissions for each sale that results from a “click-through” from your site. You can set up links to Amazon or other book sites, advertising books relevant to your customer's needs, which also pay handsome commissions for each sale. Without too much trouble, you can write a monthly newsletter, including links to sites your customers will find rewarding and for which you'll gain another source of multiple streams of income.<br /><br />No matter what your “day job” is, you can generate multiple streams of income to enhance and build off your paycheck job. Advertising is key in your search for added income. Are you a mechanic? Why not set up your website, filled with information on cars, with advertising links to resources, books, car parts, junkyards and car shows? Garner your commissions for sales on click-throughs, creating multiple streams of income to add to your weekly paycheck.<br /><br />Writers are notoriously underpaid. The self-employed writer has many “dry” periods where no income whatsoever is forthcoming. Set up your own website, packed with information and articles – you're a writer, right? Write your own newsletter, including links to resources and products your audience will find helpful and gain commissions and advertising income to boot!<br /><br />The net is a boon to every profession. You have something to offer to the world at large. You just have to let them know! When you do, you'll realize the benefits of multiple streams of income.<br /><br />__________________________<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">You can find your first advisors and business partners in the new growing community. Just ask your questions, share your thoughts and thousands of people will answer. Visit </span><a href="http://www.callofmoney.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:85%;">http://www.CallOfMoney.com</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;"> and start!</span>Tammy Akmenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07587283181744580219noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3257646931367177935.post-55879625620454774732008-03-28T23:16:00.000-07:002008-03-28T23:27:47.678-07:00Home Business - Market Your Products and Services in the Comfort of Your AbodeThere are many job opportunities inside big cities and even in towns with high rise buildings and plush offices, but you need certain qualifications for high corporate positions. You always have to meet the needs of your company boss no matter where you work. Now the question is how about those busy mothers that are doing their daily household chores and those who do not have the capability to work outside their home.<br /><br />Would they be able to work and earn some extra money?<br /><br />Absolutely, yes, but it always depends on what kind of home business you will have, how to start the business, and who would be the target market.<br /><br />There are always the basic issues that almost everyone encounters in starting a new home business. Like deciding on what kind of business you can start up. For instance you can be the best writer, tax accountant, or web designer in the market. And the other issue is if you don't know how to get connected to the word market or even local markets, how could you market your product or service?<br /><br />You have to list these important steps to help avoid the barriers that may occur while you are creating your home business. Here are five important steps to follow to get started with internet marketing and for you to market your products or services from your own home.<br /><br />1. You must decide who your main customers are before you start a home business. As a group, how old are they? Where do they live? How much money do they make? What kinds of jobs do they have and what are their interests? The better you can sketch a detailed profile of the kinds of people, who will be your main customers, the better you'll fare in the next four steps.<br /><br />2. What kinds of media do your main customers use?<br /><br />Each type of media has its own target audience. Each radio station, newspaper, magazine, or TV program tries to interest a specific segment of the population. The trick is to match your main customers with the kinds of media they use. And remember that media is not just TV and newspapers. Effective media can be anything that conveys your message. Media choices range from million dollar commercials in the Super Bowl to a few free pens with your name on them. Along that line, the internet is now the most powerful media you can use at a relatively low cost for your home business.<br /><br />3. Limit the media to what you can afford to use consistently to promote your home business.<br /><br />The key to effective home business marketing is consistency. You have to hit the audience with your message again, and again.<br /><br />Marketers use the Rule of Seven. Prospects must see or hear your message seven times before they consider buying. Don't blow your entire marketing budget on a one-shot media blitz. Choose a less expensive type of media that you can afford to use week after week. Google may be a good place to start your home business advertising. Just be sure to get a free eCourse to educate yourself on how to effectively use this type of advertising from someone with experience.<br /><br />4. Sell the main benefit of your product or service of your home business.<br /><br />Focus on what is unique about your home business products or services. How does your product or service improve your customer's life? Talk to your customer from their own perspective. Does your product or service save them time? Make them richer? Make them more attractive?<br /><br />Your home business marketing should drive home this most important benefit as clearly and directly as possible. Customers buy benefits! When you advertise the features of your product or service, connect those features to the benefits they will bring the customer.<br /><br />5. Last, but certainly not least, remember to promote your business with the latest on-line marketing tactics. Articles are very effective to get the word out.<br /><br />The Internet is wide open to everyone. It's the only "big" media that allows the small home business person to get their message out at very low cost. Bulletin boards and newsgroups may appreciate helpful information that you provide. Most won't mind if you sign your name along with four to six lines about your business in your bio.<br /><br />These are the five essential steps to effective marketing of a home business. Keep them in mind as you decide how to market your new home business. They are the single most important reasons why some marketing aspects fail while other types of marketing brings massive amounts of new customers and profits.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">__________________________</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Jeff Casmer is an award winning entrepreneur, keynote speaker, and internet marketing consultant with sales over $25,000,000. He is currently featured as a "Top" </span><a class="kLink" oncontextmenu="return false;" id="KonaLink8" onmouseover="adlinkMouseOver(event,this,8);" style="POSITION: static; TEXT-DECORATION: underline! important" onclick="adlinkMouseClick(event,this,8);" onmouseout="adlinkMouseOut(event,this,8);" href="http://www.amazines.com/Home_Business/article_detail.cfm/106097?articleid=106097#" target="_top"><span style="font-size:85%;">Affiliate</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;"> of </span><a href="http://www.24hourwealth.com.com/pips.html" sti8y="1" idtre="0"><span style="font-size:85%;">ThePlugInProfitSite</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;">. His "Top Ranked" </span><a href="http://www.24hourwealth.com/" sti8y="1" idtre="0"><span style="font-size:85%;">Earn Money at Home</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;"> Directory gives you all the information you need to start, maintain, and prosper with your very own </span><a href="http://www.24hourwealth.com/" sti8y="1" idtre="0"><span style="font-size:85%;">Internet Home Based Business</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;"> in the 21st century.<br /><br /></span>Tammy Akmenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07587283181744580219noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3257646931367177935.post-12765529551649140232008-03-05T20:22:00.000-08:002008-03-05T20:29:34.079-08:00How To Avoid Getting Your Adsense Account TerminatedGoogle, being the undisputable leader in search engines from then until now, is placing a high importance on the quality and relevancy of its search engines. Most especially now that the company is public property. In order to keep the shareholders and users of its engines happy, the quality of the returned results are given extreme importance.<br /><br />For this same reason, doing the wrong things in the Adsense and other forms of advertisements, whether intentionally or unintentionally, will result in a severe penalty, may get you banned and even have your account terminated. Nothing like a good action taken to keep wrongdoers from doing the same things over again.<br /><br />So for those who are thinking of getting a career in Adsense, do not just think of the strategies you will be using to generate more earnings. Consider some things first before you actually get involved.<br /><br /><span style="color:#ff0000;">Hidden texts</span>. Filling your advertisement page with texts to small to read, has the same color as the background and using css for the sole purpose of loading them with rich keywords content and copy will earn you a penalty award that is given to those who are hiding links.<br /><br /><span style="color:#ff0000;">Page cloaking</span>. There is a common practice of using browser or bot sniffers to serve the bots of a different page other than the page your visitors will see. Loading a page with a bot that a human user will never see is a definite no-no. This is tricking them to click on something that you want but they may not want to go to.<br /><br /><span style="color:#ff0000;">Multiple submissions</span>. Submitting multiple copies of your domain and pages is another thing to stay away from. For example, trying to submit a URL of an Adsense as two separate URL’s is the same as inviting trouble and even termination. Likewise, this is a reason to avoid auto submitters for those who are receiving submissions. Better check first if your domain is submitted already an a certain search engine before you try to submit to it again. If you see it there, then move on. No point contemplating whether to try and submit there again.<br /><br /><span style="color:#ff0000;">Link farms</span>. Be wary of who and what are you linking your Adsense to. The search engines know that you cannot control your links in. But you can certainly control what you link to. Link farming has always been a rotten apple in the eyes of search engines, especially Google. That is reason enough to try and avoid them. Having a link higher than 100 on a single page will classify you as a link farm so try and not to make them higher than that.<br /><br /><span style="color:#ff0000;">Page rank for sale</span>. If you have been online for quite some time, you will notice that there are some sites selling their PR links or trading them with other sites. If you are doing this, expect a ban anytime in the future. It is okay to sell ads or gain the link. But doing it on direct advertisement of your page rank is a way to get on search engines bad side.<br /><br /><span style="color:#ff0000;">Doorways</span>. This is similar to cloaking pages. The common practice of a page loaded with choice keyword ads aimed at redirecting visitors to another "user-friendly" page is a big issue among search engines. There are many seo firms offering this kind of services. Now that you know what they actually are, try to avoid them at all costs.<br /><br /><span style="color:#ff0000;">Multiple domains having the same content</span>. In case you are not aware of it, search engines look at domains IP’s, registry dates and many others. Having multiple domains having the same exact content is not something you can hide from them. The same goes with content multiplied many times on separate pages, sub domains and forwarding multiple domains to the same content.<br /><br />Many of the above techniques apply to most search engines and is not entirely for Google only. By having a mind set that you are building your Adsense together with your pages for the human users and not for bots, you can be assured of the great things for your ads and sites.<br /><br />Not to mention avoiding the wrath of the search engines and getting your Adsense and site account terminated altogether.<br /><br />The one particularly handy money-making feature that is available with Adsense now is the ability to filter out up to 200 urls. These gives webmasters the option to block out low value offers from their pages as well as competitors to their websites. Talk about taking only those that are advantageous and discarding the ones that seem "useless".<br /><br />With Google Adsense, the possibilities are limitless. Yet there is also the possibility of someone taking advantage of the easy money process that this internet marketing is doing. If you think more about it, these negative factors may force Google to break down and thrash Adsense in the process. If that happens, people would have to go back to the old ways of internet marketing that does not make money online as easy as Adsense.<br /><br />For now, however, Google Adsense is here to stay. As long as there are people wanting to earn some easy cash online just using their talents, the future ahead is looking good. Besides with all the strict guidelines that Google is enforcing over Adsense, it will take awhile for the Adsense privileges to be spammed and even terminated.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">FREE REPORT: Adsense Advantage - Unbelievable case study shows how one person is earning over $300 per Day with just Adsense! <a href="http://www.e-information4you.com/c/webmaster/hypervre/hypervre.html">http://www.e-information4you.com/c/webmaster/hypervre/hypervre.html</a><br /></span>__________________________<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">About the Author :<br />Article by Chris James, author of <a href="http://www.e-information4you.com/">http://www.e-information4you.com</a> Free eBooks, How to Make Money Online, Internet Marketing, Make Money on eBay<br /></span>Tammy Akmenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07587283181744580219noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3257646931367177935.post-30559098619984280642008-02-26T17:23:00.000-08:002008-02-26T17:26:06.607-08:00Organic Search: The core SEO ServiceOrganic search is a process in which the web surfers find out about websites that use an unpaid search engine listing. Websites use this facility to increase the visibility of their website by optimizing their sites with the most relevant keywords, so that their site can appear in the search listings.<br /><br />Organic search are an effective technique of getting more traffic into a website which shall help improve your SEO Services too. All that the web masters need to do is optimize their websites with the most relevant keywords that are popularly searched on the search engines. The higher the demand of the keyword, the greater is its search results and it becomes even more difficult for the web masters to optimize their websites for those keywords.<br /><br />There are a lot of benefits of organic search that over rule the paid search services (PPC). The most important factor is that people are always more loyal towards the organically searched websites, than they are about the paid searches. This therefore indicates a higher targeted influx than what would have come from the paid searches, but only on the condition that your website is ranking high on the search engine pages.<br /><br />The trend these days indicate that more and more large websites, are concentrating more on the organic searches than on the paid searches, for the simple reason that this has the potential of increasing their popularity and do a bit of branding for them. It creates a great impact on the surfer, if he or she finds his favourite brand of shirts listed in the organic results even if he types in a common keyword like 'shirts'.<br /><br />Better branding and greater trust amongst visitors results in higher and faster conversions too, thereby enhancing the overall sales of the company. Whether the purpose of a website is to invite more people, or to promote their products or to encourage them to buy from their products, better branding results in greater popularity which, will automatically result in higher conversions of their core purpose.<br /><br />And finally, the organic search procedure is a zero investment process. All you need to do is sit at one place and optimize your website with effective keywords. In order to obtain best results out of the organic search results, it is very essential that your website be updated always and carries fresh and relevant content that will fulfill the customer's needs. Only then can we rightly state that your efforts in availing the organic search have been successful. <a href="http://www.rupizmedia.com/seo-services" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">SEO services</a> help improve the web presence of your website. Hence, the more you utilize them the better it is for your websites.<br />__________________________<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">About the Author- Naman Jain is an expert in </span><a href="http://www.rupizmedia.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><span style="font-size:85%;">Internet marketing solutions</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;">, presently working with Rupiz Media LTD., one of the leading internet marketing company, offering </span><a href="http://www.rupizmedia.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><span style="font-size:85%;">online marketing services</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;">, SEO services and search engine marketing over the globe.</span>Tammy Akmenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07587283181744580219noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3257646931367177935.post-9956118458312472652008-02-12T21:30:00.000-08:002008-02-12T21:33:55.231-08:00A Free Video-Reality 101Are you sick of all the puffed-up marketing hype running rampant on the Internet these days? ...<br /><br />Then you have GOT to check out this free instructional video from online marketing genius, Derek Gehl:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.marketingtips.com/reality-101/t/894117" target="_blank">http://www.marketingtips.com/reality-101/t/894117</a><br /><br />Derek has accomplished what no other marketer has ever done...<br /><br />In just 30 minutes, he gives you the complete "3-D" snapshotof the steps you absolutely MUST take in order to build a REAL money-making online business.<br /><br />Derek DOESN'T stoop to making false promises -- he simply cuts straight to the chase and tells it exactly how it is.<br /><br />(And bursts a lot of "marketing hype" bubbles along the way!)<br /><br />If you're tired of being bombarded by emails that promise to "revolutionize" online marketing with the "NEXT BIG THING!"... ...<br /><br />And you simply want to UNDERSTAND the "bare bones" essentials of building a successful online business once and for all...<br /><br />(And save yourself $1000s by NOT getting sucked into buying over-hyped products that don't fit your current needs!)<br /><br /> ... Then you need to watch this video NOW:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.marketingtips.com/reality-101/t/894117" target="_blank">http://www.marketingtips.com/reality-101/t/894117</a><br /><br />I guarantee it'll give you a better understanding of what you REALLY need to do to build a successful business that makes real money online!<br /><br />All the best,<br />Tammy<br /><br />P.S. This video is NOT for "magic bullet" seekers who are looking for a get-rich-scheme that'll make them millions overnight! Such a thing just doesn't exist... and in this video, Derek explains why:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.marketingtips.com/reality-101/t/894117" target="_blank">http://www.marketingtips.com/reality-101/t/894117</a>Tammy Akmenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07587283181744580219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3257646931367177935.post-28161208692161518802008-02-05T23:32:00.000-08:002008-02-05T23:35:33.793-08:00Why Free Internet Advertising Can Work For Your BusinessWhen you first start your own business at home you are faced with the obstacle of how to promote it. If you don't have one you're going to need a website and you're going to need traffic coming to it. If money is an obstacle then you are going to need to find ways to promote your business for free.<br /><br />In this article we want to talk about free Internet advertising, and how you can do that to get traffic for your new business website.<br /><br />The first thing to understand about marketing on the Internet is that if you do not have to have money to drive traffic to your website you're going to have to make up for that by investing time. This is one of the great things about the Internet, however. Anybody regardless of their present income status can start their own business at home and make it profitable by doing just a few different types of free advertising methods.<br /><br />When we talk about getting traffic to a website we're talking about a visitor and a potential paying customer. Once they are on your site they can make a purchase therefore earning you a commission on that sale. So it only stands to reason that the more visitors that you have coming to your site the more opportunities you have to make a sale.<br /><br />One effective method that has worked over the years and is continuing to work is known as article marketing. When you do article marketing you target a primary keyword and write your article around it. You then submit those articles to article directories where they are published online for other people to view. The way that this can benefit you is when you write a quality article, at the end of the article you're allowed to create a bio box. This resource box is a short classified ad promoting yourself, your website and your new business. You're allowed to list your website address, and when people click on that they are taken to your website.<br /><br />For article marketing to work you need to write a lot of articles and get those submitted to as many quality article directories as possible. If you don't have money to pay to use a submission service then you're going to have to manually enter those articles 1 at a time.<br /><br />This brings us back to what we talked about earlier, in terms of investing more time you do not have to have money to spend promoting. Your goal with article marketing is to get your website address on as many potential pages as possible. This is known as getting a link back to your website or a back link. A back link is another free Internet marketing method. You need to get as many back links pointing back to your website is possible. You can do this through free classified ads, forum marketing, blogging, social networking, and anything you can think of that allows you to get your website address on somebody else's website.<br /><br />This summarizes free Internet advertising. You are going to have to be creative and you're going to be ambitious, but the more backlinks pointing to your site the more potential traffic you will have. The good news is when you start your own business at home the internet can help you promote it inexpensively.<br />__________________________<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">About The Author<br />William Hutchinson invites you to visit his affiliate marketing information website for the top affiliate marketing programs available today. If you need help to help start your own business at home please visit his website here now: ----> </span><a class="hft-urls" href="http://www.hutchesaffiliatemarketing.com/"><span style="font-size:85%;">http://www.hutchesaffiliatemarketing.com/</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span>Tammy Akmenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07587283181744580219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3257646931367177935.post-11618312378710827082008-01-24T22:04:00.000-08:002008-01-24T22:09:15.118-08:00How To Write A Great ArticleAre you intimidated by the thought of writing articles? When you think about writing an article, do you have flashbacks to high school writing classes, and feel paralyzed by the thought of putting words onto paper? Don't fret. There are some easy general guidelines that apply to writing articles for your web site or to distribute in article directories, to other web masters, or to post to your blogs. Follow these guidelines and you'll be writing great articles before you know it!<br /><br />Simply make your articles brief, informative, and user-friendly. Articles do not need to contain technical information, but rather be written to give the reader useful information in an easy to understand manner. You can write articles quickly and effectively using these guidelines:<br /><br />Make your articles brief and direct. The most sought after web content gives factual information on specific topics. Usually a one-page article is just about the right length. If your articles are too long, the user may lose interest and move on to another web site. If your article is too short, you will not be able to include enough information to tell the reader what he or she needs to know. A simple, one page article containing three to five paragraphs is perfect for your web site or to submit to an article directory, include in your newsletter, or post to blogs.<br /><br />When writing your articles, include the most relevant information on your topic with links to further information included in your resource box or on your web site. Cover the general information you wish to pass on to the reader and make it easy for readers to locate additional information on the topic. A web site containing many pages with brief, precise content is much better than a web site containing 3 pages with extremely long, complex articles. Keeping the interest of the reader is your top priority. The average web site visitor does not want to spend a lot of time finding the information they desire, but rather locate general information quickly with the option to explore more in-depth coverage easily.<br /><br />Creating user-friendly content is imperative to keeping the interest of the reader and enticing them to explore the subject further. Begin your article with a description of what information your article will contain, continue with the information written in a short, direct style, and end with a summary of what the reader has learned from your article. If you have a well-designed web site, you will be able to lead the reader to further information through links placed to the side or at the end of your article. If your article is for advertising purposes such as in a newsletter or to submit to an article directory, a short resource box at the end of your article containing your name, a short bio, and a link to your web site will be the best approach. Do not distribute links throughout your article, as it can be confusing and distracting to the reader.<br /><br />Remember to include all relevant and necessary information, but do not overwhelm the reader with intricate details. Focus on your specific subject and keep your articles brief. Choose your keywords carefully so that readers and search engines will easily identify the article as containing pertinent information. A one-page article containing precise information and links allowing the reader to easily find additional information is the key to writing a great article.<br /><br />__________________________<br /><a href="http://www.ladypens.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><span style="font-size:85%;">Article by:</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />Nicole Dean, owner of </span><a href="http://www.ladypens.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:85%;">http://www.ladypens.com/</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;"> – an article directory for women, invites you to visit </span><a href="http://www.easyarticlemarketing.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:85%;">http://www.easyarticlemarketing.com/</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;"> to learn how writing simple articles can be the most effective way to bring traffic and sales to your website. </span>Tammy Akmenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07587283181744580219noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3257646931367177935.post-22163525245151675362008-01-16T22:31:00.000-08:002008-01-16T22:40:20.104-08:00I received this email from Derek Gehl, which I thought I'd share for those looking for great online marketing tips, take a look.<br /><br />Hi Tammy,<br /><br />My team and I are putting the final touches on our new all-in-one business creator, which we'll be revealing to you at 10:00 a.m.on Thursday, January 24th.<br /><br />So far, everything's looking great... But I'm not going to rest until I'm completely convinced this product is 100% PERFECT.<br /><br />And that's where you come in...<br /><br />I want to know what YOU would expect to find in the "perfect"all-in-one business creator. What are the top 5 MOST ESSENTIAL things you need to build your business?<br /><br />Visit my blog and share your ultimate "wish list" at:<br /><br /><a href="http://blog.marketingtips.com/wp/the-top-5-things-you-cant-live-without" target="_blank">http://blog.marketingtips.com/wp/the-top-5-things-you-cant-live-without</a><br /><br />It's your chance to guarantee this new business creator gives you EVERYTHING you need for online success!<br /><br />As always, if you have questions, please email<a href="mailto:solutions@marketingtips.com">solutions@marketingtips.com</a> or call 1-800-595-9855.<br /><br />To your success!<br /><br />Derek Gehl,<br />CEO The Internet Marketing CenterTammy Akmenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07587283181744580219noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3257646931367177935.post-34508150195547184662008-01-12T12:29:00.000-08:002008-01-12T12:37:15.463-08:00Top 7 Reasons to Submit Your Articles to A New Article Directory Submission WebsiteSurfing around and doing searches under "submit your article" or free content to republish" you will find hundreds of sites that you can submit your articles These sites are willing to help you grow your web traffic.<br /><br />You benefit by receiving incoming links to your website. They benefit, as their website grows with good content in a variety of different categories. It is a win-win situation.<br /><br />Why would you want to take the time though, to submit your articles to a site that is just starting out or has very few articles posted yet. Here are several reasons:<br /><br />1. If you have several to submit you can become a top publishing author at their site quickly.New sites, having limited numbers make it easy to climb to the top of the list fast.<br /><br />2. New article database owners are going to be promoting heavily to get their sites growing. They are ambitious, full of enthusiasm and excitement to watch their numbers grow, you can benefit from this fresh promotion.<br /><br />3. Google and other search engines are always looking for fresh, new content. The older sites, yes, get lots of traffic and have high page ranking. But the search engines like to find fresh new material and a link from another source will had one more inbound link in Google eyes to your sites hyperlink in your article.<br /><br />4. You may be able to get the new article submission site owners to help you get several of your articles posted. (see resource box below) Ambitious article directory owners are willing to go beyond and above the call of duty to help make there content grow. At least the author of this article is, she is currently offering a totally insane offer.<br /><br />5. If you submit regularly, they are likely to consider special joint venture promotions for you. They are most likely to want to reward frequent publishers and show gratitude to the authors that help their directories grow. This means, approaching you with joint venture ideas for e-books, conference calls and many other promotion ideas that may be planned in their promotional plans.<br /><br />6. You may even be able to suggest a specific category andhave it created for your particular subject.As a new growing directory, they will be more willing and helpful to tailor their category choices to work with your specific article. This would be especially true, if you had already posted previous articles before approaching them with a category request.<br /><br />7. Your article is more likely to be read, because of less competition from other articles.<br /><br />While the article directory submission site is growing, granted yes, they may not get as much traffic as the big guys. But that means that the visitors that they do get, are more likely to see and READ your article. This means your article can find its way to ezines that want unique and fresh new content.<br /><br />It is a well known fact with successful online internet marketersthat writing articles to promote traffic to your website is a very successful avenue to pursue. It is however, an ongoing and sometimes tedious task.<br /><br />There are several pieces of software that automate the process, andthere are also places that will do this service for you, but there are pros and cons to these approaches. However that is the topic of another article.<br /><br />The best way is to submit each article is to do it yourself. By hand submitting your articles, you have complete control over the submission process, choice of categories and the ability to modify and code your resource links to each specific submission.<br /><br />So why consider doing this time consuming task to a brand new article directory? When you help others, they help you. It is sometimes called Karma, in spiritual communities, it is known as the law of attraction. What you put out comes back to you in ways you can't even imagine.<br />_________________________<br /><a href="http://www.ladypens.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:78%;">Article by:</span></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Laurie Meade is a Writer, Online Researcher and a single WAHM. She has an Associate of Arts Degree, majored in journalism in college. 3 years experience writing and promoting online websites with article writing tactics. </span><a href="http://articles411.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:78%;">articles411.com</span></a><span style="font-size:78%;"> </span><a href="http://lauriemeade.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:78%;">lauriemeade.com</span></a>Tammy Akmenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07587283181744580219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3257646931367177935.post-45006892917431366062007-12-31T15:36:00.001-08:002007-12-31T15:38:43.908-08:00Happy New Year!I just like to take this opportunity to wish all my readers a very happy, healthy and prosperous New Year 2008! May you all be blessed with good fortune, happiness and well-being.<br /><br />Regards,<br />TammyTammy Akmenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07587283181744580219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3257646931367177935.post-57066948367323886962007-12-17T19:10:00.000-08:002008-03-29T00:24:42.977-07:00Financially Free with OPP-The Art of Making Money With Other Peoples Products“Lifestyle Shrinkage” is a very real problem and it is going to get much worse in the coming years. What causes Lifestyle Shrinkage? A number of factors contribute to this growing epidemic, including:<br /><br />• Rising Energy/Food Costs<br /><br />• Stagnant Wage Growth<br /><br />• Outsourcing<br /><br />• Job Flight<br /><br />• Globalization<br /><br />• Rising Healthcare/Health Insurance Expenses<br /><br />• High Debt on Personal, Business, and Government Levels<br /><br />All of the problems listed above are conspiring to lower your purchasing power and ultimately diminish your standard of living. The symptoms of Lifestyle Shrinkage do not all appear at the same time and may include any or all of the following:<br /><br />Insomnia: As debt begins to grow because our wage growth is not keeping pace with the cost of living, we start having problems sleeping through the night.<br /><br />Endless Cycle of ‘Tightening Belt’: One of the most natural responses to Lifestyle Shrinkage is cutting back on purchases of so-called “luxury items”. Next, we will start buying cheaper cuts of meat at the grocery store, cutting coupons, scaling back on leisure activities and potentially even a reduction or end to health insurance coverage.<br /><br />Depression: As we start to lose hope that we can ever escape our growing debt, depression begins to set in. Antidepressants are the number one prescribed drugs in the world with millions of prescriptions filled each and every month…<br /><br />Clinging to “Bad Jobs”: We would all love to just “fire our boss” or quit that terrible job—but we can’t, can we? Even a terrible job working for an evil boss for $35,000 a year is better than taking a job at the local grocery store bagging groceries for $10 an hour! That's why we continue to tolerate crap like: reduced health insurance benefits or rising costs; a 1, 2, or 3% annual raise when we know it doesn't even keep pace with inflation; long commutes; and abusive bosses.<br /><br />I'm not some Nobel Prize winning economist and I certainly don't have an MBA—but does anyone else think this globalization and free trade crap aren’t working? Between skyrocketing gas prices and rising interest rates—it is hard enough for two people to raise a family—so how on earth can a single parent hope to keep up?? I don’t care whether you call it Lifestyle Shrinkage or just plain scary—but something is going on out there and our world is changing before our very eyes!!<br /><br />To read more:<a href="http://www.financiallyfreewithopp.com/coupon/2984_19_3_108" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"> Home Based Business Opportunity. Earn Huge Income At Home Online!</a>Tammy Akmenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07587283181744580219noreply@blogger.com74tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3257646931367177935.post-46898058470369390132007-12-12T20:49:00.000-08:002007-12-12T20:59:03.291-08:00Holiday craziness = $100 for you<span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><span style="color:#000000;">Last</span> </span>week, I told you that Derek Gehl was offering slightly damaged of his best-selling course "Insider Secrets to Marketing Your Business on the Internet" for just $97...<br /><br />... That's $100 off the regular price!<br /><br /></span></span><a href="http://www.marketingtips.com/justlikenew/t/894117" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">http://www.marketingtips.com/justlikenew/t/894117</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><br /><br />Well, get this:<br /><br />Derek sold out of all his slightly damaged copies in just a couple of days (no surprise, since they were going so cheap!)<br /><br />But because SO many people mailed him to claim their discount copy AFTER all the damaged copies were all sold out, Derek decided to do something crazy (just because it's Christmas)...<br /><br />... He decided to release a few hundred NEW copies of his course and sell them at the same heavily discounted price the slightly damaged copies were going for!<br /><br />That means you can get a BRAND SPANKING NEW copy of the 'Net's best-selling Internet marketing course for only $97!<br /><br />BUT: Derek is going to END this offer on December 20th, 2007!<br /><br />So if you want to take advantage of his holiday generosity, I suggest you claim your copy immediately at:<br /><br /></span><a href="http://www.marketingtips.com/justlikenew/t/894117" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">http://www.marketingtips.com/justlikenew/t/894117</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">The chance to get something so VALUABLE -- at such a massive discount! -- doesn't come around very often, so don't let this opportunity pass you by.<br /><br />All the best, Tammy<br /><br />P.S. By the way, Derek is also going to throw in $1,000's worth of free bonuses and "extra resources" that he doesn't normally give away with this course.<br /><br />Why? Because he wants to make sure you have everything you need to apply the SAME strategies his other students are using to make $100,000 to $2.5 million per year with THEIR Internet businesses.<br /><br />You can read their personal stories at:<br /><br /></span><a href="http://www.marketingtips.com/justlikenew/t/894117" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">http://www.marketingtips.com/justlikenew/t/894117</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"> </span>Tammy Akmenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07587283181744580219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3257646931367177935.post-31833883024797305642007-12-08T19:06:00.000-08:002007-12-08T19:19:38.085-08:00Save $100 due to 'pancake' mishap<span style="font-family:verdana;">I just got an email from Derek Gehl I had to tell you about. </span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Get this... </span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Apparently, a whole stack of boxes containing his "Insider Secrets to Marketing Your Business on the Internet" courses fell over, and almost landed on one of his employees! </span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">(I can see the headlines now: "Internet marketing guru turns warehouse employee into human pancake.") </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Keep in mind that just one of Derek's courses contains 850+ pages, plus DVDs, CDs, booklets, and tons more... So having one of them landing on your head would NOT be pleasant! </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Anyway, Derek told me his employee was ok... but his courses weren't so lucky. Apparently most of them were slightly*damaged* from the tumble. </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">A few scratches here and there, the odd dent, maybe a bent page. Bummer! </span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">But Derek is famous for being a perfectionist, and he thinks those copies of his step-by-step "Insider Secrets"course are not quite pristine enough to sell at the regular price.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">... So he's going to give them away at a HUGE discount! </span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.marketingtips.com/hugediscount/t/894117" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:verdana;">http://www.marketingtips.com/hugediscount/t/894117</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">J</span><span style="font-family:verdana;">ust in case you haven't heard of "Insider Secrets" before, here's what you need to know: </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">This Internet marketing "bible" has been the best-selling guide to how to grow your own money-making Internet business from scratch for more than 10 years running for one reason --the strategies inside WORK! -- and it's been updated with brand new strategies for 2007. </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">So if you're willing to overlook the odd scratch on the cover or the occasional dog-eared page, this is your chance to get your hands on the exact same information that 1,000s of regular folks have already used to generate full-time incomes of $50,000... $100,000... even $250,000 (and more!) per year on the Internet from the comfort of their own homes... </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">... And you can get the blueprint they followed for a small fraction on the regular price they paid! </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">There's just one catch: Derek only has 267 'damaged'copies up for grabs, so don't delay. </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">*This offer is strictly first come, first served basis.*</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><a href="http://www.marketingtips.com/hugediscount/t/894117" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:verdana;">http://www.marketingtips.com/hugediscount/t/894117</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">To your success, </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Derek Gehl </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">The Internet Marketing Center </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">P.S. If you've been dreaming about starting your ownsuccessful Internet business, but lack of cash has beenholding you back, this is your perfect opportunity to get your hands on ALL the tools you need to start your own highly profitable Internet business and earn a life-changing income... </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">... WITHOUT a big upfront investment! </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">So hurry, before those 267 copies are gone! </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Go to: </span><a href="http://www.marketingtips.com/hugediscount/t/894117" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:verdana;">http://www.marketingtips.com/hugediscount/t/894117</span></a>Tammy Akmenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07587283181744580219noreply@blogger.com1