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By Devin Dozier

Starting an online business can be an exciting adventure. It can create wealth, financial security, and give you loads of time to spend with your family. I mean, who would not want to earn an extra $500-$2,000 a month with their own online business?

However, before you jump into a business online, you must avoid three common mistakes where most people fall victim.

#1: Unrealistic Expectations - With so many websites claiming you can make thousands of dollars overnight, it is very easy to believe the hype. It is not impossible with the programs these websites are promoting. Most people on average do not make it as quickly as they claim. I am sure that a few have made thousands in just days, but realistically that is not the norm. No matter what you hear anyone say, "Making money online takes work!"

This business is just like any other. You must put in the time, money, and effort to make it profitable. Some online businesses require less work than others do, but all take work. If it were possible to throw a website up and make millions, then everyone would do it.

The speed at which you will start making money from your online business depends on how much time and money you have to invest. If you have no money, then you are going to have to roll up your sleeves and put in some work. If you did have some money to start with, it may take longer, but you will get to your destination eventually.

#2: No Goals - Having short-term and long-term goals for your online business is critical. Your goals mark your path and help you stay on track. Sadly, 97% of the people who start an online business are stuck on the hype of making millions tomorrow, and they do not have time to set realistic goals. While the other 3% of people, who did set goals, are making a large profit.

Goals will keep you moving forward, even when times get rough, and times do sometimes get rough. Establish a three, six, and 12-month goal right from the beginning. This way you will know where you are in relation to where you want to be.

Without goals, you are like a little angler's boat floating in a HUGE ocean. When the waters start roaring, you are destined to sink.

#3: Not Seeking Support - You are not alone. There are millions of other people, just like you, trying to make money online. In addition, the saying "Two heads are better than one" is very true.

All successful professionals have a support network. Whether it is a coach, colleague, partner, or friend they have someone who can help them generate ideas. I have a close network of online entrepreneur that I rely on to keep me informed on new techniques.

If you do not have support, you will lose your edge and eventually become obsolete. You do not need to hire an online coach, but you should seek out free online support groups who can assist you when you have a question or need advice. There are free support groups all over the net that you can easily tap. I have a great online money making group that is forming right now. It is called Loot Swoop and this will be a great opportunity for you to learn and contribute. It is free to join. Just go to it and sign in.

Having support will help you to keep focused and realize that others are trying to make it too.

If you can avoid these three mistakes, then you will be well on your way to making money with your online business. Always remember that whatever trials may come, persistence is the key to success!

Devin Dozier is an online entrepreneur. www.lootswoop.com is an online resource for motivated people looking for an online money making opportunity.

http://lootswoop.com

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By Cheow Yu Yuan

There are many ways to increase traffic to your website. You do not have to pay every time.

After some research, I have come out with some methods to drive traffic. Below are some of the ways, which you can group into two main categories: Free and Paid.

Free Ways:
1) Listing of self-created advertisement posts on classified sites. Choose only classified sites, which allow your listings to appear on the top once you update your posts. In this way, people will have a higher chance to view your posts.

2) Conduct cross-linking campaigns with other webmasters who have similar content with your website. Contact them and ask for a reciprocal link exchange. Make sure that your link appears on their pages, which Google indexes.

3) Give away free report/ebook and distribute them actively. Include your website URL and products/services in your free report/ebook.

4) Use article marketing. Write articles about your business industry and submit them to article directories regularly. Include your website URL in the author's resource box and remember to allow viewers to republish your articles freely.

5) Participate in forums and include your website URL in your signature.

6) Apply SEO techniques on your website so that it will rank well in the organic results for various search engines.

7) Submit to all available search engines, esp. Google, Yahoo, and MSN so that they will index your website.

8) Use viral marketing techniques (E.g. "Tell Your Friends" function)

Paid Ways:
9) Use the PPC (Pay Per Click) model by Google. (Google Adwords) Be sure to know what you want to achieve through this PPC campaigns before your start. Do you want to create awareness or generate sales?

10) Online ads banner to create awareness and drive traffic to your website.

About the Author
The author is the co-founder of HomeBizGears.com

HomeBizGears.com strives to provide the resources and gears for you to start YOUR Internet Business. HomeBizGears.com is also the publisher of the e-book "Your Perfect Guide to Start Internet Business". Do visit http://www.homebizgears.com for more information.

Please feel free to republish this article on your website, or distribute it to your friends or clients, as long as you leave the resource box intact.

Cheow Yu Yuan is Co-Founder HomeBizGears.com

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By Nicholas Busbee

C.S.O. is "Common Sense Optimization."

I have said it before, keywords, meta tags, and advertisements are great for getting visitors to your website. However, they will not sell products or services.

Converting visitors into customers takes "C.S.O.", Common Sense Optimization. In order to have higher website sales conversion rates, you must optimize your content for the human mind.

This means; we need to write our content to appeal to the psychological side of selling. Great deals of potential customer's decisions to make a purchase are based on emotional factors.

Now let me clearly state that I am in no way suggesting that anyone try to manipulate another person's emotions for personal gain. That would not be a good thing to do.

However, as online entrepreneurs, I believe we do have to recognize emotional factors at the point of sale.

We do not have the advantage of a smiling face, firm handshake, or a pleasant customer service representative on our websites.

In addition, most of us do not have famous celebrities to represent our products. However, what we all have is "personality." What is the most efficient way to develop "Web Personality?"

I am glad you asked! Always remember this...

"In life the best way to demonstrate your greatest qualities, (your personality), is to show concern for others." In addition, I do not mean from a business perspective. I am talking about from a personal perspective.

When you develop your content, no matter what you are selling, try to write your content from a "in your customers best interest perspective." Every topic that you approach, try to write it from your customers best interest perspective.

Every time we make a purchase, it changes our lives. Either it adds something to our lives or it takes something away from us. Some purchases take money away from us.

In addition, some purchases give us peace of mind, prestige, entertainment, comfort, knowledge, companionship, and assistance.

If you will notice, none of these are material things. They can all be gained through material things (temporarily) but these are all internal stimuli. Subject to the eye of the beholder.

Whatever you are selling, will change the purchaser's life, one way or another.

Your content needs to emphasize the many different levels of how your product or service, can improve their lives.

To optimize your copy for people, you have to find out what most people have in common with each other. What DO most people have in common?

I am glad you asked!

Feelings. Feelings. Feelings!

We all have FEELINGS. Just in different proportions!

Next time we will discuss exactly how we can develop our copy to give the highest priority to how our customers may be "feeling" at the point of purchase and when they initially get to our landing pages. Thanks for your attention.

What is C.S.O.? "Common Sense Optimization."

Nicholas Busbee

Nicholas Busbee has been in Sales, Public Speaking to groups of up to and over 20,000 people, and Radio Broadcasting from Classic Rock & Roll to Hip Hop & R+B, for over 25 years. His website helps people start their own home based business selling software, eBooks and instructional videos. (www.bestcoolwebsitetools.com/), His website helps people start their own business selling Niche Market mini websites and products.
Copyright (c) 2007 Nicholas Busbee, All Rights Reserved

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by Bob Hamilton

Let us face it, eBay buyers want to find bargains when they make purchases on eBay. Those bargains equate to high quality items for low prices. For the seller who simply views selling on eBay as a hobby, or as a method to clear out excess items from their house, attic, or garage, getting any amount of money from items is a bonus.

For the seller who views eBay as a business and wants to make money on eBay selling at bargain prices creates a challenge. For that seller, he purchases items for resale with the goal of making a profit on every sale every time.

The secret to make money on eBay and still offer bargains for your buyers is lowering the costs associated with products that you purchase for resale. In fact, the goal is to buy at a low enough prices so profits are possible, even while selling to bargain hunters. The well-informed seller must pay the lowest possible price while minimizing associated sales cost.

There are several actions you can take to reduce the price of items sellers purchase for resale. Each of the strategies following can greatly reduce the cost-of-goods-sold for the seller with a goal to make money on eBay.

• Combine Orders
Just as many buyers on eBay will make multiple purchases and then combine shipping to reduce cost, so can you. Often there will be excess room remaining in boxes and on pallets of merchandise you have purchased. Use that room for additional products. Often those extra products will cost almost nothing to ship. That is especially true when you buy pallet loads.

• Buy Wholesaler Closeouts and Specials
Wholesalers often offer closeouts and specials to move excess or end-of-life merchandise. The discounts can be significant. Just be sure there is a market for the products you purchase. Use this strategy in combination with combining orders. You could save a boatload of money!

• Negotiate for a Lower Price
Many wholesalers are willing to negotiate for lower prices. Typically the trigger to make this happen is to increase the quantity in the order. Just be sure that you do not purchase so much of an item that you cannot profitably resell. One of the worst things to have happen would be to have five-thousand left-handed flanges sitting in your garage for the next 20-years!

• Split Wholesale Purchases with Other Sellers
We have used this strategy. We have split loads of merchandise and freight costs with others. This strategy requires developing enough trust so that both feel there will be a fair and equitable deal. It works especially well with sellers who are in marketplaces other than eBay.

• Cherry Pick Loads and Resell the Rest to Others
Caution: this strategy does require some labor. It opens the opportunity to make discounted purchases of mixed lots. Upon receipt of the merchandise, simply inspect, and remove the products that fit your needs. Inventory the balance and resell it on the wholesale market.

Each of these strategies has some real strength and can work for you. However, be cautious that you are not simply buying a wholesaler's problems. If you do, those problems can sit in your basement, garage, or warehouse eternally as merchandise you cannot sell. With care and planning, you can make money on eBay by using these strategies.

To make money on eBay requires that sellers never lose sight of profit. The goal is to minimize the cost of goods sold. Reducing the price that you pay for items allows your buyers to get a bargain and you to make money on eBay.

To Your EBay Success!

(c) 2007 Bob Hamilton
Bob is an entrepreneur, author, writer, consultant and trainer.
Visit http:www.OnlineAuctionsMadeSimple.net for a FREE dropship report!
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By Jenn Richards

Affiliate marketing and working with niche markets is the way to go, today, if you are young and eager to make a lot of money. I am not saying that affiliate marketers never have to work a single day in their lives, or just rake in the cash while sitting out by the pool. There are tremendous benefits to this job. Do you hate going to work every day? Commuting, whether by car or mass transit, is an absolute bore. The hours you spend every week commuting are lost hours that you will never get back before you die. Do you want to choose something better?

The best thing about affiliate marketing is the freedom to work in a relaxing environment. Your home desk, even the kitchen table becomes your "office", or how about "a table by the pool"? Everyday is a "holiday" --- all your tools are concentrated in the computer. No paperwork to shift around from one desk to another, and the earnings are on par with the setting. The more effort you are willing to put in to building and maintaining a niche website, the more money that comes in daily. If this is not a good deal, then I do not know what a good deal could be.

Some people think that affiliate marketing is too much work, and that splashing some AdSense ads on a page is far easier, it might be so. However, how much money can you get out of AdSense? Two or three dollars a day? Come on, that is not money but loose change! Affiliate marketing may be a bit harder than AdSense, but this is where people actually spend money. If you play with the big boys, you could make as much as $175 per sale. That is an equivalent of 58.3 days of AdSense, at $3 per day, you can make in one day.

Many people do not realize the global economy is going through a huge spending period. Across the world, people are willing to pay good money for all kinds of products and the Internet made spending money easier than ever. ECommerce has made it possible for people to buy things. Orders pour in and products and services move across countries because people can search the Internet for answers to their problems and are willing to pay for solutions, regardless of where they come from.

It is like a river of money moving across the planet and you can become one of those who help connect the buyers with vendors and cash in commission while never leaving their armchairs. The gap between offer and demand is huge. There are far more people with money out there than there are people who sell things. The key is to find products with low representation, in high demand, and that pay high. Until now, affiliate information packages did not address this. Many of the marketing programs out there are about re-selling the program you have just purchased.

However, things are about to change for you because MakingYouRicher is on the way. MakingYouRicher is a comprehensive guide on niche marketing. It teaches you how to make thousands a month by learning where to find the highest paying products that millions search. Visit www.makingyouricher.com/index.html and see for yourself all the opportunities that are only waiting for a quick-witted marketer to take advantage of, and get rich fast.

Visit www.MoreNiche.com or Email MN at support@moreniche.com for more info.

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By Diana Morgan

Ten new, internet business partnership opportunities have emerged in the year 2007. Advertise.it Network is a group of websites dealing with the emerging Web 2.0, Web Advertising, Online Shopping, and with the mission to let the users interact, voting, commenting, arguing, and sharing their opinions for free and freely. They launched ten websites in 2006 and are now seeking appropriate partners for developments in 2007.

If you are looking for a business partnership opportunity, you should start watching how their activities have already developed and how it will grow in early 2007. You should also notice that they are already involved in both America and Europe, mainly in the United States, United Kingdom, and Italy.

The websites looking for exclusive partnerships are:

1. www.advertise.it - Web Advertising Centre. Advertise.it, is 100% web advertising. There is the option to submit web advertising free in the form of video advertising, audio advertising and any other web-advertising model. Advertise.it is a web directory and you can find leading advertisers through affiliate marketing programs.

2. www.sell.it - Web Shopping Centre. Sell.it, is 100% web shopping. Similar to Advertise.it, you can also submit a website free if dealing with online shopping. Sell.it, is a web directory with leading web shopping promotions through affiliate marketing programs.

3. www.done.it - Cool Sources and Solutions. Done.it, is going to select sources and solutions on the internet based on how cool they are. Users will interact with the site adding comments, voting for their favorite cool sites.

4. www.shape.it - Web 2.0 Sources and Solutions. Shape.it, is going to be an open directory where you submit anything related to the Web 2.0. Similar to Done.it, users will add their comments and vote their favorite Web 2.0 sources and solutions.

5. www.employ.it - Career and Jobs Sources. Employ.it, is made by and for job seekers, employs, freelancers, career movers. Users can promote themselves for free using the Employ.it Adword.

6. www.argue.it - Online Agora and Open Forum. Argue.it, aims to let users freely argue any subject like in an online Agora and forum.

7. www.achieve.it - Wartime and Peace Information. Achieve.it, is going to collect information, news, and sources about peace and war emergencies. Anyone can participate in Achieve.it and help to build a no-profit online library about Peace and Wartime.

8. www.b2b.it - Business to Business in Italy. B2B.it, is going to focus on the Italian Business to Business market, a must-see site where you find information, contacts, news about Business to Business in Italy.

9. www.b2b2c.it - Co-buying in Italy. B2B2C.it, is going to develop a co-buying platform for the Consumer Market in Italy.

10. www.b2x.it - Business to Exchange in Italy. B2X.it, is going to develop a technological platform for a Web Exchange in Italy where any business can buy and sell any product online.

"We have a small but ambitious team and wish to implement the development of our Network with one or more partners, specifically dealing with the core business of each site", - stated Giovan B. Grillo, Managing Director of the network, - "We are going to secure a first round investment during 2007 and partner with key-operators as we proceed according to the business plan". "Emerging Web 2.0 and Mobile technology operators are the people we want to work with. We are very keen to partner with them and be the most flexible we can in order to do so", added Giovanni Petretti, Marketing Director.

Although, some of the sites are in an early stage version, Advertise.it network already achieves an average of 30,000 visitors per month but their directors are confident to reach the target of 500,000 visitors per month by the end of 2007. Most of the business is generated by Affiliate Marketing deals and additional activities will be added in the next months.

"The Affiliate Marketing sector responds enthusiastically to the Sell.it (Web Shopping Centre) and Advertise.it (Web Advertise Centre) concepts and we even have a fantastic opportunity for an Affiliate Marketing Manager to join our team immediately", Giovanni Petretti, commented. "We have an exciting business plan, unique brands, beautiful domain names, and especially, we enjoy the game we are playing in and looking forward to reach exclusive business partnerships in 2007", Giovan B.Grillo concluded.

If you are interested in a partnership with Advertise.it Network, you can directly contact them at www.advertise.it

Diana Morgan is the PR manager of the Advertise.it Network: Advertise.it is a growing web advertising media-publishing website. For further information, please contact us at www.advertise.it

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By Jenn Richards

If you are looking to make money online, or to make more money via the net, it is important to make sure you are getting the highest possible amount from every sale you send. The payment variations between the programs you choose can mean the difference between a successful online marketing career, and a frustrating waste of time and effort.

The differences in affiliate programs' payouts can be immense. Some will pay a tiny percentage and will not credit you with further sales. Others pay commissions in the hundreds of dollars for a single sale, and credit you with any further purchases from the customers you send to them. Generating quality traffic is not easy, so why push those hard-earned visitors towards sponsors who will only pay you a few dollars per sale.

Contrary to the old business clichι, in internet marketing, "what you know" is very important indeed. Finding the amazing opportunities is not easy. It is a competitive market. When marketers strike a golden niche, they are going to keep quiet about it. So how do you find the high paying niche products? You can check industry forums, hoping for a generous soul to give up the goods, but it is not likely to happen. The good news is there are affiliate membership sites designed to inform you on the latest, most profitable opportunities. Successful affiliate marketing is dependant on three factors:

1. The market potential - The size of the market, the competition, and the quality of the offering
2. The profit potential - What is the cost per sale? What is your commission?
3. The support you receive to promote the product.

A site addresses these factors head on. A team of e-commerce professionals guide affiliate marketers towards some of the most profitable products to promote on the net. It has produced www.MakingYouRicher.com (MYR). MYR Membership comes with a guide to create sites that sell, and how to profit from just about any niche. The members' area updates with highly profitable offerings, as they find them, and they supply all the tools required to start.

The products they find can pay as much as $175 for a single sale, and with free website templates and professionally written content, you do not need to be an expert in the niche to get started. MYR's reputation is impressive, with some of their members making up to US $80k per month in commission.

If you are interested in learning more about affiliate marketing, or are experienced, but looking for something extra, visit their site today - www.makingyouricher.com

Visit www.MoreNiche.com or
Email MN at support@moreniche.com for more info.

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By Dan

If there is one troublesome thing about a home based business, it is deciding what kind of business to start. There are many different ways to start a home based business, and many different questions you must ask yourself before deciding. You also need to figure out what options are within your reach, and what are the advantages and disadvantages of each one. There are several kinds of home based business opportunities, each one claiming to be the "best rated home based business" you can find. The big question is "what is best for you"?

On the internet, there is no shortage of the so-called best-rated home based business. From affiliate marketing, to making money with blogs, to creating your own product, you could find information on every kind of home business you could think of. You can also check the classifieds section in your newspaper and see what opportunities are available to you.

Start figuring out what you can do to start earning money on the internet, and create a list of opportunities that interest you. The next thing is to research every opportunity you find. Read reviews on it, read online forums, and find information about it. Find any kind of information you can about that opportunity. You cannot dive head first into a home business without knowing what you are getting.

One important thing to find out is how much start-up capital it costs, and any other expenses it could potentially cost. If you start a website, you are going to have to pay for the domain name and web hosting. Some opportunities include a membership or upgrade fee if you join a program or company. Decide how much money you are willing to spend to start your business.

Another thing to research is how much work and dedication it takes to succeed in that business. Also, determine how much business experience it requires to succeed, and compare that with your own experience. If you have little or no experience, then you should see if the opportunity comes with some help, training, or support to help the newcomers.

Whatever you decide, it should be a business you are willing to put enough effort into to ensure its success. If you choose an opportunity and decide it is a flop, you just wasted a lot of precious time, effort, and money.

Once you find what you consider the best-rated home based business; all you have to do is start it, and make it succeed.

Dan is an internet marketer and runs his own online business. Visit Dan's site to find the
Best rated home based business for you or if you want to improve your existing business. Find more information on an internet business income opportunity that suits you best at http://www.ez-online-money.com.

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By Newspub

You decide to utilize the number one auction site on the World Wide Web, to market your goods and services. It can be risky, as well as, a scary proposition. You will need to do your homework to see if what you have to offer falls into the list of "Hot Items" to sell. Without some research, your success will be hypothetical at best. Without realizing some profits, the recurring fees just mount up, as you watch your advertising budget fly out the window. If you do not have an in demand product or service, you have no one bidding, consequently you have no sales.

So where do you start? What products would be on the list of "Hot Items" to sell? Below, I have compiled a small list of tips to start you off.

1. Keep your finger on the pulse of the marketplace. Read magazines, newspaper classifieds, and pay attention to TV and radio commercials. What is being marketed the most? Do not rely on what you already know. Go beyond that. How are advertisers competing? Whatever it is, chances are it is a hot market. If you feel there is too much competition, then do something that can enhance it. For instance, iPods and MP3's are "Hot" right now. You could put together an eBook with all the sources for those items listed in it to aid your customer in their search for the best possible prices. See what folks are looking for and give it to them.

2. EBay has an extensive collection of tools associated with your sellers account. Run a search to see what is being sold and for how much. Determine if you can compete with the selling price. Human nature says that the masses will go for the best possible price. Everybody loves a bargain. However, if you've gone the distance with your product and made it just a little bit better than most, or if you've offered some bonuses that add real value to their purchase, chances are you'll win the bid and make the sale.

3. The Internet refers to 'The Information Super Highway' for many reasons. With all these resources at your fingertips, this would be a good first choice for researching your campaign. Google, Overture, Yahoo, and any number of other search engines can give you some eye opening facts regarding the number of times you search for a particular item. You could also go to nichebot.com and utilize the Keyword Discovery Tool, among others, at their site. Andale.com is an eBay tool, which is a pay site, as is the Keyword Discovery Tool on icebot. If you can afford it, they are highly recommended. If you take a bit of time, the information you can compile will be worth its weight in gold. It will mean the success or failure of your campaign.

4. Keep in mind that most of what is popular in the Real World will be popular on eBay. Entertainment is immensely popular; sports items and memorabilia, music, movies, and all their electronic counterparts. The list is huge as are the profits.

5. If you have been following the latest technological developments, you may want to try your hand at speculation by putting a plan in motion to benefit you before they are actually released. Simply use the tips above and make your plan accordingly.

Now you can cash in on the "Exploding e-Book marketing craze!" If you sell any product or service online, here is how to make your business highly profitable - FAST -- http://best-resale-deal-ever.com/Books4Ebay.html

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by Terry Detty

The math or numbers behind pop-up, pop-under ads are amazing. This clearly indicates why many webmasters favor this online marketing tool over many others, especially when looking for quick results. Pop-up ads are also a very cost effective solution to send unlimited web traffic and visitors to your website. While being cost effective with this marketing selection, you will get thousands of people to actually see and visit your web site at the time they are looking for your type of products or services.

Every webmaster or blogger clearly understands how important page views are. The higher the number of page views you can achieve at your web site, the more profitable a web site or blog site will tend to be.

It does not matter whether you are selling your own products, or promoting an affiliate program, or other people's products, the results and positive impact tend to be the same. While an individual may be visiting your particular web page, this pop-up or pop-under may occur, causing that person to view the products you are selling. This is so significant because your visitors are not just any visitors. They are unique visitors, who are interested in and looking for your product.

If you are talking about earnings from the Google Adsense PPC program, the effect will hardly be different. The more page views on your Adsense pages, the higher the chances of the ads on your site you can click, and therefore the higher the earnings. Page views are a very important measurement in Google Adsense accounts. Thus, any pop-up or pop-under ad that is relevant and promises information is more valuable to visitors to a web site and is bound to yield excellent results.

The interesting thing here is the impact that you achieve from just a small percentage increase in page views. For instance, an increase of just 10 per cent of your page views will quickly register positive changes in your sales and earnings. The impact can be huge from a simple 20 per cent increase. Fifty per cent can easily send your sales and profits through the roof.

The facts are pop-up ads and pop-under ads have the potential to double or triple page views. This is an increase of 100 to 200 per cent. Online businesses MUST have visitors and traffic to visit their websites in order to generate online sales. The more targeted and timely that traffic, the higher the probability of making a sale to those visitors.

Now, begin to imagine what sort of difference this can have on the revenue you receive at your web site. If you ensure your whole pop-up and pop-under ad campaign is carried out and managed professionally while observing all the key rules to success, then this online marketing tool can make a colossal difference in the fortunes of any web based enterprise.

Terry Detty, 42 years old, finds internet marketing his passion. In addition to marketing, he enjoys reading, and occasionally gets out for a short walk.

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By Biana Babinsky

Many coaches, consultants, virtual assistants, solopreneurs, and online business owners may only offer two different items to their clients. One is a free subscription to their newsletter where they share tips, articles, and business news with their subscribers. The other item is one-on-one coaching or consulting service offered at the regular hourly rates.

If you only offer a free newsletter and a one-on-one service to your clients, you are losing customers. Some people simply cannot afford your one-on-one services at this time. Others may want exposure to your expertise at a cheaper rate, before trying your more expensive services.

So, how can you reach the people who are not ready for the one-on-one service, but are still interested in your expertise? You do that by creating products that you can sell in addition to the services you already offer. Here are several different products you can create for your business:

- Digital products. As a professional who works with customers, you already know what your customers' interests are. You know what problems they want to solve. Since you are the expert, you know how to solve these problems.

Turn this information into a marketable digital product by publishing and selling it. Depending on the topic and the information, you can create digital products of various lengths.

- Audio products can be delivered through two different channels. They can be instantly downloaded from your web site in a popular audio format (MP3, Wave, etc.), or you can burn them onto a CD and physically ship the product to the customer.

- Teleclasses and Teleseminars. Teaching classes over the phone is an excellent way to demonstrate your expertise to many people at once and to offer your coaching or consulting sessions at a lower price point.

Teleclasses are a great example of repackaging your knowledge and selling it repeatedly. Material taught and discussed during teleclasses can be reused to create special reports, e-books, and audio products.

- Workshops. Workshops (teaching classes in person) can be used to teach many people at once, instead of doing one-on-one sessions.

Start a list of products that you can create for your business. These products will help you reach a wider audience, increase your revenue, and promote your expertise. Your products are also a vehicle for landing speaking engagements, cross-promotional opportunities, and press spotlights, which in turn results in additional promotion to your business.

Reach More Customers Now! Biana Babinsky is the online business coach, expert, and author who teaches business owners how to reach more customers online. Get her Top 5 Ways to Increase Your Online Sales Report at http://www.avocadoconsulting.com/free_report.html to learn how to reach more customers online.

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By Hasnuddin Hamdan

(c) 2007, EMarketSociety.com, Hasnuddin Hamdan

If you are retired, it does not mean your days of making money are over. Sure, you will be getting money each month from different sources such, as a pension plan. However, pension plans can hardly cover living expenses, nowadays. Coupled with longer life expectancies, you will probably need to do something to have sufficient means for existence. If you have to work after retirement, why not go for the jugular and get rich?

The bottom line is you retired. It does not mean that you cannot cash in on the Internet trends that seem to pop up repeatedly. Anybody can easily obtain access to the Internet. In addition, if you can access the Internet, you can make money; it is that simple.

The first thing you will need to do is learn everything you can about making money online. The best way to do this is by going online! The Internet is quickly becoming the best way to make money, no matter what age you are.

Your next step, find an online opportunity you are comfortable working with. Do this in several different ways. One of your best options may be to get involved with an online venture that corresponds with the job you used to do before retiring. This way you will have some knowledge of what it going on, which will in turn make the learning curve much more manageable.

You may be thinking you want to try something new. If this sounds like you, you are in the right place. The Internet has endless possibilities. No matter what you have in mind, putting it into effect is more than possible, if you take your time online.

Find a way to get rich online by looking at what other people have done. Try to meet as many people as you can online and read success stories. This gives you a good idea as to what is available, and how you should go about getting started. Some people find a way to tweak one little thing in an existing business, and turn it into millions. Before you can do this, you need to know what is available.

Being retired does not mean your moneymaking days have to be over. In fact, you will have more time than ever before to devote to making money. This will make the task of actually getting started much more manageable.

Getting rich online is more probable today than ever before. This holds true for both retirees and young people alike. If you want to get rich online, start researching available options, and stick with your plan. Soon you will be making more money online than your pension plan is bringing to you.

HASNUDDIN HAMDAN is the owner-operator of the EmarketSociety.com website, and has had considerable success in a number of Internet Marketing Niches, Affiliate Programs and Copywriting. For more details on how you too can be successful at Internet Marketing, please visit: http://www.emarketsociety.com

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By Cheow Yu Yuan

There is research stating that potential customer follow-up occurs 5 to 7 times before closing a sale online. If you have just one page that pitches your product, it will not be good enough.

So how do you actually follow up with your potential customers online? Usually, most people get their potential customers to fill in their personal information; like full name and email address first

If you do not capture your potential customers' information, when they do not buy on their first visit to your sale page, you may lose the opportunity to contact them in the future.

So do not pitch your product right away. Tell your customers you have some free information or reports for them, and they will need to fill in their personal information to access or download them.

If your potential customers are interested, they will be willing to give you their personal information, as long as you guaranteed their privacy.

Observe, it will be extremely important to get their email addresses so you can fulfill the research statistic of 5 to 7 follow-ups before closing a sale online.

It is ok that they are not interested in a particular product, at present, you may be selling to them now. You can always sell them other products in the future, as long as you can contact them.

You can also further segment your mailing list into two groups. The first group is "Potential Buyers". The second group is "People who have already bought something from you".

The first group consists of your existing customers where repeat sales are highly possible. As for the second group, you know that you will have to persuade them more often in order for them to buy from you.

In this way, you can send two types of emails to target the two different groups to achieve the best-targeted results.

About the Author
The author is the co-founder of HomeBizGears.com HomeBizGears.com strives to provide the resources and gears for you to start YOUR Internet Business.
HomeBizGears.com is also the publisher of the e-book "Your Perfect Guide to Start Internet Business". Do visit http://www.homebizgears.com for more information.

Please feel free to republish this article on your website, or distribute it to your friends or clients, as long as you leave the resource box intact.

Cheow Yu Yuan,
Co-Founder HomeBizGears.com

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By Kirsten Hawkins

Some people think it is easy to choose the right eBay category, and often it is. Sometimes, though, it might not be quite clear exactly where to look.

Why is it Even Important?

Many people use the category system to find items, when they are not looking for something specific. If you list the item in the wrong category - or you have just given up and listed it in 'Everything Else' - then these people are not going to find your auction.

In addition, listing items in the wrong categories is against eBay's rules. EBay says they will remove any auctions that are in the wrong categories. They do not often do this, but it is not worth the risk - especially since breaking any rules can cause them to penalize your account, including losing PowerSeller status if you have it.

So What Can You Do?

EBay will suggest categories for you when you sell your item, if you type in a few words to describe the item on the category selection page and click 'search'. You can make the best of this feature by typing in exactly what your item is, with brand name and model number (if any), so that eBay can find the best category for you.

If that does not work for you, then search yourself for items like yours, and pay attention to which category most of them seem to be in (you can see this near the top of each item's description page). Try different words and see which ones come back with the most results. You can also browse through all the available categories from eBay's front page.

Remember the more specific the category is the better - use as many subcategories as are appropriate. Do not just list your HP laptop in the 'Computers' category, for example - list it in 'Computers > Laptops > HP'. Do not worry: your item will still appear in the 'Computers' category, as well as 'Computers > Laptops', because items listed in subcategories will list in every category above.

Take some time to look through all the categories and get familiar with the way eBay, as a whole, is structured. After all, that is better than a few months down the line and you find that you still think of eBay's category system as some scary jungle.

What if More Than One Category Fits?

Do not worry, eBay has you covered. For a small extra fee, you can list your item in an extra category, to increase the number of potential buyers who will see it. This is not always worth it, though - some items only really fit properly in one category, and listing them in extra categories is a waste.

Once you know where to list your item, the next step is to write your auction's title. The title is the most important thing about your auction - the difference between a good title and a bad title can be the difference between $10 and $100. That is why I will take you through the dos and don'ts in the next email.

Kirsten Hawkins is an EBay and internet auction enthusiast from Nashville, TN. Visit http://www.auctionseller411.com/for more great tips on how to make the most from EBay and other online auctions.

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By Doug Allan Dammeier

I am talking about the skill of learning how to build an internet business website
constructed in a way that it brings hordes of FREE traffic to it.

Just about anyone can build a good-looking website on the internet these days with the
available technology. However, very few people know how to construct a website that is
"optimized" to drive FREE traffic to it.

Huge well-known companies with unlimited budgets continue to build fancy websites
that get no visitors! They hire degreed computer experts for thousands of dollars who
know how to pull all the software programs together and build a beautiful site.

These "experts" have the technical knowledge to accomplish this, but they know
absolutely noting about how to drive FREE traffic to these sites. In addition, traffic
equals money.

They do not know optimization and they do not know marketing.

However, anyone who takes the time to learn what the internet search engines really want
on a website will pass by all these so-called expert websites and build a website that
drives boatloads of FREE traffic to it. In addition, this can be done for very little money.

The search engines could care less about fancy flashing graphics, colorful banners, and
color pictures. What they want is CONTENT!

Simply put, content is INFORMATION. Web surfers are on the internet for one
reason...to find INFORMATION.

They type in the subject of the information they want to know more about, at the search
engines. They want information about their hobbies, interests, and occupations.

Offline businesses succeed with LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION. Online
businesses succeed with INFORMATION, INFORMATION, INFORMATION.

I know of a 14-year-old teenage girl who built a website about a vacation place she loves
and constructed it the way the search engines love. Her site now ranks higher on the
internet than sites from IBM, American Express, and Wal-Mart. That is amazing!

This girl is beginning college now and she earns a terrific income from this site. She has
learned a moneymaking skill set, which 99% of the rest of world knows nothing about
and her future is secure.

Building a moneymaking internet business is not rocket science. You do not need any
type of degree. It is simply a matter of taking the time to learn a proven system of website
construction, and then taking the actions necessary to build the site. Anyone who can read
and learn can do this.

Software packages are now available with all the tools needed that allow any beginner to
create professional looking websites that bring traffic.

It takes work. If it were easy, everyone would be doing it. However, it is simple and can
be done with a systematic system. It is a real business just like any offline business.
However, it can be started for a tiny fraction of the cost of most businesses.

For a few hundred dollars, you can have everything you need. In addition, it can be
grown to produce unlimited income while working from your home.

You will not get rich by the end of the month. There are so many b.s. scammers on the
internet offering their get-rich-quick programs. They tell you that you can quit your job,
stay home, and sleep while the money is pouring into your bank account. They tell you
that you will have your new website up, running, and pulling in the dollars in a few
weeks.

It is bull! There is no other way to say it. These programs flat out do not work.

Many people buy these programs, make no money, and then give up. They are convinced
the internet will not work for them.

It does work, my friend. In addition, with the right information and system, it works
fantastic.

In addition, no matter how old you are, where you live, what you do for a living, or what
your education level is; this opportunity is available to you right now. Now is the best
time to get started.

In addition, once you spend the time to learn how to build a website the correct way that
drives loads of FREE traffic to it and earns you money, you have secured your financial
future forever. You can now build more moneymaking websites. In addition, other people
and businesses will pay you handsomely to build websites for them that really WORK.

You now have a moneymaking skill set that 99% of the rest of the world knows nothing
about.

Doug Allan Dammeier lives high up in the mountains in western Washington state,
U.S.A. and operates http://www.online-moneymaking-bootcamp.com, which offers loads
of free, honest, truthful information to beginners wanting to start their own online
business. He teaches what it really takes to succeed with this wide-open opportunity and
provides a step-by-step system with everything you need in one inexpensive package.
Personal FREE coaching is available on a limited, case-by-case basis, first come-first
served.

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By Edwin Taylor

Watches bearing your company logo are a different prospect to other corporate branded items. Their higher perceived value makes them premium items; although in reality branded watches can be purchased for less than $5 a piece, making them remarkable value for money.

To get the maximum benefit from branded watches, use them carefully, emphasizing their premium value. Here are some ideas for using company logo watches to best effect:

- As internal rewards. For example, celebrate particular milestones or exceptional achievement with a high quality watch gift.

- Motivational prizes. Offer watches as prizes for hitting sales targets or beating deadlines.

- High profile product launches, or new company launches. Give away watches at your launch event. A person looks at a watch on an average of 30 times a day, which makes it the perfect vehicle for getting your logo in front of the eyes of journalists and reminding them about your new company or product.

- Customer bonuses. Use watches as bonus items for clients whose business exceeds a certain level. You'll encourage your customers to spend that little bit more with you, and at the same time, put your logo on their wrist reminding them of what great service you offer (30 times a day!)

- Apology items. Everyone makes mistakes from time to time. If you have made an error, make it up to the customer by offering them a quality watch, branded of course, as a way of saying sorry. Not only will you be showing them you care, but you will be putting your corporate image on their wrist for years to come.

Edwin Taylor is a graphic artist specializing in logo design and branding. He has worked for a wide range of clients from sectors ranging from automotive to private banking. Edwin is a contributing editor at Logo Informer (http://www.logoinformer.com).

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By Karl Smith

Many people say that MLM's do not work, yet others earn a full time income...

It all depends on your interests and your available time.

To build a downline with these MLM programs you need tools, time, and a desire. It is possible to build a huge downline, but you must make use of advertising tools and spend your time wisely. Some tools like safe lists are useless, if you do not use them the right way.

Without a good ad and a good MLM program that pays well, it is difficult to make full time income.

However, you can have success with MLM programs.

There are things you must take under consideration; and you need to make a plan. MLM's use many "tactics" like: Get two in your downline, and then these two get another two, to add one more to your downline... It can become very confusing. Therefore, it is best to read and learn how it all works. Many sites use the same strategies.

You can make a plan to start building your downline, in other words advertising. There are many different types of advertising... according to how much available time you have - TEST new advertising tools. All tools work, if you use them correctly. Use the tools you like most, those that you are comfortable using...! An example of using techniques the right way: post an autoresponder email inside a safe list ad - not a buy now link.

Once you start earning money, use more powerful advertising tools. This way you get your ad seen faster and more often... Example: Buy a safe list submitter. With safe lists, the game is who posts to the most number of lists. Auto safe lists submitter is priceless. Start your downline building... another important thing to do, which may sound difficult.

Help your downline. Why? If you do not help them and they are newbies, then your downline will not grow as much as possible. It is easy to help them, just email them with some successful tools that you use... Once they build their own downline, they are also building yours...!

From MLM programs, you can make huge incomes that last!

Karl Smith Email karlsult@maltanet.net Proven Business As Seen on OPRAH T.V or Wall Street Journal http://www.eccentrix.com/members/branding/StormPay.html

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By Corecubed

The First Step towards making your web site work is an important marketing tool.

Establish your web site's purpose and function.

The Internet is an ever changing, global marketplace, and library. People research and purchase products or services, read to gain more knowledge, and sometimes browse for pure entertainment. In figuring out the best way to display your business on the Internet, you must first answer the following questions:

What do you want your web site to provide?

• Provide information only? A web site can make inquiries about your services easier, or attract inquiries from prospective employees.
• Sell a product or service? Do you want to sell something that is unique or something that is cheaper than competitors are?
• Provide an "after hours" storefront for your loyal customers?

How do you want your visitors to function while at your site?

• Do you want to survey potential customers to see what features and/or benefits most interest them and at what price?
• Do you want to offer a private log in area for your distributors or customers to purchase items, obtain product information, or access technical support?
• Do you want them to download a demo or coupon, subscribe to your newsletter, look up the nearest store location, or actually order a product?

What do you want your web site to provide? How do you want the visitor to function while browsing your site? These are key questions to answer when designing a site, and the key to making the web site fit into your overall marketing/sales strategy.

Understand your customers' online user behavior.

Forrester Research studies predict that U.S. e-commerce will grow at a 19% compound annual growth rate over the next five years. Most significantly, online retail will reach nearly $230 billion, and account for 10% of total U.S. retail sales by 2008. These figures represent how to gain a lot of revenue from successful online exposure. In the realm of web site marketing, a company has to keep up with their customers' online knowledge to compete. In addition, these numbers do not reflect the growing tendency for Internet users to use the web for product or service research prior to purchase.

In today's high tech world of e-commerce, nearly every business plan includes some form of web site marketing tactics. However, most companies do not have the in-house expertise, time, or resources to build web sites. They make the most of their online presence with a design professional who understands their unique product or service, and show how it will display on the web. At the same time, the companies' online users are wasting less time on web sites that fail to meet their online expectations. How does your business stack up? Do you have a web site? Did a technician or a marketing/design professional who understands sales design it? Did you specifically relate marketing strategies to your products and/or services?

Integrate your sales and marketing techniques.

A web site can be a functioning, revenue-producing tactic of your business plan or it can serve as an extension of your brand as a useful brochure. Here are some web site types that Corecubed has designed, integrating the companies' sales and marketing tactics into the site design:

http://www.smithmanus.com and its subsidiary http://www.suretyplace.com, are good examples of revenue producing ancillary activities for a service business.

Brook Smith is the President of Smith-Manus, a company that specialized in bonds for the waste industry. He wanted to simplify the intake process for customers. As part of his marketing strategy, he agreed to an updated look and feel for his company that will incorporate into a web site, which allows potential customers to download all necessary forms from the site. This saves the potential customer time by not having to wait for office hours, and faxed or mailed forms, and saves Smith-Manus time by reducing the time from inquiry to sale for those customers who qualify.

http://www.merithealth.com is a hospital management company specializing in purchasing urban hospitals and using management techniques to run a more efficient, and patient and community centered facility. Corecubed created a new logo and a new corporate look and feel for Merit Health, which will translate into their web site. This on-line brochure is a branded extension of the company's commitment to quality and serious management.

http://www.cardkitchens.com is the official web site of Cardinal Kitchens. It extends their custom countertop business to the home do-it-yourself market, which they were missing by only using contractors to sell their products. This web site is creating a new division within Cardinal Kitchens that works directly with the public if no contractor is involved, or it works with the contractor to assist the customer with the many available design choices for countertops.

http://www.dwsilks.com now displays their high quality silk foliage lines on-line, instead of only on paper. Sold through an exclusive distributorship, this on-line catalog now allows their buyers to preview items immediately available, rather than wait on the production and printing processes that the company used to rely on solely. Look for more advances in direct sales efforts of specialty products currently not available anywhere.
D & W Silks is learning from their web traffic. They have some niche markets they can tap and not disturb their current customer base and distributorship.

Corecubed provides high-impact marketing campaigns, corporate identity, and collateral design services with confidence and style. Our clients include home care and home health providers, contemporary glass artisans, and venture capital/financial advisors. A marketing design and public relations powerhouse based in Louisville, KY, Corecubed puts together the best possible team for you, the client. Lead by Merrily Orsini, a renowned expert in branding and strategic marketing specifically for the home care industry, and staffed with dedicated, highly skilled designers and writers, Corecubed has the skill and expertise to manage your marketing and PR campaign from start to finish. Contact us today at 1-800-370-6580 or visit our web site at http://www.corecubed.com for more information.

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By Dan

Unless you have been living under a rock, you have probably seen some sort of advertisement for a home based online business. Was if for an e-book, or some "system" that will set you up to make big bucks, or something in between? The thought of making a lot of money online attracts a lot people. Most people just brush it off thinking it is a scam. However, a thought has been stuck in my mind for sometime; yes, earning a full time income from home would be nice. What if everyone did that?

Our economy would completely collapse if everyone tried to work from home with an online business. The people working 40+ hours a week developed the computer you are using to read this article. The servers that are hosting this website. The electronic parts that make up those servers. They possibly make much less, than the people who manage to make an income from an online business. Do not forget all those people running those stores where you buy your clothes, electronics, and food; not to mention the engineers and scientists working to make life better for people. Let's not forget everyone who works in the government, need I say more? In addition, that is just the tip of the iceberg.

What is the point of going to college if anyone can make their own online business? College is already expensive, and it will only become more expensive. All that time, money, and work spent for a degree, and all for what? Doctors spent their entire life to learn everything about medicine, only to leave their practice to run an online business. Give me a break. A savvy high school drop out could theoretically make more than the person who got perfect grades their whole life and got every award imaginable. In addition, our society needs those storeowners, scientists, workers, and everyone else out there working a job. It is how the whole system works and it is not changing anytime soon.

Of course, this is all hypothetical. Only a relatively small amount of the population is actually interested in running an online business full time. There are plenty of people working a full time job, and running a part time online business for some extra cash. Maybe they love their job, and the socialization that comes with working. When you work at home, the nice conversations, parties, meals, and hanging out with your co-workers is gone, for good. When you are someone who makes money without leaving your home, good luck finding new friends, when people are working hours and hours to make ends meet. However, if you make a lot of money all from the comfort of your own home, then who cares?

My point is that making a lot of money online would be a wonderful thing. However, you cannot just ignore the people out there with careers, the people working to make society better, the people trying to aid the needy, and everyone in between. If you really want to start your own online business, then go for it, and do your best to make it succeed. Maybe your job does not pay enough and you want some extra cash in your pocket. An online business would be a great way to make some more money. However, if you are just sort of iffy, do not quit your day job.

Visit Dan's site to find the best rated home based business opportunities so you can earn residual income (http://www.ez-online-money.com/)

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By Gary Durkin

(c) Copyright 2005 - All Rights Reserved worldwide.

We have all seen some fantastic products, services or systems, which are incredibly hot profitable money-spinners, and many of us have often wished we had thought of it first.

However, just where do the ideas come from? How do the creators come up with the products and concepts?

Surely, it is based on massive research and development, huge capital investment, public scrutiny, market assessment -for starters.

WRONG! While the above may be true of some products, services, systems, ideas, and so on, the absolute best do not involve such in-depth planning - far from it.

Let me reveal to you the secret of how some of the hottest, biggest, and best, ideas are conceived, and how some of the most successful ever product ideas, were positively the simplest.

Do not get me wrong, product testing and market analysis is still very important, but completely pointless until you have clambered over the initial hurdle of 'thinking up' a product.

Let us look at a couple of brilliant examples of a product, which is a worldwide name and multi-million dollar profit centers,

First, everyone knows about Duracell Batteries. How they came from nowhere, and trounced the competition, virtually overnight.

Was it because their batteries were better than the competition? No, not really; not in general terms. The marketing people behind Duracell came up with not one, but TWO pieces of absolute sales and marketing brilliance.

First, they looked at the competition, the market place, the mode and method of battery sales then compared their product side-by-side with other leading batteries. It seemed their battery was just as good as the rest, or at least as good as the market leader.

In the marketing world, trying to sell a product based on "It's just as good as the rest" - does not really work.

They needed an EDGE.

During comparative product testing, it revealed the Duracell was in fact, better than the leading battery, in a particular way. They had discovered that Duracell batteries lasted longer, much longer than the others... during 'continuous use'.
EUREKA! That was it! They had found their edge, the marketing angle, the secret weapon.

So now, we all know that .... "Duracell lasts longer any other battery during continuous use "...

They had found a NICHE in the battery market... 'Continuous use'.

Why is this so important? Simple, most people who use products which require batteries, seldom actually use the product (and therefore the battery) for long periods, i.e. continuous use - but rather use them in shorter, regular periods - like flash-lights, electric door-bells etc.

That was of little importance - they marketed heavily on the 'lasts longer' concept - with the funky little Duracell Bunny going on, and on, and on... and on...

Duracell was misleading no one - they were completely truthful in their advertising, and with it, became a virtual household name overnight.

HOWEVER - they also wanted a second scoop of the market, and devised yet another unbelievably simple, but very effective concept... of gigantic proportions. What was it? Sell the batteries in PACKS! Simple and Brilliant!

Many readers may not recall, but before today's multi-packs, batteries sold loosely, separately, and individually. If you wanted just one - you went to the local store, and purchased just a single battery.

Now, Duracell decided to sell in multi-packs. It was the only way to buy their new batteries. No singles, period! Instead of selling one at a time, they sold FOUR at a time. Battery for battery, against the competition, they blew them away.

The multi-packs have another great result. Some products, which require batteries, needed perhaps just one, or maybe three batteries, leaving an odd number of batteries left in the pack for future use. Next time the consumer needed to replace the used batteries in the product, they went to the drawer, and noticed perhaps there were 'some' Duracell batteries left, but not enough. Therefore, the consumer had to purchase more, and if they had already looked at Duracell's, and had some Duracell's left to use up, what are they likely to buy?

You get the idea.

This is a perfect example of taking something which already exists, and remodeling it, re-branding it, re-marketing it, finding a niche for it - and away you go.

Look at the music industry. It is rife with similar concepts, which make millions. Bands, groups, singers, performers.... often do 'cover versions' - that is they will copy a song or track previously done by another artist.

Sometimes music is a 'fusion' - a mix of existing styles, but blended together to create something new. What about the concept of 'sampling' for example; you take a beat, rift, chord, chorus, few lines, track, from another artist, and remix it to create something different.

All they have done is to use something that already exists, make a few changes, amendments, alterations, improvements - and RESELL IT.

Unless you can reinvent the wheel, or perfect 'cold fusion' - the World is jam packed full of existing markets, products, systems, services, concepts, ideas and customers - all of which can be used as your drawing board to get started.

First, where do you locate great concepts?

Look around. What do you like? What do you dislike? Can you take a hot product and improve it? Can you take a mediocre product and develop it? Can you take a useless product, and turn it in something better? Listen to what others say.

Can you re-package something, bundle it, deliver it differently, and Re-brand it? Find a different, untapped market for a product, which already exists, and must focus on a different customer-base.

Can you add more value, more options, better support, or service?

Do you use a product and think to yourself.... "Wow.... That's great... but if only it did this too...."

Here are the vital tools and tips which you will need to start you creating your own Million Dollar Ideas.

1. Your Eyes - seems obvious, but always be aware and on the 'look-out'.
2. Your Ears - keep them open, listen to people, those around you, what they say about products, especially the things they dislike, as this could be a great start for you, if you can remove the problem with an existing product, you may just have a seller.
3. Your Mind- keep this open, too, and try to think 'laterally'.
4. A notebook and a pen / pencil (write your ideas down - do not forget them!)
5. Go back to number 3 and remember to do this!
6. A 'sounding board' - a way of discussing your ideas with a few trusted others.
7. Patience- it may take a little time, the best ideas do not necessarily come instantly -stick with it.
8. Don't get down heartened. If some of your ideas do not pan out, just start again.
9. Don't' spend too much time over ideas. Give yourself 60 seconds (no more) to think of a product, service, and system, etc., Then Stop. Then spend 9 minutes writing down as much as you can, all the pros and cons of the 'idea', how it can be improved, simplified, delivered - just write as much as you can in those 9 minutes. Then STOP. Take a break. A good break. In fact, put your notes away until the next day. Then review them.

When you do finally come up with a hot idea for a product, service, system etc., do not tell the World until you have taken a few steps to protect yourself! Get advice from experts - Lawyers, Business Professionals, Patents, and Copyrights... It is important to get these rights, or else someone may steal your idea, register it first, and make HIS/HER fortune from YOU!

That leads me on to the last area. Do not outright steal someone else's idea, product, etc. Breach of Copyright can be serious, Patents are relatively easy to register, but a little care is necessary. - Plagiarism is just downright nasty!

In summary, you find Million Dollar Ideas in TWO PLACES:

1. Everywhere in the outside world, and
2. Inside YOU.

It is just a case of putting them together. Some of the best ideas really are the simplest.

An article by Gary Durkin, Founder of the Internet Advice Center(r) http://www.InternetAdviceCenter.comGary has more than a decade of offline international business success behind him - each day controlling millions of dollars of investments world-wide, and has been doing business online for 6 years. (c) Copyright 2005 - All Rights Reserved worldwide. You are free to distribute this article, providing it remains unchanged and with the resource / bio box attached.

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By Dan

Sometimes I wonder if my online home business is going anywhere. Am I doing anything right? Will it just become another one of my failures in life? I will admit, many times I have felt that I should cut my losses and move on. Then I consider why I am trying to succeed in making money online in the first place.

The idea of earning money from the internet has fascinated me for a long time. The thought of working on a computer to earn money to put in the bank, to buy whatever my heart desired, to help others, became a driving force to make it a reality.

Several years ago, I saw an infomercial with Chuck Woolery, on selling items on EBay, and that it could bring financial freedom. I researched at length on how to profit from EBay, and the idea of drop shippers, and wholesalers, and all that marketing mumbo jumbo. Unfortunately, that idea never got off the ground. Looking back, I guess it was too much for me to handle at the time.

Later, a Youtube video, showed a professional video gamer. It had his brand of computer and gaming hardware. (Look for "playing video games for a Living" on Youtube.)

He said his business would be a good way to secure his future now. Someday his hand-an-eye coordination and reflexes will not be as good. Now, he can make money doing something he loves.

I am a big gamer myself. I also realize that my quick thinking skills, eyesight, and reflexes will begin to decline someday. I will not be able to play as well as I did in my prime. I try to make money online in hopes that I will be able to help pay my way through life, and be able to make money by doing something I spend a lot of time doing, which is being on the computer.

Am I crazy for doing this? Probably. Am I foolish for doing this? Probably, even more so. Noticing that I have a sign up, is proof beyond all reasonable doubt, that it is possible to make a decent quantity of money through the internet. That's one more sign up towards my goal. It makes all the work I put into this all worthwhile. It could take months, maybe even years before I start making a generous profit, but it is from little acorns that big oak trees grow.

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By Dan

If you want your online business to succeed, you have to advertise. There is absolutely no way around it. Unfortunately, for most aspiring online entrepreneurs, advertising on the internet is neither cheap nor easy. Many types of internet advertising do not even guarantee that anyone will visit your site. If there is one form of advertising that will guarantee visitors to your site, it is traffic exchanges. The question is; can you use them to their full potential?

I will not waste your time explaining how traffic exchanges work. I am sure you already know how they work. That aside, when you use traffic exchanges to build up credits/tokens/etc., people are viewing your site, also building up their own stash of page views for their own site. Consider traffic exchanges, will they bring you site visitors who are actually interested and read what your site has to say, or will they simply ignore it and keep clicking, focusing only on building credits?

The truth is most people could care less about your site. It does not matter how it looks, what you are offering, or anything like that. If you want to promote some long sales letter, or a product from some affiliate program, you can pretty much forget about using traffic exchanges. Traffic exchanges have a certain time limit on how long you must remain on a site before you gain a credit. The longest time limit I have ever seen is 30 seconds. Most people will not be able to fully read and comprehend a long sales letter in that amount of time. Even if you are not promoting some sales letter, and instead you are promoting your home page, which has pictures and banners and all sorts of stuff, you honestly cannot expect to convince some random person to buy something from your site in such a short amount of time.

I think I have said enough about using traffic exchanges ineffectively. The mistake most people on traffic exchanges make is they try to sell right away with their home page/sales letter/etc. They also do not seem to realize that every person on a traffic exchange is somebody trying to promote their website, and that everybody is trying to earn credits for page views.

In my opinion, the best way to benefit from traffic exchanges is by having a splash page that features an opt-in lead form for your mailing list. Personally, I advertise a splash page that offers a free e-book when people sign up for my mailing list, and it has worked quite well in growing my list. If you do not have a mailing list, you should at least have some form of a splash page that will captivate the viewer's attention and curiosity in an instant. If successful, a splash page can lead to people checking out your true site because they are curious, not because they are click-crazy.

A splash page is small, so the visitor will not have to scroll much while surfing the traffic exchange, if at all. In addition, it will not take very long to load in the traffic exchange. It is quite possible that if you promote a long site, the timer will run out before your site even loads on the visitor's browser. They still get a credit for surfing, but you lose a credit, even though the visitor did not see your site.

Now here is where things get interesting. There will always be people who do not know what they are doing on traffic exchanges. They will be the ones promoting long sales letters that nobody will read. Therefore, it is to your own advantage to build a splash page that will be eye-candy for visitors, and relieve them from the boredom of clicking through sites they have no interest in reading. With this in mind, traffic exchanges can be very beneficial and profitable for you, if you use them right.

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By Dali Singh

Having greatly benefited from my relationship with Google within the past several years, I thought I would take the opportunity to dedicate this article to the search engine superstar.

I have to be brutally honest and relay that our friendship has not always been rosy. I happen to know her, (Google), several years back, when she was just a small fish in a big pond. I started to analyze her every move and realized that she is a fickle, clever, and extremely mysterious being. Regardless of her ways, I decided to be more acquainted. Here are a few things I learned along the way:

When it comes to logic, she is the queen.

In other words, avoid participating in anything that may blacklist you from this search engine, including keyword stuffing, link farms, and hosting 50 "sister" sites on the same server. Keyword stuffing does not simply refer to the content of your site, but also within the alt tags, headers, URLs and any additional areas of your web site.

She likes to stay focused.

When optimizing the individual pages of your web site, try to hone in on 1-2 relevant keywords per web page. Analyze each page and identify which keyword would be most suitable. If you decide to optimize for two keywords per page, make sure they are similar in context. For example, if you are optimizing for the key phrase "insurance leads", you may also consider optimizing for "insurance sales leads" within the same page.

She loves to travel.

Google loves links, whether they are inbound or outbound. Lots of research has focused on inbound links, but little has focused on the number of links on an actual page. Google has not published this theory in the academic papers; it appears that Google favors sites with several internal and outbound links over pages without links. If you have any doubts about this theory, simply do a search on any high volume keyword or phrase within this search engine, and analyze the first few sites that come up. Notice how the majority of them have numerous internal links on the main pages of their web site.

She is in popular demand and expects the same from you.

The more popular your site is across the Web, the more Google will favor you. Obviously, having several high quality inbound links to your site is key in achieving higher rankings. When identifying web sites for inbound links, target the ones that are highly relevant to your site. For example, if you run a jewelry site, look for websites that are purely informational on the topic of jewelry or gemstones. Also, make sure that the sites you decide to collaborate with have a good PageRank (at least a 5) and online presence.

To save yourself a lot of hassle, conduct a keyword search relevant to your business and target the web sites that show up on the 1st and 2nd pages (weeding out the competition) of Google. Contact the webmasters of those sites, tell them about your company, and find useful ways to compensate them for adding your company's information on their site. If you have an affiliate program, do not be shy to pitch it. If you have an online advertising budget, offer them a Pay Per Click deal or monthly advertising fee for promoting your web site. Please note that collaborating with these sites or purchasing ads should complement your overall marketing & business development strategy and not be useful for getting link value.

She gets bored easily

Regardless of whether your site is informational, e-commerce, or just a sophisticated version of a business card, having quality content is crucial. Adding to that factor is how often you update your site's content.

If you run a site that has new content added on a daily basis then eventually the Google "freshbot" will start visiting your site on a daily basis and indexing your new content into the database (hence the popularity of blogs). When you update content, Google will visit your site and index it quicker.

If you have not already noticed, keeping pace with Google is not an easy undertaking. It takes a certain level of knowledge, skill and creativity to truly benefit from this relationship. The rest is up to the stars.

Dali Singh is the managing director for Blueliner Marketing (www.bluelinermarketing.com), a full service marketing and Internet consultancy specializing in internet marketing and web site promotion strategies, public relations, and corporate branding.

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By Adele Sommers.

Copyright 2005 Adele Sommers

Is there a secret to making stellar decisions? I am talking about a process that, "Engages people in reaching satisfying, robust conclusions"... "Guides thorny, complex problem solving with relative ease," "Averts expensive project failures instead of causing them," "Decisions made during problem-solving sessions are legacy, businesses often have to live with for a long time!"

Not every decision requires special attention; many are simple and routine. The more risky, costly, or large-scale a problem or project is, the more attention it requires. In these instances, the after effects can come back to haunt people who bypassed good decision-making procedures. This article explains three ways to get superior results from your decision-making processes. Avoid "Mission Impossible"... Remember the old saying: "If you fail to plan, you plan to fail."

The quality of the decisions people make in group settings determines the long-term benefits of those decisions. Unfortunately, potent tools and techniques for making complex decisions and solving tricky problems do not seem to be widely understood. Decision-making techniques are critical for managing projects, for example, where they should be visible in every aspect of project planning. Imagine an aerospace firm that designs and builds highly complicated satellite equipment. The potential exists for large-scale fiascos, if not every facet of every phase comes together perfectly! Yet, for various reasons, decision-makers often feel pressured to arrive at expedient outcomes when working on urgent issues under tight deadlines.

Side stepping sound decision-making techniques often occur in the planning stages "for the sake of the schedule." Rushing through a project can easily backfire, and actually cause it to go over-budget and end much later than the original schedule would have required. You have noticed the consequences of poor decisions -- where people hurried to make a decision without weighing all of the important issues -- can range from annoying to catastrophic...And Turn It into "Mission Possible"! If you will recall in the "Mission Impossible" series, the characters invented ingenious maneuvers and planned every aspect of the project down to the minutest detail. Though, not always obvious to us, -- the viewers, -- the mission planners and implementers had to weigh the risks, alternatives, and "what if" scenarios of every potential outcome.

All of these actions contribute to great decision making. The best decisions for difficult problems can withstand future challenges because they use structured techniques. These techniques help the participants generate breakthrough ideas, jointly analyze risk, and weigh alternatives. Intricate decisions made without them can quickly fall apart and may even cause harm. Therefore, to arrive at great group decisions, I rely on proven, highly adaptable methods such as these:

1) A silent brainstorming process that leads to breakthrough thinking can end up with exceptionally good results. It uses an affinity diagram. Why is silent brainstorming useful? The process of generating brand new ideas naturally excites our filtering mechanisms -- the ones that protest we have already or that someone's new idea can't work "because..." Silent brainstorming, on the other hand, helps us get past those instinctive hurdles to expose new frontiers that we might not have explored.

2) A handy problem-solving tool that helps people identify underlying causes of challenging problems. It uses a root cause diagram. Why is getting at root causes necessary? Because too often, we fail to look deeply enough at what is responsible for a particular problem. Orders not filled correctly may have a whole series of nested or interconnected reasons, for example. The answer could be far simpler than anyone thought, such as a faulty printer ribbon that does not print orders clearly, rather than, say, training issue. We would never know without asking "why" from several angles and points of view.

3) A tidy decision-making technique that enables a group to compare ideas and alternatives uses a prioritization matrix. Why is prioritizing valuable? It is one way we can assess the relative merits of one idea over another, especially when each has several complex components. Using a tool with a built-in scoring system can coax the real winner to emerge, clearly separating it from the "runner ups."

In conclusion, structured decision-making produces sturdy, satisfying results -- even for complex projects or problems -- while boosting both morale and profit potential. For more information on these methods, you may want to explore the decision-making tools and guidebooks at http://www.GoalQPC.com.

Adele Sommers, Ph.D. is the creator of the award-winning "Straight Talk on Boosting Business Performance" success program. To learn more about her tools and resources and sign up for other free tips like these, visit her site at http://LearnShareProsper.com

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By Dan

You see them on the internet everywhere. They try to flood your mailbox with advertisements. Their banners are flashing everywhere you look. They are the source of all those text ads you see. They are the people who make money from the internet, the people that run their own online home business. One can only wonder what goes through the heads of these characters.

These people are often haunted by the memories of working in the corporate world. In their past, they probably struggled to provide a living for themselves and their families. They worked long, hard hours, trying to make ends meet. Then finally, they had no choice but to turn to the internet to find a way to make a living. Maybe they lost their job. Maybe there was a nasty family problem. Alternatively, perhaps their job was not enough to pull them out of debt. In any case, the important thing is they were forced to venture into the world of online business.

Once one braves the journey of owning an online business, there is often no turning back. It is simply not economical to go into online business with minimal start-up capital and less than maximum effort. The successful people begin their journey with this mind set. They have no choice but to make their online home business succeed. Driven by the imperative to make money and provide food for their families, they work and research endlessly.

Some aspiring online entrepreneurs will inevitably falter and their business will be doomed to failure. No matter how intelligent those people are, they did something wrong. Maybe their mind was negative and clouded with thoughts of failure, which would almost certainly lead to failure. It is a possibility they simply did not know what they were doing. Perhaps they were doing things beneficial for their business, but not on a consistent basis. Often times, they were simply too impatient and bailed before the seeds of their business could even sprout.

Online entrepreneurs can occasionally be loners. They rarely get any support from friends, family, or anyone else close to them. They may be even ridiculed and laughed at for attempting to make money online. The people unsupportive to the online entrepreneur usually try to convince him or her that all those opportunities, books, and websites that advertise ways to make money online are scams. This can only serve to motivate the person even more to work hard to become successful, so that the negative people can be proven wrong.

The mind of an online entrepreneur is truly an enigma. It is a mystery of where they come from, but it is even more mysterious to wonder where they are going. Some are aiming for early retirement. Others want a nice long vacation they can only dream of taking. Maybe some just want some more spending money to complement their income. Whatever their goal may be, the truly successful ones will laugh in the face of danger and hunger for adventure.

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Author unknown

Imagine thirty thousand menacing obstacles in your path to success.

You are dehydrated, hungry as hell, and wobbling like an Irishman on too much Guinness. Your eyes hurt, your head throbs and your will is all but broken. You are not even sure you want to go on.

You feel like Frodo, the character, in the final episode of the 'Lord of the Rings-The Return of the King.'

Terror and dismay gleam from Frodo's big, expressive blue eyes. In the distance, he can see his goal. However, it seems to him like he will never get there. He turns to Sam and says in a defeated tone, "Sam, it's the Eye," referring to the eye of Sauron - the enemy he must destroy.

And Sam turns to Frodo in a soft, encouraging voice and says, "Let's just get to the bottom of this hill, Mr. Frodo."

Let us just find the underlying cause of this hill, Mr. Frodo.

I spoke at the World Internet Summit in Sydney, Australia, last week. In addition, I saw about two hundred and fifty Frodo's in the audience.

Confused, weary, inundated with dozens of tactics and strategies about the Internet, their eyes stared into nothingness. Frozen stiff at the task of having to build an Internet business from scratch, almost all of them seemed to have a cross too heavy to bear.

In addition, they did not exactly have Sam to encourage them.

I said to them, as I say to you. "Let's just get to the bottom of this hill, Mr. Frodo." Then we will do the next hill, and the next, and the next, until we get to our destination.

You are bound to be struggling. I struggle in Yoga class. I am a first-class doofus. Five minutes after we start the class, I wonder when it is all going to end. I look at the 'human pretzels' twisting and turning to the left and right of me, and I cannot see myself being flexible and I in despair.

However, I have my own personal Sam. I simply say to myself," Let's just get to the bottom of this hill, Mr. Frodo"

And hurrah, yippee yahoo, I've actually made it past Yoga Session #2.

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By Dan

If you are reading this, perhaps you are lazy when it comes to your online business. Alternatively, maybe you are not lazy; you just have a life and cannot commit yourself to your online business 24/7, or every free second you have. Whatever the case, time is not on your side, when it comes to working with your online business.

I will cut to the chase. One strategy is to place a link to your site in your signature in an online forum. I use this a lot. Much of my free time is spent online, lurking through message boards. Do not blatantly post on random forums in an attempt to advertise; this is considered spamming, and will probably get you banned from the forum. It will ruin your credibility and reputation with that group of people, and so you can kiss those potential prospects and sales good-bye. Whatever your business is about, there is a forum on the internet regarding it. I guarantee it. If your business is about internet marketing, then focus on forums about internet marketing. If your business is about online auctions, focus on forums that are about online auctions. You get the idea.

However, if you want to be daring, try advertising your MLM business in, say a video game forum, but good luck, you will need it. I have tried putting a link to my site in forums of my interests and expertise, but had nothing to do with business, without much luck. Make sure the forum allows you to advertise your site in your signature, first. Now post away, making sure you contribute to the nature of the board. This is critical, as you will appear to be an expert in whatever field you are in, and people browsing through will be more inclined to click the link to your site in your signature. That and every post you make creates a back link to your site, which is critical for search engine optimization.

Perhaps forum posting is not for you. Maybe you are a newbie, and would not be welcomed in internet forums, (people on some internet forums can be extremely vicious, and I have been on forums for too long to know that).

Another strategy you can use is to write articles! Many articles you read online are written by everyday, run of the mill, normal people. If you were smart enough to find this article, then you are smart enough to write a short article about any feature in online business. You do not have to write some 50-page essay or anything. When people look up information on the internet, they want it short, sweet, and to the point. Who has time to read some giant essay, when all they want is information about starting an online business? A good count range would be around 400-500 words, give or take. There are tons of article directories online where you can submit your articles. Just look up "article submission" on Google and see the hundreds of directories listed. You can get your own blog, and post your articles on it, as well.

I do all of the above and I am lazy as heck. A guru about online business is the last thing I am, and this took less than half an hour to write, so you should have no problem with article writing and blogging.

There are many, many other ways to promote your site for free and with little effort, but you know what? I am too lazy to list them all here. Assuming you actually read everything up to this point, you are more than intelligent enough to find your own ways of advertising. Just remember to work smarter, not harder, and in time your goal will be attained.

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by Dan

Imagine this scenario: you cannot afford anything other than free advertising. You have a well-written sales letter, or a very nice looking site, but have a hard time trying to promote it. You try to advertise your site with traffic exchanges but with little success, if any. Your site even has a section to get visitors to sign-up for your mailing list, because you are smart and know the money is in the list. Nobody signs up for even that.

Sound familiar? Well you probably are in need of a splash page.

Simply put, a splash page is a page that a person can read and process in just a few seconds. It could be anything from a few words and a picture, to a flash animation, or any number of things. The important thing is that it grabs the reader's attention, and fast.

Why a splash page? Well if you show your reader some long, cluttered sales letter, the vast majority of your viewers will simply brush your site off and move on. They do not have the time to look at whatever your site has to offer. You may have the best, most eye grabbing headline thought of, but fact of the matter is, people do not have time to read your site fully, or they are simply too lazy. Either way, you can kiss that future sale/prospect/whatever goodbye.

I see this problem all the time in traffic exchanges: people are promoting sales letters, or big main sites, or something along those lines to people who are just surfing for credits. Most traffic exchanges only require a surfer to stay on a site for around 10-30 seconds. There is no way anyone could grasp what your site has to offer in that amount of time, and very few people will stick around to read your site fully.

A splash page eliminates this problem. A viewer can observe a splash page in its entirety in a minimal amount of time. Making it visually appealing is crucial, keeping it simple yet effective. A wise idea is to have a link for your visitor to sign-up to your mailing list. You have heard the phrase "the money is in the list" excessively, many times by now, and this would be a perfect opportunity to add targeted prospects to it.

It is so simple, yet so effective. Think about it: instead of a greeting with some long, cluttered sales letter, your visitors will see your splash page, which will grab their attention in an instant and make them want to see what you have to offer. Now do not get me wrong: if you make a visually unappealing splash page, or one that does not grab the visitor's attention in a fraction of a second, the visitor will probably brush your splash page off. However, that was obvious, wasn't it?

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By Zaak O'Conan

You have finished writing your eBook. You have a basic understanding of what an eBook compiler does. You may be feeling overwhelmed by the number of compilers on the market. To help you make your decision, I have tested and reviewed the best-rated eBook compilers currently available.

* E-ditor

This software has a demo version you can download to try out before purchasing. You cannot actually use the demo to create an eBook, but you can run the software and test it out thoroughly to see if it does what you need it to do for your particular eBook.

This eBook compiler is one of the easiest to use. The software has a very user-friendly help menu that provides instructions for and explanations of every field on every screen. The program also includes video tutorials demonstrating every step of this compiler with clear explanations of all fields that you need to fill in. There are seven screens to help you choose your eBook options.

This compiler requires your files to be in HTML format. You follow simple directions, and the compiler loads your files. If you decide to edit your eBook after it has been compiled, make any changes in your original files and click on "Compile your eBook" and your changes will appear in your compiled eBook.

E-editor allows for some customization of your eBook. You can create a special page that appears when the eBook is opened; create customized icons that appear on the desktop after downloading; use your own logo on the task bar of your eBook; customize the task bar's buttons, where the task bar appears in your eBook, and choose the task bar's colors. Additionally, you can choose to have the eBook open to the last page read, which many of your buyers will appreciate.

An excellent and unique feature of E-ditor is the capability to choose a standard Microsoft window or to create your own design for a window to personalize your eBook. The program provides some sample window designs, but you can use any .bmp (bit map skin) graphic you have stored on your hard drive.

E-ditor is a good choice if you are new at producing eBooks because it is easy to use and allows you to customize the appearance of your eBook.

* Desktop Author

This compiler does not require a browser, nor do you have to download software or plug-ins. The program converts exe. files into pages to look like a standard book. You can create and produce eBook pages scaled to fit on your computer screen without any scrolling. Additional features include WYSIWGY (what you see is what you get) page editing and creation, the ability to manipulate internal images, cut and paste functions, hotlinks to pages, email, website, or other files. It is an excellent compiler to use for marketing tools, such as creating brochures and manuals in addition to eBooks.

* EBook Edit Pro

This compiler provides a demo version, which allows you to test out its features. The software uses a Wizard that leads you step-by-step through the set-up and creation of your eBook. Customization includes text editing that appears on the pop-up starting message window; the ability to allow or prevent resizing of your book and the mouse-click pop-up menu; enabling or disabling the navigation bar and choosing the buttons you want to appear; and customizing the eBooks' desktop icon and the logo that appears on the navigation bar.

Ebook Edit Pro is loaded with excellent features that allow you to create multi-media Ebooks, and includes a Wizard Customizer for beginners and for advanced users. The software uses HTML files, downloading them from the directory, where they are stored and saved. Edit and resave your files in the original software used to create those files, and then with a single click you can re-compile your Ebook.

Features include customization of icons, toolbars, and the "about box." This compiler has a particularly useful feature called the Rebrander feature. This permits you to enter customized code into your Ebook pages and distribute the Rebrander software to your affiliates or distributors. They can then customize the links included in the Ebook, but they cannot alter any link or information that you have not entered as a customized code.

The software includes "eBrand-It" software that allows custom fields for your customer's name, affiliate ID or URL. This feature is a powerful marketing tool because affiliates are much happier giving away your Ebook from their own site when they can customize it.

* Ebook Compiler

This compiler offers a demo version that allows you to compile 10 files. If you do not include graphics, you can create a 10 page Ebook that allows printing and copying of the Ebook. The catch is that you cannot sell any Ebook you create in the demo version.

The purchased software is user-friendly with easy-to-follow help files that guide you through the steps of compiling your Ebook, and explains what an Ebook compiler does. The software provides detailed instructions on how to create source files from Microsoft Word 2000 and 1997, PowerPoint 2000 and 1997, and HTML documents. It contains less detailed instructions for creating source files from other programs.

This compiler allows for password protection of your entire Ebook or for selected pages. Additionally, you can set a time limit on your Ebook. When the runs out, the customer no longer has access unless they pay for it. In other words, it allows you to create a demo version of your Ebook for marketing purposes.

You can set a single password or multiple passwords. Using multiple passwords assigns each user their own specific password. Online help files guide you through setting up your passwords. You can also create a Sales and Thank-you page for selling a password protected Ebook. This is a good choice for the novice, particularly since it includes basic features for password protection and distribution.

* Active Ebook Compiler

This easy to use compiler provides excellent features. This software can support HTML, JPEG, GIF, and all active plug-ins. Features includes password protection, branding, internet linking, icon customization, assigning unique serial numbers, splash screen, file compression, and start-up messages. It also provides free lifetime upgrades. Additionally, it includes a preprocessor, re-brander, active script, and detailed instructions for using HTML, Power Point, and Microsoft Word files.

Several other excellent Ebook compilers on the market are worth looking into.

Ebook Generator features splash screens, password protection, branding, icon customization, and compression control. Additionally, it includes virus prevention that alerts the user to any modifications made to your Ebook and offers usage statistics so you can track your EBooks' use. With all these advanced features, this is an excellent compiler for the beginner because it is exceptionally easy to run.

Ebook Creator is another excellent compiler, supporting HTML, JPEG, GIF, PNG graphics, and JavaScript, VB script, and Java applets. It also supports all Internet Explorer plug-ins. Standard features include unique serial numbers, direct linking to a form or a page on your website, disabled right clicking, and search functions. The software allows for expiration after a set number of days or usages, which allows you to create demo versions. You can create up to 1000 different passwords; every time the Ebook downloads, a unique password is required to access protected pages. The software provides user-friendly menus and buttons that allow the beginner to the advanced user to create their Ebook.

Obviously, there are some excellent compilers out there. So figure out EVERYTHING you need in terms of features, and then compare prices and options. If they are offered, take advantage of demo versions before purchasing. Then, have fun creating your Ebook!

Zaak O'Conan discovers and presents information on to enhance your site, newsletter, marketing, and other Internet related topics. You will find his other articles that expand your horizons at http://WebWorkersWeekly.com .

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By Graham and Julie

How do you measure how successful you are? The size of your home, or your car? Is it about the amount of money you have in the bank? How many friends do you have, the size of your wardrobe, wearing designer brands, eating regularly at the best restaurants, staying in the best hotels, or holidays in exotic places? Alternatively, is it the number of homes you have? Perhaps it is the amount of free time you have, or the time you can use on whatever you want.

In our experience, the best way to measure how successful you are is by looking at how many people rubbish you. How many people criticize what you stand for? How many people go out of their way to ridicule you?

The more people who criticize what you do, and complain about the hours you work, the way you earned your success, the way you spend your money, the way you run your life, the more you can say I have made it. I am a success.

This is a sad but true reflection of the world we live in. The more successful you are the more people want to bring you down. It does not matter to them that you have spent years learning and practicing before gaining the fruits of your efforts.

Given the same opportunity that you grasped and worked for, they would have let it pass as being too difficult. The point is they just cannot resist complaining and criticizing.

It seems they do not intend to face their own demons. They have no intention of standing out from the crowd. They just want everything to be the same.

The last thing they want is you and people like you being different. The last thing they want is you and people like you showing them that there is another way to live your life, a more successful way. They do not need you and people like you to show them that to be successful you have to change your thoughts, the way you see the world.

They want to go through life on minimum effort so the last thing they need is you showing them that by making the effort, you can succeed. To them the fruits of their labors are simple and regular, they do not need you and people like you showing that with a little know how and commitment the fruits of your labor can be enormous. They do not need people like you showing the world what is possible.

The last thing they need is someone who has the courage to believe in himself or herself and work towards what they want and become successful.

If it is any consolation to you, the more successful you get the more critics and complainers you collect.

You just have to accept that when they start on you in your office, in your town, in your professions then you are on the verge of being successful. You have done what they are frightened of doing: you have conquered your fear of the unknown and gone for your dreams.

You have the courage. You have the desire. You have the willingness and ability to focus on your dreams. In the end:

"It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again, and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement; and who, at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat." Quoted by, -President Teddy Roosevelt-

Good Luck

Graham and Julie.
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By Kyle Newton

When I first decided to make my living with online marketing, I fell for every scam on the internet. I also ran across many good pieces of the total package. Sifting through what was actually good and what was a rip-off was hard to distinguish. The reason this is true is that if you use just part of the total program, you get very limited results, if any at all. Online marketing is just like any other business, you must have all of the tools of the trade, and you must learn to use them.

Let us relate this to a car. You can have a complete car and lack just one simple component and the car is 100% worthless. If the gas tank is empty, it is worthless, if you have a full tank and are missing the spark plugs or injectors, the car is worthless. Lose the keys and the car is worthless. Starting to get the picture?

An online marketing genius gave the title of this article to me in 1999 at a convention in Las Vegas. I had inquired to the secret of his success and asked how I could get the same results. The title that made you read this article was a life changing statement for me as a new online marketer. I learned to research my competition on a new front. I was not there to look for some specific "secret" that some professional was keeping from the rest of the world and me. However, I learned to look at their total program, I tried to find as much out about the top companies in my field, as I could. Then I actually made purchases to go through the whole process to see the internal system; from web design, to marketing, to relationship management.

It is not as hard as you might think, to put the whole system together, and if you research, you may actually find out ways to improve and magnify the results.

I will give you one of my favorite ways to ethically spy on your competition. Just go shopping for the service or product that you wish to market.

There are many ways to put the total packages together; gather all of the tools, and anyone can do it. It is that simple, you just have to learn to see things in a different light.

Kyle Newton is a web design and ecommerce professional with 7 years of experience in the web development and internet-marketing field. He has developed total online presence systems and has helped establish many successful online businesses.

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By Wendy Maynard

Copyright 2005 Kinesis, Inc.

Have you clearly defined your target audience? These are the prime buyers of your products or services. It is the people or organizations you are pursuing actively as customers. You do not need every customer in the world! You need the ones who are a good match for YOU. When you are specific, the more effective your marketing campaign will be.

Let us take this concept one-step further. You can develop specific strategies that will attract your DREAM customers. These people are best suited to purchase your product or service.

A dream customer is someone who:
• You want to work with and enjoy. For example, if you are wild about horses, why not specialize in the riding industry?
• Needs and values the product or services you provide.
• Is willing and able to pay what you need to charge.
• Views you as an important resource - an expert.
• Has problems and goals you care about.
• Is loyal to your business and not easily swayed by competitors.
• Is delighted to do business with you!

I can hear you asking, "Is it really possible to attract dream customers?" The answer is a resounding YES! The key is to know what sets you apart and to make a DIFFERENCE for your customers.

In all of your marketing materials, be professional, creative, and consistent. In addition, always focus on the exciting benefits you offer to your customers. Do not fall into the trap of using boring feature-focused marketing phrases.

Here are some examples of boring, feature-focused marketing:
• We provide excellent customer service.
• Our firm has been around for 25 years.
• We are a full-service company.
• The XYZ product is the best of its kind.

Why is this boring marketing? There is nothing unique or remarkable about these statements. They focus on features, not benefits. In addition, they are the exact same messages your competitor is using. Yes, these sentences may be true. However, they do nothing to set your business apart. These phrases are not going to magnetize your dream customer. Instead, you have to THINK like your customers. Meet their specific needs and solve their unique problems. In your marketing materials, tell them about the unique benefits your company provides.

Make sure your business is memorable. If your customers cannot remember you, they cannot tell others about your services or products.

Examples of benefit-based statements to attract your DREAM customers:
• Sales Trainer: "We will take the fear out of selling."
• Cosmetic Dentist: "A smile makeover can make you look years younger."
• Mortgage Company: "We'll find the right loan for you at the best price."

These statements work because they focus on what a customer will get. They solve a problem. In addition, they show an understanding of people's challenges and plans for the future. If you want to be a magnet, ask your current customers what they like about you. Also, ask them what you can do better.

Feedback is a great way to build your dream customer base. Remember, you only get one chance to make a first impression. So, be proactive in your marketing. What do your current marketing materials say about your company? Are they creative? Do they look professional? Is your branding consistent and based on a theme? If you answer "no" to any of these questions, your marketing may not be working effectively, to pull in your dream customers.

ACTION ITEM: Write down the characteristics of your DREAM customer and then write down the unique ways your business can meet their needs. This week, take one step toward making your company a customer magnet.

Wendy Maynard, your friendly marketing maven, is the owner of Kinesis. Kinesis specializes in marketing, graphic and website design, and business writing. Visit http://www.kinesisinc.comYou can also visit her marketing blog, Kinetic Ideas at: http://www.wendy.kinesisinc.com

Want to harness the power of kinetic marketing? Sign up for Kinesis Quickies, a free bi-monthly marketing e-newsletter: http://www.news.kinesisinc.com

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By Scott White

Google's Internet search Branding is so strong that we forget how big a player it is becoming in the world of advertising markets. Even when we read the latest forecasts about its growing success, we tend to think exclusively about Google's online brand image. That powerful brand image tends to hold back what Google is becoming. It means they will need to consider changing their brand identity, a common problem for companies today who must navigate changes in business direction amid turbulent market changes. Google is so versatile now, that it offers a huge range of services and advertising opportunities. Advertisers can almost take it for granted that their advertising will hit the right target market and th