Sports Betting Affiliate Industry

Have you entertained the thought of designing a business related to sports
betting or gambling? If you have ever entertained the thought, or even
attempted to make a profit in the sports betting industry, you know how hard
it can be to actually generate a reasonable profit. However, as the
popularity of the world wide web continues to grow, it is providing more
feasible opportunities for small business to make a profit in the sports
betting industry. One of the newest, and most popular ways that the internet
provides to create more opportunities to profit is the sports betting
affiliate industry.

The sports betting affiliate industry is moreover looked at as and
advertising plan that permits and assists sharing of monetary profits gained
from the larger sports betting companies on the internet. The sports betting
affiliate industry can also be considered an industry with the purpose of
maintaining and preserving a sense of competition within the sectors. It can
aid smaller sports betting companies to grow into larger business, as well
as functions as a reward system, of sorts, for those webpages that host
advertisements relating to their sports betting business.

With the constant growth in online sports betting, as well as the
development of affiliate marketing, several programs have came to light. As
mention before, most sports betting affiliate programs work, in a sense, as
a reward system. The reward is monetary, and provided to website owners who
host sports betting advertisements on their websites. If they market
themselves successfully, both large and small online sports betting business
can make a profit in the sports betting affiliate industry.

You may be wondering how the sports betting affiliate industry works. It's
fairly simple. When an online sports better joins a website through an
advertisement posted on another website, the owner of the other website (the
affiliate) shares a percentage of any fees or dues that member must pay for
their membership.
This is a way for online sports betting companies to reward their affiliates
for generating new customers, while gaining bigger profits for themselves
through affiliate advertisement.

If you currently own or operate an online sports betting business, now is
the time to become involved in the sports betting affiliate industry. All
you have to do to generate more profit is search for a few online sports
betting affiliate programs, and sign up. However, it is important to select
the right programs, as well as display advertisements in easily seen places
on your own website. It is important to remember that the more customers you
can generate with this advertisement, the more profits you will generate as
an affiliate, or participant in the sports betting affiliate industry.

In conclusion, anyone who owns a website related to online sports betting
can profit by joining the sports betting affiliate industry. There are no
up-front charges or costs, and it is a no lose situation. Whether you sell
gambling supplies online, or if you run an online sports betting casino,
joining the online sports betting affiliate industry can help you to
generate more customers, thus bring you a larger profit.

About The Author: Gavin Sanderson provides articles on
http://www.texasholdem-help.com. Visit http://www.roulettefire.com and
http://www.sportsbettingengine.com to find more of his work.

The Power Of A Press Release

Over the weekend I wrote a press release. I used the following headline when
I first submitted, it was sent back as being to much like an advertisement
so I had to redo it.
Actually I have to redo it several times, before it was accepted.

Finally it was accepted, and the results have been phenomenal. I have
already had over 3500 views and the release has been picked up by 70
different news services in the first day.

I would highly recommend that anyone looking to get exposure for their
product or service consider doing a press release.

Here's the original headline I used, "Construction Worker With No Business
Experience Makes $60 Million Dollars Online".

They sent this back and said it too much like an advertisement, so I rewrote
the headline. The new headline I used was, "Online Training Service Set To
Launch January 2, 2007".

That worked like a charm. After I submitted the release, there was an
immediate swarm of activity. I was able to login to my account and watch the
stats in Real Time. It was exciting to see the amount of times that people
were looking at my Press Release, and how many times it was being picked up
by different News Desks.

The release was all about the impending launch of a new Online Training
Service called The Affiliate Community.

After the headline, you need to write a brief synopsis of the release in 125
words or less. Then you write the body of the release where you tell about
the who, what, when and where of your story.

Then I went on to describe the service in detail. And in way it was really a
subliminal sales letter. But it was structured correctly as a release.

At the end they allow you to put your contact information and the URL.

What was really interesting about this is that I had put audio on my home
page. The audio is auto start, so it immediately starts playing when someone
hits my home page.

And in the release the press release service frames in your home page. As a
result, when someone went to look at my press release, they were immediately
greeted by my audio.
So in reality I had created a talking press release. It was cool!

I was so impressed with the results that I plan to do a press release at
least once per day.

It was exciting to login and see the response, and how quickly it was picked
up. Once again I would highly recommend using a press release as a way to
generate traffic to your web site.

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Steve Renner, Marketing Director, The Affiliate Community
http://www.affiliatecommunity.com Click here to Get $1,000 of Free Training
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Do You Have A Good Entrepreneur Idea?

Your entrepreneur idea is very important, as this will be the foundation of
your entire business. Many people in their excitement of starting a new
enterprise forget this critical first step. If you do not have a proper
business concept, your whole project will ultimately collapse. Choose
something you like such as a hobby or a skill you have and make this your
business theme or concept.

There are very few topics you cannot form a business with, or around. It is
most important to choose something that you love to do and are really
interested in. This is because business is tough to do and, unless you can
put your heart and soul into it, you cannot succeed.

Another entrepreneur idea is to use your own skills. This can be something
like writing or design or any talent you may have.
You can use this skill as a service and work either as a freelancer or set
up your own service business.

Or you can set up a business using a skill you have learned from your life
experiences. It can be something like just looking after your family or
having a disabled member in the family. You may use this experience to have
a consulting service or an advice column. You can also write a book about
it.

A good entrepreneur idea is to write an eBook or have one written and sell
it. It should be on a hot topic that many want to know about. Info books and
videos about informative topics are always popular. You can make a website
to promote these products, put in a payment system, and have it run
completely on autopilot. This is one of the best ways to do a business.
You can also join a membership site that offers products with resale rights
and add these to your site. Make sure they are related to your product. Add
to this, and you can make more info products and sell them to the same
market or make new mini sites for each of your products.

Other ways to build your business are to use different business models like
affiliate programs or network marketing. Affiliate programs are one of the
easiest ways to build your business.
You can start with them and earn a little money to launch your business or
you can use them to supplement your main product.

As you can see, there are many ways to develop your business concept or
entrepreneur idea, but one thing you should bear in mind is that you must
try to specialize or form a niche market in your field. This is how to make
real money on the Internet.
Whatever be your business concept, you will need the secrets revealed in the
free business plan from Quiet Achiever to discover the steps you will need
to jumpstart your business.

About The Author: http://www.Quietachiever.com is David Khuu's latest
marketing system project. He's looking for a small group to work with him.
Together they will expose an entrepreneur idea that has generated him
thousands.

An E-Lottery Affiliate Program As A Home Business Opportunity

Affiliate programs have the potential to allow you to earn a decent living
working from home. The beauty of enrolling for an affiliate program is that
you can work from home and with a little nurturing your affiliate business
will put more than just the daily bread on your table, yes, like escargot
and Foie Gras.

One affiliate business that fulfils all the criteria of an ideal affiliate
business is an e-lottery affiliate business.
This is because e-lottery affiliate businesses are backed by solid
businesses with a proven track record regarding on-time payments, excellent
bonuses, and performance incentives. Also, research shows that the internet
gambling business is poised to touch $18 billion by 2010.

So whether you are a lottery enthusiast or someone who is looking to
generate some passive income, give an e-lottery affiliate program serious
thought. The peripheral benefits of joining an e-lottery affiliate program
are tempting enough to make one join such a program. These include having
your own website to run and getting to play at established and high paying
online lotteries such as UK Lotto and Euro Millions for free. What's more,
you play as a member of a syndicate which increases your chances of a win
manifold; i.e. a 700% increase in your probability of winning at UK Lotto
and an amazing 3600% for Euro Millions.

You can get your e-lottery affiliate program running in a matter of minutes.
>From there, it's a matter of your industriousness and zest to obtain
enrollments for the e-lottery site. It is not a very daunting task; you have
a lot going for you. For one, you are offering people a genuinely great
alternative to playing the lottery on their own, with a syndicate they win
more often. You have the entire world as prospective customers. You only
need to harness the awesome power of the internet to tell people of all that
is great about the e-lottery syndicate you represent. You do this from the
comfort of your home and at your own time. Even though an e-lottery
affiliate business can bring you more income than a full-time job, it need
not take up the same amount of time; you can easily manage a day job if you
wish and your home business by putting in a little extra effort regularly.
The rewards are well worth it.

Of the many work-from-home business options, an e-lottery affiliate program
lets you set up and run your business with negligible investments. You can
actually recover what you invest within one day of starting the affiliate
program. Of course, it will help your cause to enter into the business with
as much information as you can gather beforehand. E-lottery syndicates
provide detailed information on how to best benefit from an e-lottery
affiliate program. Moreover, you are not bound by any contracts; you can
drop out of the program anytime you want. There are not many business
opportunities for the home-based businessperson that offer such low entry
barriers and equally low exit barriers. For more information go to :
http://www.lottery-vwd.com

About The Author: Sveinn Johannsson is an executive affiliate member of the
e-lottery syndicate system. For more information go to :
http://www.lottery-vwd.com

10 Reasons Why Selling eBooks on eBay May Not Be a Bad Idea.

Most people still don't realise the benefits of selling digital products on
eBay, so I have provided 10 good reasons why selling eBooks on eBay may not
be such a bad idea after all.

1. You have no physical stock to hold. As the items you are selling are
digitally stored on your computer or web server you never have to worry
about having the space available in your home or office to store your goods.

2. Everything can be fully automated. That's right, if you sell eBooks you
don't have to worry about delivering your stock to your customers, you don't
have to worry about rushing to the post office. It is possible to fully
automate the whole delivery process.

3. Your customer gets their purchase instantly. As you can deliver instantly
this means your customer gets their purchase right away, this is a very
powerful selling tool indeed.

4. No postage costs. As you are selling a digital item your delivery costs
are zero.

5. You can create your own products at will. I think we all dream of
writing a book, well because of the digital age this has become possible.
Anyone can create their own eBook on any topic they wish.

6. You can generate an affiliate income. If you create your own eBooks you
can provide links to recommended products and services and generate an easy
affiliate income.

7. Other eBay sellers can make you money. Allow your own eBooks to be sold
by others and you can create a viral empire, all linking back to your
websites, products and services.

8. You can build your mailing list. Simply give away a free eBook or report
in exchange for some contact details. This can generate 1000s of potential
leads you can follow up on and 'build your list'.

9. You can be seen as an expert in any field. All it takes is to research
your chosen topic on the internet, write about it and create an eBook that
can make you money for years. As you are now seen as an expert in your
chosen field you can create further products, websites and services and
build your own niche empire.

10. You can have a product that is unique. How often do we see 100s of eBay
sellers competing with each other selling the same products? Well in the
digital age it is possible to create a product that is 100% unique to you.
This means you control the price.

There you go, 10 simple reasons why selling eBooks on eBay may not be a bad
idea after all.

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John Thornhill is an eBay PowerSeller and trades on eBay under the username
planetsms. For more eBay selling advice visit
http://www.planetsmsnewsletter.com/

6 Ways To Improve Your Affiliate Marketing Commissions

Affiliate marketing does not require you to have your own website. This is
one of the easiest ways of starting an internet business and earning
additional revenue.

Here are 6 ways you can use to improve your affiliate marketing commissions
very rapidly.

1. Investigate and learn the first-rate programs and products to promote.

Clearly, you would want to develop a program that will qualify you to
realize the greatest profits in the shortest amount of time. There are a few
factors you should weigh when selecting a program. Select the ones that have
an ample commission structure and products that fit in with your target
market. You will want to pick a merchant with a solid track record of paying
their affiliate's smoothly and on time.

There are several thousands of affiliate programs online giving you the
option to be finicky. You need to distinguish the best to avoid the loss of
your advertising dollars. If you cannot seem to advance your interest's,
drop that program and keep looking for better ones.

2. Author free reports or short ebooks to give away from your site.

Understand that you are competing with other affiliates promoting the very
same program. If you write a brief report related to the product you are
promoting, you will be able to stand out from the other affiliates and
garner trust with your prospects. In the reports, supply some beneficial
information for free. If feasible, add some recommendations about the
products. With ebooks, you gain credibility. Prospects will see that in you
and they will be enticed to try out what you are offering.

3. Gather and save the email addresses of those who download your free
ebooks.

It is a known fact that people do not make a purchase on the first exposure.
You may need to send out your message an additional six to seven times to
make a sale. This is the exact reason why you should gather the contact
information of those who downloaded your reports and ebooks . You can make
follow-ups on these contacts to prompt them to make a purchase from you. Get
the contact information of prospects before sending them to the supplier's
website. If you send prospects straight to the suppliers, chances are they
will disappear from your income stream forever. When you get their names,
you can always send other marketing messages to them to attain a continuing
commission versus a one time only sale.

4. Publish an online newsletter or ezine.

It is frequently best to recommend a product to a person you know rather
than selling to a stranger. This is the motive behind publishing your own
newsletter. An ezine allows you to evolve a relationship based on trust and
familiarity with your subscribers. This strategy is a fragile balance
between providing helpful information with a sales pitch. If you continue to
write informative editorials you will be able to construct a sense of
reciprocity in your readers that may lead them to support you by buying your
products.

5. Ask for a higher than usual commission from merchants.

If you are already prospering with a certain promotion, you should attempt
to approach the merchant and discuss a percentage commission for your sales.
If the merchant is shrewd, he or she will likely grant your request rather
than lose a profitable asset in you. Keep in mind that you are a no-risk
investment to your merchant, so do not hold yourself back when requesting a
bump in your commissions. Just be sensible and professional in the way you
go about it.

6. Compose compelling pay Per Click ads.

PPC advertising is an extremely effective and profitable means of promotion
online. As an affiliate, you can make a decent income just by managing PPC
campaigns. There are several places for PPC advertising, Google AdWords and
Yahoo! Search Marketing being the foremost. You would then want to monitor
them to see which ads are effectual and which ones you should dump.

Try out these strategies and see how quickly they can improve your
commission checks and overflow your bank account. Remember if something
isn't giving you the results you desire then dump that strategy or program
and find something that does.

Copyright 2006 C Dawn Drury

About The Author: The author, Dawn Drury, has been in sales and marketing on
and offline for years and enjoys helping other people to attain their own
financial goals. For more information please visit
http://www.attainmoneyonline.com

Traffic Exchanges

The main essential ingredient needed to make money online is to get a lot of
traffic. This is true whether one is selling their own products or doing
affiliate marketing.
Traffic exchanges can be a excellent way to get a large amount of traffic to
a website. Traffic exchanges work on a credit system. Members of an
exchange earn credits for every site they visit and use those credits to get
visitors
to their sites. One big drawback of traffic exchanges is
that the sales conversions rates from them are very low.
There are a couple of reasons for this. First of all the traffic from most
exchanges is not targeted to any categories. Secondly the traffic from
these exchanges is from other website owners who are mainly interested in
getting credits and traffic to their own sites and usually aren't very
interested in the sites they visit while using
the exchanges. There are couple of good ways traffic
exchanges can be used to make money though. First of all traffic exchanges
are good for using lead capture pages.
Frequently those who use exchanges to promote multi level marketing programs
can be successful because of the lead capture pages that most of those
programs use. Secondly since users of traffic exchanges are trying to get
traffic and visibility for their sites any site that has to do with website
promotion and traffic will do well.

There is one exchange in particular that I like to use.
Traffic swarm is more targeted than most exchanges. When you sign up for
trafficswarm you select categories of sites you have interest in. Secondly
traffic swarm isn't just an exchange it's a whole network of other websites.
When traffic swarm lists your the links show up on many of the thousands of
other sites in the traffic swarm network.
Traffic swarm also has their own search engine that's also on many other
sites in their network that will show your
links in the results of searches. There is also a pro
membership that traffic swarm offers which increases the
level of traffic. Traffic swarm is an example of "viral
marketing". Which means that the more you use their system the more traffic
they will send to your site.

The ads that are put on traffic exchanges are very important. Ad titles and
descriptions that are compelling will help increase sales conversions and
get more clicks.
The ads should be very specific about what the website that is being
promoted is about and include clear benefits of the website or program to
the exchange surfer reading the ad. Traffic exchanges can be used
successfully with the right website and ad to create more traffic and sales
and are an exellent resource for promoting a website on a shoestring budget.

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Aaron Ballantyne owns a blog with useful information and links to resources
about traffic exchanges. To learn more go to:
http://ajballan.typepad.com/traffic_exchanges

10 More Secrets and Tips for Writing Better Solo Ads (Part 2)

Here are 10 more secrets and tips for writing a better 'Solo Advertisement'.
This is part 2 of 3 articles that should be very helpful with improving all
your advertising.
This article will get into more advanced secrets and tips.
But remember to write great ads all of these tips need to be a part of your
ad writing process.

1) Don't use a pre-written ad - Write your own advertisement, don't use the
one's in your affiliate programs, everyone has seen these a hundred times.
And they don't work very well anymore. Also make sure you don't use the
affiliate's subject line, because it will get deleted by just about everyone
who looks at it.

2) Is it expensive - If it's expensive this may be good sign. But not always
you have to be careful with this one.
If #3 is also true then you may have found a winner. Don't be afraid to buy
expensive ads. You may find an excellent ezine that really expands your
business.

3) Do you have to wait - Another good sign is if you have to wait 3 or more
weeks for your ad to be submitted. Maybe it's because everyone else is
placing productive ads there.
But you won't know for sure unless you try them yourself.
And don't forget to test and track your ad.

4) Use smaller ezines - Test your new ads in smaller, less expensive ezines
to save money. Then when your ad is successful you can try larger, more
expensive ezines.

5) Look for sales - Look for ezines that are having sales.
(2 for 1) (3 for 1) Especially ezines that have performed good for you in
the past. The more times your ad is shown the more sales you should make.

6) Run your ad again - Place your successful ad in the same ezine as soon as
possible. You should keep running your ad as long as it's making a profit.

7) Use a call to action - Include a call to action. After you've caught
readers' interest and clearly presented the benefit you're offering, tell
them how they can act to receive that benefit immediately

8) Have more links - Have more than one link to your website. By having more
links your prospects will be able to go to your website whenever they are
ready to buy. What if they read your first 2 paragraphs and they're sold on
your product but there isn't a link to your site? So they keep reading your
ad and maybe they change their mind and decide not to buy your product right
now. You just lost a sale. Make sure you have enough links to your site.

9) Take a break - After you have your advertisement written and it looks
pretty good, put it away. Then after a day or two read it again and make any
small changes it may need.
And you can always tweak your ad whenever you like.

10) Sell other products - When you find an ezine that is profitable, you'll
want to keep on promoting additional products. Why stop if you have a good
thing going. Write another similar ad for an affiliate product or resale
rights product. This second or third product just may do better than the
first one.

You should almost be ready to start writing your own advertisements. But
before you do make sure you read the last article in this series because it
has even more advanced secrets and tips. It'll also give you a better
understanding of how to create great advertisements.

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Duane Marx has written several internet marketing articles.
Be sure to visit his website 'Proven Ad Secrets' at:
http://tinyurl.com/ycg4tq to learn more about improving all your
advertisements. Imagine sending all your ads to places with proven results!

Best Online Auction Sites and Web Design as a Business

If you want to buy or sell products on auction sites, it makes sense to look
for the best sites. You might be interested in narrowing it down to the top
5 internet online auction sites. This gives you a good start without being
overwhelming.

When you look for the top 5 internet online auction sites, you will find
that different sources will give you different answers. What remains the
same is that eBay is consistently on top of the list. If you are looking for
a site that almost everybody has heard of, try eBay. EBay offers a lot of
useful information to the buyer and the seller. The success of the seller
adds to the success of eBay, so they give the seller a number of tools to
help them get a good price.

Yahoo! auctions ranks is another site that is consisently in the list of top
5 internet online auction sites.
Amazon.com auctions, UBid.com, and bida-lot.com are also highly rated for
sellers.

While it's important to sell at a site where there are a large number of
buyers, remember that competition is also much tougher at sites like eBay.
Check out the sites to make sure there is a market for what you are selling,
then consider the competition for your product. While eBay may seem to sell
anything, it doesn't mean that everybody who lists an item there sells it or
gets the price they want.

Check out the top 5 internet auction sites. Narrow it down to auctions that
have a market for what you're selling.
Find the site that works best for you, and make some money with auctions.

Web Design as a Business

The world wide web just keeps growing. Business realize the benefits of
being on the web, but don't always know how to design a good site. If you
have some creativity and know basics about web design, you might be
interested in starting a web design business.

Starting a web design business is not much different from starting other
businesses. Just knowing how to design a website is not enough. You need to
do some research to be certain you have all the tools you need. A computer
and printer are essential. You'll need graphics software and HTML editing
software. Remember that you are working for businesses, so you some
knowledge of what makes a business site effective.

It helps to target a niche market. Find a field you've always had a passion
for and develop ideas for that particular market. In this way you will stand
out as one of the best in that particular field.

If you are just starting your web design business, you can learn some of the
ropes by volunteering to help somebody put up a site or improve their site.
Look at sites from local businesses and call them to offer your services.
Often the smaller businesses have put up their own site with no professional
help. They may welcome your skills, and will later serve as a valuable
reference.

When starting your web design business, don't forget that it is a business.
Learn how to set your rates and keep good records for tax purposes.

As you consider starting your web design business, make sure you know what
you need to know before offering your services. If you have creativity and
an interest in building websites, this could be a business for you.

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Internet Business Ideas and Opportunities http://www.modernrusticltd.com

Revealing The Affiliate Residual Income Marketing Secret

Marketing is the foundation for any successful business.
Marketing involves bringing across your ideas to others, getting them
interested in these ideas and then selling these ideas to them. Successful
marketing arouses a person's interest to find out more about your program or
products.

Affiliate programs usually are centered on a website, which is the knowledge
base for the program. Visitors of the website may choose to buy or sign up.
How can you secure a successful hit then? This is difficult because there
are so many similar programs on the internet. The visitor may choose to
ignore and move on because your website is no different from other websites.

YOU NEED TO CATCH THEIR ATTENTION!

Your ad must be unique and your website must contain comprehensive
information to attract the visitor's attention, and his willingness to find
out more on his own. This is what residual income is all about!

To begin your marketing campaign, you need well written ads, eye-catching
ads that make a person want more information. Your ads must arouse a
person's curiosity and generate an interest in him to spend time learning
about the product or program. So, first you make a person curious about what
you are selling, and then bring him to your website to learn more about it.
It is very critical that your website has all the information ready for him,
such that it makes him want to either sign up as an affiliate or buy the
products. You would have then earned yourself an opportunity to make
residual income.

You only need to place ads and the website will handle the rest. That is the
goal in residual income - ongoing income with a little work. You can build a
stable residual income through Affiliate Program if your marketing campaign
is successful.

About The Author: CW Teo started
http://www.eLearningGetRich.com as a Home Based Business. He targets to
become an outstanding Internet Marketeer in no time.
http://elearninggetrich.successuniversity.com/new

Clickbank Affiliates - Protect Yourself!

Do you know that affiliates are losing money daily because of Clickbank? Do
you know that affiliate theft and link hijacking are the top reasons why
most affiliates don't make money?
Luckily for affiliates, there are a few easy steps you can take to protect
your affiliate profits.

Clickbank's affiliate policy works on a "last in" rule. What this means is
that affiliates that referred the buyer last would get the sale due to the
cookie loaded into the buyer's computer.

E.g. Amy sends Buyer to a sales page via her affiliate link.
Buyer is very impressed and is about to buy but decides to get it only
tomorrow when it's his pay day. The next day, buyer receives his paycheck
and proceeds to buy.

But this time, he conveniently and unwittingly clicks on Tim's affiliate
link directly to the same page. The new affiliate 'kicks' Amy's cookie and
Tim gets the sale.

What can you do about it?

Maintain a way to contact the traffic you send! The simplest way to do this
is to create a separate pre-sell page that directs your traffic to the sales
page only after they opted in and given their email address.

This way, you can be sure that YOU will be the contacting them over and over
again about the product.

Let's talk about link hijacking now. I'm sure you already know that
Clickbank's affiliate links look something like
yournick.dylanloh.hop.clickbank.net.

So are you seriously going to advertise your link like that?
One of the problems is that people will know that this is an affiliate link
and will know that you are trying to sell them something. People love to
buy; they just don't like being sold to!

What can you do about it?

You should really cloak your affiliate links from
yournick.dylanloh.hop.clickbank.net to something like
www.yourdomain.com/affiliatelink OR you could go to TinyUrl.com to get a
redirect page for free.

Alternatively, you could send them to your own pre-sell page which really
disguises your real intent, to make money selling products to them.

About The Author: To read about the hardly known 6 short steps to Clickbank
Success, click on the link below right now.
http://www.clickbankprofitmachine.com

Terry Dean the Man of Today's Internet Market

"I worked a bunch of stupid jobs."

These are the words of one of the smartest internet marketers on
today"(tm)s internet marketing circuit. This man who worked as
pizza delivery boy before is now known as the man who is
continuously carrying on the most up-to-date advances in the
internet"(tm)s Information Marketing industry. Dean is presently
categorized as one of the most triumphant person in Internet
marketing business today.

He started of dreaming to become an entrepreneur. Because of this
dream, he joined the network marketing, including mail order, he
tried everything but fortune was far from his hands in those
times.

But not until he purchased the reprint rights from the other
individual"(tm)s marketing course, after studying and applying
it, he worked full-time online until he sold it after six
months.

According to him, he started his business by purchasing reprint
rights to products with high quality which he sensed would sell.
And this works with little failures, money came easily for him
after that.

Then, right after a couple of years of creating money by working
full-time online, he begun to build up his own products.
Dean"(tm)s business had a good start until the volume of the
business has grown constantly for past few years. And now, his
Internet business is doing very well.

Dean also possesses the ability of conveying the complicated
thought to appear comprehendible to the reader, specifically
regarding Internet marketing. He can write simple articles in a
clear-cut manner. Thus, anybody can apply his pieces of advice
through his effective writing.

He also stated that home businesses should be given more focus,
especially in the coming years. The online corporations according
to him have been constantly unwise yet, for this reason the
competition in the market is still not very intense.

He also gave two options for today"(tm)s business online. One of
which is to work on a dealing plan in the broad market. Take a
project backing then sell them out for millions. The only hassle
here is that you need to deal with the pressure of employees, and
stockholders.

The other one is to center on a definite niche group. He
suggested getting rid of a broad web site. Aim a market where you
can produce your web site and can be included in the leading
sites in that marketplace. This process will not require a heavy
budget and you won"(tm)t need a staff too.

He also said that it is advisable that you just don"(tm)t skip
the business arena of Internet marketing like what almost
everybody does. Pick the one you love and then strike it with
your best to succeed.

Likewise, he noted to his reader that lifestyle weighs more than
the money. Although, it is a fact that money is essential if you
are a starting entrepreneur, he stressed out that the moment you
have it, and you got the market techniques, money will no longer
be that motivating. He suggested that before you engage in a
business find where your passion lies first, money will just
follow.

Really, Internet marketing is a powerful tool in marketing a
business. And if you really want to venture in the business, try
to search for the articles of Terry Dean about it. Surely, it
will help you.

Just take the line Dean said, "take action today and at least
start thinking and working on it."

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Steven Gerber is a professional copywriter and
marketing consultant with more than 8 years of
expertise. He is a prot�g� student of Dan Lok �
The World's #1 Website Conversion Expert, and
in Steven�s totally biased opinion simply THE
BEST. You�ll find the latest internet marketing
techniques and tricks at:

http://www.websiteconversionexpert.com

Revealed: Residual Income Through Affiliate Programs And Smart Marketing

You can make residual income through the effective use of Affiliate
programs. An Affiliate program allows you to take part in a tested,
established system. All you need is to is to take control and build a down
line. The formula to make residual income = affiliate program + smart
marketing.

Affiliate programs are different from the pyramid schemes. A pyramid scheme
also builds on the idea of building a down line and making a residual income
off recruiting people. However, it did not work out because a pyramid scheme
relied solely on recruiting and not at all on selling. Affiliate programs
are created to bridge the gap. It works on building a down line of people,
and it is also based on selling real and useful products. Affiliate programs
work because you earn money through your down line, and also through product
sales.

It is easy to start on an Affiliate program and in most cases, it comes free
with no costs. Most programs offer a website and an abundance of help and
advice on how to get the business going.

The challenge is - MARKETING !

You still need to master marketing on your own.

So, how to do effective marketing?

Marketing involves learning how to use the tools provided by the Affiliate
program in order to get customers and sign up some prospects. The affiliate
program will provide you with written ads, your own website, and many other
things.

The website is the central hub of all the marketing efforts.
The main objective is to get people to visit the website, then the visitor
will be able to buy products and sign up to be an affiliate. But, how can
you get these potential customers to your website in the first place?

Your advertisements and other marketing tools must be prominent for the
potential customer to see them. One of the most effective marketing platform
is the search engine. Most affiliate websites are simple, but you can
optimise it to make it ranks highly on search engines. To get started, add a
blog to the website and write articles everyday. These articles should be
rich in keyword and informative. Search engines like articles or blog
entries. So your web site will get a higher ranking if you have these.

Another way is to place links and ads on other websites. Choose websites
that compliment the Affiliate program, NOT in competition with it.

With these marketing methods, you should be able to get a good start in
marketing.

So, for a good start in residual income, choose Affiliate programs and
implement effective marketing strategies.

About The Author: CW Teo started
http://www.eLearningGetRich.com as a Home Based Business. He targets to
become an outstanding Internet Marketeer in no time.
Affiliate Program: http://www.GotoSuccessUniversity.com

Tracking The Right Course For Efficient Marketing Tools

So you own a website. Like all the other people who own a website, they are
keen whether they are using the right Internet marketing tools since almost
the life span of their site depends on this.

The terrific design you have conceptualized in your website is of no use if
you have ineffective Internet marketing tools. The excellent services,
magnificent designs, and the superb product will only be wasted if you will
not apply a good strategy on it.

Planning and executing effective Internet marketing tools definitely
involves great importance. The number of traffic that goes into a website
depends a lot on the way the site owner or the webmaster promotes the site.

Nowadays, sites found in the Internet thrive in numbers reaching to
millions, so if you own one then you should know and apply the most
efficient Internet marketing tools that will produce a booming result.

Several number of Internet marketing tools are available with a lot of them
using different approaches, which can be utilized for raising your website
traffic and earning more profits.

Basically, you must look for the clients that will patronize your site, find
how the web surfers will be able to visit your site and device a marketing
tool on how to keep them, coming back and take some friends with them. The
best way for you to do this is to place yourself into their shoes, look how
your website creates an impact by using their eyes.

You ask yourself, where do web surfers go whenever they find something on
the web? Definitely, it's the search engine. Today the known websites on the
web are the portals and the search engines. Hence, it is advisable to focus
your efforts in Internet marketing on the search engine.

In most times, people search through the search engine and then link to the
results that these engines produce. Thus, you should devise a way to hit the
top ranks in search results; there are numerous Internet marketing tools
that you can utilize like Search Engine Optimization or SEO.

The method of search engine optimization is geared towards the optimization
and the manifestation of your sites by the density of the keyword. To gain a
search engine-friendly website, the content of your site must hold a
favorable density of keywords; these keywords should describe your site.

Also, the content is vital since all by itself, is the most essential
Internet marketing tool. A substantial content is directly synonymous to a
high rank in search engines.

Unfortunately, this is not as easy as it seems. Other website owners are
also doing their strategies, there is always a tough competition in the
market, thus, you should exert more in extracting strategic ideas for you to
achieve your goal and be able to maintain more traffic.

The traditional techniques should only be second to your option such as the
print ads, brochures, flyers, billboards, testimonials etc. Be practical,
prefer the more efficient strategies in Internet marketing tools, remember
you traffic lies here.

There is a method which is used today where there will be a bid for a
keyword in a definite search engine, the Pay per Click advertising, when
your bid ranks the highest, so as your site.
This is also called Affiliate marketing.

There are thousand of sites already which are using this internet marketing
tool. In fact, this became popular because of its effectiveness in producing
a good number of traffic.

These are only two out of several Internet marketing tools.
There are still other strategies that you can utilize for your sites to
produce a vast number of web surfers, then a vast number of profits too.

About The Author: Mario Churchill is a freelance author and has written over
200 articles on various subjects. For more information checkout
http://www.ideacenter.com and http://my-updates.info.

Small Business Marketing - 6 Cheap Ways To Promote Your Business

Have you ever wanted to have your own business? Have you ever wished you
earn extra profits and not just depend on your husband's salary or even with
your own income? If you do, then, having a small business is one of the best
endeavors you can have.

However, your small business will never be successful unless you know how to
market your products effectively. Among the various tools used in
businesses, marketing is one of the most important.

The continued existence of businesses is fully dependent on marketing.
Creating the channels of communication to fully promote, advertise, or put
on the market various products and services is the main responsibility of
marketing.

Giant companies have created marketing department to focus directly on
different marketing issues and strategies. However, if you only have a small
business, you have to focus more on how to put your product in the market
and make it known to the public.

Here are some small business marketing ideas:

1. Go online

Websites are the perfect tool - they last longer and reach a wider audience
than traditional print ads. Plus, they are more affordable.

With the proliferation of information technology these days, many businesses
are utilizing the potential of the Internet in promoting their products and
services.

Some companies specializing in website development offer affordable
packages. However, since you are into small business, it is best that you
opt for free websites. So if you are looking for an even cheaper
alternative, you can create your own company blog for free.

2. Give free samples

Small businesses may not afford to hire advertising agencies to handle their
marketing strategies. Hence, getting alternative solutions is best.

By giving free samples, consumers become aware of the kind of quality your
products or services have. As they say, what good is an amazing product if
no one knows it is amazing?

As a businessperson, it is not wise for your product to be well-kept secret
forever. Let people try your product or service-create sample sizes if the
expense gets too high-and let the spread the word for you!

3. Create affiliate programs

Has your business reached a plateau? Are you getting the same customers
every single month? Well, teaming up with another company is a great way to
revamp your business without the usual hassle. It helps you refresh your
brand image and expand your reach.

4. Print press releases

Although they are usually published in broadsheets, you may also consider
tweaking them for magazine and radio releases as well. With the proper
wording and timing, press releases are the perfect way to maintain hype for
your business.

5. Write e-zines or newsletters

Providing good reading material about your particular field creates
awareness and interest among the public. It also establishes you as a
knowledgeable industry leader. If your work has been published, then you are
probably someone people should listen to.

Plus, with the combined number customers and subscribers, you company will
grow at an even faster rate.

6. Create a good product

Ads can only do so much. Instead of putting money on advertising,
concentrate on creating a great product. Nothing sells a good product better
than a good product, even if what you have is only a small business.

It really pays to have a diversified, well planned, and well thought of
small business marketing plan. A good product will get you nowhere unless
other people knows about it.

About The Author: Mario Churchill is a freelance author and has written over
200 articles on various subjects. For more information checkout
http://www.ideacenter.com and http://my-updates.info.

Information About Paid Online Surveys

For those who want to make money online and don't want to learn affiliate
marketing or how to sell on ebay there is a easy alternative. Paid online
surveys do not require learning any special skills. The only thing required
to be successful at doing paid surveys is give an honest opinion about a
product. Companies are willing to pay for learning what consumers think
about their products which can be anything from groceries to electronics.
Most surveys pay between $5 and $125 and take 15 to 20 minutes to complete.
Doing paid online surveys is a job that can be done from
the comfort of home. While nobody will likely get rich or
earn a living solely from paid surveys it is possible to make a nice easy
part time or supplemental income. An income of hundreds of dollars a month
is entirely possible if one is willing to put 3 to 5 hours a month into it
and complete several survey offers. Paid online surveys are ideal for
homeworkers, students, retired people seeking additional income or anyone
looking to make some extra money.

Paid surveys have a couple of advantages over a traditional part time job.
First of all in a part time job there is no
control over what time and how much time is worked. One
can choose not to complete a paid survey offer. And though most surveys
have a time limit to be completed there is much more flexibility than most
jobs. Secondly paid surveys can be more financially rewarding than
traditional part time employment. Those who are able to complete surveys
quickly or receive higher paying survey offers will find they earn much more
than they would at a part time job.

The first thing for anyone interested in doing paid online surveys is to
sign up with a paid survey company. These paid survey companies will
usually charge a one time nominal fee to register with. The paid survey
company has proven screened companies find paid surveys for the new member.
It is important when first registering with a survey company to give them as
much background information as possible to help them find the most survey
offers possible. Companies that issue paid surveys will generally reward
those that have completed surveys honestly, thoughtfully and with quality
input with more paid surveys
and surveys that pay more. Paid online surveys can be a
great and fun way to start earning money online.

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Aaron Ballantyne owns a blog with useful information and links to resources
about paid online surveys. To learn more go to:
http://ajballan.typepad.com/paid_online_surveys

Online Affiliate Programs - Five Reassuring Things To Remember

Online affiliate programs offer ordinary people the chance to make money
online in a relatively simple manner. Being an affiliate for online
programs is like being a retailer:
you sell other people's products and get paid commission on your sales. The
rate of commission paid by an online affiliate program varies but it will
mostly fall within the 40%-70% bracket. Don't be put off by the offer of
70% commissions because it seems too high. Commissions at this level are
not uncommon.

Quick Start-Up

When you sign up to an online affiliate program, you get immediate access to
saleable goods in the form of products or services. You don't have to
invent a product or research the potential market for a new service. The
owner of the affiliate program has already gone through the time consuming
and expensive development and testing phase, you can start promoting the
product right away. If you join a good online affiliate program, you will
be provided with a free website, advice on marketing and other resources (eg
members' forums) which vary between the different affiliate programs. It's
only day one and you are in business!

No Stock or Inventory

As a member of an online affiliate program, you won't have to worry about
having space to store stock. You don't have to handle stock, so you can be
an affiliate selling anything from cd's to wide screen TV's. You don't have
to deal with the hassle of packaging and posting goods to customers. Your
affiliate website is the door to your warehouse, orders placed there will be
filled direct by the online affiliate program owner. The only thing you
have to handle is promotion of your affiliate website.

Anywhere In The World 24/7

As an affiliate for an online affiliate program, you are not limited by
geographical boundaries and shipping costs
are not your concern. You can be an online affiliate from
anywhere in the world and your customers can originate from anywhere in the
world. With an online affiliate program, your business is always open (even
if you are on vacation
or fast asleep). The Internet never sleeps, it is always
daytime somewhere in the world.

No Accounting Worries

Members of online affiliate programs don't have to handle payments or get
involved with receipts or refunds or any other sort of cash transaction with
customers. The owner of the affiliate program deals with all those issues
(which will mostly be automated), the only financial transaction which
involves the affiliate is the receipt of commissions on sales made through
the affiliate website.

Be Your Own Boss

Last but definitely not least! As a member of an online affiliate program,
you get to be your own boss, working the hours you choose. You have full
flexibility to fit your work in around your family commitments. With an
automated online affiliate program you can make your own schedule, even
working in the middle of the night if you want. Your income potential is
unlimited. When you are your own boss, you decide your own level of income,
you get to keep everything you earn instead of lining somebody else's
pockets through your efforts.

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For more articles about online affiliate programs go to
http://www.HuntingVenus.com or visit Elaine Currie at
http://www.ElaineCurrie.com/workathome

Objectives And Obstacles: Online Marketing

"Do not make the mistake of treating the Internet as if it is simply an
advertising medium. The Web has more in common with the telephone than
print." - Peter DeLegge

The Internet is a means that many use to communicate everyday.
Unlike the phone, the Internet ads a visual sense of communication and
allows for the spread of consumer-based information. Because the premise of
the Internet is communication website owners need to ensure a level of
interactivity with visitors.

"Your Internet business strategy should be an extension of your company's
existing business strategy and well-integrated with everything your company
does off-line." - Peter DeLegge

Websites do not need to be somehow set apart from the functions of brick and
mortar stores. The very things you do in-store should also be reflected
online. Some netrepreneurs believe that an online store needs to be
different from their storefront. You will be better served if you make the
web an extension of your show room with the added bonus of client
connectivity on both fronts.

"Most corporate Web sites are horrible about responding to email inquiries,
don't let yours be one." - Peter DeLegge

If a client leaves a voice mail you will likely find it important to return
the phone call. In the same way emails should elicit a committed response.
We may find it easier to simply ignore the large volume of email we have in
our accounts, but the truth is emails represent either existing or potential
customers. We do ourselves a disservice if we refuse to respond.

"The Internet provides a great opportunity to provide your target markets
with high quality intellectual capital that can help position your company
as a thought leader in the minds of your target markets." - Peter DeLegge

You know a significant amount about your business and the products and
services you provide. A series of 'intellectual capital' articles cab be an
important contribution to your visitors.

When you place educational articles optimized with keywords or phrases you
contribute to the understanding of your business while improving your
ranking on search engines.

"Keeping up with the rapid changes of Internet marketing is a full time job.
Find an expert and use him or her." - Peter DeLegge

If you find it difficult to manage online marketing on your own you can
always seek out a professional to assist you in reaching your online
marketing objectives in a way that provides adequate return on your
investment (ROI).

About The Author: Scott Lindsay is a web developer and entrepreneur. He is
the founder of HighPowerSites and many other web projects. HighPowerSites is
the easiest do-it-yourself website builder on the web. Get your own website
online in just 5 minutes with http://HighPowerSites.com at:
http://www.highpowersites.com

Make Money With Google Adwords

The most important thing you need to make money online is getting targeted
traffic to the website that you want to promote. Targeted traffic is just
people who are interested in what your website is promoting. The best way I
know of to get targeted traffic fast is google adwords.
When you use google adwords you pay for every visitor that clicks on your ad
and goes to your site. This is generally known as pay per click or ppc
advertising. There are also many other ways for other people doing
affiliate marketing to earn commissions but the fastest way to get started
is using adwords. This can also be the easiest way to lose
money fast if you don't know what your doing. The best
resource to learn about using google to make money online
in my opinion is Google Cash. Another great source of
information is Adwords Miracle. Now I would like to share some tips for
getting the most out of google adwords.

1. Start off keeping bids very low. Better to have fewer clicks and sales
than to lose a lot of money.

2. Turn off content match. It doesn't convert to sales well. If you do
decide to have content match on keep content bids very low (1/3 of search
bids or less).

3. Keep daily budgets low. I recommend $5 a day at most starting a
campaign to see if it will be profitable.

4. Instead of advertising on google everywhere think about targeting
certain countries. It saved me a lot of money once I started targeting my
ads to certain countries.

5. Break your ads up into small groups and make separate ads for simaler
keywords.

6. Put [brackets] around your keywords. You will get
fewer clicks but your keywords will get matched exactly by
google. If you don't use brackets you ads could show up
for keywords you might not want google to match on.

7. Test different ads. Google will give preference to ads that get
clicked more often and the ads will get clicked more will cost less per
click. Keep the ads that do well and the ones with low clickthrough rates
should be deleted.

8. Your keywords should be well chosen and specific.
General keywords like music will get you a lot of traffic but won't convert
to sales as well as specific keywords.

9. You can have google place your keywords right in your ad titles for you
automatically. It's called dynamic keyword insertion. Basically when you
make your ad title you type in {keyword:default}. In place of default you
put a title to use when your keywords are too long for google to put in.
Dynamic keyword insertion is a powerful tool that will get more
clickthroughs for your ads and higher conversions to sales. The only
drawback of dynamic keyword insertion is that the price per click increases.

10. If your clickthrough rates on your ad campaigns aren't at least 1% I
would recommend changing the ad or deleting certain keywords in the ad group
with a low clickthrough rate. The higher your clickthrough rate the better
your ad is performing and ad costs will be less.

11. The more you can think like people who are searching for the products
you are promoting the better you will be able to make your ads and keywords.

12. The tricky part of adwords is that you want your ads to stand out and
get people to click on them but at the same time there are also people you
don't want clicking your ads. First thing you want to discourage are
"freebie seekers". These people will click your ads thinking they will get
something for free and will never buy anything from your ads. To discourage
freebie seekers I recommend doing 2 things. First of all you the word free
should not be put in an ad. Secondly you should put the price of the the
product you are promoting in the ad, preferably right
in the title. This will drive up your per click costs and
give you less traffic but you will get the traffic that's more serious about
buying the product your'e marketing.

13. Whenever possible ad campaign performance should be tracked to see how
your ads and keywords are performing.
Google provides a publisher id number that can be used with many affiliate
programs. When you include your publisher id in the url that you send your
traffic to you will get back inportant information such as which keywords
are getting the sales, what your sales conversion ratio is and cost per
sale. this ad tracking information can be used to increase profits on your
campaigns by allowing you to delete keywords that don't make any sales.

14. I've found that advertising on google exclusively and not on the entire
google network has brought the greatest return on my campaigns.

Advertising in google adwords can be a great way to make money online. If
you own a website another way of making money with google is to put their
ads on your site through the google adsense program.

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Aaron Ballantyne owns a blog with useful information and links to resources
about making money with google adwords.
To learn more go to:
http://ajballan.typepad.com/make_money_with_google

Everyone wants to be self employed!

Not everybody wants to work for somebody else. If you are thinking and
considering starting your own home based business, you have to do some
serious thinking.

Self-employment is the ultimate Dream for many people all over the world.
Many love the thought of being their own boss, setting their own hours, and
watching the dream of owning their own business become a reality.

However, entrepreneurship isn't necessarily for everyone.
The rewards are great, even though the work required to achieve them can be
long and hard.

If the financial independence to become your own boss appeals to you then
you will no doubt be eagerly going over the many options available to
release you from your current job.

However, the rush of financial excitement must be tempered by the necessary
cost of time, money and effort in properly setting yourself up
independently.

Be your own boss on the side, while keeping regular employment as your
financial security, is a wise method of ensuring your income.

Another option is to have substantial savings that permit you the freedom to
pursue your dreams unencumbered with other employment. However, the savings
must also be capable of carrying the costs of developing a business along
with providing for your material needs.

Do you also recognize the time it takes when you become self employed? In
some ways it is almost unnecessary to bring up the point since your passion
will likely drive you to spend many hours in your pursuits.

If you have other obligations; family, job, social etc.
then you will have to consider if you CAN devote the time needed to get your
business off the ground.

Having discussed both money and time, you must recognize that there is much
more effort extended BEFORE a business is profitable than at any other time
in your business.

Yes, once you are getting work and are satisfied with the income level you
may be very busy indeed but you will then be compensated for it. When you
are still cultivating your business - marketing, doing free jobs, searching
for clients and customers - you may not be seeing any income, or a very
meager one, which makes your EFFORTS seem immense.

Do not falter! If you come to the point when you are working your hardest
and doing everything your business requires but still not seeing monetary
results, you may hit a psychological wall.

This is where truly entrepreneurial individuals see an obstacle to overcome
as opposed to a dead-end to their hard work. Passion for their work and the
strong desire to work for themselves overcomes any perceived barriers and
moves them to keep going and ultimately becoming very successful.

By persisting you will certainly see the sweet fruits of your labors and
prove to yourself and others that the benefits of being your own boss far
outweigh the mediocre status quo of the typical worker's daily grind.

The ultimate reason for starting your own business is that fact that you get
to be your own boss. No one can tell you what to do, what to wear, what time
to come in, what time to leave, when to take a vacation, etc......

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Tal Fighel is the owner of
http://www.work-at-home-income-directory.com . His website is geared for
people who are interested in finding an online work at home opportunity or
finding the perfect home based business.

Make Money With Blogs and Affiliate Programs

You spend hours every day with your weblog. It's become a labor of love.
Wouldn't it be nice to find a way to earn some extra money with your weblog?

There are ways of making money online with blogs. The method you've probably
seen on most blogs is to host ads, such as with Google Adsense. You let
Google put their ads on your site and get paid when people click on the ads.
These get mixed reviews. Some say they make a lot this way, but many people
don't report much income. Since they are free to ad to your site, it doesn't
hurt to try.

Affiliate programs work on blogs as well as they work on websites. Affiliate
with companies that sell products related to your site. When people click on
the link in your blog and purchase a product, you profit. This is another
way of making money online with blogs that doesn't cost you anything. If you
are passionate about a product and write about it, this can work well.

If you have a website, blog about some aspect of it and provide a link. Your
weblog can effectively sell the product, and all the customer has to do is
click to your site and order it.

You will never make money with your blog unless people can find it. Search
engines seem to prefer blogs because they tend to be content rich. It helps
to stick to one topic. If your blog serves a niche market, it will have less
competition.

Making money online with blogs is possible. Consider your blog as another
avenue for making money online with little or no cost. Write about what you
love, market your blog, and see if the money will follow.

Earning With Affiliate Programs

You've probably heard of affiliate programs. Companies use affiliate pograms
to sell their products. The most common way for making money online with
affiliate programs is through posting a link on your website. When a
customer clicks on that link and buys the product, you earn a commission.

There are many advantages to making money online with affiliate programs.
Startup costs are minimal. The only money you spend is to promote the
product, whether through a website or other means. You don't actually sell
the product, so you don't spend time shipping the products or money to buy
them at wholesale prices, hoping to sell them later. Another advantage is
that you don't have to worry about unsatisfied customers returning the
product to you.

A good way to start making money online with affiliate programs is to find a
subject you are interested in and start a website. After the website is up,
find companies that sell this product and register to be an affiliate.
They will give you some code to paste in your website. You can use text
codes or pictures, but text code seems to be the most effective for
converting to sales.

Look at websites in your area of interest. For example, if you are
interested in music, look at sites devoted to your favorite musicians.
Study them to see how they place ads.
Notice your responses to those ads. Some are annoying, but others will make
you want to click through. Learn from this and place ads similar to those
that interested you.

Starting a website devoted to something you love is rewarding. If you need
some extra money, making money online with affiliate programs can be a
useful addition to something you already enjoy.

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Home based business ideas and opportunities.
http://www.modernrusticltd.com

7 Tips, Tricks and Techniques to Define Your Niche

Defining your niche is the biggest decision you make when producing an
information product. Without a well-defined specific customer base you are
fated to work harder and longer.

Here are 7 techniques that you can use to start from scratch and drill your
niche down to a specific population that is just waiting with wallets wide
open for your information.

1. Brainstorm 40 different ideas. Creativity starts with
an open mind and without criticism. This is important...do not take
something off the list, or assume it won't work.
At this stage you are literally writing down everything you can think of.
The act of writing and brainstorming often brings out creative ideas. Think
of your life skills, problems your neighbor is having, difficulties your
family encounters, skills you wish you had, skills your children have...just
keep writing.

2. Organize your ideas and fill in the columns. As
important as free flowing brainstorming and creativity are, so is getting
those ideas and research organized to fully evaluate your possibilities.
Using either a spreadsheet
(preferable) or a table format in a word processing program set up several
columns. In the first column write the idea, second column holds the number
of overture searches (inventory.overture.com), third column holds the
overture bid price (uv.bidtool.overture.com/d/search/tools/bidtool/), fourth
column holds the number of printed books on Amazon on this topic, fifth
column holds the number of groups discussing this topic in yahoo
(groups.yahoo.com), the sixth column holds the number of blogs discussing
the topic (search at
bloglines.com) and the seventh column is a yes/no to indicate competition.

3. The competition. Each of the first six columns are
fairly self explanatory once you reach the respective websites. In the
seventh column you are evaluating the number of competing businesses.
Search in Google using several keywords that describe your intended product.
Look down the right column, which are the paid advertisements, you will
determine if there are any information products in this particular niche.
You should also search through Clickbank.com, an affiliate digital library
of information products. The key here is to find the competition. A niche
without competition is not profitable, so move on. A niche with over 12
information products is probably saturated; keep looking.

4. Crunch the numbers. Once you have all the numbers for
your searches you can evaluate the idea. These are the results you want: a
topic where the searches are at least over 2500, there are no searches for
'free' your topic, the bids for your intended keywords are at least $00.30,
there are hard copy books printed on the topic, there are several groups on
yahoo and several blogs that discuss the topic, and there is at least 2 or 3
information products already produced.

5. Track the Words. Using the list from above take the top
4-5 ideas and head over to WordTracker.com. This is a paid service. However
you can purchase a one-day 'pass' for about $8.00 and it is well worth the
cost. You will spend a couple of hours researching these ideas and 'drill'
down to a specific tight customer base. For instance, you won't produce a
product for Realtors but for Realtors working in urban areas who specialize
in homes from $250,000 - $400,000. You don't produce a product for fitness
buffs but for men over 50 who once played basketball and want to get back
into shape. Define your market tightly.

6. Blog about it. The next step is to start a blog about
your topic. Reduce the potential ideas to no more than three and start a
blog on each topic. Post something everyday on each blog. Add an opt-in
list to the blog and offer more information to people who ask for your
resources. Send traffic to your blog using pay-per-click traffic (if you
have financial resources) or article writing, posting comments to other
blogs similar in nature, add the blog tag to your signature line and join a
couple of groups to contribute to their discussions. Contribute to the
groups though, don't spam, or you'll soon find yourself on the outside
looking in. Start a list of people who are interested and send them good
information.

7. Ask some questions. Your last step is to ask questions.
Use only the topic that received the most traffic and seemed to have the
most responsive customers. What does your audience want to know? You can
ask the list you've started. You can use PPC to send people to an 'ask me'
page giving a free copy of your book to the first 80 people who post proper
questions and then ask for testimonials from those people. Watch for
coupons from Yahoo for their PPC product. You can ask people who read your
blog and encourage them to post in the comment section. You can ask people
on the forums or read their most frequently asked questions.

Once you have this much information you are more than ready to begin
producing your information product. You will be giving your audience the
answers to the questions they have already been asking and your 'sales'
process within your niche will be smooth and quick.

Don't be tempted to skip a step in this process or assume you know the
answers because you are in the target audience. You can't know the
questions on everyone's mind.
You aren't a mind reader. You are too close to your project. Trust your
audience and ask them!

Jo Han Mok is a #1 bestselling author and frequent featured speaker at
Internet Marketing bootcamps and conferences.
Visit his website for a simple step-by-step plan to profit online in 21 days
or less!
http://www.SuperFastProfit.com

Work At Home Jobs Made Easy

Everyone from an avid user of the Internet to someone who surfs through it
from time to time has been exposed to all sorts of easy work at home job
claims promising to help make you money "even while you sleep." Of course,
most sensible people would automatically turn away from these types of
suspicious claims and even advise the more gullible to steer clear of them.
But the nagging question remains; is any of it really true? Can someone
really earn money working from home, even while they sleep?

The answer is unequivocally "yes", provided the question is viewed from a
certain perspective. It is important, though, not to jump to conclusions
based on this answer. Although work at home jobs can deliver all this, the
easy part comes after a lot of initial hard work.

Many people can attest to the fact that working from home via the Internet
can earn you money while you sleep. Business is predominantly about
marketing and the Internet's influence can be put to full use in that
regard. But only after a great deal of initial work would it be possible to
start to relax on the amount of effort applied to the at home job and still
generate profits.

Success on the Internet does not happen overnight. It's not simply a matter
of putting products on a Web site and waiting for the money to roll in. It's
possible to generate some very good figures with some genuine talent or
skills, but it will be critical to work on the backend of a business
launching products or services for quite some time before anything serious
begins to happen. For that reason it is highly recommended that before
making products available for sale on a Web site, all relevant systems are
in place and good to go.

Finding Work at Home Jobs - The Process

The first step is to get heavily involved in research. Research not only how
to successfully launch an online business, but also research how to sell a
product or service to the market. The greatest asset of the Web is that all
sorts of self-help articles are available on every subject, including how to
make money with easy work at home jobs. Therefore every resource should be
plundered for information; everything from how-to articles, articles on
personal experiences, or anything of the kind. It's even possible to listen
in on teleconferences, go to online seminars, purchase other people's
products, and spend countless hours studying how the whole process of online
business works. No amount of education is too much education when it comes
to starting a business.

Perhaps the most important part of doing research is the ease it brings to
doing background checks on those who claim to have an easy method to make
money from home. Scams litter every cranny of the Internet and none are
worth falling for. For this reason it is wise to do a little research before
placing any faith in such a claim. If the facts don't back up the claims,
walk away.

About The Author: Barbara Williams contributes articles to several popular
web sites, most recently http://zyod.com and http://tyrid.com

Earn More Money By Becoming A Super Affiliate

An affiliate program is one of the most rewarding career choices that you
can ever make. It can let you make a good amount of income and it can also
be a great extra income earner. In fact, some people earn more money in
their affiliate programs than in their regular jobs. This resulted in
quitting their regular jobs and they concentrated more in their affiliate
programs and earned more money by becoming super affiliates.

Super affiliates earn about twenty times more money in affiliate commissions
than regular affiliates. This means that if you want to earn more money in
affiliate programs, you have to become a super affiliate. However, you now
ask how one becomes a super affiliate.

First of all, you have to recruit affiliates of one product you launched and
you have to motivate them. One way to do this is by creating some samples
for your affiliates. With this, they will have something to give to
potential clients. For example, if you are selling audio products, all you
need to do is get a clip of that audio product and give it to them. In
software, you have to make a demo version for them to try out your product.
By allowing your affiliates to distribute these demo samples, you will be
increasing their conversion rates.

You can also try considering setting up a multi-level commission system as a
way for you to recruit affiliates. By implementing this kind of method, you
can expect to make more money online. Here is a simple way to understand
this method:

When affiliate A recruited affiliate B and affiliate B made 10 sales, then
affiliate A will also receive a commission from that 10 sales. So, if you
are affiliate A, and you have recruited 10 sub-affiliates, you will earn a
commission for every product they sell even if they can't directly sell your
product.

You should also consider coordinating a large launch of the products with
your affiliates. To do this, you have to have a professional looking graphic
headers and e-covers. This will make your work more professional and will
encourage other affiliates to join you. Another benefit of a professional
looking product is that it builds trust. Trust is everything in the Internet
and if affiliates don't trust you, you will end up having few or no
affiliates at all.

These are the ways on how to become a super affiliate. By becoming a super
affiliate, all you need is good marketing skills and you also need to work
hard in recruiting and maintaining your affiliates.

So, if you want to earn more money and not just enough money to pay for your
utility bills, and significantly improve your way of life, you should
consider doing these methods and become a super affiliate.

Always remember that you should always motivate your affiliates to sell the
products you are promoting in order to encourage them to keep working as
affiliates for you. With this, you will be making more money than you can
imagine by being a super affiliate.

By becoming a super affiliate, you will not only earn more money online, but
it will also give you freedom by giving you a choice to quit you regular job
and be your own boss. It will eventually give you more time to concentrate
more on your affiliate marketing business and also let you spend more time
for yourself, your family, and also for your friends. Earn more money by
being a super affiliate.

About The Author: Mario Churchill is a freelance author and has written over
200 articles on various subjects. For more information checkout
http://www.turnkeyaffiliateprogram.com and
http://www.killeraffiliateprogram.com.

My Top Website Traffic Generation Techniques

My Top Website Traffic Generation Techniques I recently conducted a 2 1/2
hour teleseminar that I entitled "Website Traffic Generation Techniques That
Work." I conducted the teleseminar for two reasons:

1) I was partnering with two esteemed clients/friends in creating an
in-demand product. Our combined knowledge and experience guaranteed a
website traffic generation product better than any similar product that I'd
seen recently!

2. I was tired of seeing so many people with websites getting practically
ZERO traffic when it is so easy. I wanted to explain to my subscribers and
clients, in a plain-English fashion, some very effective but simple methods
of getting visitors to their websites.

My websites currently get so much traffic that, while we could always use
more traffic, I no longer worry about getting website traffic. I've reached
what my friend Jack Humphrey termed critical mass - that point at which one
could actually stop promoting for a while and the traffic would continue.

When you look at website traffic generation - big picture - it's just a
matter of identifying where your ideal traffic
is, and "standing in front of it!" Here's are just a few
ways that I do that. We covered many more in the teleseminar.

These are all fast and easy to implement:

- Article Writing - Write 300 - 1000 word articles on topics that your
market cares about. Make sure that the articles address a problem, worry or
challenge that your market faces. In the article point them to solutions
that they can find on your website. It's that simple.

- Affiliate Programs - With an affiliate program, you have others send you
traffic, and you don't spend a penny until that traffic converts into sales.

You can set up a simple affiliate program selling an ebook through Clickbank
or PayDotCom.com and have an army of people working hard to send you
customers in no time.

If you don't have a product, you can take private label products, and with a
little effort, create products that your market will be clamoring for, and
that affiliates will be thrilled to market for you. The best duplicable
SYSTEM that I've seen for doing this was developed by Louis Burleson. You
can learn all about Louis' easy to implement system at:
http://NoHypeInternetMarketing.com/TheKey/

- Ebay Sales - With over 100 million registered users, Ebay is simply too
big to ignore as a source of traffic. The most important thing about that
incredible number of Ebay users is that they are buyers. They visit Ebay
with credit card in hand, and all you need to do is be there with the
products that they are looking for.

By some estimates that I've seen, Ebay gets MORE searches per day than
Google!

There are dozens of ways for you to lure some of those millions of visitors
to your website. Ebay even makes it easy for you to sift through their
database and see WHAT the most common things are that people are searching
for.
What could be easier? You sift through their database, determine what lots
of their users are searching for and then create simple information product
that cater to those concerns. Then you advertise on Ebay, extremely
inexpensively, letting people know that you have the solutions over at your
website.

- Organic Search Engine Traffic - This seems mysterious or difficult to many
people. However, if you understand that people visit the search engines
seeking solutions to their problems, then it's as simple as determining what
problems a lot of people are searching for solutions to, creating solutions
to those problems, and then making people aware of the solutions through
content on your site.

As an example, this article addresses the massive problem of most websites
not having enough traffic. It tells them of the solutions offered on my
site, and finally the article facilitates the search engines telling
searchers that my site is where they'll find the solution. I'll feed this
article to the search engines through my article distribution channels. -
Social Networking Sites - Sites such as MySpace, Youtube, and dozens of
bookmarking sites, get millions of users every day. MySpace rapidly grew
into the sixth most visited site on the Internet.

MySpace users set up accounts and conveniently categorize themselves into
interest groups. Using very simple techniques, you can redirect massive
traffic from MySpace to your website. You can also build your mailing list
by interacting with targeted niches on MySpace. The other social networking
sites function similarly.

- One of the easiest ways to get massive, extremely targeted traffic is
through joint ventures. Through joint ventures, you get those who already
have the attention, trust, and loyalty of the traffic, to send their traffic
to your sales page. This is totally risk free and one of the easiest and
fastest ways to grow a web business.

Through organizations such as The International Association Of Joint Venture
Brokers (IAJVB), you find large list owners, product owners, or joint
venture brokers. You set up huge, mutually beneficial partnerships, and
leverage your combined assets. You can get more information on using IAJVB
at:
http://TheInternationalAssociationOfJointVentureBrokers.com

In the teleseminar, we also covered generating an endless flood of highly
targeted visitors through methods such as publishing a newsletter, blogging,
creating viral ebooks and software, creating educational or entertaining
multi- media products, etc. We showed that there as so many ordinary,
easily-implement traffic generation methods that there really is no reason
for any website to suffer from a lack of traffic.

Actually, I'll retract that statement. Your website does have to be about
something that people are interested in.
There does have to be enough people in the world interested in your niche to
offer you a pool of people that you can
"stand in front of." I've just shared with you my top
website traffic generation technique. Now all you need to do is implement
them. You can discover many more by listening to the MP3 recordings or
reading the PDF transcripts from my recent teleseminar at:
http://TrafficGenerationTechniquesThatwork.com

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Willie Crawford, has been successfully marketing goods and services on the
Internet since 1996. He teaches his clients and subscribers how to use
common-sense methods to effortlessly grow their businesses. You can learn
more of Willie Crawford's methods, and those of over 40 other top online
markers by visiting:

http://TheInternetMarketingInnerCircle.com

Ideas for Internet Business

You can find a business on the internet relating to almost anything. If
you're wondering what what kind of business you would like to start, here
are some ideas for internet business.

Many people set up an internet business selling products.
Sometimes that product is information. Information can include e-books and
newsletters. Look at Amazon's booming business and you will see that people
are still willing to pay for information.

Is An Internet Home Business A Good Idea?

So you are thinking of starting an Internet home business, and you are
wondering if it is a good idea. Internet home businesses can be very
profitable. However, whether an Internet home business is profitable or not
depends on several things.

Have you chosen an Internet home business that you like?
You need to be comfortable with what you have to do and if you are selling a
product or service, you must feel that it is a good one, or no one is going
to believe you enough to purchase it.

Has your Internet home business well established? Chances are, if your
Internet home business has been in business for at least five years, it is
going to be around for a while. Internet home businesses that are relatively
new should be approached with caution. It is up to you to decide if you want
to risk being part of a new Internet home business, or wait a while and see
if it is successful before joining.

Does your Internet home business offer plenty of training and support? A
good Internet home business will have training opportunities and training
materials for you to take advantage of. A good Internet home business also
supplies you with a mentor, or upline person that you can talk with if you
are having problems or have questions. A good Internet home business will
never expect you to work alone with no help of any kind.

How much of an investment does your Internet home business ask you for?
While it is true that most Internet home businesses ask you for some type of
financial investment, you need to make sure that it is an investment you can
afford.

You can sell other people's products, too. Another internet business idea is
to set up a website talking about various products and providing a link
where they can buy them.
Affiliates receive a commission from every item bought.
This works most effectively if you devote your site to one product and are
willing to market your site.

Offering your services in web design or web content writing is another
internet business idea. Search for clients on job boards or through ads.
There are freelance boards that can give you good leads, and some where you
can bid on projects.

You hear often of people running a home business by selling items at
auctions and possibly setting up a storefront to go with those items. There
are auction sites like eBay that sell anything, and others that are more
specialized. Check the offerings of various sites before deciding where to
sell.

These are just a few internet business ideas. The most important factor to
consider is the time you will be spending on it. It takes time to make your
business a success, so find something you like. The best internet business
idea combines passion with income. Take time to find the right opportunity
and do what you love.

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Home based business ideas and opportunities.
http://www.modernrusticltd.com

Increase Your Sales Lead List Using Myspace

Increasing your sales lead list using myspace is a very effective method.
Myspace has a huge network of people. Using myspace to create your leads is
a very smart way to build your business. Many people are advertising using
myspace. There is a correct way and incorrect way to advertise on myspace.
We will go over the two.

Using myspace to increase your sales lead list is just like using a forum to
create leads. The key is building a relationship first. So first signup for
a myspace account. Make sure that you add a picture because it helps build
trust if people can see you. It will also look really awkward if you do not
have a picture up. Next add some information about yourself. For example,
what you do for a living, what businesses you are apart of, etc. Keep your
myspace page looking professional especially if you are trying to advertise
your business. There is nothing worse than someone trying to sell a product
with an unprofessional page.

Now it is time for you to network. First off, find your target audience. So
if you are selling rims, look for people who are into cars. After you've
built your network, start establishing relationships. If you build your
network and send out bulletins without the relationship being in place,
expect a poor response.
Also people may kick you out of their network. Always try to focus your
conversations towards your products. So if you are selling rims, try to talk
about cars and rims.

After you have established relationships, then go ahead and send out
bulletins to your network. Also have your network advertise for you. Just
like an affiliate program but it is on myspace. Give them commissions or
discounts for advertising for you. Lastly if you do not want to take the
time to build relationships, find people with huge networks and huge page
views. Offer to pay them to advertise on their page. It is a lot cheaper
than advertising directly with myspace. Using myspace to increase your sales
lead list can bring in many leads if used properly.

About The Author: To get more techniques to increase your sales lead list,
visit http://www.leadgenerationworld.com. Copyright
2006 Eric Fields This article may be reprinted provided no part thereof is
edited in any way and this resource box is included.

Is There a Better Way to Serve Newcomers Who Need Traffic?

Newcomers to Internet Marketing may not be faced with a more daunting task
than trying to figure out search engine rankings.

There seems to be no shortage of sellers who spend a great deal of time and
effort trying to convince newcomers that their particular software program
is the answer to generating improved rankings and more traffic to your web
site.

Another offer arrived yesterday touting a new version of a top-rated Top 10
Optimizer.

I glance at the offer and do not even bother to get excited. I cautiously
glance again at its message like I would confront a hungry wolverine trapped
in a small corner of my attic about to protect her young from my approach.

I have been hyped so many times by sales pages on the Internet that I think
I am developing attention deficit disorder (ADD).

Deep inside I feel a welling up of my inbred caution. My bulldog instinct
suddenly takes over. I put on my helmet and shoulder pads, dust off my
cleats, and work up my steely-eyed look that says, "Not in my house, you
undersized furry punk" (like Clint Eastwood I can occasionally make my day).

And so I take the bait on the sales page, knowing a war for my thought
process and my very soul may well be at stake.
No matter, I am determined to be an Internet Marketer despite my fragile
newcomer status.

It is time for the kick-off, I wait for the first volley, and here it comes:
(Our product) allows you to immediately optimize your web pages . . . in
three easy steps" followed by the more prominent claim of "3 easy steps to
top 10 search engine rankings." I cringe at the words "immediately" and
"easy."

My gut feeling is to run as fast as I can in the other direction, but I
realize that would be poor sportsmanship, and so I assess the damage to my
psyche as I digest the two words. And then I ask myself: Why are they
selling me this software program rather than providing a service to do this
for me?

I mean, really, their business is apparently search engine optimization (I
think the term is SEO).

What makes me, a technically illiterate newcomer, think I have to learn all
about this when it has taken them years to acquire the knowledge and
expertise they have?

Every bloody aspect of making it in Internet Marketing is requiring me to
overcome one learning curve after another.
Anyone who knows anything about Internet Marketing apparently is not about
to tell you squat (too busy raking in the money), even though all of his or
her literature cries out about how they are going to help you by revealing
their "secrets" and "amazing programs" no one knows about.
Do not ask me to give examples.

All right, if you must: How about instant affiliate web sites that do not
cost you a dime?

They tell you about how easily it is going to work (you will develop 4 to 5
streams of income within hours, or sometimes even minutes, without really
doing anything).

They do not tell you that you will be spending your hard-earned money on
advertising to drive traffic to their host server where they add your
prospects to their sales list, allowing them to build a bigger list of
subscribers to whom they sell more products while you continue to subsidize
their success. They get free advertising, free prospects and free sales. You
get experience when you are paying attention.

Sometimes they even steal commissions you might receive by taking the entire
sale as their own. They can do this as they control the server and the
process. If you generate no sales commission (as is most often the case)
then you cannot even cover your advertising costs, much less make a profit.

In your fifth month you drive 825,000+ hits and 35,000+ unique visitors to
their site in 30 days and get not a single sale, for the fifth consecutive
month. You see thousands of dollars in investment flying out the door
without a single affiliate sale and you wonder: is this going to happen in
my lifetime?

Your trusty ad tracking service (another important expense) swears upon pain
of death that there were 10 sales made on the sales page, but you never see
the sales (they somehow disappear in cyberspace). Later, if the sales were
in fact pirated, you will be thanking them for the service they have
provided you (this comment will make more sense later in this article).

Back to this SEO offer, and how I can "benefit from top 10 search engine
rankings on Google & Yahoo!" (The sales page copy proclaims this straight up
in a fit of benevolent excitement).

I call for a timeout, go to Google, and punch in the term "Internet
Marketing" and up pops the first of 94,800,000 (that is 94.8 million)
responses. Now, how is this going to work for a newcomer? I buy their
software, study my head off, and I am going to immediately (their term, not
mine) appear in the top 10 among 94.8 million responses?

What will happen when they sell 1,000 of these software programs to 1,000
Internet Marketers whose key words are Internet Marketing?

When I put in three other keywords important to me, I get 4.4+ million
responses, 17+ million responses and 9.9+ million responses. If it is so
easy, why are they not doing it for me, and charging me for the service?

Logic tells me they are going to have some serious problems with about the
11th customer for each keyword (or keywords) available.

I recognize some tech head may be able to take this software program offer
and do something with it, at least for awhile, but what about newcomers who
have no technical knowledge or interest in learning the technical side of
the business, like me?

The easy answer, of course, is to learn or to get off the Internet so
serious people can do serious business without having to put up with people
like you.

The cost of the software? Just $250 less a nickel for the Standard version
and $450 less a nickel for the Business version. I decide to pass on both.

I guess I should be inordinately concerned about Google, Yahoo, MSN and the
rest, but this is how my mind works: I could buy the software in question,
spend hours and days gaining some ground in the SEO race, and never
effectively compete against a guru in this area because I do not have the
skill set, ability and talent to do so. Bottom line:
why bother?

I need to play my game on a different field with different competitors, and
that is what this newcomer is going to do:
mind my own business and skill set, with the emphasis on "own." I will
invest the $250 I would have spent using my
strength: writing articles.

And, by the way, could that acronym for search engine optimization (SEO)
sometimes stand for scammed every opportunity?

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Ed Bagley is the author of Ed Bagley's Blog, which he publishes daily with
fresh, original writing intended to delight, inform, educate and motivate
readers. Visit Ed at . . .
http://www.edbagleyblog.com