Archive for November, 2007

by Michele Allen
Home business is a booming industry and it’s worth billions. It’s no wonder more and more people are jumping ship from their mundane 9-5 job, the stresses and challenges of the corporate world, to a fulfilling stay at home dream come true. For the people that are willing to take an educated risk, will certainly benefit from what this billion dollar industry has to offer.

Being self employed can be very liberating. You work on your own terms, under your own roof with great tax benefits. When you compare a home business to a traditional bricks and mortar business, the home business wins hands down because you don’t have the huge overhead that a traditional business has. You get to keep more of the profits and the cost associated with starting a home business are much more affordable than a traditional retail business. Not to mention the long hours and the headaches. There is also a higher failure rate with the traditional business compared to home businesses. The benefits are many for the internet wealthy marketer.

Having a business on the internet does not have to be time consuming either, as a huge percent can be put on auto-pilot thanks to search engine listings, web exposure, and so much more. Like any business though you still need to have the personal touch to be successful.

The greatest aspect of the home business industry is that it doesn’t discriminate. It doesn’t care where you come from, how old you are or what your education is. Everybody has an equal chance of succeeding, from high school drop-outs to lawyers and everyone in between. With the enormous amount of information that can be found on the internet, entering the home business arena isn’t that difficult at all.

Take websites for instance. Once upon a time you had to be technically proficient to create one. Now, there is software to help you do this and you can have a great website up in no time at all. With any business, online or otherwise, you have to let people know you are there. Having a great website isn’t going to do you any good if people don’t know you exist. The internet provides many ways to get the word out. Some methods are paid advertising and there’s the advertising that is really effective that does not cost a thing except time. Anybody that’s willing to do their homework can learn how to target the right customers and become a wealthy marketer.

A very important part of the recipe is leverage. You really must leverage your time. To do this effectively, you must find people that are moving in the same direction and have the same goals as you do. When you share the load you have more time for other things. To be successful in any business you must align yourself with people who can help you. A wealthy marketer knows the importance of this and surrounds themselves with such people.

To become successful with an online home business you must have a genuine product that offers real value to your prospective customers. To stay in business you need to make a profit. Consider avoiding low ticket products. You have to make so many sales to make a profit or even to keep yourself in business. There are many high ticket products that offer real value and a nice healthy return. So be selective look around. See what’s available. Instead of being a starving marketer, you can become a wealthy marketer.

Time is something we all don’t have enough of. With employers taking a huge chunk of it, there doesn’t seem to be enough hours in the day for our family, friends and other commitments. It’s no wonder people from all over the world are opting to start a home business. Not only does this offer flexibility in working hours, but you get to earn what you are truly worth. With dedication and motivation there is nothing stopping you from becoming a wealthy marketer.

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by T.R. Thomas
In the first part of this series we discussed how important relevant material was to keeping subscribers on your e-mail list. Here we will discuss ways to find fresh relevant material that will help you keep your subscribers interested in your list.

It is first vital that you understand what your niche is interested in, only in this way will you be able to provide them with relevant material. That being said how do you get content that will keep people coming back for more week after week. I will mention several here.

The first and most simple to think of is to ask them. You created a list of individuals that should see you as the expert in the industry, they want to know what you think and what your opinion is on topics that concern them. So ask, periodically send out an e-mail to your list and ask them what challenges they are facing? What do they think will help them? And what would they like to know about the niche that you may be able to teach them. It is not a weakness on your part to ask this of your list but instead it helps you to focus more on their needs and they would appreciate that. Once you get your surveys back now you can go to work producing content that you know is relevant to your niche.

The second way we will discuss is to surf the web. Go to the forums of where your niche spends their time. Look for questions such as How do I, or were do you find, or anything that looks as if people need help with. If the question seems like it is broad enough or will fit into your niches skill base use that question and create content around it. In many cases if several people have the same questions you can almost bank on it that others share that same question and an article or email around that subject may just be what your group is looking for.

A third way of finding relevant material is by searching the article directories to see what others have written about your niche and using that article as information for your list. When you do this you cannot alter the article, or change it in any way, it has to appear the way that you originally saw it. If not you are in violation of copy right laws. So use it as you found it.

The fourth and final way that I will discuss is to have your content created. If you are short on time or maybe not a good writer but you want your name to appear as the author then you can hire a ghost writer, a person who will write for you and allow you to take credit as the author, and these articles you can either post or e-mail to your list as original content. Because you commissioned the work you are the creator of it. The ghost writer can research the topic for you and come up with what they may think is relevant for your niche or you can tell them what to write about based on the information from above. I recommend you instruct them, in this way you will be in control of the information being produced.

There are tons of sources for original relevant content on the web that you will never run out of things to write about or to say. So follow the steps above and you will find that you have a never ending supply of relevant information for your e-mail list.

If you would like to learn how to build a profitable list for free, get your Free copy of “3 Fast Free Internet Traffic Building Techniques That Will Explode Your List” by going to http:/www.passivemarketingplr.com or http:/www.sevensecretsrevealed.com

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by Andrew Gowans
If you have found this article, you already know about Abunza, and you are most likely trying to decide if this is for real, if this is for you or not. I won’t waste your time with the glossy image, just the real facts.

So is Abunza a scam or

Is The Question …

“Why Do Many People FAIL to work from home?”

Most people that start online businesses have NO IDEA how to market them successfully. They try blogging, bum marketing, pay per click marketing, free ads and so on to sadly and ultimately fail… why.. because out of the overwhelming choices for online business, we have everyone “telling” us what to do if we join them, and NO ONE providing us with the direction and support we need, NO ONE really showing us how to succeed.

I know because I kept screwing up, choosing bad opportunities and losing time and money.
Anyone attempting to run an online business needs 4 crucial elements

• Focus and Direction
• Mentoring
• Support
• Proven and Tested Program

Co-founders Michael Spire and Sebastian Saldarriaga who recognized that few business opportunities provided at least these elements and developed the Abunza business plan and revolutionary compensation plan to provide people with every chance to succeed. They chose the name Abunza as it means “abundance” in Spanish. It is the first opportunity of its kind to capitalize on both the English market and on the 100 million Spanish speaking people online.

Abunza gives the opportunity for distributors to earn substantial income through sales of product, both to retail customers and wholesale to new distributors…

Retail - you earn 100% commission from every product sale to a retail customer through your personal Abunza store, adding it to their shopping cart and paying you directly as you own complete resale rights.

Wholesale - This is where the most substantial money can be earned. When you sell a complete digital library package for $997, you make $797 on the first tier and $200 every time one of your personally sponsored members makes a sale.

The benefit by being an Abunza member, is that you have trained professionals from the Abunza Dream Team that will call back your prospects for you, in either Spanish or English and facilitate sales for you, so that you never need to actually speak with any prospective distributor. If a Dream Team Sales Associate makes your calls and closes your sales, your net commission is $597.

The other benefit of being an Abunza member is that you get set up for you automatically the complete Abunza marketing website including the shopping cart software.

Additionally, there are video tutorials that walk you step by step how to market your Abunza website on the internet for free, or through a variety of other advertising methods.

In other words, all you do is advertise and the system takes care of the rest.

Abunza prides itself on being a true international and bi-lingual opportunity. Because the opportunity is internet-based, and the fact that you are paid directly by those you sponsor, you can operate and earn income from this business anywhere in the world.

The most important thing I can stress to you is that everyone that becomes involved with Abunza has total guidance from their team, and is honestly never left hanging.

You have every support system in place with Abunza to guarantee that you succeed. I never had any level of support with those other so called “opportunities”.

Why look at another 2up program ever again when Abunza will pay for the very first sale and every sale. Plus, with Abunza you will want to train your team, you will want to focus on team work because you know that you will keep collecting those $200 payments on EVERY sale that those you sponsor make.

This truly is a great example of “Working Together To Win”.

Andrew Gowans is an accomplished and successful work at home coach. He gladly supports and helps others on how to build successful internet businesses. Andrew’s specialty is the Abunza Dream.

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by Christine Layug
Advertising or Marketing on the internet can be a very successful strategy. The internet is widely used as a means of advertisement because advertising or marketing on the internet is cheaper than advertising on billboards or on TVs, and the internet advertising and marketing targets a larger audience. The internet can be a very powerful strategy when it comes to advertising and marketing a certain company, the only drawback of this kind of strategy is on how an internet user can know that a certain company even exists. This has been resolved when search engines have been invented such as google and yahoo that can easily help an internet user search out the information needed that a certain company can provide.

Search engines help to minimize the time required to find information and the amount of information which must be consulted. With the development of search engines, it made users minimize the time in searching out certain information they need, in this way, a company’s website will be easily acknowledged and recognized.

But there are still some problems that websites still faces, search engines did made it a lot more easier to find a company’s websites, we must take into mind that there are a lot of companies around the world the uses the internet to market and advertise their companies. So aside from web designers and web developers, there is another specialist that specializes in making a certain website raise its rank from search engines, those specialist are called the SEO.

Search engine optimization (SEO) is the process of improving the volume and quality of traffic to a web site from search engines via “natural” (”organic” or “algorithmic”) search results.

And that is where an SEO comes in. Search engine optimization (SEO) is the process of improving the volume and quality of traffic to a web site from search engines via “natural” (”organic” or “algorithmic”) search results. Usually, the earlier a site is presented in the search results, or the higher it “ranks”, then obviously, more searchers will visit that site. The search engine optimizer does is to make a certain company rise ranks above other companies so more users can visit the company’s site.

SEOs are in large demend and many independent companies have started their own Search Engine Optimization business, and one of those that started this line of business is the Optimind Technology Solutions’ Search Engine Optimization Philippines.

The Search Engine Optimization Philippines are composed of young and dynamic individuals who share the same ideals on making their clients company to be one of the top ten searches on any search engine. Optimind Technology Solutions’ Search Engine Optimization Philippines team dedicates their lives for the satisfaction of our clients, the Search Engine Optimization Philippines team meaningfully contribute to the development of the local IT industry.

Optimind started the Search Engine Optimization Philippines on the year of 2006 were SEO’s was most needed in the Philippines to help companies gain ranks on search engines. Optimind’s Search Engine Optimization Philippines target market is comprised of Asian companies who see the Web as an enabling technology. These are establishments that see the Internet as a dynamic and effective medium of penetrating new markets, improving customer service and sales. For more information on Search Engine Optimization Philippines, just visit us at http://www.myoptimind.com.

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by Alicia Forest
Writing a regular ezine (online newsletter) can sometimes feel like hard work. So if you’re putting in the time and effort to give your readers valuable content, consider implementing at least a few of the strategies in this article to help your efforts pay off in profits.

Here are 4 ways to help your ezine make you more money:

1. Self-promote

Besides giving valuable content in each issue of your ezine, don’t forget to add a little self-promotion as well. After all, it is one of your best marketing tools, and you want to make sure that you’re letting your subscribers know what products and services you have available for them. It’s best to do this in a separate section of your ezine, instead of in the copy of the article you write for your readers. A short blurb about you and what you offer, as well as a bit about one of your products and services with a link to more information is all you really need to do.

A tip: If space allows, consider adding one or two short testimonials from your clients/customers who are raving fans, too.

Depending on the method through which you are publishing your ezine, you can track how many times your links are clicked on, which gives you valuable market research information about what your readers are interested in finding out more about.

2. Give Options

If you are a service professional, know that there are many people who would like to hire you one-on-one but that option doesn’t fit into their budget just yet. If you offer them other options, and promote those offerings in your ezine, you’ll turn some of those prospects into paying clients.

For example, if you coach or consult one-on-one, consider offering a group coaching program with a price point that would be much more accessible than your private fees would be. Or take your knowledge and package it into an ebook, or a series of teleseminars, or an ecourse, and price them reasonably. Then promote them in your ezine.

3. Offer specials

Your readers may find the content of your free ezine valuable and would really like more, but they might need a bit of encouragement to buy from you. So give your subscribers a special discount on something you offer, with a time limit for purchasing (which really does encourage people to “act now”).

For example, offer a 2-for-1 deal on your ebooks, or 20% off one of your programs if they register within a week. This strategy will move some of your readers from the “free” part of your funnel into the “fee” part of your funnel, which is exactly what you want.

4. Offer recommendations

I get so many questions about the services I use in my business that I periodically give recommendations in my ezine. These products and services are ones I truly believe are of high quality, because I have used them personally or because they come highly recommended to me by my mentor coaches. Some of these I am a reseller of (an affiliate), meaning I make a small commission on every sale I refer, and others are products and services I love and know would be of value to my subscribers.

Don’t forget that your number one priority with your ezine is to provide valuable content for your subscribers. Proportion 10-20% of your content with promoting you and your offerings, and you will be working smarter and not harder.

Also remember that with each issue you put out, you are building trust and rapport with your list, becoming known as an expert in your niche, and gaining lots of exposure (especially if you submit your ezine articles to article submission services), all of which are so important to the overall success of your business.

Alicia M Forest, MBA, Multiple Streams Queen & CoachT, founder of ClientAbundance.com and creator of 21 Easy & Essential Steps to Online Success SystemT, teaches professionals how to attract more clients, create profit-making products and services, make more sales, and ultimately live the life they desire and deserve. For FREE tips on how to create abundance in your business, visit http://www.ClientAbundance.com .

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by T.R. Thomas
Creating a large and powerful E-mail list does not have to be complicated. There are tools and methods that can be used to enhance and multiply your list building efforts. One such method is Ad Swapping. Here we will discuss the benefits and power of ad swapping your way to a powerful list. Using this method you will be able to build your list with the efforts of others.

Many have heard of Co-registration leads were a website will sell you names of customers that have opted in to their list and introduce them to you in hopes of converting them, but that is not the Ad Swapping that I am referring to, though that is a powerful way to build a list.

What I am referring to is developing relationships with others inside of your niche and co marketing together. You would need a list owner or owners with a list similar to the niche and items that you market. This way you can target your list in a way that you can immediately turn a profit.

This method would consist of swapping advertising between your sites and that of your partner site. You may look for e-zine publishers or affiliate marketers thru your favorite search engine and offer to give them one of your free reports or courses in exchange for one of theirs that you will send to your list if they will send your to theirs.

Another technique would be to list their e-zine or their item on your download page after they have signed up for your free e-zine or free report. When your subscriber goes to the download page or in the email you sent them you can simply say “Thank you for subscribing to my e-zine or here is your free report, as a thank you please select any of the other free reports that may interest you”. Your partner website or websites can do the same. In this way you can enlarge your list thru the efforts of your partners website.

Once someone picks the extra e-zine or free report they are interested in then they will go to the sign up page directly for that persons list, and be sent into their auto responder. It’s a win win for everyone. This is a free method of duplicating the efforts of others in building your own list.

Can you imagine the power if you have 10 different sites promoting your giveaway and you theirs? This is a duplicating of your efforts in a way that will benefit your list greatly. Were they market you market, what you spend to advertise is duplicated 10 fold through your ad swapping and thru your partnering websites. Truly you can have a powerful list in no time at all and built virtually for free.

You will also be able to target your list because your prospective subscribers will be able to see your ad and choose whether or not they are interested in your offer. So give it a try. Build yourself a network of ad swap partners and then you will be Ad Swapping Your Way to A Powerful List

If you would like to learn how to build a profitable list for free, get your Free copy of “3 Fast Free Internet Traffic Building Techniques That Will Explode Your List” by going to http:/www.passivemarketingplr.com or http:/www.sevensecretsrevealed.com

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by Jeff Schuman
In this article we look at 4 ways you can use the internet to earn recurring commissions. Also known as residual income, these are a fantastic way to set yourself up for life.

Would you like to get paid one time, or would you like to get paid over and over? By over and over I am saying you get paid every month for your one time efforts. This concept is also known as residual income and you will learn to love it when the checks come every month.

This is one of those “DUH” moments that has come to define my own internet marketing career. Getting paid over and over is one sure fire way to early retirement and financial security.

Here is a partial list of ways to create recurring commissions. 1. Network marketing- You earn recurring commissions by recruiting downline distributors getting paid on their efforts. When building your downline this is a great way to create residual income through the efforts of others.

Many MLM programs pay several levels deep. It is to your advantage to spend the majority of your time building your group rather than just retailing products where you’re only getting paid one time for that sale.

2. Affiliate marketing- You earn commissions by selling other people’s products. You can earn recurring commissions by selling subscription based products. You can join two-tier affiliate programs and getting paid on the sales made by the people that you recruit. If you recruit enough quality affiliate marketers underneath you into 2 tier programs you can earn residual income for years to come on just the sales that they personally make.

3. Sell memberships- One of the best ways to earn recurring commissions is to sell memberships. Website hosting would be an example of this. Private label right products that people subscribe to receive every month could be another example of a subscription based product that you earn commissions on. 4. Create your own subscription program- If you have your own product or program try and create a membership product. If you do this, you can earn recurring commissions every month when people subscribe to that. Hands Off Article Marketing is one example of a subscription based program that pays every month for people that subscribe to it.

This is 4 examples of ways you can earn residual income and get paid over and over for doing your work one time. Once you understand this concept, you’ll want to spend the majority of your Internet marketing days learning for more ways to earn recurring commissions.

Jeff Schuman is the creator of “Hands Off Article Marketing” a program designed to help internet busines owners who do not like to write. Now you can take your business to the next level using article marketing without doing the work yourself. To learn more useful make money at home and article writing tips please visit his website here: —> http://www.team-schuman.com

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by Carl Hartley
Nothing seems to be able to slow down the home business boom. Internet marketers are prevalent and the possibility of becoming a wealthy marketer exists for many people. To becomes successful with an online business, one must weigh all of the options and choose a business that best meets their strenths and abilities.

Everyone has different reasons to start a home business. Many want the big bucks and using extra space in the home can really cut down on costs. People run their home business in the basement of their homes, in garages and some people even use the store of their homes as their office. Every thing is right if it gives you fruitful results, but if you are new in the business and want to be successful without any major failure, this article is ideal for you. If you go with the plan we are mentioning here, there is no one to stop you from becoming a wealthy marketer.

First of all, are you clear about what are you going to do or what will you do after a particular period of time? Home business success requires desire, time, money and you must ask yourself certain questions before starting one. Like are you sure about the strategy? Do you have a buring desire to succeed for yourself in an online business? Are you positive your product or service that you offer will make a profit? If you are able to answer all these questions quite comfortably then, you can move forward.

A successful home business and becoming a wealthy marketer do require some qualities like being a self-starter. You should be disciplined enough, so you can guide others. You should be practical and isolated enough to work with your family under the same roof. There are some possible legal requirements that should be fulfilled before establishing your own home business. For example, as you know now-a-days, people are crazy about e-shopping. It is easy and cheap to go for. It is logical for purchaser as well as buyer as both can make online money now. Under legal rules, no one can use copyrighted website logos or data. Your product should stand out from the rest and not be a complete copy.

You have seen that all factories and offices of wealthy marketers in your city are located in the outer parts of the area. Even if you are starting as a home business man, it’s better to get an ideal place from where your work does not disturb others. Certain products are not allowed to be manufactured at home. Make sure that you are going to work within the laws of your city. Registration and accounting of the business are something that has to be managed from the very start. If you are concerned with the today’s trend to make money online now, then you also have to get a separate computer connection. A second phone line can be a godsend.

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by Mike Leinweber
Website traffic — in other words, how many people visit your site — is one very important factor to consider when starting a website. You need to decide how you will get users to visit, and in high enough numbers to count.

You can boost your website traffic by various means. First, build a website that is attractive to the eyes. Keep in mind your targeted traffic or in other words the people you want to visit your website. Who are you targeting? The better the content, the more traffic you are likely to have.

To get traffic to your website, you need to consider how original is the content you are offering. Can the information be found elsewhere on the web? If so, then the website traffic you see will likely be shared with the other sites. If you look for unique content, you’ll likely see more website traffic.

A third suggestion would be to keep your web site up to date. You need the data on your web site to be current and relevant. This means writing material which won’t get dated, or adding items constantly to keep it fresh. Both strategies are actually a good idea, because you want to have return traffic as well as newer customers. The best strategy to keep visitors coming back is to continually update the site news so that there is always something new to read each time.

Another important thing to undertake is easing accessibility to your site. Think about the types of keywords that people will use in their searches, by using these keywords you make your site much easier to find. Also, if there are links to your site on sites that people will find, that is another way to increase the accessibility of your site.

If you put the time and effort into building a website, you want it to be good. Here are a few steps you can follow to increase the number of people who visit your site.

The first step to increasing your website traffic is to build an attractive site that people will want to visit. Think about your targeted traffic. Quality content goes a long way in getting people to visit your site.

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by T.R. Thomas
The challenge many Internet marketers have is keeping people from unsubscribing from their e-mail list. You spend time to build it and your list gradually fades away if it is not constantly updated. The reason why many unsubscribe from someone’s e-mail list is because they no longer see value in the things they are receiving. That is why it is important to give your list relevant material that will keep them interested.

What is relevant material. That is very subjective. It depends on your niche and what your niche is interested in. You must determine what is important to your list and provide it for them on a consistent basis. Many list owners will sell to their list and that is the extent of the contact they have. List owners like this are constantly fighting to keep their list full. They have unsubscriber’s regularly. Think about it, none of us want to have a sales person come to our door every day with something else they are offering to sell to us. Eventually we will stop opening the door.

But if you were to provide relevant material to your list on a consistent basis perhaps alternating free informative niche based information to your list with sales your subscribers will remain much longer on your list. People want to feel as if they are being helped and learning something rather than have their pockets fleeced every time they see your name.

By providing people with good content, informative content your list will start to look at you as someone who is a leader in your field. It gives you the opportunity to cultivate a strong relationship of trust with your readers.

So how do you create relevant content for your list? You can do one of three things, you can borrow it (from someone else who wrote it), you can create it yourself or you can buy it (making you the owner of the content). We will discuss these methods in part 2 Email list–Keeping Your List Responsive Part 2 How To Finding Relevant Material.

If you would like to learn how to build a profitable list for free, get your Free copy of “3 Fast Free Internet Traffic Building Techniques That Will Explode Your List” by going to http:/www.passivemarketingplr.com or http:/www.sevensecretsrevealed.com

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