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Some forms of spyware immobilize antivirus and firewall software, thereby reducing the user’s security setting, leading to further infections by several viruses. Many spyware are ads and often they seem as pop ups, when an individual opens a new window, while others show ads at other specific websites. Spyware operators offer programs to advertisers, who may buy ads in the pop up and display them, while a user visits to that website. This is how spyware gathers details on a user’s behavior. Pop up ads are the obvious forms of spyware. Spyware has lots of side effects on the computer system.

Reporting and alerts are a must, that way you can pinpoint the culprits and then have a talk with Bill about the reason his computer is always so slow - the spyware he keeps downloading. Alerts are critical so that if someone else uses Bill’s computer and loads spyware/malware, you find out immediately. Data loggers, key loggers are just a few programs which harvest info from your computer. Winclear is the only program created specially to auto remove such spywares. Spector is a keylogger and once installed on a computer it has the ability to record all keystroke activity and send it out to virtually anyone-including cyber criminals. That is why every computer owner needs winclear.

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Identity theft protection is quickly becoming a hot topic. Every day, computer users are haunted by stories of people falling victim to identity theft. The biggest culprit in this recent rise in cyber crime is spyware, the buzzword that is on the lips of every internet user. Experts are now saying that nothing is 100 percent secure on the internet anymore, and users must take steps to protect themselves. Winclear is the only software which is capable of removing keylogger programs. If you enter login information on a website that installs a cookie on your computer for malicious purposes that individual can then take the information stored in that cookie and try to use it to steal other pieces of your information. Winclear has been the industry leader in fighting keyloggers for the last 8 years.

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In fact every big PC security vendor has its avid advocates and most determined haters alike. That is the reason why you need Winclear installed onto your computer. Stability problems such as system wide or application crashes are very common nuisance created by spyware. Protect your computer security by using Winclear! More about Winclear here: Win Clear.

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You’ve been around the block a time or two. When it comes to choosing promotional gifts for your clients, you know your stuff. Why, you always get the nicest phone calls, notes and emails from your clients, thanking you for their gifts.

The question is: do those people call and write again with new orders for your company’s product or service? Which, when all is said and done, is what giving clients promotional gifts is all about. Right?

Of course! And most of the time after those polite thank you calls and notes, you hear nothing, at least not right away and certainly not in the way of increased orders and sales.

That’s why you need to know this secret to giving the perfect promotional gifts to your clients-and guarantee results your accountant will notice.

The secret is personalization. No, no, not as in giving gifts with names and such engraved on them, though those can be quite, quite nice.

No, this is individualized personalization. That’s a mouthful, isn’t it? What it means is that when you’re giving your clients promotional gifts, you need to think of each and every one of them as individuals-and give them gifts that speak to their tastes and interests.

This isn’t as difficult as you might think. In the course of doing business with people, we learn a great deal about them. Things like if they’re dog lovers, wine enthusiasts, proud parents, gadget freaks, that sort of thing.

So when it comes time to do promotional gift-giving, take those things you’ve learned about your clients and use them in choosing stellar gifts that will keep your customers calling you. Give that wine enthusiast a good bottle of wine. Wrap up a picture frame with a border of dogs on it for your dog lover client. Give you gadget freak client a handheld game or cell phone accessory.

No money for that? Think you should give everyone the same thing? Great! You can still personalize.

Think packaging here. Instead of cookie cutter wrapping paper, wrap the dog lover’s promotional gift in paper with dog bones on it. Put a card with miniature wine accessories hot-glued to it on your wine enthusiast’s gift. The possibilities are endless.

And in doing small things like this, you show your customers they’re more than just dollar signs to you. They show you see and appreciate them as people. And as we all know, we like doing business with people who “get” us. Our clients and customers are no different! We like doing business with people who like us. Master the fine art of individualized personalization, and your bottom line will give you a very personal and sincere thank you.

Cindy Carrera has dominated the art of giving promotional gifts. Learn the secret to choosing dazzling tradeshow giveaways that will knock their socks off!

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Business marketing is essential for professional services, such as consultants, coaches, speakers and trainers.

Creating trust with prospects and clients is essential. How do you do that?

A Reader’s Digest survey has found burns specialist Dr Fiona Wood is Australia’s most trusted person, followed by singer Olivia Newton-John and Tasmanian-born Crown Princess Mary of Denmark.

The survey is in its fifth year, but for the first time asked a statistically representative sample of 756 people who was the most trusted person out of a list of 100 well-known Australians.

“The better known you are, the more important that ability to instil trust becomes. But as our first Most Trusted People poll shows, you don’t have to be running for prime minister to be put to the test,” said the article published in the June edition of Readers Digest.

Interestingly women often do better than men.

For example, Prime Minister John Howard’s wife Janette (at 74) is more trusted than her husband (85), while model, mum and charity patron Sarah O’Hare (43) is well ahead of her husband, media executive Lachlan Murdoch (93), and Home and Away starlet and mum-to-be Bec Cartwright (59) also is more trusted than her partner, tennis player Lleyton Hewitt (73).

“If we don’t know someone personally, we’ll judge based on whatever information we know about them at the time,” said Body language expert Alan Pease in the article.

In terms of professions, ambulance officers, firefighters and mothers were the most trusted, while politicians, car salesmen, real estate agents, psychics and journalists are the least trusted.

Fathers came in at 8 and life coaches at 20, after domestic cleaners at number 17. Consultants, trainers, speakers and authors weren’t listed.

So whatever line of work you are in, how can you get noticed and be trusted? Here are my Top 10 Tips:

1. Be Involved In Community Service.

Offer your time, expertise and skills to those that need it most, community or not-for-profit groups. Not only will you feel better, you will be noticed more and trusted. According to Dr Fiona Wood: “Every patient I treat is an inspiration.”

2. Network.

Network with others to increase your circle of influence.

3. Ask For Help, Introductions or Referrals from Your Trusted Circle of Influence.

Nothing will get you noticed and trusted quicker than asking for help to get known and meet other people.

4. Get a Coach or Mentor.

A coach and mentor can fast-track your career, keep you accountable to your goals and give honest, independent advice.

5. Join or Set-up a Mastermind Group.

Link up with others who have a similar goal, passion or purpose in life.

6. Have A Professional Photograph Taken.

If you want to be noticed and trusted, people need to see your face. Have it done professionally and have both digital and hard copies available.

7. Write An Article.

Share your unique knowledge, expertise and insights in an article. This could be a trade magazine, local newsletter or opinion piece for a major newspaper. Keep to around 600 words, ask someone to edit it for you and include a photograph and contact details at the end if appropriate.

8. Give A Presentation or Speech.

Public speaking or running a seminar is the quickest way to get noticed and trusted fast. There are thousands of community, business and industry groups looking for speakers everyday. Overcome your fear and turn your unique knowledge into an entertaining story with some take home lessons for the audience.

9. Be Quoted In The Media.

The media has big impact because of its mass appeal. It is the world’s largest database and will reach people you can never duplicate with a direct mail campaign. It also delivers credibility through third party endorsement.

10. Write a Book.

A commercially published book by a big-name publisher is the fastest way to build credibility, trust and be noticed.

Thomas Murrell MBA CSP is an international business speaker, consultant and award-winning broadcaster. Media Motivators is his regular electronic magazine read by 7,000 professionals in 15 different countries.

You can subscribe by visiting http://www.8mmedia.com. Thomas can be contacted directly at +6189388 6888 and is available to speak to your conference, seminar or event. Visit Tom’s blog at http://www.8mmedia.blogspot.com.

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In our first part of this article, we raised the question of
whether blogging and its distribution tool, RSS feeds, are
really useful for Internet and Search Engine Promotion. Are RSS
feeds and blogs really the next big thing in web marketing,
distribution, and content creation–or are they just hype? There
is a lot of hype around RSS, blogs, and derivative technologies
like podcasting. But are they really useful to the serious
Internet marketer or are they just the subjects used by
marketers looking to create new products to grab our hard-earned
marketing dollars. We also covered the objections and
reservations from some Internet marketers about the usefulness
of RSS feeds and blogs to the bottom-line of their ebusinesses.
This can be contrasted to our discovery of people like Willie
Crawford and companies like Weblogs, which generate 6- and
7-figure incomes from blogs, RSS, and related technologies with
Google Adsense. To illustrate if the typical Internet
marketers–not just web gurus–can benefit from blogs and RSS
feeds, I promised to share my experiences with my new sites not
yet optimized for the search engines. With virgin websites, I
could observe the traffic pulling power of blogging, pinging,
and RSS. If you would like to read or familiarize yourself with
Part 1 of this article, you can read it at…
http://www.searchengineplan.com/articles/feb06-rss-prt1.htm To
test the effectiveness of the ability of RSS feeds and blogs to
attract and drive traffic to my web properties, I did some quick
and insightful research on the topic. Brandon Hong’s Marketing
Rampage with Blogs and RSS was the resource best enabled me to
understand the techno-jargon associated with blogs and RSS
feeds. Believe me, I have a 10-year background in information
technology, and I can’t make heads or tails out of the alphabet
soup served up by tech geeks on blog and RSS media. Plus, I run
a very busy SEO consultancy and virtual real estate (VRE
Adsense and Affiliate Sites) side business, so I don’t have the
time to muck around in nebulous articles on these topics. If you
even remotely feel like me about the complexity of blogs or RSS,
do yourself a favor and obtain Brandon Hong’s multimedia ebook
of screen-capture videos. You can read a full review of the book
at… http://www.searchengineplan.com/articles/hongrss.htm I
have been blogging for almost 3 years, but RSS feeds have been
harder to grasp in terms of development and marketing. The
easiest way to start blogging is to setup an account with
www.Blogger.com or www.Bloglines.com. Blogger will actually walk
you through the process. Experienced web designers should not
have a problem setting up a www.Blogger.com account. Blogger.com
is actually a good initial choice because it provides an easy
setup for RSS feeds. The setup can be done by going to the
Settings Tab in Blogger, clicking the site feed link, and
filling out the forms. The next issue to consider is the complex
RSS compatibility issue. You can sidestep the decision about
whether to go with RSS version 2.0 or Google’s Atom standard by
“burning your RSS feed” or making them more compatible with all
popular RSS formats with a third party service like
Feedburner.com. After creating your RSS feed in Blogger, you
should have it burned in the Feedburner.com service; it will
guide you through the process. The optimized Feedburner.com RSS
feed is then ready to be submitted to the major RSS directories.
I would suggest creating a few descriptions of your blog and
then submitting both your blog and RSS URLs to the appropriate
RSS and blog directories. My firm fast-tracks blog and RSS feed
promotion by submitting them to about 90 directories that
specialize in this type of media–including Yahoo! and MSN RSS
content services. Both the Blogger.com service and, more
extensively, Feedburner.com can be configured to ping the major
RSS and blog directories. This means they signal or alert these
directories whenever you update posts on your blog in real time.
Perhaps most importantly, you get traffic statistics about your
RSS subscribers and readers. The results of my RSS and blog
traffic research over the last 3 months are amazing! I have been
totally blown away by the research. I am excited about RSS and
blog usage, despite the good and bad news: The bad news:
According to a White paper on blogging, sponsored in part by
Yahoo!, 88% of Internet users don’t know what RSS technology is
and 96% of Internet users stated they do not use it! The good
news: 27% of Internet users experience RSS feed content on their
My Yahoo and MSN web accounts, although they don’t realize it!
Moreover, 4% of Internet users actively use RSS feeds. This
means 31%, or almost one-third (1/3), of Internet users in the
U.S. read RSS feeds. With almost 150 million U.S. Internet users
and 600 million net users worldwide, you do the math on the
large numbers of people reading RSS feeds (even if unwittingly).
More positive stats on RSS and blog usage, according to the Pew
Internet & American life project: - (1) Fully 19% of online
Americans ages 18-29 have created blogs - (2) 11 million
American adults say they have created blogs - (3) 27% of
Internet users reported in November that they read blogs This
translates into 32 million American adults who read blogs This
information shows that RSS and blogs are growing technologies
for serious Internet business people to adapt into their
marketing mix. My personal research over three months showed
that when I regularly updated my blog sites, burned RSS feeds
pinging the major directories increased my traffic a whopping
25%! Blogs, RSS feeds, and articles distributed regularly to
major host sites and distribution services actually rivaled the
traffic of my highly optimized top-ranking SEO and VRE sites.
More importantly, traffic from blog, RSS, and article-driven
traffic actually made twice as much income in sales and Adsense
revenue than my traditional SEO sites. Needless to say, once a
skeptic, I am now a big believer in the power of RSS feeds and
blogs to boost my bottom-line. I will leave you with a
controversial statement for a SEO and Searchpreneur©. Dr. Jakob
Nielsen recently referred to search engines as “the leeches on
the Internet.” He feels “Search engines extract too much of the
Web’s value, leaving too little for the websites that actually
create the content. Liberation from search dependency is a
strategic imperative for both websites and software vendors.”
With Yahoo! and MSN soon to enforce email postage, according to
a recent article by the New York Times, RSS and blogging may
become the best and latest arsenal for small business to
continue to survive and thrive in the Internet economy. To stay
informed on the latest blogging, RSS, and SEO developments,
visit www.searchengineplan.com/blogs/seoblog.htm. Kamau Austin
is publisher of www.eInfoNEWS.com and runs
www.SearchEnginePlan.com. He is author of Always On Top — How
to Get the Highest Search Engine Ranking for your Website. See
more about his strategies at www.AlwaysOnToptheBook.com.

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Whatever your business resolutions may be for this year, you
need to take action. Each day that passes by is lost profits
if you don’t do anything to improve your business. Everyone
wants to have more and more success but if you just stay there
and dream about being more successful, you will never reach
your goals.

As a matter of fact, it’s imperative that you work on a
well-constructed business plan to ensure that you meet your
objectives. By using a road map for your future promotions, you
will be more focused and motivated. Just remember, doing a little
every day can lead to a huge accomplishment in the future.

You should always try to improve your business wherever you can
and make more profits because there are so many different
profitable marketing techniques that you can use to boost your
business.

With that said, let’s see some of these lucrative promotion
strategies that will skyrocket your sales and profits.

(1) Pay Per Click(PPC) Search Engines

Pay Per Click search engines are among one of the quickest
ways to drive targeted traffic to your website. You just bid
on keywords related to your site and you can get a top listing
along with the organic search engine listings.

Bidding and keyword research are critical to the success of your
campaigns. If you bid high for high competition keywords, you
can be sure to get a good placement in the PPC. An example with
Google Adwords, positions 2-4 are usually very good. Of course,
position 1 is the best but you will be paying the highest bid
and your budget can be drained quite fast.

If you bid for low competion keywords, you can pay for as low
as 5 cents and expect a top listing because there won’t be
many ads competing for these keywords. Hence, if you can get
lots of these low competition keywords which bring you highly
targeted clicks, that will be a very profitable campaign.

Then you just need to ensure that you either get these visitors
to subscribe to your newsletter or buy whatever product or
service you might be offering.

The most difficult parts are to get the right keywords and
sufficient amount of clicks to prevent your keywords from being
slowed or disabled. When this happen, your ad will disappear.
The best status for your keyword should always be “normal”,
hence it will be shown at full delivery. To solve this issue,
your ad must be eye catching, it can arouse curiosity, it can
state a benefit in the description, it can include a call to
action and it helps if the ad itself contains the keyword
you’re targeting.

It takes a few minutes to set up an account with AdWords at
http://adwords.google.com

To search for potential related keywords for your website, you
can make use of Overture search tool at

http://inventory.overture.com/d/searchinventory/suggestion/

or Google AdWords Keyword Tool at

http://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordSandbox

Some changes at AdWords, if you are promoting affiliate products,
you no longer need to identify yourself as an affiliate and include
the abbreviation for affiliate ie “aff” in your ad description.

In addition, if there are several ads promoting the same product
by using the same keyword, only one ad will be displayed now.
Hence there won’t be duplicate ads. A higher rank for your ad
will be determined based on its maximum cost-per-click(CPC) and
clickthrough rate(CTR) just like before.

To solve this issue, you can promote that same product on
your own website instead of linking directly to the merchant’s
site.

To know how much advertisers are paying for keywords, check out
Overture bid tool at

http://uv.bidtool.overture.com/d/search/tools/bidtool/

This can give you an idea for the competitivity of the keywords.

Advertising on Overture is more costly and depending on your
industry, usually you will reach over 80% of active Internet
users than on AdWords because your site will also appear on
Overture’s network of sites like MSN, Yahoo, Altavista, Infospace
and CNN amongst others as sponsored sites.

To sign up for an account at Overture, go to this url

http://www.content.overture.com/d/USm/ays/choose.jhtml

(2) Search Engine Optimization(SEO)

Getting free traffic from the search engines is one of the
most powerful marketing tactics because not only are you
not paying a dime but the traffic just like PPC is extremely
targeted. People coming to your site after making a search
on the search engines is one of the best methods to deliver
good results.

Getting your site noticed and ranked high in the search engines
takes time and work but the long lasting traffic is well worth
the effort.

To optimize your site, consider putting your targeted keywords
in your title, description, include some keywords in your content,
and most importantly, get quality relevant links to your site.

While you will be waiting for your rankings to appear on the
search engines, an advice is to drive traffic via the PPC in the
meantime.

(3) Affiliate Program

An affiliate program is a type of joint venture and is a highly effective
technique to generate new streams of traffic and skyrocket your sales.

And best of all, it’s FREE advertising and minimal effort on your
part in contrast to ppc and seo where you have to work for your
rankings or pay for every click.

On the contrary, you can capitalize on other webmasters’ existing
websites which are already getting traffic and if you have a product
or service, it does not cost you anything to contact these business
owners and offer them to join your affiliate program to promote
your product in return for a commission. Persuading them and finally
recruiting them is the hardest part of your job and you have to
make sure that your joint venture proposal is convincing and
interesting.

Furthermore, you can also profit from other marketers opt in email
lists and you can get a flood of new customers very quickly.

Promoting your business constantly and regularly is the key to
long term growths. Take action today and start to work on your
online business goals by implementing the strategies mentioned
above. Every day and month which goes by is only lost time which
could have been used to market your business slowly but surely.

This article can be freely published on a website as long as
it’s not modified in any way including the author bylines,
plus the hyperlink must be made active just like below.

Jean Lam is the editor of Web Biz Secrets Newsletter.
Subscribe today for powerful marketing tips and receive
his new PDF eBook “3 SureFire Ways To Start An Internet
Business And Strategies To Promote It”

Visit his Internet Marketing Resource website.

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Salehoo: Flower Wholesalers In Detroit Michigan
Salehoo is a wholesale drop shipping service that actually connects you to reputable suppliers to find products that you can list on auction sites such as Ebay or your own website and then will ship those products directly to your buyer once they have sold, leaving you with a nice profit. It is an absolutely wonderful service with one of the lowest sign-up fees in the industry. For a lifetime membership of $67, they are one of the most cost effective and consistently reliable e-commerce resources on the internet. They consistently update their supplier lists and makes sure that they stay consistent and competitive. The directories justify the cost of the list by saying that their list has the best suppliers and not only that they have been verified and they accept secure payment methods.

If you are searching for suppliers off your own bat (rather than using a wholesale directory like SaleHoo) it is CRITICAL to check authenticity before making a purchase While your catalog can be in print or online it is crucial that is clear and informative. Salehoo is a unified platform bringing together wholesalers drop shippers and liquidators from different continents

Salehoo Wholesale Cars Cover:
Additionally, look for the locked padlock in the toolbar and make sure the http changes to https in your browser. The “s” indicates that the web site is a secure site and adheres to the industry standard for security values Secure Sockets Layer (SSL). Therefore, your personal information is encrypted and stays private during transmission over the Internet. If you use Internet Explorer as your browser you will generally see a lock in the bottom right of page which indicates that the site has at least 128 bit encryption (which is safer than shopping offline). Always delete sensitive information when exiting any website and do not give your credit card number to anyone requesting it in an email (phishing scams). Follow these simple steps a safe online shopping experience.

Actually 74% of Salehoo’s suppliers have a minimum order quantity of one! Salehoo’s wholesale directory also has a private members only forum. With SaleHoo you can rest assured that you have contacted the best genuine wholesalers and distributors. See Salehoo Review.

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Before you Jump Into the Free Agent Pool!
by Linda Blew Carlson

A “free agent” used to be a sports figure, or entertainer whose contract had run out and was looking for a new one. But with the change in our economy and the survival mode that companies have switched to, a vast number of people have entered the arena of free agents. Recent books and articles claim we are becoming a “Free Agent Nation,” within a “Free Agent Economy.”

Are you ready to join the millions who have chosen to become free agents? If you have or are planning to change your work life and want more choice in what you do and how you do it, you need to consider two things. How good are you at working with others? Do you know what you naturally do best?

If you can answer these two questions quickly, think about whether these are skills you have learned or whether they come naturally. Many people think that being trained to do something well is good enough; others will buy this knowledge or skill from them. That may be true or it may be short lived. There isn’t much today that you can learn that will not become obsolete about the time you learn it. People aren’t very flexible when they learn a skill. They learn how to do it best and lack the flexibility to adapt when the skill is no longer required. How do you stay flexible? Identify what you were born to do and you easily adapt to changes!

Being a successful free agent depends heavily on people skills. The Income part depends on your being able to cut directly through the defenses of people who are inundated with info the minute they get out of bed in the morning. It is pretty unrealistic to think you will get enough work to support yourself by relying on others to tell someone else how good you are. So brushing up on your people skills is essential.

There are some great resources for you, the prospective free agent. For instance Dan Pink in his new book defines what you are feeling right now. He says that people by the thousands each day are fleeing the organization to become “free agents.” He says; “This person is the independent worker who operates on his or her terms, untethered to a large organization, serving multiple clients and customers instead of a single boss.” This is good information. You need to know where you fit in the scheme of things.

Toni Lonier wants to give free agents the tools they will need to succeed. Barbara Reinhold recognizes the personal fears and gives advice and resources to deal with them. Sara Horowitz has developed a place where free agents can get similar and sometimes better benefits than organizations offer. This takes care of the basics. But no one has asked or answered the really important questions yet. How good are you at working with others, really? Do you know what you naturally do best? (This is usually very different from what you have been trained to do.)

Many free agents recognize that going it alone does not mean being alone. A recent issue of INC. has its cover page devoted to an example of going “solo” and teaming. Newer web sites do recognize the need for building teams that share projects and personal support. These sites talk about the need to get along well with others, and how to make significant contributions to the team. But just getting along with others doesn’t mean you know how to get the best performance from them, or yourself for that matter.

So, what we have going today, is a growing understanding of the role of the free agent. We also have an expanding amount of information generated by people who are free agents themselves to help us. We have existing groups and new ones forming that will share and support us. What is missing?

Recent ground breaking research, provides answers for the two questions you must face, before you really stand a strong chance of making it as a free agent. It explains how to get others to give willing cooperation consistently. It explains what you have as in-born skills, that not only showcase your learned skills, but also come to your rescue when you need help.

It is important that you create and environment for yourself that removes the uncomfortable stress you have felt in organizations, and provides the greatest opportunity for your success, while being yourself. That means you need to maximize your strengths and minimize your liabilities. It also means that you can capitalize on your natural skills and be able to help others do the same. This new research gives you the ability to do all of this, along with the insight into how to form powerful teams, that quickly gain recognition for outstanding performance.

There are two simple steps to take before becoming a free agent. First, I suggest you go to the web site at http://www.styleworks4u.com and get information that will make establishing your free agent status faster and easier. It will give you an opportunity to take some free assessments that will identify what you are naturally good at. This is the starting point.

The authors’ books mentioned above, and many others, can be secured at any major library, or from most of the major Internet book sellers. Also a couple of key sites to get information on free agents and business are: www.fastcompany.com and www.business2.com. As you surf the search engines and directories, you will find many excellent sites and web pages. When you make the jump into the free agent pool - give yourself the very real chance for success!

Linda Carlson is President of Focus I. Inc. and has been a free agent all her life. She is dedicated to helping others work freely and powerfully. Her bio and “story” can be found at; http://www.styleworks4u.com/cgi-bin/index.cgi/about/index.html

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1. Advertise your web site with banner ads that are animated and include a call to action. You must grab people’s attention and make them to c.lick.

2. Use pop up windows or advertisements on your web site. They grab your visitors attention because they jump right out at them.

3. Buy internet business books, ebooks, private site memberships, etc. Study and learn all the new web site promotional ideas you can.

4. Analyze all your promotional efforts.Concentrate on the ones that work and drop the ones that don’t work. Don’t waste your valuable time.

5. Get the most from each one of your visitors. Ask them to subscribe to your e-zine, participate on your message board, bookmark your site, etc.

6. Use text links if your banner ads are not pulling traffic. People don’t ignore text links as much as they do banner ads.

7. Trade content with other ezine publishers or web sites. This is a powerful and effective way to place your links on other targeted web sites.

8. Keep your product available to your customers at all times. If you have to backorder it, they may end up canceling their order.

9. Use content on your web site so people can skim through it easily. Most people have little time so try using lists, short tips, short articles,etc

10 Add a message board or chat room to your web site. If people enjoy it, they will revisit your web site to participate regularly.

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It’s always interesting to watch the coming and going of Internet marketing trends; watching concepts become popular, saturate the market and then tail off. Wouldn’t it be great to be able to ‘get in on the ground floor’ with some of the emerging trends and sell bandwagons instead of jumping onto them with everyone else?

Perhaps, what you need to do is to look at past examples of popular concepts and consider how you could have spotted them. A couple, for example:

Article Directories

As the realisation of the search engine/link popularity benefits of syndicated content was spreading across the Internet, many Internet marketers were hungry to have the next Ezine Articles or Article City under their belts as a viral tool that could power their own websites forever more.

Anticipating this demand, savvy marketers created article directory scripts to satisfy the needs of would-be editors, just like those tool makers who supplied pickaxes and shovels during the gold rush.

I’ve witnessed at least half-a-dozen different products all offering their own flavour of article directory and the prices of such scripts has fallen dramatically. Now, article authors have a very wide choice of directory to submit to with many serving very specific niches.

Interestingly, this boom of article directories has created a new type of service; automated article submission to multiple directories e.g. iSnare.com.

Yet another example of perpetual Internet marketing!

Pixel Advertising Websites

Ever since Alex Tew’s Million Dollar Home Page hit the headlines, millionaire wannabes have been emailing advertisers with their own take on the concept. Without the originality and the media attention, the real money makers are the suppliers of pixel advertising websites. Again, another great example of how to take advantage of a trend by supplying tools for those who wish to follow it.

So What’s The Next Big Thing?

Maybe it’s not the very next thing, but creating software products that solve people’s problems or gives them what they want is always going to be a big hitter. With some of the product that I’m seeing at the moment, creating your own software application is going to become a lot more popular in the next 12 months. Already, people are selling guides to making your own software application to sell to other people… Again, it’s perpetual Internet marketing.

Perhaps you’d like to commission your own software application, but just don’t have any ideas of problems that need solving? Unsurprisingly, there are products that can help steer your imagination.

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She didn’t have to die. She was young, she was beautiful, and, yes, she was exciting. Now she’s gone, and it was all so unnecessary - so, so senseless!

Dare I say what he did to her? Do I "point the finger" at him? Someone has to, I guess. Actually, it was a case of what he didn’t do. You see, she was a charming new website and he - well, he was an inexperienced owner who thought all he had to do was open a well-done website and the world would zero-in on her and make him scads of cash. He even called her "Carly Cash". The poor, misguided fool.

If only he had known, there are a great many things he could have done to save her, indeed to help her thrive and fulfill her exciting promise. He could have:

• used business cards to promote his website. Probably the cheapest, most effective form of dirtside advertising is an attractive business card. He could carry them everywhere (alright, smartie, not in the shower). Post them on supermarket, community and college bulletin boards. Drop one in the envelope when he pays a bill. Leave one, or more, at the video store, dentist’s office, doctor’s office, library, county jail - wherever. Maybe not the jail.

• issued a press release to the world. Huh? He could have sent a press release to his local media, after determining the names of the appropriate editors and news directors. He could go to his favorite search engine, enter "press release", and doubtless be amazed at the result. He’d need to remember it’s not called the World Wide Web for nothing. Getting a press release published ten thousand miles away can do him just as much good as appearing in a local paper.

• placed classified ads in "advertiser magazines", for lack of something better to call them. In this part of the world we have the Pennysaver, which carries announcements of local events, community activities, concerts, that sort of thing. But primarily it is classified ads for everything from aardvark toys to zebra-striped jammies. And it’s very popular - it’s a garage sale in print and delivered by the postal service.

• arranged to appear as a guest on a radio talk show. Many AM stations are devoted to talk, he should know, because they don’t carry music as well as FM stereo. Our wired, wired world is a popular talk topic and all he has to do is find our which stations, or show hosts, are so inclined. Interesting guests are always welcome (at some time or another).

  The same is true of local television talk shows like "AM Akron" or "Missoula in the Morning" (maybe not). He should be aware that no show host, or station, is going to allow a prolonged commercial for his website. He will need to be able to speak intelligently about some aspect of the web,answer questions from the host/ess and perhaps the audience as well. The idea is to help brand him, create interest, instill trust, and get in a plug or two.

• thought creatively about publicity and likely come up with his own ideas. Had he been in his right mind (home of creativity and intuition) and fired up his imagination, maybe "Carly" wouldn’t have died. Here’s hoping her successor has a rich, rewarding life, and perhaps little bytes of her own.

Copyright by Kent E. Butler

Butler Marketing Group

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Kent E. Butler has been in marketing, sales and training since shortly after the creation of language. If the above language has been helpful, he’s happy. To make him really happy, visit http://www.ButlerMarketingGroup.com the One Stop Internet Shop (and great bizop) and acquire something useful.

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