"There will be good days and bad, which means that some days I may be cranky and some days really cranky!"
- Peter Jennings
How to Conquer Your Greatest Creativity-Killer
By Clayton Makepeace
Despite all the great things going on in my life, I began feeling a little down in the dumps last week.
That's not good. For creative folks like me - and for all marketing pros - depression can be a career killer.
When you're depressed, your energy flees, your focus fuzzes up, your creativity goes AWOL - and if you don't do something about it (and quick!), your income craters and your reputation and career chase it right down the tubes.
In short, depression is one of the costliest business problems any of us ever deal with!
Conversely, the ability to identify and neutralize depression quickly are two of the most valuable skills any entrepreneur or marketer could possibly acquire. They empower you to add scores more productive and profitable hours, days, and weeks to your year.
In my experience, depression comes from three places...
1. Too many drugs, so little time
When I say "drugs," I'm referring to my three personal favorites: (1) Grey Goose, (2) Starbucks, and (3) Marlboro Lights.
Once upon a time, I could pretty much party for 48 hours straight and never pay the piper. I could do Friday and Saturday at Sloppy Joe's, ride the 14 or 15 hours home from Key West, and still show up for work bright and bushy-tailed first thing Monday morning.
These days, not so much. My 54-year-old body demands at least 72 hours to get over a weekend like that. And it puts me through a period of pretty intense chemical mopery before my wife, friends, total strangers, the local constabulary, my lawyer, and my creative muse begin speaking to me again.
Goes without saying: Losing 72 hours of creative time each week would make it nearly impossible for me to continue living the comfortable life to which I've become accustomed. And so I've been forced into a life of relative abstinence - punctuated, of course, by the occasional not-so-graceful swan dive off the wagon at vacation time.
Caffeine and nicotine are something else altogether. I can't walk, speak, or think until I've had a couple of mugs of Joe in the morning. Problem is, it's 2:00 p.m. before I know it, and by then, my get-up-and-go has got up and skedaddled.
And of course, it's even worse if I'm inhaling nicotine - an infamous depressant - with all that coffee.
What's the solution? The dreaded "M" word: Moderation.
On the plus side, there is a mood-brightening drug I can't recommend highly enough - one that I absolutely hate getting.
I'm talking about endorphins. You get them by doing exercise: swimming, walking, running, that kind of stuff.
Work out for two weeks in the morning before you go to work, and you'll be absolutely amazed at how much happier you are, how much more productive you become, and how much more moolah you rake in!
2. Lies your brain tells you
Has some terrible thing happened that gives you the right to be depressed? The promotion you just knew would make you a gazillion bucks flopped flatter than a flapjack? You're broker than a sailor after shore leave, and the bill collectors are calling non-stop?
Hey - I've been there. It sucks.
But it doesn't mean you have to suffer from depression-related brain-block, too!
The fact is, you get to choose how you feel in response to just about anything that happens to you.
See, everything that happens to you passes through a little "belief filter" in your brain - a conviction you've come to hold about yourself and/or the world around you.
These filters can be positive - as in "I'm brilliant," "I'm a winner," "I always come out smelling like a rose"...
... or they can be negative - as in "I'm a dope, a fraud," "I'm a loser," "Everything I touch turns to crapola."
Here's the golden key: Nearly all the belief filters we have are utter nonsense.
The objective truth is, nobody is always a winner or a loser... creative or dull... brilliant or a dunce.
So the next time depression has you creatively hog-tied, try this...
First, identify the negative thought that triggered your lousy mood.
Then, ask yourself, "Is that thought valid?" (99.9% of the time it is not!)
And then ask yourself, "Is the belief filter that triggered that negative thought valid?" (Again: Almost never.)
Finally, ask yourself, "How should I change that belief about myself and/or the world to bring it in line with reality?"
You'll be amazed at how quickly even the lousiest mood evaporates in the blinding light of the objective truth.
3. Self-obsession
I learned this simple fact of life many years ago - and re-learn it all the time. In fact, you could say it was my guiding principle for launching The Total Package e-zine last year.
The simple fact is, when my focus is on others' well-being, I'm happier.
Conversely, I notice that when I'm trying to find things that will make me happy - new toys, vacations, etc. - I'm actually less happy.
So where's your focus? Are you obsessed with your own feelings and the state of your life? If so, there's a good chance those feelings are not positive ones.
Try doing something to improve someone else's life today. You'll be amazed at how quickly your mood lifts!
[Ed. Note: Clayton Makepeace has spent the last 35 years creating direct-mail, Internet, and print promotions that have sold well over $1 billion worth of products. Plus, as a direct-marketing consultant and copywriter, he's helped four major direct-marketing firms at least quadruple sales and profits to well over $100 million per year each. Clayton publishes the highly acclaimed e-zine The Total Package (www.makepeacetotalpackage.com) to help business owners and copywriters accelerate their sales and profits. Check it out.
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Friday, February 8, 2008
Guest Post - Patrick Coffey - Early To Rise
How to Get a Bunch of Useless Traffic to Your Website
By Patrick Coffey
The Internet has been buzzing with praise for "social media" as the way to drive traffic to your website. By "social media," I'm talking about sites that (1) allow you to submit content and (2) allow other people to comment - and even vote - on it. The higher they rate your submission, the more exposure you get, with lots of people clicking on your link.
But today, I'm going to show you that this massive traffic isn't all it's cracked up to be.
So far, some of the major players in the social media world are:
Digg - digg.com
Stumbleupon - stumbleupon.com
Sphinn - sphinn.com/
Reddit - reddit.com
Del.ico.us - del.icio.us/
Myspace - myspace.com
Facebook - facebook.com
These sites - and dozens and dozens of others that I'm sure I'm forgetting - have quickly become behemoths in the online world. In fact, many of them are getting even more traffic then the all-powerful Google.
At first, this might seem like an online marketer's dream...
"If I could only get my article or blog post on the home page of Digg or Stumbleupon, my site will be flooded with traffic."
It's easy to see why so many marketers are foaming at the mouth over the idea of tapping into all that traffic. But real online marketers understand that traffic does not mean anything without conversion. In other words, if you can't turn your traffic into sales or e-mail sign-ups, it's pretty much useless.
You may have heard of website traffic referred to as HITS. I'm sure you've been to websites that have a little counter at the bottom that tells you exactly how many HITS the site has received.
Well, this is my definition of HITS: How Idiots Track Success.
Just think about it. What should you really care about? How many people visit your site? Or how many people buy from your site?
Now you might be thinking, "Patrick, how do you know the traffic you get from social media is useless?"
This thing is, Alexis Siemon, ETR's resident Search Engine Marketing Specialist, has been experimenting with trying to drive traffic via social media channels.
You can see how this is done by looking at the funny little logos at the bottom of each Early to Rise issue. These logos allow you to submit our content to various social media sites. And they have been helping us get "free" traffic. Through some trial and error, Alexis was able to help our natural health e-letter site get a boatload of traffic from Stumbleupon. In fact, in the last month, one page generated over 28,000 new visitors.
When I heard this, I thought it was great news. You see, when we get traffic from outside sources, we can generally convert at least 10 percent of it into e-mail sign-ups.
So how many of these 28,000 social media visitors do you think signed up for our natural health e-letter?
500? 1,000? 1,500? 2,800?
No! Try 80. That's a conversion rate of just over 0.2 percent.
Compare that to the conversion rates we're getting from search engine optimization (SEO), e-mail marketing, website advertising, pay-per-click (PPC) advertising, and even direct mail. I've seen traffic from these sources convert to e-mail subscribers at rates of up to 50 percent.
That's not the only reason I say social media traffic isn't all it's cracked up to be.
Recently, several of the top marketers here at Early to Rise and I went to the Webmasters World Conference in Las Vegas. We wanted to learn directly from many of the world's top search engine marketers and see what they made of all the buzz surrounding this supposed traffic goldmine.
When I looked at the schedule, I was excited to see a panel discussion titled "Monetizing Social Media Traffic." After all, isn't making money the point of getting website traffic? So we all attended this session with great anticipation...
The consensus of the panel was that it's difficult to monetize social media traffic. For whatever reason, this traffic is resistant to advertising and tends not to stay on the site very long. In fact, it appeared to them that one of the only ways to monetize this traffic is by using a CPM (cost per thousand) advertising model. This is where you sell ad space on your site and charge the advertiser based on the number of people who see their ads. Certainly not a good model for those of us who run direct-response websites - because not only are these visitors not buying from us, they're also not clicking on our advertisers' links.
Even worse, this heavy influx of traffic can put a strain on your hosting servers and cause your site to crash. So you have a bunch of people visiting your site who don't buy, don't subscribe, and wind up crashing your server. Talk about turning your social media traffic dream into a nightmare.
But I don't want you to think social media is all bad. Of course, we are delighted to allow our readers to share ETR articles that they think are good. And we are very grateful that, in one case, 80,000 people read our extremely valuable content as a result of this free traffic.
Many of the top stories on Digg and Stumbleupon get picked up by blogs and other websites. And when an article from your site is being bounced around the Internet this way, you'll get inbound links from various sites. These new links help you get direct traffic from the linking sites. Plus, they help you with search engine optimization, which can, in turn, lead to more converting traffic and more subscribers.
At Early to Rise, we will continue to test social media and use it as a link-building tool. But if you're looking to build your online business, it's better to focus on the proven direct-response marketing methods we've been telling you about. Don't be afraid to pay for traffic through e-mail list rental, text-link ads, and pay-per-click advertising. These methods might cost a little bit of money... but you'll be attracting targeted visitors who will buy from you.
[Ed. Note: Patrick Coffey is ETR's Internet Marketing Director. He is also a contributor to ETR's Internet Money Club, which shows you how to build an online business within the next 12 months. The Club's membership was 100% filled last month - but we've just opened up a handful of slots for a very limited time. To check on availability, click here.]
By Patrick Coffey
The Internet has been buzzing with praise for "social media" as the way to drive traffic to your website. By "social media," I'm talking about sites that (1) allow you to submit content and (2) allow other people to comment - and even vote - on it. The higher they rate your submission, the more exposure you get, with lots of people clicking on your link.
But today, I'm going to show you that this massive traffic isn't all it's cracked up to be.
So far, some of the major players in the social media world are:
Digg - digg.com
Stumbleupon - stumbleupon.com
Sphinn - sphinn.com/
Reddit - reddit.com
Del.ico.us - del.icio.us/
Myspace - myspace.com
Facebook - facebook.com
These sites - and dozens and dozens of others that I'm sure I'm forgetting - have quickly become behemoths in the online world. In fact, many of them are getting even more traffic then the all-powerful Google.
At first, this might seem like an online marketer's dream...
"If I could only get my article or blog post on the home page of Digg or Stumbleupon, my site will be flooded with traffic."
It's easy to see why so many marketers are foaming at the mouth over the idea of tapping into all that traffic. But real online marketers understand that traffic does not mean anything without conversion. In other words, if you can't turn your traffic into sales or e-mail sign-ups, it's pretty much useless.
You may have heard of website traffic referred to as HITS. I'm sure you've been to websites that have a little counter at the bottom that tells you exactly how many HITS the site has received.
Well, this is my definition of HITS: How Idiots Track Success.
Just think about it. What should you really care about? How many people visit your site? Or how many people buy from your site?
Now you might be thinking, "Patrick, how do you know the traffic you get from social media is useless?"
This thing is, Alexis Siemon, ETR's resident Search Engine Marketing Specialist, has been experimenting with trying to drive traffic via social media channels.
You can see how this is done by looking at the funny little logos at the bottom of each Early to Rise issue. These logos allow you to submit our content to various social media sites. And they have been helping us get "free" traffic. Through some trial and error, Alexis was able to help our natural health e-letter site get a boatload of traffic from Stumbleupon. In fact, in the last month, one page generated over 28,000 new visitors.
When I heard this, I thought it was great news. You see, when we get traffic from outside sources, we can generally convert at least 10 percent of it into e-mail sign-ups.
So how many of these 28,000 social media visitors do you think signed up for our natural health e-letter?
500? 1,000? 1,500? 2,800?
No! Try 80. That's a conversion rate of just over 0.2 percent.
Compare that to the conversion rates we're getting from search engine optimization (SEO), e-mail marketing, website advertising, pay-per-click (PPC) advertising, and even direct mail. I've seen traffic from these sources convert to e-mail subscribers at rates of up to 50 percent.
That's not the only reason I say social media traffic isn't all it's cracked up to be.
Recently, several of the top marketers here at Early to Rise and I went to the Webmasters World Conference in Las Vegas. We wanted to learn directly from many of the world's top search engine marketers and see what they made of all the buzz surrounding this supposed traffic goldmine.
When I looked at the schedule, I was excited to see a panel discussion titled "Monetizing Social Media Traffic." After all, isn't making money the point of getting website traffic? So we all attended this session with great anticipation...
The consensus of the panel was that it's difficult to monetize social media traffic. For whatever reason, this traffic is resistant to advertising and tends not to stay on the site very long. In fact, it appeared to them that one of the only ways to monetize this traffic is by using a CPM (cost per thousand) advertising model. This is where you sell ad space on your site and charge the advertiser based on the number of people who see their ads. Certainly not a good model for those of us who run direct-response websites - because not only are these visitors not buying from us, they're also not clicking on our advertisers' links.
Even worse, this heavy influx of traffic can put a strain on your hosting servers and cause your site to crash. So you have a bunch of people visiting your site who don't buy, don't subscribe, and wind up crashing your server. Talk about turning your social media traffic dream into a nightmare.
But I don't want you to think social media is all bad. Of course, we are delighted to allow our readers to share ETR articles that they think are good. And we are very grateful that, in one case, 80,000 people read our extremely valuable content as a result of this free traffic.
Many of the top stories on Digg and Stumbleupon get picked up by blogs and other websites. And when an article from your site is being bounced around the Internet this way, you'll get inbound links from various sites. These new links help you get direct traffic from the linking sites. Plus, they help you with search engine optimization, which can, in turn, lead to more converting traffic and more subscribers.
At Early to Rise, we will continue to test social media and use it as a link-building tool. But if you're looking to build your online business, it's better to focus on the proven direct-response marketing methods we've been telling you about. Don't be afraid to pay for traffic through e-mail list rental, text-link ads, and pay-per-click advertising. These methods might cost a little bit of money... but you'll be attracting targeted visitors who will buy from you.
[Ed. Note: Patrick Coffey is ETR's Internet Marketing Director. He is also a contributor to ETR's Internet Money Club, which shows you how to build an online business within the next 12 months. The Club's membership was 100% filled last month - but we've just opened up a handful of slots for a very limited time. To check on availability, click here.]
Thursday, February 7, 2008
Adsense Tips To Make Money Easily
Google ad sense has dominated the internet discussion groups, newsletters and various affiliate programs that can be purchased through resellers such as Click bank. Everyone is saying how profitable they are - showing such things as copies of checks and statements from various affiliate resellers. One thing for certain, it seems as if Google ad sense has dominated the internet marketing groups and is now considered a very simple way to make money from your home while you are asleep!
So the question becomes, how do you make money using this program? Obviously you have to have ads placed on your web page that get high traffic for sought after key words. This can be quite lucrative, however is more difficult than can appear at first. There are advertisers that are paying as much as $10.00 per click for an ad on google. So in a nutshell the higher the cost to the advertiser, the higher that you will be rewarded for having that ad on your site.
For newbies, they really have not understood what the appeal to having advertisers all over their site with their main idea buried in there somewhere. Once they finally figure out that those little ads promoting someone else actually brings in money, they are swallowing their pride more easily. Not to be rude or brunt, but obviously, it is alot easier to to pay for groceries with actual cash rather than having to get food stamps and starving just because of pride not wanting advertisers on their web site.
So what can be done to use Ad Sense to its fullest ability? Actually there are 2 major factors that come in to play and here they are:
1- Seek out the high traffic web pages on your web-site. If you look back I am certain that many of your visitors are taking advantage of your freebies such as free reports or free software or various ebooks that you are offering at low cost or for free. You are doing it correctly and generating a high click through rate. This is very important to getting good advertisers on your site.
2- You can put Ad Sense links on the less effective or loss leader web pages. This is kind of a trick, however can save you a lot of visitors in the long run. You essentially will capture or at least have a chance to hang on to that visitor by letting that customer click on one of your ad sense ads and get some income coming in to you.
When you master these two tricks, you can actually get a good flow of money with minimal effort. Well you ask, how do I generate the traffic in the first place? There are 3 ways that I am aware of that work really well. First - pay for it by creating an ad word advertisement, Secondly - pay for it by using a good CPM (CPM=Cost per thousand) email mailer promoting your site and lastly by free article submissions or mastering SEO (Search Engine Optimization).
When using the above tactics, you will not only notice the extra cash flow, you will be rewarded when just giving out free information to enquiring minds. You can also send your visitors to an affiliate link or sales page that offers a product that will also put money in your pocket.
With google ad sense and a little thinking outside the box, the possibilities are endless.
If you can follow directions and want to discover how to make serious money easily at home, even when you are sleeping or at your kids ballgame, check out http://www.officiallyworkathome.com Find 1674 free Red Hot Tips like this one at http://www.searchredhottips.com absolutely free of charge. (c) Scott Bradley - 2008
So the question becomes, how do you make money using this program? Obviously you have to have ads placed on your web page that get high traffic for sought after key words. This can be quite lucrative, however is more difficult than can appear at first. There are advertisers that are paying as much as $10.00 per click for an ad on google. So in a nutshell the higher the cost to the advertiser, the higher that you will be rewarded for having that ad on your site.
For newbies, they really have not understood what the appeal to having advertisers all over their site with their main idea buried in there somewhere. Once they finally figure out that those little ads promoting someone else actually brings in money, they are swallowing their pride more easily. Not to be rude or brunt, but obviously, it is alot easier to to pay for groceries with actual cash rather than having to get food stamps and starving just because of pride not wanting advertisers on their web site.
So what can be done to use Ad Sense to its fullest ability? Actually there are 2 major factors that come in to play and here they are:
1- Seek out the high traffic web pages on your web-site. If you look back I am certain that many of your visitors are taking advantage of your freebies such as free reports or free software or various ebooks that you are offering at low cost or for free. You are doing it correctly and generating a high click through rate. This is very important to getting good advertisers on your site.
2- You can put Ad Sense links on the less effective or loss leader web pages. This is kind of a trick, however can save you a lot of visitors in the long run. You essentially will capture or at least have a chance to hang on to that visitor by letting that customer click on one of your ad sense ads and get some income coming in to you.
When you master these two tricks, you can actually get a good flow of money with minimal effort. Well you ask, how do I generate the traffic in the first place? There are 3 ways that I am aware of that work really well. First - pay for it by creating an ad word advertisement, Secondly - pay for it by using a good CPM (CPM=Cost per thousand) email mailer promoting your site and lastly by free article submissions or mastering SEO (Search Engine Optimization).
When using the above tactics, you will not only notice the extra cash flow, you will be rewarded when just giving out free information to enquiring minds. You can also send your visitors to an affiliate link or sales page that offers a product that will also put money in your pocket.
With google ad sense and a little thinking outside the box, the possibilities are endless.
If you can follow directions and want to discover how to make serious money easily at home, even when you are sleeping or at your kids ballgame, check out http://www.officiallyworkathome.com Find 1674 free Red Hot Tips like this one at http://www.searchredhottips.com absolutely free of charge. (c) Scott Bradley - 2008
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Really Good Info Even If You Are A Pro
I recently purchased a book that is in very limited supply. It was the greatest book that I have ever read on creating an income on the web. I strongly urge anyone that is thinking of creating an income on the web to read it. Here is the link http://www.affiliatesden.com/sites/36649.htm
I have discovered there are very few resources that actually cut through the garbage, take you by the hand and actually tell you what to do and what traps to avoid. This is one of those books.
In this book, it gives resources that you can only imagine. I discovered this list of links through this book and I thought I would share it with my readers. Yes there could be a broken link or two, however the majority of them should work for you.
Like I said, it can come in handy for anyone trying to create an income on the web.
I have checked out this list and it really is great. Enjoy.
Idea Generation
http://www.alexa.com/site/ds/top_500
http://www.amazon.com/
http://www.amazon.com/gp/earlyadopter/browse.htm
lhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t...se/-/599858/
http://hot.aol.com/hot/hot
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/
http://www.ebay.com/
http://pages.ebay.com/sellercentral/hotitems.pdf
http://pulse.ebay.com/
http://www.ehow.com/
http://groups.google.com/
http://news.google.com/
http://www.google.com/press/zeitgeist.html
http://mciu.org/~spjvweb/searchtip.html
http://www.lulu.com/
http://50.lycos.com/
http://www.magazines.com/
http://www.mediafinder.com/
http://www.meetup.com/topics/
http://www.mrmagazine.com/home.html
http://www2.shopping.com/top_searches
http://www.trendsetters.com/
http://www.trendwatching.com/
http://buzz.yahoo.com/
http://dir.yahoo.com/Recreation/Hobbies/
http://pages.ebay.com/sellercentral/whatshot.html
http://www.pricegrabber.com/search_...+bubble+boom
http://www.thehobbyportal.com/
http://www.43things.com/zeitgeist/r...opular_goals
http://en.wikipedia.org/
AARP.org/boards/The Keyword Bible...
http://dir.yahoo.com/Recreation/Hobbies/
http://www10.shopping.com/cdi
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
http://answers.google.com/answers/
http://www.allexperts.com/
http://pages.ebay.com/marketplace_research/
http://pulse.ebay.com/
http://labs.google.com/sets
http://www.magazines.com/
http://www.whonu.com/
http://www.google.com/trends
http://answers.yahoo.com/;_ylt=AswD...Yt9pfukezKIX
http://www.seobook.com/archives/001465.shtml
Tools and Software
http://www.skype.com/
http://www.rssreader.com/
http://ipodder.sourceforge.net/
http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/
http://www.camstudio.org/
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/wi...default.aspx
http://www.evrsoft.com/1stpage2.shtml
http://nvu.com/index.html
https://secure.hello.com/how_bloggerbot_works.php
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
http://www.openoffice.org/product2/writer.html
http://www.pagematic.com/faq/ws_ftp.html
http://www.hotrecorder.com/index.html
http://www.keyword-toolkit.com/pcversion.php
http://www.pamela-systems.com/products/
http://www.pdfmachine.com/
http://www.primopdf.com/
http://www.copyscape.com/
http://www.coverartguide.com/index2.htm
Research Tools
http://www.digitalpoint.com/tools/suggestion/
http://www.aminstitute.com/headline/index.htm
http://www.masteringadwords.com/res...matching.htm
https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordSandbox
http://www.google.com/webhp?complete=1
http://www.grokker.com/
http://www.groundbreak.com/graphics2.html
http://www.ultraseeker.com/keywordfilter/
http://www.keywordlizard.com/
http://www.moneyclicking.net/micro-...-calculator/
http://www.nichebot.com/
http://www.backpackit.com/
http://www.merchantflycatcher.com/index.php
http://www.thesitewizard.com/wizard...ckform.shtml
http://undiesopensource.com/images/flycatcher.gif
http://search.rightnow4you.com/
http://market-research.rightnow4you.com/
http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/rc/srch/
http://inventory.overture.com/
http://uv.bidtool.overture.com/d/se...ols/bidtool/
http://www.google.com/
http://www.technobloggie.com/google...stimates.php
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t...se/-/283155/
http://www.technorati.com/
http://findaniche.biz/
http://www.golexa.com/
http://www.galaxy.com/info/voyeur.html
http://ilectric.com/logs.shtml
http://www.metaeureka.com/voayer.shtml
http://www.metaspy.com/info.metac.spy/metaspy
http://search.oznetwork.com.au/cgi-...=recent_hits
http://search.store.yahoo.com/OT?
http://www.wordtracker.com/keyword-...ch-guide.pdf
http://www.wordtracker.com/keyword-...h-guide.html
http://tools.seobook.com/general/keyword/
https://adwords.google.com/select/K...ToolExternal
www.adbrite.com/mb/dir.php?
Product Creation
http://www.contractedwork.com/
http://www.copylaw.com/forms/forms.html
http://www.elance.com/c/static/main...&module=home
http://www.guru.com/
http://www.imconferencing.com/
http://www.lulu.com/
http://www.rentacoder.com/RentACode...or+Buyers?
http://voice123.com/
http://www.voicemodels.com/
http://search.yahoo.com/cc/
Blogging
http://www.blogger.com/
http://www.feedburner.com/
http://www.pingomatic.com/
http://www.weblogalot.com/ping/
http://my.yahoo.com/
Google Accounts
http://adwords.google.com/
https://www.google.com/adsense/
http://answers.google.com/
http://www.gmail.com/
Sales Letter Writing
http://www.thirtydaychallenge.com/d...terredux.pdf
http://www.marketingrebel.com/
http://www.tipspal.com/undies/sausagemaking.zip
http://michelfortin.com/
http://www.adsecretsrevealed.com/
http://www.thegaryhalbertletter.com/
http://www.thegaryhalbertletter.com...archives.htm/
http://www.thegaryhalbertletter.com...pe_pitch.htm/
http://www.thegaryhalbertletter.com...pe_pitch.htm/
http://www.thegaryhalbertletter.com...ark_side.htm/
Photo/Clipart Sources
http://www.bigfoto.com/
http://www.dreamstime.com/
http://www.flickr.com/
http://www.freeimages.co.uk/
ttp://geekphilosopher.com/MainPage/photos.htm
http://www.imageafter.com/
http://www.istockphoto.com/
http://images.jsc.nasa.gov/
http://office.microsoft.com/clipart/
http://www.morguefile.com/archive/
http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/
http://www.openphoto.net/
http://pdphoto.org/
http://www.pixelperfectdigital.com/index.php
http://www.stockvault.net/gallery/
http://sxc.hu/
http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/graphics/photos/
http://www.fws.gov/pictures/
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
http://yotophoto.com/
http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/
http://images.jsc.nasa.gov/
http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/graphics/photos/
http://www.fws.gov/pictures/
http://nces.ed.gov/globallocator/
http://www.firstgov.gov/Topics/Refe...raries.shtml
http://www.imconferencing.com/
http://cooltext.com/
Article Content/Submission
http://www.thirtydaychallenge.com/f...920&posts=14
http://www.ezinearticles.com/
http://www.goarticles.com/
http://www.isnare.com/
http://www.article-dir.com/
http://www.articlewarehouse.com/
http://www.certificate.net/wwio/index.shtml
http://www.articlecity.com/
http://www.netterweb.com/
http://www.webmasterpaste.com/freearticles.html
http://www.arcanaweb.com/resources/...ctories.html
Music Sources
http://www.cssmusic.com/
http://www.dawnmusic.com/home.html
http://www.flashkit.com/loops/
http://www.freshmusic.com/
http://www.music2hues.com/
http://music.podshow.com/
http://www.musicbakery.com/
Further Resources
http://www.90dayproduct.com/freestuff.htm
http://www.firstgov.gov/
http://www.firstgov.gov/Topics/Refe...raries.shtml
Domain Registration/Hosting
http://underachieving.ecoms.com/
http://websmartcentral.com/undies.php
http://mapname.com/savdom695.htm
http://www.namecheap.com/
http://www.godaddy.com/
http://www.netregistry.com.au/
http://www.hostingbay.com.au/
http://www.whois.sc/domain-explorer/
http://www.nameboy.com/
http://www.businessbrainwaves.com/muvee.html -
slide movie creatorTrends
http://www.trendcentral.com/
http://www.daypop.com/
http://www.blogpulse.com/
ttp://www.google.com/press/zeitgeist.html
http://buzz.yahoo.com/
http://www.smallbusinesses.blogspot.com/
http://www.trendwatching.com/
http://endgadget.com/
http://www.gizmodo.com/
http://www.llrx.com/features/giantleaps.htm
http://www.43things.com/
http://www.craiglist.org/
Public domain sources:
http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/mopic/ndlmps.html
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/oahtml/oahome.html
http://lcweb.loc.gov/spcoll/full.html
http://www.alibris.com/
http://www.abebooks.com/
http://www.bookfinder.com/
http://www.a2zcds.com/ - offering reseller program sellling cds
Some great handwriting fonts:
http://www.free-fonts.com/handwriting_fonts.html
A list of removal tools for various worms and viruses:
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/tools.list.html
I have discovered there are very few resources that actually cut through the garbage, take you by the hand and actually tell you what to do and what traps to avoid. This is one of those books.
In this book, it gives resources that you can only imagine. I discovered this list of links through this book and I thought I would share it with my readers. Yes there could be a broken link or two, however the majority of them should work for you.
Like I said, it can come in handy for anyone trying to create an income on the web.
I have checked out this list and it really is great. Enjoy.
Idea Generation
http://www.alexa.com/site/ds/top_500
http://www.amazon.com/
http://www.amazon.com/gp/earlyadopter/browse.htm
lhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t...se/-/599858/
http://hot.aol.com/hot/hot
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/
http://www.ebay.com/
http://pages.ebay.com/sellercentral/hotitems.pdf
http://pulse.ebay.com/
http://www.ehow.com/
http://groups.google.com/
http://news.google.com/
http://www.google.com/press/zeitgeist.html
http://mciu.org/~spjvweb/searchtip.html
http://www.lulu.com/
http://50.lycos.com/
http://www.magazines.com/
http://www.mediafinder.com/
http://www.meetup.com/topics/
http://www.mrmagazine.com/home.html
http://www2.shopping.com/top_searches
http://www.trendsetters.com/
http://www.trendwatching.com/
http://buzz.yahoo.com/
http://dir.yahoo.com/Recreation/Hobbies/
http://pages.ebay.com/sellercentral/whatshot.html
http://www.pricegrabber.com/search_...+bubble+boom
http://www.thehobbyportal.com/
http://www.43things.com/zeitgeist/r...opular_goals
http://en.wikipedia.org/
AARP.org/boards/The Keyword Bible...
http://dir.yahoo.com/Recreation/Hobbies/
http://www10.shopping.com/cdi
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
http://answers.google.com/answers/
http://www.allexperts.com/
http://pages.ebay.com/marketplace_research/
http://pulse.ebay.com/
http://labs.google.com/sets
http://www.magazines.com/
http://www.whonu.com/
http://www.google.com/trends
http://answers.yahoo.com/;_ylt=AswD...Yt9pfukezKIX
http://www.seobook.com/archives/001465.shtml
Tools and Software
http://www.skype.com/
http://www.rssreader.com/
http://ipodder.sourceforge.net/
http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/
http://www.camstudio.org/
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/wi...default.aspx
http://www.evrsoft.com/1stpage2.shtml
http://nvu.com/index.html
https://secure.hello.com/how_bloggerbot_works.php
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
http://www.openoffice.org/product2/writer.html
http://www.pagematic.com/faq/ws_ftp.html
http://www.hotrecorder.com/index.html
http://www.keyword-toolkit.com/pcversion.php
http://www.pamela-systems.com/products/
http://www.pdfmachine.com/
http://www.primopdf.com/
http://www.copyscape.com/
http://www.coverartguide.com/index2.htm
Research Tools
http://www.digitalpoint.com/tools/suggestion/
http://www.aminstitute.com/headline/index.htm
http://www.masteringadwords.com/res...matching.htm
https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordSandbox
http://www.google.com/webhp?complete=1
http://www.grokker.com/
http://www.groundbreak.com/graphics2.html
http://www.ultraseeker.com/keywordfilter/
http://www.keywordlizard.com/
http://www.moneyclicking.net/micro-...-calculator/
http://www.nichebot.com/
http://www.backpackit.com/
http://www.merchantflycatcher.com/index.php
http://www.thesitewizard.com/wizard...ckform.shtml
http://undiesopensource.com/images/flycatcher.gif
http://search.rightnow4you.com/
http://market-research.rightnow4you.com/
http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/rc/srch/
http://inventory.overture.com/
http://uv.bidtool.overture.com/d/se...ols/bidtool/
http://www.google.com/
http://www.technobloggie.com/google...stimates.php
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t...se/-/283155/
http://www.technorati.com/
http://findaniche.biz/
http://www.golexa.com/
http://www.galaxy.com/info/voyeur.html
http://ilectric.com/logs.shtml
http://www.metaeureka.com/voayer.shtml
http://www.metaspy.com/info.metac.spy/metaspy
http://search.oznetwork.com.au/cgi-...=recent_hits
http://search.store.yahoo.com/OT?
http://www.wordtracker.com/keyword-...ch-guide.pdf
http://www.wordtracker.com/keyword-...h-guide.html
http://tools.seobook.com/general/keyword/
https://adwords.google.com/select/K...ToolExternal
www.adbrite.com/mb/dir.php?
Product Creation
http://www.contractedwork.com/
http://www.copylaw.com/forms/forms.html
http://www.elance.com/c/static/main...&module=home
http://www.guru.com/
http://www.imconferencing.com/
http://www.lulu.com/
http://www.rentacoder.com/RentACode...or+Buyers?
http://voice123.com/
http://www.voicemodels.com/
http://search.yahoo.com/cc/
Blogging
http://www.blogger.com/
http://www.feedburner.com/
http://www.pingomatic.com/
http://www.weblogalot.com/ping/
http://my.yahoo.com/
Google Accounts
http://adwords.google.com/
https://www.google.com/adsense/
http://answers.google.com/
http://www.gmail.com/
Sales Letter Writing
http://www.thirtydaychallenge.com/d...terredux.pdf
http://www.marketingrebel.com/
http://www.tipspal.com/undies/sausagemaking.zip
http://michelfortin.com/
http://www.adsecretsrevealed.com/
http://www.thegaryhalbertletter.com/
http://www.thegaryhalbertletter.com...archives.htm/
http://www.thegaryhalbertletter.com...pe_pitch.htm/
http://www.thegaryhalbertletter.com...pe_pitch.htm/
http://www.thegaryhalbertletter.com...ark_side.htm/
Photo/Clipart Sources
http://www.bigfoto.com/
http://www.dreamstime.com/
http://www.flickr.com/
http://www.freeimages.co.uk/
ttp://geekphilosopher.com/MainPage/photos.htm
http://www.imageafter.com/
http://www.istockphoto.com/
http://images.jsc.nasa.gov/
http://office.microsoft.com/clipart/
http://www.morguefile.com/archive/
http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/
http://www.openphoto.net/
http://pdphoto.org/
http://www.pixelperfectdigital.com/index.php
http://www.stockvault.net/gallery/
http://sxc.hu/
http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/graphics/photos/
http://www.fws.gov/pictures/
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
http://yotophoto.com/
http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/
http://images.jsc.nasa.gov/
http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/graphics/photos/
http://www.fws.gov/pictures/
http://nces.ed.gov/globallocator/
http://www.firstgov.gov/Topics/Refe...raries.shtml
http://www.imconferencing.com/
http://cooltext.com/
Article Content/Submission
http://www.thirtydaychallenge.com/f...920&posts=14
http://www.ezinearticles.com/
http://www.goarticles.com/
http://www.isnare.com/
http://www.article-dir.com/
http://www.articlewarehouse.com/
http://www.certificate.net/wwio/index.shtml
http://www.articlecity.com/
http://www.netterweb.com/
http://www.webmasterpaste.com/freearticles.html
http://www.arcanaweb.com/resources/...ctories.html
Music Sources
http://www.cssmusic.com/
http://www.dawnmusic.com/home.html
http://www.flashkit.com/loops/
http://www.freshmusic.com/
http://www.music2hues.com/
http://music.podshow.com/
http://www.musicbakery.com/
Further Resources
http://www.90dayproduct.com/freestuff.htm
http://www.firstgov.gov/
http://www.firstgov.gov/Topics/Refe...raries.shtml
Domain Registration/Hosting
http://underachieving.ecoms.com/
http://websmartcentral.com/undies.php
http://mapname.com/savdom695.htm
http://www.namecheap.com/
http://www.godaddy.com/
http://www.netregistry.com.au/
http://www.hostingbay.com.au/
http://www.whois.sc/domain-explorer/
http://www.nameboy.com/
http://www.businessbrainwaves.com/muvee.html -
slide movie creatorTrends
http://www.trendcentral.com/
http://www.daypop.com/
http://www.blogpulse.com/
ttp://www.google.com/press/zeitgeist.html
http://buzz.yahoo.com/
http://www.smallbusinesses.blogspot.com/
http://www.trendwatching.com/
http://endgadget.com/
http://www.gizmodo.com/
http://www.llrx.com/features/giantleaps.htm
http://www.43things.com/
http://www.craiglist.org/
Public domain sources:
http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/mopic/ndlmps.html
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/oahtml/oahome.html
http://lcweb.loc.gov/spcoll/full.html
http://www.alibris.com/
http://www.abebooks.com/
http://www.bookfinder.com/
http://www.a2zcds.com/ - offering reseller program sellling cds
Some great handwriting fonts:
http://www.free-fonts.com/handwriting_fonts.html
A list of removal tools for various worms and viruses:
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/tools.list.html
Monday, February 4, 2008
Check Out G Allan Roberts
My good friend and mentor has some really neat posts that are free and good news to all newbies starting up on the internet.
Learn the basics of internet marketing.
Check out what he has to say at http://gallanroberts.com
Learn the basics of internet marketing.
Check out what he has to say at http://gallanroberts.com
Guest Post -- Clayton Makepeace
The Triumph of Hope Over Experience
By Clayton Makepeace
Companies that are experiencing declining results in the mail now appear to be eager to repeat those failures online.
They attract new subscribers by offering a "free report" in paid ads and PPC (pay-per-click) efforts. Then, once they've captured their prospects' e-mail addresses, they direct them to a high-hype landing page.
At their very first contact with a new subscriber, these companies prove that they're not to be trusted.
RESULT: Conversion rates stink.
But what if, instead, they offered a free report and then actually delivered a report and not a pitch?
And what if the report was packed with useful, actionable information and advice?
And what if there was not even one whiff of an offer in the report?
How would the company's new prospects feel then?
... Like they'd found a friend, an advocate they could really trust?
... Like they couldn't wait to hear from the company again?
... Like they had an obligation to jump at any offer the company made to them in the future?
And I'd wager their open rates and click-through rates would double or even triple.
Would they convert many of their new leads to customers? I think they'd be looking at a veritable sales explosion.
And their customer lifetime value? Off the ever-lovin' charts!
[Ed. Note: Clayton Makepeace has spent the last 35 years creating direct-mail, Internet, and print promotions that have sold well over $1 billion worth of products. He publishes the highly acclaimed e-zine The Total Package (www.makepeacetotalpackage.com) to help business owners and copywriters accelerate their sales and profits.]
By Clayton Makepeace
Companies that are experiencing declining results in the mail now appear to be eager to repeat those failures online.
They attract new subscribers by offering a "free report" in paid ads and PPC (pay-per-click) efforts. Then, once they've captured their prospects' e-mail addresses, they direct them to a high-hype landing page.
At their very first contact with a new subscriber, these companies prove that they're not to be trusted.
RESULT: Conversion rates stink.
But what if, instead, they offered a free report and then actually delivered a report and not a pitch?
And what if the report was packed with useful, actionable information and advice?
And what if there was not even one whiff of an offer in the report?
How would the company's new prospects feel then?
... Like they'd found a friend, an advocate they could really trust?
... Like they couldn't wait to hear from the company again?
... Like they had an obligation to jump at any offer the company made to them in the future?
And I'd wager their open rates and click-through rates would double or even triple.
Would they convert many of their new leads to customers? I think they'd be looking at a veritable sales explosion.
And their customer lifetime value? Off the ever-lovin' charts!
[Ed. Note: Clayton Makepeace has spent the last 35 years creating direct-mail, Internet, and print promotions that have sold well over $1 billion worth of products. He publishes the highly acclaimed e-zine The Total Package (www.makepeacetotalpackage.com) to help business owners and copywriters accelerate their sales and profits.]
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