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BUSINESS INFORMATION
AND RESOURCES |
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Free eBooks |
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Network Marketing and
Multi Level Marketing |
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Network Marketng, aka Multi
Level Marketing is both one of the best and one of the worst business
opportunities all rolled into one. |
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MLM is one of the best business opportunities
for most people for the following reasons: |
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Little to no upfront investment is necessary to get started
Little to no monthly overhead expenses because you can run your
businesses from home. No employees, no office rent, and often
no inventory necessary.
No experience necessary to get started. When you find a
quality company and sponsor, they will help guide you to
becoming a successful home business owner.
Flexible hours. Most people start part time and work their way
to full time, gratifying career. You don't have to take
the ultimate risk and quit your job to pursue MLM at first.
Time leverage. When you start to create some momentum in your
group, you begin to experience the advantage of having your
business (and pay cheque) grow even when you take some time off.
You start to experience the benefit of no longer trading time
for money.
Numerous other perks like, contests, great friendships, etc. |
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Affiliate Marketing |
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Affiliate marketing, in the
traditional sense, is simply an agreement between a
merchant and an affiliate that allows the affiliate to earn
commissions by sending traffic to the merchant's website.
As an affiliate, you are generally paid in one of three
ways, per click, per lead, or per sale. The last of the
three is usually the best option if you are able to drive
targeted traffic to a merchant's site. |
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Like any home based business endeavour, in
order to succeed at affiliate marketing, you need to read,
study, and learn as much as possible from all of the various
resources presented on this site as well as many other
affiliate marketing resource sites found all over the web. |
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And of course, the single biggest factor in
your success will be taking action and implementing what you
learn. Learn from your mistakes and the mistakes of others.
Constantly look for ways to improve your sites, and stay on
top of industry trends as you can. |
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Self Improvement
Resources |
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One of the keys to being successful in
anything you do is having the right mindset and having
confidence in yourself. |
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Most of us are simply not prepared to run
our own business. We have to dig deep to find the inner strength to
drive us forward and plough through all of the ups and downs that we are
sure to experience along the way.
The resources below won't automatically make
you into a successful entrepreneur, but they can most definitely help
your mind clear out the obstacles that we tend to put in our own path. |
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FranklinCovey
provides great resources for motivation, training, and
organizational skills.
Nightingale
Conant has been one of the world leaders in personal
development since 1960.
Tony
Robbins has long been one of the most successful
motivational speakers helping thousands to master the potential
we all hold inside. |
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Search Engine
Optimization and Marketing |
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Learning the SEO (Search Engine
Optimization) or SEM (Search Engine Marketing) techniques can seem like
a daunting task when you're new to the world of internet marketing.
The majority of internet traffic is
generated by only a handful of search engines. You will find links to
their submission pages below. For now, the most important thing you need
to know (if you don't already) is that
Google
is the current king of the search engines. Acquiring high ranking in
Google is currently the best way to build your business on line.
The following links will take you to all of
the major search engines where you can submit your url. |
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Autoresponders |
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Most successful internet marketers have a
great follow up system. And most use a quality auto responder to do
their follow up for them automatically.
No matter what internet marketing venue
you pursue, follow up can play a vital role in your success. Below are a
couple of the best Auto Responders: |
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Traffic Exchanges - What Are They? |
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Here's A Brief Explanation of Traffic
Exchanges |
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If you have a website and you want to increase
the amount of visitors (also known as traffic) to your
website, you can sign up for a free account at any of the
thousands of traffic exchanges available online or choose
one from the list below. Then once you have gone through the
registration process, you will be able to add links to the
website you want to promote, for example, I promote one of
my e-lottery websites on many traffic exchanges and this is
the address I use
http://www.lottery-players-wanted.co.uk
You would simply add your own link. |
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Traffic exchanges work on a credit basis, in
order for your website to be seen you must first generate
credits by viewing the sites of other members. The credits
you earn enable your site to be viewed by other members
across the system. This increases the number of visitors to
all of the websites involved. |
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Traffic exchanges usually enforce a credit
ratio, meaning members earn a certain amount of credits for
visiting one member site, and each credit is translated into
one page view. Ratios can vary from program to program so
before registering for a traffic exchange it is wise to
check out their ratio first. A ratio of 1-1 is best, that
way you will get your page viewed once for every (1) page
you view. |
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All manual traffic exchanges have specific
viewing times of all member pages. These viewing times can
range from 10-30 seconds, so whilst surfing the system,
every page that is shown to a member will remain in view for
10-30 seconds, you will not be able to proceed to the next
site until the specified time has passed. Most traffic
exchanges have a toolbar at the top or bottom of the page
that has a timer on it so you can see when the timer reaches
0 and it is ok for you to continue on too the next page.
This is put in place to make sure each member site is
promoted equally and fairly. If you try to go on to the next
page before the timer reaches 0 you will be penalized in
some way, the penalty varies from exchange to exchange. |
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To make surfing traffic exchanges a little
more interesting, some services offer different ways to surf
such as, playing games for credits or listing to radio
stations whilst surfing. If you do not want to surf manually
for credits you can purchase them, again prices vary. Many
traffic exchanges are free to join but also have Pro
versions that allow you to generate more credits from
referrals. Always thoroughly check out what is available in
the Pro version when you first sign-up. |
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Traffic Exchange List |
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There are many high profile traffic exchanges
on the net today. Therefore if you are new to traffic
exchange it could be a little troublesome deciding which
ones to use |
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I would suggest using at least five traffic
exchanges at a time until you find which ones work best for
you. I have personally used each of the exchanges bellow at
one time or another and I have had good results from all of
them. There is a more extensive list at the bottom of this
page. |
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Here are a few of my favourite one to get
you started. All are free to join. |
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Traffic Swarm: - Get a "Swarm" of traffic to your site with
this VERY popular traffic exchange with a difference. |
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TopSurfer: - Multiple URL's, 15 second timer, excellent pro
package. Great results. |
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Dragon
Surf: - Effective Advertising, 10 Second Timer, Fast Flowing
Traffic, Superior Customer Service, Instant URL Approval and
Account. |
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Soaring4Traffic - A proud owner and good friend Ray White
has come up with the HOTTEST new traffic exchange around. DO NOT
miss this one! |
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Dare2Click - Another great New opportunity to get the best
exposure for your business. |
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TrafficRoundup: - Round-Up some free traffic to your
website! Excellent exchange. |
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Traffic Syndicate 25: - Considered one of the very best
available, TS25 has many ways of earning Bonus credits. |
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Traffic G: - Become a TrafficG member and you'll be able to
drive free, guaranteed visitors and traffic to any website of
your choice. |
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WebBizInsider: - This is one of my favorite Exchanges. Not
only for the quality traffic, but also for the ability to email
your downline. Plus you can purchase a ready-made downline!
Consistent results. |
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Traffic Pods: - From the creators of TS25 TrafficPods are
consistently rated amongst the top traffic generating programs
for performance and results. |
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These top traffic exchanges offer you the best
surf ratios, timers, services and support. Visit today, you
will not be disappointed. |
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How To Use Traffic Exchanges
Effectively |
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Using traffic exchanges to promote your
business can be extremely effective, but as with all
Internet marketing methods, there is a right way and a wrong
way to go about it. I myself have wasted a great deal of
time going about it incorrectly and consequently I did not
gain the full benefit. I even went as far as to say that
traffic exchanges did not work. Fortunately soon after, I
became a PlugIn Profit Site member and the training that is
given with the program soon educated me. I quickly learnt
that traffic exchanges are very powerful and could channel a
lot of traffic to my websites and blogs. |
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Even now as I surf my favourite exchanges I
still see so many people making the same mistakes I did. I
hope to offer straightforward, helpful tips to stop people
from wasting their credits on the exchanges. |
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The first and by far, most common mistake is
using SALES pages in traffic exchanges. You know the ones I
mean, affiliate pages that contain long-winded text,
graphics, images and video. These pages are a waste of the
surfer's time. It is not the product or the wording of the
page that is the problem; it is a simple matter of loading
time ie. your vwd website takes a while to load, so it is
not much good for a traffic exchange site. It may not sound
very important but it is crucial to your success on traffic
exchanges. |
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All traffic exchanges use timers, which means
you normally have between 10 and 30 seconds to grab the
interest of the viewer and get them to click through your
page. This is not a lot of time; so if you have a long sales
page with graphics and images on it, guess what is going to
happen? Yep, your time is going to run out and the surfer
will move on to the next page without having read a word of
your page. |
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How can this be avoided? |
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By using squeeze pages, also known as lead
capture pages. Squeeze pages are designed to GRAB the
attention of the reader and then tell them about your
product or service in as few words as possible. These pages
are also designed to build your list of subscribers to your
newsletter, by placing a sign-up form on the same page. |
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Here is one of my squeeze/lead capture pages
CLICK HERE As you
can see it is short, to-the-point and attention grabbing;
and because of the clean concise design, it loads extremely
quickly, there by giving me the maximum viewing time in
traffic exchanges. If you would like to learn more about
growing your list with lead capture pages, then take a look
at the Website Data Capture Pages Section. |
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It is not necessary to know a great deal of
html in order to get your own squeeze page. There is a free
service called
Robert Puddy's Instant Squeeze
Page Generator this site allows you to use free
templates that you can add your own wording too, you can
also add a free eBook to your squeeze page to encourage
viewers to join your list. |
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When your squeeze page is ready, add it to all
of your favourite traffic exchanges and if you have created
a good clean, right-to-the-point, attention-grabbing page,
you will see an increase in hits on your page because more
surfers will see it due to its quick loading. |
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Another common mistake is trying to use pages
that contain Adsense ads in traffic exchanges. This is a
definite no no and will get your website banned by Google
because it is against their term and conditions. It is
possible to use other types of contextual ads on traffic
exchanges.
BetterTextAds
for instance are traffic exchange compliant. But it is still
best not to use pages with ads on them in traffic exchanges.
Use squeeze pages to build your subscriber list instead. |
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How To Use Website
Rotators With Traffic Exchanges |
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Website Rotators are a must for anyone using
more than one traffic exchange to promote their websites.
This simple idea will save your hours when you want to
change any of the sites you are promoting. So what are
website rotators? They are sites that allow you to advertise
multiple websites using one single URL. |
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After you sign up for membership with a
traffic exchange the first thing you would normally do, is
start adding the URL's of the sites you want to promote.
Lets say for example you have registered with 10 traffic
exchanges and you have 5 websites to promote. That would
mean you have to enter your url's 50 times. It would also
mean that when ever you want to edit or delete a url, you
have to do it at each of your traffic exchanges, that means
10 sites, 10 sets of editing or deleting, which equals a
great deal of time. |
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Website rotators make adding, editing or
deleting your URL's so much quicker and easier. All you need
to do is put the URL's of the websites you wish to promote
into your rotator, then the rotator gives you 1 single URL
to use on your traffic exchanges. This changes the equation
dramatically. Now, if you have the same 10 traffic exchanges
and the same 5 websites, when you want to make changes,
instead of having to go to 10 sites and make 5 changes on
each, you will only have to make 1 change on your rotator. |
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The website rotator will rotate all 5 of your
websites using 1single URL. |
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There are many rotators available online such
as
FreeRotator,
TPM Rotator and
Page Swirl to name a few. I use
Page
Swirl this rotator is a free service with options to
upgrade to the paid service if you wish. I like this rotator
because there are no pop-up or ads, it is totally
transparent so know one will know you are using a rotator
and you get up to the minute stats. This rotator is simple
to use and most of the changes you wish to make to your
URL's can be done in just a few clicks. |
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When you are adding your rotator URL to the
traffic exchanges, remember to check the terms of service,
as some traffic exchanges prefer you to use specific
rotators or their own rotators and some do not allow you to
use rotators at all. |
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Below is an extensive list of traffic sites -
just click on them to view them! |
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Internet Scams |
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This section is dedicated
to those trying not to be duped by internet scams, work at home scams,
MLM scams, pyramid scams, and whatever other name you want to give the
multitude of programs out there that can rob you of your money and
worse, help steal your work from home dreams. |
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Is it a scam or just a bad
business idea? |
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While I've spent the last
few years working as an online entrepreneur, I've seen many businesses
that I truly feel weren't intentional scams, although I could be wrong
and many hardcore anti-scam folks would probably just call me soft. In
the bitter end, they just seemed to end up as really bad business ideas
run by people who may have actually had good intentions. Nonetheless,
the end result is always the same. These companies fold leaving more
people with less money and shattered dreams. |
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How to avoid scams |
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The first step to avoiding
a scam is really easy. It's a little oxymoron known as common sense.
Many people, myself included, tend to ignore this built in feature of
our psyche when we see some of these too good to be true deals
floating around the internet and in our inbox. But quite often, we
should go with our gut instinct about a program. |
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Typical signs of scams or bad business
models are:
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Unrealistic income claims
Claims of guaranteed income and/or results
Huge profits with little to no work or investment
We do it for you type businesses
Products/services that have little to no mass appeal
Companies that require monthly purchases (not sales) to qualify
for commission
Companies that have little to no products/services sold outside
of the distributor force
Companies that require you to upgrade in order to get maximum
commissions
Companies that require large upfront fees to become a
distributor (fees should only cover the costs the company incurs
to set you up and the cost of any legitimate training materials
you receive) |
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Use common sense in both your choice of
businesses and how you advertise them. Promoting a scam may be a
small risk for you, but could be the financial ruin of
someone you bring in.
Always do your due diligence before
committing your time and resources to any business endeavour |
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Other Useful Business
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