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		<title>List Building Tool</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m evaluating a
viral listbuilding software tool from the folks at ListHero.com. It&#8217;s
the fastest, simplest and easiest way to build your list that I&#8217;ve seen
in a long while.
Here&#8217;s all you
do&#8230;

Create a short ad that promotes
your newsletter or ezine
Add some
code to the pages of your website
&#8230; sit back and watch your list
grow.

ListHero helps you generate 1,000&#8217;s of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m evaluating a<br />
<a href="http://www.listhero.com/45676">viral listbuilding software</a> tool from the folks at ListHero.com. It&#8217;s<br />
the fastest, simplest and easiest way to build your list that I&#8217;ve seen<br />
in a long while.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s all you<br />
do&#8230;</p>
<ul>
<li>Create a short ad that promotes<br />
your newsletter or ezine</li>
<li>Add some<br />
code to the pages of your website</li>
<li>&#8230; sit back and watch your list<br />
grow.</li>
</ul>
<p>ListHero helps you generate 1,000&#8217;s of highly targeted<br />
subscribers for free and pays you generous affiliate commissions as<br />
your list grows.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ll let you know what I think of it once I&#8217;ve had a<br />
chance to check it out. Meanwhile go grab access to this free href=&#8221;http://www.listhero.com/45676&#8243;&gt;viral listbuilding software<br />
while it&#8217;s still free.</p>
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		<title>3 Ways to Boost Your Affiliate Commissions Overnight</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 11:58:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The ideal world of affiliate marketing does not require having your won website, dealing with customers, refunds, product development and maintenance. This is one of the easiest ways of launching into an online business and earning more profits.
Assuming you are already into an affiliate program, what would be the next thing you would want to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The ideal world of affiliate marketing does not require having your won website, dealing with customers, refunds, product development and maintenance. This is one of the easiest ways of launching into an online business and earning more profits.</p>
<p>Assuming you are already into an affiliate program, what would be the next thing you would want to do? Double, or even triple, your commissions, right? How do you do that?</p>
<p>Here are some powerful tips on how to boost your affiliate program commissions overnight.</p>
<p>1. Know the best program and products to promote. Obviously, you would want to promote a program that will enable you to achieve the greatest profits in the shortest possible time.</p>
<p>There are several factors to consider in selecting such a program. Choose the ones that have a generous commission structure. Have products that fit in with your target audience. And that has a solid track record of paying their affiliate easily and on time. If you cannot seem to increase your investments, dump that program and keep looking for better ones.</p>
<p>There are thousands of affiliate programs online which gives you the reason to be picky. You may want to select the best to avoid losing your advertising dollars.</p>
<p>Write free reports or short ebooks to distribute from your site. There is a great possibility that you are competing with other affiliates that are promoting the same program. If you start writing short report related to the product you are promoting, you will be able to distinguish yourself from the other affiliates.</p>
<p>In the reports, provide some valuable information for free. If possible, add some recommendations about the products. With ebooks, you get credibility. Customers will see that in you and they will be enticed to try out what you are offering.</p>
<p>2. Collect and save the email addresses of those who download your free ebooks. It is a known fact that people do not make a purchase on the first solicitation. You may want to send out your message more than six times to make a sale.</p>
<p>This is the simple reason why you should collect the contact information of those who downloaded your reports and ebooks. You can make follow-ups on these contacts to remind them to make a purchase from you.</p>
<p>Get the contact information of a prospect before sending them to the vendor’s website. Keep in mind that you are providing free advertisement for the product owners. You get paid only when you make a sale. If you send prospects directly to the vendors, chances are they would be lost to you forever.</p>
<p>But when you get their names, you can always send other marketing messages to them to be able to earn an ongoing commission instead of a one-time sale only.</p>
<p>Publish an online newsletter or Ezine. It is always best to recommend a product to someone you know than to sell to a stranger. This is the purpose behind publishing your own newsletter. This also allows you to develop a relationship based on trust with your subscribers.</p>
<p>This strategy is a delicate balance between providing useful information with a sales pitch. If you continue to write informative editorials you will be able to build a sense of reciprocity in your readers that may lead them to support you by buying your products.</p>
<p>3. Ask for higher than normal commission from merchants. If you are already successful with a particular promotion, you should try and approach the merchant and negotiate a percentage commission for your sales.</p>
<p>If the merchant is smart, he or she will likely grant your request rather than lose a valuable asset in you. Keep in mind that you are a zero-risk investment to your merchant; so do not be shy about requesting for addition in your commissions. Just try to be reasonable about it.</p>
<p>Write strong pay Per Click ads. PPC search engine is the most effective means of advertising online. As an affiliate, you can make a small income just by managing PPC campaigns such as Google AdWords and Overture. Then you should try and monitor them to see which ads are more effective and which ones to dispose of.</p>
<p>Try out these strategies and see the difference it can make to your commission checks in the shortest of time.</p>
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		<title>How To Generate Traffic Using Only Free Methods</title>
		<link>http://www.vicki-johnston.com/affiliate-tips/29/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 23:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Putting up a company would of course require a lot of things, to get straight to the point, you need a capital. To make money requires money as well. But of course, with the versatility the internet offers, there are many ways you could find that could help optimize the potential of your site or [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Putting up a company would of course require a lot of things, to get straight to the point, you need a capital. To make money requires money as well. But of course, with the versatility the internet offers, there are many ways you could find that could help optimize the potential of your site or business in generating traffic.</p>
<p>While there are ways to jumpstart your traffic flows, many sites don’t have the resources that others have to generate more traffic for your site. Well, you don’t have to spend a cent; all you need is the proper mindset and a lot of eagerness. You also must have the drive and perseverance to do hard work and research to generate more traffic for your site.</p>
<p>How sweet it is to have more traffic for your site without spending a single cent.  Now it’s a sure thing that many sites have articles that offer tips and guidelines in how to generate traffic using only free methods. Because it is possible, you don’t need to speed a single cent, it may take time, to say honestly, I’m not going to beat around the bush with you. You get better chances by paying for your advertisements, but at least you get a fighting chance with some of these free methods I’m about to tell you.</p>
<p>Take advantage of <a href="http://www.social-traffic-tips.com/">online forums and online communities</a>. The great thing about forums and online communities is that you can target a certain group that fits the certain demographic that you are looking for. You can discuss about lots of things about the niche that you represent or offer.  Another great advantage is that you know what you are getting into and you will be prepared.</p>
<p>With online communities and forums you can build a reputation for your company. Show them what you are made of and wow them with your range of expertise about the subject, with that you can build a reputation and build trust with the people in your expertise and knowledge.</p>
<p>You can also make use of newsletters. Provide people with a catalog of your products and interesting and entertaining articles. If you make it really interesting and entertaining, more people will sign up for your newsletter and recommend it to other people. The more people who signs up for your newsletter, the more people there will be that will go to your site increasing your traffic.</p>
<p>Another great idea is trading links with other sites. You don’t have to spend a cent. All you have to do is reach an agreement with another webmaster. With exchanging links, the efforts both sites do will benefit both sites. Every traffic that goes to the site could potentially click on the link of your site and visit your site as well. This works well especially when both sites feature the same niche.</p>
<p>Write articles that could pique the attention of people that have interest in your product. Try writing articles that will provide tips and guides to other aficionados. Writing articles that provide good service and knowledge to other people would provide the necessary mileage your traffic flow needs. </p>
<p>Many sites offer free submission and posting of your articles. When people find interest in your articles they have a good chance of following the track by finding out where the article originated. Include a link or a brief description of your company with the article and there’s a great probability that they will go to your site.</p>
<p>Write good content for your site. Many search engines track down the keywords and keyword phrases your site uses and how they are used. It is not a requirement that a content should be done by a professional content writer. You could do your on but you have to make content for your site that is entertaining as well as informational. It should provide certain requirements as well as great quality.<br />
Generally, internet users use search engines to find what they are looking for. Search engines in return use keyword searching in aiding their search results. With the right keywords, you could get high rankings in search engine results without the costs.</p>
<p>All of these methods and more will drive more traffic to your site for free. All it takes is a bit of effort and extended man hours. Learn all you can about the methods depicted here and you will soon have a site with a great traffic flow without the usual costs that come with it.</p>
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		<title>Linking and why it&#8217;s so important!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:21:20 +0000</pubDate>
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Search engines are the gateway to the Internet; they are
the first tool that potential customers use to find the
products and services they need. This is why link
popularity is so imperative. If the customers do not find
your website, you have no possibilities of making any
sales.
You&#8217;re probably wondering what the blazes is popular about
a link! Well, in [...]]]></description>
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<p>Search engines are the gateway to the Internet; they are<br />
the first tool that potential customers use to find the<br />
products and services they need. This is why link<br />
popularity is so imperative. If the customers do not find<br />
your website, you have no possibilities of making any<br />
sales.</p>
<p>You&#8217;re probably wondering what the blazes is popular about<br />
a link! Well, in a word - plenty! Link popularity refers to<br />
the ranking assigned to your website by the search engines,<br />
and it determines the ranking your page gets when keywords<br />
are entered into a search engine. So, you&#8217;re probably<br />
wondering, how do I make my link popular?</p>
<p>Search engines are discretionary, giving status and ranking<br />
to sites that have links to their pages from related,<br />
quality sites. It&#8217;s a simple formula, but a very important<br />
one. Google created the system, and now virtually all the<br />
most popular search engines employ it to rank your web<br />
pages in their indexes.</p>
<p>The more commonly used your keyword is, the harder it will<br />
be to achieve link popularity, but without achieving this<br />
step, it is almost certain your site will never rank highly<br />
on any search engine. But don&#8217;t be discouraged; there are<br />
tried and true ways of achieving link popularity using the<br />
most competitive keywords.</p>
<p>There are a few things you should be aware of. The first is<br />
that just linking up with a large number of other websites<br />
will not achieve link popularity. In fact, it may have<br />
quite the opposite effect. This is particularly true when<br />
pertaining to websites that are nothing more than &#8220;link<br />
farms&#8221; - pages containing line after line of indiscriminate<br />
links. Search engines may aggressively discriminate against<br />
your website if you are associated with a link farm, so<br />
steer clear of them!</p>
<p>The next thing to bear in mind is the quality of the site<br />
you are linking to. Never link to a page you have<br />
reservations about your visitors seeing. The last thing you<br />
want your website to appear as is indiscriminate and cheap.<br />
Linking to sites of poor quality will only lessen your link<br />
popularity, if not completely destroy it.</p>
<p>So let&#8217;s get to what you need to do to achieve supreme link<br />
popularity and improve your rankings to stellar status on<br />
all the popular search engines.</p>
<p>The first step, and the fastest way to get your foot in the<br />
door, is to get a listing in a popular directory, such as<br />
Open Directory Project and Yahoo. If your site is<br />
business-related, you will want to be listed on Yahoo, and<br />
despite the fact that it will cost you around $300 a year,<br />
it will be money well spent. If your site is<br />
non-commercial, the listing will be free, but it will take<br />
time and follow-up to actually get it listed. Open<br />
Directory is gives you a free listing whether you are<br />
business-related or non-commercial, but be prepared to make<br />
a lot of follow-up inquiries before you see your site<br />
listed.</p>
<p>You are aiming to get listed in the highest level of<br />
appropriate category, and this just takes some common<br />
sense. For example, if your company ships Alpaca wool from<br />
an Alpaca farm located in the middle of Nowhere, Tiny<br />
State, do NOT submit your listing to &#8220;Retailers from<br />
Nowhere, Tiny State.&#8221; BIG MISTAKE! All you have to do is<br />
look a little deeper - and submit your listing to the &#8220;Fine<br />
Alpaca Wool&#8221; category. You will not only associate yourself<br />
with culture and quality, but you will be listed in a<br />
national category.</p>
<p>The next step after you have attained directory listings is<br />
to locate other quality sites that will increase your link<br />
popularity. Try to find sites that are in some way related<br />
to yours, so not only will your link popularity increase,<br />
but your customer base may also be expanded. You want to<br />
avoid your competitors and look for sites that are useful<br />
to your site&#8217;s visitors. Let&#8217;s look at the Alpaca Wool site<br />
example. Linking up to a site that sells knitting supplies<br />
would be helpful to your visitors, and the chances of the<br />
knitting supply site wanting to link up to your site are<br />
also greater. By linking to a related site that will be<br />
relevant to your website&#8217;s traffic, you are increasing both<br />
of your site&#8217;s business prospects - and both of your sites&#8217;<br />
link popularity.</p>
<p>Not all sites want to link to other sites, so you will have<br />
to do some research when you are looking for possible<br />
linking partners. Google is an excellent starting place for<br />
your search. Make sure you enter keywords that you think<br />
quality customers will also enter to find your own site.<br />
Remember, your criteria are quality, highly ranked,<br />
non-competing websites that have a links or resources page.<br />
Go to these sites and objectively assess them. Look at the<br />
quality of the product, the graphics, and the ease of use.<br />
Then check out the other sites they are linked to, and<br />
determine if your own site would fit in with the crowd.</p>
<p>When you decide you have found a good prospect, you must<br />
set out to woo them. The first thing to do is to add a link<br />
on your own links page to their site. This is an essential<br />
first step; it shows good faith, and ups your chances<br />
significantly of their reciprocity. After you have added<br />
their link, you must contact the webmaster of their site.<br />
Since this is almost always done by email, you want to make<br />
sure it is immediately clear that your message is not junk<br />
mail. This requires that you tell them right off the bat<br />
that you have added a link to their page on your site. A<br />
hook like this almost always insures the reader will read<br />
on.</p>
<p>Next, be sure to be flattering and let them know how much<br />
you appreciate their website. Make sure you emphasize that<br />
you have actually visited their site, and that their site<br />
is not just a random pick. Give them the address of your<br />
links page, and ask them to check out the link for<br />
themselves. It&#8217;s a good idea to mention that they will not<br />
only benefit from the increased traffic your website will<br />
direct their way, but you will also increase their link<br />
popularity. Briefly, explain why link popularity is so<br />
essential, but do this in a sentence or two so you don&#8217;t<br />
sound like a professor! Finally, tell them you would<br />
greatly appreciate if they would reciprocally add a link on<br />
their own links page to your website.</p>
<p>Go through this process with as many appropriate sites as<br />
you can find, bearing in mind the criteria of quality and<br />
non-competitiveness. After you have emailed all relevant<br />
sites, be sure to check these website frequently to see if<br />
they have added a link to your page. Give it about a month,<br />
and if no link appears, try another charming email. Then<br />
give it another month, and if your site is still absent<br />
from their links page, it&#8217;s time to remove their link from<br />
your own links page. The only time you want to pursue a<br />
link further than this is if you believe a site is crucial<br />
to your link popularity and your business needs. Just<br />
remember to keep all your communications complimentary and<br />
cordial.</p>
<p>Then set up a schedule to check your ranking in search<br />
engines frequently to see if your link popularity has<br />
improved. This is not achievable in the blink of an eye. It<br />
will take some time and a good deal of work.  Yes, this is very</p>
<p>labor intensive but there is an alternative.  This method takes one</p>
<p>click and it finds link partners for you.  It&#8217;s the best link exchange tool I have found</p>
<p>and  huge time saver.  Here is the FREE trial version-<a href="http://www.axandra.com/go.to/angmom">http://www.axandra.com/go.to/angmom</a></p>
<p>By the way - make sure you have a beautiful, streamlined<br />
site or you will never persuade anyone to link up to you.<br />
<a href="http://www.axandra.com/go.to/angmom">http://www.axandra.com/go.to/angmom</a></p>
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		<title>Why you&#8217;ve losing the Traffic Wars!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:50:05 +0000</pubDate>
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You might think you&#8217;re doing okay in the traffic wars right?
Maybe you know a bit about search engines and you&#8217;ve done a spot of Pay Per Click?
Well I&#8217;m sorry to be the one breaking the news to you but you are losing the traffic wars.
There&#8217;s an underground army of super-traffic warriors that are totally killing [...]]]></description>
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<p>You might think you&#8217;re doing okay in the traffic wars right?</p>
<p>Maybe you know a bit about search engines and you&#8217;ve done a spot of Pay Per Click?</p>
<p>Well I&#8217;m sorry to be the one breaking the news to you but you are losing the traffic wars.</p>
<p>There&#8217;s an underground army of super-traffic warriors that are totally killing it right now as you rest on your laurels (or in your favorite cozy chair!) thinking that you have this thing down.</p>
<p>What am I talking about?</p>
<p>Well, traffic, just like everything else online changes VERY rapidly. What used to be the standard traffic methods just six months ago is no longer the case.</p>
<p>Not only are there HIGHLY profitable web 2.0 tactics for getting targeted traffic to your website but there are also rich veins of untapped traffic that a select few marketers are currently feeding on.</p>
<p>That is, until now..</p>
<p>You see I&#8217;ve just seen behind the scenes in something that is going to radically change your entire perception of what it means to get traffic to your website.</p>
<p>You&#8217;ve seen the Matrix right? Well, it&#8217;s time to go down that rabbit hole, hold tight this isn&#8217;t going to be pretty.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ll be the first to admit - I thought I knew all there was to know about traffic but when I started watching the first of the fifty videos in this unbelievably comprehensive training program I felt ashamed and surprised.</p>
<p>Here were techniques being laid bare right in front of my very eyes that I had never, ever heard of. But not just that - they are so EASY to copy and put into place that I&#8217;ll be getting lots more traffic to my websites in a matter of hours by implementing them.</p>
<p>When you add to that the fact that the course comes with 100,000 ad credits that get you instant traffic PLUS your very own tailored Fast-Track To Traffic Action Plan then you can see why I&#8217;m so excited about this!</p>
<p>You know the score - products come out all the time but this one is the real deal. You can see it, hear it and feel the quality and the value of the information contained within it from the very start.</p>
<p>At the price this guy&#8217;s charging you&#8217;ll be rubbing your eyes - seriously now, it&#8217;s just plain stupidly low-priced.</p>
<p>Anyway, have a look for yourself and you&#8217;ll see that this has to be hands-down the most comprehensive collection of traffic methods ever revealed in one place and all for a mere fraction of those $1000 price-tagged homestudy courses..</p>
<p>Arm yourself with &#8220;Michael&#8217;s Traffic Videos&#8221; today and get the traffic edge on YOUR competitors;</p>
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		<title>How Important is Traffic to the life of your website?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:59:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You know how important traffic is to the life of your website?
Of course you do.
So how about I share with you some of the best ways to get traffic coming into your site using those &#8220;social marketing&#8221; sites that everyone&#8217;s talking about?
WHAT IS SOCIAL MARKETING?
People call it social marketing, web 2.0 or new age marketing [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="style36">You know how important traffic is to the life of your website?</p>
<p class="style36">Of course you do.</p>
<p class="style36">So how about I share with you some of the best ways to get traffic coming into your site using those &#8220;social marketing&#8221; sites that everyone&#8217;s talking about?</p>
<p class="style36">WHAT IS SOCIAL MARKETING?</p>
<p class="style36">People call it social marketing, web 2.0 or new age marketing but the fact of the matter is this - you need to be using the social marketing websites to your advantage because there&#8217;s tons of free traffic to be had from them.</p>
<p class="style36">The big names like MySpace, Facebook and the rest are not only dominating news stories now and people&#8217;s minds they are starting to play a really big part in driving traffic to marketers pages online. The problem though is this &#8230;</p>
<p class="style36">&#8230; social sites don&#8217;t like marketers! It&#8217;s true! So you have to be careful when you are using them that you don&#8217;t get banned or caught out. The key is to adopt this simple &#8220;5 H&#8217;s&#8221; approach;</p>
<p class="style36">Humor<br />
Honesty<br />
Have fun<br />
Help people</p>
<p class="style36">As long as you can inject a little piece of humor into your social marketing profile or even just a little piece of who you really are then you will start attracting lots of friends and widening your network.</p>
<p class="style36">You also need to maintain an honest approach throughout. No point uploading photos to your profile of P Diddy or Pamela Anderson pretending they&#8217;re. People want to get to know you so be honest.</p>
<p class="style36">Have fun! That&#8217;s one of the great things about social marketing is that you can have lots of fun doing it. Meeting new people, learning new stuff and making money from the traffic that you get from it all at the same time.</p>
<p class="style36">Also remember to help people. The more you can help people the more they will help you in return. So add useful links and recommendations to your profiles. Point people in the right direction and answer any questions people post on your profile or contact you with.</p>
<p class="style36">BUT WHAT ARE THE SECRETS TO MASSIVE SOCIAL TRAFFIC?</p>
<p class="style36">Easy. You can find them in this course;  check it out at <a href="http://www.social-traffic-tips.com">http://www.social-traffic-tips.com</a>  Don&#8217;t hesitate as your time is NOW!  Beat your competition to this method of marketing which is virtually free.</p>
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		<title>How To Make Money Online</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[How To Make Money Online (yes, even if you&#8217;rea newbie)
Have you noticed how difficult it is to actually get any REAL information about how to make money online?
It&#8217;s a nightmare isn&#8217;t it? You start off buyingup everything you come across - all promising your overnight riches but only to disappoint you and leave you out [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How To Make Money Online (yes, even if you&#8217;rea newbie)</p>
<p>Have you noticed how difficult it is to actually get any REAL information about how to make money online?</p>
<p>It&#8217;s a nightmare isn&#8217;t it? You start off buyingup everything you come across - all promising your overnight riches but only to disappoint you and leave you out of pocket. Well it doesn&#8217;t have to be like that as Michael Cheney is about to explain in this interview.</p>
<p>Michael Cheney, one of the most-respected names in Internet marketing, has been online since 1995 and is the man behind the 6-Figure launches of AdSense Videos, 11 Days To List Profits and Michael&#8217;s Traffic Videos.</p>
<p>After receiving 1489 responses to a survey he put out to his list one big request came back from almost everyone;</p>
<p>&#8220;Give us something easy, step-by-step and proven to make money online that anyone can do!&#8221;</p>
<p>So that&#8217;s what he&#8217;s giving you in the new product;</p>
<p><a id="SAWARN29643984" href="http://angmom2.startintro.hop.clickbank.net/" target="_blank"><span id="lw_1215774886_0" class="yshortcuts">http://angmom2.startintro.hop.clickbank.net</span></a></p>
<p>Q. Michael, thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule to talk with us today.</p>
<p>A. My pleasure - I know a lot of people out there want to get started making money online so it&#8217;s my job to get out and spread the word about how easy it is.</p>
<p>Q. So what do you see as being the main hurdles to newbies being able to make money on the internet? What is it that&#8217;s stopping them?</p>
<p>A. To be honest with you I think the main thing is information. There is just so much BAD information out there. Scams. Cons. Just bad information that is leading people astray and wasting their time and money. I mean you get onto the Internet and the first thing you see almost is these get-rich-quick schemes. It&#8217;s not your fault for seizing these so-called opportunities as they are presented so well.</p>
<p>And believe me - I know there are thousands of you out there who have been taken for a ride by things like this. People on my list have been telling me this.</p>
<p>Q. Yes, you ran survey didn&#8217;t you to ask your list what they wanted? What sort of questions did you ask them and what did they say?</p>
<p>A. Well I asked how I could most help them. You know - I&#8217;ve been online since 1995 and make a lot of money online but I was keen to tap into their BIGGEST challenges and needs. So I askedthem what sort of information they wantedto learn. What style of learning they preferred and how they wanted this information to be delivered. I was totally blown away by the responses -I got 1489 people completing the survey!</p>
<p>Q. So what did they say?</p>
<p>A. There some big common themes that kept coming up as I looked at the responses and all the comments. These were that people want something that<br />
is STEP BY STEP, something that is AFFORDABALE and something that takesyou right FROM BEGINNING and doesn&#8217;t leave anything out. You can get really frustrated when you start<br />
investing in products that claim to make you money online only to find that leave out a massive piece of the jigsaw. Or they forget to mention that you need to buy X, Y and Z just to make their system work. And that&#8217;s where<br />
<a id="SAWARN29643984" href="http://angmom2.startintro.hop.clickbank.net/" target="_blank">http://angmom2.startintro.hop.clickbank.net</a><br />
is different.</p>
<p>Q. How do you mean exactly?</p>
<p>A. Well, for the first time - I take you, as a total newbie beginner, right through the entire process from beginning to end on making money online. You discover how to get your own website address, how to<br />
create your website and how to start bringing the money in by selling other people&#8217;s products. This is a distilled version of the best making-money techniques I have ever used in my 13 years&#8217; online experience.</p>
<p>This is quite simple the fastest, easiest and best way to make money online and I show you what to do every step of the way.</p>
<p>Q. Sounds great. So how do you take people through all these steps?</p>
<p>A. Simple - I have recorded short videos on-screen of me actually doing each of these steps so you just follow the simple success formula - WATCH. COPY. EARN.</p>
<p>You cannot go wrong, even a child could do it. I&#8217;m serious!</p>
<p>Q.You&#8217;re right, it does sound really easy. So tell me, what are some of these steps that you go through in<br />
<a id="SAWARN29643984" href="http://angmom2.startintro.hop.clickbank.net/" target="_blank">http://angmom2.startintro.hop.clickbank.net</a></p>
<p>A. You learn how to pinpoint the most profitable products to promote. You like that title?! I like to have snappy titles that inspire you to take action as it&#8217;s not all sexy make-money stuff right from the beginning. There are obviously crucial steps you need to take in preparation.</p>
<p>You know - to get your website online, to get your website address and to add words and pictures to your website etc.</p>
<p>Q. So what exactly do you need if you&#8217;re a beginner starting out trying to makeonline?  Are there some items youneed to buy?</p>
<p>A. Great question - yes you do need to have a few essentials. You just can&#8217;t<br />
make money online without them. You&#8217;ll need your own website address and of course your own website. I show you where to get this and the best, cheapest place to go for this in<br />
<a id="SAWARN29643984" href="http://angmom2.startintro.hop.clickbank.net/" target="_blank">http://angmom2.startintro.hop.clickbank.net</a><br />
Other than that you can do everything else pretty much for free.</p>
<p>Q. So you don&#8217;t need to buy lots of different things to get started online?</p>
<p>A. No not all. I&#8217;m a big believer in doing things that are free! I started out with nothing, working from my bedroom in a poxy one-bed bachelor apartment. Now I live in $800,000 house in the country. My point? When I started out if there was a free way to do something - I found it! And I&#8217;m still that way now so I uncover some of these insider money-saving secrets in the videos as well.</p>
<p>Q. So wrapping up then - who would you say would benefit from these videos? Do you need to have a basic level of knowledge on the internet to get started?</p>
<p>A. If you can turn on your computer you are good to go! Seriously! You&#8217;ll see that I take you by the hand and guide you through every step of the way. I hate jargon so you won&#8217;t see any of that and it&#8217;s all explained in simple English and you can go along and progress through to the money at your own pace.</p>
<p>Q. You really do seem to have created a product that every newbie is going to want! So I guess the big question is - how much money can they make using<br />
<a id="SAWARN29643984" href="http://angmom2.startintro.hop.clickbank.net/" target="_blank">http://angmom2.startintro.hop.clickbank.net</a></p>
<p>A. Well this all really depends on your attitude. If you have a great attitude and you put in the time to go<br />
through the steps then there is honestly no limit. You could quite easily be bringing in a few hundred to a few thousand extra dollars a week once you are up and running. What you need to remember is that is exactly the same system that I use in my multi-million dollar business. It works for me, it works for thousands of other people and it will work for you too.</p>
<p>Q. That&#8217;s great Michael. Thank you again for your time today, I really appreciate you doing this interview for us. Well all that remains now is for anyone listening to this interview to get over to<br />
<a id="SAWARN29643984" href="http://angmom2.startintro.hop.clickbank.net/" target="_blank">http://angmom2.startintro.hop.clickbank.net</a><br />
and Start Your Profits Today!</p>
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		<title>Social Traffic Explosion!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 02:05:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So many people have been saying for months now that using the social marketing sites like MySpace, Facebook and the others is a great way to get traffic.
But there&#8217;s been a problem and that&#8217;s been that nobody has ever showed you how to do actually do it.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="style36">So many people have been saying for months now that using the social marketing sites like MySpace, Facebook and the others is a great way to get traffic.</p>
<p class="style36">But there&#8217;s been a problem and that&#8217;s been that nobody has ever showed you how to do actually do it.</p>
<p class="style36">Not only that but a lot of these social sites don&#8217;t like you posting your website links and affiliate links all over the place so you can sometimes end up getting blocked or just not getting any traffic.</p>
<p class="style36">Well I found myself in the same position - I knew a little bit about social marketing, enough to be dangerous. But the problem was that although I was spending plenty of hours on these websites I just wasn&#8217;t getting any traffic or sales.</p>
<p class="style36">That&#8217;s when I started to look around and realized that wouldn&#8217;t it be great if there was a way you could watch how to properly get set up with the social sites in such a way that you were guaranteed to get lots of traffic?</p>
<p class="style36">And that&#8217;s where Social Traffic Explosion comes in &#8230;</p>
<p class="style36">&#8230; with 8 comprehensive step by step videos it shows you EVERYTHING you need to know about driving lots of traffic into your website and affiliate links from the social marketing sites.</p>
<p class="style36">You get to see, on the screen, exactly what you need to do, which buttons to press and which hidden options you need to activate to get your profiles attracting lots of highly targeted leads that are ready to buy from you.</p>
<p class="style36">The videos are so easy to follow that you simply can&#8217;t go wrong with them and although they cover everything they are fast to move through. You start applying the tactics from them and seeing traffic from the social marketing sites very, very quickly.</p>
<p class="style36">You get shown on a guided tour on the best way to REGISTER, CUSTOMIZE YOUR PROFILE and get MASSIVE TRAFFIC from some of the biggest social marketing sites that exist out there.</p>
<p class="style36">And the best part?</p>
<p class="style36">Using these social marketing sites to get lots of highly targeted traffic is free. Great huh?</p>
<p class="style36">Anyway, go and have a look at these excellent videos for yourself;</p>
<p class="style36"><a href="http://www.social-traffic-tips.com">http://www.social-traffic-tips.com</a></p>
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		<title>Increase Your Search Engine Ranking</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:56:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The methods employed to increase your search engine
rankings may seem like rocket science to you, so you have
probably avoided dealing with this issue. I am here to tell
you - the time has come to face your website! A high search
engine ranking for your website is so essential that if you
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The methods employed to increase your search engine<br />
rankings may seem like rocket science to you, so you have<br />
probably avoided dealing with this issue. I am here to tell<br />
you - the time has come to face your website! A high search<br />
engine ranking for your website is so essential that if you<br />
have the slightest desire to actually succeed in your<br />
business, there is no way you can continue to avoid this<br />
issue.</p>
<p>At least 85% of people looking for goods and services on<br />
the Internet find websites through search engines such as<br />
Google, Yahoo, and MSN. The idea of optimizing your pages<br />
for high search engine rankings is to attract targeted<br />
customers to your site who will be more than likely to make<br />
a purchase. The higher your page comes up in search engine<br />
results, the greater the traffic that is directed to your<br />
website. That&#8217;s what search engine optimization is about.</p>
<p>You can immerse yourself in all the technical information<br />
available online to figure out how to optimize your web<br />
pages to achieve higher rankings. Or you can look at a few<br />
simple items on your pages, make some small adjustments,<br />
and most likely see improved rankings quite rapidly. The<br />
first item you should examine is the title bar on your<br />
homepage.</p>
<p>The title bar is the colored bar at the top of the page.<br />
Look at the words that appear there when you access your<br />
home page. To increase search engine rankings, the words on<br />
your homepage&#8217;s title bar should include the most important<br />
keywords or phrases, one of which would include your<br />
company name.</p>
<p>Then click on all your links and examine the title bars on<br />
the pages you access. Each title bar on every single page<br />
of your site should contain the most important keywords and<br />
phrases taken from the page itself. However, avoid very<br />
long strings of keywords, keeping them to six words or<br />
less. Avoid repeating keywords more than once in the title<br />
bars, and make sure that identical words are not next to<br />
each other.</p>
<p>The next item to put under your microscope is your website<br />
content. Search engines generally list sites that contain<br />
quality content rather than scintillating graphics. The<br />
text on your site must contain the most important keywords<br />
- the words that potential customers will be typing into<br />
search engines to find your site.</p>
<p>Aim to have around 250 words on each page, but if this is<br />
not desirable due to your design, aim for at least 100<br />
carefully chosen words. If you want to achieve a high<br />
ranking on search engines, this text is essential. However,<br />
the search engines must be able to read the text, meaning<br />
that the text must be in HTML and not graphic format.</p>
<p>To find out if your text is in HTML format, take your<br />
cursor and try to highlight a word or two. If you are able<br />
to do this, the text is HTML. If the text will not<br />
highlight, it is probably in graphic form. In this case,<br />
ask your webmaster to change the text into HTML format in<br />
order to increase your search engine rankings.</p>
<p>Next we come to what is called meta tags. I know this<br />
sounds like something out of science fiction, but it is<br />
really just simple code. Many people believe that meta tags<br />
are the key to high search engine rankings, but in reality,<br />
they only have a limited effect. Still, it&#8217;s worth adding<br />
them in the event that a search engine will use meta tags<br />
in their ranking formula.</p>
<p>To find out if your page is set up with meta tags, you must<br />
access the code. To do this, click the &#8220;view&#8221; button on the<br />
browser menu bar, and select &#8220;source.&#8221; This will pull up a<br />
window revealing the underlying code that created the page.<br />
If there are meta tags, they usually appear near the top of<br />
the window. For example, a meta tag would read: meta<br />
name=&#8221;keywords&#8221; content=. If you do not find code that<br />
reads like this, ask your webmaster to put them in. This<br />
may not do much for your search engine rankings, but any<br />
little boost helps.</p>
<p>Lastly, we come to the issue of link popularity. This is a<br />
factor that is extremely important in terms of search<br />
engine rankings. Almost all search engines use link<br />
popularity to rank your website. Link popularity is based<br />
on the quality of the sites you have linked to from your<br />
links page.</p>
<p>If you type in &#8220;free link popularity check&#8221; in a popular<br />
search engine, the search engine will then show you what<br />
sites are linked to your site. In the case that there<br />
aren&#8217;t many sites linked up to yours, or that the sites<br />
that are linked up have low search engine rankings,<br />
consider launching a link popularity campaign. Essentially,<br />
this entails contacting quality sites and requesting that<br />
they exchange links with your site. Of course, this<br />
requires checking out the rankings of the websites you want<br />
to link up with. Linking to popular, quality sites not only<br />
boosts your search engine ranking, but it also directs more<br />
quality traffic to your website.</p>
<p>Search engine rankings are extremely important for a<br />
successful Internet marketing campaign. Before you go out<br />
and hire a search engine optimization company, try taking<br />
some of the simple steps listed above, and see if you can&#8217;t<br />
boost your rankings yourself. Don&#8217;t ever ignore this<br />
all-important factor in Internet marketing. Remember, the<br />
higher your search engine ranking, the more quality<br />
customers will be directed your way.<br />
More ideas on directing traffic your way-<a href="http://www.discover-traffic.cm">http://www.discover-traffic.cm</a></p>
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		<title>4 Things ALL Articles Must Have-Don&#8217;t Forget!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:15:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The importance of articles in today’s websites and internet based companies are immeasurable. They dictate a lot in the success and the drive of traffic into one’s site. It has become a key element in making a site work and earns a profit. A website operator and owner must have the good sense to include [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The importance of articles in today’s websites and internet based companies are immeasurable. They dictate a lot in the success and the drive of traffic into one’s site. It has become a key element in making a site work and earns a profit. A website operator and owner must have the good sense to include articles in his or her site that will work for them and earn them the many benefits articles can give to their site.</p>
<p>Articles have been known to be the driving force in driving traffic to a website. Articles are a factor in giving site high rankings in search result pages. The higher a site ranks the bigger slice of the traffic flow pie he gets. With a huge number in traffic flow, there are more profits and more potential for other income generating schemes as well.</p>
<p>But, it is not just about stuffing your site with articles; they have certain requirements as well. These requirements must be met to obtain the maximum benefits an article will provide for your site. A well written article will catch the eyes and interest of your customers and keep them coming back for more. They would also be able to recommend your site to others.</p>
<p>Here are some tips to help you and assist you in making your articles. Below you will read about four things all articles must have to make it successful and helpful in making your site a profit earning and traffic overflowing site.</p>
<p>• Keywords and Keyword Phrases.</p>
<p>An article must always be centered on the keywords and keyword phrases. As each website visitor goes to a site, there are those who are just merely browsing but actually looking for a specific something. When this happens, a searcher usually goes to a search engine and types in the keywords they are looking for (e.g. Toyota Camry, Meningitis, Tax Lawyer and Etcetera). It could be anything they want.</p>
<p>The Important thing is that you have an article that has the keywords that are related to your site. For example, if you maintain an auto parts site, you must be able t have articles about cars and their parts. There are many tools in the internet that provides service in helping a webmaster out in determining what keywords and keyword phrases are mostly sought out. You can use this tool to determine what keywords to use and write about.</p>
<p>• Keyword Density</p>
<p>Know that you have your keywords and keyword phrases, you must use them fully. An article must have good keyword density for a search engine to “feel” its presence. Articles should at least have ten to fifteen percent of keyword density in their content for search engines to rank a site high in their search results. Getting a high rank is what articles do best for a site.</p>
<p>Keyword density is the number of times a keyword or keyword phrase is used on an article. The number varies depending on the number of words used in an article. An effective article must have a keyword density that is not too high or too low. With a very high density, the essence of the article is lost and may turn off a reader as well as the search engines. It comes off as overeager. A low number may be ignored by the search engines.</p>
<p>• Good Article Content</p>
<p>Like what is stated above, you cannot just riddle an article with keywords. They must also be regarded as good reading materials. Articles must be able to entertain people as well as provide good information and help for their needs. Articles should be written well with correct spelling and good grammar. If you want people to trust you, make your work good and well thought out.</p>
<p>People respond well to figures, facts and statistics. Try to get great information and as many facts as you can. A good and well written article will boost your reputation as an expert in your chosen field or topic. As more people believe in you. They will be able to trust you and your products.</p>
<p>• Linking Articles</p>
<p>And another important thing to remember. If you are going to submit articles to ezines and/or contribute your articles to newsletters and other sites, DON’T ever forget to include a link to your site. A little resource box with a brief description of your site and you should always be placed right after your articles that you have submitted. If people like your articles, they will most likely click on the link directing them to your site.<br />
<a href="http://www.article-millions.com">http://www.article-millions.com</a></p>
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