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Are Advertising Schemes Obvious

tonyknuckles — Sat, 29 May 2010 23:05:22 +0000

Business owners understand how important an advertisement is. It is in this manner that they would tell to everybody that they are selling products and offering services. They would not have sales, which in turn give them profit, if people would not notice and buy their products and avail of their services.

However, it is not happy to note that there are people who would try to steal money from advertisers and business owners by offering cheap advertisement packages and not delivering the agreed service. Business owners and advertisers should be informed of this because they would become victims of a scam. Look for these scams by doing searches from companies that offers for insurance marketing to even the most simplest of pay-per-click traffic on the internet.

The scam here is when the advertiser paid for these different kinds of services but none or some of them are not really even performed. The main point to consider here is to whom is the advertiser transacting with. To avoid being ripped off doing a background check by knowing the following will help.

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tonyknuckles — Fri, 14 May 2010 19:30:12 +0000

Google basically fell flat on their face with trying to make the thing too "exclusive". Whether they allow big box stores or even kiosks to sell the Nexus is still in the wings for them. That's the news I'm waiting on.

Are their any "real" numbers from actual users that were compared to the initial exclusivity that existed for the Iphone? Can anyone still remember the War and Peace" sized itemized bill boondoggles from AT&T?

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Titillating Tuesday

tonyknuckles — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 01:59:34 +0000

How many points on the Richter scale do you think was set off in the crazy republic of Iran. Think Macdood Dudeisaboob of Iran and his crazy clerics felt the vibrations?

What Memory?

tonyknuckles — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 04:40:51 +0000

The very best way to improve your memory is between infancy and adolescent. As we grow old, memory starts to fail. But a strong memory that we can develop during the prime years of our lives will definitely enhance us to be good thinkers. This can be done by continuously exercising our memory through reading and other cognitive activities like the habit of solving crossword puzzles. The more you do these, the better memory retention is developed.

As far as health is concerned, high blood pressure can lead to stroke and heart ailments. It also results to poor memory retention. Memory function declines when blood pressure is high. Researchers have observed that people with normal blood pressure, especially at midlife, have a higher cognitive function. Concentration, decision-making, and remembering functions falter as a result of high blood pressure. What is healthy for the body is likewise healthy for the memory.

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Gettin’ The Affiliate Bug Fix

tonyknuckles — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 01:23:44 +0000

More and More people are lured into affiliate marketing and you might be one of them. Indeed, affiliate marketing is one of the most effective means of generating a full-time income through the Internet. It’s a fair deal between the merchandiser and his affiliates as both benefit from each sale materialized. Like in other kinds of business, a great deal of the profits in affiliate marketing depends on the affiliate’s advertising, promoting and selling strategies. Everyday, as affiliate marketing industry expands, competition heightens as well so an affiliate marketer must be creative enough to employ unique and effective ways to convince potential buyers to purchase or avail of the products and services offered.

Compared to traditional advertising practices, affiliate programs are more effective, risk-free and cost-efficient. But why do many people still fail in affiliate marketing? There are a lot of reasons and a lot of areas in the program to look into. The most critical aspect in the affiliate program is advertising. Many affiliate marketers fail in this aspect because they lack hard work, which is the most important thing in affiliate marketing and in all other kinds of business as well. Although it pays to be lucky, you cannot merely rely on it. Affiliate marketing isn’t as simple as directing customers to the business site. If you want to earn big, of course, you have to invest time and great amount of hard work in promoting the products. As earlier mentioned, the competition is very high and customers nowadays are very wise, too. After all, who doesn’t want to get the best purchase—that is, to pay less and get more in terms of quantity and quality.

Lack of preparation is also a reason why one fails in affiliate marketing, whether he is a merchandiser or an affiliate. Part of the preparation is researching. On the part of the merchant, he has to be highly selective in choosing the right affiliate websites for his affiliate program. In order to be sure he has the best choices, he must have exhausted his means in looking for highly interested affiliates whose sites are sure fit to his products and services. The affiliate site’s visitors must match his targeted customers. On the other hand, the affiliate marketer must likewise research on the good-paying merchandisers before he signs up for an affiliate program. He must ensure that the merchants’ products and services match his interests so he can give his full attention and dedication to the program. He can get valuable information by joining affiliate forums, comparing different affiliate programs and reading articles on affiliate marketing where he can get tips from experienced affiliate marketers on how to choose the best merchants and products with high conversion rate.

The website is a very important tool in the whole affiliate program. As an affiliate marketer, you should plan how your site is going to be, from domain name to the design, the lay-out, the content, and ads. Some users are particular about what they see at first glance and thus when they find your site ugly, they won’t read through the content even if your site has many things to say and offer. On the other hand, there those who want information more than anything else. Affiliate marketers with “rich-content” web sites are usually the ones who prosper in this business because the content improves traffic to the site. Websites with high quality contents—with relevant keywords and more importantly, right information about the product and not empty hyped-up advertisements—allow you to earn big in affiliate marketing even when you’re asleep. If you won’t be able to sustain the interest of your site visitor, you won’t be able to lead him to the merchants’ site. No click-through means no sale and thus, no income on your part.

Selecting a top level domain name is also crucial to the success of the affiliate program. Lots of affiliate sites don’t appear in the search engine results because they are deemed by affiliate managers as personal sites. Major search engines and directories would think of your site as transient ones and thus, they won’t list it in the directory. Before you decide on the domain name, know first what you are going to promote. Many fail because their sites are not appropriately named, so even when they feature the exact products the customer is looking for, the customer might think the site is not relevant and thus, won’t enter the site.

Above all, an affiliate marketer must be willing to learn more. Certainly, there are still a lot of things to learn and so an affiliate marketer must continue to educate himself so he can improve his marketing strategies. Many fail because they don’t grow in the business and they are merely concerned about earning big quickly. If you want long-term and highly satisfactory results, take time to learn the ins and outs of the business. Continue to improve your knowledge especially with the basics in affiliate marketing ranging from advertising to programming, web page development, and search engine optimization techniques. Likewise, study the needs and wants of your site users and how different merchandisers compete with each other.

Keep on trying; don’t get disappointed if your first attempts did not pay off. Thousands are attracted by the possibility of generating skyrocketing incomes through affiliate marketing and so they sign up in any affiliate program without carefully understanding every aspect of the business. When they don’t get instant results, they quit and sign up for another program and repeat the process of just copying links and referring them to others. When you sign up for an affiliate program, don’t expect to get rich in an instant. Work on your advertising strategies and be patient. You’ll never know how much you can get if you don’t persevere.

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Facebook Grabs You By The Horns

tonyknuckles — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 17:37:33 +0000

I don't have to tell you that Facebook can be a tremendous source of web traffic. There's a good chance that most of the people you know are on it, and the ones who aren't may be eventually. The social network is consuming more and more of people's time, and thanks to mobile devices, it is always accessible. If you don't have a Facebook Page, you may be missing out on not only traffic to your site, but a chance to engage with customers and ultimately help your brand's reputation.
One of our blog partners, Jay Baer, of Convince&Convert wrote a great piece about why you need Facebook for your company. He highlights "11 things you need to know." These things include how Facebook has 350 Million global users and counting (although Facebook has sinced announced reaching the 400 million user milestone), and how the average Facebook user spends 55 minutes per day on Facebook. Nearly 80,000 sites use Facebook Connect.

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How I Optimize Ebay RSS

tonyknuckles — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:09:21 +0000

The chances are that you'll find more specific jargon related to whatever you're selling, but it'd be an impossible task to cover it all here. If you can't figure one out from your knowledge of the subject, then type the term into a search engine, followed by the word 'ebay'. The chances are that someone, somewhere will have seen fit to explain it. But for me the key is to stay away from terms like medical travel or ideas where the search term can limit your results pages dramatically.

While it's good to be able to understand others' jargon, avoid using it unless you really need to (for example, if you run out of space in an item's title). Many people on eBay are not experienced buyers and you will lose them if you write a load of gobbledegook all over your auction.

By now, you're well prepared for eBay life, and you're probably ready to get started with that first auction. In the next email, we'll show you how to dive in and get started.

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Short Selling Yourself In The Obama Economy – FAIL

tonyknuckles — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 04:06:02 +0000

This is the kind of crap that pisses me off. Below is an article writing opportunity that was posted for bloggers to ponder. Sadly, for me, being unemployed has on occasion forced me to delve in the shadiness of such enterprises. However, I will not stoop this low. For $3.00 to sit down and write 400 words with all the stipulations found in the quote?

Hell no!! #EFF you!

Dear Blogger,

A new opportunity has been added to the system with the following info:

Opportunity Title: ProxySites.net Review
Budget: $3
Details: At least 400 words. Target Keywords: Proxy sites, proxy, proxies, unblock facebook PR = 3 or above

Logon to your account to see the details and to make your offer/bid.

Note: If you want to stop these notifications, you can do that from your account homepage. Simply uncheck the check box that says "Notify me about new opportunities".

And I could give a crap less for putting this particular site owner on "blast"! Do you belong to these services and sometimes feel the need to vent as I do? Let me know in the comments below.

Ninjas Make The Best Marketers

tonyknuckles — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 01:33:37 +0000

Yesterday in the afternoon I had some problems updating my posts. I wanted to include an affiliate link on about 10 posts I published in the past; the sad part is that it took me 27 minutes to update the links in the first four posts and another half hour to finish everything.

If you think editing blog posts should take you hours, you might be crazy. I wanted to save time on this, as I had to publish other posts too. So what happened? Well, I almost wanted to give up when suddenly remembered that awhile ago one of my buddies told me about a plugin I should try.

... Maxblogpress Ninja Affiliate ... it claims to help bloggers turn keywords into money-making affiliate links.

To make a long story short, I've just put my hands on the plugin so let me share with you a few things about it.

The best feature I like [its core basis] is actually the option to automatically convert your blog keywords into links to the affiliate product of your choice; the best part is that even your old keywords can turn into money-making affiliate links.

If you don't want to SAVE a ton of time, effort and energy on link editing, then probably this WordPress plugin is not for you.

Just imagine this... instead of editing links and posts, you actually have more time for writing content and promoting your blog - which will eventually drive visitors to your money-making links.

What I like about this little plugin is new features and add-ons are updated frequently.

What I don’t like about Maxblogpress Ninja Affiliate? I hoped you'll neve ask! Well, maybe it's just me - but there's a learning curve to mastering the plugin and getting used to it. It'd probably take you a few hours to learn all the options and experience its full potential, but it's worth every penny.

Don't tell me about a plugin with no learning curve as I don't believe it; great plugins take time to learn, and Maxblogpress Ninja Affiliate is no different, period.

It’s in your best interest to snatch it today if you want to SAVE a ton of time, effort and energy on editing links and actually focusing on what makes you real money [writing posts and driving traffic to your blog].

And don't forget, if you grab the plugin you unlock FREE on going upgrades - P.S. I forgot to also tell you about another cool feature - link cloaking - this helps you fight commission theft and thieves; a must-have for serious affiliates!

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