The roll up promotion is the preferred way by many businessmen to support their company’s popularity. They compose of a foldable figure solution that easily fits in a little nylon bag. It can be arranged and put up for as brief as thirty seconds, which is very convenient and eventually makes it as an ideal way to be used in exhibitions and events for the company.
A roll up has a drop-down image drawn out and commonly uses a rear pin under it to clamp it up. There are also other variants available in the market today that fastens it like some exclusive tapes from the manufacturers. This is also used by traveling salesman because it is extremely easy to transport and carry around. Aside from that, it is really cheap but the quality is also reliable.
A roll up and a flaggor are both perfect for promotional marketing. The latter is created in different shapes and sizes. They can be anything like flag supporters, table standardizations and a pennant. The regular size for a flaggor is 240 centimeters by 150 centimeters. They are customized and can be ordered with the favored colors.
There are many ways on how to print such banners. They can be digitally printed or screen printed. To know which is which, digitally printed one uses knitted polyester while the other uses woven polyester and has a little bit higher price tag. Most valuable servicing stores offer the printing job themselves, which means they ensure ideal performance of their products.
Promotions through the use of roll up are incredibly efficient because it is particularly intended for one or more occasions. Both of the two are great ways to introduce the company’s new products or set up important events in any well-located place. It is very economical to use because of their gigantic dimensions, they can contain more than one messages or announcements at the same time.
Such promotions use stands, which accent their looks and purposes. The bigger and the more attractive the banners are, the more people will take notice of the campaign launches and the like. It is a more effective way to disseminate the important information and will help a certain company achieve their goal to become a successful business venture in the industry.
Having promotional plans using either of the two shall increase the sales of the product being endorsed, creation of the company’s own image and brand equity, people’s acceptance to the product and competitive retaliations. Placing them where everybody can see makes it easier for people to understand and get to know your product, if not your company.
Advertising with a roll up and flaggor is trouble-free, economical and high quality products with the use of the latest and state of the art technology to generate eye-catching designs. Promotions will surely be at its best when settling for the finest advertisement provider to achieve the certain goal.
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2009-01-02
2008-12-31
Concentrate on what's important...
This is only my second letter in seven or eight weeks. Sorry about that, but at first I had no Internet connection when things went wrong with my satellite service (I'm now on wireless broadband)
and then I developed a quite serious illness which I'm slowly getting over.
If you want to, you can read more on my forum I reckon you should go there anyway, it's a great community.
Incidentally the forum posts are being indexed by Google, which makes it a good place to get links to your websites - as long as you've got something useful/interesting to say that is :)
Ok, I'll keep this relatively short because I'm still not feeling too good. But I hope that normal "service" has now resumed.
1. Concentrate on what's important...
First of all, it looks like I'm missed seeing a lot of new products since I've been offline.
When I visited my forum I saw a number of programs/software being talked about that I'd never even heard of.
And, do you know what? I didn't really care that I'd missed the products being announced.
There's probably nothing wrong with them. They're most likely useful. They're probably worth investigating.
But... remember this.
It's IMPORTANT to not get distracted with new things all the time. You could spend all your limited web time learning how to use
new tools, when really you should be focusing on improving your sites and your skills and your own business.
I remember David Garfinkel and Mark Joyner saying to me in Vegas that I should focus on what I'm good at (in my case writing).
And that's what you should be doing too.
Play to your strengths.
Work out what you're good at/what your main interests are and give them most of your attention and time.
Don't get sidetracked by everything new that comes along.
Write down your "online business" plan, even if it's only on one piece of paper. And work out the steps you need to take to achieve success with it. Doing this will help you focus on what matters, and it will clear your head so that you know where you should be spending your time.
Once you've mapped out your action steps you need to follow them. Don't make a plan and then not stick to it. Don't let anyone or
anything put you off. Go for it.
Don't sign up for every crappy new scheme that comes along. Don't buy every new piece of software or every ebook.
Do what works for YOU and use the tools that works for YOU.
And just go for it.
2. One of the smartest brains around...
I'm not sure if you've heard of him, but James Maduk is one of the smartest business brains around. He's been working online since 1995, writes monthly articles for Entrepreneur Magazine, and he's an expert at online selling.
Plus he's got more products on the market than anyone I know, even beating the prolific Marlon Sanders.
So why he's not amazingly well known in this field I'll never know.
I'm a big fan, especially of his member only site
If you'd like an introduction to his style and knowledge have a look at one of his free weekly webcasts, where he uses "internet whiteboard" technology to get his messages across.
And when you've finished watching and listening you might fancy signing up for his affiliate program which is looks like turning into one of the best around.
3. Free Amazon Tools...
If you're promoting Amazon's affiliate program here are a couple of useful sites which help you automate the process.
http://www.associatesshop.com/
and
http://www.addassociate.com/add_register.php
Associatesshop lets you add an Amazon store to your site and sell products of your choice, while Addassociates provides you with code which works much the same way as Google Adsense -
meaning it "reads" the content of your webpage and displays context related products.
Of the two I prefer Addassociate, but you can't use it on pages where you're running Google Adsense ads.
Anyway, they're both free and could be a useful addition to your sites.
4. Beginners Bit...
I get heaps of letters about how difficult it is to build a good looking website. But I get even more letters about the complexities of getting a webhost and uploading pages to it.
One simple way around this is to use Site Build It! (SBI) because it offers an all-in-one solution.
The mastermind behind SBI, Ken Evoy, has been really busy with SBI over the past few months, constantly adding new features and making it easier to use. I've owned SBI for a few years now and it's now a far, far better site building tool than when I started using it. And it was good then.
One thing SBI is ideal for is displaying Google Adsense ads.
To really make big profits from Adsense you need a lot of content pages. Using SBI for these sites makes sense because once you've got over the learning curve it leaves you totally free to
concentrate on providing that content. So you can quickly put out a lot more pages.
Plus the in-built tools help you keep that content on topic, which means that Adsense can read that your pages correctly and display relevant ads.
In fact Ken has put together a very good info site about using SBI with Adsense. You should spend a bit of time reading through it.
http://salesnow.sitesell.com/adsense/
5. Stuck for ideas what to build a site about?
Try reading Michael Holland's Strike it Niche.
It's a great place to begin.
Michael's done a great research job, giving you ideas for 70 different sites, and explaining just what you need to do to profit from each
of them. Reading this ebook should leave you dancing with enthusiasm.
6. As a follow on to the stuff higher up...
Do you ever feel like you're drowning in a sea of data?
Well you're not the only one.
I just checked out the online edition of The Guardian, one of the best UK daily papers, and found this report:
"There's a lot of data on our hard disks, and there's more accumulating by the day. The University of Berkeley School of Information Management and Systems has just updated its "How Much Information?" study. In 2002 we created over five exabytes of data, in the form of video, print, magnetic and optical media — an increase of over 30% a year since 1999. That's equivalent to half a million new collections the size of the US Library of Congress — 92% of which was on magnetic media, and most of that was on hard disk."
and then I developed a quite serious illness which I'm slowly getting over.
If you want to, you can read more on my forum I reckon you should go there anyway, it's a great community.
Incidentally the forum posts are being indexed by Google, which makes it a good place to get links to your websites - as long as you've got something useful/interesting to say that is :)
Ok, I'll keep this relatively short because I'm still not feeling too good. But I hope that normal "service" has now resumed.
1. Concentrate on what's important...
First of all, it looks like I'm missed seeing a lot of new products since I've been offline.
When I visited my forum I saw a number of programs/software being talked about that I'd never even heard of.
And, do you know what? I didn't really care that I'd missed the products being announced.
There's probably nothing wrong with them. They're most likely useful. They're probably worth investigating.
But... remember this.
It's IMPORTANT to not get distracted with new things all the time. You could spend all your limited web time learning how to use
new tools, when really you should be focusing on improving your sites and your skills and your own business.
I remember David Garfinkel and Mark Joyner saying to me in Vegas that I should focus on what I'm good at (in my case writing).
And that's what you should be doing too.
Play to your strengths.
Work out what you're good at/what your main interests are and give them most of your attention and time.
Don't get sidetracked by everything new that comes along.
Write down your "online business" plan, even if it's only on one piece of paper. And work out the steps you need to take to achieve success with it. Doing this will help you focus on what matters, and it will clear your head so that you know where you should be spending your time.
Once you've mapped out your action steps you need to follow them. Don't make a plan and then not stick to it. Don't let anyone or
anything put you off. Go for it.
Don't sign up for every crappy new scheme that comes along. Don't buy every new piece of software or every ebook.
Do what works for YOU and use the tools that works for YOU.
And just go for it.
2. One of the smartest brains around...
I'm not sure if you've heard of him, but James Maduk is one of the smartest business brains around. He's been working online since 1995, writes monthly articles for Entrepreneur Magazine, and he's an expert at online selling.
Plus he's got more products on the market than anyone I know, even beating the prolific Marlon Sanders.
So why he's not amazingly well known in this field I'll never know.
I'm a big fan, especially of his member only site
If you'd like an introduction to his style and knowledge have a look at one of his free weekly webcasts, where he uses "internet whiteboard" technology to get his messages across.
And when you've finished watching and listening you might fancy signing up for his affiliate program which is looks like turning into one of the best around.
3. Free Amazon Tools...
If you're promoting Amazon's affiliate program here are a couple of useful sites which help you automate the process.
http://www.associatesshop.com/
and
http://www.addassociate.com/add_register.php
Associatesshop lets you add an Amazon store to your site and sell products of your choice, while Addassociates provides you with code which works much the same way as Google Adsense -
meaning it "reads" the content of your webpage and displays context related products.
Of the two I prefer Addassociate, but you can't use it on pages where you're running Google Adsense ads.
Anyway, they're both free and could be a useful addition to your sites.
4. Beginners Bit...
I get heaps of letters about how difficult it is to build a good looking website. But I get even more letters about the complexities of getting a webhost and uploading pages to it.
One simple way around this is to use Site Build It! (SBI) because it offers an all-in-one solution.
The mastermind behind SBI, Ken Evoy, has been really busy with SBI over the past few months, constantly adding new features and making it easier to use. I've owned SBI for a few years now and it's now a far, far better site building tool than when I started using it. And it was good then.
One thing SBI is ideal for is displaying Google Adsense ads.
To really make big profits from Adsense you need a lot of content pages. Using SBI for these sites makes sense because once you've got over the learning curve it leaves you totally free to
concentrate on providing that content. So you can quickly put out a lot more pages.
Plus the in-built tools help you keep that content on topic, which means that Adsense can read that your pages correctly and display relevant ads.
In fact Ken has put together a very good info site about using SBI with Adsense. You should spend a bit of time reading through it.
http://salesnow.sitesell.com/adsense/
5. Stuck for ideas what to build a site about?
Try reading Michael Holland's Strike it Niche.
It's a great place to begin.
Michael's done a great research job, giving you ideas for 70 different sites, and explaining just what you need to do to profit from each
of them. Reading this ebook should leave you dancing with enthusiasm.
6. As a follow on to the stuff higher up...
Do you ever feel like you're drowning in a sea of data?
Well you're not the only one.
I just checked out the online edition of The Guardian, one of the best UK daily papers, and found this report:
"There's a lot of data on our hard disks, and there's more accumulating by the day. The University of Berkeley School of Information Management and Systems has just updated its "How Much Information?" study. In 2002 we created over five exabytes of data, in the form of video, print, magnetic and optical media — an increase of over 30% a year since 1999. That's equivalent to half a million new collections the size of the US Library of Congress — 92% of which was on magnetic media, and most of that was on hard disk."
Tips for maximizing Your Google AdSense Revenues
Despite what you may hear, the Google AdSense program is not for everyone. There are some types of web sites that do poorly no matter how hard the owners try, and there are others that should be doing well but the webmaster simply isn’t putting in the effort to make things happen.
Here are some tips to make AdSense work better for you. If you do them all and you’re still not having any luck, then you just might be running one of those sites that don’t make money
1. Determine if your visitors are “in the mood”
Like I mentioned at the top of this article, some web sites just don’t work with pay-per-click programs.
The best performing sites fall into one of these categories:
• Sites where users go and expect to buy something while they are there. E-commerce sites fit the bill here..
• Sites where users go to find specific information on something that they want to buy now. Music and video review sites, vacation information sites, resume building sites, etc. You don’t have to actually be selling these types of things; your site can just be a mecca for information pertaining to these things. Then, when the visitor comes to read your content, they are more likely to click on your ads.
• Sites where people who have disposable income and a credit card like to visit. This includes sites with money management, investing and lifestyle content.
• Sites that draw a large amount of new users every day. Free coupon sites and “How to” sites are good examples.
• Sites where people go who expect to read ads. Classified ads and shopping comparison sites fit into this category.
2. Make sure that your visitors don’t feel that you just want to grab their money
Give them plenty of relevant and well-written content. If writing isn’t your best skill then hire someone to do it for you. Good content brings steady traffic and steady traffic pays the bills.
3. Play by the rules
Google has some very specific Terms of Service (https://www.google.com/adsense/policies) for participating in their AdSense program. Learn those rules and follow them so you don’t lose all of your investment by getting shut out.
4. Use the tools that Google gives you
Google gives you tools for determining the best keywords for your site, measuring ad performance, and setting up different ad “channels” for fine-tuning ad results. These guys and girls are the 800 lb. Gorillas in the Pay-Per-Click market. They didn’t build these tools just to keep their programmers busy. Take advantage of their knowledge for they are very big and you are not!
5. Tweak, fine-tune and then tweak again
You should never be happy with your AdSense performance. If it’s good, then you need to make it great. If it’s great then you need to make it amazing. If it’s amazing then you need to take it to the UPS club. The UPS club? Google sends all checks over $10,000 per month to the webmaster via UPS overnight delivery. Now there’s a club that I wouldn’t mind belonging to.
6. Get more traffic
No matter how much traffic you have, you need more. More eyeballs translate to more clicks. Even if you’re only pulling a 2% click-through. That’s a lot of clicks when you have thousands of visitors each day.
7. Experiment with new keywords
New keywords can bring new ads and new eyeballs along with it. Set up some new pages on your site and experiment with different content. Once you get something that’s working then refer back to Tip # 5.
You can see results in near real time when you use Google’s AdWords. Don’t be afraid to be different. If something that everyone else is doing doesn’t work for you, then invent something that does work and get it on your site
Here are some tips to make AdSense work better for you. If you do them all and you’re still not having any luck, then you just might be running one of those sites that don’t make money
1. Determine if your visitors are “in the mood”
Like I mentioned at the top of this article, some web sites just don’t work with pay-per-click programs.
The best performing sites fall into one of these categories:
• Sites where users go and expect to buy something while they are there. E-commerce sites fit the bill here..
• Sites where users go to find specific information on something that they want to buy now. Music and video review sites, vacation information sites, resume building sites, etc. You don’t have to actually be selling these types of things; your site can just be a mecca for information pertaining to these things. Then, when the visitor comes to read your content, they are more likely to click on your ads.
• Sites where people who have disposable income and a credit card like to visit. This includes sites with money management, investing and lifestyle content.
• Sites that draw a large amount of new users every day. Free coupon sites and “How to” sites are good examples.
• Sites where people go who expect to read ads. Classified ads and shopping comparison sites fit into this category.
2. Make sure that your visitors don’t feel that you just want to grab their money
Give them plenty of relevant and well-written content. If writing isn’t your best skill then hire someone to do it for you. Good content brings steady traffic and steady traffic pays the bills.
3. Play by the rules
Google has some very specific Terms of Service (https://www.google.com/adsense/policies) for participating in their AdSense program. Learn those rules and follow them so you don’t lose all of your investment by getting shut out.
4. Use the tools that Google gives you
Google gives you tools for determining the best keywords for your site, measuring ad performance, and setting up different ad “channels” for fine-tuning ad results. These guys and girls are the 800 lb. Gorillas in the Pay-Per-Click market. They didn’t build these tools just to keep their programmers busy. Take advantage of their knowledge for they are very big and you are not!
5. Tweak, fine-tune and then tweak again
You should never be happy with your AdSense performance. If it’s good, then you need to make it great. If it’s great then you need to make it amazing. If it’s amazing then you need to take it to the UPS club. The UPS club? Google sends all checks over $10,000 per month to the webmaster via UPS overnight delivery. Now there’s a club that I wouldn’t mind belonging to.
6. Get more traffic
No matter how much traffic you have, you need more. More eyeballs translate to more clicks. Even if you’re only pulling a 2% click-through. That’s a lot of clicks when you have thousands of visitors each day.
7. Experiment with new keywords
New keywords can bring new ads and new eyeballs along with it. Set up some new pages on your site and experiment with different content. Once you get something that’s working then refer back to Tip # 5.
You can see results in near real time when you use Google’s AdWords. Don’t be afraid to be different. If something that everyone else is doing doesn’t work for you, then invent something that does work and get it on your site
Adsense – When should you use it?
Well I have several sites, some of them I apply the AdSense to; to make a few extra pennies and some of my websites I wouldn’t even dream of placing Adsense to.
For example, I will not use AdSense on a site that I wish to sell one product on, especially my own products. This can take your potential prospects away from what you want them to buy. Why would you risk losing them to your competition or to another site for a few lousy cents? Or dollars if you got the “higher” end priced AdSense ads on your site.
All sites where I am selling a specific product will not have any out going links for me. I want to keep them on my site for as long as possible.
However, I will use AdSense on sites that are more along the lines of “Free Content” websites. Usually these websites I set up, I use directly for making money with AdSense.
What’s interesting with AdSense is that your layout can have a detrimental affect on how much you can earn from using it. Of course testing and re-testing will be your ultimate tool in finding out what works best with your website.
I tend to stay clear of the lay out that looks like Google’s sponsored ads on the main Google website. Everyone identifies these ads as “paid” and not as likely to have as many people to click through them.
Adsense can be a nice little profitable tool if used correctly.
For example, I will not use AdSense on a site that I wish to sell one product on, especially my own products. This can take your potential prospects away from what you want them to buy. Why would you risk losing them to your competition or to another site for a few lousy cents? Or dollars if you got the “higher” end priced AdSense ads on your site.
All sites where I am selling a specific product will not have any out going links for me. I want to keep them on my site for as long as possible.
However, I will use AdSense on sites that are more along the lines of “Free Content” websites. Usually these websites I set up, I use directly for making money with AdSense.
What’s interesting with AdSense is that your layout can have a detrimental affect on how much you can earn from using it. Of course testing and re-testing will be your ultimate tool in finding out what works best with your website.
I tend to stay clear of the lay out that looks like Google’s sponsored ads on the main Google website. Everyone identifies these ads as “paid” and not as likely to have as many people to click through them.
Adsense can be a nice little profitable tool if used correctly.
6 more free steps to making money online
If you read my previous article you will know that the goal of these articles is to teach you ways to get started making money online without having to spend any money.
This is the second in the series and this time we deal with having your own blog. There are endless ways of making money once you have traffic, and your blog will get you traffic. The income we will be looking at today will come from Google Adsense.
There are multiple benefits to having a blog including the low cost (or no cost), the resources that will help you get traffic to your blog and the fact that you can provide your blog as an RSS feed. An RSS feed will allow readers to automatically receive your updates into their RSS reader.
Let's get started with our 6 steps.
1. Set up your blog. You will need to decide what you are going to blog about. You should decide on a theme and name your blog appropriately.
There are a number of free ways to set up a blog & to have it hosted for free. We will go with Blogger.com for our first blog.
Blogger will allow you to set up a blog for free they will host it for free and they will ping search engines every time you update, meaning you will get spidered & found.
Visit blogger.com & click the button on the front page labelled 'create your blog now' then follow the step by step instructions that Blogger provide.
Some key settings you will want to get right are:
I) 'Host your blog at Blogger' = Yes
II) 'Add your blog to our listings' = Yes
III) 'Ping Weblogs.com' = Yes
IV) 'Publish Site Feed' = Yes
2. Write some content. Before we move any further there has to be some information on the site & that means that you have to make some entries. You can write some of these entries yourself & some can be quotes from sites of interest to your reader that you can post using the Google Toolbar.
You can download the Google toolbar for free at toolbar.google.com. The toolbar includes a Blogger button. When you visit a site that has something of interest to your readers you can highlight the appropriate text & click the Blogger button. The content will then be added to your blog along with a link back to the site.
3. Once you have some content eg a weeks worth of blogging with 1 or 2 entries for everyday, you can apply for an adsense account. When you sign in to Blogger you will see an invitation to join Adsense. Use this link and apply for an account.
You can find out all about Adsense on the Adsense page but basically you get Google ads on your site & get paid if your visitor clicks them.
Google will decide what adverts show on your site based on the content it finds within.
You need to be aware that Google will decline your application if your site is not considered to have content. Nobody outside of Google knows the precise rules on this.
Once you have been accepted you can get some javascript from Google to add to you site. Copy this & then log in to Blogger.
Once you have logged into your blog you will see that one of the tabs across the top of the screen is labelled 'Template'. Click this. You will need to know a little bit of HTML to help find the right location to paste your Google code. But with a little experimentation you will find the right place for you. See the resource box at the end of this article for more help.
I would suggest that the ads need to be seen when the site loads but should not be too obvious or dominate your site.
4. Write some more content. Try and keep your content coming at regular intervals as a number of directories will check on your site at regular intervals & the smarter ones will visit on a schedule based on your update schedule. They will probably determine this in the hours after you first submit to them. Which is what we will do next.
5. Submit your site to Blog & RSS directories. Because you are hosting at Blogger, Weblogs.com will already be notified when you update your blog. (That means that every time you make a new entry they are automatically notified) You will need to manually submit to the various other directories some of which will require a link on your site to theirs.
You can add these links to your template below your Blogger logo. For a list of directories to get you started visit www.themoneyseed.com/rss
6. Keep writing interesting content. Ideally you want people to come back again and again. As with customers its harder to get a new visitor than to keep existing visitors. So make it interesting, in fact make it so interesting that they can't help but tell all their friends about it also.
As with most free ways to make money this will take time to get going, but if you can build a following you will make money.
This is the second in the series and this time we deal with having your own blog. There are endless ways of making money once you have traffic, and your blog will get you traffic. The income we will be looking at today will come from Google Adsense.
There are multiple benefits to having a blog including the low cost (or no cost), the resources that will help you get traffic to your blog and the fact that you can provide your blog as an RSS feed. An RSS feed will allow readers to automatically receive your updates into their RSS reader.
Let's get started with our 6 steps.
1. Set up your blog. You will need to decide what you are going to blog about. You should decide on a theme and name your blog appropriately.
There are a number of free ways to set up a blog & to have it hosted for free. We will go with Blogger.com for our first blog.
Blogger will allow you to set up a blog for free they will host it for free and they will ping search engines every time you update, meaning you will get spidered & found.
Visit blogger.com & click the button on the front page labelled 'create your blog now' then follow the step by step instructions that Blogger provide.
Some key settings you will want to get right are:
I) 'Host your blog at Blogger' = Yes
II) 'Add your blog to our listings' = Yes
III) 'Ping Weblogs.com' = Yes
IV) 'Publish Site Feed' = Yes
2. Write some content. Before we move any further there has to be some information on the site & that means that you have to make some entries. You can write some of these entries yourself & some can be quotes from sites of interest to your reader that you can post using the Google Toolbar.
You can download the Google toolbar for free at toolbar.google.com. The toolbar includes a Blogger button. When you visit a site that has something of interest to your readers you can highlight the appropriate text & click the Blogger button. The content will then be added to your blog along with a link back to the site.
3. Once you have some content eg a weeks worth of blogging with 1 or 2 entries for everyday, you can apply for an adsense account. When you sign in to Blogger you will see an invitation to join Adsense. Use this link and apply for an account.
You can find out all about Adsense on the Adsense page but basically you get Google ads on your site & get paid if your visitor clicks them.
Google will decide what adverts show on your site based on the content it finds within.
You need to be aware that Google will decline your application if your site is not considered to have content. Nobody outside of Google knows the precise rules on this.
Once you have been accepted you can get some javascript from Google to add to you site. Copy this & then log in to Blogger.
Once you have logged into your blog you will see that one of the tabs across the top of the screen is labelled 'Template'. Click this. You will need to know a little bit of HTML to help find the right location to paste your Google code. But with a little experimentation you will find the right place for you. See the resource box at the end of this article for more help.
I would suggest that the ads need to be seen when the site loads but should not be too obvious or dominate your site.
4. Write some more content. Try and keep your content coming at regular intervals as a number of directories will check on your site at regular intervals & the smarter ones will visit on a schedule based on your update schedule. They will probably determine this in the hours after you first submit to them. Which is what we will do next.
5. Submit your site to Blog & RSS directories. Because you are hosting at Blogger, Weblogs.com will already be notified when you update your blog. (That means that every time you make a new entry they are automatically notified) You will need to manually submit to the various other directories some of which will require a link on your site to theirs.
You can add these links to your template below your Blogger logo. For a list of directories to get you started visit www.themoneyseed.com/rss
6. Keep writing interesting content. Ideally you want people to come back again and again. As with customers its harder to get a new visitor than to keep existing visitors. So make it interesting, in fact make it so interesting that they can't help but tell all their friends about it also.
As with most free ways to make money this will take time to get going, but if you can build a following you will make money.
2008-12-30
out of cash
Are you running out of cash? Is your job not paying you enough? Well, don’t just sit there and pout. Why don’t you make money writing online?
As of this moment, you’re probably wondering how you can make money writing online when you can’t even get a decent job interview in real life. Well, this makes everything much more fruitful for you.
Working online is actually easier than working in a real office on a 9-5 timetable. And one of the best ways to make money writing online is by using blogs.
Contrary to popular belief, it’s not all that difficult to earn from blogs once you’ve found your niche. Search engines love them, and blogs are generally accessible to the public (unless you lock them, of course).
Here’s some of the ways to make money writing online using blogs:
1) You could put adsense, promote affiliate products or products of your own in your blog to make money
2) You could also earn through advertising. Once your blog becomes well-known in the blogosphere, potential advertisers are going to come knocking your door. You might want to set up a counter to know how many people are viewing your blog.
3) You might be surprised by the number of people out there who surf the web all day and read blogs. Some of these people are marketers, advertisers and other professionals who are looking for writers. One of them might come across your blog, like how you write, and contact you for possible employment.
4) Your blog helps you establish connections with other bloggers / writers who could do a joint venture with you, or at least recommend you to a potential employer.
You don’t have to carry a Phd to make money writing online. All you have to do is use your imagination and creativity to get your blog earning the dough for you.
By: Lee, Michael
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Want to earn a 5-figure monthly income through freelance writing jobs? Go to www.20daypersuasion.com/5figurewriter.htm and discover how to earn massive amounts of money by becoming a freelance writer.
As of this moment, you’re probably wondering how you can make money writing online when you can’t even get a decent job interview in real life. Well, this makes everything much more fruitful for you.
Working online is actually easier than working in a real office on a 9-5 timetable. And one of the best ways to make money writing online is by using blogs.
Contrary to popular belief, it’s not all that difficult to earn from blogs once you’ve found your niche. Search engines love them, and blogs are generally accessible to the public (unless you lock them, of course).
Here’s some of the ways to make money writing online using blogs:
1) You could put adsense, promote affiliate products or products of your own in your blog to make money
2) You could also earn through advertising. Once your blog becomes well-known in the blogosphere, potential advertisers are going to come knocking your door. You might want to set up a counter to know how many people are viewing your blog.
3) You might be surprised by the number of people out there who surf the web all day and read blogs. Some of these people are marketers, advertisers and other professionals who are looking for writers. One of them might come across your blog, like how you write, and contact you for possible employment.
4) Your blog helps you establish connections with other bloggers / writers who could do a joint venture with you, or at least recommend you to a potential employer.
You don’t have to carry a Phd to make money writing online. All you have to do is use your imagination and creativity to get your blog earning the dough for you.
By: Lee, Michael
Article Directory: http://www.articledashboard.com
Want to earn a 5-figure monthly income through freelance writing jobs? Go to www.20daypersuasion.com/5figurewriter.htm and discover how to earn massive amounts of money by becoming a freelance writer.
make money with article writing:
Here's how you can make money with article writing:
1. Say no to passive voice. One of you main goals in writing your articles is to move your readers to act on your favor. You cannot do that if your content sound weak. Use active voice all the time that can help you easily direct your readers and make your content sound more effective and compelling. Instead of saying, "it can be achieved", why not use, "you can achieve this"?
2. Tell your readers what to do. Most people are going online because they are literally clueless on how they can resolve their pressing issues. As an expert on your chosen niche, you are in the best position to direct them to the right path. Tell them what they have to do and how to do it step by step. Just make sure that all the tips and techniques that you are offering are proven to work so you can avoid misleading these people.
3. Go with specific topics. Online users can easily get bored when reading articles online so it is not advisable that you touch on topics that will require them to spend hours in their computers. Discuss topics that you can discuss in 500 words or less. If you are writing about weight loss, you can make your topics more specific by targeted specific angles of your story. You can write weight loss for teenagers, weight loss tips, etc.
4. Provide examples. To promote better understanding and to help your readers visualize the message that you are trying to get across, incorporate your topics with real-life examples or stories that your readers can easily identify with. If permitted, you can insert graphics or relevant images especially if you are offering step-by-step guides.
5. Be precise and concise. By this, I simply mean don't be a rambler. Say what you mean and mean what you say to save your readers their precious time. Avoid using lengthy introductions, fillers and fancy words.
6. Proofread. If you want to be regarded as an expert article writer, you must care to offer flawless work. Do not forget to check on your grammar, spelling, and punctuation before you hit that submit button. Remember, it may take months or even years before you can build your reputation online and it can only take few errors to ruin it.
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Fast Article Writing - Revealed - 6 Secrets to Impact Your Article Writing
Money Making Methods From Web Site or Blog
Do you want to learn more about how I do it? I have just completed my brand new guide to article writing success, 'Your Article Writing and Promotion Guide'
Download it free here: Secrets of Article Writing
Do you want to learn how to build a big online subscriber list fast? Click here: Secrets of List Building
Sean Mize is a full time internet marketer who has written over 9034 articles in print and 14 published ebooks.
Article Source:EzineArticles.com
1. Say no to passive voice. One of you main goals in writing your articles is to move your readers to act on your favor. You cannot do that if your content sound weak. Use active voice all the time that can help you easily direct your readers and make your content sound more effective and compelling. Instead of saying, "it can be achieved", why not use, "you can achieve this"?
2. Tell your readers what to do. Most people are going online because they are literally clueless on how they can resolve their pressing issues. As an expert on your chosen niche, you are in the best position to direct them to the right path. Tell them what they have to do and how to do it step by step. Just make sure that all the tips and techniques that you are offering are proven to work so you can avoid misleading these people.
3. Go with specific topics. Online users can easily get bored when reading articles online so it is not advisable that you touch on topics that will require them to spend hours in their computers. Discuss topics that you can discuss in 500 words or less. If you are writing about weight loss, you can make your topics more specific by targeted specific angles of your story. You can write weight loss for teenagers, weight loss tips, etc.
4. Provide examples. To promote better understanding and to help your readers visualize the message that you are trying to get across, incorporate your topics with real-life examples or stories that your readers can easily identify with. If permitted, you can insert graphics or relevant images especially if you are offering step-by-step guides.
5. Be precise and concise. By this, I simply mean don't be a rambler. Say what you mean and mean what you say to save your readers their precious time. Avoid using lengthy introductions, fillers and fancy words.
6. Proofread. If you want to be regarded as an expert article writer, you must care to offer flawless work. Do not forget to check on your grammar, spelling, and punctuation before you hit that submit button. Remember, it may take months or even years before you can build your reputation online and it can only take few errors to ruin it.
Recent posts
Article Writing Mistakes - 7 To Avoid
Article Marketing & Copywriting Secret: How To Make Your Article TITLE Sell
Fast Article Writing - Revealed - 6 Secrets to Impact Your Article Writing
Money Making Methods From Web Site or Blog
Do you want to learn more about how I do it? I have just completed my brand new guide to article writing success, 'Your Article Writing and Promotion Guide'
Download it free here: Secrets of Article Writing
Do you want to learn how to build a big online subscriber list fast? Click here: Secrets of List Building
Sean Mize is a full time internet marketer who has written over 9034 articles in print and 14 published ebooks.
Article Source:EzineArticles.com
spedia.net
I first came across spedia.net from my Alexa Toolbar as a result of visiting another non related site.
I was researching the latest ways to make money and spedia sounded good on the outside and I almost signed up in order to refer others into the program.
It all sounded too good to be true. Make money and Surf the web. The 5 level deep payout structure would ensure a decent income after some heavy promoting but my intuition told me to do a quick search for the term spedia scam and see if there was any negative spedia information around.
The results speak for themselves.
An abundance of warnings and people's negative experiences with spedia. The most common complaints seem to be that they don't pay. Other complains include system crashes, spam if you cancel your account, and claims that spedia cheat the system.
According to my keyword tool, people are even searching the term spedia cheat.
I was researching the latest ways to make money and spedia sounded good on the outside and I almost signed up in order to refer others into the program.
It all sounded too good to be true. Make money and Surf the web. The 5 level deep payout structure would ensure a decent income after some heavy promoting but my intuition told me to do a quick search for the term spedia scam and see if there was any negative spedia information around.
The results speak for themselves.
An abundance of warnings and people's negative experiences with spedia. The most common complaints seem to be that they don't pay. Other complains include system crashes, spam if you cancel your account, and claims that spedia cheat the system.
According to my keyword tool, people are even searching the term spedia cheat.
Boost Your Online Business with a Blog
If you want to give your Internet Marketing efforts a boost, you should consider starting a blog. It's another tool you can use to drive traffic to your web site and increase sales.
What is a Blog?
The most basic definition of a blog is a kind of online journal. It contains posts in reverse chronological order. Now, that may imply that a blog is like an online diary, and some blogs are just that. Other blogs are used to present information, interact with readers, and ultimately to sell products.
The style of a blog is more personal than that used in articles. It's more like having a conversation at a (virtual) water fountain than just presenting information.
Advantages to Having a Blog
When you have a blog (or several of them), it's a way to launch an online presence under your own name. Over time, you start to establish yourself as being an expert in the niche market you have chosen to target.
Since people will usually choose to do business with someone who they know, even through something like a series of blog posts, this is a great way to connect with potential customers. Through your postings, you provide them with information that is timely and relevant to their needs.
Make a point of posting a link to your web site on your blog. Refer to the fact that there is another place your blog visitors can go to more information or see your products.
When you let your blog visitors know that you have a new product for sale, they are more likely to buy from you because they feel as if they know something about you already. You have taken the time to establish credibility.
How to Start a Blog
Starting a blog can be done quickly and easily because there are many blog platforms you can use for FREE. Many are listed in this FREE download called The Blogging Profits Start Up Guide.
Once your account has been created, you can choose a theme for your blog from a number of options. The theme is the background color and image for your blog.
With the choices available, it may be difficult to make a decision! If you get tired of your current theme, you can change it with just a few clicks of your mouse.
You don't need to know any HTML to add content to your blog, either. The editing function is very simple and easy to use.
Keep Your Blog Content Fresh
If you want to attract regular readers to your blog, you will need to keep it updated on a regular basis. You may be able to get away with updating your web site once a month or so, but with a blog you need to plan to add content at least weekly, if not several times a week.
If this seems like too daunting a task with your other responsibilities, then you may want to consider hiring a freelance writer to ghostwrite your blog for you.
Article from Real Online Money Making. May be re-published on your web site, eZine or eBook as long as this paragraph is included with a live link back.
What is a Blog?
The most basic definition of a blog is a kind of online journal. It contains posts in reverse chronological order. Now, that may imply that a blog is like an online diary, and some blogs are just that. Other blogs are used to present information, interact with readers, and ultimately to sell products.
The style of a blog is more personal than that used in articles. It's more like having a conversation at a (virtual) water fountain than just presenting information.
Advantages to Having a Blog
When you have a blog (or several of them), it's a way to launch an online presence under your own name. Over time, you start to establish yourself as being an expert in the niche market you have chosen to target.
Since people will usually choose to do business with someone who they know, even through something like a series of blog posts, this is a great way to connect with potential customers. Through your postings, you provide them with information that is timely and relevant to their needs.
Make a point of posting a link to your web site on your blog. Refer to the fact that there is another place your blog visitors can go to more information or see your products.
When you let your blog visitors know that you have a new product for sale, they are more likely to buy from you because they feel as if they know something about you already. You have taken the time to establish credibility.
How to Start a Blog
Starting a blog can be done quickly and easily because there are many blog platforms you can use for FREE. Many are listed in this FREE download called The Blogging Profits Start Up Guide.
Once your account has been created, you can choose a theme for your blog from a number of options. The theme is the background color and image for your blog.
With the choices available, it may be difficult to make a decision! If you get tired of your current theme, you can change it with just a few clicks of your mouse.
You don't need to know any HTML to add content to your blog, either. The editing function is very simple and easy to use.
Keep Your Blog Content Fresh
If you want to attract regular readers to your blog, you will need to keep it updated on a regular basis. You may be able to get away with updating your web site once a month or so, but with a blog you need to plan to add content at least weekly, if not several times a week.
If this seems like too daunting a task with your other responsibilities, then you may want to consider hiring a freelance writer to ghostwrite your blog for you.
Article from Real Online Money Making. May be re-published on your web site, eZine or eBook as long as this paragraph is included with a live link back.
Here is a few free paid surveys companies with no joining fees and hundreds of surveys.
The list below is actual survey companies. They are not web sites that ask you to pay to get access
Paid Surveys Companies - Nothing To Pay
If you are a U.S.A resident, please go to our USA FREE Paid Survey page.
U.K. residents, please go to our UK Survey page.
This Site Is For Real allows you to complete surveys and make money. Get paid extra to refer your friends. USA only.
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Send Earnings - Earn money with these free paid surveys companies. Hundreds to choose from. USA only.
Tik Tik Cash - Earn cash just for joining and doing surveys Online. USA only.
Prize Book - Hundreds of companies for free paid surveys. USA only.
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Inbox Dollars - Pays members to read emails. USA Only.
The list below is actual survey companies. They are not web sites that ask you to pay to get access
Paid Surveys Companies - Nothing To Pay
If you are a U.S.A resident, please go to our USA FREE Paid Survey page.
U.K. residents, please go to our UK Survey page.
This Site Is For Real allows you to complete surveys and make money. Get paid extra to refer your friends. USA only.
Global Survey Group - Get paid to do surveys Online. Hundreds of companies.
Send Earnings - Earn money with these free paid surveys companies. Hundreds to choose from. USA only.
Tik Tik Cash - Earn cash just for joining and doing surveys Online. USA only.
Prize Book - Hundreds of companies for free paid surveys. USA only.
Survey Team - Free survey company offers cash rewards of up to $80.00. USA only.
Inbox Dollars - Pays members to read emails. USA Only.
2008-11-26
MAKE MONEY WITH A PC
Edward Bulwer-Lytton stated "The pen is mightier than the sword." These days, not may people use the pen to write with. More often they use typewriters or, even more frequently, computers and word processors. But make no mistake, the written word is still very powerful, and if you own a word processor you are sitting on top of one of the most powerful money-making machines ever created.
Most people use their computer to do simple tasks, such as their taxes. Or they buy a word processor so their children can write term papers and get better grades in school. Very few people realize that their computers can make them money as well as fulfilling all of these other functions. If your computer is taking up desk space but not bringing you any extra income, it's time for you to put that machine to work for you.
Of course, the logical question is "How can my computer make money for me?" Computers are extremely versatile and can be programmed to do almost anything. Many different computer functions can be incorporated into a home-based business, but one of the easiest to master is the word processor. There are dozens of word processing programs on the market, and you should be able to master one in about five or six hours of practice. And,if you don't have a computer, don't worry. You can still cash in on this great business idea. many computer companies make word processing machines which are like super typewriters, combining the functions of both typewriters and computers.
Once you are familiar with your word processor, look out! You will be ready to take on the world with your home-based, word-processing business.
WORD PROCESSING RICHES
Using your word processor to make money is easy. In fact, it's easy as finding someone who needs a document created and selling your service to them. Once you've read through the following suggestions, you will have lots of great ideas on how to use your computer to make money.
NEWSLETTER WRITING
A successful company needs to keep their employees up to date on company activities (such as corporate buy outs, company recreational events, and policy changes) and trade news (such as new legislation affecting customers, competition news and manufacturer updates). The easiest and least expensive way to do all of this is through an employee newsletter.
The problem with this is most companies especially smaller ones, do not have the capital to hire a full-time writer. Many companies attempt to designate someone within the organization to write their newsletter, but this person is not a writer, in fact the one in charge of the newsletter is usually the secretary. Using nothing more than a typewriter, she tries to produce a nice-looking newsletter in a few minutes she has to spare between projects. Needless to say, the result is usually less than spectacular.
That's where you and your word processor come in. Using your computer, you can easily put together a newsletter that looks very professional--with columns, bold headlines, graphs and even pictures. Bring a sample newsletter into a business and have the manager compare it to his current newsletter (if he has one at all). Then tell him that by subscribing to your newsletter service, productivity and profit will rise for two reasons. First, because he will not be paying someone from inside the company to write the newsletter. Second, his employees will work more efficiently because they will be better informed.
Before you know it, you will have 10 to 15 companies paying you to write their newsletter, and will probably be just about all you can handle. Since each one will be paying you about $300 a month for the service, you will need to make the decision whether to continue to expand your service and hire more help, or simply relax and let the money keep rolling in.
MAIL ORDER REPORTS
Fads and trends come and go, but one thing that will always sell is information. With your word processor, you have one of the best mediums for presenting information, and you can make a bundle doing just that.
Just walk through your local book store or library and notice how many self-help, diet and how-to books there are. This should give you a feel how hungry consumers are for this type of information. Once you've read through a few of these types of books, you should know enough about the subject to write a brief five to ten page report. With the computer, you can make the report look very professional through the use of page numbers, double columns, pull quotes in the middle of the pages, and a bold catch title.
When the paper is complete, it's time for you to begin the marketing procedure. Take out an ad in the classified section of your local newspaper. Word the advertisement so that customers will be enticed to send you a check to learn more about the subject. Here are a few examples.
Tired of reading through useless diet books? TRY THE SECRETS OF CONTROLLING YOUR WEIGHT. Just send $3 to...
Plumbers charge over $100 dollars to make a house call. BE YOUR OWN PLUMBER, a new informed book, costs only $5. To order, send to...
Since printing costs will be minimal (between 25 cents and $1 per report) most of the money you collect will go directly to profit. And, since these reports are easy to produce, you can use some of that income to write and print a new report and sell it the same way. See how easy it is to make the whole thing snowball?
Here are some more subjects you can easily write brief reports and sell through the mail:
• How To Grow A Garden
• Selected Mexican Recipes
• Stop Smoking
• How To Paint Your House
• Mail-Order Marketing
• Making Your Own Patio Furniture
• Camping Made Easy
• Easy Baking Techniques
If some of this appeals to you, think of something else. Just remember, the idea must appeal to a wide arrange of customers or you will not sell enough products to defray your production costs.
TYPING SERVICE
When you begin to use your computer, you will quickly see the advantages you have over a standard typewriter. You can easily check your spelling and grammar, set your margins and type face as you wish, and make universal changes throughout the document without retyping the entire thing.
Because of these extensive features, your computer saves you time and effort when typing documents, and you can pass those savings on to your customers. With your computer, you can easily input a document, proofread it, give a draft copy to the customer for approval, make changes, then print a final version--all in less time than it would take a standard typist to type a single copy.
This is one of the easiest businesses to run once you master your word processor because all you need to know is how to type, no other talents are required. If you have a modern (telephone hookup) for your computer, you can even send documents across the country or around the world just as easily as you can deliver them across the street.
Your main concern in this business is finding customers who need typing done. Here are some customer suggestions and tips on how to get in touch with them:
Writers: There are literally thousands of people in this country who enjoy writing either for a hobby or as a source of extra income. By running an ad in one of the many writers magazines (such as Writers Digest or The Writer) you will get responses from writers all across the country who want their manuscripts typed.
Professionals: Small businesses often cannot afford the luxury of a secretary. Larger businesses sometimes have large projects to type but do not wish to hire someone extra. In either case an outside typist can be a valuable service.
Students: Many high school and college students don't have the time to type their own papers even if they do have the ability to. Especially during mid-terms or finals, a typing service can really make money at a school. Post flyers in every classroom and every bulletin board you can find.
The only requirement you need to stick to in this business is accuracy. No matter who you are typing for, they will stand for less than 100 percent perfect documents. Always check, double check, then triple check your work before you send it to your clients.
COMPUTING THE POSSIBILITIES
As you can see, with a computer or word processor, you can open up a whole new world of business opportunities. If you are one of the few business people who are still operating without one, you really should look into making that big purchase. While the initial capital outlay may seem high, a little ingenuity is all it takes to make the computer pay for itself.
Most people use their computer to do simple tasks, such as their taxes. Or they buy a word processor so their children can write term papers and get better grades in school. Very few people realize that their computers can make them money as well as fulfilling all of these other functions. If your computer is taking up desk space but not bringing you any extra income, it's time for you to put that machine to work for you.
Of course, the logical question is "How can my computer make money for me?" Computers are extremely versatile and can be programmed to do almost anything. Many different computer functions can be incorporated into a home-based business, but one of the easiest to master is the word processor. There are dozens of word processing programs on the market, and you should be able to master one in about five or six hours of practice. And,if you don't have a computer, don't worry. You can still cash in on this great business idea. many computer companies make word processing machines which are like super typewriters, combining the functions of both typewriters and computers.
Once you are familiar with your word processor, look out! You will be ready to take on the world with your home-based, word-processing business.
WORD PROCESSING RICHES
Using your word processor to make money is easy. In fact, it's easy as finding someone who needs a document created and selling your service to them. Once you've read through the following suggestions, you will have lots of great ideas on how to use your computer to make money.
NEWSLETTER WRITING
A successful company needs to keep their employees up to date on company activities (such as corporate buy outs, company recreational events, and policy changes) and trade news (such as new legislation affecting customers, competition news and manufacturer updates). The easiest and least expensive way to do all of this is through an employee newsletter.
The problem with this is most companies especially smaller ones, do not have the capital to hire a full-time writer. Many companies attempt to designate someone within the organization to write their newsletter, but this person is not a writer, in fact the one in charge of the newsletter is usually the secretary. Using nothing more than a typewriter, she tries to produce a nice-looking newsletter in a few minutes she has to spare between projects. Needless to say, the result is usually less than spectacular.
That's where you and your word processor come in. Using your computer, you can easily put together a newsletter that looks very professional--with columns, bold headlines, graphs and even pictures. Bring a sample newsletter into a business and have the manager compare it to his current newsletter (if he has one at all). Then tell him that by subscribing to your newsletter service, productivity and profit will rise for two reasons. First, because he will not be paying someone from inside the company to write the newsletter. Second, his employees will work more efficiently because they will be better informed.
Before you know it, you will have 10 to 15 companies paying you to write their newsletter, and will probably be just about all you can handle. Since each one will be paying you about $300 a month for the service, you will need to make the decision whether to continue to expand your service and hire more help, or simply relax and let the money keep rolling in.
MAIL ORDER REPORTS
Fads and trends come and go, but one thing that will always sell is information. With your word processor, you have one of the best mediums for presenting information, and you can make a bundle doing just that.
Just walk through your local book store or library and notice how many self-help, diet and how-to books there are. This should give you a feel how hungry consumers are for this type of information. Once you've read through a few of these types of books, you should know enough about the subject to write a brief five to ten page report. With the computer, you can make the report look very professional through the use of page numbers, double columns, pull quotes in the middle of the pages, and a bold catch title.
When the paper is complete, it's time for you to begin the marketing procedure. Take out an ad in the classified section of your local newspaper. Word the advertisement so that customers will be enticed to send you a check to learn more about the subject. Here are a few examples.
Tired of reading through useless diet books? TRY THE SECRETS OF CONTROLLING YOUR WEIGHT. Just send $3 to...
Plumbers charge over $100 dollars to make a house call. BE YOUR OWN PLUMBER, a new informed book, costs only $5. To order, send to...
Since printing costs will be minimal (between 25 cents and $1 per report) most of the money you collect will go directly to profit. And, since these reports are easy to produce, you can use some of that income to write and print a new report and sell it the same way. See how easy it is to make the whole thing snowball?
Here are some more subjects you can easily write brief reports and sell through the mail:
• How To Grow A Garden
• Selected Mexican Recipes
• Stop Smoking
• How To Paint Your House
• Mail-Order Marketing
• Making Your Own Patio Furniture
• Camping Made Easy
• Easy Baking Techniques
If some of this appeals to you, think of something else. Just remember, the idea must appeal to a wide arrange of customers or you will not sell enough products to defray your production costs.
TYPING SERVICE
When you begin to use your computer, you will quickly see the advantages you have over a standard typewriter. You can easily check your spelling and grammar, set your margins and type face as you wish, and make universal changes throughout the document without retyping the entire thing.
Because of these extensive features, your computer saves you time and effort when typing documents, and you can pass those savings on to your customers. With your computer, you can easily input a document, proofread it, give a draft copy to the customer for approval, make changes, then print a final version--all in less time than it would take a standard typist to type a single copy.
This is one of the easiest businesses to run once you master your word processor because all you need to know is how to type, no other talents are required. If you have a modern (telephone hookup) for your computer, you can even send documents across the country or around the world just as easily as you can deliver them across the street.
Your main concern in this business is finding customers who need typing done. Here are some customer suggestions and tips on how to get in touch with them:
Writers: There are literally thousands of people in this country who enjoy writing either for a hobby or as a source of extra income. By running an ad in one of the many writers magazines (such as Writers Digest or The Writer) you will get responses from writers all across the country who want their manuscripts typed.
Professionals: Small businesses often cannot afford the luxury of a secretary. Larger businesses sometimes have large projects to type but do not wish to hire someone extra. In either case an outside typist can be a valuable service.
Students: Many high school and college students don't have the time to type their own papers even if they do have the ability to. Especially during mid-terms or finals, a typing service can really make money at a school. Post flyers in every classroom and every bulletin board you can find.
The only requirement you need to stick to in this business is accuracy. No matter who you are typing for, they will stand for less than 100 percent perfect documents. Always check, double check, then triple check your work before you send it to your clients.
COMPUTING THE POSSIBILITIES
As you can see, with a computer or word processor, you can open up a whole new world of business opportunities. If you are one of the few business people who are still operating without one, you really should look into making that big purchase. While the initial capital outlay may seem high, a little ingenuity is all it takes to make the computer pay for itself.
2008-11-19
Making Money from Your Web Site with Google AdSense
Google AdSense is the Google program where you can host pay-per-click ads on your Web site. When someone clicks an ad, you earn money. Simple as that.
Is it really as easy to make money with Google AdSense as many would lead you to believe? Now that I've become heavily involved with managing Google AdSense programs for my clients, I can see it's not all play and no work.
Unfortunately, a lot of people bought into the idea that there was a lot of easy money to be made and they are now finding out they aren't making nearly as much as they thought they would. Additionally, Google has a lot of prohibited practices when it comes to AdSense, and too many Webmasters are finding out they violated Google's policies after the fact - often because they never bothered to read the AdSense policies in the first place
Is it really as easy to make money with Google AdSense as many would lead you to believe? Now that I've become heavily involved with managing Google AdSense programs for my clients, I can see it's not all play and no work.
Unfortunately, a lot of people bought into the idea that there was a lot of easy money to be made and they are now finding out they aren't making nearly as much as they thought they would. Additionally, Google has a lot of prohibited practices when it comes to AdSense, and too many Webmasters are finding out they violated Google's policies after the fact - often because they never bothered to read the AdSense policies in the first place
2008-11-18
6 tips for make money
You can make money from your hobby.
Whether you knit, or write, or make photographs, or grow a vegetable garden, or tinker with cars, or build web sites, or collect ancient coins — you can make money from your hobby.
I’m not saying it’s possible to get rich by playing your violin at weddings, or by weaving baskets from pine needles, but earning money from a hobby is a nice way to get paid for doing something you would do anyhow.
This article is the first in a series that will explore how to turn a hobby into a source of side income. In the weeks and months ahead, I’ll describe general best practices, discuss potential pitfalls, and provide case studies culled from my friends, and from the stories of readers like you. (If you’d like to share your experience, please drop me a line.)
First, by way of introduction, here are some ground-rules for making money from hobbies.
Focus on something you love
Pursue something you’re passionate about. Choose a hobby that you enjoy, and find a way to make money from it. Don’t choose a hobby simply because it might make money and then dive into it with that aim in mind. You should be doing this hobby because you love it; any side-income should be secondary.
I love to write. I was struggling with debt. I began to read personal finance books, and then to summarize what I’d learned for my personal web site. From this, Get Rich Slowly was born. Now I make over a thousand dollars a month writing about personal finance. But I didn’t start this for the money — I started this because I was passionate about the subject.
Keep it fun. Don’t let it become a chore.
Be creative
If you’re interested in making money from a hobby but don’t know where to start, think outside the box. What skills do you have that others don’t? Define the term “hobby” broadly. Find something that you can do that most others cannot, something for which other people might be willing to pay.
At my day job, I have a customer whose wife loves to cook. She turned this hobby into a part-time job as a personal chef. She prepares meals in advance for wealthy clients. She spends a few hours a day preparing a week-long menu for people who pay her handsomely for her time.
I have a friend who likes to travel. One day he discovered that he could subsidize his journeys by writing about the places he visited, and by taking photographs. Now every couple of years he takes an all expense paid vacation. He’s doing something he’d do anyhow, and it doesn’t cost him a dime.
Don’t force it
Your hobby will not make you rich. In most cases, it won’t even net you enough to allow you to quit your day job. It’s quite possible, however, to earn enough money to make the hobby self-sustaining, to keep yourself in new tools and equipment.
My brother builds speakers and works with audio equipment as a hobby. He makes some money at it. (”Spending money,” he says.) Jeff notes, “It’s not hard to make money from a hobby. What’s difficult is trying to turn it into an actual business. Moving from a hobby to a business is a pain-in-the-ass.”
Often when you try to take your hobby to the next level, the joy goes out of it. Suddenly the extra income just isn’t worth it. When I tried to turn my computer-building hobby into a business, I hated it. There’s a balance to be achieved, and if you can find it, you can have a fun while earning extra income.
Don’t underestimate your ability
It’s easy to discount your abilities. When you truly love something, your prolonged experience can give you skills and knowledge that you don’t appreciate.
For example, I have a love for early 20th-century American pop culture. My brain is filled with facts and anecdotes about once-famous recording artists. I sometimes find myself under the impression that everybody knows who Billy Murray was, or is familiar with the song “Ukulele Lady”. But this isn’t common knowledge — it’s specialized.
The same concept holds true for you and your hobby. Know a lot about Napoleonic warfare? Start a blog about Admiral Nelson. Spend time tinkering with bicycles? Open a small-scale bike repair service. Not everybody knows what you know. Don’t sell yourself short.
Market yourself
This can be difficult. In order to actually earn income, you need customers. But just as most people have a tendency to underestimate their abilities, they also tend be uncomfortable with self-promotion.
There’s no shame in mentioning your money-making hobby to friends, family, and neighbors. You needn’t be pushy. Just mention it at natural points in the conversation. If you’ve decided to do some woodworking for cash, mention this when your uncle mentions he wants to buy a new bookshelf.
Marketing can be subtle, but it’s an absolute necessity if you hope to earn money from your hobby. People need to know you’re available before they can hire you.
Hone your skill
Practice, practice, practice. The more time and energy you’re willing to devote to your hobby, the better you will become. The better you become, the more likely that you’ll be able to earn money from it.
Photography is a terrific example. If you’re willing to make a hundred images a day, you can improve your skills quickly, especially if you teach yourself about composition. You may never become a professional photographer this way, but you can develop your skill to the point where you can sell images to stock photo agencies, or enter (and win) photography contests.
Some people are born with natural talent. Most of us have to work at it.
Conclusion
Why should you care about making money from hobbies? Remember: the wealth equation has two sides. You accumulate wealth by reducing expenses and by increasing income. Often we only focus only on our careers when it comes to “increasing income”. But there are other ways to make money. One of the best is to harness a hobby.
This is an especially good technique if you’re stuck in a low-wage job. And sometimes a person can turn a money-making hobby into a career
Whether you knit, or write, or make photographs, or grow a vegetable garden, or tinker with cars, or build web sites, or collect ancient coins — you can make money from your hobby.
I’m not saying it’s possible to get rich by playing your violin at weddings, or by weaving baskets from pine needles, but earning money from a hobby is a nice way to get paid for doing something you would do anyhow.
This article is the first in a series that will explore how to turn a hobby into a source of side income. In the weeks and months ahead, I’ll describe general best practices, discuss potential pitfalls, and provide case studies culled from my friends, and from the stories of readers like you. (If you’d like to share your experience, please drop me a line.)
First, by way of introduction, here are some ground-rules for making money from hobbies.
Focus on something you love
Pursue something you’re passionate about. Choose a hobby that you enjoy, and find a way to make money from it. Don’t choose a hobby simply because it might make money and then dive into it with that aim in mind. You should be doing this hobby because you love it; any side-income should be secondary.
I love to write. I was struggling with debt. I began to read personal finance books, and then to summarize what I’d learned for my personal web site. From this, Get Rich Slowly was born. Now I make over a thousand dollars a month writing about personal finance. But I didn’t start this for the money — I started this because I was passionate about the subject.
Keep it fun. Don’t let it become a chore.
Be creative
If you’re interested in making money from a hobby but don’t know where to start, think outside the box. What skills do you have that others don’t? Define the term “hobby” broadly. Find something that you can do that most others cannot, something for which other people might be willing to pay.
At my day job, I have a customer whose wife loves to cook. She turned this hobby into a part-time job as a personal chef. She prepares meals in advance for wealthy clients. She spends a few hours a day preparing a week-long menu for people who pay her handsomely for her time.
I have a friend who likes to travel. One day he discovered that he could subsidize his journeys by writing about the places he visited, and by taking photographs. Now every couple of years he takes an all expense paid vacation. He’s doing something he’d do anyhow, and it doesn’t cost him a dime.
Don’t force it
Your hobby will not make you rich. In most cases, it won’t even net you enough to allow you to quit your day job. It’s quite possible, however, to earn enough money to make the hobby self-sustaining, to keep yourself in new tools and equipment.
My brother builds speakers and works with audio equipment as a hobby. He makes some money at it. (”Spending money,” he says.) Jeff notes, “It’s not hard to make money from a hobby. What’s difficult is trying to turn it into an actual business. Moving from a hobby to a business is a pain-in-the-ass.”
Often when you try to take your hobby to the next level, the joy goes out of it. Suddenly the extra income just isn’t worth it. When I tried to turn my computer-building hobby into a business, I hated it. There’s a balance to be achieved, and if you can find it, you can have a fun while earning extra income.
Don’t underestimate your ability
It’s easy to discount your abilities. When you truly love something, your prolonged experience can give you skills and knowledge that you don’t appreciate.
For example, I have a love for early 20th-century American pop culture. My brain is filled with facts and anecdotes about once-famous recording artists. I sometimes find myself under the impression that everybody knows who Billy Murray was, or is familiar with the song “Ukulele Lady”. But this isn’t common knowledge — it’s specialized.
The same concept holds true for you and your hobby. Know a lot about Napoleonic warfare? Start a blog about Admiral Nelson. Spend time tinkering with bicycles? Open a small-scale bike repair service. Not everybody knows what you know. Don’t sell yourself short.
Market yourself
This can be difficult. In order to actually earn income, you need customers. But just as most people have a tendency to underestimate their abilities, they also tend be uncomfortable with self-promotion.
There’s no shame in mentioning your money-making hobby to friends, family, and neighbors. You needn’t be pushy. Just mention it at natural points in the conversation. If you’ve decided to do some woodworking for cash, mention this when your uncle mentions he wants to buy a new bookshelf.
Marketing can be subtle, but it’s an absolute necessity if you hope to earn money from your hobby. People need to know you’re available before they can hire you.
Hone your skill
Practice, practice, practice. The more time and energy you’re willing to devote to your hobby, the better you will become. The better you become, the more likely that you’ll be able to earn money from it.
Photography is a terrific example. If you’re willing to make a hundred images a day, you can improve your skills quickly, especially if you teach yourself about composition. You may never become a professional photographer this way, but you can develop your skill to the point where you can sell images to stock photo agencies, or enter (and win) photography contests.
Some people are born with natural talent. Most of us have to work at it.
Conclusion
Why should you care about making money from hobbies? Remember: the wealth equation has two sides. You accumulate wealth by reducing expenses and by increasing income. Often we only focus only on our careers when it comes to “increasing income”. But there are other ways to make money. One of the best is to harness a hobby.
This is an especially good technique if you’re stuck in a low-wage job. And sometimes a person can turn a money-making hobby into a career
Tips For Making Money On The Internet
Create your own Information product
Possibly the single most profitable way to make money online. If you have the information that somebody else wants or needs why not sell it to them. This is 'The Information Super Highway' after all and we live in an 'information age', people are willing to pay for accurate, timely and reliable information on just about any subject under the sun and in doing so they're helping thousands of people to make money online. Creating an Information product usually involves the writing of an ebook on a highly targeted, and more importantly salable, subject.
Don't let this put you off, you don't need to be a trained writer to write and sell a successful ebook, thousands of everyday people are making an annual six figure income from their e-book, thanks to the power of the Internet. As for what to write about ?, its easier than you think to come up with information products that sell well, just scrapping the surface, everything from business to parenting, from investing to gardening, from real estate to picking winning horses has resulted in a winning, hot selling information product. Everybody has experience in certain areas, that put into print could quiet easily become a big selling ebook. Just look at your hobby, your expertise in you day job, your travel experience etc. as possible starting points to start generating ideas.
Become an Affiliate Partner
Probably the easiest, and so the most popular, way to start to earn money online. Essentially you will need good traffic through your site, visitors click on an affiliate link on your site which takes them to the affiliate site, if they then make a purchase at the affiliate site you earn a commission. The three most important factors to take into account when choosing an affiliate program are :-
The relevancy of the affiliate to your site content. In simple terms there's no point signing up with an affiliate selling fish tanks if your site is for dog lovers.
Target the higher commission payers, commissions range from 2% of the sale price to up to 67%, yes I've seen 67% being offered.
Cookie length (expiration date). Basically this is the length of time after the initial referral for which you would be eligible for a commission. 30 days is about standard, but its possible to have an indefinite length. So say you send a visitor to your affiliated site and they look around for a while but don't buy. Well if they go back before the cookie expires (within those 30 days or whenever it is) and buy, you will still get that commission. You can concentrate on signing up to affiliate programs related to your existing site and use their ads or links of your own throughout your site. Or you can target a specific affiliate or product type and focus your whole site around sending them visitors through your affiliate link.
Original Ideas
If you've been online for any length of time you'll have noticed a number of unique websites that have been developed around original ideas. For example here in the UK there's a site http://www.friendsreunited.com/ which has since gone international, that demonstrates a great original idea in practice. Basically it's a portal to allow you to get back in touch with friends from your school days, old work places, colleges etc. Or simply sign up and see what they're up to. Three years after starting up there are currently 8 million registered users and rumors that the site is being sold for 25 million. Not bad for a simple idea. Probably one of the biggest single ideas to explode on the Internet was the introduction of the auction to the web, see Ebay next.
Earn a living or extra cash with eBay.
This is a great way to make cash on the side, or full time its up to you. The great thing about this is you don't even need a website and you don't need good rankings in the search engines. eBay provides all your traffic, all the traffic you could ever need, with 75.3 million users (July 2003) a 51% jump from the previous year and still growing, and 1.4 Billion page views per month eBay is one of the most visited sites on the plante. The site is set up to allow you to sell products online at very little cost to yourself. You can choose to auction goods or set a fixed price with a buy me now button. You could sell a product line here quiet easily. Plus the site provides all the info you need to make a success of your little enterprise. Thousands of people are running their own stores from home using these methods. Combine this with drop shipping and you don't even have to deal with shipping your products. PuteBay on AUTOPILOT! and earn a serious income with part time effort.
Do your current job from home
Advertisement
Computers have infiltrated most companies and have become indispensable in our daily working lives, with the advent of the Internet and in particular the uptake of broadband it has become much more feasible to work at home doing your current job, without the commute! Plus as the traffic increases on the roads the rush hour crawl is simply going to get longer. What would you do with those extra hours per day that you usually spend sitting in a traffic jam? Businesses are already recognizing the benefits of moving their work force out of the office. Smaller offices and lower rent for one.
Become a Web hosting reseller or Virtual ISP (Internet Service Provider)
The concept is simple, sign up with a hosting company as a reseller. You then sell on the web hosting at a profit. Its all very easy and most good reseller accounts come with an online control panel to make it even simpler to manage your own web hosting and set up your own packages. Take a look at Jumpline.com and their reseller account. You can even build yourself a site here to begin marketing your new web hosting company. Using a number of wizards that guide you through a very simple process you can generate results that produce a professional looking site. Most of all there's absolutely no need to learn HTML. You can try a demo on the site. If you like to get your hands dirty with a bit of coding but you haven't got the design abilities of a good web designer, then you might like to take a look at Template Monster, here you can pickup a template for your new business that's more designery (is that a word ?)and very professional. A virtual ISP works in a similar way to a Hosting reseller, an ISP company provides you with the framework to provide your own branded ISP service, essentially you offer Internet connection services, dial up and quite possibly broadband. This usually works invisibly and to the end user you are the ISP. Again, as for the hosting, the best virtual ISP's offer an online control panel. Each year in the US, more than 20 million new subscribers purchase dial-up Internet service. Poor customer service ratings by the largest ISP's account for approximately 30% of the overall churn rate. This represents more than 75 million subscribers who signed up for dial-up Internet Service with a new ISP in 2002. That's a fair number of potential subscribers.
Develop Software and sell it online
If you use your computer regularly you will come across software ideas all the time. For example wouldn't it be great if you could set up your system to remind you of all the little jobs you need to do throughout the day while your working. Something that played a sound or popped up a window as a reminder. Little time saving and helpful applications to make life easier for everybody, like this, are salable. So your not a programmer, hire one, there are thousands of programmers out there all eager to work on your project. Try http://www.elance.com/ or more uk based http://www.freelancers.net/. All you need is the idea offer a solution to a problem and you're guaranteed to have a salable product.
Open your own 'stockless' store
Sell products utilising Drop shipping Sell a line of products without carrying stock ! Choose from Top Worldwide recognized Brands ! in almost any market area and product range. In simple terms, choose the products you'd like to sell, create your site or even easier set up your auction store, take orders online, collect your cash and pass on your customers delivery details to your drop shipper to complete the order. Essentially you don't carry any stock, which means no big outlay on stock and warehousing, all your orders are fulfilled by your chosen drop shipping company. You set the retail price and pay the drop shipper the wholesale price. For a more detailed breakdown of how this works, drop shipping resources and the best directory online of US drop shipping companies visit Chris Malta's site http://www.myaffiliateprogram.com. You can even download a free ebook explaining the whole setup process in detail. Chris Malta uses this technique to run a number of successful businesses online. This is more a US based option. Currently there are no companies in the UK offering a drop shipping service. But there's nothing to stop you using this opportunity to sell to the US market, some drop shippers also ship internationally.
Professional Competition entrant
There are various promotions happening online all the time. Win anything from a dvd to 1 million pounds. A million pounds was recently won by a guy here in the UK. The great thing is you don't need to search them out yourself, you guessed it there are sites out there dedicated to listing all the competitions running online. More than that there's also software available to help fill in the entry forms in one click ! Take a look at roboform . For competitions in the UK try The prize finder you can even find sites willing to swap your competition winnings or you could jump down to number 5 on this list and advertise your competition wins on http://www.qksrv.net
Create a high demand Newsletter/ezine
If you can provide in demand and industry leading information on a monthly, bi-monthly or weekly basis, you can sell subscriptions to a newsletter. Delivered via e-mail it costs nothing but time to produce. In the same way as information products you can focus your newsletter on just about any topic and find interested subscribers. Although its always best to concentrate on some area you have an interest yourself. So, say you sell your subscription for a measly $5 a month (just to make it easy here to do the math) and you have 500 subscribers that represents $2500 per month for a days work. Add to that the possibility of selling advertising space in your newsletter and promoting your affiliate programs and you have a very viable business. You will need a website to attract subscribers and the facility to take credit card subscriptions online. You should also offer automated delivery of the first newsletter when a subscriber has paid.
Conclusion These are exciting times to be working with the Internet, with this technology any individual or business has the potential to be an Internet pioneer. Any serious businessman cannot afford to ignore the possibilities. Now is the time for you to develop your online strategy. Before your competitor does.
Look at these statistics from a recent Forrester Research report: Online spending grew from 5.5 billion in 1998 to 32 billion in 2000! That's a staggering 580% increase! They also report that people newer to e-shopping are making nine purchases per year, while those who've been online for 5+ years are making 20 purchases a year. Aug 1 2003: The U.K.s 24/7 promotion last month boosted online sales in the U.K by 208% over the previous year. July 28 2003: Online retail sales in the U.S, grew 39% to $956 million for the week ending July 20 from $688 million in the corresponding week a year ago, comScore Networks Inc. reports. June 23 2003: Uk population online as reported by Computer Industry Almanac is 34.3 million from a population of 59.8 million. Mar 18 2003: Online travel sales in Western Europe increased 53 percent during 2002, according to the Center for Regional and Tourism Research. Mar 20 2003: Datamonitor predicts that over 41 million European households will be accessing the Internet via high-speed broadband connections by 2006. Beyond this, IDC (the leading global provider of technology forecasts and insights) reports that the number of Internet users around the world is expected to reach 943 million by 2005. The world population online according to two reports for 2002 - 580 million (Nielsen//NetRatings), 655 million (ITU). The Web is only going to increase in size and the number of people online worldwide will increase along with it. It isn't going away, for the wise business man the time is now.
Possibly the single most profitable way to make money online. If you have the information that somebody else wants or needs why not sell it to them. This is 'The Information Super Highway' after all and we live in an 'information age', people are willing to pay for accurate, timely and reliable information on just about any subject under the sun and in doing so they're helping thousands of people to make money online. Creating an Information product usually involves the writing of an ebook on a highly targeted, and more importantly salable, subject.
Don't let this put you off, you don't need to be a trained writer to write and sell a successful ebook, thousands of everyday people are making an annual six figure income from their e-book, thanks to the power of the Internet. As for what to write about ?, its easier than you think to come up with information products that sell well, just scrapping the surface, everything from business to parenting, from investing to gardening, from real estate to picking winning horses has resulted in a winning, hot selling information product. Everybody has experience in certain areas, that put into print could quiet easily become a big selling ebook. Just look at your hobby, your expertise in you day job, your travel experience etc. as possible starting points to start generating ideas.
Become an Affiliate Partner
Probably the easiest, and so the most popular, way to start to earn money online. Essentially you will need good traffic through your site, visitors click on an affiliate link on your site which takes them to the affiliate site, if they then make a purchase at the affiliate site you earn a commission. The three most important factors to take into account when choosing an affiliate program are :-
The relevancy of the affiliate to your site content. In simple terms there's no point signing up with an affiliate selling fish tanks if your site is for dog lovers.
Target the higher commission payers, commissions range from 2% of the sale price to up to 67%, yes I've seen 67% being offered.
Cookie length (expiration date). Basically this is the length of time after the initial referral for which you would be eligible for a commission. 30 days is about standard, but its possible to have an indefinite length. So say you send a visitor to your affiliated site and they look around for a while but don't buy. Well if they go back before the cookie expires (within those 30 days or whenever it is) and buy, you will still get that commission. You can concentrate on signing up to affiliate programs related to your existing site and use their ads or links of your own throughout your site. Or you can target a specific affiliate or product type and focus your whole site around sending them visitors through your affiliate link.
Original Ideas
If you've been online for any length of time you'll have noticed a number of unique websites that have been developed around original ideas. For example here in the UK there's a site http://www.friendsreunited.com/ which has since gone international, that demonstrates a great original idea in practice. Basically it's a portal to allow you to get back in touch with friends from your school days, old work places, colleges etc. Or simply sign up and see what they're up to. Three years after starting up there are currently 8 million registered users and rumors that the site is being sold for 25 million. Not bad for a simple idea. Probably one of the biggest single ideas to explode on the Internet was the introduction of the auction to the web, see Ebay next.
Earn a living or extra cash with eBay.
This is a great way to make cash on the side, or full time its up to you. The great thing about this is you don't even need a website and you don't need good rankings in the search engines. eBay provides all your traffic, all the traffic you could ever need, with 75.3 million users (July 2003) a 51% jump from the previous year and still growing, and 1.4 Billion page views per month eBay is one of the most visited sites on the plante. The site is set up to allow you to sell products online at very little cost to yourself. You can choose to auction goods or set a fixed price with a buy me now button. You could sell a product line here quiet easily. Plus the site provides all the info you need to make a success of your little enterprise. Thousands of people are running their own stores from home using these methods. Combine this with drop shipping and you don't even have to deal with shipping your products. PuteBay on AUTOPILOT! and earn a serious income with part time effort.
Do your current job from home
Advertisement
Computers have infiltrated most companies and have become indispensable in our daily working lives, with the advent of the Internet and in particular the uptake of broadband it has become much more feasible to work at home doing your current job, without the commute! Plus as the traffic increases on the roads the rush hour crawl is simply going to get longer. What would you do with those extra hours per day that you usually spend sitting in a traffic jam? Businesses are already recognizing the benefits of moving their work force out of the office. Smaller offices and lower rent for one.
Become a Web hosting reseller or Virtual ISP (Internet Service Provider)
The concept is simple, sign up with a hosting company as a reseller. You then sell on the web hosting at a profit. Its all very easy and most good reseller accounts come with an online control panel to make it even simpler to manage your own web hosting and set up your own packages. Take a look at Jumpline.com and their reseller account. You can even build yourself a site here to begin marketing your new web hosting company. Using a number of wizards that guide you through a very simple process you can generate results that produce a professional looking site. Most of all there's absolutely no need to learn HTML. You can try a demo on the site. If you like to get your hands dirty with a bit of coding but you haven't got the design abilities of a good web designer, then you might like to take a look at Template Monster, here you can pickup a template for your new business that's more designery (is that a word ?)and very professional. A virtual ISP works in a similar way to a Hosting reseller, an ISP company provides you with the framework to provide your own branded ISP service, essentially you offer Internet connection services, dial up and quite possibly broadband. This usually works invisibly and to the end user you are the ISP. Again, as for the hosting, the best virtual ISP's offer an online control panel. Each year in the US, more than 20 million new subscribers purchase dial-up Internet service. Poor customer service ratings by the largest ISP's account for approximately 30% of the overall churn rate. This represents more than 75 million subscribers who signed up for dial-up Internet Service with a new ISP in 2002. That's a fair number of potential subscribers.
Develop Software and sell it online
If you use your computer regularly you will come across software ideas all the time. For example wouldn't it be great if you could set up your system to remind you of all the little jobs you need to do throughout the day while your working. Something that played a sound or popped up a window as a reminder. Little time saving and helpful applications to make life easier for everybody, like this, are salable. So your not a programmer, hire one, there are thousands of programmers out there all eager to work on your project. Try http://www.elance.com/ or more uk based http://www.freelancers.net/. All you need is the idea offer a solution to a problem and you're guaranteed to have a salable product.
Open your own 'stockless' store
Sell products utilising Drop shipping Sell a line of products without carrying stock ! Choose from Top Worldwide recognized Brands ! in almost any market area and product range. In simple terms, choose the products you'd like to sell, create your site or even easier set up your auction store, take orders online, collect your cash and pass on your customers delivery details to your drop shipper to complete the order. Essentially you don't carry any stock, which means no big outlay on stock and warehousing, all your orders are fulfilled by your chosen drop shipping company. You set the retail price and pay the drop shipper the wholesale price. For a more detailed breakdown of how this works, drop shipping resources and the best directory online of US drop shipping companies visit Chris Malta's site http://www.myaffiliateprogram.com. You can even download a free ebook explaining the whole setup process in detail. Chris Malta uses this technique to run a number of successful businesses online. This is more a US based option. Currently there are no companies in the UK offering a drop shipping service. But there's nothing to stop you using this opportunity to sell to the US market, some drop shippers also ship internationally.
Professional Competition entrant
There are various promotions happening online all the time. Win anything from a dvd to 1 million pounds. A million pounds was recently won by a guy here in the UK. The great thing is you don't need to search them out yourself, you guessed it there are sites out there dedicated to listing all the competitions running online. More than that there's also software available to help fill in the entry forms in one click ! Take a look at roboform . For competitions in the UK try The prize finder you can even find sites willing to swap your competition winnings or you could jump down to number 5 on this list and advertise your competition wins on http://www.qksrv.net
Create a high demand Newsletter/ezine
If you can provide in demand and industry leading information on a monthly, bi-monthly or weekly basis, you can sell subscriptions to a newsletter. Delivered via e-mail it costs nothing but time to produce. In the same way as information products you can focus your newsletter on just about any topic and find interested subscribers. Although its always best to concentrate on some area you have an interest yourself. So, say you sell your subscription for a measly $5 a month (just to make it easy here to do the math) and you have 500 subscribers that represents $2500 per month for a days work. Add to that the possibility of selling advertising space in your newsletter and promoting your affiliate programs and you have a very viable business. You will need a website to attract subscribers and the facility to take credit card subscriptions online. You should also offer automated delivery of the first newsletter when a subscriber has paid.
Conclusion These are exciting times to be working with the Internet, with this technology any individual or business has the potential to be an Internet pioneer. Any serious businessman cannot afford to ignore the possibilities. Now is the time for you to develop your online strategy. Before your competitor does.
Look at these statistics from a recent Forrester Research report: Online spending grew from 5.5 billion in 1998 to 32 billion in 2000! That's a staggering 580% increase! They also report that people newer to e-shopping are making nine purchases per year, while those who've been online for 5+ years are making 20 purchases a year. Aug 1 2003: The U.K.s 24/7 promotion last month boosted online sales in the U.K by 208% over the previous year. July 28 2003: Online retail sales in the U.S, grew 39% to $956 million for the week ending July 20 from $688 million in the corresponding week a year ago, comScore Networks Inc. reports. June 23 2003: Uk population online as reported by Computer Industry Almanac is 34.3 million from a population of 59.8 million. Mar 18 2003: Online travel sales in Western Europe increased 53 percent during 2002, according to the Center for Regional and Tourism Research. Mar 20 2003: Datamonitor predicts that over 41 million European households will be accessing the Internet via high-speed broadband connections by 2006. Beyond this, IDC (the leading global provider of technology forecasts and insights) reports that the number of Internet users around the world is expected to reach 943 million by 2005. The world population online according to two reports for 2002 - 580 million (Nielsen//NetRatings), 655 million (ITU). The Web is only going to increase in size and the number of people online worldwide will increase along with it. It isn't going away, for the wise business man the time is now.
Best Money Advice
Never ever focus on lack of means or debts…focus on wealth and abundance… feel wealthy and abundant and be grateful for it… and that’s what you’ll get more of…” - Guylaine
“Focus on what you’re spending because you can more easily control that. If you focus awareness on what you’re spending and notice where you can cut back, you can save more money.” - Julie
“If it is perfect and you can afford it, buy it. If it is not perfect, don’t buy it, no matter how much of a “bargain” it might be.” - Krystl
“My best money advice came from Navjit Kandola at exactly the perfect time: I was considering leaving a highly-paid job a different one with less money, but more joy. I was sifting through Style Statement as I pondered it, and read Navjit’s words: “Money comes and goes. Live your life.” So I did. Best move.” - Karryn
“Keep your money seperate from the person you’re in a relationship with. Pay your fair share, by all means, but never set yourself up to lose your independence.” - Brooke
“Invest small amounts often. Despite the highs and lows of the market, your money grows over time. So every month I have automatic transfers adding to my RRSPs and investments and I don’t even notice it.” - Janet
“…always, always pay yourself first. even if is 1 dollar, it adds up fast.” - Lezin
“Don’t do it for the money.” - Romana
“A husband is not a financial plan.” - Penny
“It always works out.” - Scott
“Focus on what you’re spending because you can more easily control that. If you focus awareness on what you’re spending and notice where you can cut back, you can save more money.” - Julie
“If it is perfect and you can afford it, buy it. If it is not perfect, don’t buy it, no matter how much of a “bargain” it might be.” - Krystl
“My best money advice came from Navjit Kandola at exactly the perfect time: I was considering leaving a highly-paid job a different one with less money, but more joy. I was sifting through Style Statement as I pondered it, and read Navjit’s words: “Money comes and goes. Live your life.” So I did. Best move.” - Karryn
“Keep your money seperate from the person you’re in a relationship with. Pay your fair share, by all means, but never set yourself up to lose your independence.” - Brooke
“Invest small amounts often. Despite the highs and lows of the market, your money grows over time. So every month I have automatic transfers adding to my RRSPs and investments and I don’t even notice it.” - Janet
“…always, always pay yourself first. even if is 1 dollar, it adds up fast.” - Lezin
“Don’t do it for the money.” - Romana
“A husband is not a financial plan.” - Penny
“It always works out.” - Scott
10 Money Making Tips
1. Maintain a good credit score! It will save you thousands of dollars in the short and long term when you need to borrow money to buy a car or a home. Creditors will give you an interest rate and the loan amount based on your income and credit score.
2. Large sums of money should NEVER be left in a checking account or even a low-interest bank savings account. Rather, put the money into a high interest savings account (like an ING savings), money market fund, or other forms of short term high interest investments with a fixed return.
3. If you have an employer matching 401K plan, maximize your contributions, so that you double your money!
4. Set aside 10% of your paycheck towards some form of long term savings account, like a money market account, mutual fund, retirement plan, or 401K. As you pay amount increases, your contribution will also increase automatically. 10% will also ensure that you stay ahead of inflation.
5. One of the best investments you can make is to first pay off all your high credit card debts. Credit cards typically carry a high interest rate and by paying off these debts, you get one of the best returns available which also is tax-free.
6. If you are losing sleep over an investment, whether its a stock, mutual fund, or retirement plan, its not worth it! Your lack of sleep is probably a good indication that it may be too risky, too good to be true, or just not the right invesment for you.
7. If an investment is projecting returns that are just too good to be true, they probably are. Unless you are intimately involved in the investment or are an insider, an investment that sounds too good to be true is probably too ambitious, too risky or just a scam.
8. Before you invest in something, always do your own research. Consulting with others and getting a second opinion is good, but you need to investigate for yourself. The internet is typically the best source for lots of information but make sure you read enough or get relevant data.
9. Always negotiate for commissions or fees paid for financial or real estate advice. Don’t be misled by standard commissions and “non-negotiable fees”. It is your money and the experts work for you.
10. Can’t get out of debt? If you are having problems meeting your debt payments each month and feel like you are digging a deeper hole, go talk to your creditors and banks to find a solution to get out of the mess. Beware of debt consolidators as they could charge higher interests in the long term and get you even deeper into debt.
2. Large sums of money should NEVER be left in a checking account or even a low-interest bank savings account. Rather, put the money into a high interest savings account (like an ING savings), money market fund, or other forms of short term high interest investments with a fixed return.
3. If you have an employer matching 401K plan, maximize your contributions, so that you double your money!
4. Set aside 10% of your paycheck towards some form of long term savings account, like a money market account, mutual fund, retirement plan, or 401K. As you pay amount increases, your contribution will also increase automatically. 10% will also ensure that you stay ahead of inflation.
5. One of the best investments you can make is to first pay off all your high credit card debts. Credit cards typically carry a high interest rate and by paying off these debts, you get one of the best returns available which also is tax-free.
6. If you are losing sleep over an investment, whether its a stock, mutual fund, or retirement plan, its not worth it! Your lack of sleep is probably a good indication that it may be too risky, too good to be true, or just not the right invesment for you.
7. If an investment is projecting returns that are just too good to be true, they probably are. Unless you are intimately involved in the investment or are an insider, an investment that sounds too good to be true is probably too ambitious, too risky or just a scam.
8. Before you invest in something, always do your own research. Consulting with others and getting a second opinion is good, but you need to investigate for yourself. The internet is typically the best source for lots of information but make sure you read enough or get relevant data.
9. Always negotiate for commissions or fees paid for financial or real estate advice. Don’t be misled by standard commissions and “non-negotiable fees”. It is your money and the experts work for you.
10. Can’t get out of debt? If you are having problems meeting your debt payments each month and feel like you are digging a deeper hole, go talk to your creditors and banks to find a solution to get out of the mess. Beware of debt consolidators as they could charge higher interests in the long term and get you even deeper into debt.
2008-11-08
3 Tricks to Make Money with Autoresponders
1. Create Valuable Content:
Whether you will be setting your autoresponder to send newsletters, a free report or something else, you want the content to be valuable. No matter how many people sign up, if your content is poor, they will not stay signed up for long. So, when you write your content or if you hire a writer to do it for you, be sure that it is compelling, convincing and not too full of sales hype. The key is to strategically outline the benefits that the customer will be getting and why they cannot live without your services or products. When you do this in a way that is not pushy or obnoxious, you can really hit home with your readers. This will help to create success with your autoresponder.
2. The Magic Number 7:
Many experts will tell you that it takes people 7 times to read about a product or service before they decide to purchase it. This is very important when you're working with autoresponders and it's the reason that most online courses come in 7 parts. When you get your name out there to those people who have signed up and when you build your credibility, you will have greater success and more sales. Creating 7 part courses, e-mails or even mini-reports is a great strategic way to make a difference with your autoresponders.
3. Personalize Your Messages:
Using the recipients name in the messages, courses or reports is a great way to hit home with them. Having it in the subject line is another great way to compel them to open the e-mail in the first place. This is very important because obviously, if they're not compelled to open the message, you're not getting anywhere with your efforts. Create personalized subject lines that really spark curiosity and create an interest in opening the e-mail. Doing this will get you more sales and new customers.
Autoresponders really are ranked very high on the list of 'must haves' to become successful with online businesses. When you make sure that you've covered these 3 tricks to using them in the right way, you will be giving yourself a huge advantage! Try them out with your next autoresponder campaign and see what a difference they make.
Whether you will be setting your autoresponder to send newsletters, a free report or something else, you want the content to be valuable. No matter how many people sign up, if your content is poor, they will not stay signed up for long. So, when you write your content or if you hire a writer to do it for you, be sure that it is compelling, convincing and not too full of sales hype. The key is to strategically outline the benefits that the customer will be getting and why they cannot live without your services or products. When you do this in a way that is not pushy or obnoxious, you can really hit home with your readers. This will help to create success with your autoresponder.
2. The Magic Number 7:
Many experts will tell you that it takes people 7 times to read about a product or service before they decide to purchase it. This is very important when you're working with autoresponders and it's the reason that most online courses come in 7 parts. When you get your name out there to those people who have signed up and when you build your credibility, you will have greater success and more sales. Creating 7 part courses, e-mails or even mini-reports is a great strategic way to make a difference with your autoresponders.
3. Personalize Your Messages:
Using the recipients name in the messages, courses or reports is a great way to hit home with them. Having it in the subject line is another great way to compel them to open the e-mail in the first place. This is very important because obviously, if they're not compelled to open the message, you're not getting anywhere with your efforts. Create personalized subject lines that really spark curiosity and create an interest in opening the e-mail. Doing this will get you more sales and new customers.
Autoresponders really are ranked very high on the list of 'must haves' to become successful with online businesses. When you make sure that you've covered these 3 tricks to using them in the right way, you will be giving yourself a huge advantage! Try them out with your next autoresponder campaign and see what a difference they make.
Top 7 Strategies To Make Money Via Email
Create a Email newsletter for your business, where you will have a Free Version and a "For Pay Version" that you can charge for. Many folks find they can get up to 10% of their Free list will join and pay for your "For-Pay" list version.
Do small targeted personal Emails one by one, to folks who you'd like to align yourself with or to get their advice or input as to how they could benefit from your product or service. Is this spam? Well, yes, but if no one complains, then its ok, but if you are not sincere and try to automate this process, then its not ok. This is an extremely fine line, that draws its' line based on whether your mailing draws complaints or not. If you do not draw complaints, then continue. If you draw one bad complaint, you may lose your ISP account rather suddenly.
Create autoresponders that give additional sales information on yourself, your product or service, or additional benefits, and then include this in your SIG line while posting to targeted Email discussion lists you belong to. Think of these as Email sales agents for you, that help close sales for you while you sleep!
Create an Email discussion list for your interests, and sell advertising to folks who wantto reach the audience you attracted to your list. This is not as easy as it sounds, and there are many decisions to make about the management, marketing, moderation, etc of this option, but its worth a test.
Use Email to PRO ACTIVELY reduce the time it takes to close prospects (meaning reducing your sales cycle) by allowing them to join your Email list, and sending them monthly specials or exclusive deals only for members of your list. You can do this same strategy for your existing customers.
Use Email to make contact with the press for pennies vs. traditional means. There are two ways you can do this:
Create your own press release list, that folks can join and whenever you release a new press release, you send it first to your list. I've also found from testing this concept, that the folks who join your pr list, are always 10 times more likely to buy from you, than general prospects.
Send your press release via Email to any one of the many Email press release services for about 25% of the normal paper-sending press release services.
Both of these plans can leverage the power of Email to help grow interest and value/sales for your business.
Create an education class, taught via Email, that you charge folks to be a part of. This can be done with a simple moderated Email discussion list, and because this is being done with Email, there is no geographic or space/time limits as to who can participate. I've seen this done as a add-on bonus for a product that friend of mine sells for about $449, and he values / positions the educational list service as a $9,999 value for his clients. Somehow I know this is a stretch, BUT, he does deliver REAL value and I know it helps him close many of his deals
Do small targeted personal Emails one by one, to folks who you'd like to align yourself with or to get their advice or input as to how they could benefit from your product or service. Is this spam? Well, yes, but if no one complains, then its ok, but if you are not sincere and try to automate this process, then its not ok. This is an extremely fine line, that draws its' line based on whether your mailing draws complaints or not. If you do not draw complaints, then continue. If you draw one bad complaint, you may lose your ISP account rather suddenly.
Create autoresponders that give additional sales information on yourself, your product or service, or additional benefits, and then include this in your SIG line while posting to targeted Email discussion lists you belong to. Think of these as Email sales agents for you, that help close sales for you while you sleep!
Create an Email discussion list for your interests, and sell advertising to folks who wantto reach the audience you attracted to your list. This is not as easy as it sounds, and there are many decisions to make about the management, marketing, moderation, etc of this option, but its worth a test.
Use Email to PRO ACTIVELY reduce the time it takes to close prospects (meaning reducing your sales cycle) by allowing them to join your Email list, and sending them monthly specials or exclusive deals only for members of your list. You can do this same strategy for your existing customers.
Use Email to make contact with the press for pennies vs. traditional means. There are two ways you can do this:
Create your own press release list, that folks can join and whenever you release a new press release, you send it first to your list. I've also found from testing this concept, that the folks who join your pr list, are always 10 times more likely to buy from you, than general prospects.
Send your press release via Email to any one of the many Email press release services for about 25% of the normal paper-sending press release services.
Both of these plans can leverage the power of Email to help grow interest and value/sales for your business.
Create an education class, taught via Email, that you charge folks to be a part of. This can be done with a simple moderated Email discussion list, and because this is being done with Email, there is no geographic or space/time limits as to who can participate. I've seen this done as a add-on bonus for a product that friend of mine sells for about $449, and he values / positions the educational list service as a $9,999 value for his clients. Somehow I know this is a stretch, BUT, he does deliver REAL value and I know it helps him close many of his deals
2008-11-07
money making tips 5
1. Find a group within a social networking service that is geared toward the item or service you're trying to sell. Or find a social networking site that is related to the item or service you want to sell. 2. Connect with other people. If you're just there to sell and you don't make connections first then people will see you as a scammer or spammer. If this happens you won't be able to find anyone to help you sell or any people to sell to.3. Find people you really have things in common with. Make real connections. People will trust you more if you're real and not fake.4. Use them for market research. Ask the certain people to help you test the item or service you want to sell. Have them post about it on their profile or blog.5. If people like your product enough to post a positive review on their profile or blog, ask them to tell their friends about the product. They tell their friends, those friends tell their friends and so on.
2008-11-06
Adsense Revenue Sharing websites
This is, from my point of view, a great great opportunity to make more money online .Revenue Sharing websites - What are they ?!This websites are forums witch give you the opportunity to add your adsense code to your own posts .You need an Adsense Account . Get one here : adsense.google.comAnd from here you can make more cash ! you will split the revenue with the website and the adspace per display (ad share), but hey !... it's still great :) !I will track my activity with digitalpoint.com user and adsense account and i will post my story at the end .http://forums.digitalpoint.com/ Alexa:296 Your code can be displayed in 50% time viewing thread
http://www.namepros.com/ Alexa:2 979 Your code can be displayed in 50% time viewing thread (divided between all participants)
http://flixya.com/ Alexa:7240 Flixya is videosharing site and offers 100% adsense revenue.
http://www.xomba.com/ Alexa:8 430 This article directory give you 50% of ad viewing
http://www.simpy.com/ Alexa:15 974 You get 100% adsense revenue from your profile on this bookmarking site
http://www.articletrader.com/ Alexa:36 968 You will receive 50% of the impressions of all articles that you submitted to this site.
http://www.yousaytoo.com/ Alexa:53 024 50% of the advertisements displayed by Google Adsense are divided among users who have a rating of 2+ (blogging community)
http://www.idnforums.com/ Alexa:62 207 your adsense code will be displayed in 50% views. Forum is related to domain bussiness
http://www.dotnetkicks.com/ Alexa:79 485 For every story that you submit, your AdSense ID will be used 50% of the views of that story.
http://freerangestock.com/ Alexa:136 822 Participating photographers can keep 80% of all the ad revenue generated by their submissions at this stock photos site
http://www.bloggerparty.com/ Alexa:156 919 Your Adsense ads will display on your blogs 50% of the time. (bloghost)
http://www.articlecodex.com/ Alexa:165 245 50% revenue sharing on this article page
http://www.articlewise.com/ Alexa:192 255 Your adsense ads will appear next to every article you submit.
http://igottarant.com/ Alexa:250 596 Your ad will be displayed between 20-50% of views on this college sport related forum
http://shareyourexpertise.com/ 100% ad revenue sharingI really really hope you can make more and more money with this method
http://www.namepros.com/ Alexa:2 979 Your code can be displayed in 50% time viewing thread (divided between all participants)
http://flixya.com/ Alexa:7240 Flixya is videosharing site and offers 100% adsense revenue.
http://www.xomba.com/ Alexa:8 430 This article directory give you 50% of ad viewing
http://www.simpy.com/ Alexa:15 974 You get 100% adsense revenue from your profile on this bookmarking site
http://www.articletrader.com/ Alexa:36 968 You will receive 50% of the impressions of all articles that you submitted to this site.
http://www.yousaytoo.com/ Alexa:53 024 50% of the advertisements displayed by Google Adsense are divided among users who have a rating of 2+ (blogging community)
http://www.idnforums.com/ Alexa:62 207 your adsense code will be displayed in 50% views. Forum is related to domain bussiness
http://www.dotnetkicks.com/ Alexa:79 485 For every story that you submit, your AdSense ID will be used 50% of the views of that story.
http://freerangestock.com/ Alexa:136 822 Participating photographers can keep 80% of all the ad revenue generated by their submissions at this stock photos site
http://www.bloggerparty.com/ Alexa:156 919 Your Adsense ads will display on your blogs 50% of the time. (bloghost)
http://www.articlecodex.com/ Alexa:165 245 50% revenue sharing on this article page
http://www.articlewise.com/ Alexa:192 255 Your adsense ads will appear next to every article you submit.
http://igottarant.com/ Alexa:250 596 Your ad will be displayed between 20-50% of views on this college sport related forum
http://shareyourexpertise.com/ 100% ad revenue sharingI really really hope you can make more and more money with this method
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