Welcome to Flo's Business & Fun Blog
Hope you're having a super day and getting ready for a fantastic weekend! It's my day off tomorrow and I'm looking forward to it. Today's article is about "Tracking Is Your Key to Riches"!
If You do direct marketing online than today's article will be helpful to understand the importance of tracking and testing. You need to test things and always do testing because you'll learn what doesn't work and where not to spend your marketing money, read more below...
Quote of the Day
In this life we get only those things for which we hunt, for which we strive, and for which we are willing to sacrifice.
~ George Matthew Adams ~
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Why No Online Marketing is a Failure
(It's Only a Test!)
by Alexandria K. Brown, "The E-zine Queen"
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Just yesterday a colleague of mine, whom I'll call "Sandy," asked my advice about marketing her new information product online. She saw some of my banner ads on a particular Web site, and wanted to know if she should put her own up there.
I said they didn't work that well for me, but I suggested she try it, because it was a site often visited by her target market.
"But how do I know it will work for me?" she said.
"You don't," I answered.
"What?" she said.
"Test it!" I said. "Try it and see how it works for you."
Test, Test, and Test Again
I then shared with her one of the most important concepts I've learned over the past five years of studying Internet marketing millionaires.
Here are people who have each made millions from selling information online.
But they didn't just become millionaires out of the blue with their first idea and their first marketing strategy. They had failures. In fact, after talking with them, I learned they had MANY failures.
I looked at these people, and tried to imagine them "failing." It was hard. After all, there they were, teaching us what works.
But they'd failed many times. They tried something, it didn't work, and then they moved on to another strategy. They TESTED things, and they still always do test things.
If I tried something online and it didn't work, I saw it as a failure. But they just see it as a test.
It's Time to Reprogram Your Mind
In school, if we didn't have the right answer, we "failed." But in marketing, that's complete bull.
In marketing, if we don't get the right answer, we LEARN. We learn what does not work and where not to spend our marketing money anymore. That's damn valuable information!
Now, I know this concept may seem like a "duh" to you, because it did to me too. I heard stories over and over about testing, but every time I did, my mind answered back, "Of course ... I know that."
Isn't it funny how our minds assume we know things? But we don't really know something unless we're DOING it, day after day.
I thought I knew what was working and what wasn't working, but how could I when I wasn't tracking anything?
And also, how could I take others' marketing advice without seeing if their advice was really working for ME?
Tracking Is Your Key to Riches
So I started tracking and testing.
Five years ago, I couldn't even tell you how many visitors I was getting to my site every month. Now I can tell you not only how many unique visitors I get, but how many of them on an average buy my product, how many of them sign up for my e-zines, the maximum I should spend to get a visitor to my site, and more. Knowing this information has helped me TRIPLE my income over the last two years.
Tracking and testing is not as hard as you think. The beauty of any type of direct marketing, especially online marketing, is your ability to track results.
Now, in Sandy's example above, she needs some type of ad tracker program that assigns a special link to her ad. Even better, this program should be linked to her shopping cart, so she can see how many clicks directly turned into sales. (For this purpose, I highly recommend 1ShoppingCart.)
For her Web site, she should track how many visitors she has each month compared with how many sales she has each month. Her reporting program should tell her how many unique visitors she has on her site (not just "hits," which is useless). And if it doesn't tell her that, she should use WebStat -- an inexpensive program that makes it very easy to read these reports.
Sandy should extend this tracking mentality to every type of marketing she does -- even her free teleclasses. For every teleclass she teaches, she should track how many of those folks sign up for her e-zine and how many buy her product right away.
See where I'm going with this? The numbers don't lie, and once you start seeing the light, marketing will become much more painless. Just stop doing what doesn't work, and put more energy into what does.
THEN, you won't look back and see any failures. You'll only see "tests." : )
© 2003-2006 Alexandria K. Brown
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See Alexandria's Small Business Marketing Blog.
Online entrepreneur Alexandria K. Brown, "The E-zine Queen," publishes the award-winning 'Straight Shooter Marketing' weekly ezine with 18,000+ subscribers. If you're ready to jump-start your marketing, make more money, and have more fun in your small business, get your FREE tips now at www.EzineQueen.com
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Have yourself a Super Friday and a great weekend!
Mar 31, 2006
Mar 30, 2006
Look, Listen, Learn!
Welcome to Flo's Business & Fun Blog
Today's article is great and says it all... "Look, Listen and Learn"! Everyone should be reading different articles on "Network Marketing" and learn from what You read and implement where or as needed.
Read more below...
Quote of the Day!
“Cherish your visions and your dreams, as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements."
Napoleon Hill
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Network Marketing Does Not Only Build
Serious Business, It Also Builds You
by Aliyu Odumosu
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Network Marketing is an easy way for an ordinary person to build a massive worldwide business. The business you build is just like any other business but with many of the hassles removed.
You have a group of people who work directly and indirectly for you but they are not employees, you have many products or services for sale just like in any other business type and you continue to market and advertise your products just like in other business types.
The only difference is that in network marketing business you are free from warehouse, payroll, huge capital investment, office rent and other hassles traditional type of business can bring. You are left with a pure and practical way of building a successful business very fast. All you will ever need to bring to the table is...YOU.
Even though the company may supply you with the best tools and systems in the industry, without the 'YOU' factor you will not succeed. It starts from within. You have to beleive in the industry. You have to believe in yourself that you can be successful in the industry.
The 'YOU' factor is the most important ingredient you can take to any business. In network marketing, if you lack qualities of an entrepreneur/leader, your sponsors/uplines are always there to help you to build the 'YOU' factor. Network marketing business is a business where people help one another to succeed in life.
Ask anyone that has been in the business for a long time and they will tell you that the most important benefit of network marketing business is that it can build a new 'YOU', It can make you a person that succeeds in any venture in life. Once you are built into a strong, positive and optimistic person, you can assure yourself of success whatever you do. That alone is more than the monetary benefits of network marketing business.
The weekly/monthly training, the success news you get through newsletters, weely goals setting, time management training, financial training, leadership training, and so on can make YOU a better person. Once you learn how to get out of your comfort zone few times, you'll notice how massively your life has changed. You'll not only notice within you, but also on your pay check.
So if you are still considering joining network marketing business, I suggest you go for it for this benefit alone. Take it as your life training school and very soon you'll thank yourself for making that decision.
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Have yourself a Super Thursday!
Today's article is great and says it all... "Look, Listen and Learn"! Everyone should be reading different articles on "Network Marketing" and learn from what You read and implement where or as needed.
Read more below...
Quote of the Day!
“Cherish your visions and your dreams, as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements."
Napoleon Hill
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Network Marketing Does Not Only Build
Serious Business, It Also Builds You
by Aliyu Odumosu
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Network Marketing is an easy way for an ordinary person to build a massive worldwide business. The business you build is just like any other business but with many of the hassles removed.
You have a group of people who work directly and indirectly for you but they are not employees, you have many products or services for sale just like in any other business type and you continue to market and advertise your products just like in other business types.
The only difference is that in network marketing business you are free from warehouse, payroll, huge capital investment, office rent and other hassles traditional type of business can bring. You are left with a pure and practical way of building a successful business very fast. All you will ever need to bring to the table is...YOU.
Even though the company may supply you with the best tools and systems in the industry, without the 'YOU' factor you will not succeed. It starts from within. You have to beleive in the industry. You have to believe in yourself that you can be successful in the industry.
The 'YOU' factor is the most important ingredient you can take to any business. In network marketing, if you lack qualities of an entrepreneur/leader, your sponsors/uplines are always there to help you to build the 'YOU' factor. Network marketing business is a business where people help one another to succeed in life.
Ask anyone that has been in the business for a long time and they will tell you that the most important benefit of network marketing business is that it can build a new 'YOU', It can make you a person that succeeds in any venture in life. Once you are built into a strong, positive and optimistic person, you can assure yourself of success whatever you do. That alone is more than the monetary benefits of network marketing business.
The weekly/monthly training, the success news you get through newsletters, weely goals setting, time management training, financial training, leadership training, and so on can make YOU a better person. Once you learn how to get out of your comfort zone few times, you'll notice how massively your life has changed. You'll not only notice within you, but also on your pay check.
So if you are still considering joining network marketing business, I suggest you go for it for this benefit alone. Take it as your life training school and very soon you'll thank yourself for making that decision.
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Have yourself a Super Thursday!
Mar 29, 2006
Hidden Profits...
Welcome to Flo's Business & Fun Blog
Hope your day has started off beautifully! Today's article is about hidden profits in "spare change" time. Today, try these alternatives Jim is sharing a "one-day challenge" while waiting for your computer to finish a task! Read more below...
Bits of Wisdom
It is not your position that makes You happy or unhappy - it's your disposition.
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Discover Hidden Profits in "Spare Change" Time
by Jim Edwards
© Jim Edwards - All Rights reserved
www.TheNetReporter.com
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Fact: Take the spare change out of your pocket every night and put it in a child's piggy bank. At the end of a year you will have at least a hundred dollars to spend as you wish.
Now take this same principle and discover the huge payoff in the "spare change" time you've been wasting all these years.
How often do you sit in front of your computer and wait?
Everyone waits for the computer to reboot, restart, unlock,"scandisk", "defrag", finish printing, download a file from the Internet or generally accomplish tasks that have you sitting twiddling your thumbs for at least 60 to 90 seconds or more.
The shocking truth is that those one, two and three minute nuggets of time contain the seeds for accomplishing all the tasks you never seem to have enough minutes in the day to finish.
Computers represent a double-edged sword. On the one hand,they are supposed to save us time by efficiently helping us with big tasks such as balancing our checkbooks, running our businesses, and doing our taxes.
In reality, it seems the time computers save you gets sucked right back up in time-consuming tasks such as installing software, scanning for viruses and waiting for the computer to restart!
Think about the spare change in the piggy bank example. Now use that same principle to your advantage by developing an awareness of how you spend your "pocket change" time in front of the computer every day.
Small bits of wasted time add up quickly over the course of a day, week, year - all of it in 2 to 3 minute increments. Fifteen wasted minutes a day equals well over 1 ½ productive weeks wasted per year!
Take this "one-day challenge".
Today, try these alternatives to sitting and watching the "hourglass" on your monitor while waiting for your computer to finish a task!
~ Organize your desk
~ Sharpen your pencils
~ Make a quick phone call
~ Check your "to-do" list; if you don't have a "to-do" list make one
~ Write a fast note to a friend
~ Put in a load of laundry
~ Go to the bathroom
~ Get another cup of coffee
~ Pay a bill
~ Catch up your checkbook entries
~ Pick up your office
~ Brainstorm an idea
~ Stand up and stretch
~ Day-dream for about a happy thought for 90 seconds!
Carefully watch how much time you spend in front of the computer waiting for it to do something and then see how many things you can accomplish with that time.
Nothing could reward you more than developing a consciousness about how you spend those spare moments that add up to enough time to write a book, take a trip with your family or take positive actions that will change your life forever.
Use your "spare change" time to accomplish the things you claim you never find time to finish!
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Jim Edwards is a syndicated newspaper columnist (www.TheNetReporter.com) and the co-author of an amazing new ebook that will teach you how to work less, get paid more... and have tons more fun!
"The Lazy Man's Guide to Online Business"
Are YOU a "Lazy Achiever"? "The Lazy Man's Guide to Online Business" How to Work Less, get Paid More and have tons more Fun! Proven tips, tricks, techniques and strategies of Superstar "Lazy Achievers"!
Click=> www.GetMoreDoneFaster.com
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Have yourself a Super Wednesday!
Hope your day has started off beautifully! Today's article is about hidden profits in "spare change" time. Today, try these alternatives Jim is sharing a "one-day challenge" while waiting for your computer to finish a task! Read more below...
Bits of Wisdom
It is not your position that makes You happy or unhappy - it's your disposition.
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Discover Hidden Profits in "Spare Change" Time
by Jim Edwards
© Jim Edwards - All Rights reserved
www.TheNetReporter.com
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Fact: Take the spare change out of your pocket every night and put it in a child's piggy bank. At the end of a year you will have at least a hundred dollars to spend as you wish.
Now take this same principle and discover the huge payoff in the "spare change" time you've been wasting all these years.
How often do you sit in front of your computer and wait?
Everyone waits for the computer to reboot, restart, unlock,"scandisk", "defrag", finish printing, download a file from the Internet or generally accomplish tasks that have you sitting twiddling your thumbs for at least 60 to 90 seconds or more.
The shocking truth is that those one, two and three minute nuggets of time contain the seeds for accomplishing all the tasks you never seem to have enough minutes in the day to finish.
Computers represent a double-edged sword. On the one hand,they are supposed to save us time by efficiently helping us with big tasks such as balancing our checkbooks, running our businesses, and doing our taxes.
In reality, it seems the time computers save you gets sucked right back up in time-consuming tasks such as installing software, scanning for viruses and waiting for the computer to restart!
Think about the spare change in the piggy bank example. Now use that same principle to your advantage by developing an awareness of how you spend your "pocket change" time in front of the computer every day.
Small bits of wasted time add up quickly over the course of a day, week, year - all of it in 2 to 3 minute increments. Fifteen wasted minutes a day equals well over 1 ½ productive weeks wasted per year!
Take this "one-day challenge".
Today, try these alternatives to sitting and watching the "hourglass" on your monitor while waiting for your computer to finish a task!
~ Organize your desk
~ Sharpen your pencils
~ Make a quick phone call
~ Check your "to-do" list; if you don't have a "to-do" list make one
~ Write a fast note to a friend
~ Put in a load of laundry
~ Go to the bathroom
~ Get another cup of coffee
~ Pay a bill
~ Catch up your checkbook entries
~ Pick up your office
~ Brainstorm an idea
~ Stand up and stretch
~ Day-dream for about a happy thought for 90 seconds!
Carefully watch how much time you spend in front of the computer waiting for it to do something and then see how many things you can accomplish with that time.
Nothing could reward you more than developing a consciousness about how you spend those spare moments that add up to enough time to write a book, take a trip with your family or take positive actions that will change your life forever.
Use your "spare change" time to accomplish the things you claim you never find time to finish!
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Jim Edwards is a syndicated newspaper columnist (www.TheNetReporter.com) and the co-author of an amazing new ebook that will teach you how to work less, get paid more... and have tons more fun!
"The Lazy Man's Guide to Online Business"
Are YOU a "Lazy Achiever"? "The Lazy Man's Guide to Online Business" How to Work Less, get Paid More and have tons more Fun! Proven tips, tricks, techniques and strategies of Superstar "Lazy Achievers"!
Click=> www.GetMoreDoneFaster.com
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Have yourself a Super Wednesday!
Mar 28, 2006
Traits of a Leader...
Welcome to Flo's Business & Fun Blog
Hope your day is starting off beautifully and that your enjoying this fine day so far! Here's a tip to help You get started on your journey of Network Marketing for those of You who are newbies, read more below...
Bits Of Wisdom
If at first You don't succeed, you're like everyone else!
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Character Traits of a Leader
by Terry Stewart
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Do you ever wonder what character traits are needed to become a successful leader in network marketing. Network marketing is a very hard business to do it is not a get rich vehicle. This industry needs a certain type of person to be successful.
To build a down line which can earn you a residual income you need to become a leader who leads by example so your organisation duplicates you. You Need seven traits:
* Drive
* Persistence
* Teachability
* Thick Skin
* Positive Attitude
* Compassion
* Vision
As the leader of your organisation you need to have drive. Drive for yourself so that your group can see and feel your drive and they will follow in your Footsteps. Imagine that you have two children a large mortgage to pay and not a lot of income coming in. Circumstance like that will give you the drive to Succeed through the bad times.
You also need to have persistence a good leader knows that you need to keep going . All to often people stop just as they are about to get some where they stop one yard in front of the finishing line. A true successful marketer will keep on until they achieve their goals.
You must be teachable only then can you rise up and become a leader. How Can you lead if you do not know what it takes to be a leader. You can not you run before you can walk, so if you don't know what it takes to lead how can advise your organisation.
As I said previously network marketing is a hard business. So you need to Develop a thick skin to see you through to achieve your goals. There will be people out there who will criticise and knock you every turn you make. No one has ever attained success without first enduring a withering hail of criticism from friend and foe alike.
Another important trait to have is a positive attitude, When you are seen with a positive attitude it spreads through your organisation. You cannot have encourage Others If your thinking is pessimistic and downbeat. Positive thinking is essential for a leader.
It is very easy for leaders to fall into the trap of thinking people in their downline as Just tools or instruments to do with as they will. They would motivate the group far better by Showing some compassion. Compassion is the another trait needed for leaders in networking marketing. People tend to react better when shown a little encouragement as opposed to being relentlessly driven.
To get all your organisation pointing in the same direction at once you need to have a vision which can be shared by the whole group. The key to having a vision is to get your whole group believing in it and pulling in the same direction.
So you see the seven traits when all used in conjunction can help you become a successful Leader and in turn your organisation will duplicate you. The benefit of this is obvious to See you will get other leaders in your group, your group will become self sufficient and you will have residual income for ever.
Have yourself a Super Tuesday!
Hope your day is starting off beautifully and that your enjoying this fine day so far! Here's a tip to help You get started on your journey of Network Marketing for those of You who are newbies, read more below...
Bits Of Wisdom
If at first You don't succeed, you're like everyone else!
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Character Traits of a Leader
by Terry Stewart
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Do you ever wonder what character traits are needed to become a successful leader in network marketing. Network marketing is a very hard business to do it is not a get rich vehicle. This industry needs a certain type of person to be successful.
To build a down line which can earn you a residual income you need to become a leader who leads by example so your organisation duplicates you. You Need seven traits:
* Drive
* Persistence
* Teachability
* Thick Skin
* Positive Attitude
* Compassion
* Vision
As the leader of your organisation you need to have drive. Drive for yourself so that your group can see and feel your drive and they will follow in your Footsteps. Imagine that you have two children a large mortgage to pay and not a lot of income coming in. Circumstance like that will give you the drive to Succeed through the bad times.
You also need to have persistence a good leader knows that you need to keep going . All to often people stop just as they are about to get some where they stop one yard in front of the finishing line. A true successful marketer will keep on until they achieve their goals.
You must be teachable only then can you rise up and become a leader. How Can you lead if you do not know what it takes to be a leader. You can not you run before you can walk, so if you don't know what it takes to lead how can advise your organisation.
As I said previously network marketing is a hard business. So you need to Develop a thick skin to see you through to achieve your goals. There will be people out there who will criticise and knock you every turn you make. No one has ever attained success without first enduring a withering hail of criticism from friend and foe alike.
Another important trait to have is a positive attitude, When you are seen with a positive attitude it spreads through your organisation. You cannot have encourage Others If your thinking is pessimistic and downbeat. Positive thinking is essential for a leader.
It is very easy for leaders to fall into the trap of thinking people in their downline as Just tools or instruments to do with as they will. They would motivate the group far better by Showing some compassion. Compassion is the another trait needed for leaders in networking marketing. People tend to react better when shown a little encouragement as opposed to being relentlessly driven.
To get all your organisation pointing in the same direction at once you need to have a vision which can be shared by the whole group. The key to having a vision is to get your whole group believing in it and pulling in the same direction.
So you see the seven traits when all used in conjunction can help you become a successful Leader and in turn your organisation will duplicate you. The benefit of this is obvious to See you will get other leaders in your group, your group will become self sufficient and you will have residual income for ever.
Have yourself a Super Tuesday!
Mar 27, 2006
Business & Relationship
Welcome to Flo's Business & Fun Blog
Hope your day is starting off beautifully and that You enjoyed your weekend! Today's article is about business and relationships. Take a look at some of Michael Angier recent experiences and see for yourself how important relationships can become, read more below. . .
Daily Thought
"Success is just a matter of attitude"
- Darcy E. Gibbons -
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Business is All About Relationship
by - Michael Angier , founder and CIO
www.SuccessNet.org
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I live in a small metropolitan area with only about 110,000 people. And it seems even smaller than that.
I’ve been doing business in this community for over 20 years. I’ve worked in non-profits, sales, publishing, printing, construction and now Internet publishing.
Very little of my business is now local. But I often run into people from previous business relationships. Like me, many of these people are in different businesses—some in different careers altogether.
It struck me how much my present business relationships have to do with my previous ones. I’ve found it easy to recreate rapport and establish trust with folks I’ve had good dealings with before. When I know someone and have confidence in their word, doing business with them becomes easier.
I just had lunch with someone whom I’ve known and worked with since 1983. All of our dealings have not been positive. In fact he was hurt financially by some poor business decisions I made in the early 90s. Even so, our friendship weathered that storm because of the depth of the relationship.
I’ve not always been successful, but I strive to have an excellent relationship with everyone. It doesn’t seem possible all the time, but it’s worth striving for nonetheless.
Marketing gurus recommend that we should be mindful of the lifetime value of a customer—to look not only at the profit from an initial sale. It’s good advice. And I would take it a step further: Be mindful of the lifetime value of a RELATIONSHIP—not just a customer.
One of the key concepts we talked about at a recent World Class Business Conference was the importance of relationships in business. I went so far as to say that business is really a network of communication against a background of relationships.
And it’s not just relationships with customers—it’s with suppliers, coworkers, stakeholders—even competitors.
As some of my recent encounters have pointed out, some relationships are completely reversed from what they used to be. Customers can now be employers. Competitors can now be customers. Coworkers may now be bosses.
Today, with the Internet, our business world becomes even smaller. We do business with people around the world, but it’s really still a fairly small community. As I talk with other entrepreneurs online, we seem to know many of the same people.
In a few years, we may each be doing something a bit different. And the relationships we have and build today will serve us in the future in direct proportion to the quality and integrity we create.
It’s important that we cultivate and nurture our relationships. Being honest, playing win-win and treating people fairly isn’t just a moral thing to do—it’s good business—now, and in the future.
Action Point
Do you focus on the deal or do you create relationships? Every business transaction is a PERSONAL transaction, so make every effort to enhance your relationship with this person. Nurture your relationships through honest, fair and friendly exchanges.
Related Articles & Resources
Top Ten Reasons to Live a Life of Integrity
www.successnet.org/topten/TTintegrity.htm
Your Agreements Show Your Integrity
successnet.org/articles/angier-agreements.htm
Are You Making New Connections?
www.successnet.org/articles/angier-newconnections.htm
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Copyright Michael Angier & Success Networks International.
Used with Permission.
Michael Angier is the founder and president of SuccessNet. Their mission is to inform, inspire and empower people to be their best--personally and professionally.
Download their free eBooklet, 10 ESSENTIAL KEYS TO PERSONAL EFFECTIVENESS from www.SuccessNet.org/keys.htm or by sending a blank email to keys@SuccessNet.org.
More free subscriptions, books and SuccessMark Cards are available at www.SuccessNet.org.
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Have yourself a Super Monday!
Hope your day is starting off beautifully and that You enjoyed your weekend! Today's article is about business and relationships. Take a look at some of Michael Angier recent experiences and see for yourself how important relationships can become, read more below. . .
Daily Thought
"Success is just a matter of attitude"
- Darcy E. Gibbons -
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Business is All About Relationship
by - Michael Angier , founder and CIO
www.SuccessNet.org
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I live in a small metropolitan area with only about 110,000 people. And it seems even smaller than that.
I’ve been doing business in this community for over 20 years. I’ve worked in non-profits, sales, publishing, printing, construction and now Internet publishing.
Very little of my business is now local. But I often run into people from previous business relationships. Like me, many of these people are in different businesses—some in different careers altogether.
It struck me how much my present business relationships have to do with my previous ones. I’ve found it easy to recreate rapport and establish trust with folks I’ve had good dealings with before. When I know someone and have confidence in their word, doing business with them becomes easier.
I just had lunch with someone whom I’ve known and worked with since 1983. All of our dealings have not been positive. In fact he was hurt financially by some poor business decisions I made in the early 90s. Even so, our friendship weathered that storm because of the depth of the relationship.
I’ve not always been successful, but I strive to have an excellent relationship with everyone. It doesn’t seem possible all the time, but it’s worth striving for nonetheless.
Marketing gurus recommend that we should be mindful of the lifetime value of a customer—to look not only at the profit from an initial sale. It’s good advice. And I would take it a step further: Be mindful of the lifetime value of a RELATIONSHIP—not just a customer.
One of the key concepts we talked about at a recent World Class Business Conference was the importance of relationships in business. I went so far as to say that business is really a network of communication against a background of relationships.
And it’s not just relationships with customers—it’s with suppliers, coworkers, stakeholders—even competitors.
As some of my recent encounters have pointed out, some relationships are completely reversed from what they used to be. Customers can now be employers. Competitors can now be customers. Coworkers may now be bosses.
Today, with the Internet, our business world becomes even smaller. We do business with people around the world, but it’s really still a fairly small community. As I talk with other entrepreneurs online, we seem to know many of the same people.
In a few years, we may each be doing something a bit different. And the relationships we have and build today will serve us in the future in direct proportion to the quality and integrity we create.
It’s important that we cultivate and nurture our relationships. Being honest, playing win-win and treating people fairly isn’t just a moral thing to do—it’s good business—now, and in the future.
Action Point
Do you focus on the deal or do you create relationships? Every business transaction is a PERSONAL transaction, so make every effort to enhance your relationship with this person. Nurture your relationships through honest, fair and friendly exchanges.
Related Articles & Resources
Top Ten Reasons to Live a Life of Integrity
www.successnet.org/topten/TTintegrity.htm
Your Agreements Show Your Integrity
successnet.org/articles/angier-agreements.htm
Are You Making New Connections?
www.successnet.org/articles/angier-newconnections.htm
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Copyright Michael Angier & Success Networks International.
Used with Permission.
Michael Angier is the founder and president of SuccessNet. Their mission is to inform, inspire and empower people to be their best--personally and professionally.
Download their free eBooklet, 10 ESSENTIAL KEYS TO PERSONAL EFFECTIVENESS from www.SuccessNet.org/keys.htm or by sending a blank email to keys@SuccessNet.org.
More free subscriptions, books and SuccessMark Cards are available at www.SuccessNet.org.
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Have yourself a Super Monday!
Mar 26, 2006
Is Your Computer Sick?
Welcome to Flo's Business & Fun Blog
Hope you're enjoying this fine day and the weekend! Today's article is about viruses and spyware and how they show up on your computer. Regardless of how they get on your system, once in place, they cause no end of headaches and frustration!
Jim shares typical signs You may suffer from infection and steps to follow to identify and then delete the offending code. Read more below...
Quote of the Day!
A feeling of confidence and personal power comes from facing challenges and overcoming them.
~ Brian Tracy ~
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Is Your Computer Sick?
- by Jim Edwards
©Jim Edwards-All Rights reserved
www.TheNetReporter.com
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Viruses and spyware usually show up on your computer one of two ways.
Either they invade your system with a frontal assault like the Huns attacking the Romans, or they sneak in a back door like a cat burglar.
Either way, once a virus or piece of spyware gets on your system, getting it off can rate harder than curing a severe case of trench foot!
Viruses, malicious programs designed to disrupt normal computing, and spyware, programs intended to literally "spy" on your activities, can enter your computer a number of ways.
Most commonly they enter your system through an email attachment, by sharing files with an infected computer by disk, as a "ride along" with a 3rd party program you install, or through a "back door" port in your computer.
Regardless of how they get on your system, once in place, they cause no end of headaches and frustration.
The following represent typical signs you may suffer from infection by a virus or piece of spyware.
Your computer starts acting oddly by doing things it never did previously.
Your modem starts trying to dial out to the Internet without you initiating a surfing session.
You notice that files start disappearing, the system stalls, runs slowly, or even crashes frequently.
Your computer takes progressively longer to boot up every time you start it or you notice that your available hard drive space has disappeared. Strange popup windows appear, even when you're not surfing the web, or you delete a program and it "magically" reappears next time you boot the system.
If you suspect you a virus or a piece of spyware has invaded your computer, follow these steps to first identify and then delete the offending code:
Step 1 - Back up your important files, but remember to scan these files for viruses before reinstalling to avoid accidentally re-infecting your system.
Step 2 - Update your anti-virus definitions and perform a scan of your hard drive.
If you don't carry virus protection, or you suspect your anti-virus software got corrupted somehow, then log on to www.pandasoftware.com and use the free Panda Active Scan service to check your hard drive for viruses.
Follow the instructions for quarantining and removing the offending files.
Step 3 - Scan your hard drive with an adware, scumware, or spyware detection and removal tool like Adaware www.lavasoft.de/support/download/ or Spybot http://spybot.safer-networking.de/.
Step 4 - In many cases, when the virus or spyware program gets installed with a free utility or game you download from the Web, you must usually uninstall the utility or game to finally get rid of the problem once and for all.
Step 5 - Avoid re-infection by keeping your anti-virus and firewall up-to-date at all times.
As a last resort, if you run into a program you simply can't get rid of, but can figure out the offending file's name, do a search for the file name on Google.com. Often you will find you're not the first victim and may get valuable advice for cleaning up your system.
However, be very careful of the information you find and think twice before modifying any system files.
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Jim Edwards is a syndicated newspaper columnist and the co-author of an amazing new ebook that will teach you how to use free articles to quickly drive thousands of targeted visitors to your website or affiliate links...
Need MORE TRAFFIC to your website or affiliate links?
"Turn Words Into Traffic" reveals the secrets for driving Thousands of NEW visitors to your website or affiliate links... without spending a dime on advertising!
Click Here> Write Money Making Ezine Articles FAST!
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Have yourself a Super Sunday!
Hope you're enjoying this fine day and the weekend! Today's article is about viruses and spyware and how they show up on your computer. Regardless of how they get on your system, once in place, they cause no end of headaches and frustration!
Jim shares typical signs You may suffer from infection and steps to follow to identify and then delete the offending code. Read more below...
Quote of the Day!
A feeling of confidence and personal power comes from facing challenges and overcoming them.
~ Brian Tracy ~
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Is Your Computer Sick?
- by Jim Edwards
©Jim Edwards-All Rights reserved
www.TheNetReporter.com
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Viruses and spyware usually show up on your computer one of two ways.
Either they invade your system with a frontal assault like the Huns attacking the Romans, or they sneak in a back door like a cat burglar.
Either way, once a virus or piece of spyware gets on your system, getting it off can rate harder than curing a severe case of trench foot!
Viruses, malicious programs designed to disrupt normal computing, and spyware, programs intended to literally "spy" on your activities, can enter your computer a number of ways.
Most commonly they enter your system through an email attachment, by sharing files with an infected computer by disk, as a "ride along" with a 3rd party program you install, or through a "back door" port in your computer.
Regardless of how they get on your system, once in place, they cause no end of headaches and frustration.
The following represent typical signs you may suffer from infection by a virus or piece of spyware.
Your computer starts acting oddly by doing things it never did previously.
Your modem starts trying to dial out to the Internet without you initiating a surfing session.
You notice that files start disappearing, the system stalls, runs slowly, or even crashes frequently.
Your computer takes progressively longer to boot up every time you start it or you notice that your available hard drive space has disappeared. Strange popup windows appear, even when you're not surfing the web, or you delete a program and it "magically" reappears next time you boot the system.
If you suspect you a virus or a piece of spyware has invaded your computer, follow these steps to first identify and then delete the offending code:
Step 1 - Back up your important files, but remember to scan these files for viruses before reinstalling to avoid accidentally re-infecting your system.
Step 2 - Update your anti-virus definitions and perform a scan of your hard drive.
If you don't carry virus protection, or you suspect your anti-virus software got corrupted somehow, then log on to www.pandasoftware.com and use the free Panda Active Scan service to check your hard drive for viruses.
Follow the instructions for quarantining and removing the offending files.
Step 3 - Scan your hard drive with an adware, scumware, or spyware detection and removal tool like Adaware www.lavasoft.de/support/download/ or Spybot http://spybot.safer-networking.de/.
Step 4 - In many cases, when the virus or spyware program gets installed with a free utility or game you download from the Web, you must usually uninstall the utility or game to finally get rid of the problem once and for all.
Step 5 - Avoid re-infection by keeping your anti-virus and firewall up-to-date at all times.
As a last resort, if you run into a program you simply can't get rid of, but can figure out the offending file's name, do a search for the file name on Google.com. Often you will find you're not the first victim and may get valuable advice for cleaning up your system.
However, be very careful of the information you find and think twice before modifying any system files.
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Jim Edwards is a syndicated newspaper columnist and the co-author of an amazing new ebook that will teach you how to use free articles to quickly drive thousands of targeted visitors to your website or affiliate links...
Need MORE TRAFFIC to your website or affiliate links?
"Turn Words Into Traffic" reveals the secrets for driving Thousands of NEW visitors to your website or affiliate links... without spending a dime on advertising!
Click Here> Write Money Making Ezine Articles FAST!
-=-
Have yourself a Super Sunday!
Mar 24, 2006
Persuade Anyone...
Welcome to Flo's Business & Fun Blog
Hope you're having a super day, and getting ready for a fantastic weekend! Today's article is about the power of successfully persuading anyone! The most important abilities to possess is the ability to persuade and influence others. Priya is sharing hot tips to do this effectively, read more below...
Quote of the day!
You must feed your mind even as you feed your body, and to make your mind healthy you must feed it good, nourishing, wholesome thoughts.
- Norman Vincent Peale -
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7 Tips To Successfully Persuade Anyone
Copyright © Priya Shah
www.priyashah.com
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The saying "No man is an island" is an undeniable truth. We need the support and cooperation of other people to help us in reaching our goals.
Successful people know that one of the most important abilities to possess is the ability to persuade and influence others.
Here are some hot tips to do this effectively:
1) Enter Their World
Try to put yourself in the other’s shoes and understand the situation from their point of view. Set aside your personal interests and concentrate on them.
Ask yourself if you are them, what would you do? What would be your opinion? Then take the appropriate action that would be beneficial to them.
2) Mirror Their Body Language
People feel comfortable with those who are like them. Copy the person you are trying to create a connection with.
Observe how they act, how they speak, and how they think. If they rub their forehead while they think, act like them. If they speak at a clear and slow pace, try to do the same thing. This is called mirroring.
In due time, the people you're mirroring will subconsciously feel more comfortable with you. It's as if they see themselves in you.
Proceed with caution, however. Do not let them be aware that you are copying them. They might interpret it as mockery and you'll just get into trouble.
3) Be Cheerful and Nice
Did your mother tell you to be nice to people? She was right. People like others who brighten up their day.
Make a sincere compliment to raise their spirits. Little things like these go a long way to breaking the ice and setting the relationship off to a good start.
4) Be Sincere and Trustworthy
Make them feel that whenever they need help or just someone to look up to, you'll always be there to lend a hand. People tend to be more receptive to those they trust.
If you have a boss or client you are trying to please, overdeliver and exceed their expectations. Soon, they will notice your efforts and will be more than glad to grant your request.
5) Provide Them With Compelling Evidence
Explain to them how your ideas or suggestions could be the most effective techniques to implement.
Show them undeniable proof that you have the best product by way of testimonials, before and after scenarios, and detailed comparisons against your competitors.
Just make sure that all your claims are true and verifiable. Always maintain a good reputation.
6) Show Them “What’s In It For Them”
This is the most important thing to remember when persuading anyone. People are self-centered. They always put their own well-being before others.
No matter how close you are to becoming like them or how overwhelming your evidence is, if it does not satisfy the "What's In It For Me?" test, your persuasion efforts will not produce satisfactory results.
If you can prove that your proposal will provide more advantageous benefits to them than to you, they are more likely to accept it.
7) Genuinely Care For Them
Focus more on their interests, desires, needs, and expectations, so you can satisfy their craving for attention, and establish mutual trust and respect.
It also shows that you really care about them and that will make them more likely to trust you and want to work with you.
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Priya Shah is the CEO of eBrand360 www.ebrand360.com/
She writes the Marketing Slave blog marketingslave.com and publishes an internet marketing newsletter www.ebizwhiz.biz.
Subscribe to her Marketing With Blogs eCourse.
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Have Yourself a Super Friday and a Fantastic Weekend!
Hope you're having a super day, and getting ready for a fantastic weekend! Today's article is about the power of successfully persuading anyone! The most important abilities to possess is the ability to persuade and influence others. Priya is sharing hot tips to do this effectively, read more below...
Quote of the day!
You must feed your mind even as you feed your body, and to make your mind healthy you must feed it good, nourishing, wholesome thoughts.
- Norman Vincent Peale -
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7 Tips To Successfully Persuade Anyone
Copyright © Priya Shah
www.priyashah.com
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The saying "No man is an island" is an undeniable truth. We need the support and cooperation of other people to help us in reaching our goals.
Successful people know that one of the most important abilities to possess is the ability to persuade and influence others.
Here are some hot tips to do this effectively:
1) Enter Their World
Try to put yourself in the other’s shoes and understand the situation from their point of view. Set aside your personal interests and concentrate on them.
Ask yourself if you are them, what would you do? What would be your opinion? Then take the appropriate action that would be beneficial to them.
2) Mirror Their Body Language
People feel comfortable with those who are like them. Copy the person you are trying to create a connection with.
Observe how they act, how they speak, and how they think. If they rub their forehead while they think, act like them. If they speak at a clear and slow pace, try to do the same thing. This is called mirroring.
In due time, the people you're mirroring will subconsciously feel more comfortable with you. It's as if they see themselves in you.
Proceed with caution, however. Do not let them be aware that you are copying them. They might interpret it as mockery and you'll just get into trouble.
3) Be Cheerful and Nice
Did your mother tell you to be nice to people? She was right. People like others who brighten up their day.
Make a sincere compliment to raise their spirits. Little things like these go a long way to breaking the ice and setting the relationship off to a good start.
4) Be Sincere and Trustworthy
Make them feel that whenever they need help or just someone to look up to, you'll always be there to lend a hand. People tend to be more receptive to those they trust.
If you have a boss or client you are trying to please, overdeliver and exceed their expectations. Soon, they will notice your efforts and will be more than glad to grant your request.
5) Provide Them With Compelling Evidence
Explain to them how your ideas or suggestions could be the most effective techniques to implement.
Show them undeniable proof that you have the best product by way of testimonials, before and after scenarios, and detailed comparisons against your competitors.
Just make sure that all your claims are true and verifiable. Always maintain a good reputation.
6) Show Them “What’s In It For Them”
This is the most important thing to remember when persuading anyone. People are self-centered. They always put their own well-being before others.
No matter how close you are to becoming like them or how overwhelming your evidence is, if it does not satisfy the "What's In It For Me?" test, your persuasion efforts will not produce satisfactory results.
If you can prove that your proposal will provide more advantageous benefits to them than to you, they are more likely to accept it.
7) Genuinely Care For Them
Focus more on their interests, desires, needs, and expectations, so you can satisfy their craving for attention, and establish mutual trust and respect.
It also shows that you really care about them and that will make them more likely to trust you and want to work with you.
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Priya Shah is the CEO of eBrand360 www.ebrand360.com/
She writes the Marketing Slave blog marketingslave.com and publishes an internet marketing newsletter www.ebizwhiz.biz.
Subscribe to her Marketing With Blogs eCourse.
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Have Yourself a Super Friday and a Fantastic Weekend!
Mar 22, 2006
#2-Protect Yourself...
Welcome to Flo's Business & Fun Blog
Hope your day is starting off beautifully and you're enjoying this fine day! Last week I posted an article about "Stolen Goods Online". In today's article is the second of 2 articles about rampant theft of ebooks, cd's and other intellectual property on auction sites like eBay.
This second of 2 articles, Jim is sharing how to protect yourself as a *buyer* so You don't get into hot water. You can read the article below...
Stress Tip by www.YourStressMatters.com
"Taking responsibility for your actions means being able to respond to any situation you create by asking before making any decision 'can I live with the consequences?'
~ Dr Rae Baum ~
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Did You Buy Stolen Merchandise?
- by Jim Edwards
© Jim Edwards - All Rights reserved
www.TheNetReporter.com
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In a recent article, I wrote about how owners of ebooks, software, CDs and other intellectual property can keep from getting ripped off through online auction sites such as eBay and Yahoo auctions.
By popular request (a slew of emails), we'll now discuss how buyers can avoid receiving stolen, "pirated," or "bootlegged" merchandise via online auction sites.
Nobody wants to knowingly receive stolen merchandise and the following tips should help you avoid trouble.
Digital downloads such as ebooks, MP3 audio files, and software represent the easiest products to sell illegally on an auction site.
The seller obtains a copy of the file, puts up an auction listing, and then delivers the file to the successful bidder(s) via email or website download.
Because it's so easy, that's where many people start their lives of online crime.
Unfortunately for the buyer, this can lead to hot water with the rightful product owner.
** Smart Buying Tips for Digital Download Products:
First, if the person you're buying the product from didn't create the product (they aren't the author), immediately become skeptical.
Do a little research on the author, name of the ebook, and any other information you can find out (Google.com makes a great starting point).
See if you can find where the author is actually selling resell rights to their product and, if in doubt, contact the author to see if others have permission to sell their product at online auctions.
Second, when you see an auction with verbiage such as "Attention eBay Staff: I have full resell rights to this product" get suspicious.
The only reason someone puts that on their auction is if they've gotten shut down before or they're worried they will get shut down if anyone notices them.
A real business person doesn't need to place such a disclaimer on a legitimate auction.
Third, check the seller's feedback. Sometimes, the rightful owner of the ebook or software will purchase the product being sold illegally and then leave negative feedback advising people not to buy from that seller.
** Physical Product Purchase Tips:
Illegal CDs and DVDs represent one of the biggest illegal sellers at online auctions when it comes to music, software, movies and educational courses.
An excellent rule of thumb: if they are selling more than one copy (or have held more than one auction for the same product) you need to dig a little deeper.
Ask the seller how they came into possession of more than one copy, especially if it's an expensive software package or educational course.
Also, ask if the advertised item is an original. If it's a copy, steer clear and do not buy it.
Another warning sign involves a seller with multiple quantities of never-been-opened merchandise selling for pennies on the dollar.
For example, someone selling 20 brand-new Dell computers that regularly go for $1,500 with a "Buy Now" price of only $200 should raise your suspicions.
If you suspect someone of selling stolen merchandise or illegally selling downloadable products, report your suspicions to the auction service immediately via their support link.
Nobody wins when seller theft on auction sites goes unreported and unchallenged.
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Jim Edwards is a syndicated newspaper columnist and the creator of an amazing course that will teach you step-by-step and click-by-click how to finally create your own money-making mini-sites...
"Finally! A Quick and Easy Way For YOU to Painlessly Set Up Your OWN Moneymaking 'Mini' Websites... Without Being a Computer Geek, Buying Expensive Software, or Paying Outrageous Fees To A Webmaster!"
Click Here => www.MiniSiteCreator.com
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Have yourself a Super Wednesday!
Hope your day is starting off beautifully and you're enjoying this fine day! Last week I posted an article about "Stolen Goods Online". In today's article is the second of 2 articles about rampant theft of ebooks, cd's and other intellectual property on auction sites like eBay.
This second of 2 articles, Jim is sharing how to protect yourself as a *buyer* so You don't get into hot water. You can read the article below...
Stress Tip by www.YourStressMatters.com
"Taking responsibility for your actions means being able to respond to any situation you create by asking before making any decision 'can I live with the consequences?'
~ Dr Rae Baum ~
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Did You Buy Stolen Merchandise?
- by Jim Edwards
© Jim Edwards - All Rights reserved
www.TheNetReporter.com
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In a recent article, I wrote about how owners of ebooks, software, CDs and other intellectual property can keep from getting ripped off through online auction sites such as eBay and Yahoo auctions.
By popular request (a slew of emails), we'll now discuss how buyers can avoid receiving stolen, "pirated," or "bootlegged" merchandise via online auction sites.
Nobody wants to knowingly receive stolen merchandise and the following tips should help you avoid trouble.
Digital downloads such as ebooks, MP3 audio files, and software represent the easiest products to sell illegally on an auction site.
The seller obtains a copy of the file, puts up an auction listing, and then delivers the file to the successful bidder(s) via email or website download.
Because it's so easy, that's where many people start their lives of online crime.
Unfortunately for the buyer, this can lead to hot water with the rightful product owner.
** Smart Buying Tips for Digital Download Products:
First, if the person you're buying the product from didn't create the product (they aren't the author), immediately become skeptical.
Do a little research on the author, name of the ebook, and any other information you can find out (Google.com makes a great starting point).
See if you can find where the author is actually selling resell rights to their product and, if in doubt, contact the author to see if others have permission to sell their product at online auctions.
Second, when you see an auction with verbiage such as "Attention eBay Staff: I have full resell rights to this product" get suspicious.
The only reason someone puts that on their auction is if they've gotten shut down before or they're worried they will get shut down if anyone notices them.
A real business person doesn't need to place such a disclaimer on a legitimate auction.
Third, check the seller's feedback. Sometimes, the rightful owner of the ebook or software will purchase the product being sold illegally and then leave negative feedback advising people not to buy from that seller.
** Physical Product Purchase Tips:
Illegal CDs and DVDs represent one of the biggest illegal sellers at online auctions when it comes to music, software, movies and educational courses.
An excellent rule of thumb: if they are selling more than one copy (or have held more than one auction for the same product) you need to dig a little deeper.
Ask the seller how they came into possession of more than one copy, especially if it's an expensive software package or educational course.
Also, ask if the advertised item is an original. If it's a copy, steer clear and do not buy it.
Another warning sign involves a seller with multiple quantities of never-been-opened merchandise selling for pennies on the dollar.
For example, someone selling 20 brand-new Dell computers that regularly go for $1,500 with a "Buy Now" price of only $200 should raise your suspicions.
If you suspect someone of selling stolen merchandise or illegally selling downloadable products, report your suspicions to the auction service immediately via their support link.
Nobody wins when seller theft on auction sites goes unreported and unchallenged.
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Jim Edwards is a syndicated newspaper columnist and the creator of an amazing course that will teach you step-by-step and click-by-click how to finally create your own money-making mini-sites...
"Finally! A Quick and Easy Way For YOU to Painlessly Set Up Your OWN Moneymaking 'Mini' Websites... Without Being a Computer Geek, Buying Expensive Software, or Paying Outrageous Fees To A Webmaster!"
Click Here => www.MiniSiteCreator.com
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Have yourself a Super Wednesday!
Mar 21, 2006
The First Few Words...
Welcome to Flo's Business & Fun Blog
Hope your day is starting off beautifully and that you're enjoying this fine day! Today's article is about the ART of writing WORDS that makes people buy. The first few words on your website, on your advertising, and in your emails needs to grab your visitor's attention, read more below...
Quote of the Day
“If You concentrate on finding whatever is good in every situation, You will discover that your life will suddenly be filled with gratitude, a feeling that nurtures the soul."
~ Rabbi Harold Kushner ~
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Are your website hits turning into sales?
- by Richard Rigoe
© Richard Rigoe - All Rights reserved
www.TheWebsEye.com
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Copywriting, the art of writing words that make people buy, was recently listed as one of the top ten "hot jobs" in the "new economy".
People pay $100s if not $1,000s for copy that sells. Writing copy that sells is a skill which has to be learned. You need to grab your visitor's attention with the first few words on your website, on your advertising, and in your emails.
If you don't you are losing potential sales.
A few words of killer copy can lead to massive amounts of money. In fact, many people say writing killer copy is the single most valuable money-making skill in the world. It is most certainly true on the internet.
Now YOU too can learn how to write copy that draws your visitors in like a magnet. David Garfinkel is recognized as one of the worlds' best copywriters, if not the best, and he has teamed up with ROIBOT to produce a 12 week interactive multi-media online course called "Killer Copy Tactics."
If you think you could use some help in creating "killer copy", it is worth taking a closer look at what the course has to offer. Click here to find out more!
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Hooooray, the first day of spring yesterday !!!
Have yourself a Super Tuesday!
Hope your day is starting off beautifully and that you're enjoying this fine day! Today's article is about the ART of writing WORDS that makes people buy. The first few words on your website, on your advertising, and in your emails needs to grab your visitor's attention, read more below...
Quote of the Day
“If You concentrate on finding whatever is good in every situation, You will discover that your life will suddenly be filled with gratitude, a feeling that nurtures the soul."
~ Rabbi Harold Kushner ~
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Are your website hits turning into sales?
- by Richard Rigoe
© Richard Rigoe - All Rights reserved
www.TheWebsEye.com
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Copywriting, the art of writing words that make people buy, was recently listed as one of the top ten "hot jobs" in the "new economy".
People pay $100s if not $1,000s for copy that sells. Writing copy that sells is a skill which has to be learned. You need to grab your visitor's attention with the first few words on your website, on your advertising, and in your emails.
If you don't you are losing potential sales.
A few words of killer copy can lead to massive amounts of money. In fact, many people say writing killer copy is the single most valuable money-making skill in the world. It is most certainly true on the internet.
Now YOU too can learn how to write copy that draws your visitors in like a magnet. David Garfinkel is recognized as one of the worlds' best copywriters, if not the best, and he has teamed up with ROIBOT to produce a 12 week interactive multi-media online course called "Killer Copy Tactics."
If you think you could use some help in creating "killer copy", it is worth taking a closer look at what the course has to offer. Click here to find out more!
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Hooooray, the first day of spring yesterday !!!
Have yourself a Super Tuesday!
Mar 20, 2006
Online Copyright Thieves
Welcome to Flo's Business & Fun Blog
Hope your day is starting off beautifully and that you're enjoying this fine day! In today's article is about Busting Online Copyright Thieves... the Internet, email and the Web make it easier than ever to steal someone else's work. With the most basic skills and a few mouse clicks, someone can take your hard work.
Intellectual property and international copyright laws is expensive and, in many cases, hard to enforce. Don't despair You do have options, Jim shares these three steps, read more below...
Daily Thought
"Experience is not what happens to You; it's what You do with what happens to You."
~ Elbert Hubbard ~
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Busting Online Copyright Thieves
- by Jim Edwards
© Jim Edwards - All Rights reserved
www.TheNetReporter.com
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How safe is anyone's copyright online?
Well imagine my surprise when I clicked on a website link to discover that someone had not only copied my website to their server - but was selling my ebook and undercutting me in the process! Some dishonest person operating from Eastern Europe had literally stolen my entire business and I discovered it only by sheer luck.
After some very lengthy and threatening emails I got them shut down, but the question remains, how safe is your copyright online and what can you do to protect it?
Traditionally written works have enjoyed copyright protection not only through the rule of law, but also because of the physical difficulty in stealing another person's work. Let's face it, photocopying a 200 page book rates about as much fun as watching paint dry and at 5 cents a page you're talking a quick ten dollar printing bill.
If you steal someone's book, print up a thousand copies and try to get it onto the local bookstore's shelves, the chances of getting caught rank pretty high.
But the online world has changed those rules and physical safeguards significantly. The Internet, email and the Web make it easier than ever to steal someone else's work. With the most basic skills and a few mouse clicks, someone can take your book, your website, and along with it weeks, months, and even years of your hard work.
Though intellectual property and international copyright laws apply to online works, enforcement of those laws is expensive and, in many cases, hard to enforce.
Well don't despair, you do have options if you find someone has violated your copyright online. Anytime I find someone violating my copyright, which isn't very often, I take these three steps in rapid-fire fashion.
First, make 100% sure the other person realizes they have violated your copyright. You can send them a nice but firm note telling them to stop whatever activity violates your copyright. If that doesn't work move on to step two.
Second, once you know with 100% certainty they understand they have violated your copyright, yet refuse to respond or stop, you need to shut them down by eliminating their ability to do business!
Send them an email with a carbon copy sent to their Internet Service Provider (ISP), their credit card processor, their web hosting company, and even the company that sold them their domain name.
Finally, follow this email up with a hard copy letter to each party sent via registered mail. In the email and letter detail exactly how they have blatantly violated your copyright and you want them to desist immediately.
By taking this approach you can often just bypass the offending party because the companies enabling them to transact business don't want any trouble. If you can show copyright violation they will shut the perpetrator down to avoid getting sued themselves.
Though not foolproof, this strategy can help you when facing down a blatant online copyright violator. Just remember to act quickly, thoroughly and don't hesitate to contact your attorney for advice.
Author's Note: By no means let this article dampen your enthusiasm for operating your business or selling your ebook online!
In my opinion there is no better way to make a living!
Your copyright is basically as safe online as it is offline. However, if a sneak thief entered your home - you'd call the cops. Well, now you know what to do if a sneak thief ever gives you trouble online!
You can also get more information about copyright law by going to http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/
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Jim Edwards is a syndicated newspaper columnist (www.TheNetReporter.com) and is the author of several best-selling ebooks, information products and software programs.
Need MORE TRAFFIC to your website or affiliate links?
"Turn Words Into Traffic" reveals the secrets for driving Thousands of NEW visitors to your website or affiliate links... without spending a dime on advertising!
Click Here> Write Money Making Ezine Articles FAST!
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Have yourself a Super Monday!
Hope your day is starting off beautifully and that you're enjoying this fine day! In today's article is about Busting Online Copyright Thieves... the Internet, email and the Web make it easier than ever to steal someone else's work. With the most basic skills and a few mouse clicks, someone can take your hard work.
Intellectual property and international copyright laws is expensive and, in many cases, hard to enforce. Don't despair You do have options, Jim shares these three steps, read more below...
Daily Thought
"Experience is not what happens to You; it's what You do with what happens to You."
~ Elbert Hubbard ~
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Busting Online Copyright Thieves
- by Jim Edwards
© Jim Edwards - All Rights reserved
www.TheNetReporter.com
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How safe is anyone's copyright online?
Well imagine my surprise when I clicked on a website link to discover that someone had not only copied my website to their server - but was selling my ebook and undercutting me in the process! Some dishonest person operating from Eastern Europe had literally stolen my entire business and I discovered it only by sheer luck.
After some very lengthy and threatening emails I got them shut down, but the question remains, how safe is your copyright online and what can you do to protect it?
Traditionally written works have enjoyed copyright protection not only through the rule of law, but also because of the physical difficulty in stealing another person's work. Let's face it, photocopying a 200 page book rates about as much fun as watching paint dry and at 5 cents a page you're talking a quick ten dollar printing bill.
If you steal someone's book, print up a thousand copies and try to get it onto the local bookstore's shelves, the chances of getting caught rank pretty high.
But the online world has changed those rules and physical safeguards significantly. The Internet, email and the Web make it easier than ever to steal someone else's work. With the most basic skills and a few mouse clicks, someone can take your book, your website, and along with it weeks, months, and even years of your hard work.
Though intellectual property and international copyright laws apply to online works, enforcement of those laws is expensive and, in many cases, hard to enforce.
Well don't despair, you do have options if you find someone has violated your copyright online. Anytime I find someone violating my copyright, which isn't very often, I take these three steps in rapid-fire fashion.
First, make 100% sure the other person realizes they have violated your copyright. You can send them a nice but firm note telling them to stop whatever activity violates your copyright. If that doesn't work move on to step two.
Second, once you know with 100% certainty they understand they have violated your copyright, yet refuse to respond or stop, you need to shut them down by eliminating their ability to do business!
Send them an email with a carbon copy sent to their Internet Service Provider (ISP), their credit card processor, their web hosting company, and even the company that sold them their domain name.
Finally, follow this email up with a hard copy letter to each party sent via registered mail. In the email and letter detail exactly how they have blatantly violated your copyright and you want them to desist immediately.
By taking this approach you can often just bypass the offending party because the companies enabling them to transact business don't want any trouble. If you can show copyright violation they will shut the perpetrator down to avoid getting sued themselves.
Though not foolproof, this strategy can help you when facing down a blatant online copyright violator. Just remember to act quickly, thoroughly and don't hesitate to contact your attorney for advice.
Author's Note: By no means let this article dampen your enthusiasm for operating your business or selling your ebook online!
In my opinion there is no better way to make a living!
Your copyright is basically as safe online as it is offline. However, if a sneak thief entered your home - you'd call the cops. Well, now you know what to do if a sneak thief ever gives you trouble online!
You can also get more information about copyright law by going to http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/
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Jim Edwards is a syndicated newspaper columnist (www.TheNetReporter.com) and is the author of several best-selling ebooks, information products and software programs.
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