tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-173383932009-07-09T04:42:08.712-07:00Building a second income streamBy using Google Adsense and affiliate programs, it is possible to build a second income stream.Matthew O. Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09782540965685467311noreply@blogger.comBlogger372125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17338393.post-834915502177329442009-07-09T04:42:00.001-07:002009-07-09T04:42:02.308-07:00Retirement Is the Perfect Time to Fulfill Your Cherished Dream of Writing Article Presented by: Copyright © 2009 Charles Jacobs The Gallup Survey Organization says 81% of mature adults long to write a book. You're probably one of them. In a poll sponsored by the Eons.com web site, 14,000 Seniors and Boomers chose writing as one of their most cherished life dreams. What's your choice for retirement writing? The novel you've always dreamed of crafting? Perhaps a Matthew O. Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09782540965685467311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17338393.post-16709325234375395602009-07-09T01:36:00.001-07:002009-07-09T01:36:02.728-07:00How to Recognize a Bad SEO Company Article Presented by: Copyright © 2009 Enzo F. Cesario Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is about getting potential customers to visit your website. It is also about building a quality website full of great content. It uses keywords appropriately and gets links "naturally" because people love what you have on your site. SEO companies can provide very useful services including keyword research,Matthew O. Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09782540965685467311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17338393.post-24086718303831652062009-07-08T21:30:00.001-07:002009-07-08T21:30:03.185-07:00Mailers Your Powerful Message For Success Article Presented by: Copyright © 2009 Cathy Q Auto responders are a powerful marketing tool, saving you time and bringing you money. Mailers are one of the ways you can use this tool to its fullest potential. Firstly choose a reliable auto responder and know that not all auto responders are the same. What is a mailer? It is a sequence of messages set up to sell a product or service. They Matthew O. Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09782540965685467311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17338393.post-91171256069999835432009-07-08T11:18:00.001-07:002009-07-08T11:18:02.699-07:00Advertisers and Online Advertising Agencies Article Presented by: Copyright © 2009 Karin Gamble, All Rights Reserved Ten years ago I founded NetMediaReps, Inc., an advertising agency for online companies, specifically online newsletter publishers trying to find advertisers for their publications. My decision to found my own company grew out of my frustration in trying to obtain agency representation for my husband's company. After Matthew O. Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09782540965685467311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17338393.post-42310199858160628542009-07-07T15:48:00.001-07:002009-07-07T15:48:02.640-07:00Article Marketing: A Great Strategy To Promote Your Business Article Presented by: Copyright © 2009 Enzo F. Cesario Promotion is an important part of any business; you need to let potential customers know about you and your product. Article marketing is a strategy that will increase your exposure to the people who will want to buy your product or service. Articles written about your industry will help to establish you, the author, as an expert in your Matthew O. Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09782540965685467311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17338393.post-84726626232228785902009-07-07T09:12:00.001-07:002009-07-07T09:12:02.030-07:00Growing Your Business with Online Marketing Article Presented by: Copyright © 2009 Enzo F. Cesario As a business owner, you know that one of the keys to a successful year is promoting your business. No matter what size your business is, marketing and promotion need to be addressed. Marketing has become a daunting task with the increasing number of online start-up businesses. And now, along with the traditional offline marketing Matthew O. Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09782540965685467311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17338393.post-57154285592249292362009-07-07T06:06:00.001-07:002009-07-07T06:06:03.021-07:00Private Label Rights (PLR) and Spamming Article Presented by: Copyright © 2009 Glenn Heitkoetter PLR is material that the author gives rights to change and/or redistribute the product(s). These can be just about any product. The author can be very strict in one extreme, to all the way the other way to letting you change it completely as you want, give yourself the credit and relink any links to your own site(s). PLR has a bad rap Matthew O. Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09782540965685467311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17338393.post-73390297939928918312009-07-06T22:42:00.001-07:002009-07-06T22:42:01.902-07:00Try This Cost-Free Way To Roam The Globe And Write About It Article Presented by: Copyright © 2009 Charles Jacobs Ah, joy. The cushy life of a travel writer. Off to glamorous places. Air fare paid. No cost for accommodations. Treated royally. Paid handsomely for all this "suffering." That's the dream, but unfortunately, it's a bit of a misconception as well. But that shouldn't stop you. Travel is a major activity for most Americans, and writing Matthew O. Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09782540965685467311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17338393.post-39735448243060928362009-07-06T07:30:00.001-07:002009-07-06T07:30:03.651-07:00Why You Don't Have a Business if You Don't Have Products Article Presented by: Copyright © 2009 Judy Murdoch I hope the article heading got your attention. When a mentor said this to me a couple years ago he got my attention: I felt angry and insulted! Actually what he said was this: "Until you have products you what I consider a have a successful practice...nothing wrong with a successful practice...but you do not have a business." I argued, "Matthew O. Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09782540965685467311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17338393.post-34452545662016685882009-07-03T23:18:00.001-07:002009-07-03T23:18:01.932-07:00The Mystique of Numbers in Company Names Article Presented by: Copyright © 2009 Marcia Yudkin While visiting the House of the Seven Gables in Salem, Massachusetts two weeks ago, made famous in the 1851 book by Nathaniel Hawthorne, I mentally tried out other numbers to see if they would sound as spooky and portentous. To my ear, House of the Five Gables sounds all too ordinary, while House of the Eight Gables lacks anything that Matthew O. Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09782540965685467311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17338393.post-85695607717358680042009-07-02T07:12:00.001-07:002009-07-02T07:12:02.221-07:00Improved Website Sales Conversion Is The Best Answer Article Presented by: Copyright © 2008-2009 Bret Plummer When I first started learning how to make money online, I read that "content is king." Well, I am here to tell you that "content is not king." It is an illusion (a mirage) that traps many online business owners in the quick sand of failure. "Content for the sake of content" is pointless. Now, don't get me wrong here. Content is a Matthew O. Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09782540965685467311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17338393.post-27381064131612412592009-07-02T06:30:00.001-07:002009-07-02T06:30:03.283-07:00For Word of Mouth Marketing, Make Sure Your New Company Name is Sayable Article Presented by: Copyright © 2009 Marcia Yudkin Take it from someone who often has to rescue someone from mispronunciation or suffer silently when someone reads my last name out loud for the first time: There is huge value in having a name that people can look at and have no doubt about how to pronounce. That's why I shook my head sadly when I saw the following line in a magazine ad: "Matthew O. Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09782540965685467311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17338393.post-77126370982015838572009-07-01T13:12:00.001-07:002009-07-01T13:12:02.663-07:005 Reasons Why Most Internet Marketers Fail Article Presented by: Copyright © 2009 Titus Hoskins When it comes to starting any endeavor, whether it be learning a new hobby or starting an online business, we all have to start at ground zero. We all have to start at the very beginning from the very same place. Granted, we each bring different skills and backgrounds into the mix, but for the most part we are all on equal footing at the Matthew O. Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09782540965685467311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17338393.post-66498416350683641812009-06-30T15:00:00.001-07:002009-06-30T15:00:04.185-07:00Supercharge Your Internet Marketing Using the Improved Google Keyword Tool Article Presented by: Copyright © 2009 Paul Marshall As an Internet Marketing Consultant, I know that whether using pay-per-click (PPC) or organic search engine optimization (SEO), the process begins with our research keyword. This is true whether you're doing your work yourself or working with an SEO Consultant. The search engine ranking for our chosen keywords consumes us, causing ecstasyMatthew O. Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09782540965685467311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17338393.post-21849425939703477402009-06-03T17:48:00.001-07:002009-06-03T17:48:03.068-07:00How Any Internet Marketer Can Make 10,000 NEXT Weekend Article Presented by: Copyright © 2009 Willie Crawford Lately, I hear from a LOT of struggling internet marketers. Many of them are worried about paying next month's rent, or having their electricity turned off. In other words, I hear from a lot of internet marketers "with their backs against the wall." The sad part is that if they've studied internet marketing for a year or so, this is Matthew O. Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09782540965685467311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17338393.post-71996831292154524402009-06-03T10:36:00.001-07:002009-06-03T10:36:13.145-07:00When (and When NOT) to Charge for Your Info Products Article Presented by: Copyright © 2009 Judy Murdoch One of my clients recently asked me whether she should charge for a series of tip sheets she created for families traveling with young children. Great question. There's quite a bit of confusion around whether you should sell or give away your information products. About half the advice I hear favors giving information away for free. The Matthew O. Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09782540965685467311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17338393.post-52404185274020112992009-06-01T12:09:00.000-07:002009-06-01T12:09:24.929-07:0026 Sites That Pay You to Blog | How-To26 Sites That Pay You to Blog | How-To: "Writing paid post is perhaps the most straight forward ways to earn some revenue from blogging. The way pay post works hasn’t changed much; after reaching mutual agreement with advertisers, you write about them, they pay you. And if there is a 3rd party (middle man company) involve, they take cut. Most middle man company provides marketplace for Matthew O. Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09782540965685467311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17338393.post-27584565219447719292009-05-31T16:00:00.001-07:002009-05-31T16:00:05.113-07:00Buying Expired Domains Tips - The Issue of PageRank Article Presented by: Copyright © 2009 John Khu Every webmaster tries hard to promote web site on to the top most pages of Google search engine. All of us understand that Google has a system called Google PageRanking that allows it to index web sites on search engine pages. With this system, Google also decides how popular your web page is among search engine users. Higher PageRank means thatMatthew O. Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09782540965685467311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17338393.post-21502813314553516092009-05-27T20:36:00.001-07:002009-05-27T20:36:03.245-07:00List Building - 10 Super Fast Ways To Build Your Opt-in List Article Presented by: Copyright © 2009 Titus Hoskins Keywords are ground zero. They are essential to your online success. You must get your keywords right or it's game over before you even get started. Mainly because keywords are the most important element of your online marketing. It can't be emphasized enough, especially to beginning online webmasters or marketers, choosing the right Matthew O. Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09782540965685467311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17338393.post-13704038796139859342009-05-25T09:45:00.001-07:002009-05-25T09:45:02.696-07:00Why Most Affiliate Marketers Fail Article Presented by: Copyright © 2009 Willie Crawford Many people coming online and deciding to sell affiliate products never sell a single product. The reason is glaringly obvious, and it's not the unfortunate affiliate marketer's fault. Think about any job that you've ever held in the offline world. What happened? You were hired and told when to report for work. When you showed up for Matthew O. Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09782540965685467311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17338393.post-59673255151835564062009-05-24T00:27:00.001-07:002009-05-24T00:27:01.912-07:00Online Branding - the Basics Article Presented by: Copyright © 2009 Enzo F. Cesario The term "brand" has been around for many years and can be used to refer to a company name, a product name, an advertising campaign or a logo. Branding is used to create an emotional attachment to a product or company. It can also create a sense of perceived higher quality or value. In internet marketing, branding is more than logos and Matthew O. Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09782540965685467311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17338393.post-39551813233189143562009-05-17T12:27:00.001-07:002009-05-17T12:27:02.199-07:00Expired Domains - Opportunities to Make Decent Money in the Gloom of Global Recession Article Presented by: Copyright © 2009 John Khu Expired domain name industry may watch a positive trend in the year 2009. Due to halting global economic indicators and drastic job losses, experts believe that online business trend may also see a steep decline vis-a-vis small and medium businesses operating out of borrowed capital. There are possibilities that a number of domains connected to Matthew O. Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09782540965685467311noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17338393.post-59793466862809713182009-05-17T09:45:00.001-07:002009-05-17T09:45:04.105-07:00How Can I Take Advantage of Breaking News? Publicity Dilemma 9 Article Presented by: Copyright © 2009 Marcia Yudkin If a news story breaks that relates to the services or products you sell, become alert, find an interesting way to make the connection, and take action as soon as possible. This is one of the fastest and cheapest ways to earn media coverage that captures attention in the marketplace. The news you use as a hook might be front-page stuff or Matthew O. Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09782540965685467311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17338393.post-18500601351548124582009-05-17T06:18:00.001-07:002009-05-17T06:18:02.069-07:00Buying Expired Domain Names - Some Simple Suggestions Article Presented by: Copyright © 2009 John Khu Hundreds of expired domain traders buy a number of expired domain names, sell them to the highest bidder or flip them into useful web sites to make more money and profit. However, most of them commit a number of mistakes and blunders in the process, which could be due to a number of reasons and factors. Here are some simple suggestions and tips Matthew O. Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09782540965685467311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17338393.post-30176683992344007482009-05-17T02:54:00.001-07:002009-05-17T02:54:02.736-07:00Will Global Financial Crisis Result in Benefits to Expired Domain Market? Article Presented by: Copyright © 2009 John Khu The year 2009 seems to be a year of uncertainties and imponderables. Now that this year is in front of us, most people are under tremendous tension and stress with looming job losses and depreciation of cash assets. With so much doubts lingering about their abilities to make a decent living, people may start looking for alternative sources of Matthew O. Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09782540965685467311noreply@blogger.com0