Internet Guru’s and What They Do

Internet guru’s are a dime a dozen these days. I know because I think I must be on all of their email lists. What can I say, I’m a glutton. I think at the beginning I thought I might miss something big but I found out that the truth of the matter is that with the exception of a “very outstanding” few many of them don’t really have that much to offer.

But they do make noise. One “guru” in particular seems to make a lot of noise. I get emails from this guy all the time and I must admit that at first I was intrigued.

So intrigued in fact that I checked him out.

Turns out this guy has had great success! He’s had great success in selling to just one crowd, the Internet Marketing crowd. But he teaches about niche marketing and having success with many different crowds.

And unfortunately, he hasn’t had any success in any other niche.

He’s asking for my money to teach me something that he has never experienced so how does he know??
(geez, if he just learned it from someone else who “actually did it” then maybe I would rather learn from someone who “actually did it” too!!)

He’s had success at being an “Internet Guru” but he hasn’t had any success at marketing on the Internet to the average person.

Now I have heard that the Internet Marketing crowd is a hungry bunch. Heck, I’ve been part of that bunch and I know that I’ve been hungry at times….

but the fact is that I don’t want to learn about Internet marketing from someone who has never marketed on the Internet!!

Don’t say to me “Do as I say not as I do”.

I’m saying to you “Do what you say you Do!!”

And that’s what I think about that!

P.S. The Internet Marketer I spoke of has never earned any of my money…I hope he hasn’t taken any of yours either!

Remember This About SEO

What do you do when you are looking for something specific online?

Of course, you do what everybody does! You put a search into a search engine and see what shows up.

That is why Search Engine Optimization can be such a successful strategy for Internet marketers. If you can improve the volume and quality of traffic to your website from “natural” or “organic” search engine results you are much more likely to find success than from any other strategy. Online traffic is King. Big traffic, big sales. No traffic, no sales.

There are many SEO techniques and tips that can help you please the search engine but it may help to remember who your real customer is.

A problem that often happens when webmasters try to optimize for search engines is that they write for the search engine and they forget that search engines don’t actually read…people read. So even as we are thinking about optimizing our sites for the search engines we need to remember that the real customer, the real reader, and the really important factor that we need to write for, focus on and ultimately please is the people.

Back at the turn of the century (that would be around the year 2000 to 2001) there was a so-called “guru” who claimed to have all the answers when it came to optimizing for the search engines. His theory was something like this. Start with “keywords” and work on “keyword density”. Make your article exactly 4 paragraphs long and make sure that your keyword shows up exactly 4 times in every paragraph.

Well, I think it actually worked for awhile but not for long. Thankfully, the algorythms changed. The problem is that nobody wants to read something that is so contrived. Real people are reading your site and if you do happen to show up on top of the search engines but your site is total crap it still means “No Sales”.

So there is much more to it than keyword density but I will have to save the details for a later post (or posts).

Remember the real customer is not a search engine but a human being. Treat your website accordingly.

Make Money Blog

Blog - a shortened term for web log.

Not too long ago the word didn’t even exist. Now blogs are everywhere, a force to be reckoned with. There are online diaries, political discussions, personal blogs, family blogs, corporate blogs, question blogs….in short, anything that anyone would like to discuss can be blogged about.

And that gives all of us a great opportunity if we know how to promote our blogs. If you are an affiliate marketer who wants to advertise via blogs, or if you are a writer who gets paid to blog for a specific company or firm, or if you are just an individual looking for your fame and fortune through the medium of blogging (think Perez Hilton) then here are some tips to help you navigate through the process of promoting your blog.

1. First off, I’ll start with the obvious. Because we all know that what is obvious is not always obvious ;).
Write on your Blog.
Post on your Blog.
Pay attention to your Blog.
Frequently.
Or at least develop a plan for posting frequency. Some bloggers post new posts multiple times a day and some bloggers post once a week or so.
It does not matter how often you post as much as it matters that you do post.
There is no way a blog can grow if there are no new posts for months at a time.
(see, I told you it was obvious!)

2. Subscribe to RSS feeds. RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication. RSS allows the people who like your blog to get automatic updates and to stay informed about the latest posts on your blog.

3. Take advantage of Blog directories. These sites can help increase your page ranking because your blog is tagged with other relevant blogs on a certain search result. Some of the well established blog directories on the web that you should check out are Blogopedia and BlogCatalog.

4. Take advantage of social bookmarking. There are many, many sites available to help you get more traffic for your blog. Stumbleupon, Digg, de.li.cious, Mixx, Propeller, Kirtsy, and more. Take a look around you’ll find the ones that will work for your blog.

5. Use SEO strategies. Bottom line is that one of the best ways to get traffic to your site is by targeting the traffic from search engines. Learn what you can about SEO and apply it. It will pay off in increased traffic.

6. Use video. Make a video about your blog and put in on Youtube. You’ll have fun and you might just get more people interested in reading what you have to say on your blog. Everybody enjoys putting a face on the information they receive.

7. Get involved with the blogging community. People in the blogging community tend to work together so get involved. Read other blogs and post comments and if you find something great on another blog put a link back to it on your blog. Submit your work to Blog carnivals. You can also join discussion groups and forums. Put links to your favorite blogs on a blogroll. Make friends out there in the blogosphere. You’ll enjoy it and it will help you build your own blog.

And of course, this list is not all inclusive. There are a number of things you can do to promote your blog. Guest postings, contests, participating or implementing tagging games among other bloggers…there are a million creative things you can do to promote your blog.

The main thing is to remember to have fun, remember your purpose in blogging and enjoy the journey!

Make Money Being Online

Do you remember the beginning days of the Internet and email? Back then it was fun and exciting to have new messages. Remember “you’ve got mail”?

Things have sure changed since then. Just today in my inbox I received about 300 emails. I would guess that no less than half were about enlarging a body part that I don’t even have. Another quarter of them were about buying drugs in Canada, getting a college degree in a matter of days, some porno films that I can pick up for free, and then perhaps a few about some bank accounts that I must have acquired somehow at some banks I have never heard of. I just need to put in all my information to verify and then they will know how they can take advantage of me. Easy. Not legal, not ethical, but they must be making money.

I suspect that they must all be making money, the body part enlargers, the pharmacies, the college diploma mills, they must all be making money or why would they be so persistent in sending out all those emails?

The Internet has been a boon for entrepreneurs. There are millions of ways to make money online and most don’t even involve spam. Most are legal and most are ethical. Think about it. The world is your market.

My husband and I have worked exclusively in Internet marketing for the past 7 years. It can be done. If you are looking for an opportunity, if you want to make some extra money, if you want to work from home, put your name and email in over there at the side. You’ll get our exclusive “ewealthcode” that will give you some great tips and you just might find a way to “make money being online”!

Work At Home Jobs & No Regrets

“Whatever you do, or dream you can, begin it.
Boldness has genius and power and magic in it.”

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
1749-1832

Twenty years ago I had a very regular job. You know the kind. Get to work at 7:45, break at 10:15, 45 minutes for lunch at 12:00, another break at 2:15 and off at 4:30. I had all the “stuff” that comes with a regular job but I was missing that ‘satisfaction” part. I wanted to create my own life, make my own way, work when and how I wanted, and be my own boss.

So I left. Twenty years later I have no regrets. Sure, the self-employment thing hasn’t always been easy. There have been ups and there have been downs. I’ve lived through abundant times and I’ve lived through lean times.

But I still have no regrets.

Right before I left my “traditional job” I was talking to an older gentleman that worked with me. He was getting close to retirement age and he had worked there for I’m guessing 30 years or more. He told me that he envied me that I was leaving and going out on my own. He said that he wished he would have dared do that when he was younger. He said that he regretted never trying to do the things that he had thought of doing and now he felt like he was “too old”. His story touched me.

I knew that I would rather try and fail than never try at all.

If you try and fail you can always try again (and again and again if necessary) but if you never try at all you may look back with regrets and say …..

“I wish I would have….”
“I wish I could have…”

One thing I’ve learned in life is that it is never the things that you try to do that you regret, even if you fail but rather the things that you regret are the things you never try at all.

You have a perfect opportunity right now to make your own way (and a ton of money, too) on the Internet.

Do you dare try?

Your Business Can Be My Internet Business

Many people dream of getting out of the rat race, of creating abundance and freedom and really having the life of their dreams. Many people long for the freedom that having their own business and creating their own life will bring them.

But how many actually do it?

There are a millions of excuses, millions of reasons why this won’t work, or they can’t try that, just as there are millions of people who dream of getting more out of life.

Are you the type who goes for your dreams or are you the type who is content to sit on the sidelines of life?

We live in one of the most abundant times in all of history. There is more opportunities to make money and live your dreams than ever before. You can choose to believe that or not. The believing or not is your choice but the fact of the matter is that there are more millionaires in the world today than ever before. We have information and resources literally at our fingertips. We can create whatever we want in our lives as everything we need is out there. We just need to step up and start using what is available for us.

There are many people out there that are making a great living by marketing on the Internet. The Internet offers us opportunities that we never seen in the past. Many Internet marketers started way back at the beginning. They learned the new rules and they learned what it takes, they learned about the massive and quick changes that are just a part of the new medium and most importantly for their own dreams of success, they learned to make money.

But what if you don’t have that knowledge yet? Is there a chance for you?

Well, the fact of the matter is that there is a wonderful opportunity for people who are willing to take a chance on life, to learn and work and actually take responsibility for creating the life of their dreams. If you are ready to grab hold of the dreams that you have, there is a wonderful opportunity for you out there right now. It’s called “My Internet Business” and it offers a real turnkey system that can teach you how you can market on the Internet and create your own life of freedom, abundance and prosperity.

It was launched in early April 2008 and it was started by Darren Gaudry, the man who was the brains behind the massively successful “Passport to Wealth”. It is set up on a different system than Passport to Wealth and it may appeal to a different mindset than Passport to Wealth. While Passport is a true 2 up system, My Internet Business is set up on a two tier Multi level marketing plan. In other words, you help others succeed and you are rewarded in return.

If you dream of a better life, of creating abundance and freedom, if you still dream of creating the life that you know in your heart can be yours, My Internet Business may be the opportunity for you.

My Internet Business-the Opportunity

The most highly anticipated business of 2008 has now launched. “My Internet Business” is the brainchild of Darren Gaudry, who is the entrepreneur who brought us very powerful Passport to Wealth and Rob Hannley, a very successful entrepreneur in his own right. The goal of “My Internet Business” is to make Internet millionaires of as many people as possible by offering a lucrative business opportunity combined with extensive training to assist the entrepreneurs who are willing to do what it takes to succeed.

“My Internet Business” promises to become one of the top business opportunities on the Internet and the Number One choice for those looking to start a home business.
“My Internet Business” will appeal to beginning Internet entrepreneurs and seasoned marketers alike. My Internet Business is the Ultimate home business solution as it has been developed for entrepreneurs with all levels of experience.

“My Internet Business” offers
* A Turnkey Marketing System- You will have Professional Lead Capture Pages, Automated Follow-ups, A Video Guided Tour Website and an advanced Sales Center. The steps to success are provided for you.

* Proprietary products that are not available anywhere else, including a travel club and offline products as well as online products.

* Professional Business Sales Assistants that will close the sales for you. You do the marketing. You can delegate the selling to a professional or you can do it yourself.

* Affordable Start-up Fees as well as high commission top tier levels

* Residual Income from personally sponsored members sales for as long as they are part of My Internet Business.

* Professionally Managed Marketing Co-ops that will bring massive amounts of traffic to your own personal My Internet Business website

* Advanced Company Training to help you learn how to market your business and create the success you are looking for, including comprehensive and accessible video training ranging from the basic tasks of forwarding a domain to the latest and most advanced marketing methods on the web.

As with every truly great opportunity the ones who join at the beginning will be the ones who will enjoy the most success and of course, profit. The Time is now. For more information on getting involved with this awesome and potentially life-changing opportunity, Check out www.ewealthcode.com .

Key Strategies of Internet Marketing

The Internet has changed the way we do business. Many of us now do quite a bit of our shopping online. It’s easy. It’s fun. It’s convenient.

And it is a potential dream come true for the entrepreneur. There is such a wide variety of ways to market online and your market has become the entire world. The potential is there. But can you implement a plan to really make money? With all of the options it’s the implementation that causes the problems.

In order to develop a successful Internet marketing strategy, you need to create and implement a plan that includes a good product or service, a specifically designed website to sell your product or service and of course, a great marketing strategy.

Do you have an idea for a product or service you can sell? Can you make a unique selling proposition that will draw in customers? Do you want to create a product on your own? Do you have the skills and abilities to do so? Do you have the capital to invest in your new product?

These are the challenges that you will face before you even get to the point where you are building a website. If you can welcome those challenges with enthusiasm and energy because you have the ideas and the resources to do so then you have an amazing advantage. The world is your market. The Internet is an awesome marketing medium to reach your market. Go for it.

But what if you don’t really have the next million dollar idea just waiting around to implement it? What if you really don’t have an idea for a unique product or service but you would still like to take advantage of an online business opportunity? Is there a chance that you too, could make a fortune online?

Well, just like with brick and mortar businesses there are ready-made Internet businesses out there. There are opportunities and businesses that are already set up for you. The product is provided. The opportunity is there. You just need to put the marketing machine behind it. Learn about the Internet. Study marketing. Learn how you can get a steady stream of traffic. Then do your research, find a ready-made business model that will fit into your life and you can create the Success you deserve.

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