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PostieCon 2007 is Coming 2007-03-13 06:18:00 I've spent many a day now, writing what is on my mind and sharing my findings and knowledge with the small business, drop shipping and affiliate marketing world through my blog. Mind you, I'm far from an expert, but I do have experience to share. All bloggers have something to bring to the table. Well, how about all those bloggers gather at one place at one time and put their heads together? That's the brainchild of PayPerPost.A great blog conference is on the way. Beginning May 31st in Orland, PayPerPost is proud to host this event called PostieCon
2007, bringing in some of the top bloggers from around the globe. People such as Robert Scoble, David Ponce, Michelle Madhok and others will be on-hand to teach and instruct attending bloggers on the best ways to attract and keep visitors and to monetize your blog for optimum results.The theme for this year is "You Are A Rock Star," encouraging bloggers to perform to the best of their abilities and shoot for top performance. There is so
One Widget To Promote Them All 2007-03-13 00:16:00 I found this little social bookmarking widget today and fell in love with it. Social bookmarking sites are the cat's meow when it comes to marketing and promoting your small business web site, among other things. This is the joy of viral marketing.Pick this widget up at http://buttonr.com/ and install it on your sites and blogs. Get that great boost in traffic and exposure that we all can use.Here's to your success!Tony Read more:Promote
Protect Your Home Investment 2007-03-12 22:02:00 As long as I'm on the subject of large business investments, protecting that investment is something that should not be overlooked. ASDA Financial Services, part of the Walmart family, provides good and inexpensive home insurance. If you're going to purchase something as high-valued as a piece of property, you want to ensure that should anything happen, you have yourself covered.To find out more, visit http://www.asdafinance.com/home-insurance.htmlHere's to your success!Tony Read more:Protect
How To Make A RSS Feed 2007-03-12 20:14:00 Everyone uses to them to get their daily dose of news and information, but have you ever thought of making your own RSS feed to broadcast your web site and business news to the masses. Like anything else, there is a learning curve to overcome, but once you begin to understand what makes up a feed a bit better, you should be good to go on your own.So, if you think that you have something to say to the world and that they will love all over your business as a result of your expertise, learn how to make your very own RSS feed at http://searchenginewatch.com/showPage.html?page=2175271Here's to your success!Tony Read more:RSS Feed
Give A Gift That Counts 2007-03-12 17:43:00 I love giving gifts, especially when I know that it will help the gift-ee somehow. Frivolous gifts have never been my cup of tea. I like them to matter and help the other person. A good birthday gift can mean a lot, so make it count. Some new cell phone accessories, a great new briefcase, office supplies and things like that.If you're located in the UK, United Kingdom Gifts is the ultimate resource for birthday gifts. You can find just about anything there from a large number of great suppliers. Some will even ship to the US, if you or the birthday boy or girl is right here in the States. Hop on over if it's that time of the year for someone and pick them up something special to make their day.Here's to your success!Tony Read more:Counts
Needing Great Content For Your Web Site 2007-03-12 17:30:00 As you build, sometimes great content doesn't come as easily as it did when you first started. You need to have some good resources at hand to help you out and possibly give you that edge you need.Here is a terrific article from SitePro News that has a number of terrific places to go and get the content you need. Find all the information at http://www.sitepronews.com/archives/2006/july/31.htmlHere's to your success!Tony Read more:Needing
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Want A Great Travel Investment? 2007-03-12 17:24:00 Looking for extra streams of income can prove as big as real estate investment. A place where vacationers flock to and you can rake in the proceeds of the money you've put in. Such is the Sky Beach Club on Eleuthera Island. This Caribbean paradise is drawing vacationers and travelers from all over the world.The real estate community boasts privacy and beauty that is a tourist and investor's dream. For the ultimate Caribbean investment opportunity, visit http://www.skybeachclub.comHere's to your investing success!Tony Read more:Great
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Business People Unite! Take A Nap! 2007-03-12 16:36:00 According to a new web site, Napping.com, they are pushing to have March 12th, the day after daylight savings time, declared as National Nap Day. Now, joke or not, goofy or not, I know what a good power nap of around 15 minutes in the middle of a busy workday can do for me. I wake up feeling refreshed and ready to take on the rest of the afternoon.What do you think? Find out more information at http://www.napping.comHere's to your success!Tony Read more:Business
Big Love For Technorati 2007-03-13 19:12:00 Whatever you do when surfing through the social networking scene, do not pass up adding you blog and business information to Technorati
. With a solid Google Page Rank of 8, it's a place you want to hang your hat.Claim your blog at TechnoratiTechnorati ProfileHere's to your success!Tony Read more:Big Love
Blogging List Galore! 2007-03-13 18:57:00 I found a list of resources and information that will keep the serious blogger busy for a long time. This list is solid gold and will cover everything for blogging for money, getting solid traffic and Page Rank, keeping your readers coming back and much more. Bookmark this puppy. You'll be returning to it time and time again.Find it at http://inkthinker.blogspot.com/2007/02/tips-for-bloggers-lots-of-links.htmlHere's to your blogging success!Tony Read more:Blogging
Savings Online 2007-03-13 18:42:00 The online banking industry is growing by leaps and bounds. So much overhead costing the brick and mortars are being passed on to the consumer with online banking.You can Compare online banking, find a savings account or checking account and earn more interest today with Savings
Accounts.com. Finding and comparing the banks that will give you the highest returns is what they are in the business of doing. When you're not making the cash, you want a great place to stash it away and give you a little in return for working with them. Such is the competition in online banking and SavingsAccount.com can help you.Here's to your success!Tony
Don't Miss Your Appointments 2007-03-13 18:26:00 If you haven't found and signed up for Google Calendar yet, this is definitely something that would be worth your time. Keep an up-to-date calendar on the Web, access it anywhere, and never miss another appointment. Whatever you choose to pencil in so that you don't forget, go for it. Get instant alerts when it's time for that all important date. Always stay in the know with what's going on with your daily, weekly, monthly and yearly schedule. Send your events to other people or share them with world.Google continues to turn out more and more useful stuff to help the small business world. Most of it is free, such as Calendar, and it's all very well done.Sign up today for Google CalendarHere's to your success!Tony
More Making Money Online 2007-03-13 18:02:00 While perusing the Web this morning, I came across a great blog to further help you make money online. It's called DoshDosh and is definitely bookmark worthy.Covering important subjects such as blogging for money, making an income from purchasing domains, social networking, how to make money online and work from home and so much more, I'll be hitting this up on a daily basis. I think Google Reader is a nice spot to keep me updated via their RSS feed. Now, it may seem strange to review and promote a blog that is a direct competitor to mine, but I don't have that much of an ego to bruise and I figure that we're all in this together, attempting to make the almighty buck. There is certainly a lot of great info that I'll be gleaning from this blog. At the same time, I want to direct you to great resources and DoshDosh ranks up there with the best.You're sure to find a whole lotta learning here. I know that I will. Find them at http://www.doshdosh.comHere's to your success!Tony Read more:Money
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Give Something Back 2007-03-13 17:03:00 Making a lot of money from your business is awesome. A better lifestyle tends to follow the increase in income. Nothing wrong with that at all. But, while you're pulling in the big bucks, it is equally important to give back. There is something wonderfully fulfilling in having the resources to help others that are less fortunate or in need. It's important for them and for you.There is a web site called "FirstGiving," that allows you to create your own fundraising page and promote it through your blogs, web sites, word of mouth, email or whatever. You can choose your charity or cause, create your page and start promoting. My particular page is for Children's Hospital of Seattle at http://www.firstgiving.com/childrenshospWhen he was younger, my son had an accident and broke his femur. Lucky thing because x-rays revealed a tumor. He had to have an operation and be in a cast that went from his waist clear down to his ankle. He was in bed for an entire year. He's just fine now. Children
More Fun Stuff For Thursday: RC Cars 2007-03-15 16:31:00 I love watching RC cars and other remote control cars. They are so cool. I have a of couple friends from church who race them and enjoy taking their kids out to the parks to have some fun. These little things can really get some speed!Have you ever had any experience playing around with RC cars and trucks? It's a great hobby from what I understand while talking to my friends. I know that a gentleman named Lee Brain has created a nice, solid web site for the RC hobbiest at http://www.everything-rc-cars.comI took a look myself and this will keep you busy for quite some time. Covering RC Cars, RC Nitro Cars, RC Trucks, Electric RC Cars, Traxxas, HPI Racing and everything in between, the site offers reviews, comparisons, videos, pictures, FAQs, tips and hundreds of articles to help beginner RC enthusiasts get into the RC world. They have a informative blog that's updated daily that you may want to subscribe to in order to stay up to date.Have fun with this. People need hobbies and this i Read more:Thursday
More Free Advertising For Your Blog or Web Site 2007-03-15 16:25:00 I already have discussed the ease and wisdom of using craigslist.org to generate traffic for your web site, blog, products, event or whatever. I found another for you.Over at http://epage.com, you can post classified ads for free, just as you would in the newspaper. They do have many paid options to get you in front of more eyes and display that ad prominently, but those are optional. Remember though, you get what you pay for and you need to spend a bit to make a bit. Nonetheless, it's a site worth a bookmark and something I believe that we will both use often.Here's to your success!Tony Read more:Advertising
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Funny Stuff To Keep The Boredom Away 2007-03-15 16:17:00 It seems like Thursdays are typically slow. Nothing seems to happen, business-wise or money-wise. I'm not sure why that is, it just is. Oh, well. There are times that this happens when I just take a break and go through some of my sillier sites on the Web.A few of my favorites is Compused.com, Ebaum's World, Funny
Pop.com, which has some funny stuff, GKKO.com, and I love watching some of the goofier videos on YouTube and LiveVideo. As a businessman, sometimes checking out these things even stirs ideas. Of course, I'm always thinking in everything I do, "how can I use this to help my business." You'd be surprised at some of the things that have come to me.Anyway, I don't know if Thursdays are the same for you, but you may want to check out some of the goofy sites for a good giggle.Here's to your success!Tony Read more:Boredom
Free Fonts 2007-03-15 15:46:00 I love collecting cool fonts to use in my graphics. I very rarely will even attempt to use anything but the standards on a web site like Times New Roman, Arial and Verdana, simply because most people will not have the ones you are using and it will not look as you want to them. Also, those standards are the most easily read online and you want the site nice and legible. But, graphics, yup. I really like experimenting.Anyway, I discovered a great site for free fonts that you may want to take a look at and bookmark.Download Free Fonts
and Dingbats | Urbanfonts.com
Credit: Use It Wisely 2007-03-15 06:40:00 When you've got a small business just started, I know how tempting it is to want everything for it now. Anxiety tends to set in when you're taking it slow. Money is always going to be the main thing that your thoughts are going to wrap around. If you don't have the cash flow on hand, you're only other alternatives are to wait or turn to credit.Credit cards can be a blessing or a curse, depending on how we use them. You want to make sure that they are used wisely and also that you're getting the best deal going on such things as balance transfers and 0% credit cards. One of the smartest things that you can do to start with is to look around and compare credit cards. Are you getting the best interest rate and are there any hidden fees? Things like that.Ending up in the red and deep in dept is never a good way to run a business. Watch your balance, don't over-extend yourself and try to pay over the minimum fee to avoid interest charges. I try to find credit cards with 0% interest fo
Another Indentity Theft Problem 2007-03-15 01:57:00 Man, bad guys never seem to run out of ways to harm people. The latest way of stealing your identity was reported on this afternoon's news.It seems that every larger scale copy machine has a buffer that runs into a sort of hard drive (I may not have the terms right, so bear with me). When a copy is made, the copier hold the memory of that data in a buffer. Anyway, thieves are breaking into these machines and getting the copy information off of them, looking for such things as social security numbers, driver's license numbers and other private information.The news warned to be wary of using places like Kinkos, Staples and other large copy businesses for any copies of very private information. You never know. I can imagine this will cut into their business unless they take some sort of measures to ensure their customer's safety.There's a lot of people out there who just have to ruin it for everyone. Pretty sad.Here's to your success!Tony Read more:Problem
Build Your Business Smarter 2007-03-14 20:51:00 With some work and know-how, anyone can build a web site that looks nice and can potentially outshine some of the top dogs out there. The trouble is, unless someone knows it's there, it's like building a Walmart Superstore in the middle of the Mohave Desert. No traffic. Online business, unlike brick and mortars, are all about information, information, information. There is no foot traffic.IOM, Intelligence Online Marketing, is a newer company wanting to help you generate that vital traffic to your web site. Starting with an analysis of your site, they will work their way through organic & PPC keywords, referral sites, offline advertising and more. They can help with keyword research and implementation, ensuring that your project is search engine ready. They will aid you in SEO, PPC campaigns and all the things necessary to get your site in front of the eyes you want. They even go as far as to offer virtual schooling on analytics, SEO, PPC and more. Knowledge is power and it seems Read more:Build
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Be Open To Adsense Alternatives 2007-03-14 20:15:00 I found a great article on Google Adsense
alternatives that you may want to take a look at. I haven't experimented with any of them, but I'm sure I will soon.The reason that you may want to consider them as a possibility to add to your income is that you never know what wild hair someone at Google may get one day and you find yourself blocked. Believe me, I've heard horror stories. It does happen. You definitely do not want to be without a backup. Watching one source of revenue take a nosedive down to zero does not make for a good day. Since Google is now allowing other ads to be placed with their own, there is no reason not to at least take a think about some of the others.Always, always, always make sure you are working with several streams of income.Here's to your success!Tony Read more:Alternatives
Visual Communication - Step Up To A New Level 2007-03-14 20:10:00 I used to work a contract over at Boeing and have attended a number of their meetings. Believe me when I say, it could put a lion comatose. It was primarily death by view foil. Nothing but someone up front droning on and on, reading from a pre-written script. It was truly mundane and boring.Communication needn't be like that. Most people are very visual and learn better when watching a demonstration or viewing a how-to video. The people over at Reflex Limited know better. They started in 183, dealing in flat screen TV's, projectors, video and audio conferencing and more and touting big name manufacturers such as Sony, Sharp, Panasonic, Sanyo and many others, they want to make sure that you have what you need to effectively communicate your message to either a boardroom or the masses. They are happy to install the equipment to meet your needs. Boasting competitive prices and in-the-know professionals to guide you, they can do the job and will back it up. In fact, hop over to their web Read more:Visual
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Take Time Out To Play 2007-03-14 19:56:00 Business is business and sometimes it can take a toll on your day. Time to take a break. Put away the papers, close all the business programs and fire up a good game. Over at Cafe.com they offer you much more than casual gameplay with their selection of online games. They give you the chance to socialize and make some friends (or contacts).Here's the straight stuff ----*************************************************Press Release:Boonty Announces Cafe.com, the First Social Casual Game Platform Dedicated to Free-to-Play Casual Games. New York, NY - February 5th, 2007 - Boonty Announces Cafe.com, the First Social Casual Game Platform Dedicated to Free-to-Play Casual Games. Cafe.com targets the everyday social casual gamer – including males and females of all ages – with free games and free personalized avatars designed for social interaction Cafe.com’s gold coin microtransaction economy provides for community and socialization features, game enhancements, marketing opportunities,
In Need Of A Business Vehicle? 2007-03-16 20:44:00 A boss that I worked for long ago, although his company's revenue was less than stellar, drove around in a BMW. I asked him about it once. Why didn't he drive something less fancy and save the money? He told he that he wanted to present himself to the customers as someone who had a company that was prospering and could help them with what they needed. Now, I don't know about that reasoning, but I do believe in driving a nice enough car to get you from A to B with a bit of comfort on top of it.If you're searching for such a vehicle and maybe more, you should give LemonFree.com a try. They deal in used cars from individuals looking to sell. The web site is very nicely laid out and simple to use. My favorite types of vehicles are Hondas and Toyotas. Yup, they have them and many others, all makes and models.On top of the listings to buy, if you're in the market to sell, even better news. Vehicle
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Get $200 In Free Insurance Leads For Your Agency 2007-03-16 16:06:00 Is your business dealing in life, home, health and auto insurance? When someone needs any type of insurance, you want to be there for them, helping them to make those important decisions for them and their family. They're counting on you to provide them with the coverage they need. That's where QuoteAuction.com comes in. They're there to let you know that someone wants the help that you are in the business of offering.QuoteAuction.com is one of the finest companies dealing in high-quality insurance leads. In fact, they deal out over 5,000 insurance leads a day which is going to lead to money in your pocket and great insurance coverage for your customers. People are looking for great policies and what better place than the Internet to do it. QuoteAuction.com is in the business of hooking you up. Right now, they are offering $200 in leads, completely free. If you're an insurance agent, you really need to jump on this special offer. That's a great deal of potential, life-time custome Read more:Leads
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Friday is Here 2007-03-16 16:00:00 I'm sitting in Starbucks right now with a Tall Drip, typing away on my web site and my blogs. I've had a pretty eventful week with a few sales here and there, lots of content to write and the typical domestic stuff that a family generates.Nonetheless, life is good and I'm looking forward to the weekend. How was your week? Anything exciting?Tony Read more:Friday
Get A Good Settlement For Your Life Insurance 2007-03-16 21:16:00 As long as I'm on the subject of insurance today, I wanted to mention that there is a company called Life Settlement
Services who is in the business of Life/Viatical Settlements. In other words, they will work in getting you the best cash value on any life insurance that you presently have that is unneeded or unwanted. They will help any policy holder wanting to sell their insurance to get a better deal selling it to an investment bank than they would if they simply surrendered it back to the insurance company. After all, you've invested a lot into your policies and you surely want to get the best out of them.With that fine load of cash in hand, you can finally do some things that you've wanted to. Buy a new home, take that dream vacation, take care of debt or other financial obligations. It's a pretty nice deal when you consider the possibilities.As long as your insurance policy has a cash value of $25,000 or more, it is non-contestable and has been in force for at least 2 years,
Learn The Ropes Of Affiliate Marketing 2007-03-16 21:01:00 Affiliate marketing is a popular way to make money online and there is a lot of it out there to be made. Just like anything else, there are basics to know. As long as you make an art out of affiliate marketing and using affiliate programs, you're going to do just fine. The basics are the most important lessons you will ever learn. You get those down and the rest is gravy.One of the finest e-books that I've read on all things affiliate marketing is The Affiliate Masters Course. Recently updated in November of 2006, this is the only resource you will need on working with affiliate programs and becoming a top notch marketer. I've read this book through numerous times already and I seem to pick up a little more with each read. The nice thing about it is that the author, Ken Evoy, president of SiteSell, refrains from using geek speak. This makes it an easy read for novice and expert alike. He also peppers all of his e-books with humor, so it's equally a fun read.The Affiliate Masters Co Read more:Ropes
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Monetizing Your RSS Feeds 2007-03-16 18:36:00 RSS feeds that push information to your readers are a terrific marketing tool that you should definitely looking into implementing, if you haven't already. The information is great, but what about taking it a step beyond and monetizing those feeds?Most of the time, web site owners and bloggers use their feeds to simply deliver content, but there are many companies out there pushing affiliate links, coupons and more to potential buyers. Think about offering private deals to subscribers of your feeds. Something always comes at a cost, whether it's overt or covert. You're working hard and trying to make that dollar for the day should always be on your mind.Think about how you can monetize your RSS feeds. Whatever you do, always consider, "how can I use this for my business?"Here's to your success!Tony Read more:Monetizing
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