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Create A Google Sitemap 2007-04-10 03:24:00 Creating a site map for your web site is one of the most important things you can do to get deep linked by the search engines. Sometimes a web site has so many links within itself that may go 4 and 5 tiers deep that the SE's have a difficult time finding all of them. That is where a well put together sitemap comes in.When it comes to creating a Google
sitemap, they insist on XML files that can take tremendous time to create if you have a large web site. The bigger it gets, the more time consuming it becomes. If you hop over to XML Stemaps, you can make the creation quick and easy. It's as easy as plugging in your URL and letting the primo software do it's stuff.As I've said before, worth a bookmark.Here's to your success!Tony Read more:Sitemap
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Metric Conversion Made Easy 2007-04-13 04:42:00 This metric conversion calculator is a terrific thing to own. When you're a native of the US, metric tends to be pretty foreign to most. When it comes to trades such as mechanics, certain business positions, engineers and students, it may be a necessary evil.The 1-Step MetricConversion
Calculator comes to the rescue. This hand-held calc includes color-coding, intuitive error messages, hundreds of conversions and much more. If you're in a field that uses metric measurements on a regular basis, this handy calculator is a must-have.Get more information about the 1-Step Metric Conversion Calculator right here.Here's to your success!Tony
Marketing Through Forums 2007-04-13 02:56:00 Online forums are fantastic places to not only learn from others in your line of business or hobby and, likewise, share your knowledge with them, but are also powerful marketing environments. One of the easiest marketing strategies is the signature you choose to leave under all of your posts. Forums
that are very active become search engine magnets very quickly. They're constantly changing as posts are added every minute. The higher the Google Page Rank they have, the better your back links are going to look. Make sure you link to any important web sites or blogs you have that you want to draw attention to. That's why picking your signature is so important.There are many other ways to work the forums to your advantage. Read more....Here's to your success!Tony Read more:Marketing
Managing Your Time For Better Results 2007-04-12 19:48:00 When you're in business for yourself, keeping your days organized is a must. A missed appointment or call can cost your business money and, when you're self-employed, is simply out of the question; a big taboo.If you're looking for a functional and inexpensive time management software, take a look at Achieve Planner, a windows-based software created by Effexis Software. Use it to organize your day-to-day activities months ahead of time, work better by managing tasks, color code your projects, and more.Find more information at http://www.effexis.com/achieve/planner.htmHere's to your success!Tony
Cell Phones With Driving Outlawed in Washington 2007-04-12 15:59:00 On Wednesday, the Washington
state House passed a law by a 59-38 vote stating that residents are no longer allowed to use hand-held cell phones while driving. In an emergency situation, the enforcement of the new law may be waved. If caught on your cell phone while you are driving, you'll reap yourself a $101 fine. Read more about Washington's cell phone law here.I think it is very unsafe to talk while you are driving, unless you are on a bluetooth or other device that doesn't need to be held. There are a good many times that I've seen accidents or close calls caused by people talking on their phones as they speed along the roadways. I feel this is a good law and will more than likely save many a life.Here's to your safety!Tony Read more:Phones
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Google Aquires DoubleClick 2007-04-16 08:39:00 For a whopping 3.1 million dollars, Google
has bought DoubleClick, the large provider of Internet ad software. AOL, Microsoft and Yahoo all have showed interest in the advertising giant, but MS seemed to lost interest once the price soared about 2 million.Many people are saying that Google got taken by paying such a huge sum of money, but I guess only time will tell whether it will work out to their benefit. I guess they're wanting to expand their forte to more than just search capabilities.You can read more about Google buying DoubleClick.....Here's to your success!Tony
Radio Surgery For Brain Cancer Treatment 2007-04-16 20:33:00 I've recently found out about a procedure to treat brain cancer tumors by way of powerful beams of energy. I thought it was important enough to make you aware of, if you are suffering from cancer. I know from talking with friends that are dealing with it how hard and scary it can be. This particular treatment can take away some of that fear.The special medical instrument is called a Gamma Knife and can actually destroy brain tumors without ever having to go under the knife. It's not too well known about yet, but needs to be.Take some of the fear from your life and ask your physician about this non-evasive, radio-surgical treatment for brain cancer. Find out all the information about it at http://www.braintumortreatment.orgHere's to your health!Tony Read more:Radio
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Does Your Business Need Leadership Training 2007-04-18 21:10:00 Our personal lives and the corporate world is sometimes like night and day. In the way we relate to others, take on responsibilities and delegate authority. We don't have the same pressures and issues arise that we do in our home lives, so we often tend to act and react differently. Not always for the good of ourselves and others.Knickerbocker and Stevens, Inc, a Massachusetts-based company, specializes in leadership development training and management consulting. They have the psychological expertise to aid your management and co-workers in balancing their personal and business lives, centering on their strengths, skills and abilities. With the company's trained professionals, you may soon find your workplace just as pleasant and working like a well-oiled machine as your home life is.Look them up on the Web and see if they can help your business out.Here's to your success!Tony Read more:Business
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Write to PRE-Sell and your visitors will love you! 2007-04-18 17:02:00 Writing copy to PRE-sell your product is important. People are looking for a solution to their problems. They are searching for information they can use. It's your job to provide that solution, in a friendly, comfortable "you" voice that is an authority on your subject.People do not want to be sold. If they smell a hard-sell, they'll hit the back button in a heartbeat. Your job is to gain their trust and respect. Giving them the rich, problem-resolving content they want will do that. It will also place them in an open-to-buy mindset a lot quicker than a hard-sell ever could.In order to write effective content that over-delivers, you need to try and forget everything you learned about writing in high school and college. You need to write at a grade 7 level that puts your visitor at ease, makes them comfortable and does not make you come off as an encyclopedia. It's a very different way of writing, but it works and, once you get the basics down, it's pretty easy. I learned what I nee Read more:Write
Grab The Perfect Template For Your Web Site 2007-04-20 18:50:00 If you're in the business of professional or freelance web design, you want to try to balance the time you invest in building a customer's web site with the quality produced. You want that polished look that is going to wow your client enough that they'll spread the word about you. You don't always want to start from scratch and build the whole thing from the bottom up. I know I don't. You can pass the savings of your time and work along to the customer. They'll love you for it. It's nice when you already have a framework to build upon. That is where the osCommerce Cafe comes in.Set up by Myles O'Reilly in March of 2006, this membership osCommerce template site is growing fast and gaining a lot of popularity. Based around the premise that web designers need access to quality templates at a price that is not going to wipe out their checking account, the company charges a membership fee of $89 for three months, rather than a large cost for each template. This will give us all a b Read more:Perfect
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eBay To Purchase StumbleUpon 2007-04-20 18:26:00 Today, it's being reported that online auction mogul, eBay is in the process of buying social bookmarking site, StumbleUpon
for a cool 40 million. It seems interesting to me, because I really don't see a correlation between the two companies, but, hey, whatever floats their boat. StumbleUpon does have a huge following, boasting 2 million members, so now it's just a matter of figuring out what to do with them.Now, this is still a rumor, but it's gaining momentum.Curiouser and curiouser. Read more about eBay buying StumbleUpon.Here's to your success!Tony Read more:Purchase
Inexpensive Business Cards For Your Small Business 2007-04-19 23:41:00 Off-line marketing is just as vital as working the Internet to get your site well known. As you know, if I can get great quality products and service for a small price, I'm all over it. In this case, I'm talking business cards from 123Print.com, a great choice for business card printing.123Print.com has a terrific variety of designs to choose from for some nice prices. Above and beyond, they also deal in postcards, magnets, letterhead and more. If you have a business, tag the name on all your business products. Pass them around and wait for the traffic.Visit them online at 123Print.comHere's to your success!Tony Read more:Business
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Free IQ- Marketing Ideas 2007-04-19 23:35:00 Brad Fallon has introduced a brand new site called Free IQ that allows you to create an internal page, promoting yourself and your business. You can upload and sell products right from your page that are hosted on the website's server, from PDF's to streaming video. The premium account is a free upgraded and makes way for all sorts of other goodies to add.Give them a look and consider making Free IQ a virtual office space.Here's to your success!Tony Read more:Marketing
Bid Your Link To The Top 2007-04-19 23:27:00 Placing your web site or blog in front of as many eyes as possible is the most obvious way to generate traffic. Backlinks are important to marketing and raising you Page Rank. Kill two birds with one stone with Bid Your Links, where you can submit your links to their directory and then bid for position.It's as easy as getting your link listed for as little as $1 (via PayPal) and then, if you want top position on the home page, bid your way up there. Winning bid gets the prominent position. Once your link is there, it's there to stay, so that's not a worry. But to truly get your site or blog in front of people, make sure you're king of the home page. As I said, it also another backlink and that's always a good thing.Find out more at http://www.bidyourlinks.com/faq.htmlHere's to your success!Tony
Get Paid MORE For Blogging 2007-04-19 20:07:00 There's a new man on campus. For those of you like me that enjoy blogging for dollars (one of the easiest and more fun things I get to do), there's a brand new company making their presence know. They are Bloggerwave and they look promising.I've submitted both my blogs and was accepted. I've already gotten the word that they are legit and do pay (a very good start to any up-and-up business!). Their interface is nice and clean and the site is easy to maneuver. I'd suggest you get in on the ground floor and start blogging away. Remember, multiples streams of income. ;)Here's to your success!Tony Read more:Blogging
Three Diamonds in a Pile of Rocks 2007-04-19 17:43:00 In the short 2 years that I've been trying to make money online, I have come across and gone through some of the biggest losers out there today. So many offers are out there on the Web, all screaming promises of riches, that ensures you a living online today, and that will make you thousands of dollars fast. So much garbage and so few real life winners.I blog to help. I know what it's like to get taken and feel ripped off. I've always been one to root for the underdog and come to the aid of people who are taken advantage of by other people. I was bullied as a kid and that is probably what made me so defensive of the oppressed. With some of the complete crap that is out there, I don't know how the people who push it can sleep at night. After being through a bunch of it, I want to tell you my three sure winners.Before I share them, let me tell you straight that Get Rich Quick schemes DO NOT WORK! They never have and never will. The only people getting rich quick are the scammers tryi Read more:Three
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Backup and Storage on the Go 2007-04-23 17:23:00 There is nothing quite as essential for a business as keeping your important data safe and sound. IBackup makes that possible.Boasting solid security and great features, such as the ability to map your online data as a mapped drive on your system and drag-and-drop, IBackup is a terrifically cost affective choice. Keep your data online and access it from wherever you are. It's like having your main desktop computer available anywhere in the world and at your fingertips.Find out more by visiting IBackup - Online StorageHere's to your success!Tony
Watch Where Your Visitors Go 2007-04-23 03:09:00 I discovered a nifty new tool that allows you to view videos of how your visitors are using your web site.It's called RobotReplay. With a small line of javascript placed inside the "head" tag of each page, the information of a visitor's session is sent to the main server. You can then log in and view what that visitor did and where they went, providing you invaluable information about how your visitors interact with your web site.You can download the free beta at www.robotreplay.comI'd love to hear how you use it and what you think.Here's to your success!Tony Read more:Visitors
Site Build It's May Madness Special 2007-04-28 19:59:00 Hi, gang!It's very short notice, but I had to tell you about the Site Build
It! May Madness
special. From now until the stroke of midnight on May 1st, you can purchase 1 Site Build
It and for $100 more on your subscription, get a second one for free. It's a great deal, but there are only a few days to act on it.What is Site Build It? It's a legitimate way of creating your own small business online. Find out more and take advantage of this short and sweet promotion.Here's to your success!Tony Read more:Special
Mucho Love For Wireless? 2007-04-25 23:24:00 Being an avid first-person gamer, I've never had a lot of love for wireless Internet connections. The reason being that there are so many things that can interfere with the connection, including bluetooths, cordless phones, and microwaves. You really need to know exactly what can cause a break in connection and how to avoid it. When it comes to gaming, a few second break in your wireless networking can result in death (well, the death of your character at least!). There's been more times that I can count, during an intense LAN party, when the local connection has gone bye-bye and so has my high score and team flag. If I could stay away from those problems, I'm sure a wi-fi connection would be top of my list.Not only in a gaming scernario, but it can also result in a loss of security for your wireless connection, which is much more vital. Internet theft is a big thing and you do not need people tapping into your connection. The people at Cognio have designed a terrific spectrum analy Read more:Wireless
Search Businesses Worldwide 2007-04-25 21:17:00 There's a new guy on the block called MasterSeek. This business-related search engine is an awesome place for a bookmark. If you're in need of information about any business, do a quick and easy search and it will return a company profile, contact information and products and services, all related to your search.This is great if you're looking at your competition or a possible a business partner. The huge database behind MasterSeek houses 45 million companies from 75 countries. More than enough to provide you with just the information you're looking for.Find out more at masterseekHere's to your success!Tony Read more:Search
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Learn All About High Performance Affiliate Marketing 2007-04-25 19:21:00 About a year ago, when I was just starting to investigate the opportunities to make money online, I came across an e-book by a gentleman named Jeremy Palmer. The book was called "High PerformanceAffiliateMarketing
" and, after reading the copy on it, decided that it would be a great reference to own and something to help get me started in the world of working online. I was right and have never regretted the purchase.Mr Palmer has some pretty impressive credentials that gives him full right to pen this book. He is:A 2005 Commission Junction Horizon Award WinnerA certified Commission Junction PerformerA Yahoo Search Marketing AmbassadorA Google Advertising ProfessionalIn other words, the guy knows about what he speaks. It's a good sized book and is chock full of great advice, information and tools. The one thing that I loved more than anything was all the great informational and online tool links he supplied and wrote about. They are great things to have all in one place.Another awesom
The Latest Information and Reviews on Electronics 2007-04-24 20:28:00 There is a new web site opening up in the spring of this year that I am really looking forward to. I have always been someone who loves high-tech gadgets, from cameras to computers and everything in between. Since the boom of e-commerce, I purchase a lot of merchandise over the Internet. The trouble being that there is such an enormous amount of computer electronics of there, it's really difficult to find just the thing you're looking for without going overboard, missing something important, or just getting low-quality goods. You need information from other consumers and professionals alike.Test Freaks is going to be my oasis in a sea of hardware. You can find reviews in various parts of the Internet universe, but getting quality ones from people who know what they're talking about gets a bit harder. Not to mention, you have to find them. Places like Consumer Reports costs you to get their expert opinions and reviews. Test Freaks will be offering reviews from professional sources, b
Using StumbleUpon PPC 2007-04-24 18:47:00 Yesterday, I discovered that StumbleUpon
has a paid sponsored option to push your website in front of other people with similar interests. I liked the way it was set up and it appeared that it may have some advantages over Google Adwords. I believe, in fact, it did.I set up a 2-day campaign where I put $25 into my account via PayPal, setting it up so that I received $14.50 worth of clicks at .05 cents per click each day. Once my $25 ran out, the campaign pauses until I added more cash. In one day, I received twice the visits to my site as I usually do. I'm going to continue testing, but right now, I like it a lot.Find out for yourself at http://www.stumbleupon.com/ads/I'd be interested to know what you think.Here's to your success!Tony
PayPerPost Is At It Again! 2007-05-01 22:50:00 Last month, April, the folks over at PerPerPost dreamed up the idea of having 1K Tuesdays. The idea was that between midnight Monday and midnight Tuesday, they would randomly push out an opportunity that was worth $1000. You never knew when it would hit, so you basically needed an endless pot of coffee and to keep refreshing your browser over and over. It was worth the 1K.They can't get enough of the give-a-ways. The whole month of May, PPP is offering certain opps that include prizes for free audio and video equipment called HD Tuesdays. Some blogger just won an Apple TV today for blogging about plastic cups! You never can tell what opps they may be in. If you've been looking at some High Def goodies, here's your chance to get them for free.If you're a PPP blogger, be watching for these and, if you you haven't signed up for PPP, what are you waiting for? Get paid to blog and now win some great prizes. Hit the button below and start today.Here's to your success!Tony Read more:PayPerPost
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Great Bird Watching Binoculars from Eagle Optics 2007-05-01 21:53:00 As you know, my main business web site is all about the Oregon Coast and the great places to stay and things to do there. Bird watching is a popular leisure activity on the coast. You'd be amazed at the number of species of birds that make up the Pacific Northwest. There are almost as many bird watching organizations to watch them in their natural surroundings (well, an over-statement, but there are a lot!). One of the keys to enjoying a hobby in bird watching is good equipment, including high-quality bird watching binoculars. The products put out by the EagleOptics
company is just want you need.Eagle Optics has been in business since 1986 and has been manufacturing some of the best binoculars on the market today. From standard binoculars to state-of-the-art digital models, they know what they're doing. Along with the great selection available to the hobbiest, they provide top-notch customer service, great prices, utilize Google Checkout for customer convenience and even go as far a Read more:Great
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New Operation: Oregon Coast Episodes Online 2007-05-01 21:19:00 I finally got around to making and posting a few new episodes of "Operation
: OregonCoast
" over at LiveVideo. Explaining the traffic jumps and popularity of my web site, I also give you a glimpse of my terrific new mascot sent to me from SiteSell president, Ken Evoy, as a thank you for working so hard to help other up-and-coming Site Builders. ;)I think you'll enjoy them. Take a look at http://www.livevideo.com/Oregon-Coast-GuyTo find out more about Site Build It and how it helped me create my own small business, you can hit http://www.sbitoday.comTony
An Auction Site with a Unique Twist 2007-05-01 19:18:00 Okay, gang, here's a fun one for you. There's a new auction site where you can bid on some auctions for some really terrific products. Where typical auction sites like eBay have people constantly trying to out-bid and "snipe" to win,bid4prizes uses the unique twist in which the lowest bidder wins. How you prepare or stratigize for something like that, I do not know.The site is well laid out and clean. From what I've seen they have some great things up for auction. There is presently a Sony VAIO VGN-FE590 Notebook there that I'd really like to have for my business. It still has about 4 days remaining. This could prove to be interesting. You need to bid to win, but every time you do, the amount goes up and your goal is to be the lowest bid. As far as I can see, it all comes down to a matter of pure luck. I actually think that adds to the excitement.Hop over to bid4prizes and register for an account. This is going to be fun!Cya!Tony Read more:Auction
GoDaddy Reselling 2007-05-01 18:40:00 Reseller programs are pretty terrific ways to generate an extra stream of income, if not your main stream. The ones that I have seen provide you everything you possibly need to set up a site in minutes and help sell their services or products. GoDaddy
is one that I'm seriously considering.At a starting price of $99 per year, it allows you all the products, services and functionality that makes for a great domain name sales site:Every reseller plan includes: No deposits, advances or revenue sharingYour storefront can be live in minutes24/7 product support for your customersAutomated billing & renewals for over 50 productsTurnkey Web site, including cart and credit card processingMarketing tools like Marketing Email Service, Advertising Tracking, and Email & Press Release templatesFree software to help your businessGoogle®AdWords®* credit helps you draw traffic to your site.And MoreResell Domains for GoDaddy.comVery cool, if you ask me. I'm going to give it a go and see what will c
Apogee Heads Search Engine Marketing 2007-05-01 18:11:00 When speaking about the business of search engine marketing, Apogee
is a name that comes up nearly all the time. They are one of the big boys helping search engines to succeed. They've been doing it since 2001 and have since grown to be one of the 25 largest search engine marketing firms in the world.They are in charge of marketing work for some of the top names in the business and, after deciding whether it's to their benefit to go in-house or not, the companies tend to make the wise decision to go with Apogee.If you work for a leading or up-and-coming search engine company, consider Apogee to your marketing needs. I think you'd find that you've made a good choice for your marketing, natural search, PPC needs, and more.Here's to your success!Tony Read more:Heads
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