December 13th, 2008
It’s not too often that you see a closed door as a welcoming feature. An open one would, indeed, seem much more welcoming. So why is our door closed? It isn’t locked, just closed–but why? It is because I want our visitors to open it themselves when they are sure that they really do want to come in. That first step of every journey is crucial; it says that you have made a decision. It’s an important door, too, not only to you but historically. It is the door to Charles Dickens’s home. Dare to aspire!
YOU are here because you want to start an internet marketing business. I am here to help you do it–as quickly as possible. Put how-to in your inbox now by subscribing to our e-mail newsletter, the guide to your objective.
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This is not your usual “I’m making a cool million every year, and so can you” how-to manual. I’m just starting this business and haven’t made a cent! That’s right; I haven’t made one penny. Of course, I don’t expect that to be the case much longer!
What I have done, though, is to check out that $1 million guru thing–so you won’t have to, but more about that later. Now, I am inviting you to learn along with me, learn the practical way to quickly get your internet marketing business up and running. I will be putting into practice the basic principles that I have learned and will be showing you how you can do that too.
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Tags: help for internet marketing beginners, learn to start internet business
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February 6th, 2010
Search engine optimization (SEO) covers a lot of territory. It is a technique to be used in almost everything you do as a webmaster: list building, article writing, advertising, affiliate sales and selling your own products, and more. It’s how you say, “Hey, look at me!”
SEO is one of your best tools, and one of its best tools is the use of keywords and keyword phrases incorporated into every aspect of your site where it is appropriate to do so. Careful! It can also be an obsession, so aim toward incorporating it but not being a slave to it. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: article content, attract traffic, attracting traffic, keyword density, keyword phrases, keywords, reciprocal links, search engine optimization, SEO, write articles
Posted in Getting It Done | 5 Comments »
February 4th, 2010
And the winners are…
- Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
- List Building
- Content
Why are they the real magic mega-moneymakers? Because they all drive traffic to your site. Without traffic, your site might as well not exist. Driving traffic to Nobody hears what you have to say; nobody buys what you have to sell. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: content, list building, real magic mega-moneymakers, search engine optimization, SEO
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January 24th, 2010
A new page was added to the blog today: The Reading Room. You can get there either by clicking its tab on the main menu or under ‘Pages’ in the sidebar…or by clicking here
You will find recommended reading there, both for pleasure and for enhancing your knowledge. Most things are somewhat lengthy, so you might enjoy visiting when you have some leisure time and can enjoy your reading as you relax.
The resources listed there are off-site, but you will be able to return to this site using your browser’s back button.
The page is open to comments, so if you have appropriate recommendations to suggest, you are welcome to share them with other readers.
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January 10th, 2010

If it were not that this incident would eventually be discovered by someone and would ultimately come to the attention of my readers, I wouldn’t even dignify it with an acknowledgement. However, my readers and friends deserve more.
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oops! Must have been a computer glitch…log in again. oops!
My stomach began to churn, and I could feel my face burning! This can’t be!
How do you get banned for spamming when your best effort at marketing is a timid little line in your signature, when your blog is probably the worst monetized on the web, and my mailing list members can certainly verify that I have never attempted to sell them anything that had a dollar sign attached to it–not even in a P.S. or in a one-liner under my signature? Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: banned, Warrior Forum
Posted in Morals and Ethics | 7 Comments »
January 1st, 2010
New Year’s Eve is our one opportunity each year to look both backward and forward, at what is past and what might yet be. In so doing, we have agreed to face our regrets and sorrows, our joys and successes, and the abundance of indecision of the past that may have been the most troubling of all… and we have agreed to speculate on what measure of those same things our futures might hold and how we might deal with them given a second chance.
But once again, someone said it better than I could: Perry Marshall, about whom I wrote in an earlier post.
In a post entitled I’m Thankful on his own blog, he has written about what we all should be thinking about…and written about it eloquently. This quote particularly engaged my mind:
But you don’t get rid of bad things by obsessing
about them. You create alternatives.
And this one:
You don’t free enslaved people by enslaving free
people. You work to make free people even freer.
For a message to hold onto for the New Year, please read and enjoy Perry Marshall’s
I’m Thankful
Tags: New Year's inspiration, Perry Marshall
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December 25th, 2009

A Joyous Holiday Season
and
A Happy and Prosperous New Year
From Magic Mega-Moneymakers to
You and
You &
YOU
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October 9th, 2009
Branding lets the world know who you are.
When we see or hear ‘The Greatest Show on Earth‘ we think of the Barnum and Bailey Circus, seeing the five interlocked circles reminds us of the Olympic Games, and fast food evokes many responses–hamburgers at McDonald’s, Mexican food at Taco Bell, fried chicken with Colonel Sanders at Kentucky Fried Chicken to name a few.
Why then, when they see your name, your company name, or your company logo shouldn’t they think of you? Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: benefits of branding, brand recognition, branding to attract readers, establish yourself as an expert, how to establish trust, importance of branding, what branding does for you
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October 2nd, 2009
Is this what you want to see when you visit a blog or website? More to the point, is this what you want visitors to YOUR site to see?
http://www.google.com/sidewiki/entry/113217924531763968801/id/6oW04CYhWtv-16e2pFJFtmU9Fv8
If Google is allowed to continue forcing–yes, forcing–Sidewiki on site owners, that will be the fate of all of us. Your friends can write anything they wish about you and your blog–and so can your enemies, competitors, and the just-having-fun pea-brains who enjoy making mischief. You can neither prevent the intrusion of this large and unsightly sidebar on your site, nor can you remove any of its contents. Sound scary? It is!
Paul Myers has written a lengthy article about this on his blog at http://www.talkbiz.com/blog/ where you will find a thorough explanation of what this is all about and why it is outrageous behavior on Google’s part. Read It!
Tags: Google Sidewiki, Sidewiki
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August 25th, 2009
Sometimes people think that using a pen name is unethical or unprincipled. Why is the author hiding? What does he or she have to hide? Is there something dishonest afoot? While some of these questions could, indeed, have unsavory answers, here are five good reasons why writers do and you should use a pen name. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: branding, choosing a pen name, disguising your gender, five good reasons, gender neutral pen names, pen name, pen names, personal safety, using a pen name, using pen names, you want privacy, your real name hard to pronounce
Posted in Writing | 2 Comments »
August 19th, 2009
Resources for internet marketers are not only tools and manuals. People are resources, too; they provide encouragement, motivation, and support as well as information and instruction.
When you are as picky as I am, you don’t honor too many people with the title ‘role model’. It usually takes a while, too– a test period–before that honor can be awarded. Perry Marshall is one of the bloggers I read early on, and I can truthfully say “I never looked back.” Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: finding your voice, Google, internet marketing resources, learn about Adwords, Perry Marshall, resources for internet marketers, role models, unacceptable writing
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