<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9073176442697555442</id><updated>2009-02-20T17:11:54.023-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Store Frontgissvqhif</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://store-frontgxwwubwqx.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9073176442697555442/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://store-frontgxwwubwqx.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9073176442697555442/posts/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25'/><author><name>storefront-uzebq</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17902638728883461357</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>48</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9073176442697555442.post-6589080106634078737</id><published>2008-05-15T21:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-15T21:30:06.838-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Lose Weight Through Hypnosis</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;Hypnosis is a totally natural state of &lt;a href=http://www.mlmkingdom.com/hypnotize/coverthypnotismlamb-hypnosis.html&gt;mind.&lt;/a&gt; When under hypnosis &lt;a href=http://www.mlmkingdom.com/hypn-coverthypnotismlamb.php?hypnotized=tR3ZVa6v&gt;you&lt;/a&gt; will feel very relaxed, it is like &lt;a href=http://www.mlmkingdom.com/h-coverthypnotismlamb.php?h=ulcAbgvp&amp;hypn=women&amp;women=false&amp;n=hypnotic&gt;that&lt;/a&gt; feeling when you are tired lying in &lt;a href=http://www.mlmkingdom.com/coverthypnotismlamb.php?hypn=0ULcab4fVf&amp;hypnotize=trueo=true&gt;your&lt;/a&gt; bed and you just feel the &lt;a href=http://www.mlmkingdom.com/hypn-coverthypnotismlamb/hypnotic.php?sex=UlcABGVp&amp;free=hypnotic&amp;hypnotic=hypnotized&amp;hypnotize=re9bGvp&gt;most&lt;/a&gt; comfortable you have ever been. 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Not only is the product a valuable resource but it can also be used as a way to help you get paid to build your list. You can access information about this resource by using the link in the resource box of this article.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;3) Face Reality, realize that your MLM business is a real business. Know up front you will spend two things to truly build an organization that will allow you to generate a true and lasting residual income.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;All promotion has a cost, whether it costs you TIME or MONEY is what you need to decide.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It takes TIME to reap the benefits of FREE services.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;You need to determine if it makes sense for you to wait for a free service to pay dividends or if you should bite the bullet and use a fee based promotional method.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The main reason to consider a fee based service is if it will allow you to see results in a fraction of the time it would take for a FREE service to do the same.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;4) Everything you do should be focused on building your list, newsletter or ezine and sending quality content to your subscribers.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Most importantly you should consistently develop methods of weaving your MLM into the content.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;5) Plan for multiple streams of income up-front. I don't care what your MLM sponsor tells you if you are not making enough &lt;a href=http://www.bestconsumerdeals.net/security/home_security_tips.html&gt;Home Security Tips&lt;/a&gt; to cover your autoship, pay for leads or advertising you are out of business!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In promoting your MLM online you want to promote valuable tools resources etc. to your subscribers that will not only help them achieve their goals but A few sprinkled in that may actually put a little cash in your pocket.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;When you create multiple NON related income streams you can afford to keep promoting your MLM business &lt;a href=http://www.bodybalance.ws/excercises.html&gt;Excercises&lt;/a&gt; your residual income builds.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Most Internet Gurus, who are honest, will tell you that the BIG money they make is NOT made with the upfront ebook or ecourse sales but in their OTO AKA "One Time Offers" and their back end courses.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;YOUR back end is YOUR MLM program!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;6) Create a professional internet apperance that makes you stand out from your competition.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If your MLM has given you a website with a long address like&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;www &lt;a href=http://www.bodybalance.ws/excercises.html&gt;Excercises&lt;/a&gt; your domain dot com forward slash blah blah blah&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Get a FREE redirect from tinyurl dot com or better yet get an actual domain &lt;a href=http://best-affiliate-marketsdkqdxuqxikh.blogspot.com&gt;best affiliate market&lt;/a&gt; and forward it to your company site.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;You can do this through Domain Discover dot com&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;and have them redirect your new domain to your mlm company replicated site.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Aside from having a more professional looking website address you also get to brand your domain name instead of your company's website name.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you &lt;a href=http://www.bodybalance.ws/ph_miracle_diet_creator_robert_young.html&gt;Ph Miracle Diet Creator Robert Young&lt;/a&gt; change companies you simply continue promoting the same domain and may ultimately capture someone who looked at the original program and decided to take a second look down the road.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;One of two things will happen, they see the new program, like it and join you OR They contact you and ask about the other program which opens the dialogue between you and the new prospect.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This means YOUR phone rings instead of YOU making cold calls!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I have had numerous people contact me after a program on one of my links changed.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;After a brief conversation most of them join me in my current program!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;7. When possible get paid to promote your MLM business.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Like it or not, most people you are marketing to are already in one or more MLM programs.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;So when you are promoting tools and resources to your newsletter or ezine subscribers and even your downline why not get paid to do it?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;One of my favorites is using Dan Mcgonagle's &lt;a href="http://www.learntomarketonline.net" target="_blank"&gt;Internet Marketing Toolkit&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Follow the seven steps above and you will be on your way to Winning The MLM Rat Race!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Owen Brown is an Author- MLM Trainer and Coach &amp; Owner of &lt;a target="_new" href="http://www.mlmmarketingpro.com"&gt;http://www.mlmmarketingpro.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;He is also an advocate of quality MLM and MLM Marketing training tools and resources such as &lt;a target="_new" href="http://www.learntomarketonline.net"&gt;http://www.learntomarketonline.net&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9073176442697555442-2026245972349515727?l=store-frontgxwwubwqx.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://store-frontgxwwubwqx.blogspot.com/feeds/2026245972349515727/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9073176442697555442&amp;postID=2026245972349515727' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9073176442697555442/posts/default/2026245972349515727'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9073176442697555442/posts/default/2026245972349515727'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://store-frontgxwwubwqx.blogspot.com/2008/05/how-to-win-mlm-rat-race.html' title='How To Win The MLM Rat Race'/><author><name>storefront-uzebq</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17902638728883461357</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='03476334699986018458'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9073176442697555442.post-3754305900501761952</id><published>2008-05-11T07:36:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-11T07:36:00.142-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The World's Smallest Dog - the Chihuahua</title><content type='html'>The Chihuahua is the world's smallest dog and it has been an extremely popular dog breed in the United States and around the world. This long-lived breed has a life expectancy well into the mid-teens. Chihuahuas or Chis have grown in popularity over the past several decades &lt;a href=http://www.successwithcards.com/&gt;customer follow-up&lt;/a&gt; an American Kennel Club (AKC) registration ranking of 16th in the early 90's &lt;a href=http://www.add-audio.com/affiliate_finder.html&gt;Affiliate Finder&lt;/a&gt; 10th in 2004 and 11th in 2005. The Taco Bell Chihuahua promotion introduced in 1997 fueled some of the popularity growth. The tiny Chihuahua can weigh from 2 to 6 pounds and can have a smooth coat or a long coat with feathered ears, neck, feet, legs and tail. Chis are adorable dogs with big eyes and ears but aren't a dog for everyone. If you have young children or other pets then the Chihuahua &lt;a href=http://www.bodybalance.ws/cervical_cancer.html&gt;Cervical Cancer&lt;/a&gt; a good fit for your situation. Chis are &lt;a href=http://www.add-audio.com/autoresponder.html&gt;Autoresponder&lt;/a&gt; too small to be safe around young children or toddlers and while they enjoy being around other Chihuahuas, they dislike all other breeds. Chihuahuas are the ultimate apartment dog and do really well with a single individual or elderly couple that likes to pamper these small toy dogs. Chis are completely devoted to their owners and love to be with them all the time. The tiny Chihuahua is graceful, lively, curious, intelligent, loyal and affectionate but has some terrier-like qualities. Chis are fearless, saucy, mischievous and bold and make good watchdogs. Additional information can be found in the Chihuahua dog breed article.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The Chihuahua is considered to be one of the few dog breeds indigenous or native to North America. Much of the Chis history is somewhat speculative but most experts think the breed descended from the Techichi. The Techichi &lt;a href=http://www.add-audio.com/optinbuilder.html&gt;Opt In List Builder&lt;/a&gt; a small canine that existed in Mayan times around the 5th century AD. They think the Olmecs of Central America developed the Techichi breed. The Toltecs who succeeded the Olmecs in the 9th century AD carved small dogs with erect ears resembling plump Chihuahuas. These Techichis may have been raised as pets but they were definitely used as a food source for the nobility on special occasions. After the Aztecs conquered the Toltecs, they used the Techichi in religious ceremonies as food sources and sacrifices. The Aztecs also regularly burned these dogs along with the deceased in the belief that the sins of the humans would be transferred to the dogs and the dog would help guide the soul between this world and the next. Techichi remains have been found buried with human remains all across Mexico. 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A third theory is that the Chinese, who were adept at developing miniature dogs, developed a Chihuahua-like breed which Spanish traders introduced into Mexico.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Whatever theory is correct, the resulting breeds were left to survive in the mountains of Mexico - maybe with help from the local population. Nothing much was heard from these small dogs for about 300 years until 1850 when several small dogs - some long haired, some short &lt;a href=http://thisjustworks.com/offer.php?afid=843&gt;This Just Works&lt;/a&gt; and some larger hairless were discovered in the Mexican border state of &lt;a href=http://www.bodybalance.ws/getting_energy_from_vitamins.html&gt;Getting Energy From Vitamins&lt;/a&gt; The smooth coat and long coat varieties were eventually called Chihuahuas after the state in which they were found and the larger hairless variety was called the Mexican Hairless. The Chihuahua breed was first registered by the AKC in 1904 and it was relatively rare. The national Chihuahua breed club was formed in 1923 and the breed received wide exposure when Xavier Cugat, the rumba king, appeared with his Chihuahuas in performances and movies during the 1930's and 40's. The Chis' popularity peaked in &lt;a href=http://best-affiliate-marketszdhochqdq.blogspot.com&gt;best affiliate markets&lt;/a&gt; when it was the 3rd most popular dog breed in the US. The breed's popularity resulted in unscrupulous breeders and dealers introducing a number of health and temperament problems into the bloodlines. Genetic problems ranged from patellar luxation (slipped kneecap), heart disease (pulmonic stenosis), hypoglycemia, and tracheal collapse to poor temperament. Recent breeding practices are resulting in much healthier and more &lt;a href=http://www.satellitetvman.com/&gt;Satellite TV&lt;/a&gt; amigos. However any prospective buyer should check to make sure that the puppy's breeding parents have been certified free of orthopedic and other genetic diseases.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Anne Kirrin writes articles about small dog breeds' health, training and grooming issues and she is an editor for the popular &lt;a href="http://www.all-small-dog-breeds.com"&gt;http://www.all-small-dog-breeds.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9073176442697555442-3754305900501761952?l=store-frontgxwwubwqx.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://store-frontgxwwubwqx.blogspot.com/feeds/3754305900501761952/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9073176442697555442&amp;postID=3754305900501761952' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9073176442697555442/posts/default/3754305900501761952'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9073176442697555442/posts/default/3754305900501761952'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://store-frontgxwwubwqx.blogspot.com/2008/05/worlds-smallest-dog-chihuahua.html' title='The World&apos;s Smallest Dog - the Chihuahua'/><author><name>storefront-uzebq</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17902638728883461357</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='03476334699986018458'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9073176442697555442.post-5081882874701463800</id><published>2008-05-10T19:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-10T19:00:01.550-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Marketing Risk</title><content type='html'>&lt;!-- ADDTHIS BUTTON BEGIN --&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript"&gt;addthis_pub &lt;a href=http://www.bodybalance.ws/ph_miracle_diet_creator_robert_young.html&gt;Ph Miracle Diet Creator Robert Young&lt;/a&gt;            = 'articlecity'; addthis_logo            = 'http://www.articlecity.com/images/addthis.png';addthis_logo_background = 'ffffff';addthis_logo_color      = '000000';addthis_brand           = 'ArticleCity.com';addthis_options         = 'email, favorites, delicious, digg, facebook, fark, furl, google, live, myweb, &lt;a href=http://www.add-audio.com/videobrander.html&gt;Brand Your Videos&lt;/a&gt; newsvine, reddit, slashdot, stumbleupon, technorati, twitter, more';&lt;/script&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php" onmouseover="return addthis_open(this, '', '[URL]', '[TITLE]')" onmouseout="addthis_close()" onclick="return addthis_sendto()"&gt;&lt;img src="http://s9.addthis.com/button1-share.gif" width="125" height="16" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript" src="http://s7.addthis.com/js/152/addthis_widget.js"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;!-- ADDTHIS BUTTON END --&gt;                                  &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;2506&lt;div class="hft-lines"&gt;&lt;br&gt;Do you gamble with your marketing dollar? 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This simple definition of risk should become the modus operandi for marketers who are focused on helping their business grow.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The evolution of marketing&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Marketing is a fairly old (but not often respectable) discipline having evolved through many stages from the mum-&amp;-pop shops of old to the gigantic marketing budget many FMCG companies exhibit today. And in no time in its history as it been more important to define its true value than today. It's interesting that in the days of risk analysis, marketing has largely remained unscathed, untouched. The past few years have seen a revival of Marketing ROI but not an advent, as it existed before. Measuring marketing risk however is fairly new and is still evolving as a discipline.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;There are many ways to calculate risk and the formulas are often as complex as the person behind them wants them to be. For the purpose of tightening marketing, we can look at three basic economic principles to ensure that our investment in marketing is near risk-free as we possibly can. These elements are people, time and money.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;People&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;What could you do without people? Where could you go?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The problem today is extremely acute: We can find good marcom people but not business-focused, true marketers.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;In the past ten years, the quality of marketing people has increased tremendously and it is now fairly easy to find good public relations managers, direct marketers, event managers and even strategists. It is however difficult to find people with enough business acumen to turn their skills into true business weapons for your arsenal. There are two missing elements to this equation:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;- Few of them have ever sold anything directly &lt;br&gt;- Most of them have never run a business&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The good news if you are a marketer is that both skills are easier to get than ever before. It is now easy to set-up a small business and if you are early in your career, you should consider it, it will make you a better, more rounded business person and your contribution to any future business will increase proportionally. As for selling, it would be useful for all marketers to either start in sales or do a few years stint there before moving to marketing. Once you understand the hunger and fear that comes with missing your quarter, as well as the elation when you meet it, the better you'll be at setting-up strategies and tactics that matters to the business, not to the award committees.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;On that note, if you are looking for marketing people today, add these two points to your recruitment list, it will increase your chances to succeed.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Time&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;If there is one element that we're all in short supply of, it's time. The funny thing is that we are also all given the same amount every day.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Time squandered will never come back, we don't have the time to do it right but always find the time to do it again, etc., etc. Time is both infinite and in short-supply and in the heat of action moves at the speed of light but when business is not coming in, it moves at the speed of a snail. We could go on. You understand the metaphors.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Time is your second big risk factor. You need to use it in the best you can as it moves without fail towards a result (one that you might not even like.) Don't get me wrong, it's not about controlling time, it's about controlling your use of it.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;There are mainly two ways to control it better: reach and frequency (one just doesn't go without the other.)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Reach is simple, do you have access to the people that matter in your sales cycle?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;If the answer is no, then you need to redesign your database strategy as no great database, no great business'. It is the life blood of your marketing operations and now includes analytics where you develop more and more relevant segments based on statistical behaviour. This level of segmentation allows you to develop the right campaigns which, coupled with sending them at the right time, can turn your marketing into a powerful business force.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;So implementing a campaign at the right time is the first aspect of leveraging time to the fullest. The second is sending it frequently enough so that each campaign has an impact (but not too often so that it doesn't become a nuisance.) That balance is crucial in an opt-in world where customers have more opportunities to complain, or walk-away, than ever before.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Money&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Where would business without money?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It's best not to answer that question, the rhetoric would take too long.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;If you are like most businesses your marketing budget (and others) will be finite. So what can you do to maximize (or optimise) it? Answer: Treat your budget just like any other financial investment and conduct a risk analysis.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;A typical risk analysis will comprise both a qualitative and quantitative aspect &lt;a href=http://www.bestconsumerdeals.net/security/the_business_of_risk.html&gt;The Business Of Risk&lt;/a&gt; you to look at each element and ask what would happened if we didn't invest it? What are the internal and external factors influencing this investment? What are the threats? Etc. One of the most important question is what would happen if we invested this amount in another project?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The last question is crucial as we all take for granted that investing in marketing is necessary. It's not. If you do it badly, you're better-off investing that money into a more secure project where the returns outweigh the costs. This is a crucial issue and no marketer should expect to have his or her budget simply because the department exist.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Fundamentally, marketing is a necessity in today's environment but not matter how big the investment is, it should be subject to scrutiny just like any other business investment. The funny thing is, it is not and often marketers expect their budget to grow from year to year without really questioning its relationship to other parts of the business.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;There you have it. Marketing is a risk and you can't go on happily thinking that &lt;a href=http://best-affiliate-marketszdhochqdq.blogspot.com&gt;best affiliate markets&lt;/a&gt; you're doing is working for the best of the organisation. By the time you do so, the market will have shifted from under your feet.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;One last point, when doing a risk analysis remember that marketing is often an opinion. An opinion tainted by the marketer's worldview, or his boss's, an opinion based on campaigns that worked and are expected to work again. Let's face it, marketing evolves even though some of its fundamental precepts are eternal. So the risk here is not just people, time and money, but to be closed minded, not be open to testing, not trying new things, that is the biggest risk of all.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Frederic Moraillon leads marketing for Business Objects in Asia-Pacific &amp; Japan where, with his team, he develops and implements profitable marketing strategies aimed at helping customers and prospects develop their business through the awareness, use and development of performance management solutions. Frederic brings with him 15 years of diversified industry and functional &lt;a href=http://www.bestconsumerdeals.net/security/safe_online_surfing.html&gt;Safe Online Surfing&lt;/a&gt; enhancing revenues, profits and market share of multinational businesses operating in Asia &lt;a href=http://www.cillescents.com/&gt;gourmet candles&lt;/a&gt; He has managed hundreds of regional business and consumer marketing campaigns delivering solid financial results. To that effect, Frederic has developed and implemented the 'Simple Marketing Strategy' and has published several articles in regional publications (Marketing ROI: A case of corporate survival; Do you need Customers?; Is Loyalty Profitable?; Sales Cycle Marketing, See &lt;a href="http://sound-principles.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://sound-principles.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt; ) He regularly gives speeches on Marketing ROI and Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) to further the cause of the strategic role of marketing in an organisation's business arsenal.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9073176442697555442-5081882874701463800?l=store-frontgxwwubwqx.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://store-frontgxwwubwqx.blogspot.com/feeds/5081882874701463800/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9073176442697555442&amp;postID=5081882874701463800' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9073176442697555442/posts/default/5081882874701463800'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9073176442697555442/posts/default/5081882874701463800'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://store-frontgxwwubwqx.blogspot.com/2008/05/marketing-risk.html' title='Marketing Risk'/><author><name>storefront-uzebq</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17902638728883461357</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='03476334699986018458'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9073176442697555442.post-520896837766148837</id><published>2008-05-10T06:29:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-10T06:29:02.976-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Retirement Planning With Property</title><content type='html'>&lt;!-- ADDTHIS BUTTON BEGIN --&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript"&gt;addthis_pub             = 'articlecity'; addthis_logo            = 'http://www.articlecity.com/images/addthis.png';addthis_logo_background = 'ffffff';addthis_logo_color      = '000000';addthis_brand           = 'ArticleCity.com';addthis_options         = 'email, favorites, delicious, digg, facebook, fark, furl, google, live, myweb, myspace, newsvine, reddit, slashdot, stumbleupon, technorati, twitter, more';&lt;/script&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php" onmouseover="return addthis_open(this, '', '[URL]', '[TITLE]')" onmouseout="addthis_close()" onclick="return addthis_sendto()"&gt;&lt;img src="http://s9.addthis.com/button1-share.gif" width="125" height="16" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript" src="http://s7.addthis.com/js/152/addthis_widget.js"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;!-- ADDTHIS BUTTON END --&gt;                                  &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;1f4a&lt;div class="hft-lines"&gt;&lt;br&gt;Retirement Planning with property is easy &lt;a href=http://www.bestconsumerdeals.net/security/the_business_of_risk.html&gt;The Business Of Risk&lt;/a&gt; do when its done properly.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Let me ask you...Have you ever been on holidays and noticed that there &lt;a href=http://www.bodybalance.ws/cervical_cancer.html&gt;Cervical Cancer&lt;/a&gt; basically two types of holiday makers?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The first type is similar to what I used to be &lt;a href=http://www.bodybalance.ws/ph_miracle_diet_creator_robert_young.html&gt;Ph Miracle Diet Creator Robert Young&lt;/a&gt; years ago:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The person that watches &lt;a href=http://www.bodybalance.ws/ph_miracle_diet_critics.html&gt;Ph Miracle Diet Critics&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=http://www.satellitetvman.com/&gt;Satellite TV&lt;/a&gt; money is spent and counts the holidays down from day one before going back to work.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Do you do that too?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I did and it used to drive me crazy, just as I started enjoying my holiday it &lt;a href=http://startupstorefront.com/signup_cart.php?afid=843&gt;&lt;/a&gt; time to go back to work.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Now the other type of person is the one who goes on &lt;a href=http://www.bestconsumerdeals.net/security/home_security_tips.html&gt;Home Security Tips&lt;/a&gt; holiday without keeping track of what he is spending or how long the holiday is going to go for, with the flexibility to change plans on a whim (for example, deciding to go to another holiday resort on the spur of the moment).&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Why can't we all be like that?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Wouldn't you agree that if we worked all our lives we deserve to live that lifestyle? We deserve to enjoy our golden years by doing the things that we want to do and be financially secure enough to live life to the fullest.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;We can, but you need to set it up.&lt;br&gt;Please also &lt;a href=http://www.add-audio.com/traffic-machines.html&gt;Traffic Machines&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;Property Investment Is NOT A Get Rich Scheme&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Which means that you need to start setting it all up now and not tomorrow, as we all know we put things off and knowingly after a year or 2, we kick ourselves for not taking the step when we thought about it.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I remember early 80's when I started out as an apprentice motor mechanic, there were some older guys that were retiring and everyone was saying how lucky &lt;a href=http://www.mlmkingdom.com/affiliatemarketingtips/affiliate-marketing-tips.html&gt;Affiliate Marketing Tips&lt;/a&gt; were to retire.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Do you remember the big thing in the early years, everyone used to receive "The Gold Watch"&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But you know what? No-one even thought about what was actually happening to these retired workers, there cash flow was going to be reduced as they were going to go on the pension.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Most people work all their lives, sometimes starting as early as 15 yrs old and working till the age of 65 (a working lifespan of 50 years).&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Generally, when people reach a retirement age the home is paid off, they have raised and educated the children and have done everything in their power to provide for the family.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But strangely enough, after all that, if we look at the Australian Bureau of Statistics figures: 86.6% of Australians who retire by the age of 65 will only live on an income stream of less &lt;a href=http://www.bodybalance.ws/getting_energy_from_vitamins.html&gt;Getting Energy From Vitamins&lt;/a&gt; $16,000 per year!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;That's only $320 a week to run the household, pay all bills, buy presents for the grand children, buy clothes etc. I know it's nowhere near enough to live a decent lifestyle - my mother (72 years old) &lt;a href=http://www.add-audio.com/free-leads.html&gt;Free Leads&lt;/a&gt; it everyday.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;So how do we work all our lives and yet only finish with such a small amount of money?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Easy, because we are only taught how to get a job, pay our taxes, buy a home, raise a family and that's it.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;No-one has ever said- "Hang on, you better start working smart and do some retirement planning and start to leverage your self for the future!"&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;So how do we change all that?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;How do we start working smart so that we can retire financially secure and free with an ongoing income or alternatively, become financially independent at an early age?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;What I'm about to show you has been used by the wealthy and other people in the property field for many years. It's really nothing new&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Did you know investors use their investment properties to pay for their children's school education using this method I am about to share with you?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Just like my daughter Gyorgem, I have had the Investment Properties pay for her Private Schooling.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Firstly- I'll tell what its like: If you have a home loan with a Line Of Credit (LOC), couldn't you use the credit to purchase cars, holidays etc straight from the LOC?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But, it's YOUR home and you'd prefer to have it paid off as quickly as possible rather than increase the loan, right?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Well, what if you had a property investment portfolio of around one million dollars? Let me tell you, in today's values it's not hard to do at all, one million dollars in property investment is really not that much, once you get into your first investment, the second is not far away.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;So if your portfolio is hypothetically increasing in growth at a rate of 7% per year, that means you have an equity increase of approximately $70,000 per year, right?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I will also tell you as you are probably aware of, property does not climb on a straight angle but if we look at it over years it averages a capital growth.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Then why can't we borrow that from the bank and use it for our lifestyle? And if we borrow from the bank, it's not an &lt;a href=http://thisjustworks.com/offer.php?afid=843&gt;This Just Works&lt;/a&gt; so do we pay tax on it?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;No! Because it's TAX FREE! It's a LOAN, not an income! Now are we starting to work smarter and not harder?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;This is in theory, because we all know property does not go up 7% every year. It may go up 15% one year and the next couple of years it may be flat, but on average, if we look at it long term, property has proved itself over and over again.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Just remember, with this method it also depends on how much you owe the bank (rental returns plus expenses). But if you hold property for the long term this is very possible and easily achievable.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;In my personal appointments I go over this and show you how it's all possible, even for someone on a small income, but remember you will need to use equity. If you don't have a home you can use some one else's home for a couple of years until the Investment has grown in equity and then you can have the security property released.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;My eldest client was 64 years old and self employed when he purchased his first Investment Property, so never say you are too old or that it's too late.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Like I've said before, time we can never replace. So many people just waste time finding excuses to push their financial wealth aside or leave it for another day which unfortunately never comes.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;TRUE FACT- &lt;br&gt;Did you know we spend more time writing a shopping list or planning a two week holiday than we do for our whole future?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Isn't this a shame? &lt;br&gt;Think about it and make a decision to start working on your future straight away, right now. Work out what you want and need so by the time you retire you have something to help you, because retirement planning with property will help you get there if you do it properly.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Sign Up &amp; Get Your FREE 20 Page Report and Weekly Property Tips.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.npis.com.au/investment-property-signup.html"&gt;http://www.npis.com.au/investment-property-signup.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Wishing you all the success,&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Dino F. Livanidis,&lt;br&gt;0418-872280,&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.npis.com.au"&gt;http://www.npis.com.au&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Mr. Dino F. Livanidis helpe people build a Property Portfolio easily and he explains his step by step process in his new The Unitmate Guide To Property Investment, download now from &lt;a href="http://www.npis.com.au"&gt;http://www.npis.com.au&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9073176442697555442-520896837766148837?l=store-frontgxwwubwqx.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://store-frontgxwwubwqx.blogspot.com/feeds/520896837766148837/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9073176442697555442&amp;postID=520896837766148837' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9073176442697555442/posts/default/520896837766148837'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9073176442697555442/posts/default/520896837766148837'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://store-frontgxwwubwqx.blogspot.com/2008/05/retirement-planning-with-property.html' title='Retirement Planning With Property'/><author><name>storefront-uzebq</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17902638728883461357</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='03476334699986018458'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9073176442697555442.post-5146912327486268141</id><published>2008-05-09T14:14:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-09T14:14:01.489-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Article Marketing 101 For Affiliate Program Managers</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;This article is &lt;a href=http://www.bodybalance.ws/walking_the_path_to_fitness.html&gt;Walking The Path To Fitness&lt;/a&gt; Affiliate Program Managers: Interested in increasing the amount of revenue that each of &lt;a href=http://www.add-audio.com/viral.html&gt;Viral&lt;/a&gt; affiliates creates for your business? Read on &lt;a href=http://www.bodybalance.ws/seasonal_allergy_relief.html&gt;Seasonal Allergy Relief&lt;/a&gt; learn about how to use your existing articles to grow your &lt;a href=http://www.bodybalance.ws/getting_energy_from_vitamins.html&gt;Getting Energy From Vitamins&lt;/a&gt; program strength.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;From an affiliate perspective, there are only a few 'deal breaker' type things that I insist any affiliate program that I join must provide me:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;li&gt;Real-time reporting statistics&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Real-time email &lt;a href=http://www.bestconsumerdeals.net/security/safe_online_surfing.html&gt;Safe Online Surfing&lt;/a&gt; upon each sale&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Payment on a consistent monthly basis&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;High price-point products &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Package of articles that I can reprint on my websites and ezines&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;One strategy that many newbie affiliate program designers fail to &lt;a href=http://www.bestconsumerdeals.net/security/home_security_cameras.html&gt;Home Security Cameras&lt;/a&gt; is a package of articles that can be reprinted on my website along with my unique affiliate link. Of the tens of thousands of dollars I'll do this year as an affiliate, you would be shocked at how much of the revenue comes directly from reprinting articles of the affiliate programs I am involved in. This strategy works for &lt;a href=http://www.bestconsumerdeals.net/security/the_business_of_risk.html&gt;The Business Of Risk&lt;/a&gt; and it can work for you!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Here's what to do:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;li&gt;Designate 10, 25, 50, 75 or 100 articles that will be made available to your affiliates as a dump (meaning all at once and immediately).&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;li&gt;Provide them with 3-10 articles per month thereafter that they can reprint along with their affiliate link.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;li&gt;Be certain to spell out the reprint rights of this type of affiliate article marketing so that your articles don't show up on bad websites you wouldn't want to associate with.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Here's what NOT to do:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;li&gt;Allow your articles to be private labeled. This is a poor strategy and will dilute your credibility. They should carry your name or the name of your primary author brand.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;li&gt;Don't give out all of your articles for your affiliates to use. Best to designate a specific "lot" of them that can be used by your affiliates and the rest are yours to keep exclusively for your direct sales audience.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Why this type of article marketing is important for affiliate program managers and affiliates:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Articles are like "sales agents" in that they keep selling for you, day after day, year after year. They also help expand your reach as each article gets indexed by the major search engines. Lastly, they give you another reason to send an email to your list members about the articles available.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is a credibility builder for the affiliate program manager and it's a "Give" before the "Take" which begins the reciprocation cycle in a positive direction.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Note For Affiliates Who Use Articles To Promote Their Affiliate Programs:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;hr&gt; Some sites (like ours at &lt;a href="http://EzineArticles.com/"&gt;http://EzineArticles.com/&lt;/a&gt; ) don't accept articles that promote affiliate programs, &lt;a href=http://www.add-audio.com/videobrander.html&gt;Brand Your Videos&lt;/a&gt; that doesn't mean you shouldn't go find other sites that do accept articles that promote affiliate program links. I really meant this article to speak directly to affiliate program managers and not the needs of affiliate marketers.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;To save you the trouble of sending me an email to ask why EzineArticles.com doesn't accept articles that promote affiliate programs, there are three reasons: &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;1) Because we don't accept articles that are available on a non-exclusive basis (meaning we only want to see original or exclusive licensed content) and...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;2) Because affiliate marketers are not our ideal author profile type and...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;3) Because most &lt;a href=http://www.add-audio.com/affiliate_finder.html&gt;Affiliate Finder&lt;/a&gt; publishers don't want to reprint articles that pitch an affiliate link. One of the primary purposes of our site is to be a resource for ezine publishers to find supplemental content for their next email newsletter.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;With that said, there are plenty of competitor article sites that will allow you to submit your affiliate-link-laced articles, not to mention listing them on your own website. &lt;hr&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Bottom line:&lt;/b&gt; If you offer an affiliate program to promote your products and services, consider immediately offering a package of articles that your affiliates can add to their website or send to their email newsletter lists to further promote your business.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;About The Author:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Christopher M. 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All Rights Reserved Worldwide.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9073176442697555442-5146912327486268141?l=store-frontgxwwubwqx.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://store-frontgxwwubwqx.blogspot.com/feeds/5146912327486268141/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9073176442697555442&amp;postID=5146912327486268141' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9073176442697555442/posts/default/5146912327486268141'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9073176442697555442/posts/default/5146912327486268141'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://store-frontgxwwubwqx.blogspot.com/2008/05/article-marketing-101-for-affiliate.html' title='Article Marketing 101 For Affiliate Program Managers'/><author><name>storefront-uzebq</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17902638728883461357</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='03476334699986018458'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9073176442697555442.post-7505600076825137564</id><published>2008-05-09T01:28:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-09T01:28:00.273-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Affiliate Marketing 101</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;Invented &lt;a href=http://www.bodybalance.ws/apple_cider_vinegar_and_acid_reflux.html&gt;Apple Cider Vinegar And Acid Reflux&lt;/a&gt; CDNow.com at the end of 1994 and pioneered by Amazon.com in 1996, "affiliate programs", also known &lt;a href=http://www.add-audio.com/affiliate_dashboard.html&gt;Affiliate Dashboard&lt;/a&gt; Associate Programs or Partner Programs, are a simple way &lt;a href=http://www.cillescents.com/&gt;gourmet candles&lt;/a&gt; Web sites &lt;a href=http://www.successwithcards.com/&gt;customer follow-up&lt;/a&gt; generate revenue by directing traffic toward other sites and a great way for the operating site to increase &lt;a href=http://best-affiliate-marketsdkqdxuqxikh.blogspot.com&gt;best affiliate market&lt;/a&gt; traffic and revenue.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;b&gt;Because affiliate programs are so convenient and work so well, they have become the industry's dominant method of online Marketing.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;a href=http://www.add-audio.com/paid_signups.html&gt;Paid Signups&lt;/a&gt; are 4 different kinds of affiliate programs to &lt;a href=http://thisjustworks.com/offer.php?afid=843&gt;This Just Works&lt;/a&gt; "Affiliates" (or referring sites) for generating traffic to the &lt;a href=http://best-affiliate-marketsrilycfw.blogspot.com&gt;best affiliate markets&lt;/a&gt; Program operating Website: Pay-Per-Impression, Pay-Per-Click, Pay-Per-Lead and Pay-Per-Sale.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Pay-Per-Impression (CPM)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;The Pay-Per-Impression and Pay-Per-Click Model are not common to be used in Affiliate Marketing anymore. They were used in the Past, but were mostly abandoned due to Fraud and lack of Results.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; The CPM (cost-per-impression) compensation Model was revived by Google for Google AdWords in summer 2005. The feature is called "Site-Targeting" in AdWords and allows you to display your Adsense Ad on a specific Website that runs AdSense Ads.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Pay-Per-Click (CPC) Model&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt; Like the Pay-per-Impression model was the Pay-Per-Click (PPC) Model popular during the dot com boom at the end of the 1990th but was mostly abandoned by Advertisers for Advertisements on other Websites due to rampart problems with click fraud.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; The PPC Model was kept alive by the PPC Search Engine GoTo.com which became later Overture.com and is now owned by Yahoo! and renamed from "Yahoo Sponsored Search" to Yahoo Search Marketing.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; Google &lt;a href=http://www.bestconsumerdeals.net/security/the_business_of_risk.html&gt;The Business Of Risk&lt;/a&gt; their PPC Service AdWords in 2000. Ask Jeeves, now simply Ask.com followed with their PPC Service in 2005 called Ask Sponsored Listings and MSN.com in 2006 with AdCenter. Other PPC Services are Miva/FindWhat.com and 7Search.com.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Contextual Advertising&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt; The big come-back of PPC came when Google launched AdSense in 2003, the birth of contextual Advertising. What is Google AdSense? Here is a quote from Google's History at Google's corporate Website.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Google AdSense: &lt;i&gt;"... offering web sites of all sizes a way to easily generate revenue through placement of highly targeted ads adjacent to their content. Google AdSense technology analyzes the text on any given page and delivers ads that are appropriate and relevant, increasing the usefulness of the page and the &lt;a href=http://www.successwithcards.com/&gt;customer follow-up&lt;/a&gt; that those viewing it will actually click on the advertising presented there."&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; Yahoo's Version of AdSense called Yahoo! Publisher Network was launched (beta) in 2005. Microsoft is also working on their own Version of AdSense which is expected to be launched (beta) in 2006.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Search Engine Marketing (SEM)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt; Classic PPC Search Engine Marketing (Cost-Per-Click (CPC) advertising) is not Affiliate Marketing. It is an entirely different type of Internet Marketing and only has some technical details in common with old PPC/CPC Affiliate Marketing.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; Ads are primarily displayed at the Search Engine Search Results Pages (SERPs) next to organic, free, Search Results. Contextual Advertising introduced with Google AdSense is also not Affiliate Marketing since no direct Partnership between the Advertiser who creates and pays for the Ads and the Publisher who displays the Ads on his Website.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This type of Marketing is generally referred to as Search Engine Marketing (SEM) and is often and wrongly mixed up and confused with Search Engine Optimization (SEO) which is about improving the ranking of a Site in the organic, free, SERPs at major Search Engines via technical means and deep understanding of the complicated ranking algorithms used by modern Search Engines.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Pay-Per-Call&lt;/b&gt; Advertising is neither Search Engine Marketing (SEM) nor Affiliate Marketing. Recently developed call-tracking technology allows to create a bridge between online and offline Advertising. Pay-Per-Call Advertising is still new and in it's infancy. It is expected to become the 4th major type of Internet Marketing next to Affiliate Marketing, Search Engine Marketing and Search Engine Optimization within the next years.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt; The Affiliate Marketing shifted almost entirely to the Pay-Per-Lead (CPA or CPL) and Pay-Per-Sale Model (CPS) which is also known as Performance Marketing. The paid commission is usually a percentage of the referred sales or a flat dollar amount.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;The Pay-Per-Lead (CPA or CPL) Model&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt; The Advertiser pays Affiliates a Flat Amount Commission if a referred visitor performs a specific action on the Advertisers Site. It could be Actions like filling out a Form, Signing up for a Newsletter or Creating an Account.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; The CPA Model is very popular with Online Services like Credit Card Providers, Insurance Services, DVD and Video Game Rental Services and Loans and Mortgages. Due to the usual high flat commission amount is the CPA very attractive for PPC Affiliates that do not have a permanent Website and an established User Base.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; Before you consider the CPA Model for you problem, make sure to have mechanisms in place to validate the quality of referred leads. Your program will be vulnerable to become a victim of fraud, affiliates that generate tons of "fake" leads if you do not have anything in place to verify the quality of the produced leads.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;The Pay-Per-Sale (CPS) Model&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt; This Model is used by most Online Merchants today. The Merchant pays a percentage of the Order Amount that was created by a customer who was referred by an Affiliate.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Do not pay commissions that you end up loosing money on an order. You will gain new customers because of the Affiliate Program, but you will also pay commissions for returning customers.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; Shoppers on the internet are more savvy today. Comparison Shopping Sites, Coupon Sites, Cash-Back Shopping and Charity Sites, that make up a large percentage of successful affiliates, are often visited by Shoppers first. See the Affiliate Program also as a Customer Retention Tool.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;b&gt;CPA or CPS?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt; If your competitors have affiliate programs and you don't, chances are good, that you are loosing a considerable amount of business to them, because the lag of an affiliate program for your site.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; If you want to use an Affiliate Program as an Online Merchant for the whole purpose of customer acquisition, consider the CPA Model and pay a flat commission for new customers referrer by affiliates. Do the math to come up with a Flat Commission that makes it worthwhile for affiliates to promote you. Affiliates are not waiting for you, the next Merchant that has a Program is only one click away.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; What you do and what commission you pay is up to you. You can also mix compensation models. The best thing to do is always to check first what your competitors are doing and use their compensation model as reference.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; Pay-Per-Sale is by far the most common compensation model. 2/3 to 3/4 of all Affiliate Programs today are Pay-per-Sale Programs. The operating Site only pays "Commission" to their Affiliates for actual Results (a Sale, Sign-up etc.) and not just for promises (Clickthroughs, Banner Impressions).&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; &lt;b&gt;Affiliate Networks&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt; Operating an affiliate program to drive traffic to your website has never been easier. Most Sites utilize 3rd Party Services (so called Affiliate Networks). Those Services provide the infrastructure for you to track all the traffic and referrals to your Website.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; Networks also work as a Recruiting Platform to find Websites willing to promote your Products or Services. The Integration of their Service usually takes just a few days or sometimes just a few hours.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; Some of the Networks also help you to keep the generated overhead low (such as Payment of the Affiliates).&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; Networks usually charge 20-30% of the commission you pay to Affiliates as Fee to you. If the Fee is 25% for example and you pay 10% commission per Sale to you Affiliate, you must pay $12.5 in commission and fee for a $100 Sale.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;In-House Affiliate Program Solutions and Software&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt; You might want to have more control over your Affiliate Program and avoid the Network fees by running the program In-House.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; You can, of course, develop all the necessary tools and technology by yourself, but that is may be not very cost effective and not as easy as it seems.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; The technology has already been developed by various Affiliate Tracking Solution Providers and Software Packages.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; They are most of the time easy to plug into your existing Sites and have already proven themselves. Be carefull with too small or too new Solution and Software Provoiders.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;b&gt;Check the Background of the Company you consider first. Do your diligence!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;b&gt;Outsourcing - Outsourced Program Management (OPM)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt; When you have your Program up and running, the first and important step was done. Now begins the complicated part starts.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; The Wild West of Affiliate Marketing when quick and easy money was made and having an Affiliate Program running on "Auto Drive" generated a huge increase in sales by affiliates that seeked out programs and did everything themselves without the need of support and guidance is over. Business on the internet matured and Affiliate Marketing as well.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; An Affiliate Program requires attention. To get active and quality affiliates requires active recruitment efforts. Support of existing affiliates also became vital. A clear set of Rules, the Affiliate Agreement, must be worked out and be enforced.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; Allocate Resources to the program and don't do it on the side.&lt;br&gt; &lt;b&gt;Your program is destined to fail if you don't spend the required resources and time for your program.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; If you don't have the resources in-house, consider outsourcing of your program management (OPM). There are today a number of quality service companies available that are specialized in this.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Conclusion&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt; Thousands of Websites operating their Affiliate Program successfully today, prove, that Affiliate Marketing is the most cost effective and efficient way to promote your products and services on the World Wide Web.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; Affiliate Marketing guarantees a fast ROI (Return of Investment) and for some Online Merchants and Services are the Sales generated through the Affiliate Channel making up a considerable percentage of their total online Revenue.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Important Abbreviations&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt; CPA - Cost per Action&lt;br&gt; CPC - Cost per Click&lt;br&gt; CPL - Cost per Lead&lt;br&gt; CPM - Cost per (Mil) Impression (1000 Impressions)&lt;br&gt; CPS - Cost per Sale&lt;br&gt; CR - Conversion Rate&lt;br&gt; CTR - Click through rate&lt;br&gt; DRM - Dynamic Rich Media (type of Ad, technology). It has nothing to do with DRM as in Digital Rights Management&lt;br&gt; EPC - Earnings per Click / Earnings per 100 Clicks&lt;br&gt; OPM - Outsourced (Affiliate) Program Management&lt;br&gt; PPC - Pay per Click&lt;br&gt; ROI - Return of Investment&lt;br&gt; SE - Search Engines&lt;br&gt; SEM - Search Engine Marketing&lt;br&gt; SEO - Search Engine Optimization&lt;br&gt; SERP - Search Engine Result Page&lt;br&gt; SID - URL Parameter the Affiliate can pass to get tracked with Sales and Leads&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;b&gt;Abbreviations of Websites you will come across&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt; ABW - ABestWeb - Affiliate Marketing Forum&lt;br&gt; CJ - Commission Junction - Affiliate Network&lt;br&gt; LS - Linkshare - Affiliate Network&lt;br&gt; MyAP - My Affiliate Program - In-House Program Solution&lt;br&gt; PF - Performics - Affiliate Netwok&lt;br&gt; SAS - ShareASale - Affiliate Network&lt;br&gt; SEW - Search Engine Watch - News and Resources&lt;br&gt; SR - Share Results - Affiliate Network&lt;br&gt; TW - Thread Watch - Internet Marketing News Discussions&lt;br&gt; WW - Webmaster World Forums&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;About the Author&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;a target="_new" href="http://www.cumbrowski.com/CarstenC/"&gt;Carsten Cumbrowski&lt;/a&gt; has over 5 years experience in the &lt;a target="_new href="http://www.cumbrowski.com/CarstenC/affiliatemarketing.asp"&gt;Affiliate Marketing&lt;/a&gt; Industry and knows both sides of the Business, as Affiliate and Affiliate Manager. More &lt;a target="_new" href="http://www.cumbrowski.com/CarstenC/articles.asp"&gt;Articles&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9073176442697555442-7505600076825137564?l=store-frontgxwwubwqx.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://store-frontgxwwubwqx.blogspot.com/feeds/7505600076825137564/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9073176442697555442&amp;postID=7505600076825137564' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9073176442697555442/posts/default/7505600076825137564'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9073176442697555442/posts/default/7505600076825137564'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://store-frontgxwwubwqx.blogspot.com/2008/05/affiliate-marketing-101.html' title='Affiliate Marketing 101'/><author><name>storefront-uzebq</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17902638728883461357</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='03476334699986018458'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9073176442697555442.post-2989870549684234896</id><published>2008-05-06T07:50:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-06T07:50:00.515-07:00</updated><title type='text'>MP3 Players: How It All Began</title><content type='html'>&lt;!-- ADDTHIS BUTTON BEGIN --&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript"&gt;addthis_pub             = 'articlecity'; addthis_logo            = 'http://www.articlecity.com/images/addthis.png';addthis_logo_background = 'ffffff';addthis_logo_color      = '000000';addthis_brand           = 'ArticleCity.com';addthis_options         = 'email, favorites, delicious, digg, facebook, fark, furl, google, live, myweb, myspace, newsvine, reddit, slashdot, stumbleupon, technorati, twitter, more';&lt;/script&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php" onmouseover="return addthis_open(this, '', '[URL]', '[TITLE]')" onmouseout="addthis_close()" onclick="return addthis_sendto()"&gt;&lt;img src="http://s9.addthis.com/button1-share.gif" width="125" height="16" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript" src="http://s7.addthis.com/js/152/addthis_widget.js"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;!-- ADDTHIS BUTTON END --&gt;                                  &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;f3c&lt;div class="hft-lines"&gt;&lt;br&gt;You have probably seen some old movies where some unruly teenager carried on his shoulders one the first "portable" audio playersa blaring cassette-tape-playing two-speaker monster (if you're old enough, you may even have done this yourself). What can the desire of people to take their music with them do!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But the first truly portable audio player was the cassette-tape based Sony Walkman. That was extremely revolutionary in its time. This small plastic box (well, today it doesnt seem to be very small any longer) with earphones brought on the dawn of the portable audio player and sparked a legion of imitators. The subsequent introduction of audio CDs and CD-based walkmans marked the start of the digital music age. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;A relatively recent revolution in this area was the introduction of Apples portable music player, the iPod. Although portable mp3 players existed before it (the first mass market mp3 player, the Rio PMP300, was introduced in 1998), the iPods unique design, its user-friendliness, and Apples very good reputation for its sense of aesthetics created immense interest in the product. Soon iPod was catapulted to its current ubiquity. More than 7 out of 10 mp3 player owners today have an iPod. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Portable mp3 players today are a must-have in the everyone-else-has-them-so-I-should-have-one-too sense. Although they are indeed undoubtedly very handy. Especially among the younger half of the population, jumping aboard the portable music bandwagon is a way of staying cool and keeping up with the times. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;MP3 format has been chosen as the most widespread. Songs of that format can be supported not only by iPods but by the majority of devices. You can enjoy MP3 music while walking, driving, cooking, or listening to your dull lectures.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The primary source of music in mp3 players today is still audio CDs, as it is now very easy to create mp3s from them (using Total Audio Converters rip CD option). The widespread availability of internet access, with the ability to download plenty of music (legally and illegally) is also a crucial factor in the spread of portable music players. Though there is the reverse of the medal. The songs in the web are of dozens different audio formats. What to do with some FLAC or APE song? &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The solution is quite simple. Get some audio encoding/decoding tool to convert your songs to your favorite mp3. For example, Total Audio Converter (&lt;a href="http://www.CoolUtils.com"&gt;http://www.CoolUtils.com&lt;/a&gt;) is a brainlessly simple tool that supports almost all audio formats. No matter what source format your track is, Total Audio Converter will easily convert it to the format you need. What is important TAC was developed to be handy and suites any digital music newbie.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Today, 1 in 5 Americans, and about 11 out of 20 American teenagers, own at least one portable audio. More than 1 out of 10 older adults (aged 35-54) own an mp3 player as well. (Interestingly, two-thirds of mp3 player owners are male  girls, where are you?) From these stats alone, its easy to see that portable music players are definitely here to stay. 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Here are a few tips to boost you on your way.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;1. Clean up your HTML.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Keep a beady eye on Dreamweaver, and avoid CMS software.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;What, Dreamweaver, beloved program of pro webmasters everywhere?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Yes!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Dreamweaver adds lots of extra blank space to HTML code, and breaks lines. This is especially irritating in meta tags. Use EditPad's 'Find and Replace' function to get rid of newlines and double blank spaces in your pages.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Content Management Systems are a great time saver. An amateur can set up a professional-looking site in a few hours. The problem is they contain lots of code that's irrelevant to search engines. The top of a CMS page may contain only a few words relevant to its subject matter.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Then there's the duplicate content problem.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;- Blogs have duplicate copies of their own content; sometimes exact, sometimes excerpts.&lt;br&gt;- Thousands of people are using the same CMS as you.&lt;br&gt;- A search engine spider sees the same header, sidebar and footer content in every page in your site.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Result? Your page is down the SERPs for any competitive keyword. Assuming it's indexed at all.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;These programs are written by geeks. Their primary aim is to eliminate code errors, and add features. Your marketing comes a very poor second. They're also posting security updates every few months. More hassle. For you.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Drastic solution:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;1. Type your documents in a text editor like Editpad, then&lt;br&gt;2. Use a Text to HTML converter, then&lt;br&gt;3. (Use Dreamweaver to add formatting, then)&lt;br&gt;4. Use a index generator to make a HTML list of those pages, then&lt;br&gt;5. FTP them to your web site.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Benefits:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;- Search engine spiders get to the 'meat' of your page immediately; &lt;br&gt;- You have more control over how the page looks;&lt;br&gt;- You have more control over what an SE 'bot 'sees'; &lt;br&gt;- You're not relying on a MySQL database to maintain your site;&lt;br&gt;- Hackers won't be able to deface your site easily.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;A clever webmaster would look into Conditional Server Side Includes. You can use them 'program' your web pages, while still presenting clean HTML to search engine 'bots.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;And as for Microsoft FrontPage, I wish all my competitors were using it.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;2. Get lots of links to your site.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;- Submit articles to article websites;&lt;br&gt;- Pay freelancers to make software for you, and give it away free;&lt;br&gt;- Submit to the top directories, like Yahoo and DMOZ, but don't spend much time or money. Only half a dozen are worth a damn for SEO;&lt;br&gt;- Post in popular forums and blogs, if they will let you use straight hyperlinks in your signature;&lt;br&gt;- Be controversial - assault a few sacred cows;&lt;br&gt;- Do a press release, and think beforehand about how you can make it interesting to journalists;&lt;br&gt;- Make a better, faster, cheaper version of a popular product.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;That should get you a few decent links. With millions of cheapo, 'me too', linkless sites out there, yours will stand out like a snowdrop on a dungheap.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;3. Offer something people really want.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;You like fuschia leg warmers. You think other people do too. You make a website selling them.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Cue sad disillusion.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;People want money, sex, friendship, human contact, cars, drugs, health and happiness. They know what they want (not need, want). You've got to figure about a better way to satisfy that want, for a fat net profit.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Simple, ain't it?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Actually, yes it is.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Save time. Pick a very profitable, popular industry. Think up a way to give people a better product. Or faster. Or cheaper. Or all three! Research costs little. Thinking costs nothing.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Or just go off half-cocked. Employ a cheap, angry webmaster. Half-finish the site for a product you're not 100% sure there's a demand for. Then sit back and wait for traffic.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Then give up, go down the pub and gripe to your pals: "The internet's sh*t, innit?".&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Funny thing about offering a popular good with a new twist; you get links without cadging them.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;4. Be first with a new, popular good (or a smarter second).&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;MySpace wasn't the first social networking site, but they did it better. They designed it to be viral. Members could compete to get 'friends', and everyone wants new friends, right? Users could put anything they wanted online, even if it looked cr*ppy. Censorship was minimal. Result: Huge popularity, without needing the search engines.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Not easily done, but again, research costs little. Thinking costs nothing.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Stop the daily slog. Go for a walk. Have a long bath. Play a game of street-hockey. 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The more they feel that they are at risk, the larger will be their reluctance to buy.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;To get over this hurdle, you need to reserve the sense of risk. You must assume the risk yourself.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Have you ever considered how many businesses transfer the built-in risks of conducting such a business to the customer?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Well, the following is a classic model of how this is done currently:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Recently, I went into a store to buy a anniversary present for a friend. I saw a sign on the wall behind the cash counter that said "Absolutely no refund after 7 days" and I thought to myself, "How negative is that?" It sounded so severe and foreboding, even threatening.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I was wondering why these people would want to lessen their customer's goodwill by stating the policy in such a negative way and risk turning off even one customer. Especially, when the very same message could have been stated in a much more favorable way and help to make lasting customer relationships. For example, the same line on the stores return policy could have read, "We will gladly refund your full purchase price within 7 days."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The difference:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I am sure the difference in the two approaches is quite obvious. In the first statement, it is implied that the customer has to bear the burden of responsibility while the second statement indicates that the store management is willing to go out of his or her way to help the customer.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The above example is only a small one with perhaps only a minor negligible effect on sales, but the idea is not to state things in a negative fashion when there is a much better and more positive way of saying the same thing.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Your risk, your gain:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The wide range of anti-customer policies employed by various businesses never ceases to amaze me. The point that they all miss here is that, if you believe you have a sound product or service, then you should leave no stone unturned in advertising it to your customers.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;For example:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;"Our prices are the lowest in town or well refund double the difference" or "If we dont have your size in stock, well make a special order and have it here within two days" or "Marketing that gets you results or it costs you zilch, nada, zero.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;All of the above statements have a powerful and positive psychological impact on the mind of the customer. If you can perform, you must make sure you let people know. If you were the gift shop owner, as in the earlier example, you may get a few returns and refund requests to begin with, but those will be of no consequence at all compared to all the new business you will be getting just by thinking smart and communicating right.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;As a matter of fact, studies have generally found that with product guraantees, the longer the guarantee period, the fewer returns. The longer guarantee gives the customer a sense that you really believe in your product.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Take for example an information product. If a customer has not had a chance to really get into the product and consume the information provided within the guarantee period, they may decide to return simply because they haven't had the time to satisfy themselfves that the information is really useful to them.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;On the other hand, if the guarantee is for a year, then they don't feel rushed and if they never get to the product and it sits on the shelf unopened, they will have long forgotten all about it and the guarantee when the deadline comes up.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Taking the risk on yourself is good for your business.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;George Dodge focuses on small business marketing and offers a free audio CD on "Amazing Advertising, Sales &amp; Marketing Techniques Proven To Boost Your Sales &amp; Profits By 100% To 500% -- FAST!" by the legandary marketing consultant Dan Kennedy. 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You are talking with a prospect, and you are hearing more about how his or her spouse will react than how your prospect is feeling about the opportunity you are offering him or her.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;You might have heard things like:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;My husband hates it when I go out at night for meetings.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Im going to have a lot of resistance about the time this will take from my family.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;My spouse is not going to let me spend any money.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;My wife hates MLM.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;My spouse is going to throw it up to me about all the other deals I tried that didnt work.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;My wife hates it when Im on the phone a lot. And so on.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Lets face it; either you or someone you know has burnt a few bridges at home pursuing an opportunity that didnt work out. However, it is vitally important to win over that reluctant spouse if you can.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Years of experience with this topic have given me a number of helpful suggestions I can pass along to you. First, spend some time in a freeing discussion clarifying the dreams that your spouse has about where he or she would like your family to be and what he or she would like to do with the MLM time and financial freedom you could create by building a successful organization.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Often times, when your loved ones start thinking big, they begin to realize for the first time that your fixed salaries are unlikely to allow fulfillment of those dreams. Consider materialistic dreams like new homes, cars, boats, clothes, jewelry, vacations and toys . . . and then consider your dreams of time freedom. Perhaps you would like to avoid the commute, spend more time at sports events for your children, or volunteer more for your church.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Once you have fully explored the possibilities regarding time and money freedom, you need to put a star by a couple that could be realizable within a year (like a promised diamond wedding ring to replace the cheap band you started with, for example).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Let your spouse know that you are committed to working hard toward accomplishing the items on the familys list with your MLM income. Reassure your spouse that you will keep good records to maximize tax breaks (more found money). Make a promise (then keep it) to coordinate your schedule with your spouses, compromising whenever possible so there is still quality family time.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Stop convincing your spouse through high pressure tactics and instead allow your spouse to explore your product line without forcing a success story (in my company, the spouse often loses a huge amount of weight, like 19 pounds in 10 days, and then wants to take over the business). Dont commit a huge amount of family money to back a business if you are the only one excited about it; start on a shoestring and work your way up instead. Realize that what will shift your spouses attitude is a different result than what youve had before. You can only create a different result if you get tunnel vision with a ten foot tall and bulletproof mentality.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Make up your mind, once and for all, that you are not going to quit unless the company goes down. Too many people only pursue an opportunity for 90 days or less. If I had been relying on big production in my first 90 days, then I wouldve quit my deal and missed out on the almost 6 million dollars we made a little later.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Your spouse does not necessarily want to take you to raise and have to indulge all your poorly-thought-through whims. Understand that you will enhance the quality of your marital relationship considerably when you respect and acknowledge your spouses negative thoughts about your endeavors. If you really get honest, youll probably have to admit that the first time or two you tried such a venture, your spouse didnt have those negative feelings.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you work on understanding how your spouse feels and listen on that level, chances are you will break down the animosity with patience and production.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Some people say when you really want something . . . give it away. But, if what you really want is to control your spouse . . . give up on that idea. Chances are, youll start experiencing a lot more of what youre really looking for once you stop controlling and start communicating.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A good marriage, after all, is just a good series of on-course corrections and compromises preceded by tremendous empathy and a desire by both spouses to bring more than 50% to the relationship.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you are having spousal problems in MLM, then chances are you are having spousal problems in other areas too. An awareness of this will give you a chance to mend your relationship in a healthy way before other areas of the marriage become contaminated.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Remember what they say: You could do it without em, but youd whole lot rather have them on your side.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Eileen Silva, Ph.D., N.D. is a metabolic health balancing expert, talk show guest, and lecturer. Dr. Silva is also an individual, group, and corporate weight management consultant. 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How? By using a simple Content Management System (CMS). Content is the core of every web site. Its how you tell your visitors who you are, what you offer, and why they should do business with you. How you design and manage the words and images that comprise your content is key to your success as an online enterprise. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Acquiring new leads, selling products, developing loyalty, educating consumers, and building your brand -- is that what your web site does? An effective web site should contribute to the growth of your business. All too often web sites are not built to capitalize on the potential of the Internet as a powerful business development tool. Your customers and prospects are using the Internet everyday to get information, do research, and to make decisions about who to do business with. A CMS will help you keep your information current, allow you to easily stay in touch with customers and let you show off your expertise.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;What Is A Content Management System (CMS)?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;A content management system automates the publishing of content on your web site. It makes creating, updating and archiving content easy and direct. A good CMS, such as the widely acclaimed Joomla (a free, mature and open source product), requires no special technology expertise to use. You simply login to your site through your favorite web browser, and update your pages.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;By separating design from content, your design and layout navigation is programmed into your CMS by a qualified Web design firm. Can you use Microsoft Word? Your new CMS will be even easier. You add, edit, and save content, and your CMS automates the rest. You can control your entire site yourself, or let your marketing, human resources, or sales managers own their unique site sections. Even complex ecommerce sites become simple to update.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;How Your Business Will Benefit&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Keeping your site content current and accurate is good customer service. Your price changes, sales, and special event information should always be up-to-date. Publishing articles on your site to demonstrate your expertise will impress and educate customers and prospects. CMS lets you send informational emails and eNewsletters to customers who request them, manage events calendars, and even gives you Blogging and Discussion Group tools.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Your business gains complete control over information quality, improves consistency, and reduces site maintenance costs. The greatest benefits, of course, are how a CMS can help improve sales, increase user satisfaction, and develop lasting lines of communication with the public.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The Bottom Line&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;A scalable and feature-rich CMS is not expensive. Whether you need a simple site or complex eCommerce solution, a CMS like Joomla can handle the essential functions and interactivity almost any business requires, and much more. There are thousands of add-ons available that expand your web sites capabilities and features, usually for little or no cost.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Take a good look at your current web site. If its not earning its keep as a strategic business development and sales tool, it's time to convert to a CMS.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Deborah Kaufman is one of the founding partners of the award-winning small packages, inc., a web development and marketing company helping clients use technology and the Internet to increase revenues, boost efficiency and save money. For more information, you can visit their web site at &lt;a href="http://smallpackages.com"&gt;http://smallpackages.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.bodybalance.ws/finding_a_spiritual_counselor.html&gt;Finding A Spiritual Counselor&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.bodybalance.ws/body_detox_diet.html&gt;Body Detox Diet&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.add-audio.com/affiliate_dashboard.html&gt;Affiliate Dashboard&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.bodybalance.ws/excercises.html&gt;Excercises&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.successwithcards.com/&gt;customer follow-up&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.bodybalance.ws/excercises.html&gt;Excercises&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.bestconsumerdeals.net/security/index.html&gt;Index&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.cillescents.com/&gt;gourmet candles&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.satellitetvman.com/satellite_tv_receiver.html&gt;Satellite Tv Receiver&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.bodybalance.ws/apple_cider_vinegar_and_acid_reflux.html&gt;Apple Cider Vinegar And Acid Reflux&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9073176442697555442-2624698941544650822?l=store-frontgxwwubwqx.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://store-frontgxwwubwqx.blogspot.com/feeds/2624698941544650822/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9073176442697555442&amp;postID=2624698941544650822' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9073176442697555442/posts/default/2624698941544650822'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9073176442697555442/posts/default/2624698941544650822'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://store-frontgxwwubwqx.blogspot.com/2008/05/does-your-web-site-grow-your-business.html' title='Does Your Web Site Grow Your Business?'/><author><name>storefront-uzebq</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17902638728883461357</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='03476334699986018458'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9073176442697555442.post-1089230546655914701</id><published>2008-05-03T16:32:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-03T16:32:00.310-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Want Network Marketing Success?</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;Want Network Marketing Success? Network marketing success only happens when you have certain key factors taken place in your business. Network marketing success happens when you generate your own traffic and targeted leads. Also you must have a marketing system in place that will allow you to generate red-hot targeted leads that will pay for themselves. This will allow you to fund all your advertising cost up front so you can advertise and generate leads endlessly. The marketing system must also teach and train people who use it so you can see network marketing success much faster. If you have all this in place then network marketing success is around the corner.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Why is all this critical to your success? If you have been buying generic leads from lead companies and cold calling then you are throwing all your money and time out the window. Network marketing success will take way too long for you to achieve if your building your business this way. These types of leads are not your target market in the first place. The type of leads that you should be generating for you mlm business are other network marketers. The reason is they have experience in network marketing. This is why they are your target market and will help you reach network marketing success quicker. Let me put it this way! If you were a coach for a professional volleyball team and you were looking for a great volleyball player to recruit, would you go out and place an ad in your local new paper saying "Looking for professional volleyball player, Make big money. Or would you scout out colleges or schools that have professional volleyball players already? The colleges of course!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Now that we covered that part of the system, let's talk about having the leads you generate pay for themselves. This would definitely help you see network marketing success. Here's why. When you buy generic business opportunity seeker leads from lead companies, you just keep spending your money and making nothing back and spending a lot of time cold calling and facing rejection. This makes people in our business want to quit. So the solution would be to have you leads pay for themselves. You would use the marketing system to generate targeted leads and those same leads will upgrade to use the system for their network marketing business so they can see network marketing success also. When they do this you make money up front by providing them a solution to their network marketing challenges. The money helps pay for your advertising. This is called a funded proposal. This is how we as top income earners build our primary company.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;You will have many of these targeted leads you generate contact you asking what business your in and then it's just a matter of sending them to information on your primary company. This is when you will see network marketing success in you business. They want to join you because you introduced them to a system that cured their network marketing challenges. A Solution! Network marketing success comes when you show enough people how to get what they want. They see you as a true mentor and leader, then become attracted to you as the expert.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Joe LoBalsamo is the CEO of Internet Network Marketing Secrets. "Want To Learn More About A System That Will Generate Cash For Your MLM Even If No One Joins Your Business And Pays For Your Advertising To Generate Endless Red-Hot Targeted Leads?"&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;A target="_new" target="_new"href="http://www.GenerateEndlessLeads.info"&gt;Generate Red-Hot Targeted Leads Endlessly And Cash For Your MLM. Click Here!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;A target="_new" target="_new"href="http://www.article.internetnetworkmarketingsecrets.xpowerpro.com/"&gt;A Business That Improved My Life! 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Affiliate marketing is no exception. By creating multiple streams of income it ensures your survival should one source fail for any reason. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Having multiple streams of income can be equated to McDonalds serving chicken sandwiches even though they're a burger joint. If you put all your eggs in one basket you're just looking for trouble. Also, as an affiliate it's fairly easy to setup multiple streams of income because there is usually an abundance of different programs with decent products available. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Within most niches you'll probably even be able to find products that complement each other instead of competing with each other. This is an excellent way to bolster your affiliate earnings. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The first order of business is to get your own web site. Something basic will do as you won't be needing too much web space. There are very inexpensive hosting plans available today, some as cheap as $3.95 a month. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Next you'll need a domain name. These are also very inexpensive and can be purchased for under $10 for a whole year. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Your domain name is very important. You'll want to try to include the name of the niche you're targeting in the domain name itself if you can and if it's not too long. If you're looking at the dog grooming niche for example you may want a name like "doggroomingtips.com" or "doggroomingsecrets.com" or something similar. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The next project on your agenda when attempting to achieve multiple streams of affiliate income should be to create your email capture page. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Your capture page should be your top priority. Consider this your sales page even though you won't be selling anything in the true sense of the word. By capturing the name and email address of your prospects before sending them to the merchants site you'll build a list that you can send other offers to whether they purchase from the original merchant or not. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It's been said many times by the internet's top marketers, "The money's in the list"! This rings true for affiliate marketers as well as product creators. You can build a list by writing a special report pertaining to the niche you're targeting. Perhaps you can write a review of the product you're promoting or a "top ten" list of reasons to use the product. Offer the report for free so long as your visitor leaves their name and email address. Use a double opt-in autoresponder to protect yourself from unethical folks. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;After the prospect has confirmed their address send them to the download page of your special report. And a word of advice - Don't just send a download link. By sending them to an HTML web page you can sprinkle in links to different affiliate products. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Also, write up 7-10 emails to go out at 2-3 day intervals, each highlighting a different aspect of the main product you're promoting. Then you can add more emails to go out at 7-10 day intervals exposing your readers to different products in the same niche. Explain how these products complement your main product and why your reader would benefit from the purchase. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;By setting up a few of these simple sites offering an array of special reports in one niche you'll be promoting several different affiliate products within that niche. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Find a variety of other profitable niches to target, repeat the above process and soon you'll have a whole network of sites funneling prospects into your sales process. The result -You'll soon have multiple streams of affiliate income in several different niches producing substantial income. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;------------------------------------&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;This article may be reprinted providing it is published in it's entirety, including the author's bio and link to the URL  displayed. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;John J Farina is a writer and a successful affiliate marketer. He also provides expert reviews on which affiliate programs to join and ones to avoid like the plague. 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Find out more at &lt;a href="http://www.masterlistbuilder.com"&gt;http://www.masterlistbuilder.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9073176442697555442-6544674377292773326?l=store-frontgxwwubwqx.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://store-frontgxwwubwqx.blogspot.com/feeds/6544674377292773326/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9073176442697555442&amp;postID=6544674377292773326' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9073176442697555442/posts/default/6544674377292773326'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9073176442697555442/posts/default/6544674377292773326'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://store-frontgxwwubwqx.blogspot.com/2008/05/role-of-keywords-to-reach-your-niche.html' title='Role of Keywords To Reach Your Niche'/><author><name>storefront-uzebq</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17902638728883461357</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='03476334699986018458'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9073176442697555442.post-3603936265213737065</id><published>2008-05-02T02:58:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-02T02:58:00.590-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Only Way To Get Rich In The Music Industry</title><content type='html'>&lt;!-- ADDTHIS BUTTON BEGIN --&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript"&gt;addthis_pub             = 'articlecity'; addthis_logo            = 'http://www.articlecity.com/images/addthis.png';addthis_logo_background = 'ffffff';addthis_logo_color      = '000000';addthis_brand           = 'ArticleCity.com';addthis_options         = 'email, favorites, delicious, digg, facebook, fark, furl, google, live, myweb, myspace, newsvine, reddit, slashdot, stumbleupon, technorati, twitter, more';&lt;/script&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php" onmouseover="return addthis_open(this, '', '[URL]', '[TITLE]')" onmouseout="addthis_close()" onclick="return addthis_sendto()"&gt;&lt;img src="http://s9.addthis.com/button1-share.gif" width="125" height="16" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript" src="http://s7.addthis.com/js/152/addthis_widget.js"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;!-- ADDTHIS BUTTON END --&gt;                                  &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;17d2&lt;div class="hft-lines"&gt;&lt;br&gt;Unless you have spent the majority of &lt;a href=http://www.satellitetvman.com/hdtv_providers__the_battle_rages_on.html&gt;Hdtv Providers  The Battle Rages On&lt;/a&gt; life living under a rock then you should be familiar with the saying, If you want anything done right  you need to do it yourself!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;This may very well be one of the most valid sets of words ever spoken. Those words apply to the music industry like a hand in a glove.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I have had the fortunate opportunity to grow up around the music industry, and experience firsthand all of the ins-and-outs of the game. &lt;a href=http://www.bestconsumerdeals.net/security/home_security_tips.html&gt;Home Security Tips&lt;/a&gt; have been to all of the work shops, I have read the books, I have purchased the e-books. After all of that I am embarrassed to say that very few individuals actually have a clue on how to break into the industry.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Well my friend, if you are at all serious about breaking into the music industry you need to continue reading this article. All I ask of you is to read it with an open mind.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Here we go:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;First and foremost let me break it down in simple terms You (the independent artist) are a small business. 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There are a few different ways that you can do this but for right now I want to keep it as simple as possible.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Nine out of ten independent artist, have this misconception that the music business is about 90% talent and 10% business. That is so far from the truth that it is ridiculous. The truth is its totally the opposite. The music industry is 90% business and 10% talent. Out of 100 independent artist that I have interviewed 99% of them create a demo and submit it to every record label on the planet. Then they walk around telling everyone that they are about to get a record deal soon. To put it nicely  ITS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Remember a few moments ago I told you that the record label is like a &lt;a href=http://www.add-audio.com/affiliate-rocket.htm&gt;Affiliate Rocket&lt;/a&gt; Well that is the truth and you have to approach them in the same manner.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Here is what most artist are doing They go to the bank (the major labels, distributors etc) thinking that they are going to get a small business loan (a cash advance). The first thing the bank wants to know is what type of assets do you have (why should they invest in you.) The artist confidently states that they have a double platinum record on their hands and they know that it will make tons of money.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Although though the bank is laughing inside the banker will ask does the artist have proof of his or her claim (Can you &lt;a href=http://www.bodybalance.ws/excercises.html&gt;Excercises&lt;/a&gt; that your record will defiantly sell.) The banker will want to see your business plan i.e. how much money have you made on your own. How large is your current fan base. How many units have you sold without them etc..&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Now the savvy artist thinks that they can out smart the banker by lying about their credentials, &lt;a href=http://www.bodybalance.ws/walking_the_path_to_fitness.html&gt;Walking The Path To Fitness&lt;/a&gt; realizing that they are masters at this game. The artist will boast about their live performances, how many units they have sold etc But when the banker ask for proof, the gig is &lt;a href=http://www.bodybalance.ws/excercises.html&gt;Excercises&lt;/a&gt; If you do &lt;a href=http://www.bestconsumerdeals.net/security/safe_online_surfing.html&gt;Safe Online Surfing&lt;/a&gt; have press coverage, sound scan print outs you have no loan  translation. Your not going to get a record deal.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I think it was Bill Gates who said if you build it they will come. Take a look at Microsoft  that is more than enough proof. Bill Gates created an interface that made the computer simple enough that a monkey could use it and the whole world purchased it.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The same is true with your music career. If you build it they will come (the record labels). Its not that hard to build a lucrative music career, it is however extremely time consuming.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;If you are reading this you should already have a finished product. That is what you are going to build your initial business plan around. The first thing you have to do is build the foundation.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;You foundation is your own domain name. Most artist make the mistake by only having a myspace.com page which is good, but extremely risky to your music career.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;What if you build your entire fan base and have them use to coming to MySpace to find out what is going on with your music career and MySpace decides to sale the company, or worse yet their company folds.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I know some of you are probably saying Fat Chance of MySpace Closing. Thats the same thing that millions of others said when MP3.com collapsed. 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Yeah, Take That!'/><author><name>storefront-uzebq</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17902638728883461357</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='03476334699986018458'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9073176442697555442.post-5614772298519184996</id><published>2008-05-01T02:11:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-30T23:11:30.735-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Christmas  How To Create A Fun &amp; Cherished Christmas!</title><content type='html'>&lt;!-- ADDTHIS BUTTON BEGIN --&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript"&gt;addthis_pub             = 'articlecity'; addthis_logo            = 'http://www.articlecity.com/images/addthis.png';addthis_logo_background = 'ffffff';addthis_logo_color      = '000000';addthis_brand           = 'ArticleCity.com';addthis_options         = 'email, favorites, delicious, digg, facebook, fark, furl, google, live, myweb, myspace, newsvine, reddit, slashdot, stumbleupon, technorati, &lt;a href=http://www.add-audio.com/optinbuilder.html&gt;Opt In List Builder&lt;/a&gt; more';&lt;/script&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php" onmouseover="return addthis_open(this, '', '[URL]', '[TITLE]')" onmouseout="addthis_close()" onclick="return addthis_sendto()"&gt;&lt;img src="http://s9.addthis.com/button1-share.gif" width="125" height="16" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript" src="http://s7.addthis.com/js/152/addthis_widget.js"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;!-- ADDTHIS BUTTON END --&gt;                                  &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;f17&lt;div class="hft-lines"&gt;&lt;br&gt;A great way to ensure your Christmas will be remembered with warm and cherished memories is to incorporate some rituals. 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So why not add a few rituals to your festive day to add some fun and create great memories of a truly joyous and happy day.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Copyright 2006 Bernadette Dimitrov&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Bernadette Dimitrov&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9073176442697555442-5614772298519184996?l=store-frontgxwwubwqx.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://store-frontgxwwubwqx.blogspot.com/feeds/5614772298519184996/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9073176442697555442&amp;postID=5614772298519184996' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9073176442697555442/posts/default/5614772298519184996'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9073176442697555442/posts/default/5614772298519184996'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://store-frontgxwwubwqx.blogspot.com/2008/05/christmas-how-to-create-fun-cherished.html' title='Christmas  How To Create A Fun &amp; Cherished Christmas!'/><author><name>storefront-uzebq</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17902638728883461357</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='03476334699986018458'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9073176442697555442.post-5374388801386256647</id><published>2008-04-30T17:59:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-30T14:59:35.533-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Why Choose Network Marketing In This Time of Financial Uncertainty?</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;Doom and Gloom! 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