How To Protect Your Content On The Internet?
August 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment
When you want to sell on the internet, you will bound to publish something, whether it is a simple blog post, a review, a description of the product or an article. These content are read by many people. Some will learn from you, some will model your content and some will copy your stuff.
So how do you protect your contents on the internet?
There are several ways of protecting your content. The 2 most simple ways are:
1. Register for Copyscape services. The free service can be used to monitor who has copied contents from your website without permission. Then its up to you what you want to do.
2. Licence your work at Creative Commons. There are 6 conditions which your work can be used by others. You can choose how you want your content to be used. Those who uses photos according to my earlier posts will know about creative commons licences.
Remember you want to protect your content but you want your content to be viral and helpful to your marketing purpose. So stike a balance between sharing your content while protecting it.
The Buyers’ Mentality
July 16, 2008 | 2 Comments
Today I read a post from a friend, Corinne Edwards that really make you laugh.
She brought up the issue of chain emails that we receive almost everyday. Whenever we received such emails, often people pay attention to it and more often, believe in it as well.
If you read the readers’ comments of that post, you can see that “fear” is the driving force of people believing what may be hoax. Readers will want to be careful or take precaution, just in case. The “fear” is to avoid pain or suffering.
Now you know a bit of the human psychology of avoiding pain or suffering, you can apply this in your internet marketing campaign.
What is a bigger driving force for people to buy? To avoid suffering or to enjoy pleasure. The majority is avoid suffering.
In your internet marketing campaigns, when you point out a problem or problems, link it to the suffering that the person may be facing now. Eg, feeling humiliated because of ugly acne, or feeling lonely because unable to get a date. Humiliation and loneliness are a form of suffering.
In your salescopy or headlines, link your highlighted problem or problems AND associate it with sufferings. Then link your product or service to solving the buyers’ sufferings. This way, your product or service is so much more enticing to your buyers. Remember, people want to avoid sufferings.
Try this and you can see your online sales improving.
Roger Loh’s Basic Internet Skills Workshop
July 15, 2008 | 2 Comments
Last weekend, I helped my friend Roger with his Basic Internet Skills Workshop. The class deals with hands on training for newbies or people who would like to start their internet marketing journey.
The class was fun but packed with technical training and traffic strategies that students were bomb blasted with so many things. Towards the end of the 2 days class, many people had a good grasp of how basic things are done and also the potential of internet marketing.
It’s great that I can help the students work out their difficulty on the technical stuff and help them understand some of the concepts. Gave me a chance to practise what I had learned in my own internet marketing experience.
People tend to get stuck and is scared to proceed because they are not familiar with the website or software interface. But once they had tried it a few times, they know how to use it with confidence.
Whenever we venture out of our comfort zone, we all have a sense of fear of doing something wrong and spoil something or a sense of shame of failing.
Everyone faces this and what separates the successfully entrepreneur from the lost ones is Action!
Successful people take action despite of fear. The money is outside your comfort zone. You need the effort to go pluck the fruits.
The students learn fast because they had the mindset of learning despite all the mistakes they make. More often than not, we stop learning as fast as when we are a baby because of our own pride and fear of failing and shame. So, put on your learning cap and be humble, that is when we will really grow. T Harv Eker said something very profound…the most dangerous words are “I Know That“…
Even though I have more experience than the students from the class, it was a good reminder that getting things wrong is just a temporary sign that you are doing it wrong. So just persevere on but do it differently and learn the process. The more effort we put into it, the faster we achieve our target.
Me On the extreme left and Roger in the middle with the tie.
Google Keyword Tool
July 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment
This morning I was checking my AdWords account and read a notice that Google has done something that has revolutionised keyword research.
Remember we used to do keyword research on Overture to get an estimate of the keyword searches on Yahoo?
Now Google Keyword Tool has incorporated Approximate Search Volume for the past month as well as Approximate Average Search Volume for the year! This is so cool. Now instead of looking at green bars to indicate search volume, you get to see the estimated searches compiled by Google.
Since this feature is really new, the June month Approx Search Volume is almost the same as the average full year. I suspect that its a new feature so the yearly figure is not up todate yet.
Now everybody will have an extremely good keyword research tool to do their keyword research. Mind you, Google is the leading search engine by far, so the data will be fairly accurate and will represent a good picture of the market.
So how about Wordtracker or other paid keyword research tools? Well, IMHO, I think Google may have just flatten the competitors and strengthen itself as the leading research tool…what do you think?
Your Keyword Research Is Critical
July 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment
I’ve had many enquires on how to do a web page and get it listed on the search engines. Many people get a web designer to do up a nice looking website about their company and expect their website to be listed on the search engine. After some time, they can’t find their website when they search for it, except when they search for their company’s name. What happened? Why can’t I find my website?
This is a common thing that people do when they start internet marketing. After the website is up and they have paid for the website, they don’t get the results they want. Then they keep wondering what went wrong.
The problem lies with the keywords that the person uses. In most cases, web designers will ask the person what does the person want. That person will most probably say that they want to advertise the company or firm, or the person is in this or that business.
So the website is designed with the company’s name or the industry name or the nature of the business as the primary keywords.
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But have you ask yourself whether do people search for your company’s name or industry or nature of the business on the web? Keywords are words that search engines use to index and rank your webpages. An example is, if your website is done up with keyword, Company A Ltd. the seach engine will index your webpages as Company A Ltd. So whenever someone searches for Company A Ltd., your website will be listed. Now, if search engine like Google indexed your webpage as Company A Ltd, it won’t appear if people search for your product lets say “Graphite Fishing Rods For Children”. |
This is because you didn’t use “Graphite Fishing Rods For Children” as your keyword. So it is really simple. Use keywords that your customer will search in the search engine to find your product or services.
So how do I research for keywords relevant to my internet business or offline business?
You have to start with marketing 101…that is doing a SWOT analysis. SWOT analysis is an analytical method that you use to assess your Strengths, your Weaknesses, your opportunities and Threats. In other words, you need to have a good idea of what you can do and what you can’t do. Then you need to analyse your market whether it is a lucrative market or not. Finally you need to analyse your competitors.
Assessing your strengths and weaknesses is pretty straight forward. Sell what you are really good at doing and don’t do something that you are not so good at. The point here is to be focused on either one product or service first. Don’t try to be like amazon offering thousand and one products and services and lose your focus.
Analyse your online opportunities by doing keyword research. Use Google to search for your product or service that you intend to sell.You should also use keyword search tools such as Google’s Keyword Tool and Free Wordtracker.
Generally, if there are lots of searches made and many pages in the search engine result page (serp), then it may indicate that there is a big market in that particular niche. Try to find keywords that are relevant to your product or service offering that have a balance of not too big or too small niche. To big and you have to fight really hard to get ranked on 1st page of the serp. Too small and you won’t get much traffic.
Read up all your competitor’s webpages and see what are they doing. The general indication is more competitors mean bigger market. See what your competitors are doing and imitate them. Do what all the top ranking competitors are doing but don’t copy their materials. You can get ideas from them but since you are really good at what you are doing, producing your own materials is not difficult.
| Brainstorm as many keywords as you can and run each keyword through the SWOT analysis to shortlist your keywords. Remember, getting the right combination of tightly related keywords in a well balanced niche market means getting good targeted traffic with minimum or medium competition. So spend most of your time looking for good keywords. I have met internet marketers who can spend up to a few weeks to search for their keywords. |  Photo by Jacob Bøtter |
Finding the right keywords solve almost half your problem of getting the right traffic. The design of the webpage is the least of your worries. So emphasize on your keyword research and you will strike your own goldmine.
Once you have your keywords, you can give it to your web designer and tell them you want to have a website designed with your list of keywords. For more tips on search engine optimisation, you can go to my previous articles listed the in SEO Tips category.
Give your web designer the guidelines on what to put and what not to put in your webpages and they’ll design something nice for you which is probably search engine optimised. You can find from my earlier articles under the category SEO Tips on what are the guidelines that you or the web designer can do.
You should also tell your designer how to use your keywords in the meta tags, title page and content. My earlier SEO articles touched on this.
Finally, track and monitor your webpages and see how it is doing. If you have done it correctly, then you should be moving up the ranks in your niche.
Search Engine Optimisation is a whole topic that its best you learn something about it. Armed with good basics, you can tweak and optimise your own webpages to help it move up the serp’s ranking.
Don’t depend on your web designer. They may not know much about search engine optimisation. Remember, ranking on 1st page of your niche give you free targeted traffic to your website. Traffic means potential customers!
You can learn some of the basics first, and its good enough for you to dominate long tail niches and make some money. Once you get a hang of it, you can learn advanced SEO techniques which will give you skills to fight with the big boys and that is where big money lies.
How Do You Keep Doing The Same Thing For So Long?
June 26, 2008 | 2 Comments
The truth to it is, no you can’t keep doing what you have been doing for extended periods of time. You may have the passion and desire but once in a while you will face doubt and frustration or burnout.
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You have been blogging, writing and publishing articles, posting comments day in and day out, emailing and doing your marketing. How long can you last? Granted when you see the results coming in, you’ll feel appreciated and it motivates you to keep going.
In times when you are feeling down, how can you get inspired again? Here are some tips to help you get fresh again for your work. Take a few days off!
Taking time off is a very good way of giving your mind and body a rest. In internet marketing, you use a lot of your mind to think, plan and also write and publish your work as well and monitor your marketing plan and analyse its progress. You can do everything at home. Working from home is comfortable and nice but you’ll get bored and fed up quite fast if you don’t have a change in environment.
Taking time off is good for you to collect new ideas and perspective on how to proceed with your marketing. Perhaps you may even think of a new twist to your marketing or a new niche to start.
Try to do something totally opposite of what you have been doing and try to have fun. This will engage different parts of your brain to simulate it in other creative ways. Remember when you were young and trying to solve a math problem for days? Taking a simple walk to clear your head and you solve the math problem easily. Likewise, you may find more innovative ways of making more money online when you are having fun and not thinking of internet marketing.
Introvert people may prefer to sit and have a good read on an inspirational book. I totally agree and do practise it. But you can try taking your book to the seaside or some where out of your regular lounge chair or reading chair.
| I find reading at the seaside very therapeutic and it gives you even more omph for the inspirational part. If you can’t go to the seaside, perhaps a nice sunny spot at the gardens. Somehow being in touch with a big part of nature really helps your mind, regardless if you are playing, reading or just relaxing. |
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After a few days of doing something totally opposite of what you are doing, especially in a natural environment, you will be rejuvenated and feel much fresher to continue on with your internet marketing effort. Take a break and your mind will be more productive. Yes you may lose a few days work but the amount of energy you gain in those few days will boost your productivity further.
I am a fan of Star Wars and leave you a fun video to take your mind off your work for a while.
Michael Rasmussen’s “Mini Site Profits Exposed” Video Series: How To Create A Mini Site That Runs On Autopilot And Makes You Money While You Sleep!
June 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Most Internet marketers understand that having mini sites is the fastest and easiest way to make money online. They don’t require a lot of time, energy, or money to set up, and once you’ve got one up and running, you can sit back and just collect money from all the sales you’re making.
At least… that’s how it’s supposed to be, right?
The truth is that mini sites really ARE easy to set up. They really DON’T require much time, energy, and money to set up. So why is it that so few people actually make money with their mini sites?
The answer is that they never learned how to actually turn their mini site into a profitable moneymaker that
runs completely on autopilot. The good news is…
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YOU’RE ABOUT TO LEARN HOW TO DO IT!
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Here’s what this is all about: My colleague Michael Rasmussen has just released a brand new video course that will walk you through the process of creating a killer mini site from the ground up, and then he’ll also teach you how to actually start making money with it right away and into the future. |
If you’ve been looking for help with monetizing your mini sites, then this is exactly what you need. The best part? The videos are FREE! I’ll tell you more about that later. First, let’s talk about the videos themselves.
If you’re in a hurry, you can just check the videos out right now for free. Here’s the URL:
http://tanhailiang.com/recommends/freevideotraining
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OVERALL QUALITY
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It’s important to note that these are online videos that you access from your web browser. Michael uses Camtasia Studio to create these videos, which is the premier software program for creating screen capture
tutorials such as these.
The first thing I noticed when I hit the play button on the first video was the incredible production quality. These are NOT your ordinary screen capture videos. In fact, I don’t think I’ve ever seen someone make videos that are this high quality before.
He uses beautifully created graphics to pass his wisdom along to you, and the sound quality is the highest you will ever hear in an Internet marketing product. They sound like they were recorded in a professional studio.
Michael explained to me that he was sick and tired of seeing all the low quality videos out there, and so he
set out to create something different in order to raise the bar in our industry. I think that, when you see Mini Site Profits Exposed for yourself, you’ll agree that he has succeeded.
Now let’s move onto…
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THE ACTUAL VIDEOS
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Here’s a brief summary of each video. Obviously it’s impossible to list every single thing here, but I want you to get a feel for what each one covered, and how well it covered it.
If you’re in a hurry, you can just check the videos out right now for free. Here’s the URL:
http://tanhailiang.com/recommends/freevideotraining
VIDEO 1 - INTRODUCTION
This videos introduces you to the entire course, as well as the teacher himself. You’ll learn what you can expect from the course, and why it’s structured the way it is.
Michael realizes that you may not have heard of him, and so he spends some time establishing his credibility with you by sharing some of his biggest successes. It doesn’t come across as bragging at all. Michael explains that, in order for you to get value from the teachings, you need to have faith that the teacher actually knows what he’s talking about. By the end of this video, you will have no doubt.
By the way, this is a good lesson for all of us product developers. If you want people to accept you as an authority on any subject, you first need to establish your credibility with the reader. That way he’s willing to relax, and trust that what you’re telling him is sound advice.
VIDEO 2 - THE BASICS
This video will introduce you to the basics of mini site marketing. This will set the foundation that all future learning will rest upon, so it’s important to pay close attention to this one.
You’ll learn:
* What mini-sites are, and what makes them different from regular content sites.
* Which businesses they work well for… and which ones they don’t.
* The right mindset to have when it comes to creating mini sites as part of your online business strategy.
* And the different tools you need to get started.
This was a great video, and did an excellent job of kicking things off, and building the foundation for the rest of the course.
VIDEO 3 - SQUEEZE PAGES
This is probably one of the most useful videos of the entire course. Every Internet marketer needs to build
an email list, but how do you do it? What is the best way to capture the most opt-ins?
The answer is ’squeeze pages’. This video will teach you:
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* Why using a squeeze page is far superior to other opt-in methods. * The single most important thing you must include at the top of your squeeze page to skyrocket your opt-in rate. * The secret structure of a squeeze page, and why most marketers get it wrong (which costs them a LOT of money). * The most important to include in your opt-in process that will make sure that people actually receive your email. |
After watching this video, you’ll know everything you need to know to start building a massive opt-in list right away. This will probably be the first video that you ‘take action’ on. You’ll be so excited about the possibilities, that I guarantee you’ll go and create your own squeeze page right away.
VIDEO 4 - MINI SITE COPYWRITING - PART ONE
Nothing happens until the sales copy is written. Graphics alone will never sell a product, but sales copy alone WILL. This video begins to demystify the mysterious process of writing words that make people whip out their credit cards and buy.
Specifically, you’ll learn:
* Why you need to learn copywriting, even if you “hate to write”
* What a compelling offer looks like, and how to tell the difference.
* How to write an eyeball-grabbing headline that practically forces your readers to go through your entire page.
* A simple trick you can use in your opening to make your reader want to learn more.
There is no skill that is more important to your success than the ability to write killer sales copy. Make sure you pay extra attention to this video, as well as…
VIDEO 5 - MINI SITE COPYWRITING - PART TWO
This video dives right into the individual components of a killer sales letter. You’ll learn how to create the “secret structure” of a mini site sales letter that makes big money. Specifically, you’ll learn:
* How to create captivating body copy that draws your reader into the sales letter.
* Bullets that force your reader to keep reading the whole page, and makes them insanely curious and want
to buy your product
* How to take the risk off people’s shoulders, so they’ll feel safe buying from you.
* How to craft your ‘call to action’, and get people to whip out their credit cards and buy immediately.
* The secrets of writing a killer P.S. that helps seal the deal, and flip your prospect into a buyer instantly.
This video covered a surprising amount of detail, especially considering that this course is not specifically about copywriting. Michael Rasmussen is definitely someone who overdelivers in his educational products.
VIDEO 6 - HOW TO AUTOMATE THE DELIVERY OF YOUR INFOPRODUCT
Unless you want to be chained to your computer, you must learn how to put your mini sites on autopilot.
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The only thing you should be doing is driving traffic, and letting the site itself do all the work, including the work of instantly delivering the product to the customer. This video will walk you through the process of automating your product delivery, so you can just relax, and collect |
the money. The best part is…once you have this automated system set up, you never have to touch it again.
VIDEO 7 - HOW TO “GROW” YOUR SALE
This video is guaranteed to be an eye opener for almost everyone who watches it, even the experienced marketers. Michael dives into some of the most effective ‘upselling’ techniques that I’ve ever seen.
Nowhere else on the Internet have I seen such a thorough tutorial on how to increase the ’size’ of your orders. You’ll learn:
* The psychology of ‘upselling’, and how to use it make your customer spend even more money with you. The best part? He’ll think it was his idea!
* The absolute best time to upsell your customer. This one will surprise you when you realize how much money you’ve been leaving on the table by skipping this step.
* 5 simple techniques to increase your profit by up to 100%.
If you’ve already got a mini site that’s up and running, this video will make a big difference for you right away. Use any of these ‘plug and profit’ strategies to increase your income literally overnight!
VIDEO 8 - CREATING AN AFFILIATE SALES FORCE
If there’s one thing I’ve noticed that all successful marketers have in common, it’s that they have a great affiliate program. They create a program that allows other people to make good money by promoting their
products, and they get to just sit back and relax, while everyone else is doing the hard work of promoting FOR them.
If you’ve ever dreamed of having an army of motivated sales people working hard to make you money, then
you’re going to love this video. Michael will teach you:
* What an affiliate program is, and how to set one up very quickly.
* Exactly what tools you need to give your affiliates (most people miss the mark here, so pay extra attention to this part).
* Why merely having an affiliate program is NOT enough to convince people to sign up, and what you can do
instead to have people eagerly trying to become one of your affiliates.
* How to motivate affiliates to sell for you.
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VIDEO 9 - MINI SITE MISTAKES TO AVOID
Let’s face it… it’s not enough to explain what you should do. You also need to know what mistakes you should avoid. Michael has already made these costly mistakes, but you don’t have to. You’ll learn:
- Why people do judge a book by its cover… and how to capitalize on that for your mini-site
- The single biggest reason people don’t buy from a mini site, and how you can apply this ‘instant fix’.
- The single biggest thing that will kill your mini-site (it’s not what you think, and making this mistake is a surefire way to drain money from your bank account FAST!)
- Two list building mistakes that’ll cripple your long-term profits.
VIDEO 10 - SECRETS OF CREATING A PRODUCT FUNNEL
This video will walk you through the process of designing a product line that will make you a TON of money. There’s a lot more to it than you’d think, which is why this important concept (which was taken from direct marketing) gets it’s own video.
After watching this video, you’ll understand why you can’t just have a single front end product, and you’ll
know exactly what to do in order to get your customer to keep buying more and more expensive products from you… completely on autopilot!
This video is a MUST for any serious marketer who wants to make a lot of money from their online business.
VIDEO 11 - OUTSOURCING SECRETS FOR WORKING LESS, AND MAKING MORE
The title of this video says it all. You’ll learn all of Michael’s secrets for getting top notch freelancers to help you create your mini site empire in record time.
Let’s face it, you can’t be an expert at everything that mini sites require. For example, it’s really tough to be a top notch graphic designer, while also mastering HTML, and then becoming a killer copywriter, on top of also creating the product itself.
And the list goes on and on. If you want to be efficient, and begin making money as fast as possible, outsourcing is the secret to making it happen. This video will show you exactly what to do, as well as some common (and very expensive) pitfalls to avoid.
VIDEO 12 - OUTSOURCING SECRETS FOR WORKING LESS, AND MAKING MORE
Let’s face it… it doesn’t matter how great your mini site is if you don’t get any traffic coming to it. Getting traffic can be one of the most confusing and mysterious parts of making money online IF you don’t get the proper education.
Thankfully, Michael really dives in, and gives you a lightning fast education in this area. Specifically, you’ll learn:
* How to use Pay Per Click (PPC) advertising to get targeted traffic fast.
* 3 ways to get targeted traffic without spending a dime.
* 2 ways to leverage the experience and contacts of other people to explode your traffic.
* 3 traffic strategies to avoid like the plague!
By the time you’re done with this video, you’ll know what to do right away to begin driving targeted visitors to your mini site.
Wow, you get all those videos for free? Click here to check out the Mini Site Profits Exposed course for yourself:
http://tanhailiang.com/recommends/freevideotraining
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DELUXE VIDEOS
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Mini Site Profits Exposed comes with 12 videos, and has more content than most 300 dollar home study courses. And did I mention that it’s free?
If you decide that you want to continue your education, and get the biggest possible advantage, you can also upgrade to the deluxe course for a small fee. The deluxe course contains four full-length videos that each cover one advanced topic in great detail.
Here’s a breakdown of each video:
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VIDEO 13 - DESIGNING A KILLER BACK END THAT RUNS COMPLETELY ON AUTOPILOT
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This deluxe video could easily be a whole course in itself. It walks you though the entire process of setting up a back end that is completely automated using an autoresponder system.
You’ll learn how to set up your autoresponder to automatically remove a person from your prospect list after he buys, and then insert him into your customer list. This is where your new autoresponder sequence will start promoting your back end products automatically.
Bottom line… if you want to make the big bucks like all the Internet marketing gurus, you need to create a
back end that works hard for you while you’re out creating new mini sites and developing new products. This video will show you how.
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VIDEO 14 - LIST BUILDING SECRETS
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In this deluxe video, Michael will walk you through some of his best tactics for growing a massive list from your mini site. He’ll not only teach you what to add to your mini site, but he’ll also show you what you must REMOVE from your mini site in order to get the most possible subscribers.
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Building a list is about SO much more than just offering a free newsletter. In fact, Michael shows you five different things you can offer your readers to get them to instantly give you their name and email. You’ll also learn the best places to actually put the opt-in email form on your mini site. You’ll also learn about pop ups and tell-a-friend scripts, as well as a bunch of other |
incredible tactics for growing your list.
I have a hunch that you’ll find yourself referring to this video over and over again.
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VIDEO 15 - MARKETING ACTIVITIES THAT MAKE YOU MONEY
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When you think about all the ’stuff’ you can do to drive traffic to your site, it’s hard to know what you should focus on first. This video will walk you through the four most important marketing activities you can do to drive traffic to your mini site.
Once you master these four, you’ll never have to wonder what you should do when you start a new mini site. You’ll have an easy-to-follow road map for driving tons of targeted prospects to your site, so you can begin making money ASAP!
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VIDEO 16 - MAKE MAXIMUM PROFITS FROM YOUR MINI SITE
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In this final deluxe video, Michael will reveal his best kept secrets for squeezing maximum profit out of any mini site. These are techniques that you have NOT seen before, so you’ll want to pay extra close attention to this one.
Think about it… if you’re going to put the time in, and set up a mini site the proper way (like Michael shows you in these videos), then it only makes sense that you’d want to make the most amount of money possible from it.
In this video, you’ll learn:
- How changing one sentence on your mini site could double your profits easily.
- How to instantly increase the dollar amount of your average order (which puts more money into your pocket).
- The one thing you must add to your ‘download page’ that will instantly increase your income (with no extra work, once this thing is put into place).
- How to turn your actual product into a money making machine!
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CONCLUSION
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Whew! That was a lot of information, and I hope it helped you decide to check out Michael Rasmussen’s Mini Site Profits Exposed video course. Remember the course is absolutely free, so you have nothing to lose.
Michael believes that it’s important for him to prove himself to you before he ever asks you to buy anything
from him. He wants to show you that he will deliver you the absolute best education available anywhere, and he’ll gladly do it for free… just to win you over!
So go ahead and check out Mini Site Profits Exposed right now, and see what all the fuss is about. I highly recommend that you upgrade to the deluxe course as well. Here’s the URL:
http://tanhailiang.com/recommends/freevideotraining
Firefox 3 With Java
June 20, 2008 | 4 Comments
A few days ago I’ve upgraded my browser from Firefox 2 to Firefox 3. But when I tried to read some of the sites with Java scripts, the websites go crazy!
After doing some reading, I reliased that Firefox 3 was developed close consultation with Sun Microsystem so the new Firefox should work with Java scripts properly. But how come mine doesn’t work?
The thing is you need to update your Java!
Here is how you manually update your Java:
1. Click on Start button.
2. Click on Control Panel
3. Double click on Java
4. Select Update on the top navigation tab
5. Click on Update now at the botton right corner.
After updating Java, restart your Firefox and everything works perfectly fine. True to the reviews, even the Java scripts were running faster in the new Firefox.
So update your Java now!
What Indiana Jones Can Teach Us
June 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment
I just watched the Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. It was an great show because for one reason, I’m an Indiana Jones fan. Watching the movie now wasn’t like how I used to watch it for fun when I was much younger. Of course the movie is still fun and entertaining but along the way, there are things which I think people can learn from Indy.
1. When you hit a dead end, look for solution in most unlikely places
In many scenes, not only the latest instalment, when Indy is stuck in a dead end or trap, he will search for a way out or to continue with his quest. He look for clues and search all the unlikely places to find the key to open the dead end or stop the trap. Most of the time, if not all, the key or solution is not in plain sight and requires some thought, analysis and courage to find the hiding place of the key or solution. Normally the solution is very simple BUT he still need to think through it.
In our internet home based business, we often face with a dead end and we don’t get results. What do we do? We keep repeating and repeating the same thing until we give up in frustration. No, the key to your solution is not in plain sight. You need to think through what you had done and analyse it. If what you have been doing doesn’t bring results, either re-think a new way or search for another way. Once you got the way, take courage and use it. Don’t let the previous experience of falling into a trap stop you from using the key you found. This is how Indiana Jones always get out of a dead end or traps. He just get going and don’t count the number of times he fell for the trap!
2. How much of human life is lost in waiting?
This is the quote from prof Oxley while he was witnessing Indiana Jones’ church wedding. If you remember the first Indiana Jones movie, Raiders of the Lost Ark, you will remember Marion’s character. She was jilted by Indy when they are young. Also they were suppose to be married but some how Indiana Jones just left her. We can only guess why.
In the end of Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, the circle completes with Indiana Jones finally married his love after many decades later. This happy couple could have gotten married when they were younger and enjoyed a more fulfilling life. This was why prof Oxley muttered “How much of human life is lost in waiting?” because so much time had been wasted to do something which you eventually have to do.
In our internet home based business, we get to learn and get exposed to many opportunities to make money online. Granted some are scams but there are also reputable and good teachers out there. Do we hold ourselves back in fear of being scammed? Then you won’t be able to get out of your dead end or trap.
Research and learn from teachers, gurus or experts who have “been there and done that”. They know the way to a successful home based business. They know where are all the traps and dead end and how to avoid them. Learn from them and follow the treasure map they lay out in front of you. They are your prof Oxley to guide you to your Kingdom of Crystal Skull. Don’t wait, just do it. Its just as simple as that.
Remember, you are Indiana Jones in your own life. You discover your own life and treasures along the way while solving your own dead ends and traps. Learn from Indiana Jones and succeed in your internet home based business now!
Have You Downloaded Firefox 3 Yet?
June 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment
If you haven’t download Firefox 3 yet, do it now! You still have a chance of being a part of Firefox’s history in making it the most downloaded software in Guinness World of Records.
There are a lot of improvements but the most noteable is the improved stability and speed and using less memory when you open multiple tabs as well as being the most secure browser around.
Huh you mean Firefox was unstable previously? I hardly noticed?!
People have been saying how fast is fast…well take a look at this excerpt from cnet news.com:
“Not only that, the new Firefox, with its “Awesome Bar”, allows “users to type search-like terms as well as URLs and gives faster access to Web addresses. For example, execs at Mozilla (Firefox’s parent) claim that it takes 60 milliseconds to change Gmail from showing one message to another with Firefox 3, compared with 413 milliseconds for Internet Explorer 7 and 227 for Firefox 2.“
Wow that is more than 6 times faster than Internet Explorer and more than 3 times faster than the previous Firefox 2!
If you want to know what are the technical improvements you can click on the above 2 links to Fox news or cnet for a detailed review. You can also do a search on google for “Firefox 3 review”. This will give you a whole bunch of techies reviewing it.
But the sum of it is, its blazing fast, more stable, works better with Java, takes up less memory and offer very good security. What more can you ask for in a browser?
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