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Do you want to learn about web 2.0 and social media?
Do you have any burning questions you need answered by an expert?

Do you REALLY understand it?
More importantly do you know how to PROFIT
from it?

Tonight, Howie Schwartz is going to do something different.
He is hosting an ‘OPEN QUESTION’ call.

For 90 minutes, you type your questions -
He will answer every single one of them.

Last call he did like this was on getting traffic to your website
and he answered over 300 questions! Read what I had to say . . .

You can ask him ANY question right now:

http://www.instantteleseminar.com/?eventid=3465534

Then join him LIVE tonight (Wed 7/2) at
8:30pm EST / 5:30pm PST

If you can’t make the live call, you can still
type in all of your questions now, so you can
listen to the answers on the replay.

http://www.instantteleseminar.com/?eventid=3465534

This is something you don’t want to miss!

Action Is Required!

With the price of gas still on the rise and nearing $5.00 a gallon and the economy in such as sad state of affairs, people are looking for alternative ways to offset the rising prices of gas and the all too common unexpected loss of employment.

Just a few hours ago, Bloomberg.com along with various other news media announced that Starbucks Corp. will eliminate as many as 12,000 jobs as close to 600 coffee shops across the U.S. close their doors. Starbucks is not the first, nor will it be the last of the many companies that will be forced to eliminate jobs in order to survive this dismal economic state that exists today.

Looking for alternative ways to make ends meet, make some extra cash, and possibly even attain a sense of financial security are common concerns that have people scurrying to the internet in hopes of making money online.

There is more than what meets the eye when looking to start an internet business and while you can make money online, it’s definitely not for everyone and not all business opportunities are created equal. With that being said, do your due diligence and research before jumping in feet first.

If this all sounds too familiar to you, and you’d like to read more about 5 Perfect ‘Spare-Time’ Online Businesses, listen to what an established Internet Marketer, Yanik Sliver has to say.

Peace and Prosperity!

Earlier this afternoon I was fortunate enough to listen to Howie Schwartz for over 90 minutes as he answered over 300 Traffic questions live. It was packed with content and people. Listeners on the call were able to simply fill out a form and ask/submit any traffic question(s) they had.

Yes he did promote an upcoming event, but hey, the content he covered and gave away for free on this call was well worth the time. And I’m sure, just a sampling of what you’d get from ANY of his Live events. In a previous post about attending live events, I spoke of my experience at Howie’s Online Profit Workshop. And I’ll still stand by what I said, “If you can get to a Live event, Go! If you can get to a Howie Schwartz Live event, Go faster!

If you’re interested in listening to the webcast replay of this call, visit                                 http://tinyurl.com/6rczhs

If you’re interested in attending Howie’s next Live event, go to: http://www.TrafficTornadoWorkshop.com
I believe you should also be able to listen to the replay here, if he takes it down from the site listed above.

And No this is Not an affiliate plug. This is just my humble opinion and strong suggestion as to where to go and who to follow/listen to when it comes to Making Money in any Niche Market.

Peace and Prosperity!

As an immediate follow up to the post on FireFox 3.0 and ScribeFire - Awesome! This nifty blogging tool is going to make my blogging life so much easier. And in return, I’ll be able to post more and with less effort. Imagine reading around the web and being able to create posts to your blog right there on the spot. Can’t tell you how excited I am to get to know this powerful tool.

And just so you know, there is well known web 2.0 marketer who not too long ago released “for sale” a very similar tool. Can’t beat “free” value!

Get it today!

FireFox 3.0

ScribeFire Add-On

Okay so up until today I’ve pretty much used IE as my browser. I did try FF before but my computer wasn’t able to handle having both browsers open at the same time. Not sure I needed both open at the same time, but that’s how I began using it. And you know how it is, it’s hard to teach an old dog new tricks and it’s human nature stick with what you know.

Yet, since turning to online marketing, I’ve forced myself to do many of things that are a little uncomfortable for me. Like opening up to complete strangers, posting my picture, recording my voice and soon to be posting live video with myself included (up until now, I’ve only posted a PP presentation with my voice as audio).

With an upgraded computer on hand and the newly released version 3.0 of FireFox, I decided to give it another shot. And wanted to try this ScribeFire add-on I saw on the TechCrunch site. There appears to be quite an extensive amount of add-ons and plug-ins available for FF and I look forward to playing around with it.

I’m actually doing this post with the ScribeFire add-on at this very moment. ScribeFire is a full-featured blog editor that intergrates with your FF browser and lets you easily post to your blog. When I’m done with this post, I’ll just push a little button “publish as a page” and viola! If all works well it should show up as a new post in my blog! How easy is that?

I also believe, but haven’t gotten that far yet, that I should be able to drag and drop formatted text from pages that I’m browsing, take notes, upload images, and post to multiple blogs. Sounds pretty cool if you ask me - and I’m far from being hip and up-to-date with the latest and greatest techy computer stuff. I will keep you updated but for now lets see if this really works. Drummmm roll please . . . I’m pushing the button . . .

A sitemap is often considered redundant in the process of building a website, and that is indeed the fact if you made a sitemap just for the sake of having one. By highlighting the importance of having a well constructed sitemap, you will be able to tailor your own sitemap to suit your own needs.

1. Navigation purposes

A sitemap literally acts as a map of your site. If your visitors browses your site and get lost between the many pages on your site, they can always refer to your sitemap to see where they are, and navigate through your pages with the utmost of ease.

2. Conveying your site’s theme

When your visitors load up your sitemap, they will get the gist of your site within a very short amount of time. There is no need to get the “big picture” of your site by reading through each page, and by doing that you will be saving your visitors’ time. 

3. Site optimization purposes

When you create a sitemap, you are actually creating a single page which contains links to every other page on your site. Imagine what happens when search engine robots hit this page — they will follow the links on the sitemap and naturally every other page of your site gets indexed by the search engines! It is also for this purpose that a link to the sitemap should be placed prominently on the front page of your website.

4. Organization and relevance

A sitemap enables you to have a complete bird’s eye view of your site structure, and whenever you need to add new content or new sections, you will be able to take the existing hierarchy into consideration just by glancing at the sitemap. As a result, you will have a perfectly organized site with everything sorted according to their relevance.

Taking the above reasons into consideration, it is most important to implement a sitemap for website projects with a considerable size. But for those that are not of considerable size, its good practice and it will still be beneficial in all the above mentioned ways.  In the end, you will be able to keep your website easily accessible and neatly organized for everyone.

 Action Is Required!

This past Wednesday - June 4, 2008 - I attended my first live event - Howie Schwartz’s Online Profit Workshop - and all I can say is, “WOW” what a wonderful experience.  I had no idea what to expect and actually was a little nervous about going because I wasn’t sure my knowledge would be up to par with the content to be delivered.  I wasn’t that familiar with “Social Marketing” and “Web 2.0″ and that is one of Howie’s fields of expertise.

I had heard Howie a few months ago on a teleseminar with another well-known Social Marketing Web 2.0 genius,  Jack Humphrey.   I was simply amazed to hear what they had to say, but in retrospect, I was not ready for the content they delivered.  It just sat there in the back of my brain as I continued to focus my efforts in other areas.  The impression lasted however and the names would not be forgotten.  I continued to keep up with Jack through his Friday Traffic Report and heard Howie maybe one other time (not really sure of this as I think I had him mixed up with someone else).  In any case, I liked the quality of content they delivered and put them on my “worth following” list.

Then I heard Joel Comm on Ask.JoelComm.com answer the popular question,  ”What’s the fastest way to make money online?”  You can watch the clip here if you like but the short answer was, “Go to a conference!”  “Go to a conference!”  

According to Joel . . . Read the rest of this entry »

Let me ask you a question: Do you think it is easier to sell your product or services to a complete stranger or to a person you have had contact with before; whether it’s an email conversation, forum participation or even an existing customer relationship (i.e. already bought something from you). Without a doubt, it would be harder to sell to a total stranger who has no prior experience with you and/or your products or services.  First time buyers, who haven’t been referred by a family member or friend, still have to go through a process of: 

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Lots has been happening since my last post just 8 days ago and this month as a whole has been a little unusual for me.  I totally lost focus of my goals and priorities and immeresed myself in my online education to the point of information overload.  And I’m not downplaying education and learning all you can about your business.  However, this month alone I probably listened to more teleseminars, webinars, and conference calls than I did in the total 6 months I’ve been online.  

There were times when I had 2 and 3 calls going on at once switching ears and phones and listening with the computer.  Looking back at my behavior, it was totally insane.  Did I get some good information?  Sure I did.  But was I productive in my online business?  Not really.  

What pulled my head out of the clouds was when I heard not 1, not 2, but 3 very successful gurus say that too much input can actually decrease output.  And everytime I heard about why people fail, it always came back to “moi.”  So with that being said, Let the games begin because I’m back and I’m moving on up!

And just so you know, my information overload detour wasn’t a total lost.  I got to hear Frank Kern, Eben Pagan, Dan Kennedy, David Garfinkel, Rich Schefren, John Carlton, Brad Fallon, Charlie Page, and Alex Mandossian, just to name a few.  

Part 3 will bring to a conclusion, “Learning The Basics Of RSS.”  So let’s get you started.

How do I start using RSS?

There are two things needed to get started, an RSS feed and an RSS aggregator or reader. The RSS feed comes from an RSS-supported website. There are also websites that provide a list of RSS feeds of different websites. An RSS aggregator is used to read the RSS feed from the source website. It scans and collects data on latest RSS feeds from the worldwide web.

An aggregator comes in two forms: a downloadable program also known as desktop aggregator and an online or web-based aggregator. Downloadable aggregators may require payment before they can be acquired, while internet-based aggregators are usually free of charge. All you need to do is to register an account then you are ready to use their services. Both versions allow you to customize or choose which RSS feeds to enter. Paid aggregators are usually chosen by more experienced users and they usually allow more freedom in customizing feeds.

 So to get you started:

1. Choose an RSS aggregator to use. For beginners, web-based aggregators are recommended since they are usually user-friendly

2. Scan the homepage of your target website for the RSS or XML button. It contains the RSS code you need to enter in the aggregator. Copy this code. Syndic8 provides a directory of websites that support RSS.

3. Paste the code (which contains the URL of the website) in your aggregator. There is a space provided for pasting the code.

After you have done these three easy steps, you can start reading the RSS feeds coming from the website. New postings appear as they are published real time at the source website.

RSS and Internet Marketing

The original idea of RSS came from Netscape, where their intention was to provide a means for users to customize their personal homepage to contain links to websites that interest them, similar to bookmarking websites.

The application of RSS to internet marketing was an unforeseen development to RSS technology developers. Since users are given the freedom to add RSS feeds to their aggregators, those who are interested in particular products and services available in the internet can now be notified real time. Marketing becomes more specific to interested people and not a hit-and-miss operation.

Those who intend to use RSS for marketing their products and services should consider linking up with different providers from various areas such as, email account providers, social networking websites, news and television network websites, and of course, blogs.

Clearly, RSS is an innovation in information management in the worldwide web as well as online marketing. We can expect improvements in RSS technology as its popularity increases among users and website owners alike.