Hey, I just noticed something. I've been sitting here filling out a bajillion forms, submitting my dang article 'til I'm blue in the face (Vent much? Why, yes and thanks for listening!), and I realized what makes me give out my real email address. With the volume of mail I get as webmaster of several sites, even my hyper-organized Outlook Folder and Rules System is just not good enough to handle the volume of incoming email. So I have several accounts. I have one free email account I NEVER open - anything that has spam potential goes to that address....

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You have this great website, you have sent out e-mails regarding your services, printed out hundreds of brochures which you have given to friends and relatives, but what you really need is to get people talking about what you offer. You know that if you can do that, people will recommend you to others and your client base will begin to grow. Sounds great, doesn't it? But how on earth do you get people talking? Two words: ONLINE COMMUNITY Communities come in all shapes and sizes - from sharing coffee with neighbors over the garden fence to sharing ideas in an online chat room....

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The public domain is full of books, journals, literary works, videos, audio, music sheets, software and government works that you can use any way you choose and create unlimited wealth with a little creativity. Several ways you can profit using public domain works are: 1. Creating articles to increase website traffic. Search for public domain works that are related to your business and dissect these works into informative little articles you can post to article based websites others can freely use as content in their ezines....

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Google is at least as interested as you are in having your ads perform well on your site. And they've gone to some work to provide the information you need to optimize your AdSense. What's fascinating to me is that apparently not everyone bothers to read their tips. And even some that do, fail to apply it. That said, you need to be aware that simply using their tips doesn't guarantee successful ads and decent CTR (Click Through Rate). How many times have you heard this? You have to test. You have to try alternatives and see what really works best for you, on your pages, with your content and your visitors....

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It's a difficult task creating a website that brings you business. It's a full-time job where things seem easy at first but as soon as you start to explore the possibilities and appreciate the complexity of the task at hand it can soon start taking up ever increasing amounts of your time. There is a plethora of people out there offering you conflicting advice and it's often difficult to know what to focus on. This article cuts through all that and reveals to you the two most important things you need to know about creating a website that brings more profit to your business....

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Do you have a website but seem puzzled to how you can drive in traffic? Or are you a brick and mortar business owner looking to bring in new customers? Either way, a press release may be just the answer you need to solve this dilemma. Here are a few things to keep in mind when writing a press release. 1) ALWAYS target your press releases to the appropriate media. Take your time to research the different forms of media available in your particular market niche. Don't try sell or advertise. Failure to do this will have your press release in the trash somewhere....

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Copyright 2005 Michael Port & Associates LLC Would you rather be a big fish in a little pond or a little fish in a big pond? No matter which pond you want to swim in? you're still going to have to become known for one thing if you want to get your trunks wet! The most successful professionals master one domain (the little pond) and then they go on to tackle bigger things. Some people fear niches because they think it will limit their success or potential. That could not be farther from the truth....

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Have you ever attended a class where the instructor followed the Socratic method of teaching? You remember, only questions, no direct answers. Some discussions lend themselves best to that format, and this look at some possible future trends in Internet marketing is one of them. Mainly because there are no answers at this point, only the questions we pose! Internet marketers by and large are used to creating products for, and selling to, a predominantly western audience. Whether inside the marketing niche or not, today's web sites, autoresponder sequences, mailing lists, payment processing systems, and overall way of doing business have evolved around the needs and wants of target markets in the western world....

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Thirty years ago, I sold information via small classified ads in "ad-sheets" on how to make money teaching others how to make money. We sent out these packets of flyers called "Big Mails." We sent them to people who answered out ads and sent us the postage or a self-addressed stamped envelope. Fast forward 25 years, and I found myself in that same world transposed online. They were the same, because in both cases, most of the people marketing this information had never achieved any major success at what they were teaching....

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Have you been searching without success for a way to make money on the internet? Maybe you've been going from one idea to another - wasting more and more money without much if any return. The conventional wisdom of internet marketing is to build a huge multi-page website and stuff dozens of affiliate links and product offers into it. And the truth is, if you do it right, these kinds of sites do make money. Trouble is, writing 40 or 50 content rich web pages takes a lot of work, especially for a one person operation....

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Internet marketing and public speaking? Not quite ham and eggs, is it? Those two phrases are rarely found in the same sentence. After all, many people decide to do their marketing in cyberspace so they'll never be required to deliver a sales presentation or a speech. If you are one of these people, you are making big mistake by not developing your speaking skills, because you are cutting yourself off from the vast off-line market. In this brief article, I'll give you a "shortcut system" that will enable you to package your substantive knowledge so it can be delivered in an interesting, engaging manner....

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Creating a network -- meaning a community of users -- for your company is something that has always been valuable, but has become virtually indispensable to the success of any Internet company. The leaders of the Internet -- such as Google and Yahoo! -- all apply the idea of creating a network, and have profited substantially from it. The best way to create a network is to provide your users with free services. This accomplishes two vital goals: Attracts Users. Getting qualified traffic to your site is one of the most fundamental objectives of any online business....

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