Archive for 2007

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Sorry I haven’t kept up with the class this month but it is a real busy time for me and I know it is for you too. I thought I miht post a short series of articles this month that might help you with your business and mindset going into the [...]

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This is the last part of our look at JV’s. Please take time to go over all we have learned and you will have an unbeatable strategy for your next product launch. In conclusion to all we have learned thus far lets look at planning.
In A Word- Plan
In choosing your JV partners, [...]

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Today I thought we would look at the traffic and profit sharing aspect of JV’s. So lets jump right in and get our feet wet.
Striking up a partnership or collaboration with a fellow Web master, with the intent of sharing mutual gains and risks; especially in traffic and profit sharing. Thereby empowering you with [...]

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We now come to a very important part of our JV lessons. How to have a strong and fruitful JV. So lets jump right in and see what we can learn.
First: Offer your Partners a real deal…not found anywhere else. Make them feel that they’re getting a real value by knowing you- which, of [...]

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What does it take to run a JV successfully? This most likely the question on everyones mind at one time or another. The partnership between you and someone else has to be built in phases. We have already looked at this to some extent and now lets take on the success part of the [...]

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Today I want to show you some tips that will help you get your JV off the ground. Please take time and go over these lessons carefully.
Joint Venture Tips
Regardless of whether your JV is formal or informal, simple or complex- the following will massively enhance your chances of “shaking hands and sealing the [...]

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Lets take some time in this lesson to learn the proper way to approach your prospective partner.
Essential Elements of a JV Proposal
No two JV proposals are alike; in essence, each is a Work of Art…however, certain components are common to all good JV proposals. The following checklist will serve you as a guideline [...]

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I thought this month we would take a look at Joint Ventures. A properly done JV can not only net you money in the bank but build your list and reputation too. So with that said here we go.
Joint Ventures?
A clear objective!
You have to know what you want to achieve from the start. [...]

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I thought today we would tak a short look at Facebook. This will be the last lesson this month as I need to catch up on some other business.
Facebook: Another Popular Social Networking Website Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/) may not be as well known as other popular social networking websites, such as Yahoo! 360 or MySpace, [...]

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I thought today we would look at promoting your website and blog using Social Marketing. Lets look at blogs first.
Using Social Networking Websites to promote Your Blog
Promote your blog? Why would you want to do that? Honestly, if you have to ask yourself that question you probably shouldn’t even have one. The whole purpose [...]

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This lesson is going to take a look at Squidoo. I like this because of its simplicity and because it is effective when used right.
 Squidoo is a social site that is known as an authority portal. In many ways it’s like Wikipedia, only far more interactive.
Squidoo is made up of lenses (content pages) that [...]

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In this lesson we will explore how you can use social networking to promote your business.
he goal of business owners is to make money, Right? However, to sell the product or service that you provide you need a way to get your message to your potential prospects. After all customers can’t buy from you [...]

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I hope your weekend is off to a good start and it is my hope that by the end of our look at Social Marketing that you will have a much better understanding of how to use it to your advantage Today we are going to look at two modern phenomena’s, [...]

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I thought this month we might look at how to use the social networking craze to help build our business. Youtube, Myspace, Yahoo 360 and Squidoo are just a few of the more popular social networking hot spots. There are others and we will look at as many as we can before the end [...]

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I thought in this lesson we would move on to Ranking and Stats. I know I haven’t been as extensive with this study of SEO as I could have been but you should be getting a good overview of how important SEO is.

So with that said lets move on.
Keeping An Eye On Your Rankings
The [...]

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Lets continue our look at Contextual Marketing. At this point you might be feeling like gee this is all way over your head. However, give yourself time and re-read these lessons over a time or two believe me by the end of the class you will have a better understanding of SEO and [...]

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I hope you had a great weekend and that your now ready for our next lesson. Lets just jump right in.
Contextual Marketing
This is a newly emerging but extremely targeted and effective form of promoting your online business. Consumers download specific software from a contextual marketing network organizer at no cost and install it on [...]

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Now that we have a little better understanding of how Search Engines work lets look at what is called Paid Placement. You need to be careful when doing this start off with a small campaign and work your way up.
Paying For Listings & Rankings
Many Search Engines have now started offering paid placement programs in [...]

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Lets take this lesson to look at Directories. Directories rely on submissions from webmasters, with live humans viewing your site to determine if it will be accepted.
Directories
If accepted, directories often rank sites in alphanumeric order, with paid listings sometimes on top. Some search engines also place paid listings at the top, so it’s not [...]

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In todays lesson I want us to look at how search engines work and our next lesson will deal with SEO and Directories. So this is going to be a 2 part lesson. In order to really use Search Engines effectively you need to understand how they work. So here we go lets see [...]