Gawker Hawkers: New Blogs Launch With Advertisers On Board
By Amy Corr
Assistant Editor
Monday, January 31, 2005

The Gawker Media Empire launches two new blogs today--Gridskipper, dedicated to travel, and Lifehacker, which will examine software downloads and time-saving Web sites. Both blogs already have corporate marketers on board: Sony Electronics will sponsor Lifehacker, while Cheaptickets will likely sponsor Gridskipper.

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Home Business Success - 5 Things You Learn From Your Ex-Boss

by Gobala Krishnan

In the past, everyone could take pride in working for large, multinational companies. The current trend of downsizing and outsourcing, however, has brought major changes in the employment landscape. One thing for sure, as job security becomes a thing of the past, many are turning towards starting their own home based businesses.

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Are You Making This Marketing Mistake?

by Kathleen Gage

Recently, I facilitated a workshop on how to market a business. I asked participants “who is your market?” Many responded with, “Everyone!” I’ve got news for you, not everyone is your market. If this is your thinking you are headed for trouble – double time. No business can be all things to all people. You will do better to think in terms of expanding your ability to reach specific customers and satisfy their particular needs.

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Hello Internet Marketers! Here's another great business resource tool. I am not an affiliate of this program or anything but thought it could be very helpful to anyone. A business associate of mine here in NM offers this.

Her name is Joan Buckner and here is the website where you can read up on this:
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Marketing Success Defined

by Mark S,. Levit

How do you personally define success? High income? Substantial net worth? A fine home? Peer recognition?

On a personal basis, there are likely almost as many definitions of success as there are people in the world.

In marketing, though, there are just four measurable elements of success:

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Google Snags Mozilla Developers, Fuels Browser Speculation
By Shankar Gupta

Google has hired two developers from the Mozilla Foundation, the producer of the popular freeware Web browser Firefox--leading many on the Web to speculate about Google's possible plans to enter the browser market.

Ben Goodger, the lead engineer for Mozilla Firefox, and Darin Fisher, another Firefox developer, announced this week on their personal blogs that they'd be making the jump to the search giant.

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Five of the Most Powerful Elements In Marketing To Your List

by Laurence Baker

Lack of trust is the biggest problem marketers have on the internet, or better yet, the biggest opportunity.

The power in this lies in the fact that affiliate programs have given us easy access to a huge variety of products and services that we can present to potential buyers, opening up an endless number of possibilities.

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IUpload and Pheedo Target Blog/RSS Advertisers
By Rob McGann

Two startup technology companies have joined forces to enable online publishers to insert advertising positions within their blogs and RSS (define) feeds.

iUpload, a Web content management provider that includes corporate blogging tools in its services, has begun offering Pheedo's blog/RSS advertising solutions to its client base. IUpload's clients include Advance.net, Internet arm for Advance Publications, and Conde Nast.

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Focus On The Positive Side of Internet Business

by Jack Humphrey

A great series of articles showed up in this week's Time Magazine focusing, for a change, on happiness and its effects on us physically and mentally over time.

Many studies are finding that the left prefrontal lobe of the brain is most active when people are at peace and happy. "The Biology of Joy" Michael D. Lemonick, Time January 17, 2005. The article points out encouraging evidence that a positive state overwhelms negativity in our lives and generally leans toward a healthier, more productive life.

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Wow, hello Internet Marketers! I did forget to post this week's interview didn't I? Well, Cathy and I are in the process of putting together a series of classes to teach the A to Z on how to publish here on Quikonnex. PLUS I'm a partner in classes on preventative pet care, AND I'm teaching the class you've seen posted here "Holistic Care for the Whole Woman". So, I apologize for not having the weekly interview. It may be changing to a weekly industry profile. We'll see how many step to the plate to do the work for this.

My friend and creator of the flower essence blend, Receiving Kindness (exclusive to my business Aspenbloom) is our guest this week. Nancy is quite an accomplished business woman who came from a successful corporate America job to start a successful business. Enjoy!

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KB: Hello Nancy! To set the stage for this interview, would you please tell us a bit about yourself?

NB: First of all, I could say a lot of things about myself, but what might be important for others to know is that I am someone who has been through a lot in life, and emerged stronger -- more caring, thoughtful, and resourceful.

As a person committed to service, I find ways to use who I am and what I do that will help people and their pets. My work is an important part of my life, and I love it. I love making things better.

KB: Yes you do and I can attest to that personally! Okay, give us your elevator speech, or 30-second spiel, about what you do, about your businesses.
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Bloggers tackle the Super Bowl

By Stefanie Olsen
Staff Writer, CNET News.com

Everyone knows Super Bowl ads get the most buzz. Now Madison Avenue is turning to bloggers to learn what all the buzz is about.

Internet research companies plan to measure the "watercooler effect" of Super Bowl XXXIX ads by capturing sentiments as they bubble up within the loose collection of diarylike personal Web sites collectively known as the "blogosphere."

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Are You Marketing and Selling What People Buy?

by Charlie Cook

Do you ever wonder if you’re speaking a different language than your prospects? You may have recently launched a business, designed an innovative process or purchased state of the art equipment that leaves the competition in the dust, but no matter what you say or do, you aren't attracting as many prospects as you need. Lauren called me from Michigan with just such a concern. She and another friend had opened a fitness salon about a year ago. After a careful analysis of the local chain's facilities, they had invested in next-generation equipment that provided many added features. Yet, a year after opening, and doing every marketing activity they could think of, they still weren't attracting enough clients to pay the rent.

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“Do The Nike”

by Impact Info Marketing

I should have listened to an internet veteran back in 2000.

Learn from my mistake...

Allan Gardyne, of AssociatePrograms.com told me 3 powerful words that I overlooked as just too broad and simplistic...

And it's important that you hear this too so you won't waste time or make the same mistake I did...

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Date: January 26, 2005
Times: 7-pm to 8pm EST
Location: Teleconference line - 641-594-7500. Pin code 859074#
Cost: None

Speaker:
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With guest appearances by Sue Pelechaty and Helene Ludwig

Holistic Care for the Whole Woman!

ONE HOUR GROUP CONSULTATION WITH KIM BlOOMER, Natural Care
Consultant (worth $50 USD). Aspenbloom will help you bloom with wellness inside and out! Kim will help you learn all about essential oils, the why to use them and how they replace traditional pharmaceuticals and bring a peace and harmony to your daily life. Introducing a brand new line of skin care that incorporates the therapeutic grade essential oils of Young Living, with wolfberry, and DNA reconstruction helping you to be as beautiful on the outside as you are on the inside. [Read More!]

2005... Got Goals?

by Paul Shearstone

All good intentions aside, exhaustive studies have shown only 3% of the population engage in some form of goal-setting and only 1% on average, write them down.

It should be noted that there is no small coincidence in the 1% that write goals down and the highest achieving, highest income-earning men and women around the world.

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How Can RSS Feeds Help Your Online Business?
By Hong Brandon

So who should I use RSS Feeds? How can it help with my online business?

1. RSS Feeds allow you to deliver your newsletter/message directly to the desktop of your subscribers and readers, BYPASSING email. As you might have read or heard, email is not getting through to a lot of people, especially now with CAN SPAM law in place, ISPs are filtering a lot of emails with certain subject lines in them.

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Blogs and RSS - Why Do I Need This Stuff?
By Keith Thompson

If you've been under a rock for the last year or so it's possible you might not have heard about blogs and RSS feeds. If you're like most of us, you've heard the buzz but might not've known what to make of it or what to do with it. Here's some answers.

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Like It or Not, Blogs Have Legs

By Adam L. Penenberg

I detest the word "blog." It sounds like the noise a bulimic makes after a hearty meal.

Unfortunately, this faux onomatopoeia has done more to undermine blogs, blogging and the so-called blogosphere than a thousand maladroit Columbia Journalism Review articles.

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Business Blogging: Where Do I Start?
By Denise O'Berry

The new hot commodity is a blog for your small business so you've decided you must have one.

Before you begin think about it long term. Where do you think the blog is headed? What is the objective? Do you want it to be found by the search engines for specific terms? How often will you post? Who will the audience be? What will it look like a year from now? Five years from now?

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Quikonnex Training

Quikonnex is not just an RSS Channel or Blog. It's also a complete email-free communication suite. Designed with publishers in mind, the initial intent was to provide an email-free forum where publishers could communicate with subscribers without fear of censoring, filtering or shutdowns.

Now Quikonnex has evolved to provide such innovative features as private channels, where publishers can control access and administrative rights - perfect for fee-based or free member sites. Your Quikonnex channel can serve as simply a place to post your articles or thoughts, a place to publish your newsletter or as a family, group, team or community communication forum. [Read More!]

How To Profit From Your Home Business Blog
By Ian Canaway

A blog is a simple tool which all affiliate marketers should be utilising to explode their affiliate sales.

I set up my blog in about 15 minutes at http://www.blogger.com it’s a completely free service, and it’s really easy to set-up. I followed directions on an excellent article on getting a new website listed in Google in 48hrs check it out here, http://www.scamfreezone.com/gg/. I just followed the advice in the article and got started with no problems in no time.

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How to Get Started Blogging in 5 Minutes or Less
By Linda J Bruton

I put off starting a blog for a long time because I thought it would be hard. I thought it would be technical. I thought I'd have to install scripts and tear my hair out getting them to work. At that point, most of what I'd read about blogs and RSS was just so much geek-speak.

Was I ever wrong!

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Want Truth in Advertising? Try a Blog
by DAVID KIRKPATRICK

A legendary ad executive tells how he uses blogs and how companies can use them in their marketing—without being crushed.

FORTUNE
Friday, January 14, 2005
By David Kirkpatrick

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Hello Online Marketers! Okay, finally the ebook we've all been waiting for:
Rok Hrastnik's "Unleash the Marketing & Publishing Power of RSS!

A couple of cool things before I pass on the information to you:'
1. Kick the Email Habit was included in this ebook
2. There is an excellent affiliate program with this ebook so you can make a very good income with it! Excellent price too!

Well, just read on...
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To Blog or Not to Blog: Are Blogs Becoming More Popular than Forums, Newsletters and E-zines?
By Vishal P. Rao

Blogging is hot, and seems to be becoming hotter each month. Although blogging originally was dismissed, by many successful publishers and other online "gurus", the truth is that now, a few years after the "blogging trend" began, there are actually more blogs and more bloggers online than ever before. Blogging, obviously, is "here to stay"!
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Hello Online Marketers! This week's interview is with Brande Bradford - our "go to" person for insurance! Brande has some great business advice for you so please read on!

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KB: Brande thank you for taking the time to participate in this interview for our readers.
To set the stage for this interview, would you please tell us a bit about yourself?

BB: I currently live in Atlanta, GA, but will always be a true country girl from Kansas. Believe it or not, I met my husband Chris online in a business chat room about 5 years ago. After commuting for 2 years we decided that someone had to budge, so I moved here with my 3 girls: Amanda 16, Megan 15, Jennifer 12. Then we were all blessed with the addition of Markus who is 3.

As far as business goes, until 1998 was a typical "work outside the home mom". After the loss of my mother, I decided that I needed to work from home, and one day never went back. Everything that I have been involved with had been online. Mostly dealing with helping people market their business. About a year and half ago, I decided that I needed a little more and entered the health insurance arena. Yes, its another "work out of the home" business, but I am my own boss. I work when I want to work, and I still have control, that is what is important. More importantly than control, I am very passionate about helping others.

KB: Wow, what a hard thing to have to go through Brande. It sure did give you the fuel to make a go of a business from home though, didn't it!
Okay Brande, give us your elevator speech, or 30-second spiel, about what you do, about your business:

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No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new heaven to the human spirit. Author: Helen Keller Wishing all of you a Joyous and Happy New Year! Cathy Carlton & Kim Bloomer KickTheEmailHabit.com (Browser must be java enabled to view the slideshow.) Kickin' It Daily Brought to you by KickTheEmailHabit.com This Month's Sponsors: Business First Aid Kit Grab the Freebies 30-day free trial Keep the freebies http://ezinfocenter.com/8367685/IAHBE Boutique Decor For Less! Our home accessories make your decor sparkle, everywhere in your place. Beautiful bedding. Cute kitchenware. Fabulous furnishings. Gorgeous garden statues. E-mail us your name and mailing address for free catalog and $5 off certificate. Send your e-mail to: gpamgay@aol.com. Please visit online at http://www.vogueboutique.net/to look over all our freebies including free gift with purchase, free catalogs and purchases without a credit card! Get in on our web exclusive discounts! There's never been a better time than now to be in vogue! Monday, January 31, 2005 Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail. Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson Sunday, January 30, 2005 There is little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference. The little difference is attitude. The big difference is whether it is positive or negative. Author: W. Clement Stone Saturday, January 29, 2005 First comes thought; then organization of that thought, into ideas and plans; then transformation of those plans into reality. The beginning, as you will observe, is in your imagination. Author: Napoleon Hill Friday, January 28, 2005 A good coach will make his players see what they can be rather than what they are. Author: Ara Parasheghian Thursday, January 27, 2005 When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. Author: Franklin D. Roosevelt Wednesday, January 26, 2005 Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it's always your choice. Author: Wayne Dyer Tuesday, January 25, 2005 Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting... "Whew! What a ride!" Author: Unknown... Monday, January 24, 2005 There are 3 keys to Success 1. Being at the right place at the right time 2. Knowing you're there 3. Taking ACTION! Author: Ray Kroc, Founder of McDonald's Sunday, January 23, 2005 Good humor is one of the best articles of dress one can wear in society. Author: William Thackeray Saturday, January 22, 2005 I never could have done what I have done without the habits of punctuality, order, and diligence, without the determination to concentrate myself on one subject at a time. Author: Charles Dickens Friday, January 21, 2005 God does not ask about our ability, but our availability. Author Unknown Thursday, January 20, 2005 All great achievements require time. Author: Maya Angelou Wednesday, January 19, 2005 Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight. Author: Benjamin Franklin Tuesday, January 18, 2005 We all should know that diversity makes for a rich tapestry, and we must understand that all the threads of the tapestry are equal in value no matter what their color. Author: Maya Angelou Monday, January 17, 2005 Violence as a way of achieving racial justice is both impractical and immoral. It is impractical because it is a descending spiral ending in destruction for all. It is immoral because it seeks to humiliate the opponent rather than win his understanding; it seeks to annihilate rather than to convert. Violence is immoral because it thrives on hatred rather than love. Author: Martin Luther King, Jr. Sunday, January 16, 2005 If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the host of heaven and earth will pause to say, here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well. Author: Martin Luther King, Jr. Saturday, January 15, 2005 Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools. Author: Napoleon Bonaparte Friday, January 14, 2005 The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one often comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't. Author: Henry Ward Beecher Thursday, January 13, 2005 My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me. Author: Jim Valvano, Basketball Coach Wednesday, January 12, 2005 Never take anything for granted. Author: Benjamin Disraeli Tuesday, January 11, 2005 A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals. Author: Larry Byrd (Basketball Player, Coach) Monday, January 10, 2005 If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they may have planned for you? Not much. Author: Jim Rohn Sunday, January 9, 2005 Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you. Author: Carl Sandburg Saturday, January 8, 2005 Even if you're only certain about a few things, if you live by them without wavering, you will find yourself moving forward with increasing velocity. Author: Erwin Raphael McManus Friday, January 7, 2005 If you don't go after what you want, you'll never have it. If you don't ask, the answer is always no. If you don't step forward, you're always in the same place. Author: Nora Roberts Friday, January 7, 2005 If you don't go after what you want, you'll never have it. If you don't ask, the answer is always no. If you don't step forward, you're always in the same place. Author: Nora Roberts Thursday, January 6, 2005 Great minds have purposes, others have wishes. Author: Washington Irving Wednesday, January 5, 2005 We all should know that diversity makes for a rich tapestry, and we must understand that all the threads of the tapestry are equal in value no matter what their color. Author: Maya Angelou Tuesday, January 4, 2005 Indecision and delays are the parents of failure. Author: George Canning Monday, January 3, 2005 Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose. Author: Helen Keller Sunday, January 2, 2005 The qualities of a great man are "vision, integrity, courage, understanding, the power of articulation, and profundity of character. Author: Dwight Eisenhowe Saturday, January 1, 2005 Quote: You can learn new things at any time in your life if you're willing to be a beginner. If you actually learn to like being a beginner, the whole world opens up to you. Author: Barbara Sher         This article or ad was created on behalf of a syndication marketing client of KickTheEmailHabit.com. Visit our website for more information. ©Copyright 2004 - KickTheEmailHabit.com All rights reserved.

What is the orange "XML" or "RSS" icon I see more and more on web sites?
By Anne-Marie Killer

This question does not have a one sentence answer! If I just said that one uses this icon to get a site's RSS feed, you still won't understand. So let's try and answer you in such a way that it all makes sense to you and, more importantly, that you learn how to benefit from it.

Let's say that you like my web site very much and you would like to read new content as I add it. At this stage there is no way of informing you when I've added a new page except for notifying you by email. This assumes that you've provided me with your e-mail address - which most people are hesitant to do any way. The other way is for you to bookmark my site - but how many times do people really go back to a site?

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Why You Need A Marketing Plan To Achieve Ultimate Success

by Marketing Basics

Effective marketing plays a critical role in businesses that are successful. How effectively the marketing plan you develop markets your business, will ultimately determine your degree of success or failure. The key elements of a successful marketing plan are to:

1. Know your customers--their likes, dislikes and expectations.

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Hello Online Marketers! Cathy and I are offering you some great new tools to help you promote your businesses online AND a way to generate some extra income. Have a look and take what you like. I like the audio/video generator. We'll be adding audio to our channels and websites asap!

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Want To Instantly Add Streaming Video (Like This One) To Your Website Without Expensive Equipment Or Technical Know-How?

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Internet Marketing - High Tech Direct

by Mal Keenan

Almost everyone has received unsolicited offers in the mail. These are what many call "junk mail", and more often than not, end up in the "circular file", more commonly known as the trash can. But anyone who is considering Internet marketing as either a part-time or full-time business may want to at least give a moment's pause before the big toss. Better still would be to study and reflect on the material you've received, and in some cases, store it in a real file for future use. The reason is because Internet marketing today is, in reality and when done properly, a high-tech enhancement and expansion of old-fashioned direct mail.

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Why advertising, marketing and PR pros should blog

LONDON - Blogs are a cheap, convenient and enjoyable form of PR and marketing that should be part of every business plan in 2005, writes Bob Cargill, senior creative director of Yellowfin Direct Marketing.

Most advertising, marketing and public relations professionals know a blog when they see one, but when it comes to actually using this relatively new, self-publishing platform, there are still many sceptics and naysayers among us. This time next year, however, those people will likely have come to their senses. In 2005, I dare say you would have to be either misinformed or just plain obstinate to not at least consider adding a blog to your business plan. Here are 10 reasons why: Blogs are interactive

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6 Ways That Blogging Can Save You Money
By Tinu AbayomiPaul

Even though I’ve had several personal blogs for years, I’ve only been officially business blogging since 2003. So in going back over expenses for the last quarter, you can imagine my shock when I realized that my overall business costs were down about 19%. What saved me so much money? Surprisingly, blogging.

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Powerful Considerations Before Starting Your Own Business

by Gobala Krishnan

What does it take to start your own business? To many, the thought of starting your own business may be too daunting that you give up before you even start. Let's analyze what a typical start-up needs:

Start-up Capital

There is no secret that money talks the loudest of all. As a future entrepreneur, you may well know the fact that capital is perhaps the most essential part of setting up a business, both online and offline. Lack of start-up capital not only puts your business at a disadvantage, it also makes cash flow a serious issue. Over time, it also makes it difficult for you to expand your business.

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It's Not Brain Surgery, It's Just An Online Home Based Business

by Kirk Bannerman

Back when I first started my online home business I didn't have a clue concerning how to go about it. I had never done any Internet marketing, and didn't know anything about websites or search engines or any of that other online business stuff...in short, I was a complete rookie. In retrospect, the two major things that really helped me was that I refused to be intimidated and I kept a realistic perspective (both in terms of initial financial results and the time frame necessary to become successful). I know from my own years of experience that relatively few business ventures are started on the Internet by people with the experience, motivation, determination, backing, and support that it takes to even have a reasonable chance of success.

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MSN tests new blog, search features

By Stefanie Olsen
Staff Writer, CNET News.com

MSN on Tuesday evening is expected to quietly begin testing new features for searching and syndicating blogs, in a nod to the online publishing format.

In partnership with Moreover Technologies, Microsoft's Internet division will add features to MyMSN, its personalized Web service, that will let users find blogs and syndicate content using the RSS (Really Simple Syndication) format, according to company representatives.

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How To Turn Freebies Into Sales

by Rudy Cline

You can increase sales and profits by offering freebies to people who buy your main product or service. They increase the over all value of your main offer and in return people feel they're getting more for less.


It's important that you have a high enough profit margin so you can afford to give them away. Some freebies can be created without a lot of expense; like electronic information products. With these type of freebies there's no shipping or physical material costs.

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It’s Really An Accountability Issue

by John Jantsch

You’ve studied, you’ve learned, you’ve got a game plan and you’re well intentioned. So why is it that you still don’t seem to get around to executing the marketing plan?

The phone rings, the copier jambs, the fantasy football stats need updating . . . see, the problem with marketing plans in general is that, left alone, they don’t create marketing results.

Now, I’m a big fan of marketing plans. This time of year you should pull out a big giant piece of paper, sit down with your staff and map out a month-by-month strategy for your marketing activities. (See calendar tool above)

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The Tsunami and the Net: Global Awareness, Global Response
The web not only gave us real-time news of the gigantic waves' destruction, but also pushed us to help the survivors.
FORTUNE
Wednesday, January 5, 2005 David Kirkpatrick
By David Kirkpatrick

The terrible Asian tsunami, and its aftermath, has been rightly called the first truly global tragedy. One reason is that citizens of so many different countries were killed, injured or left destitute. The other reason is that the Internet's globe-spanning power made it possible for news accounts, pictures, and videos of the devastating natural disaster to be quickly transmitted around the world. Barely a day after many of us in the U.S. opened Christmas presents, we were jarred out of our complacency to see and hear about tremendous suffering halfway around the globe.

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An Ethical Dilemma? Selling Something That You Can Get For Free

by Willie Crawford


At least once a week, I have someone point out to me that a big-name information marketer, software "developer," or company, is selling something that is very similar to a product that you can get for free. They see something fundamentally "wrong" with SELLING a product or information that can be obtained for nothing... if you search in the right place. Often, they point this out to me because they just feel the need to protest something they view as somehow "wrong."

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Press Releases for Every Occasion

by Bill Stoller

To many marketers, the press release is something of a "one size fits all" proposition. You want to get media coverage, you knock out a press release, send it to some journalists and sit back and wait.

Of course, smart Publicity Insiders already know that’s a prescription for failure. You know that your press release has to have a "hook", be well-written and sent to appropriate journalists in an active, not passive, manner. But there’s another part of the puzzle that even savvy publicity-seekers sometimes miss -- you can’t just write "a press release", you have to write the right kind of press release.

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Internet Marketing for Online Businesses

by Brent Yorzinski

Few distinctions are ever made between Internet marketing for an online business and that of a brick and mortar one. While often overlooked, this is one of the most important determinations a website owner needs to consider. But why is this so critical?

When marketing for an online business, it makes little difference where the customer is located. It does not matter if the person purchasing your product is located three miles away or across the country. Regardless, you are going to package and ship the product.

On the other hand, if you are marketing a brick and mortar business online there is a specific geographic area that needs to be targeted. A plumber in Virginia Beach has no need to advertise to someone in California. Still businesses wastefully and wrongly try to conquer the world.

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Co-OpWorld Seminars Calendar

BUSINESS
	Internet Marketing
	Network Marketing
		Prospecting Made Fun - Les Oakes (Free)
			1. Introduction Introduction module. Mon. 10th Jan. 10pm, Wed. 12th Jan. 10:30 pm, Thurs. 13th Jan. 10:00 pm CLICK HERE to access

In order to participate you will need to join Co-op World as a free member. To do that just CLICK HERE.
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Hello Online Marketers! This week I bring you my hero: Sue Seward. She is the champion of Network Marketing!!! Sue has built two MLM businesses ENTIRELY online! She's the Who's Who in network marketing. Hope you enjoy!

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KB: Sue Seward thank you for taking the time to participate in this interview for our readers.

To set the stage for this interview, would you please tell us a bit about yourself?

SS: Well I’m a wife and mom and have been married to my husband Clif for over 23 years. I have two boys age 17 and 12 and I have been earning an income from home online since 1996. I’m also a published author. My articles have been publishedin Networking Times, Network Marketing Business Journal magazines and my firstbook is now out in book stores. It’s called ‘Build It Big’ from the Direct Selling Women’s Alliance.

KB: WOW! That is so great Sue. I like that you’re helping network marketers (since I’m one, lol) and also showing what a great business concept it truly is.

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The 'Secret' Revealed

by David Holmes

You work long hours everyday and sometimes feel like you've accomplished nothing. It can be as thankless as doing the dishes. Your website is free for everyone, but it's not free to you.

There are people that for whatever reason will see what you're selling, by pass your link and go straight to the company. They just hate to see you make a profit off a sale to them. It doesn't save them money or anything, they just don't want to be a source for your income. This happens more than others think, and there's nothing you can do about it. For $87 you know of at least 18 'gurus' who will solve this problem for you, but logic makes you hang on to your money. Scams are very where.

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Three Secrets To Re-energizing Your Marriage NOW!

From Co-Founder of Kick The Email Habit, Kim Bloomer:

Two friends of mine, Joanie Winberg (successandlifecoaching.com) and Sharon Wilson (coachingfromspirit.com) are excited to offer a free teleclass on how to re-energize your marriage. They have also put together something extraordinary (complimentary gifts) for all the participants! When you register for the class at http://www.successandlifecoaching.com/freecall.htm will receive bonuses worth over $1,600.00.

January 19, 2005 from 8-pm to 9pm ST-telephone

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Running Your Online Business

by Jeremy Gislason

I had a very nice conversation with one of our members a while ago regarding her business. She has been in business for 11 years with her current company, which is a traditional business started long before the Internet came around.

She has been successful for those 11 years and is still doing very well. She started her online business several months ago with the same products as her traditional business. The problem was her online business was only costing her money and to date she has made no sales, but has spent over $1,500 in advertising and marketing--just for the online side of her business alone.

Here is a news flash. Business is Business! I do not care whether you are on the Internet or in a shopping mall. The same basic principles apply to both businesses.

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Ten Winning Traits - That Make A Difference!

by Richard Gorham

No surprise - winning traits are common among high achievers.

Are you tired of schlepping to the beat of someone else's drum? Does the idea of being your own boss appeal to you?

Are you entrepreneur material?

There are ten common traits among winners and the most successful entrepreneurs.

Ten Winning Traits!

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What's The Difference Between Marketing And Advertising?

by Marketing Basics

Many people confuse marketing with advertising or vice versa. While both components are equally important, they are also very different. Knowing the differences between the two can put your company on the fast track to success. Let's start off by reviewing the formal definitions of each and then we'll explain how marketing and advertising differ from one another:

Advertising: The paid, public, non-personal announcement of a persuasive message by an identified sponsor; the non- personal presentation or promotion by a firm of its products to its existing and potential customers.

Marketing: The systematic planning, implementation and control of a mix of business activities intended to bring together buyers and sellers for the mutually advantageous exchange or transfer of products.

After reading both of the definitions, it is easy to understand how the differences can be confusing to the point that most people think of them as one and the same. So, lets clear up the confusion.

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RSS: A "Really Simple Solution" For Sending And Receiving Content

by Marketing Basics


"RSS" stands for Really Simple Syndication. RSS is a standard for publishing regular updates to web-based content. Using this standard, web publishers provide updates, such as the latest news headlines or weblog postings. Consumers use RSS reader applications, or one of a growing number of online services to collect and monitor their favorite feeds in one place. RSS content from a publisher, viewed in one of these readers, is often called a "feed."

For consumers, RSS makes it possible to review a large number of sites in a short amount of time.

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The Only Option is to Succeed

by Kathleen Gage

With the end of the year fast approaching, now is a great time to take stock of 2004. It is likely that your company set specific goals at the beginning of the year. As you review the past year, the question that must be asked is, "Have I achieved my goals? Has my company achieved the outcomes we set?" If your answer is yes, congratulations! If not, what stopped you?

There are always unplanned occurrences that prevent us from accomplishing all the goals we set. However, our roadblocks are often as simple as getting caught up in the day to day activities of running our business.

Without constant reminders of our vision and goals, they probably won’t materialize. It’s as simple as that.

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Finding Your Niche

by W T Abernathy

well bravo for you! But before you begin, there are a few things you should know before strutting down the yellow brick road.

Rule #1 - Know your product. It seems like a simple enough statement, but there's so much to consider. You must be an expert at whatever product or service you're offering to your customers. For myself, it's original comic art. I have spent years researching and following tastes and trends in the industry. I can look at a piece of art and not only tell you what it's market price is, but how it would sell at different times of the year. Having a grasp of your services works the same way.

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Blogs And Your Work From Home Internet Business
By Tom Worsley

As a work from home internet business entrepreneur you have several really good tools on the internet you can take advantage of in order to build your work from home business. A blog is just one of those tools that you can use and should be taking advantage of.

In recent months blogs have become more and more popular all over the internet. A blog, or weblog, is a personal Web site updated frequently with links, commentary and anything else you like. People maintained blogs long before the term was coined, but the trend gained momentum with the introduction of automated published systems, most notably Blogger. ( http://www.blogger.com ) At blogger.com Thousands of people use services such as Blogger to simplify and accelerate the publishing process. This makes it very simple to create several 100 pages within a site all with the same look and feel but with different content. This of coarse is exactly what the major search engines are looking for.

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How To Build Traffic To Your Blog
By Priya Shah

With the growing interest in blogging as a means of online promotion and branding, a lot of marketers are starting blogs to promote their opinions, products, books and services.

But a blog is like a website. "Write and they will come" isn't exactly a magic formula to bring in traffic by the boatload.

If you need to promote your website in order to build traffic to it, you need to promote your blog as well.

Here are some ways you can become a well-read and influential blogger.

1. Write Posts That People Will Want To Read

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7 Pitfalls of Using Email to Sell

by Ari Galper

* Are you sending e-mails to prospects instead of calling them?

* Is e-mail your selling medium of choice because it lets you avoid the rejection that you dread when you make real cold calls?

* Do you wait and wait for return e-mails from prospects that will give you the green light to move the sales process forward?

Sad but true, these days most people who sell for a living spend 80% of their time trying to communicate with prospects via e-mail instead of actually picking up the phone and speaking with them. Are you one of those people? If so, you aren't alone...but do you understand why you've turned to e-mail instead of personal contact? I think there are 2 core reasons that underlie this unfortunate trend:

* Fear of rejection. The sheer negative force of anticipating rejection makes people turn to e-mail to generate new prospect relationships because it hurts less to not get a reply than to hear that verbal "no."

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Building Backlinks With Blogs
By Russell Savige

The most boring part of getting traffic to a website is getting backlinks. This is hard, boring, time consuming work. You spend hours finding relevant websites to link to, then spend hours more sending emails requesting backlinks, or submitting your sites to there links pages. And at the end of the day (actually in a few weeks), you have ½ a dozen new reciprocal link partners. that's good and all, but it bores the living hell out of me, and I don't have time for it. And they are only reciprocal links.

One-way links

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Just An Online Minute....
from MediaPost

Welcome to 2005, three days in.

We are still processing last year's trends, blogging being one. Blogs surely entered the mainstream in 2004, a trend spurred in part by presidential politics, according to a new study by the Pew Internet and American Life Project. The Pew study notes that 27 percent of Internet users say they read blogs in November, versus 17 percent in a survey conducted in February. News events, high-profile court cases, and major catastrophes like the tsunami in South Asia also drive awareness of blogging and blog readership.

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Why It Took Me So Long To Blog
By Linda J Bruton

When I saw my first blog, I wasn't impressed.

The first blogs I ever read were embarrassing tales of teenage angst better left private, political diatribes from both the rabid right and the rabid left, and jargon-filled tech rags that made my eyes glaze over

And yet everyone was talking about blogs and that I would soon be left behind if I didn't have one. But they never gave me a simple explanation of how it would benefit me. They talked about RSS - you know, the obligatory "real simple syndication" - followed by a long, boring, techie article filled with jargon that wasn't simple at all. They talked about syndicating my site, but not how that would benefit my business.

No one ever told me, "Hey, fool, listen up! How would you like a 3 or 4 line text link to your site on thousands of other sites getting you tons of traffic and backlinks up the ying-yang on all the SE's?"

If they had, trust me. I'd have been blogging my heart out!

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Report: Big boost for blogs in 2004

By Martin LaMonica
Staff Writer, CNET News.com

The number of blogs and the use of blog readers rose rapidly last year--but a majority of Americans still do not know what a blog is.

A report by the Pew Internet and American Life Project, called the "State of Blogging," discovered that readership of Web blogs--essentially, Web-based diaries--spiked 58 percent last year, with 27 percent of Internet users, or 32 million people, saying that they read blogs. Twelve percent of people who read blogs also chose to post comments on them.

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Internet Millionaire Mindset: Is Your Brain Sabotaging Your Marketing Success?

by Rick Miller

Have you ever wondered why some Internet marketers seem to have success with every single project? Do they have some magical power that you don't? Would you like to quickly get that power?

In a recent interview for the List Crusade program, T. Harv Eker revealed what he called the Millionaire Mindset-which gives extremely successful Internet marketers and offline entrepreneurs what seems to be an "unfair advantage."

(Note: To access T. Harv Eker's complete audio interview for fre^e, see end of article)

Harv is the author of the best-selling book, SpeedWealth, as well as several highly-acclaimed courses such as The Millionaire Mind Intensive, Life Directions, Wizard Training and Train the Trainer. He is also the producer and trainer of the world-famous Enlightened Warrior Training.

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New Year's Planning Critical Success Factors
By Paul Lemberg

New Year's is a good time for strategic planning or re-planning your business. But don't think that's the only time. If you feel the need to re-consider your strategic plan - by all means - go ahead.

Whatever time of the year it is, you have probably set a working direction for the rest of the year, including clear-cut objectives. Your first-iteration plan to reach them should be in place. This now (whatever time it is - if you are thinking about it) seems like an ideal time to rethink the whole thing, doesn't it? In our sped-up 21st century world, plans are subject to change just as soon as - or perhaps even before - they are written.

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Spam Isn't Canned: Commercial Email Fails To Comply, Spam Rises

On average, only 3 percent of unsolicited commercial email complied with the federal anti-spam law during 2004, according to a report released Monday by MX Logic. The report, which comes one year after the so-called CAN-SPAM Act went into effect, also shows that the overall volume of spam actually rose in 2004, accounting for 77 percent of all email traffic, or one in 1.3 email messages detected through MX Logic's Threat Center during the year. According to MX Logic's analysis of a random sampling of 10,000 unsolicited commercial emails during each week of 2004, monthly CAN-SPAM compliance ranged from a low of 0.54 percent in July to a high of 7.0 percent in December.

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A Major Temptation When Developing A Home-Based Business

by Kirk Bannerman

From what I have seen and experienced, to quit is the greatest temptation during the first year of working at a home-based business. If smoking was like working at a home-based business, the occurence of lung cancer would be dramatically reduced. It is a known fact that a majority of the people that undertake a work at home business do not achieve real success. There are several reasons for this, but one of the primary reasons is that these people get frustrated and do not allow themselves enough time to succeed.

In the early going, one of the most difficult things about developing a new home based business is dealing with the emotional roller coaster that can result from the highs (successes) and lows (temporary setbacks) you are almost certain to experience. Once you have done the research and decided on a particular home based business opportunity, you really need to focus on persistence and realize that any real business will not just automatically become successful in a matter of days or weeks. You should be prepared to give it your best sustained effort for at least 6 to 12 months in order to begin to build a solid business base and begin to see some good income.

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Hello Online Marketers! This week's featured interview is with Meryl Evans. Meryl and I had great interaction on this interview. She made it really fun! Meryl is multi-talented: she's a business writer, blogging expert and more. Read on to find out more....

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KB: Meryl, thank you for taking the time to participate in this interview for our readers.

To set the stage for this interview, would you please tell us a bit about yourself?

ME: I'm a proud native Texan living in Plano with Paul, my husband, and our daughter and two sons ages 11, 6, and 20 months. Though I've only lived in Texas and Washington, DC, I'm a fan of the Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team thanks to my dad's influence. He grew up in Brooklyn and still has family around New York.

KB: Are they the Brooklyn Dodgers again Meryl? Tells you how much I keep up with baseball these days. My hubby is a bonafide NY Yankee fan! Big age range in your children, you are an amazing woman Meryl!

Okay, give us your elevator speech, or 30-second spiel, about what you do, about your business:

ME: lol – no, the Dodgers are still in L.A. I’m the youngest of three with my nearest sibling being 10 years older so it was natural for me to spread out the kids.

Alrighty Kim, my little speech: I do anything and everything content. My writing style is flexible based on my clients' "business personality." However, it's important to consider what's in it for their customers. With me, you get the work on time, the typical Texas-friendly personality, dependable correspondence, and honesty.

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7 Killer Website Tweaks That'll Turn Your Marketing Website Into a Money Machine

by Ambrose Paul

I suppose a website should work like a fast marketing machine and nothing less. That's why my websites tick. Because I realize a functional marketing website ought to bring in cash and not just entertain visitors.

What does your website do? Find out – This might be the only thing you need to do about your online marketing problems.

Too many websites are wrongly designed... that's why we have online entrepreneurs getting out of business claiming people don't buy on- line! But let me ask you: Has anyone ever visited your website? If your answer is "Yes", you could have made at least a sale at one time on-line… right? Yes. That's why I tell you if that prospect eludes your entire marketing strategy, you must hold yourself responsible. Excuses are not allowed.

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Is It a Newsletter or Just One More Commercial?
By Francisco Aloy

When I purchased my very first computer, not too long ago, I signed up for many Internet Marketing Newsletters. Though it's been a few years, I still have them.

I've subscribed to at least 300 Newsletters and it affords me a broad outlook. My idea was to track and compare them. The plan was to see how each one of them changed over time and look for any discernible patterns, any nugget of information.

Well, I've been able to spot changes and the view isn't a pretty one!

The general trend is to give preference to sales instead of communication with the subscriber base. Perhaps the first few issues are well balanced and in favor of the reader. However, as time goes by, the universal tendency is to disregard the needs of the reader.

The Newsletters I'm talking about are very easy to spot: they'll devote a single paragraph to the reader and immediately insert a product hyperlink. It's gotten so bad, I've received Newsletters with a multitude of stingy 3 or 4 line paragraphs, each leading to a sales link!

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Kick The Email Habit would like to wish all of you a very Happy New Year!


We look forward to providing you with the best information in RSS, blogging, online marketing, RSS article bank, and much more in the coming year. We believe many of you will join our ranks here on Quikonnex and we want to make sure it is a fun and exciting experience for you!

Happy New Year from Kim Bloomer and Cathy Carlton