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Matthew Ulmen Presents:How Home Video Surveillance Works

Monday, September 18, 2006
Well lookie here, another new article. This comes in the Sepetember package of articles that I'm selling for $25 for 250. If you like it there are 24 more where it came from and you can order from the link after the article :)

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Posted on 09/18/06 at 10:54:52 by Matthew Ulmen
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How to promote your podcast.

Sunday, September 17, 2006
So you want to get your podcast noticed, how do you go about it? Well podcasts, like web sites, just don't magically attract visitors. You need to go out and tell the people where to find you and there are a few sites that can help you with that.

I will be linking to my podcast pages on these to give you an idea on what the site you will be getting looks like. The resources that I will be talking about are: iTunes, Podcast.net & PodCast.Com, PodOMatic, and Yahoo Podcasts

First PodOMatic. Why this one first? Well mainly because here is where you can host your podcasts. Just type in the Episode/Podcast Title and upload the Mp3 or even record one right there. You start with 500MB of space and 15 gigs of bandwidth. You can upgrade to get more filespace and bandwidth for relatively cheap ($10 a month for 2gigs for filespace and 100gigs bandwidth) which makes this an ideal starting point. From here you get the podcast home page and RSS link you need for the other sites.

Next up is iTunes. Yes iTunes does handle podcasts, I have been on iTunes for a couple months now. It is good to get in on because, and let's not kid ourselves, a LOT of people use iTunes. Getting in on this through PodOMatic is usually pretty easy as they usually do it automatically, but it never hurts to check.

Podcast.net,PodCast.Com&Yahoo Podcasts are our next stops. This is the first place you will use your RSS Feed that PodOMatic gives you. Submission to all three is free and highly recommended as the word podcast is quite well known and so is Yahoo. This will help get your name out there directory wise.

If you follow these your podcast will have a shot in the arm over everyone else and hopefully get better results.

Matthew Ulmen
Keywords:podcast,Podcast.com,Podcast.net,PodOMatic,Matthew Ulmen,Rss feed ,iTunes

Posted on 09/17/06 at 15:10:22 by Matthew Ulmen
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About Matthew Ulmen

Wednesday, September 13, 2006
A quick history of what I have done online.

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Posted on 09/13/06 at 12:45:58 by Matthew Ulmen
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Get Your Word Now has Launched.

Tuesday, September 12, 2006
Get Your Word Now has opened and is ready to go. To learn more about what this site has to offer read more.

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Posted on 09/12/06 at 23:33:43 by Matthew Ulmen
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gschloff wrote:

sounds pretty interesting Matt, I'll check it out.
Glenda Schloff
http://www.glendaschloff.com
Posted on 09/14/06 at 21:16:51
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Matt Ulmen prestents Adsense and the Surfer

Wednesday, September 06, 2006
This is another article about AdSense that I got through the article reseller program last month. If you would like to get your hands on 250 articles like this click the link at the bottom of this post.

AdSense is an easy program to grasp: it's a great form of an advertising bringing a lot of benefits to every person in the chain. And of course, seeing the results it can have on a business (and a publisher) people encourage this form of publicity.

For the browsing audience this is probably the most straightforward model available, because they can be directed to a lot of new sites they wouldn't have otherwise found. Needless to say, if you have an AdSense banner on your site, and a large number of visitors you'll know it offers a great financial benefit.

But why does it work for the people clicking the links, as opposed to a standard approach?

It is aided by today's society. With bloggers and information based articles on the internet, people may be encouraged to complete purchases, which adsense can provide links to relevant suppliers whilst also benefiting the publisher.

And the good thing about this is that it works for site visitors as well. In fact Google realized that by pleasing the people who are looking for something, and directing them to what they need faster, everybody wins.

It is because of this that a lot of websites promote through AdSense in both content and search. They do it because they ultimately learned that it works for everyone.

If we look in the past, we can realize that this kind of publicity has a great impact over the people, especially in the last few years. When we enter on a web site and we see a graphical banner, our first idea is to cancel it out of our mind, because it's of no concern to us.

That's why traditional banner advertising is wrong. It's precisely because people are becoming savvy that they don’t look at a flashy banner because they think they'll be losing their time with it.

We've gotten accustomed to banners that don't interest us. And we're accustomed to them having nice graphics. So we naturally associate the two things and think that a banner with nice graphics has nothing to tell us.

But we might look at a text-ad because we've grown accustomed to them being targeted at what we're looking for. Basically these advertisements have marketed themselves into being looked at by any visitor.

This is a typical "no fluff, just stuff" situation. And in the end it means the visitors will see what they're interested in, not some random cool graphics you throw at them.

As stated above, site visitors adopt this advertising mechanism, because it is efficient in leading them to pages of interest and can offer ton of things they really want to see. Someone coming across an article on adsense was probably looking for shoes or doing research on shoes when they came across the article.

And most importantly for everyone, including visitors, this scheme can only improve as the process gets further refined to make ads more relevant to what you're looking for, not just a couple of keywords on a site.

Nowadays, it is because of AdSense that Internet surfers are looking after more interesting related things from banners, and the companies behind the site (Google and the advertiser) need to have better ideas to display, as expectations have increased a great deal.

So could "Do no evil" actually work in today's cut throat competitive marketplace? Well, as you can see it can and it does. And you, as a visitor are the one who gets to enjoy this the most. Advertising becomes less of a burden and more of a benefit, and is still a benefit you can choose to ignore.

Less obtrusive banners; banners that you're actually likely to be interested in and click means you'll be less annoyed by surfing the web and feel like you as a visitor being offered a relevant service.

Although some may feel reluctant to read articles that are there purely to compel consumers, undoubtedly without this consideration they are useful. Ultimately the adverts mean that you don’t have to go back to your homepage every time you are compelled to complete a purchase.

To get articles like this goto the following URL. Topics for September are:Auto responders, Backyard Activities, Cats, Home Security, Pool Accessories, Private Label Resell Rights, Social Networking, Tracking Software, Video Software, Wine and Spirits. Monthly Articles for your blog..

Keywords:Adsense,Google,banner,Matt Ulmen

Posted on 09/06/06 at 11:40:38 by Matthew Ulmen
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Get the most from you Adsense with proper positioning.

Friday, August 25, 2006
A couple days ago I found a offer to get access to 250 articles a month and also be able to resell them. I will be posting some of the articles in the package for August to give folks an idea of what you get. If you would like to get access to the articles just follow the link at the bottom of the article.

Positioning of Adverts

After using AdSense for a while you must have begun to ask yourself if there's anything you could do to improve your AdSense based earnings. But before you go on experimenting with this and that setup you have to realize a couple of things about positioning.

The first thing you should know is that there is no universal position that is guaranteed to improve your earnings. That being said, the part above about experimenting is meant to be taken literally. You have to try as many setups as you can to find the solution with the greatest benefit.

But, of course certain places usually work better then others. Of course, Google recognizes this and they publish a "heat map" of how much revenue ads placed in certain portions of the page can bring you. Experimenting is often the best way you can find, what suits the sub conscious mind of your audience.

Generally the most profitable ads are placed within the main content, generally right above it. But this is by no means a rule and there are some exceptions to it. One known exception is having a news site or something similar to a new site.

If this is your case, you will often find that you generate more earnings by placing your ads at the bottom of the content, right before comments begin. This is because as users finish reading a story, they have a short moment where they're looking for something more to do. And your AdSense ads can offer them that something.

Also, placing ads to the left side of your page seems to work better almost all the time. Of course, this is logical because text is generally written from left to right (unless you come from certain countries where it's the other way around).

People will finish a sentence and return their eyes to the left position, which means they have a higher chance of spotting your ads.

Also, there's a bit more to this then just having ads visually in the right place. If you have more then one ad you have to worry about where they're located in the code as well. And there's a very good reason for this concern.

AdSense fills the ads in the order it finds them in the source. That means that if the first add you have in the code isn't the one generating the highest revenue, you may soon start to lose money, rather then earn more.

This is because if AdSense doesn't have anymore ads it will supplement your space with public service ads or just leave it blank altogether. That means that, if you're unlucky, you could end up with your most profitable locations not having any good ads at all. To supplement your revenues

There are other issues with how many ads you should place in your site. The problem is that if you have too many, rather then generate more income, you'll have a lower click through rate, as visitors tend not to follow ads from the places where these come in excess.

You have to constantly keep track of how the users interact with your site. Keep an eye out for where the visitors will be looking at your site most. This is generally the place where you want to use your first ads. Also try not to place ads in annoying positions as that can guarantee a lower click through rate.

Of course, you always need to have ads that blend in with your content and generally don't make the visitor's presence on your site an unpleasant one. The key is providing an enjoyable experience for your visitor, whilst generating revenues from their exploration.

And again, ultimately the best revenue will be earned through a lot of experimentation. Be sure to use AdSense's channels feature and be on the look out for how certain ads in your pages are doing whilst altering the positions to better supplement your earnings.

If you liked this article and would like to have it, along with 249 others then simply Click here now and get the articles for the month of August.

Keywords:Adsense, Google, Adsense Tips

Posted on 08/25/06 at 18:11:16 by Matthew Ulmen
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Safelist Ad Writing Tips

Thursday, August 24, 2006
Safelist Ad Writing Tips OK first off we will answer the question of what is a Safelist? Well a safelist is what it says, a safe list of people you can email, usually at least once a day, without having to worry about being reported for spam. This is a good place to look for people who are just starting out as people inevitably end up in one looking for free advertising.

The two I mainly use are Mad Vlad and AdTactics. They are both credit based lists, which means you earn advertising credits to send your ad by clicking links in other members ads.

Now one of the main problems I see that may have been a neat trick when it started is people trying to put tags in the email's. When I say tags I mean things like [firstname] or [email]. I don't know why people use this, I mainly stick with using phrases like "Hello fellow Advertiser" or "Howdy fellow [insert safelist name here] member". This way you are acknowledging the reader and you can move on, besides most of those tags get messed up now so all you see is a very ugly "HELLO [FIRSTNAME]. That won't get you many responses, if any at all.

The second point deals with the end of the ad. ALWAYS put your name and MAIN web site. I say main one because there isn't much point beating a dead horse and putting the site your promoting under your name as you should've put that in the article. Putting up your main site, which can be your about me site if it's personal or it could be like my main site and have a list of the programs you are currently in along with your personal info. Either way it is another click you can get from them before possibly loosing them.

The third and final tip for now is something I see way to often. People forgetting to include the link of the site their promoting in the ad itself. This happens a lot more in AdTactics than in Mad Vlad for the simple reason that Mad Vlad doesn't have a place to enter your web site address though you still see some people who think people should just guess the web site address because it never seems to show up.

The main reason for this point lies with programs like AdTactics where you enter web site address so people can click the link and get credit. The problem is with this is it doesn't send you directly to the site. It opens a frame that your site loads in while a counter runs (20 seconds on AdTactics) and assigns you credits. You can not bookmark the site from here. So if people click the link and like it they can not get to it again without a direct link somewhere in the ad. Thus you can gain and loose a prospect in the time it takes them to collect their credits.

These are just a couple of tips that should help you out with your Safelist success. Hopefully using these will increase you ad productivity and let you enjoy more free time and less time worrying about how your going to get your next lead.

Matthew Ulmen
What A Crock Of...

Keywords:Ad tactics, Mad Vlad, safelist, free advertising, advertising tips

Posted on 08/24/06 at 09:21:33 by Matthew Ulmen
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Are you new to internet marketing?

Monday, August 21, 2006
If you are new to internet marketing and are currently having trouble getting things to work out for you, or just could use some extra help to get your eggs in a row then come on over to 10KHits4uNow and let us help you out.

We have a Hot Conference support/class room that has classes to help you make the most of all the tools provided in the 10K marketing system including lead cature pages, a downline builder and a upgrade that allows you to not only get the e-mail fo your leads but also allow you to get the phone number so you can work one on one with your downline.

If you sign up and upgrade now you can get the upgrade for $12.95 a month, though after September 1st it will cost $19.95.

If you would like to check out our training schedule and come to a class to check it out you can do so by going to the link below.

http://www.10khits4u.com/members/ictutorial.html

If you want to try out the 10Khits4uNow system you can join with the link below and try everything out. You still get 3 pages to promote the site that allow you to get the e-mail for you leads. you also get access to the downline builder and can have up to 5 sites in rotation on the traffic exchange.

To try it out for free click the link below.
http://www.10khits4unow.com/page.php/CatsawVP

If you have any further questions you can get in touch with me at the following address and I will get back to you as soon as I can.

http://mattulmen.quikonnex.com

Thanks for your time and I hope you try out the program as it can certainly help you out.

Matt Ulmen
http://whatacrockof.com

Posted on 08/21/06 at 22:07:13 by Matthew Ulmen
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Internet Marketer Tips: Name Branding

Thursday, April 27, 2006
Since I'm not used to typing anymore I made a mp3 talking about Name Branding and my thoughts on it. to give feedback on this leave a message in the box on this page. Keywords:Podcast,Internet Marketing tips,Internet Marketing,Matt ulmen,name branding
Posted on 04/27/06 at 10:54:02 by Matthew Ulmen
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The Internet Affiliate Solution:Blogging

Saturday, February 18, 2006
An artricle discussing the benifits of using blog entries to promote programs rather than company splash pages. [Read More!]
Posted on 02/18/06 at 12:36:43 by Matthew Ulmen
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joebrochin wrote:

Matt,

Good post. I for one can assure anyone who reads this that BlogEstates gets very good rankings as does Live Journal. The key is for people to make sure they use keyword ptimization and cross link.

Right on Matt.

Joseph Brochin
Posted on 02/18/06 at 16:58:12

GinaWeiss wrote:

A very good article, Matt! You've not only let them know that we are sick of their audio, video, flash but gave them very viable alternatives. Kudos!

Gina Weiss
http://www.gweissestate.com...
Posted on 02/18/06 at 15:10:09
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The bane of free Downline Builders

Monday, December 05, 2005
Where free downline builders go right and wrong and how members play the deciding role. All links contained in this article open in a new browser window.
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Posted on 12/05/05 at 09:46:05 by Matthew Ulmen
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Warren Contreras wrote:

I hardly ever use downline builders and shy away from programs that have large ones. All it means is I promote for someone else because there is no way I am going to join them all. I would rather create my own site and put just what I want on it.
Posted on 12/16/05 at 13:04:23
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Getting started on the road of Online Marketing

Wednesday, November 30, 2005
A blurb on one of the best free online advertising programs on the internet 10kHits4uNow.

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Posted on 11/30/05 at 06:56:31 by Matthew Ulmen
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Getting People to Truely look at your site.

Tuesday, November 29, 2005
Looking at a new idea in online marketing. [Read More!]
Posted on 11/29/05 at 11:39:11 by Matthew Ulmen
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The Most Effective Way of Marketing?

Tuesday, November 22, 2005
What is the best way to promote your online buinsess? Lets look at the choices.

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Posted on 11/22/05 at 18:45:08 by Matthew Ulmen
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pixelguy wrote:

There is a new method of getting traffic, and online advertising. Pixel ads is the latest new comer to the web. It was concieved by Alex Tew, a student looking to obtain funds for his education. His site, milliondollarhomepage.com is a virtual billboard of ads. In less than three months he has been able to sell over $ 800,000. of ad space, and has a google rank of 7. Many sites has sprung up as copycats, and others with a different twist. In the spirit of things, I have also created a site that offers pixel ads. http://www.400thousanddolla... Many pixel sites offer free ad placements, and this can be a good way to have links to your site, without having a reciprecal link.
Posted on 12/15/05 at 05:32:05

Dan Hall wrote:

No comments yet. I'm surprised. I liked the rundown you just made. It kind of makes me feel good that I'm mostly focusing on Traffic Exchanges to get my site seen.

I like how that once you build up a downline in the exchanges you can email to them too with the exchanges validity which has to help some.

I wish I could email more often but that's that.

Nice article you've written here. What is your main thing there, that was a bit confusing and I'll need to get into it more I guess.

Join the future... ok
Posted on 11/26/05 at 14:19:51
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Nexus Manual exchange evolves.

Tuesday, November 08, 2005
Just when you thought that Nexus couldn't improve on their already sweet deal.

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Posted on 11/08/05 at 22:44:07 by Matthew Ulmen
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