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Saturday, April 29, 2006
Latest Evil Phishing Scam
We received a special email early this morning from the well-known Internet specialist and web marketer, Jeff Mulligan, who manages the entire CB Mall enterprise. Jeff was humble enough to "confess" that even with all of his knowledge and experience, he had recently been deceived by a very sophisticated phishing scam that arrived in his email inbox. Jeff was also thoughtful enough to provide us with all the details about this phishing scam, so that we could avoid not only this specific scam but also others that use similar tricks. He gave us permission to inform others about it.
I thought that this issue was important enough that I should devote a whole web page to it, so I created a web page that tells you how to obtain Jeff Mulligan's PDF file describing the exact details of this latest evil phishing scam. Please tell all of your friends and acquaintances about this scam before they become victims as well. Send them a link to the page below by email, or link to it in your blogs or on your websites. This is the link to the Phishing Scam Information page, and the exact URL address is:
http://www.HomeNetMonies.com/Phishing_Scam.html
The scammers are getting more and more sophisticated, using very intelligent cryptographers (computer code specialists), and according to press reports are often joining together into cyber rings to loot our money and make us victims of identity theft. Being informed and forewarned is an essential part of our defense. Good luck to all of us!
(Even though Jeff Mulligan was only getting out this urgent information and was not trying to sell anything, if you want to see an example of one his sites you can go to CB Mall.
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Friday, April 28, 2006
Questions to Ask Before Starting a Home Business
Most beginning entrepreneurs realize that when starting a home business venture you will need to have another form of income available for some time. It can take a year or more to get a business up and running. It will take some serious motivation and work to go to a job each day and then run your business at night, but it can be well worth it in the long run. You also have to consider the investment of money that you are willing to put into developing the business. Not all home-based businesses are costly to start. First you will need to figure out what your strong suits are and your fields of interest. Many of the more inexpensive businesses can be carried out online where it is just a matter of a small investment in hosting and domain fees. Other businesses that are offering services or products can cost more to start. You will have to find the right balance between what you can provide and what people need. Ask yourself the following questions when trying to get ideas or narrow down your many creative ideas to the most realistic and profitable:
* Who will your customers be?
* What will they get from what you have to offer?
* Will they use what you offer multiple times or be repeat customers?
* Who are your competitors and what are they charging?
* What do you need to charge but still remain competitive?
You will need to know about your competition in detail. You will then be able to carve out or develop a niche market for yourself. If your selected market is over-saturated, it will be much more difficult to get much business or profit. You have to find a market that is popular, interesting to you, needed, and relatively easy to do. An effective moneymaker is to get affiliate websites up and running where your major task is to write or have written articles with good content (and high keyword density). You can also build your business from scratch, buy into a franchise, or buy an Internet business outright that is already established. Starting from scratch will offer you the cheapest investment but take many months if not years to establish. Buying into a franchise or already established business will cost more in the beginning but will generate an immediate income.
Once you have finally decided what kind of business you want and how much it will cost to open, the real work begins. It takes more than an idea to make money. You will have to be able to dedicate time and effort in promoting what you offer. This may mean long days or hiring others to do the work you do not have time for. You will have to get a structured routine in place so you can best accomplish your goals. Most people who start their own business no matter how small are looking to not work for someone else and are willing to push to succeed. Are you?
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Thursday, April 27, 2006
Payment Alternatives for your Online Business
Every good businessperson knows that one of the best ways to boost traffic and sales of their product is to allow for multiple payment options. By offering many different methods of payment, you are enabling everyone to purchase the same goods. There are many fashions of payment these days that can accommodate just about everyone.
Anyone who limits the acceptable payment methods to a mere few can easily be losing business and in turn losing money. As word of mouth on the net is a very fast river, that mentality of limited payment options can easily mar your success online. The bottom line is that you must allow for convenient ways for your customers to pay for the product, or you will loose out on business. The method of paying by credit card is by far the most popular payment method going right now, with over 90% of all sales coming this way. It is clearly and by far the most used method of payment, and a company would be ill-advised to eliminate that mode of payment from their options. It is not a difficult chore to set up your site to accept credit card payments; actually it is much easier than you think. There is a new contender in the payment option ring today--this payment method is the Pay Pal account.
This handy account has a completely revamped system that has eliminated all the quirks and bugs of its previous version, and is now very simple to use. This great tool is very safe for the transfer of funds to you, so there is minimal worry by the client. It also has a very good tracking system in place to protect you as well as the clients themselves. Again this is not the only contender in the ring, as the debit card seems to be gaining momentum. It is said that this will be the vehicle of fund transfer for the future; clearly it is here to stay. It would not be advisable for any business owner to exclude these payment methods from their list of options. Toll free numbers and order forms still find their way into this list of payment options, as they have been reliable in the past. This is what is known as an offline transaction.
When it comes down to it, the idea of business is not to merely get by but to succeed. If you limit yourself you are they opening the door for the competition to succeed and in turn shut you down. After all, a sale is still and always will be a sale.
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Wednesday, April 26, 2006
Making Money Online with Google AdSense
These days an online business has many useful tools in the fight to stay competitive on the web. One of these powerful tools is the popular Google search engine. Google clearly has what it takes to make your web business a success. The 90 million visitors each and every month that use Google testify to this fact. Google.com is probably the largest search engine on the web today, and they have tools employed to ensure this and they have tools to ensure that you can succeed as well.
The exact, detailed account of how Google operates seems to be a proprietary secret, but search engine experts have a general idea of how it works. Google takes the first few lines of text and incorporates that into the search result when someone punches in your keyword. This should give you an idea of how you develop page rank and popularity. There are traffic monitors available to you when you use the Google service, and these can inform you as to when and how you need to adjust your keyword usage to find more traffic. When dealing with Google, it is most important for you to write the first paragraph of your page so that it has the biggest impact. This material is what is going to be seen on the search result by viewers, and thus you need to ensure that what they see here will be--impact!--which will prompt them to investigate your site. The more views you have to your site, the higher the traffic volume, and the more volume, the higher the page ranking and popularity.
A good rule of thumb is have at least 8% of the words in the text be keywords, with about 300 words being used as the impact paragraph. If this is what is going to be seen first, you have to make it count. Many of the search engines deploy software programs on the web that gather information from any site they find. These are known as spiders, and they constantly view sites and record content for their indexing purposes. You never know, however, when they will by surfing your site. It is not always the case that they will index your entire site on one trip to it, so you need to ensure that you optimize your pages. They will always start from the top of the page; this is why it is best to have the most impact near the top of the site. The best way to ensure that spiders crawl over your entire site is to place your site on Google Sitemaps. Instant updating on site indexing is one of the great perks that comes with Google Sitemaps.
The files saved are XML files; this is like having your very own direct link to Google--like a data cable. Basically Google AdSense involves third party advertisements sitting on the pages of your web site. Every time someone clicks on the ad on your webpage (and they leave your webpage) you get paid for the AdSense transfer. Obviously this will require a rather large traffic volume to make significant money, so do not neglect the above basics of optimizing for Google. Do not try to trick Google with anything like "keyword stuffing." The people at Google are very smart and they can penalize your site for this sort of behavior. Just keep these basic rules in mind, and create a site that is friendly for human users like you and me, and you will be on your way.
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SPECIAL NOTE to our readers: In case you have not seen it yet, Microsoft has recently released their Beta 2 version of their AntiSpyware software that is FREE to valid Windows operators. It has been renamed Windows Defender, and is available for free, instant download at the Windows Defender page. We have already installed it with no trouble, and it found one spyware file that our other spyware programs had not picked up. It is hard to imagine a downside to this Microsoft software, so at least post a reminder for yourself to check it out soon if you cannot decide now.
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Tuesday, April 25, 2006
How to Advertise a Home Business with Google Adwords
The object of successful advertising is to find a method of conveying your information, to as many people as possible, while keeping the cost on the advertising low from the start. This is the easiest way to generate traffic and retain your profits. Google Adwords is a great method of getting both of these objectives done and making your site successful. It is critical to attempt to maintain a low click-through cost when trying to target the appropriate customers.
It is no secret that pay per click can really make your business swell with traffic and customers. By placing the highest bid on a keyword (or keywords) you can get great page ranking when someone types your keyword into their browser for a search. If you have read anything about Google Adwords you will know that it is not really a pay-per-click search engine, but a very powerful Google tool that can be used as an advertising template. It is said that the largest Internet-based network for marketing is Google. It is a global industry and is an excellent way to get exposure on the Internet. If you are ever interested in Google Adwords you can find it on just about every page that Google showcases. Their ad can be found in a little rectangle by the organic search results that are free.
The basic premise of the Google Adwords arena is quite simple. The member creates their own advertisement, and then has to bid on a keyword. This key word will then trigger the next step of the process. This next step is where the appearance of the ad can be showcased 'to the viewers online. A member's site listing consists of approximately 25 words or characters--this will include spaces so be mindful. It will also allow for a descriptive segment of up to 70 words or characters (& again spaces are included in the total so you must watch what you are using as description). The great thing about this feature is that your site will be posted within just a few minutes of submitting it to Google. It could even become one of the sites that are sponsored, where they will sit on the right hand column of the search engine pages.
Google’s Adwords runs a little differently than the standard pay per click programs. It is not entirely based on the bid you place on the keyword. It has other elements factored into the equation, such as the click through rate multiplied by the cost per click. This in turn dictates what your page ranking will be in the end of the ratio. You will need a steady flow of traffic to your site prior to this method to be effective, so it is best to first get a good game plan in motion.
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Monday, April 24, 2006
Free Home Based Business
Most traditional businesses can cost thousands of dollars to start. If you are looking for a home business that is inexpensive and/or free to start then try using a Web based business. There are several free tools available to help you create a high content design with a specific focus that can be a great marketing asset. If you do not want to have to invest in a product then affiliate selling may be the best option for you. Once you have your web site complete and have high volumes of traffic using your key words and SEO (search engine optimization), then you are ready to find a merchant that will affiliate with you. The affiliate promotes a merchant's site with a link on his or her own web page. The merchant’s products and services are promoted through the link. When a customer clicks on a link and makes a purchase the merchant gives the affiliate a commission. Because that customer found the link from the affiliate, the affiliate is being paid essentially as a type of advertising agent.
The merchant and the affiliate will agree prior to the link being posted what the actual commission will be for a particular sale. Usually the merchant has already set the commission amount, and often the commission is a substantial percentage. The affiliate needs to make sure that the product and services he or she is promoting are related to the website of the affiliate. This is because you want to have a targeted audience to be able to promote these products and services effectively. An affiliate who tries to sell a child's doll on a spyware website will probably not be successful. If an affiliate has several types of businesses to promote they need to have their own sites independent of each other. This will keep things organized and will attract only the visitors who will generate sales. Make sure that all the pages you have are themed and easy to find on the popular search engines. You want to make sure that you are attracting potential buyers who are specifically looking for what your merchant or merchants offer.
Once you have figured out if the product a program offers is relevant to what your site contains, choose a merchant web site with high ranks on keyword searches. The higher the ranking on a specific search engine the higher the traffic that will be generated. This will also mean that the product is popular, which is what you are looking for. You have found a merchant site with which you can build a profitable affiliate relationship. Now it is time to contact the affiliate manager. This person will work with you to establish an account with said company. It is their job to be helpful and effective as well as respond back to you quickly. The affiliate manager should also be willing to go that extra step to make sure you have long-term success.
The best method of promoting your site to someone else is to speak to your customers and visitors, as they are your friends. They will feel comfortable and in turn will promote and advocate your sites and business to others. An effective way to generate cash flow is to sell the products of other merchants within an affiliate program. The more products of other people you sell the more in turn you will make. The first successful website is always the most difficult. Once you have figured it out, the next success wiil be quicker and easier.
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Sunday, April 23, 2006
Making Money the eBay Way
It is easy to understand why so many small business people are turning to eBay. It is a great way of getting your product out to the consumers. Building a successful, profitable business on the eBay site is not only rewarding but simple as well. Setting up a business on eBay is basically mapped out for you, and you will not get too stressed about it because it is very straightforward. By deciding to sell a product on the eBay auction block, you are making your first step towards a profitable career for yourself, without breaking your back.
The options for sellable items on eBay are virtually endless, from new to old, and big to small. It is available to the highest bidder. This is a great way to ensure that most of the time you will receive top dollar for your goods. Ebay is not only for the person that wishes to sell what they have dug up from that old collective box in the attic. It can also be a main stream for the small business owner, or even major corporation. Anyone who has not looked on eBay will be astonished to see exactly what can be sold from the eBay site. You can sell anything from an old lunch pale to a 375,000 dollar business venture. Everything in between is treasure for someone else. This makes for a very lucrative and sound career option. With all the handy tools that are available to eBay account holders, it is very easy to understand why people have made eBay the product-selling vessel of choice in the new millennium.
Selling on eBay can and usually does generate more traffic to a web site and or more interest in their product. With a very broad directory, it is easy to get to where you want to be in terms of profit margins. Many times eBay sellers have started out rather small. With some reservations about the whole online auctioning idea, they were not expecting to have great results initially. These people have in turn only found out that this can be the best marketing tool around to have traffic and sales increase to build a very profitable small business. Ebay can and usually does become an indispensable marketing tool for businesses. It will surely allow you to sell what you no longer use and generate money, while not fretting about the details. This is in every sense of the word a sensible and likely profitable decision. Take a chance and you may find your wealth as well.
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