Category Archive: Internet Business
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Usually you think you should look to the big successful stores and businesses for ideas on how to be successful. Not always. In fact, not usually. Here's an example from Sears that you should NEVER follow. We have a...
Posted by Fred on October 30, 2008 | Printer-Friendly
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I just read a news article about a remote, poor, mountain village (Himachal Pradesh) in India where the brothers in a family traditionally marry one woman. Yes, you read that correctly. It's a hard life and instead of splitting up...
Posted by Fred on October 24, 2008 | Printer-Friendly
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Getting customers for your business is analogous to fishing. You put some bait (advertising) somewhere you think people will see it and hope for a nibble and then a bite. You'd be surprised how many people try to run a...
Posted by Fred on July 29, 2008 | Printer-Friendly
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No, you can't sleep: get up and go to work! You take another swat at the alarm clock and after 30 more minutes of "snoozing" you finally drag your tail out of bed and head to the shower. After you...
Posted by Fred on July 1, 2008 | Printer-Friendly
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I wrote a guest post for Darren Rowse over at Problogger.net that was published over the weekend. My guest post is http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/06/21/are-you-putting-cash-in-the-trash and deals with bloggers missing advertising revenue. Visit Problogger and read it! Fred...
Posted by Fred on June 23, 2008 | Printer-Friendly
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FTC Approves New Rule Provisions Under The CAN-SPAM Act On May 12th, 2008, the Federal Trade Commission approved four new rule provisions under the Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act of 2003 (CAN-SPAM or the Act). The...
Posted by Fred on June 17, 2008 | Printer-Friendly
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Robert Phillips posted an article: Do High Rankings Mean More Traffic? which echoed some of the same findings I'd reported in an article of mine: Good SERP Ranking is NOT Enough several months ago. Step back a few clicks and...
Posted by Fred on May 16, 2008 | Printer-Friendly
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When you see big launches that get picked up by the big names and sent out to huge lists, it's easy to feel like you'll never get there. It's easy to get frustrated, throw up your hands and say they're...
Posted by Fred on April 23, 2008 | Printer-Friendly
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Terry's at it again. He's created a new internet business training product that he'll release next week. He's giving away a copy to one person. All you have to do to enter is leave a comment to his post as...
Posted by Fred on April 16, 2008 | Printer-Friendly
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Get these three keys right and you've positioned yourself, or your company, for long term growth and success, get them wrong and one, two, three strikes, you're out! Two articles I've read recently really hit home with me regarding...
Posted by Fred on April 2, 2008 | Printer-Friendly
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Remember those mornings when you were in school and you'd wake up to a bolt of fear going through you because you suddenly remembered you have a test today that you forgot to study for? Relax, that's not what this...
Posted by Fred on March 18, 2008 | Printer-Friendly
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A reader named Martin left a comment / question to my post on Search Engine Ranking Factors. I started to just approve his comment and reply to him there, but I felt it deserved more attention than that. Here's...
Posted by Fred on March 10, 2008 | Printer-Friendly
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I am going to stop selling my Artemis Pro Preprocessor after this weekend. It will no longer be available. I still believe that article marketing is a very important part of popularizing, and getting links to, your blog or web...
Posted by Fred on March 6, 2008 | Printer-Friendly
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One of the first things that made me scratch my head when I started learning about Internet Marketing was why some people selling multiple products had unique domain names, and sites, for each product. I just didn't understand why they...
Posted by Fred on February 28, 2008 | Printer-Friendly
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One of the biggest drawing cards to the popularity of blogs is that, as a reader, you are given the opportunity to get to know the blogger at a more personal level than regular web site. Blogs are, by their...
Posted by Fred on February 20, 2008 | Printer-Friendly
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Today I thought I try something a little different! So you want to be a blogger, But you can't remember crap, Great ideas they come and go, Then they're gone in just a snap. You may be in a restaurant,...
Posted by Fred on January 30, 2008 | Printer-Friendly
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Here are 6 good posts that are worth your time. Terry Dean: 7 Ways to Make Money Online. Michel Fortin: Breaking This Copywriting Rule Boosts Profits. Dan Moran: What Is The Internet Business Bench?. And no, I didn't include this...
Posted by Fred on January 18, 2008 | Printer-Friendly
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If you blog, have you ever posted comments to your own blog under a fake name? Have you ever posted comments to your own blog under someone else's real name? What is polarization in blogging? Polarization means getting people worked...
Posted by Fred on January 17, 2008 | Printer-Friendly
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In my post The Frustration of Trying to Make Money Online, item # 3 on my list is "Take Advice with a Grain of Salt" and item #4 is "Follow the Path of a Leader, Not Forum Junkies". In this...
Posted by Fred on January 14, 2008 | Printer-Friendly
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In my post The Frustration of Trying to Make Money Online, item # 3 on my list is Honesty. If the goals for your business are long term, then don't lie, cheat, or steal. Treat people with honesty and respect....
Posted by Fred on January 10, 2008 | Printer-Friendly
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I had a stomach virus after Christmas. A bad bug it was! I was stuck in the bathroom for a few days. While I was spending more and more time in the bathroom and contemplating asking someone to shoot me,...
Posted by Fred on January 4, 2008 | Printer-Friendly
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In my post The Frustration of Trying to Make Money Online, item # 2 on my list was Be Consistent. Walk out into a rushing river and pick up a river stone from the bottom and chances are it'll be...
Posted by Fred on January 3, 2008 | Printer-Friendly
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In my post The Frustration of Trying to Make Money Online, item # 1 on my list was Focus on something you believe in and that you are passionate about. Said another way: Follow Your Heart. I had lunch today...
Posted by Fred on December 20, 2007 | Printer-Friendly
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The so called "gurus" and their products make it sound so easy. But the fact is most people who try to setup an internet business to make money fail. Plain and simple, they never make more than they spend. Hyped...
Posted by Fred on December 13, 2007 | Printer-Friendly
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My 2 ½ year old son has a new DVD: Dumbo. He and I watched it this weekend. I really like those old Disney movies, however, I'm more familiar with the fairy tail movies like Snow White or Sleeping Beauty...
Posted by Fred on December 2, 2007 | Printer-Friendly
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My friend Eric Graham is holding a special, free webinar this Monday November 26th, at 8:00 PM Eastern. Get full details here: www.UltimateConversionBooster.com Unless you are a serious student of conversion rate improvement, or regularly read my blog, you may...
Posted by Fred on November 23, 2007 | Printer-Friendly
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So many people jump into an online business and think they're going to get rich quick, the truth is, most never do. You can find the statistics, but we all know that most people who try making money online with...
Posted by Fred on November 6, 2007 | Printer-Friendly
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Ready, Aim, Fire... You've probably heard the saying "Pull out all the stops" before. Do you know the origin of the phrase? It comes from air driven organs (the musical organ like a piano); it can be a pump organ...
Posted by Fred on October 22, 2007 | Printer-Friendly
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I haven't posted in a while and there's been a good reason. I've been really hard at work on my latest project. Actually, it's my wife's project and we're creating it together. My wife has a gift for working with...
Posted by Fred on October 10, 2007 | Printer-Friendly
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In This Corner: CDBaby.com is a business that sells CDs for small bands independent bands and musicians. It was founded by a musician. The whole culture of the company is drenched in that laid-back, cool-cat type of atmosphere. How it...
Posted by Fred on September 14, 2007 | Printer-Friendly
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Here are two tips that can help you grow your blog or web site. Most established blogs use the first tip, but few seem to leverage the second. 1. Email List:Use a capture form to build your mailing list. Give...
Posted by Fred on August 27, 2007 | Printer-Friendly
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I just read thee great blog posts from three of the blogs in my blog roll (located over in the right-hand column) that I'd encourage everyone to read. At first glance you may not see that the subjects of these...
Posted by Fred on August 23, 2007 | Printer-Friendly
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I had a new logo created and I also made a new header for this blog using the new logo. The new logo was created by David Lanham and I really love it: David is very talented. New Logo! New...
Posted by Fred on August 21, 2007 | Printer-Friendly
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Two of my posts, more than others, have brought and keep bringing new visitors to my blog from search engines. One has been regularly doing so for a while now. I figured it would die off, and while it...
Posted by Fred on August 2, 2007 | Printer-Friendly
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Are you scared to think of something bazaar, original, or unique? Fear keeps us from trying and if we don't try, we don't have any chance whatsoever of succeeding. The failure of never trying is a much greater failure than...
Posted by Fred on July 30, 2007 | Printer-Friendly
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James Bausch is holding a Question Time on Intern Programs. To submit a question you must post the question on your own blog and then trackback to his blog. I suspect that a lot of people who could benefit from...
Posted by Fred on July 15, 2007 | Printer-Friendly
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Shackleton's Way is a riveting book. The authors weave the story of the failure of Shackleton's 1914 expedition to the Antarctica with the leadership skills he used to successfully bring home every one of his crew members after they were...
Posted by Fred on July 3, 2007 | Printer-Friendly
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We just sold our house and have boxes piled up everywhere in our new house. While cleaning out my garage, I came across a lot of things that I'd forgotten about. Some I kept, and some I got rid of....
Posted by Fred on June 28, 2007 | Printer-Friendly
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Why do people return to a blog? I read some blogs that I don't particularly agree with every post. Yet I return. I read some that I find boring. And I return. I read some that I don't like the...
Posted by Fred on June 4, 2007 | Printer-Friendly
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If you've already taken steps to get your web site, blog, business, or whatever you want to do started, then you're in line. You can't get served if you're not in line. You can't place your order for what you...
Posted by Fred on June 1, 2007 | Printer-Friendly
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Here are 13 Tips to Help the Sales and Marketing Challenged Overcome Their Affliction and break out of the I'm not selling anything and I don't know why blues! I probably should package this information and sell it as an...
Posted by Fred on May 24, 2007 | Printer-Friendly
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As I write this blog post, I have a list of things to do that I'm ignoring. Some things on that list have been there for a long time and people are waiting on them. Luckily it's not a life...
Posted by Fred on May 18, 2007 | Printer-Friendly
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I try to limit the number of posts that I make that only reference another blog. However, occasionally I read something and have to make a comment here about it. Steve Pavlina has a very popular blog with the...
Posted by Fred on May 16, 2007 | Printer-Friendly
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Article Marketing is the process of writing and submitting articles to web sites, eZines, Magazines, etc. with the intention of generating traffic back to your web site. This is one of the best traffic generation methods you can use...
Posted by Fred on May 15, 2007 | Printer-Friendly
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If your objective with your website or blog is to create a revenue stream, there are certain things you need to monitor and certain things you need to do to make sure you stay on the right path. Otherwise...
Posted by Fred on May 10, 2007 | Printer-Friendly
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The "No Follow" tag is an optional attribute you can include in the parameters of a link tag. It tells the search engines: Any link with this tag is not necessarily approved by this page and shouldn't be followed nor...
Posted by Fred on April 25, 2007 | Printer-Friendly
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Hey... Check it out! Jim over at The Kaizen Business Blog awarded me a free copy of his new Lean Business System Course because I took action and put a link to my blog in his link directory. This is...
Posted by Fred on April 24, 2007 | Printer-Friendly
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If your blog is like mine, it gets really targeted by spammers who send tons of comment and trackback spam. I recently installed Akismet (http://akismet.com) to control the spam. It seems to do a really good job. Here's how to...
Posted by Fred on April 23, 2007 | Printer-Friendly
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Writing copy is, like a lot of things, part science and part art. An artist can create art with an infinite multitude of instruments, tools, and media. A scientist can make better tools, instruments, and media. So one feeds the...
Posted by Fred on April 12, 2007 | Printer-Friendly
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In a previous post a while back, I mentioned that I was working on two new products. These are not info products, but rather software products. I had hoped to have them finished and available soon after that post; however,...
Posted by Fred on April 4, 2007 | Printer-Friendly
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a Free Copy of Jay Abraham's Mastermind Marketing Audio Series. Sounds like a great offer to really learn about kicking your Internet Business into High Gear! I hope I win! Here's the link if you'd like to enter: http://terrydean.org/free-jay-abraham-mastermind-marketing-audio-series. Fred...
Posted by Fred on March 31, 2007 | Printer-Friendly
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Yes, I've modified the Submit Button for my Signup form (over there in the right column) once again. If you have an Internet business, the whole point of putting a signup button or purchase button on a web page is...
Posted by Fred on March 25, 2007 | Printer-Friendly
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