Monthly Archive for January, 2008

Moonlighting on the Internet – A Book Review

Published on January 31, 2008 in All. 0 Comments Tags: books, internet marketing.

This is my first book review. I just opened up an online book store, to visit it just click on the link on the left side under the suggested links. I have started reading Moonlighting on the Internet by Yanik Silver. I am already most of the way through this book. It really goes into details about my previous post called 4 ways to make money online.

Here is the direct link to the book. I definitely recommend it for anyone that is a newbie to an internet business. It’s simple enough to understand that anyone that picks up this book and starts to read will be able to follow along. Easy enough for newbies to understand but it contains enough details that a seasoned internet marketer could also benefit from it and pick up great tips and resources to increase their online revenue.

The 4 main money-making internet business strategies.

Published on January 30, 2008 in All. 6 Comments Tags: affiliate marketing, dropshipping, eBay, ecommerce, information products.

1. eBay and other auction sites

Using eBay is a great way to start making money online. You can go ahead and sell things from around your house today. eBay is the most popular auction website but don’t discount the other auction websites yet. Some other auction site may offer less competition but just as many bids on a certain item that you’re selling. Be careful with other ‘lesser-known’ auction sites and do your research about their history and credibility. If you’re just starting out, I definitely recommend eBay as a great starting point.

2. Dropshipping and Product Fulfillment

Dropshipping is a great way to sell on eBay. Especially if you go ahead and do the extra work to find suppliers that other eBay auction sellers aren’t using. Notably, you can use www.Doba.com as a dropshipping resource company. Other dropshipping companies include www.wholesalematch.com and www.worldwidebrands.com which are wholesale and dropshipping directories. Other than eBay, you can setup an ecommerce store such as OSCommerce to sell your products from your own website.

3. Information Products

Information products such as ebooks are a great way to earn revenue online. If you know a lot about a certain category such as “car parts” then you could create an ebook about “how to find car part suppliers online” There will be some research involved with this type of product but the advantages of selling an information product outweigh the time and research involved in creating this type of product. Also, under this same category are downloadable audio and video products.

Advantages include:

Sell through your website any time of the day or night.
Automated Process of Digital products and downloadable products.
Low Overhead. Very low cost to create this type of product.
Sell your product over and over again.

Find a niche market, setup a blog with Wordpress.com and start writing about everything you know about that niche market. When you have enough content, use that same content and create an ebook about that specific topic. Blogs are a great way to start promoting yourself as a knowledgeable person in your niche market.

4. Affiliate Marketing

Affiliate marketing is a method that companies use to promote their services or products and spread the word about their company. Notable companies that have affiliate programs are www.ebay.com, www.yahoo.com, www.apple.com/store, Apple iTunes and many more. You can find these companies and others like them at affiliate networks such as www.cj.com, www.linkshare.com, and share-a-sale.com. Sign up with these affiliate networks and find companies to promote their products for them. They will reward you if someone that you refer makes a purchase of their product. Use you blog to promote these affiliate links.

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Published on January 30, 2008 in All. 0 Comments

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Published on January 30, 2008 in All. 0 Comments Tags: website hosting.

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Avoid Writer’s Block: How to consistently write blog entries.

Published on January 29, 2008 in All. 0 Comments Tags: article marketing, blogging, outsource.

Writing hasn’t always been easy for me, nor do I think of myself as a very good writer. I know enough to get by without making a high school english teacher cringe while reading my articles. I decided that I would write about how to come up with things to write in your blogs on a regular basis. I have several blogs that I try to post an entry on at least once a week. When I say “consistently” or “regular basis”, I don’t necessarily mean every single day. Although if you can write that much than you’re probably better or more dedicated to your blog than I am to mine.

Let’s get into it! Shall we? (If you already have a blog with a specific theme then you can skip this part about coming up with the general subject of your blog.) If you’re like me, then you like ’stuff’. Whatever that ’stuff’ happens to be, whether it’s current events, politics, American Idol, pop culture, movies and music, etc. As for me, my main interests are in internet marketing, photography, graphic design, computers and internet, and much more. First thing to do is to find your niche. Think about what you like or know the most about and then start by writing those things down. This is will be our first little brainstorming session. Once you have at least a dozen of ideas written down on that list. Off that list, pick one that you know the most about. That’s what your first blog will be about.

After setting up your blog with a blogging service such as Wordpress or Blogger, then write your first post immediately to just let people know about your blog and what it’s going to be about. Now here comes the easy part. You have at least a couple of options, write the blog posts yourself or hire someone to write them for you. If you choose to outsource the writing expect to pay between $5 and $10 per article. Some will let you order just one at a time but it would be better to order 10 – 15 articles right from the get go. That way you have enough to get a jump start on your blog. Also, freelance writers would rather write them in bulk. As far as writing the articles yourself, I suggest a second brainstorming session. Typically, I come up with the titles of the articles first and try to think of a clever and catchy line for the title. Then just start organizing an outline of what those article titles could be about. Just start writing. It’s not so bad and you’ll get the hang of it. I simply prefer using both methods listed above for content. I will usually write my own articles but if I don’t have enough time during the day then I’ll hire someone else to write them and I’ll always have a few extra articles on hand that I can post when I need to.

Visit our new Squidoo Lens.

Published on January 29, 2008 in All. 0 Comments Tags: internet marketing, squidoo.

This is just a quick blurb about our new squidoo lens. It is about strategic internet marketing and how to accomplish your goals and achieve success with your own internet business.

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The “dot-com” boom is not over!

Published on January 26, 2008 in All. 1 Comment

hello, i am an entrepreneur. i want to speak to those that want to make a change in their lives for the better and accomplish their goals and dreams. guess what! there is still room on the internet for people like you and me. people say that the “dot-com” boom happened during the late 1990’s and early 2000’s and then it just dwindled. well, i say there is still plenty of ‘boom’ for everyone. now is the time to get an online business started! there are more and more resources and tools to make this possible. one of those tools is online video. websites like youtube and google video have done a lot to popularize the concept of online video.

Lifetime Internet Coaching has taken the popular concept of online video to create a collection of media and resources and to educate all those that desire a change in their life all about how to setup and run their own online business. Lifetime Internet Coaching is step-by-step instructions about setting up a website and how you can generate an additional revenue.

Wordpress or Blogger. Which is better?

Published on January 26, 2008 in All. 2 Comments

I admit it. Typically, I am a fan of Blogger. I really like the customization options that Google gives you to make your blog all your own. Particularly, adding widget-like things to the sidebar(s) of your blog. I have been recommending Blogger to my family and friends that are new to the blogging craze. My wife recently got infected with the blogging bug a couple of weeks ago and I recommended Blogger.

My only things with Blogger is that you really can’t use categories and create additional pages like you can with Wordpress. My wife, Meg, just started another couple of blogs, one about her music reviews and the other about recipes. If she was using Wordpress, then I would have had her create different categories for those specific entries, i.e. Music Review, Recipe of the Week. Instead, she had to create seperate blogs for each of those specific niches.

Look for my own complete review of Blogger and Wordpress coming soon to a blog near you (which means this one.)

Top 20 Internet Entrepreneurs Under Age 30

Published on January 15, 2008 in All. 0 Comments

Mark Zuckerberg [ Facebook ] 23 years old | $700M
Andrew Gower [ Runescape ] 28 years old | $650M
Blake Ross and David Hyatt [ Mozilla ] 22 years old | $120M
Chad Hurley [ Youtube ] 30 years old | $85M
Angelo Sotira [ Deviant ART ] 26 years old | $75M
John Vechey [ PopCap Games ] 28 years old | $60M
Alexander Levin [ WordPress ] 23 years old | $57M
Jake Nickell [ Threadless ] 28 years old | $50M
Sean Belnick [ Biz Chair ] 20 years old | $42M
Kevin Rose [ Digg ] 30 years old | $31M
Ryan Block [ Engadget ] 25 years old | $20M
Aodhan Cullen [ Stat Counter ] 24 years old | $18M
Tom Fulp [ Newgrounds ] 29 years old | $15M
Rishi Kacker and Matt Pauker [ Voltage ] 24 years old | $12M
Markus Frind [ Plenty of Fish ] 29 years old | $10M
Catherine and David Cook [ My Year Book ] 17 & 19 years old | $10M
Fredrik Neij [ The Pirate Bay ] 28 years old | $10M
David Hauser & Siamak Taghaddos [ GotvMail ] 24 years old | $8M
Jermaine Griggs [ Hear and Play ] 23 years old | $5M
Jay Westerdal [ Domain Tools ] 29 years old | $5M

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Published on January 15, 2008 in All. 0 Comments Tags: search engine marketing, SEO.

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