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How to Create Expertise

Every now and then I take some time away from my regular content generation to cruise through some of the online marketing forums or blogs and have a look at what’s going on. It seems every forum contains a lot … Continue reading

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Avoid Paidbacklinks.com

When building out web sites for ecommerce and affiliate marketing, we run the gamut of promotion strategies from PPC (pay per click) on the search engines to link building using article marketing, web 2.0 sites, etc. We’re always looking for … Continue reading

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Use Your Creativity

Fledgling Internet marketers often make things way too complicated. I’ve seen lots of questions lately taking one basic premise (build a site with content about your niche) and they really over-complicate things. You know the type – the risk averse … Continue reading

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Getting Stuck at the Start? Just take some action

So many people are having problems just getting started. This won’t make you tons of money, but will get you moving: Take this idea and do it on your own blogs (blogger and some of the other sites will shut … Continue reading

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Expanding from a niche to wider sales

This is the big task that we’re working on right now. The site that I’m working on is very successful at SEO and sales within it’s niche. While efforts go forward to solidify that space, the product offering of the … Continue reading

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Video Marketing: Selling by Entertaining

How a great video that sells nothing can sell a product that doesn’t appear anywhere in it. Continue reading

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Amazon Spends $2.50 to Hook Customer Loyalty

This morning I opened an email from Amazon that was about a recent order.  When I opened it and read it I suddenly had renewed love for Amazon and vowed to make my next purchases from them. All they did … Continue reading

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Get Your Web Site Reviewed

For the past few years I’ve been working just on my own business and helping out friends who I know are working on getting their online presence moving. Over the past 10+ years, I’ve been able to see a lot … Continue reading

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Coopetition – Making friends with your Enemies

So many people like to use the war analogies for business.  Back in the 80s and the time of leveraged buy outs, hostile takeovers and then like that may have made sense.  In my business life, it’s been more of … Continue reading

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