Affiliate Marketing - The Basics For One Week. By Michael A Bryan

Many people today are turning to internet marketing to try their hand at making money online. The usual starting place for most of them is in affiliate marketing. Affiliate marketing is an arrangement between an online merchant and an affiliate (you), in which the affiliate earns a commission for generating sales, leads and/or clicks for the merchant's web site. If you are just starting in affiliate marketing, or if you've been at it for awhile with no success, I suggest that you should stick to the basics. You can create and build a campaign in one week this way. Before I get into the basics, let me tell you what affiliate marketing is not.

• * It is not a plan to "get rich quick."
• *It contains neither an "easy button" nor a "magic bullet."
• * There are no secret "loopholes" or "underground tricks" to achieving success. (There are so called Black Hat tricks that   can be employed, but using them could get you into serious trouble with the search engines. I refuse to use them, and you should too.)
• * Mostly, it is not "Rocket Science!" It is a business that requires a lot of work, but you can learn it and be successful as long as you take action on what you learn.

So, what are the basics? Research, Creation, Driving Traffic, and Rinse & Repeat

1. Research. Find a need. What are people searching for when they go online? Are a lot of people searching for the same thing? What kind of keywords are they using? Will you have very much competition if you start marketing to that group? If the competition is too large, can you narrow the problem down to something more specific? For example: It you searched "dog training" you would find nearly 58 million searches by people looking primarily for free information. However, if you look up "how can I train my dog to stop peeing in the house" that number would drop to about 125,000 people with a serious problem. These people would be more than happy to pay you for the solution.

Once you have found a need, you need to find a product that has the solution for fixing the problem. You could try a site like ClickBank which carries thousands of downloadable ebooks and courses, or do a search for "your problem/forum." When you have found the right product, sign up for their affiliate program and get your affiliate tracking link. Now you can begin marketing.

2. Creation. Now, you will need to build a landing page. (If you are going to use PPC this won't be necessary, but I cannot recommend PPC to "Newbies" because you will be competing with very experienced marketers. It could be extremely expensive for you.) There is no need to panic over creating a landing page. You can do this easily using a blog or something like a Squidoo lens. There are plenty of free tutorials online that will show you how. The landing page is where you will send traffic. From there you will link to your product's sales page. One great advantage to a landing page is that it gives you a chance to build trust with your customers and to do a little preselling. There are many great products that do not have great sales pages. This is your opportunity to overcome that problem.

3. Driving Traffic. Without traffic you are dead in the water, regardless of how good your product and your landing page are. This is probably the most difficult part of internet marketing because it involves search engine optimization or SEO. SEO is the technical term for getting a webpage ranked highly in the search engines. This ranking is contingent on three factors: the quality of the content on the page, the number of quality or authority links to the site, and the amount of human activity on the site. When people are searching online, they are looking for information. You must provide valuable information that is well written, unique, and easily digested. Do not copy someone else's material. 

You will use this knowledge on your landing page and also in several articles that you will submit to various article directories. I like to submit a primary article to EzineArticles.com and link it to my landing page. Then, I will write additional articles to send to several other directories. Towards the top of those articles I will place a link to the landing page, while at the bottom I will have a link to my ezine article. What I am accomplishing is getting more content online and creating backlinks for my site. Besides article directories, you will want to create backlinks through social bookmarking sites, RSS feeds, Web 2.0 properties, blog commenting and forum marketing. A word of caution concerning blogs and forums: provide good content! Merely posting, "Great post," is considered spam and will get you banned from the site.

Human activity on the site is a fairly recent piece to the SEO equation. This is the reason I like to use a blog for my landing page. I can add to the site on a regular basis to create new posts or update an older one.  Websites that are left unattended for too long can start sliding down the search engine rankings. Of course, if you have provided enough good content and secured sufficient backlinks, you will be getting enough people clicking onto your site to satisfy the human activity factor.

4. Rinse and repeat. Find another need and a product to satisfy it, and do it all over.  It really isn't that difficult, but it does take time and practice. The more you do it, the better you will get.  Learn the basics, and then take action. One can easily set up one campaign per week, and by the end of one year, have fifty-two products that are supplying them with a good income. Imagine this: only one sale per week from 52 campaigns, with an average commission of $20, will earn you $1040.00 per week, or $54,080 per year.

I will leave you with a quote from a very successful internet marketing friend and mentor of mine,

"If you are willing to do for a year what others won't, you can do for a lifetime what others can't!" - Jennifer ~ PotPieGirl -

Michael A. Bryan is a certified trainer who currently earns a living as an internet marketing affiliate. If you are interested in learning about internet marketing, go to his website at http://im-affiliate-tipsandtools.com/

Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Michael_A_Bryan

To Your Success

Ken Nourolahi

Facebook and Social Media - The Next Marketing Opportunity

Marketing as an activity is all about reaching the right customers with the right products, and the result sought is delighted customers who are more than willing to open their purses wide enough to boost your revenues. For many years, marketers stalked their target customers through various means and by trying to get their message across to spread awareness about their wares.

Traditional Means of Communication

Traditionally, marketing communications were conducted via print, broadcast and such traditional media through disruptive advertising, where advertisements appear in between the content of interest for the customer.

Traditional media does give a large reach to a marketer with its programming of mass appeal. However, the wastage is equally high, since a large portion of the audience would belong to a different segment than the one that is to be targeted by the marketer.

Enter Social Media and the Internet

The revolution stirred by the internet as a medium took place because of the fact that it is highly personalized and provides more content on-demand than any other available medium. Social sites proliferated far and wide in their usage for a few simple reasons:

The power to create and distribute content is equally available to every user, irrespective of him/her being a customer or a marketer. In the earlier forms of media, that power rested with the editorial staff of the channel or the advertiser, but hardly ever with the user.
The medium is completely personalized, and a user can create or join groups and further create content based on what he/she likes.
Opinions are free and fair. This is one reason why social media is of utmost concern to marketers, since buying decisions are no more influenced as much by advertisements. The traditional word-of-mouth marketing approach has grown leaps and bounds on social networks.

Facebook – At the Center of Social Media

With 500 million (and growing) unique users worldwide, Facebook is the number one social networking site in terms of activity and subscriptions. What started as a garage initiative by Mark Zuckerberg has now become the biggest phenomenon on the internet.

A user interface that allows for quick communication and the ability to create fan pages and groups at the click of a mouse button are what make Facebook extremely popular. Another important reason for its immense popularity is the wide variety of social applications that have been developed and made available within the Facebook environment.

These applications can allow users and friends to do joint activities like playing games that run endlessly, sharing photos, videos, and web links, and many more.

How does this help a marketer?

Traditionally, media plans were drawn to include television channels, publications, or any other media that can grab maximum eyeballs and effectively reach a selected target audience. The science of segmentation and targeting has become only more accurate in the case of social media.

Facebook provides a wide variety of avenues to communicate with the audience, which opens up an entirely different world of possibilities to have a fruitful dialogue with customers. Some of these methods used popularly by marketers are:

Advertising: The first opportunity, which is the most obvious one, is advertising on Facebook. The difference, however, is the fact that you can create your own advertisement in a matter of minutes and also specify the details of your target group in terms of demographics and types of discussions where you want your advertisement to appear.
Fan Pages: Facebook allows every brand, as well as individual users, to create fan pages for their favorite celebrities and their own homegrown businesses. Large brands have also created their official pages on Facebook that have a huge, immediate fan following around the world. The fan page has immense utility to convey first hand information about the brand and also to collect immediate and frank feedback from your customers.
Branded applications: One of the most effective ways to engage a user toward your brand is by creating an application; this could be a game or a contest, with your branding coming across subtly through it.

What makes Facebook even more exciting is the way it allows you to target your communication sharply just to the customer segment you want to attract. It also provides analytics and page insights that give good feedback and measurement on the activity done.

The options provided by Facebook can be creatively explored and used judiciously for bringing about maximum benefits to any brand.

However, while doing all this, you need to be aware of the fact that customers have an equal say and have the ability to respond immediately to any of your actions with a thumbs up or a thumbs down. Availing the service of a social media consultant to work out a social media strategy may be required so that your efforts will not be in vain.

Get more information here for the best Facebook training available: http://bit.ly/facebook-power

To Your Success

Ken Nourolahi

Affiliate Program Business Opportunities in the Health Industry By Lynne Duncan

Affiliate program business opportunities are everywhere. In fact there are hundreds of people busily creating their own unique products for you to promote right now! But with so many to choose from how do we decide which ones are successful, and will they actually bring you a life-changing income?
I happen to love doing research and writing about many different topics, but I am especially interested in health related issues. As a result, I have discovered that the most successful affiliate program business opportunities are those that are in the health industry. The health industry is growing at an incredible rate and will be a trillion dollar industry in the next few years. With over 200 million potential customers searching for information and products on health every single day it is easy to see why.
Millions of companies invest in this industry so it is perfect for anyone that is considering starting up their own health focussed business. If you have done any kind of research into affiliate program business opportunities, and even tried to set up a business in the health industry - either online or offline - then you will understand just how much time and money is necessary for it to succeed. Both in terms of getting the right business and also in terms of how much profit you will make.
Affiliate program business opportunities are usually a first consideration for business novices due to the very low initial investment cost and the little knowledge and experience that is required to get it up and running. However, not every affiliate program has a successful business model nor are they in a big enough niche to make the kind of incomes that most people desire.
Through my research I have discovered a highly successful business model that is making a lot of people life changing incomes right now. For example one person in particular is currently making $5,000 profit per week with it! Not bad, especially as this figure grows every week.
Out of all the affiliate program business opportunities I have researched and tried, Health Biz In A Box is a health affiliate business that will knock your socks off! It has a very successful and unique online business model. For starters, it has seventeen income streams built in with several health websites covering issues that include:

• * fat loss
• * skin care
• * intestinal health
• * aging
• * everyday health

and much more...
They also come inbuilt with exciting automated sales tools that do the entire work for you, including a live spokesmodel who does all the talking for you! It covers practically every health product you can think of, providing informational products such as eBooks and audio books and tangible products such as vitamin supplements and skincare products.
These are not just your every day budget health products but superior quality products that are purchased for their high quality ingredients and benefits. They are also the kind of products that are purchased time and time again by the same customers that will give a residual income which grows each and every month.
Do you already have a career or job but want to start your own health affiliate program? Well unlike the majority of affiliate program business opportunities you can manage this health business in the background on a very part-time basis. It comes with top quality in built marketing tools and details of how to get your visitors that will convert into paying customers. Spending money on pay per click campaigns is not necessary as you will see with all the free alternatives they provide.
For each visitor that comes to a Health Biz In A Box site, they either leave buying a product or enter their email address to be followed up automatically with a series of friendly high converting emails that will get them clicking back to the website where most of them end up spending money. All of this done without you needing to do a single thing!
So if you have always dreamed of running your very own natural health business then I would be surprised if you could find a more quality, low risk opportunity than Health Biz In A Box.

Lynne Duncan is a prolific researcher and author of a variety of subjects. She specializes in health related topics and has also built several very successful businesses. You can read more about affiliate programme opportunities in the health industry by visiting her website at [http://www.101-natural-health-remedies.com/affiliate-program-business-opportunities.html]

Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Lynne_Duncan 

To Your Success

Ken Nourolahi

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How to Make $1,000's Weekly with a Health Internet Business of Your very Own.

Wise Online Entrepreneurs know that the best selling products online are health products and health-related e-books, books, tapes, newsletter subscriptions, etc.

Now World famous Dr. Suzanne Gudakunst has just released her latest "shocker!" that makes it possible for just about anyone to profit from this fact.

She's making it possible for someone to get a fully-operational online "store" that specializes in "health-related" goods and services.

Literally now anyone can get a complete Internet "health" business in a box!

This complete website has a main product as well as up to 90 separate products that all center around breakthrough health products. And where YOU can earn some really HUGE CASH!

It seems that Dr. Suzanne has really done her homework (especially for YOUR benefit!)

First she correctly determined that according to Forrester Research (which is perhaps the most powerful & accurate online research database to date!) "health-related" products and information is by far the most sought after things anywhere online.

Nope! -- Despite what you might have thought, "sex," "porn," and "UFOs" are NOT the most searched for items on the Internet (but "health stuff" is hands down!)

Second, Dr. Suzanne's "Top Secret Fat Loss Secret" shook the entire World with its release recently - and she's even made a special lead-capture page that you also get central to this amazing site!

Why is this important?

Simple: because Dr. Suzanne's affiliates are making millions right now with what is perhaps one of  ClickBank's HOTTEST products (and this same product is the central seller at your new health e-Biz site!)

Third, the site you get also acts as a "database" that never stops growing so that you get 10,000's of customers you can continue to sell to over and over again other things!

Why is this important?

Again, very simple: anyone who's wise online knows that "backend" sales are chief to making long term and extra profits!

Dr. Suzanne's NEW "Health Biz In a Box" complete and fully-operational website you get for next to nothing contains an electronic "Automatic Sales Manager" (like a salesman robot - Ha!) built-in that works to upsell to your list over and over again so that you enjoy additional "automatic" income!

Fourth, Dr. Suzanne health-biz site also includes a complete health-related products Shopping Mall so that your site visitors stopping by are likely to buy at least 1 to up to 90 additional products creating instantly for you up to over a dozen other income streams!

This way you get the "most bang for your buck" so to speak!

As if all this weren't enough, the fifth (and perhaps the very best) thing about this automatic seller is the tiny spokesmodel "Rachel" that literally walks out onto your Health-Biz site and guides your site visitors (like a tour guide) through your entire site and what it has to offer!

Dr. Suzanne carefully tested the site both WITH and WITHOUT "Rachel" and accurately determined that the addition of "Rachel" boosted sites sales by as much as 396% (meaning nearly 4 times as many sales!)

Dr. Suzanne believes that having the spokesmodel adds credibility as well as an informative approach to the site so that it generates a much higher "conversion-to-sales" ration at large.

And ALL these amazing features stand to make YOU very, very rich as you get all of them with your own "Health Biz In a Box" website!

If any of this floats your boat, then I highly recommend you get over to:

=>> http://bit.ly/healthexchange

...and because rumor has it that Dr. Suzanne may put a ceiling on the number of these Internet "health-biz" sites she's giving out in order to avoid everyone having one and risking market saturation.

Already people securing theirs have had nothing but great things to say about this:

"I'm so happy with mine! ... Having this site professionally set up by Dr. Suzanne's Team for us was the greatest thing we ever did! ... the site literally is just pouring money into our pockets even while we're doing other things, vacationing, and even crashing out!"

                        -Cynthia Conrad, Atlanta, Georgia

"I never knew that making money online could be so easy!"

                        -Richard Bosworth, SLC, Utah

"Health stuff is the real way to make money online easily ... everybody sooner or later has to have it!"

                        -Carla Dupree, Boise, Idaho

"I'm making about $6,000 a week with mine ... and this after failing on the Net for nearly 10 years trying to sell everything else!"

                        -Jason Herman, San Dimas, CA

"$500 a day is what this biz is shoving in my pocket! I even went out of town for nearly two weeks and my health biz site completely ran itself!"

                        -Michael Sorbowski, Mason, Ohio

As you can see by these people's comments, everyone grabbing their own automatic health-products Internet business is raking in the cash! (And now you can too!)

Just grab yours now simply by going to:

=>> http://bit.ly/healthexchange

I guess I should have added above that not only do you get all the things I've described thus far, but you also get professional customized set up at no extra charge!

That's right! - Dr. Suzanne's own Team of web experts actually build your "Health Biz" for you so you don't have to!

They:

- design your site

- put all the 90 income streams into place

- install the electronic sales manager for you

- add sharp selling graphics

- add powerful videos

- add several other webpages

- and a complete online shopping mall of health products!

All so that you can earn big income online and while you sell product that help people and that you can be

very proud to sell.

So all in all this is perhaps one of the BEST instant online ventures worth your time.

Get your now before the ceiling number is reached and maxed out...

=>> http://bit.ly/healthexchange

                       

To your Success,

Ken Nourolahi

How to Gain a Huge Advantage in Your Internet Business by Using the Power of Facebook Marketing. By Ken Nourolahi

Do you know what the single biggest internet trend has been in the last year?  What site has close to 500 million users, of which over 50% are online on a daily basis? Can you name the site which recently had more traffic than Google?  If you’re thinking of the leading social networking site and your answer is Facebook, then you’re correct.

The biggest social media and networking site on the Internet is Facebook. A large number of successful marketers are using the massive power of Facebook to get wide-ranging traffic to their website and are benefiting from the huge profits every day of the week.  While you may be using Facebook for entertainment, chatting, groups, and events, your competitors are using it to drive massively targeted traffic to their site and make vast sums of money.

Would you like to personally benefit from all that Facebook has to offer and enhance your own bank account? You can, if you become a Facebook marketing master by harnessing the Extreme Marketing power of Facebook to make massive online profits. You can learn the top Facebook strategies including all free and paid tactics covered in the new E-book fittingly titled Facebook Marketing Extreme.

The following easy-to-read-and-do sections are what you will discover when you download the “Facebook Marketing Extreme” guide: 

Section 1: The Free Traffic Power of Facebook

•  How to get targeted Facebook friends quickly  
• You have friends, now what?
• Ways to get free traffic with Facebook.  This topic includes detailed instructions and 9 step-by-step guidelines.

Section 2: Facebook Social Ads Exposed        

• How Facebook Social Ads Work
• A Case Study: Zynga’s “Farmville”
• The Importance of Planning… and Facebook Users

Section 3: Getting Down to Business

• The Facebook Platform           
• Facebook Ad Creation – The Process
• Facebook Fans
• Do Keywords Still Matter?
• What Type of Events or Items Can I Advertise?
• Should Facebook Ads Replace Google AdWords?

Section 4: Maximize your Facebook exposure

• Sweepstakes and Contests
• Facebook Social Ad Branding
• Facebook Marketing Solutions
• Facebook Fan Pages
• 7 Tips for Making the Most of your Facebook Fan Page
• Facebook Groups

Section 5: The Down Side of Facebook Ads 

• 9 Facebook Ad Mistakes
• The Privacy Issue

Many internet marketers just like you are getting in the Facebook vogue and are using it to drive traffic to their website or promote the products they are responsible for.  A lot of money is made out there! It is the right time for you to get in the action by becoming a Facebook Marketing Master! 

You can get your copy at the low introductory price by clicking on the following link:

 

http://bit.ly/facebookpower

To your Success,

Ken Nourolahi

The "Step-by-Step Guide to Selling Online," By IMC

Start Your Own Successful Internet Business From Square One, With a Proven
A-Z Program for Making Money Online

If you'd like to start making money on the Internet, but don't have ANY business experience, technical skills, or ideas for what you should sell, I highly recommend you take a look at The Step-by-Step Guide to Selling Online, a comprehensive, step-by-step program for starting a successful Internet business from scratch.
Created by the Internet Marketing Center, The Step-by-Step Guide reveals the exact process they themselves used to generate over $100 Million in sales online.
Using simple, easy-to-understand language, and plenty of helpful video and audio tutorials, The Step-by-Step Guide walks you through the six steps to building a successful Internet business from square one:

1. Find a lucrative niche market and decide what to sell...
2. Easily create your website, complete with winning sales copy
3. Attract your first eager visitors ...
4. Take your first credit card payment
5. Ramp up sales & traffic quickly
6. Automate your business to be "hands free"

Then, once your website is live, and you're getting your first visitors, you can take advantage of The Guide's hundreds of ADVANCED strategies to improve your business, and drive your sales even higher!
And because The Step-by-Step Guide is 100% online, they're able to update it whenever there are new test results to add, or new techniques to try out, so it NEVER goes out of date!
When you try the Step-by-Step Guide, you get:

1. Over 1,250 pages of detailed, moneymaking strategies and techniques carefully laid out in easy-to-follow steps
2. "Real time" updates with the latest and greatest online marketing strategies
3. Streaming videos to make your learning even easier
4. Content you can print out, or download to your iPod, so you can learn new techniques, even when you're on the go, and away from your computer
5. A "private rolodex" of hundreds of Internet marketing tools and resources
6. A one-on-one 15-minute phone consultation with one of their IMC's marketing specialists
7. IMC's exclusive Ebusiness Road Map System

I give The Step-by-Step Guide to Selling Online an enthusiastic 10 out of 10! It contains every last tip and technique you'll need to start your money-making website. Thousands of other people have already used it to earn money online -- six figures annually, in many cases -- so you can be confident it will work for you, too! If you want to make money online, I urge you to get access to this proven online business building program now.
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To Your Success,

Ken Nourolahi

3 Things All Affiliate Marketers Need To Survive Online By Ken Nourolahi

Every affiliate marketer is always looking for the successful market that gives the biggest paycheck. Sometimes they think it is a magic formula that is readily available for them. Actually, it is more complicated than that. It is just good marketing practices that have been proven over years of hard work and dedication.

There are tactics that have worked before with online marketing and is continuing to work in the online affiliate marketing world of today. With these top three marketing tips, you will be able to increase your sales and survive in the affiliate marketing online.

What are these three tactics?

1. Using unique web pages to promote each separate product you are marketing. Do not lump all of it together just to save some money on web hosting. It is best to have a site focusing on each and every product and nothing more.

Always include product reviews on the website so visitors will have an initial understanding on what the product can do to those who buy them. Also include testimonials from users who have already tried the product. Be sure that these customers are more than willing to allow you to use their names and photos on the site of the specific product you are marketing.

You can also write articles highlighting the uses of the product and include them on the website as an additional page. Make the pages attractive compelling and include calls to act on the information. Each headline should attract the readers to try and read more, even contact you. Highlight your special points. This will help your readers to learn what the page is about and will want to find out more.

2. Offer free reports to your readers. If possible position them at the very top side of your page so it simply cannot be missed. Try to create autoresponder messages that will be mailed to those who input their personal information into your sign up box. According to research, a sale is closed usually on the seventh contact with a prospect.

Only two things can possibly happen with the web page alone: closed sale or the prospect leaving the page and never return again. By placing useful information into their inboxes at certain specified period, you will remind them of the product they thought they want later and will find out that the sale is closed. Be sure that the content is directed toward specific reasons to buy the product. Do not make it sound like a sales pitch.

Focus on important points like how your product can make life and things easier and more enjoyable. Include compelling subject lines in the email. As much as possible, avoid using the word “free” because there are still older spam filters that dumps those kind of contents into the junk before even anyone reading them first. Convince those who signed up for your free reports that they will be missing something big if they do not avail of your products and services.

3. Get the kind of traffic that is targeted to your product. Just think, if the person who visited your website has no interest whatsoever in what you are offering, they will be among those who move on and never come back. Write articles for publication in e-zines and e-reports. This way you can locate publications that is focusing on your target customers and what you have put up might just grab their interest.

Try to write a minimum of 2 articles per week, with at least 300-600 words in length. By continuously writing and maintaining these articles you can generate as many as 100 targeted readers to your site in a day.
Always remember that only 1 out of 100 people are likely to buy your product or get your services. If you can generate as much as 1,000 targeted hits for your website in a day, that means you can made 10 sales based on the average statistic.

The tactics given above does not really sound very difficult to do, if you think about it. It just requires a little time and an action plan on your part.

Try to use these tips for several affiliate marketing programs. You can end up maintaining a good source of income and surviving in this business that not all marketers can do. Besides, think of the huge paychecks you will be receiving…

To get full details on how to safely compare products and save $200-$400 per month when you shop online, click on the link below: http://MyMarketingGenie.com/nour

To Your Success,

Ken Nourolahi

Affiliate Marketing - What is an Affiliate Program? By Guy Lavigne

First, what is an affiliate program: you get paid a percentage to sell someone else products or services. It is a simple way to say it, but basically it is the right definition.

How do you become an affiliate:

Method 1

First you must find a niche or, if you prefer, a product or group of products you would be interested in. When your niche is found, you search the we. You type in your favorite search engine ''your niche+affiliate''.

You will have some results, you choose among them.

Method 2

You type ''affiliate programs'' and you choose a merchant with a product or service you like. Or, if you already know an affiliate merchant, like Amazon.com, Dell.com etc, you can join it directly.

Method 3

You join an affiliate program that represents multiple merchants. The best known is ClickBank. It is free to join and you can select a product or a service among categories. To have an idea, go to ClickBank.

At the top of the page, click ''marketplace''. In the marketplace page, on the left, you will see multiple categories. Select the one(s) that suits you best and make a choice among the affiliate merchants listed. A hint here: In the description of the product, check for ''Grav''. It means gravity.

The gravity is a signal of popularity, the higher it is the more popularity gets the product. It other words, a high gravity means a product in demand.

There are many more affiliate programs like ClickBank, you have ShareaSale, commission Junction, Link Share etc.

Suggestion: To choose the best niche, it must be, of course, popular, but it must also be something you like. Something you can talk about and love to talk about. You love photography, you know few things about it? Than this can be your niche, selling cameras, batteries and all the stuff that goes with a camera.

You do not need to be an expert to sell a product, just knowing the basic is enough. The important thing is to feel comfortable with the product (or the service).

The blog, Shop-by.com is operated by Guy Lavigne and was created to help people building a profitable blog. Starting a business online may be difficult, having a guide is always a good thing.

Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Guy_Lavigne

To Your Success,

Ken Nourolahi

Build an Opt-in Email List - How to Build it Right So People Beg to Give You Money By Darren L Carter

How to Build an Opt-in Email List

If you want to succeed at building an internet business online you need to build an opt-in email list. Whatever your situation, if you want to build relationships with your customers and increase your sales numbers at the same time, you should try to build an opt list.

How to Build an Opt-in List: Attract

The first step is to create a "squeeze page" -- a page with a free offer to get email addresses. Offer a high-quality freebie that's related to the reason you're building the list. For instance, if you're trying to build an opt email list of people interested in weight loss, you could offer some free diet meal plans in a PDF format. When they give you their email address and confirm it they opt-in to the list (that's why it's an opt-in email list), you sign them up to your list, you give value, and send you money.

How to Build an Opt-in List: Keep Them

After you've attracted them in the first place, you have to keep them. The best way to do this is to send out high quality content on a regular basis. If they don't hear from you in over a month, they'll forget who you are and unsubscribe as soon as you send them anything. Worse yet, if you send daily emails with low-quality freebies or tips that aren't related to what they're interested in, you won't have an interested list. The most important part of maintaining a good opt-in list is to give them amazing and value emails from the minute you build an opt list.

Build Opt List - Keep it Simple

Finally, keep it consistent and simple. If you intend to send sales pitches, incorporate them subtly but consistently. And always provide value constantly. If you always provide value to your opt email list then they will want to pay you money. Keep it simple and don't add useless fluff when you email your email list. This will water down the value you give to the opt email list you build which means less money for you. Remember to keep your email simple with this fluff free phrase, "Build Opt List".

To help improve your business and make money, it's absolutely necessary to build an opt-in list and do it correctly; in fact, build one opt list for each site you build, and you could find yourself rich, famous or both!

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Why You Should Be Wary of Online Reviews, By Andre Larabie, Ph.D.

Shopping on the Internet has become a viable, low-cost alternative to shopping locally. One advantage of cyber shopping is that you can do it from home, and it is much easier to compare products when you can type the name in the computer and get a screen of prices in response. Many websites are tailored to do exactly this: take a product name and return a list of vendors that offer it for sale, sorted in various ways, including lowest price first. Many sites also provide product reviews for a product, so you can read what others have to say about the product. These reviews come in two forms:

- Made by verified purchasers, and

- Made by anyone who claims to know something about your product.

There is a caveat here. Some product reviews are "planted" by the manufacturer of a product, or by companies hired by the manufacturer. Online businesses have sprung up that offer the service of surfing around on the Internet and inserting positive product reviews. For example, suppose that you manufacture and sell a particular hearing amplification device. You sell several hundred thousand per year. If you want, you can just let the consumers judge your product and enter their own reviews into the many product review sites on the Internet. If you receive good reviews, then excellent, your sales will go up because people will read them and see that you have a good product.

But one day, you are surfing around, reading the reviews of your product and you discover that there are many bad reviews of your product; in fact, many are outright lies about your product. After doing some research, you determine that just as there are Internet companies that you can hire to enter positive reviews for your product, there are also companies (often the same ones) that you can hire to enter negative reviews about your competitors, and you suspect that this is what has occurred in the case of the bad reviews of your product.

How can they do this? Isn't this type of thing illegal? Actually, no. Many just consider it a new (and rapidly evolving) form of advertising. So in order to stay competitive, you decide to hire a company that will place positive reviews about your own product and negative reviews about your competitor's product in strategic places throughout the Internet.

I am not saying that all reviews are bogus; rather, I am just trying to illustrate one of the pitfalls of shopping on the Internet. Yes, you can find tremendous deals, but it is a different way to shop. I tell you this story so that you will read these reviews with caution. Sometimes you can find the email address of a product reviewer and you can send them an email with questions about the product.

An advantage of Internet shopping is that you can easily buy products from vendors that would normally be inaccessible. Some vendors have highly unique products and before the Internet was available, you could not easily browse through their inventory. Some of them did print and mail catalogs, but shopping on the Internet is much more interactive and far cheaper than shopping via bulky printed catalogs. Some websites allow you view a 3-D rendered product from all sides and even zoom in for a detailed view.

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Ganoderma - The Herb That Promotes Your Wellness With Healthy Coffee; by Ken Nourolahi

Ganoderma is a type of mushroom with high level of disease fighting antioxidant properties that has been used in Chinese medicine for over 4000 years.  Known as the King of Herbs, in the past Ganoderma was rare to find, hard to produce in large quantities, and therefore was reserved for the exclusive use by the royalty.  Its use by the public was also prohibited and violators were subject to punishment by death. The modern farming technology has improved the production methods and yields, hence making this valuable herb accessible to the average person.

The mushroom’s properties are well documented for their effects on reducing hypertension, invigorating liver function, and improving lung, circulatory, and respiratory systems.  The Wikipedia article revised on May 6, 2010 indicates that “Several species of Ganoderma have been used in traditional Asian medicines for thousands of years. Collectively, the Ganoderma are being investigated for a variety of potential therapeutic benefits:

•    anticancer effects
•    immunoregulatory effects
•    antioxidant activities
•    liver-protecting effects
•    hypoglycemic effects
•    antibacterial effects
•    antiviral effects
•    antifungal effects
•    reducing blood cholesterol
•    inhibiting blood vessel regeneration (angiogenesis)
•    antifibrotic effects
•    protection against radiation-induced damage
•    reducing lower urinary tract symptoms
•    increasing endurance for vigorous exercise”

Currently, various forms of delivery of this beneficial product are used by the wellness industry.  A common method is its use in beverage items like coffee, tea, and other similar products.  As a preventive measure as well as an aid for recovering from common ailments, the potential benefits of Ganoderma are uniquely unmatched.

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Spread Your Marketing - Sponsor a Race By Keith Lunt

Sponsoring a running race is easy. Just approach the organisers and make the offer! Even just offering a prize for every finisher can be a benefit to the organisers, as they know that a race with good prizes is more likely to get the runners back next year. And in return, if you offer printed promotional items, all of the runners will be seeing your logo.
Depending on the race, you should also be able to guess a lot about the type of people running the race. For example, a local marathon or half marathon is probably going to attract a high proportion of serious male runners. A local 5k will attract serious runners along with a good amount of not so serious runners there to loose weight. And certain 5k and 10k events specialise in attracting ladies only.
So, if sponsoring a race is so good, how do you find an event to sponsor and what must you do? Finding the events is quite simple. They go to a lot of effort to publicise their event so that runners will find the race - so you just need to think like a runner to find the race. Ask in local running and sports shops (who may also be sponsoring events and be willing to take on an additional sponsor). Look through running websites, forums and running magazines for more details of races to enter.
All of these will list the organiser's contact details so that runners can enter. All that you need to do is to write to the organiser, saying that you are willing to provide some prizes for the competitors. How and when would they like them provided? It is as simple as that. Just remember to mention that you need a reply in time to get the items sourced - telling them the date rather than the lead time will probably work best!
Then, all that you need to do is to source some suitable items from the huge selection available. From sports bottles to wrist bands, or more traditionally anything from pens to mugs. As long as you get the items printed with your website address, some of the runners are going to see the message and take an interest in what you are doing.
You can even offer to volunteer to hand the items out to make sure that they are all being distributed! Even if all that you offer is an empty water bottle printed with your logo and the runners get no other prizes, they will happily accept them and a lot will keep them for years to come (I am still using one given to me 6 years ago!). If the organisers have not arranged goodie bags then the bottles are handed out lose, else you just provide them in time for the packing of the goodie bags.
Get your message spread locally. It is well worth it!

Keith owns and writes for a variety of marketing websites, including Promotional Gifts and Promotional Flash Drives. Both have plenty of interesting articles and resources to help you find more promotional products.

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Top 3 Common Mistakes of Affiliate Marketers By Anthony Pineda

Affiliate marketing is undoubtedly one of the most profitable technique one can use to generate online income. However, one should understand that earning commissions by becoming an affiliate doesn't happen overnight. It involves a lot of studying, patience and understanding several factors involve on this business model.

There are several techniques Affiliate marketers use to have an edge over other marketers or competition. It isn't the easiest thing to study but certainly the most rewarding. On your journey towards abundance via this business model you must study and keep in mind the mistakes committed by other affiliate marketers. Remember, you will never achieve wealth if you don't commit mistakes. Problems and mistakes are tools you need to grow and prosper on this - and any other - business.

One of the most common mistakes new affiliate marketers do is choosing the wrong affiliate program/ product. There are thousands or even millions of products sold online. What you want is to choose an affiliate product that suits you. You cannot sell a product which you're not passionate about right? Imagine yourself being a computer hobbyist that is trying to sell cosmetic products. You will never convince your customer why they should buy the product from you.

No matter how "hot" the product is never join the bandwagon of other affiliates. You need to think on your feet and have a reality check about what you like.

Second mistake is joining several affiliate programs. In my experience as an affiliate marketer I see success whenever I stay "focus" on something. May it be a method or a product what you need is focus. You should concentrate all your strength and mind power on one thing. Think how you can grow your business from it, how you can promote it. After discovering your style and technique then you can jump to another venture and repeat the same process. If you don't make it then you can go to another product. It isn't a waste of time because now you know more.

Lastly, most affiliate marketers forget to try the product they are endorsing. How can you determine whether the product is good or not without using it? How can you write a nice, accurate and convincing review about the product if you haven't use it all your life? One of the most important things I consider on becoming a successful in any business venture you take is to learn as much as you can about the business.

You want to know every angle and section of the product and business you are doing. You will never achieve success without learning how a product works. You cannot convince your customer to use the product if you haven't use it yourself. Common sense isn't it?

In order for you to achieve success in affiliate marketing requires several trial and error along the way. It isn't a straight line to abundance but rather contains curves and several zigzag roads. You need to learn in every step of the way and learn to accept mistakes with an open mind.

Anthony is an avid fan of various subject areas such as relationship, parenting, health, tech and others. You can see some of his works at kids tool belt and his other content writings on water aerobic shoes review.

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Physical Activities You Need to Improve Learning Results while Working on Your Internet Business, by Ken Nourolahi

Physical Activity and Learning
   
The benefits of physical exercise are well known.  Consistent exercise improves the heart and lungs and releases endorphins (hormones) that improve our mood.  However, recent studies have also shown that exercising on a regular basis has a definite impact on a person’s learning.  William Greenough, at the University of Illinois in the early 1990’s, conducted experiments with rats that showed that a greater number of connections among neurons existed in the rats who exercised than those that were sedentary.  In addition, there were a greater number of capillaries around the brain neurons of rats that exercised.

As adults, we face many obstacles to our health and well being.  In this information age, we spend an inordinate amount of time in front of our computers, and watching television or videos.  This translates into less time for exercise and the missed benefits that exercise provides.  The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey found that a metabolic syndrome has emerged as a major health risk in Americans (Ford, et. al. 2002).  The metabolic syndrome is defined as manifestation of chronic ailments and life threatening diseases observed in almost one-forth of the US adult population (Ford, et. al. 2002).  Obese individuals with sedentary lifestyles are at an increased risk for developing diabetes and cardiovascular disease (Medical News, 2010).

   Chronic diseases associated with poor habits are preventable and it is up to each individual to develop the appropriate daily diet and exercise regimen for a healthy life (Medical News, 2010).  The individuals who are involved in Internet marketing or any Internet based business perform more than 90% of their work sitting in front of a computer on a daily basis.  This work is usually very intense and could place a great deal of strain on the back, wrist, and eyes.  The sedentary life style associated with this type of work and lack of appropriate diet could be a major contributor to chronic health problems.  It is important that a minimum of 15 minutes break every couple of hours are taken to relax those overused muscles.  It is equally important that there is an appropriate balance between work, a healthy diet, and recreation to stabilize the number of consumed calories and the calories that are used-up.  How does one achieve this balance?  The answer is in the basic steps outlined below:

1. Start the day with a quick exercise regiment to jump start your metabolism and get blood capillaries around the brain’s neurons flowing.
2. Eat a breakfast with fruit and grains to provide energy.
3. Make a list of goals for the day that includes goals to achieve at work and goals for recreation and exercise after work.
4. Include a daily 20 - 30 minutes brisk walk in your daily physical activities. 

Obviously, these are the minimum steps required to maintain a normal healthy status and as mentioned earlier, would have to be modified to meet the specific needs of each person.


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Qualities of a Superior Mindset By Kadra Adams

The Superior Mindset Has A Solid Intent

A solid intent is a clear direction in which the mind is moving in. The mind is clear that it is moving in a certain direction, and your thoughts, actions and focus is reinforcing that direction continuously. A solid intent also means that you have made a permanent decision to move your life in a certain trajectory, and you aren't going to change that ever. The solid intent is your permanent commitment to achieve the goals you have set yourself once and for all.

The Superior Mindset Is Strong

A strong mindset is one in which your mind is totally clear, focused and alert. It is a mind which is in the zone and living fully in the moment of the now. This mindset will increase in strength regularly and allow you to form an even greater connection to your subconscious mind. The subconscious mind is the seat of your super conscious power and creating a greater connection to this through the strength of your mind will increase the level of your success easily.

The Superior Mindset Is Always Figuring It Out

People who do not enquire as to why things are the way they are, are not superior minds. The superior mind aims to figure out why things are a certain way and then aims to bring the positive aspects of these things greater into their life. You should always be inquisitive and enquiring. You should attempt to figure things out yourself, and also seek out knowledge from external sources. That way, you are growing in understanding of yourself constantly. It is this constant and increasing understanding of yourself which will allow you to succeed more and more over time.

The Superior Mindset Has Magnetic Thoughts

Magnetic thoughts are fundamental to success, and you must make the steps to ensure that the magnetism of your mind is maintained as much as possible. When the mind is highly magnetic, you can move towards success extremely easily. The trick here is to form a system of habits so that the magnetism of the mind is maintained as easily as possible. So long as your thoughts are highly magnetic, you will move towards what you want with increasing ease and sophistication.

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How Can You Succeed and Make Money With Reliable Vacations Clubs? by Ken Nourolahi

The hottest home business opportunity today is centered on discount vacation clubs. With the introduction of this concept making money on the Internet is as easy as taking a vacation. If you're an Internet income seeker, you are at the discovery point of a new and exciting chapter in online income generation. Reliable and reputable vacation clubs allow their members to bring together a real product with a proven marketing system which can be used by the experts as well as the novices.

The corporate life and working on 9 - 5 jobs are draining and low wage jobs are all that is available in the current economic climate. The high rate of unemployment has created an ideal time for vacation clubs to flourish by offering an attractive and profitable business venture while affording the overworked and tired group a discounting mechanism. For every business venture to be successful, certain key non-negotiable elements of success must be present. The work at home industry is no different. The rate of success without these key elements will be markedly lower; you must exercise your due diligence, look for the key elements and be able to recognize the "Real McCoy" from impostors.

Key Element #1: You do the work once but that work must pay you multiple times. Impossible you may say? Not hardly. There are three sub-elements in this step: You must get a direct pay from the initial sale; you must be able to build a passive income from the sale made by others; and the system must have a built-in leveraged income mechanism for the long term.

Key Element #2: Easy duplication must be achievable by having a proven marketing system working automatically at all levels. The marketing system must work for everybody, especially the beginners. It should not be up to you to devise the marketing system; it must be in place when you join. Easy duplication will occur when a system is so finely tuned to allow anyone to get up and run regardless of their experience level. True automation is achieved when you can join a program, have all the needed tools including your website built and ready for you to drive traffic to your site, and make sales without additional input from you.

Key Element #3: The product must be in high demand and also affordable. You can hardly market a product that does not have the demand and affordability factors built into it. In the current economic climate, affordability is one of the most important elements in determining your success with any product. According to the latest statistics, currently more than 23.5 million people are searching for ways to make money with their own business. The demand is certainly there, but the threshold of affordability is at or below the $1000 level. Any program priced above the $3000-$4000 level, will limit your potential to 1% of the available pool of prospects. A product priced at the $800 level can give you a market size of approximately 19 million potential customers.

Vacation clubs offer an attractive and profitable business endeavor. With a basic minimal investment, a reliable vacation club offers an opportunity to promote travel products that are solid and available in a wide range. The word vacation is the key motivator. Images of vacations are of gentle sea breezes, lazy afternoons and dream destinations. Vacation clubs offer alternatives to usual trip planning. Investment in vacation clubs allows a definite break away to an annual vacation. There is also the privilege of options to choose different locations all the time.

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How to Use Motivation to Achieve Goals in Your Internet Based Business, by Ken Nourolahi

What motivates us to achieve?  Current research suggests that motivational reflexes are controlled in the Amygdala located near the center of the brain.  According to Peter Lang and Michael Davis, brain researchers from the University of Florida, we are similar to other animals in our response to threats or to positive motivational cues.  If we are exposed to danger, we react by releasing hormones in a “fight or flight” response.  Once we are clear of the danger, our emotional responses change and we learn to avoid the danger as a natural urge for survival.   However, human motivation to achieve is much more complex.  Our need for financial and social success is tied to our instinct for survival.

Brain researchers are continually adjusting their theories in the context of social, gender, and cultural issues that influence individual motivation.  R. J. Wlodkowski, in his book, Enhancing Adult Motivation to Learn (1999), posits that an individual’s motivation is bound to social construction and individual determination.  But how does a person develop intrinsic motivation?  Is a person just born with the desire to learn new things or is this desire shaped by their environment?  There is no doubt that our attitudes are shaped by our experiences in life.  There is J.M. Keller’s (1987) ARCS model of motivation in which attention, relevance, confidence, and satisfaction are factors that determine our motivation for learning.  If our experiences capture our attention, have meaning and relevance, give us confidence and are satisfying then we are more motivated to learn.

Whether we are starting a new web-based business or communicating through internet blogs or Facebook, we are more likely to be open to new ideas if they are relevant to our own background and experiences.  Gaining confidence to start an Internet Business begins by communicating with others and learning new strategies that will provide us with the next step toward financial success.  The “4-Step System” used to train and mentor our new associates are based on years of experience, motivational factors, and collaboration with other internet marketing experts.

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How to Learn and Mentally Prepare to Succeed in the Internet World, by Ken Nourolahi

Have you ever wondered why some subjects are just difficult for us to learn?  Is it because they are too complex or does the subject lack meaning for us?  Research has shown that making meaning of information is a complex process that involves many areas of the brain (Jensen, 1998).  From a constructivist point of view, we build our understandings as a result of our experiences and interactions with the world around us, (Dewey, 1929).

We are able to make meaning of content when it has a particular “connection” with our background, either cognitively, emotionally, or spiritually.  However, the structured environments of most learning institutions do not provide opportunities for learners to explore and develop their talents based on their interests or their past experiences.

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1989 called for a restructuring of the way students learn.  Researchers recognized that the United States was falling dangerously behind other countries in the education of its youth, particularly in math and science. According to Scott Grabinger and Joanna Dunlap at the University of Colorado at Denver, “We treat students passively for 12 to 16 years, rarely giving them the opportunity to take responsibility for their own learning, to explore ideas of their own
choosing, to collaborate with one another or with teachers, or to make valuable contributions to the learning of others. They do not learn to take charge of their own learning nor do they learn the skills necessary to become life-long learners and daily problem solvers.”

In today’s global economy, workers are challenged to assimilate over a thousand times more information in a day than workers twenty years ago.  Just the sheer volume of information available on the internet makes it imperative that workers are able to create mental patterns that translate into meaningful and useful information that can be shared with others.  In this “information age”, we are challenged to use the “pattern-making” areas of our brain to associate and organize all of the new information that comes our way daily (Healy, 1994). 

Since these pattern making tasks require different areas of our brain, involve the connections to past experiences and evoke emotional response to situations, it is important that we collaborate and share our learning experiences with others.  This allows us to incorporate these patterns into our own mental framework without having to sift through another thousand items of information.  That is why it so important to open our minds to the ideas of others, select an experienced mentor, learn from him/her, and not limit ourselves
to only one way of thinking.

Utilizing these principals, we are able to take our new associates by the hand and teach them the necessary tools and skills that are essential requirements for success in the Internet World.  The "4-Step System" teaching method includes mental preparedness, written, video, and audio media as well as multiple weekly webinars by the experts in their respective fields.  Through collaboration and interaction with others, we not only share our interests, but we gain insight into the cognitive patterns of others.

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THE TRUTH ABOUT TWITTER, by Elisa Peimer

We hear so much about Twitter, you might worry that if you’re not part of the micro-blogging phenomenon, you’re just not plugged in to the great social networking revolution begun by sites like MySpace and Facebook. But how many of us are actually tweeting? The fact is, whatever the media and the sites themselves might like us to believe, if you’re not on Twitter, you’re not alone.

In the United States, the odds an adult has a Twitter account are 1 in 20. That 5% is split along gender lines— 45% of Twitter users are men and 55% are women. And, as with many emerging technologies, the younger you are, the more likely it is you’re on the bandwagon. A person 18 – 34 is twice as likely to have a Twitter account (the odds are 1 in 12.5) than a person 45 – 54 (odds just 1 in 25).

While men and women both populate Twitter in large numbers, who follows whom is pretty strongly skewed along gender lines. On other social networks, like Facebook, most of the activity is focused around women—men follow women (women they know and women they don’t), and women also follow women (typically, women they know). On Twitter, however, a man is almost twice as likely to follow another man as he is a woman, and a woman is 25% more likely to follow a man than to follow another woman. And men are 40% more likely to be followed by other men than by women. As irreverent online publication Valleywag so elegantly put it, “Self-absorbed loudmouth guys have overrun Twitter like no other place on the internet.”

So now that we know the odds of how likely you are to be on Twitter in the first place, what are the odds you’re actually doing anything there? Again, don’t believe the hype. In fact, according to the Harvard Business Review, the median number of tweets over a lifetime, per user, is… wait for it… one. So where are all the tweets coming from? Some 90% of tweets are generated by only 10% of users. On a typical online social network, such as Facebook, the top 10% of users create just 30% of the content—which makes Twitter more of a destination to hear from a few key users, rather than a participatory place like the online community at large.

And what are these chatterers saying, you may ask? Twitter’s 140-character limit, combined with the self-analytical nature of social networking, has made the lowly gerund king of the word world. When Twitter asks, “What are you doing?” the answer also usually ends with an “ing.” “Going,” “getting,” “watching,” and “eating” all appear on the list of the top 100 Twitter words. The top 500 include such exclamatory terms as “awesome,” “totally,” and the venerable “wow,” along with texting-age abbreviations like “u” (for “you”) and “RT” (for “retweet”). And if u r wondering who’s doing all this totally awesome “going” and “getting,” the second most popular word on Twitter (after the ubiquitous “the”) is “I.” In the flesh and blood world, “I” runs a distant 10th in popularity.

So, while those 5% of people are getting their Twitter on, the rest of the world probably isn’t missing out on too much. Since over half of those Twitter users tweet less than once every 74 days, odds are they’re busy “going,” “getting,” “watching,” and “eating”—without announcing it to the Twit-verse.

Sources

New Twitter research: men follow men and nobody tweets [Internet]. The Conversation (Harvard Business Review blog). [accessed February 5, 2010]. Available from: http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2009/06/new_twitter_research_men_follo.html

Science confirms: Twitter dominated by self-obsessed dudes [Internet]. Valleywag. [accessed February 5, 2010]. Available from: http://gawker.com/5275897/science-confirms-twitter-dominated-by-self+obsessed-dudes

RT this: OUP dictionary team monitors Twitterer’s tweets [Internet]. OUP (Oxford University Press) blog. [accessed February 5, 2010]. Available from: http://blog.oup.com/2009/06/oxford-twitter/ 

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The Emotional Connection to Learning, by Ken Nourolahi

How often do our emotions play a role in our effectiveness at work or our ability to start a new business venture such as an Internet Based Business? Most often, the fear emotion plays a negative role in our ability to achieve. Have you ever thought about why you want to learn or why a particular subject is important to you? When do you feel most comfortable learning or even have the desire to learn something? Consider that your emotions play a very important part in the learning process.


According to neuroscientists, the emotional centers of the brain are intertwined with the neurocortical centers of the brain involved in cognitive learning (Zin, et. al., 2004). The ability to learn is closely linked with our emotional well being. This makes sense if you consider how difficult it is to focus on work when you are emotionally stressed. In times of stress, the body’s feedback mechanism reacts by releasing hormones such as serotonin. That’s why many people who are depressed take Prozac or other drugs to help regulate serotonin levels. Many other chemicals such as acetylcholine, noradrenaline, dopamine, and norepinephrine along with protein “messengers” are known to have dramatic influences on our emotions and also affect our ability to learn. When we have an emotional response, these chemicals linger in our system and influence our thinking and our behavior (Susman, National Institute of Health, 1987).

Research by neuroscientist Joseph LeDoux of New York University (1994) indicates that emotions drive our attention and have their own memory pathways. This research has lead to a branch of educational research called Social Emotional Learning (SEL) that involves finding out what type of environment is most conducive to student learning. Interestingly, research findings by Holmes, Ponder, and Bell (1999) include a spiritual connection of learning they call “the inner edge”. This refers to the beliefs held by teachers that give them a sense of purpose and meaning in their work. This sense of empowerment is what drives them to teach and to establish a community of trust with their students.

These same ideas may also be applied to people in the work place. LeDoux (1992) notes that the “fear centers” in the brain’s Amygdala sends signals to the cortex in times of stress or uncertainty. This is a natural defense mechanism, but many times we let unwarranted fears drive our decision making. The Amygdala is also the creative center of our brain and we need to let the creativity and imagination drive our decision making and not our fear. The “intuition” that is often discounted as too much emotion, may be the “voice” that we need to listen to.

When we are at our creative best, we are also the most productive. We must use our emotions in positive ways to generate our goals and plans for the future. Starting your own internet based business is rewarding and can be very successful. But you must do your due diligence first and most importantly, you have to surround yourself by those who can help you achieve your goals.

In the “4-Step System” that is a cornerstone of our training and mentoring program, we emphasize the importance of your thoughts and ideas as your secret formula for success. You’ll learn how your thoughts become the lifeblood of achievements; inspire you to move out of mediocrity, and how you control your future through positive thinking. Bring excitement to whatever you do, celebrate the good work that you do, and challenge yourself to try new things.

To Your Success,

Ken Nourolahi

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How to Reverse Diabetes in 4 Weeks or Less, by Ken Nourolahi

I have good news for you today!

If you are suffering from diabetes, are acquainted with a person who has diabetes, or if you are suspecting that you (or a loved family member) are under the threat of developing diabetes, I finally have the natural answer you’ve been searching for…..

At last you can join the ever larger group of ex-diabetes victims who put this innovative home remedy to the test…. to reverse diabetes using proven natural doctrine.

- Imagine your blood sugar fears gone ... in ONLY 4 short weeks from today!

- Imagine your doctor telling you to pull-back on your insulin dosage . . . steadily eliminating the need for it completely!

- Imagine avoiding the pain, suffering and needless expenses by naturally addressing the root cause of your diabetes now.

- Imagine the peace of mind you'll have knowing you can help stop diabetes Type 1 by helping reverse Type 2 diabetes.

Hidden inside the pages of "The Diabetes Reversal Report" you will find out the secret to what scientists are calling the new science of biology. You will find this new science in easy to understand language even a 6th grader can understand.

The remedy report reveals an outstanding principle that's so easy to use. It's as simple as turning a key to unlock a treasure once lost, just waiting for you to take claim. The treasure is the self-knowledge to help your body heal itself.

The information you will receive with "The Diabetic Reversal Report" gives you the furtive component to empower the healing center within each of your 60 trillion cells.

FACT: Most diabetics’ death is caused by heart attacks not diabetes. Insulin slowly eats away major arterial linings. Added to insulin are high blood sugar levels which harm your smaller blood vessels and nerve endings. That's why diabetes causes millions of people to endure the loss of quality of life. Thanks to discoveries in the new science of natural medicine, diabetes may soon be a thing of the past.

The Diabetes Reversal Report works amazingly well if:

- You are insulin resistant or have diabetes Type 2.

- If you have recently (within 7 years) been diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes and are under age 50.

- If you do not smoke excessively, take multiple drugs or drink more alcohol than average.

- If you don't have heightened pancreatitis, kidney or other major organ failure.

- If you are willing to make some dietary adjustments.

Does your doctor recommend natural remedies for diabetes?

Fact is your doctor doesn't know about this therapy because most of them simply don't have time to keep up on natural solutions. In fact only about 20% of universities even teach classes on nutrition, they simply can't tell you what they do not know.

But even if they did know . . . from a business viewpoint it's just not in their best interest to tell you. Prescription drugs and performing surgery is the lifeblood of their vocation. They only earn money if you accept conventional medical treatments. They depend on your returning as a patron over and over . . .

On the other hand, "my business" prospers ONLY if you experience a successful healing. The word of mouth from your triumph is what keeps me in the business of sharing these safe, proven, natural remedy breakthroughs.

Just words won't convey how happy I am that I can offer you "The Diabetes Reversal Report" . . . this is my personal passion and highest purpose.

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Wishing You a Healthy and Prosperous Day,

Ken Nourolahi

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Alaska Cruises Offer Breathtaking Views Of Natural Wonders While Enjoying Modern Conveniences by Jenny Crisler

Alaska cruises provide the perfect way to enjoy the beautiful wonders of nature while having all the comforts of modern conveniences at your fingertips. If you are like thousands of people, you truly appreciate the marvels of nature, but you may not be the outdoors type. Instead of camping and hiking you may prefer to be in a luxurious setting that allows you an intimate view of awe-inspiring scenery. The good news is that the Celebrity Cruise Line has thought about just that issue and they offer what is undoubtedly the best mix of nature and comfort available.

The Alaska Cruises can provide up close and personal encounters with massive whales, spectacular views of snow-capped mountains and ice-blue glaciers. The untouched wildlife and natural wonders are breathtakingly beautiful. Seeing polar bears, grizzlies, sea lions, bald eagles, and perhaps even a moose is typical for cruise passengers.

But even with all the priceless sightseeing afforded to Celebrity Cruise line passengers, many of them want more to do. Not to worry, the cruise ships make stops in various ports along the way that allow opportunities for shopping and for dining on exquisite cuisine of local areas. Whether you prefer fresh salmon, crab legs, or even a moose steak, you can find it all in the ports of Alaska.

When it comes to shopping pleasures some say there's not a better place in the world than Juneau. This capital city of Alaska has no direct connections to land as it is positioned in the midst of a rainforest. The cruise ships usually arrive in Juneau via the stunning Inside Passage. The Inside Passage of Alaska extends 500 miles from north to south and 100 miles from east to west. It includes 1,000 islands, 15,000 miles of shoreline and thousands of coves and bays. It is quite impressive. The downtown district of Juneau offers delightful shopping pleasures, including such wonderful and unique items as Russian dolls, jade sculptures, specialty coffees, and one of a kind jewelry pieces.

The surprising thing about these excursions is that they are actually extremely cheap cruises. Even with all the features available for enjoyment onboard the ship, and the priceless views, these cruises are very affordable. Alaska cruises are popular choices for honeymooners, families, and senior citizens. It seems that everyone enjoys the Alaskan Winter Wonderland! If you have been looking for cheap cruises that include every possible advantage and feature - look no further!

Jenny Crisler and her family enjoyed their Celebrity Cruise Line vacation so much that Ms. Crisler started a blog about her trip. She included posts about their daily activities and lots of photos of the wonderful scenery. Ms. Crisler contends that although the cost is very affordable, in comparison to other cheap cruises she has taken, this one is top of the line in every aspect.

Enjoy!
Ken Nourolahi
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