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Planning Your Business Exit Strategy

2008-05-12T14:17:00.002Z

Does your business have its liquidity event mapped out? Entrepreneurialism can be demanding, and therefore drafting an exit plan is often ignored. If you have raised venture capital then the chances are that your investors will expect you to achieve liquidity at one point in the future.

One tough part of entrepreneurialism is not only working out if you have a good idea, but also establishing if it has the capability to scale, get acquired, or go public. If the answer to any of those questions is "no", then it's essential that you establish what your long terms goals are. If you are not able to achieve liquidity, then the performance of your profit and loss account will be the only business metric that matters. It also means that, should you wish to move on in the future, you'll have to give up your businesses profits with no realizable gains.

One key part of entrepreneurialism is planning your exit strategy. Although your business may change routes along the way, having a solid plan to work from can often pay dividends in saving wasted time, energy and money. If you wanted to start a broadband business, for example, then it would be easy to think of potential companies that might want to buy you at a later stage. And, the market is certainly big enough to go public if you manage to gain a decent percentage of market share.

However, entrepreneurialism isn't always that simple. Some companies may have a completely new idea taking on a completely new market. In this instance planning your exit can get a little bit trickier. It's less likely you will have direct competitors who would look to buy your business, and therefore you have to consider the likelihood of achieving liquidity through an alternative route.

Maybe a potential buyer would be able to achieve synergies through selling your product to their customers, or integrating it with their existing technologies? Or maybe if you manage to promote entrepreneurialism within the boardroom, a management buy-out could be an option?

The following are options to consider when planning your exit:

IPO

An IPO or initial public offering is when you make your shares available on the stock market. This is usually the most liquid market for equities, however you will usually require a sizeable market capitalization and stable earnings before this is an advisable option. At this point, there will be a firm price associated with the equity you own in your business.

Acquisition

If your company gets acquired then you may be able to get a much quicker exit than if you hold out for an IPO. If you intend to develop great technology, but do not want to build the infrastructure to unlock its full potential, this can be a great option. Sometimes entrepreneurialism can be about doing what you do best, and then moving on. For some people, that's starting companies and taking them to a certain stage.

Sell Your Equity

It's possible for you to sell your equity while allowing pre-existing investors to keep hold of theirs. You may find that pre-existing investors are the best people to approach in this instance. However if the company has potential, a large pool of potential candidates may be interested. The board may also consider a share buy-back.

Article reproduced from Article Land. Further articles from Naz Daud can be found here.

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Online Guitar Tuner - How To Stay In Tune All The Time!

2008-04-21T13:21:00.002Z

One of the trickiest skills to learn when you first start learning to play guitar is learning to tune your instrument properly. There are a ton of different types of tunings that serious guitarists use, but if you’re a beginner it’s a good idea to start out with standard tuning (E-A-D-G-B-E).

There are a lot of different ways you can tune a guitar as well. Some guitarists who have a lot of playing experience have developed a good ear and can tune their guitar correctly by using their ear only. Some people can tune their guitars to a piano. The easiest way for a beginner to learn the basics of tuning will be to use an online guitar tuner.

There are quite a few benefits to using an online guitar tuner. One of the biggest perks to using an online guitar tuner is that most of these are free to use. A lot of individuals who are just starting have already dropped a lot of their hard-earned money on their guitar, amp, cords, picks, and all sorts of essentials (maybe even splurging a little on some good effects pedals) to playing guitar. The last thing you’ll want to do is try to come up with some extra cash to buy a tuner.

Another great benefit of using an online guitar tuner is how easy they are to find. If you’re a musician, and especially if you’re a musician who is on a tight budget, the Internet can be your best friend. There are a number of websites on the Internet that feature an online guitar tuner for you to use free of charge. All you have to do is go to a search engine like Google and type in “online guitar tuner,” and you’ll have a number of sites to choose from.

Online guitar tuners are also extremely easy to use and only require you to have your guitar, computer, and speakers. Once you’ve chosen an online guitar tuner you want to use, turn on your speakers and get ready to tune. Most of these tuners only do standard tuning, so you shouldn’t have to worry about accidentally tuning your guitar to an alternate tuning.

Each online guitar tuner should feature some sort of button for you to click on to hear the correct pitch of each string. All you have to do is keep on playing each pitch on the tuner and match up your guitar string to that pitch by tweaking the tuning peg on your guitar. It’s important to remember that you will be hitting each note open while tuning it.

Using an online guitar tuner can be a tremendous help to those who are just starting to get familiar with their six-string rock machine. If you’re looking to learn how to perfect your tuning skills and help train your ear, then an online guitar tuner is a great tool for you to use.

Article written by Ted Halpeart and available from Article Land.

Here are the two online guitar tuners I recommend you use. The first online guitar tuner is at GuitarHack and is great. You can also check out this online guitar tuner on Scribd. Enjoy!

The Sony PSP Is Not Just For Games

2008-04-13T18:01:00.001Z

To the average Joe, when you ask him or her what a Sony PSP (Sony Playstation Portable) is, they will tell you it a handheld video game console. The average person has no idea what all you can do with a Sony PSP. It's not just a fancy Gameboy! It does a whole lot more than just play video games. Let me explain.

Gaming- video games The Sony PSP has over 350 game titles and more coming all the time. They are constantly adding titles all the time. You can get all the hottest titles of all your favorite games. Plus, one thing I absolutely love about the PSP is you can download emulators and play all you favorite games from the past. Super Mario Brothers, Sonic, Castlevania, Punch Out, Street Fighter, just to name a few of my favorites. So even if you only used it for video games it is fun little device to have. But that's not what this article is about. I want to talk about all the other cool stuff you can do with a PSP.

Video- More than 460 feature films, TV programs and music videos available on UMD disc (each sold separately). If you travel a lot like me, and you do get sick of playing video games all the time, you need a chance to just sit back, relax and watch a movie on the airplane. The PSP is perfect for this. The screen is just the right size to watch movies while you travel.

Music- The PSP also plays music file of all the top formats including MP3s, WAVs, WMAs, ATRAC3+ and MP4s Not quite as compact as an Ipod, if that's what you would really use it for, but a very handy feature to have. But I'll bet most people didn't know you could use the PSP as an MP3 player.

Photo- Another nice little feature of the PSP is the ability to create a slide show of your photos. If you have kids like me and you want to show grandma the latest pictures of the kids, you can do like I do and always keep the most recent photo's on my PSP to show them off. You can even beam them to other devices via Wi-Fi.

Network- I know this relates to playing games, but most people don't realize that you can communicate with other PSP systems and play games online. Not only that, but you can browse the internet right from your PSP.

As you can see the Sony PSP is so much more than a little video game player, it really has become the best device, that fits in the palm of your hands, for all your entertainment needs. Another thing I have to mention that is fairly new, is that there are more and more websites offering PSP downloads. Now you don't even need to leave your house to get the games, movies, and music. You can get everything you need from a click of a mouse.

This article was written by Chris McCann and reproduced from one of the internet's best article directories - Article Land.

Chris McCann is an avid gamer who is crazy about the Sony PSP. He has reviewed dozens of websites for PSP downloads and has uncovered the top 3. You can view his findings at his website.

http://www.pspdownloads.shop4coolstuff.com/videogames/psp

The Secret of "Why Do People Procrastinate?"

2008-04-05T16:49:00.003Z

Nobody has yet come up with a solution as to "why do most people procrastinate?" Even at present, procrastination is considered to be the biggest mysteries surrounding human beings. Although, most people know that the solution to such problems lie deep within them, in reality, they would not admit them. It is not only counterproductive to put off an inevitable task, but it also causes a great deal of stress, especially in those cases, when a person hardly has the patience to wait and wants it to be done. Numerous reasons can be cited as to "why do people procrastinate?" this is because each person would have their very own reasons. As a matter of fact, there might be different underlying motivations with some people just procrastinating about a particular thing, while it is simply a way of life for others.

Spoilt Work Practices:

There are some individuals who thrive when they are imposed tight deadlines or work- pressure. In reality, it may actually appear so. The main problem involved over here is that there is a high possibility that people might lie. A major reply to the question as to "why do people procrastinate?" seems to be bad work practices. The crux of the matter in such situation of procrastination is poor prioritizing skills and lack of organization. In case, a person is awarded a task for which he is devoid of any idea, it may so happen that the person would put that work assignment off rather than figuring it in a proper manner. On some occasions, procrastination is an outcome of a feeling that the particular work assigned would take a long time for completing. Hence, the other reason for the question as to "Why do people procrastinate?" is this general feeling experienced by an individual of being overwhelmed.

Attitude of Perfectionism:

Another reason for the question as to "why do people procrastinate?" is the perfectionist attitude that most procrastinating people have. This is mainly because, such people observe the task set before them as a sort of encumbrance, which mostly decreases the intensity of people to start and accomplish a task. Such maneuvers have a tendency of clouding the main issues and are actually the leading procrastination causes, especially in those individuals who are creative in nature and who need to exercise some control. Hence, such people continually work on their individual task by striving for perfection. Since the perfection level is not that absolute in nature, it totally breaches the deadline.

The other reason as to "why do people procrastinate?" is their disliking of a project or a task before them. This mostly happens in case of kids. It is a fact that, most children don't clean their rooms, prepare a report or study for a test and subsequently, indulge in procrastination. Obviously, when such kids are forced to do so, they do it albeit in a hating way which normally results in the particular assignment boomeranging.

Article written by Jason Hobbs and available from Article Land

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Boosting Fertility: Protecting Yourself From Plastics

2008-04-01T10:56:00.002Z

We drink from plastic bottles and use plastic food wraps all the time but a growing number of scientists are getting concerned about the safety of these products, along with tin cans and dental sealants.

This is because some substances in certain plastics used to make various products have been shown to have substances such as nonylphenol and octylphenol, biphenolic compounds and phthalates which can have a negative effect on reproductive hormones and fertility.

One such chemical is bisphenol-A, a synthetic oestrogen used in the manufacture of many food containers, cans and baby bottles and dental sealants. To illustrate the power of this chemical, some male workers developed breasts after inhaling dust containing bisphenol-A and one study showed that women with a history of miscarriage can have as much as three times the chemical bisphenol-A in their blood compared to women who have never miscarried.

Other research has raised questions about the safety of cling film made of a type of plastic called polyvinyl chloride (PVC) which contains plasticisers. Some animal studies suggest that PVC may be an endocrine or hormone disruptor. Other research on phthalates - chemicals which are used in commercial products as softeners of plastics, solvents in perfumes and additives to hair sprays, lubricants and insect repellents - has shown that they have the potential to be reproductive toxins.

Until we know more about the effects of common plastics on our reproductive health use the simple strategies below to protect yourself:

- Use plastic wraps and cookware made of polyethylene which doesn't contain plasticisers. If the product doesn't make this clear, don't buy it.

- When you reheat or cook food don't let plastic wrap touch it.- Don't wrap food in cling film; use paper instead. Immediately remove cling film wrap from food you buy and transfer them to a bag or container. Better yet ask the person on the deli to wrap your food in paper.

- Don't store fatty food in plastic wrap. Xenoestrogens are lipophilic (fat loving) and will tend to leach into foods with a high fat content.

- If you buy hard cheese wrapped in plastic use a knife to shave off the surface layer- Avoid food that needs to be microwaved in a plastic container. Better still avoid microwaving food altogether.

- Use glass bottles. Cans and plastic bottles of fizzy drink contain six times the amount of aluminium compared to the same beverages in glass bottles. There is always a small amount of residue that dissolves into drinks from the lining of a can or from a plastic bottle. Glass bottles are much better than plastic.

- Refill your own non-plastic water bottle instead of using toxic plastic water bottles. While it's good for your health to carry your own water and drink it throughout the day, if it's in a clear polycarbonate plastic bottle, it can be leaching a toxic substance into your water-even if the bottle is sitting on table at room temperature.

Article written by Marilyn Glenville

Dr Marilyn Glenville PhD 'marilynglenville.com' is the UK's leading nutritionist specialising in women's health. Marilyn is the author of 8 international best-selling books including 'Natural Solutions to Infertility', and her latest book 'Getting Pregnant - Faster'.

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Adsense - Loved By Advertisers

2008-03-20T19:07:00.001Z

Google is the biggest search engine on the web. It controls over 40% of Internet searches, and with that it controls pay per click advertising (PPC). PPC involves the advertiser paying a fee for every click through (CTR) in which the advertisers set. As their budget increases, their position increases, and as their position increases, they get more traffic.

This has lead to over 140,000 companies choosing to advertise with them, and they advertise in a number of ways. The first way is through is through appearing on Google searches, the second is through appearing on distributors websites, and the third is through appearing in distributors search results. As advertisers appear in Google searches, the question is sometimes asked. Why do they choose to advertise with distributors as well?

One reason for this is scalability. Those who originally choose to advertise in search results and who were getting a ROI (return on investment) will decide at one point that they need to identify other advertising opportunities. With thousands of websites which have the capacity to display their adverts the advertisers can gain further exposure very quickly.

Another reason why advertisers choose to advertise in Google distributors websites is that it gains them further exposure. 60% of internet users do not use Google, so the advertiser can appeal to a wider audience through choosing to opt for distribution channels. Many website users may be looking to buy a product such as a phone, yet instead of coming across a website which sells such a product, they come across an article. If the article is on a website which contains Adsense then inevitably advertisers can use this channel to penetrate their audience.

Another reason why advertisers choose adsense is because they trust Google. The company is renowned for being an ethical company who are fun to work whilst providing free services to millions worldwide. Advertisers feel that money invested with Google is safe. Despite the evolution of click-fraud and its inevitable disadvantages for advertisers they appear to understand that this is an issue which Google wants to stop and hopefully will eventually.

Advertisers are happy that Google admits a problem exits and provides refunds accordingly.
The trust in Google also stems from a trust in pricing. The pricing is set by market forces and therefore advertisers never feel that publishers or Google are overpricing the service. This means that as long as advertisers are able to advertise they will continue to do so, if not at the same rates.

Another strong advantage for advertisers is that they can appear where publishers promote their service. An example of this can seen if you consider a publisher who is discussing the benefits of new IT software. If a software retailer appears on the website then inevitably they will be the likely source from which the web surfer will purchase the product. If the surfer is not interested then you could argue that they would not click on the advert.

The service which Google provides has created an opportunity for businesses of all sizes to advertise. Although the issue of click fraud still plagues the service it is till widely regarded as the best. New businesses attempt to promote themselves on the web, whilst established brands alike choose to attract interest in their service using the same technique.

Steve is the owner of http://www.articleland.co.uk. He has written a book on article marketing entitled Article Marketing Avalanche which is available as a free download from his website.

What Is The Right Product To Sell On The Internet To Make You Money?

2008-03-10T09:09:00.003Z

Learn how to create you own profitable, quick, low-cost online products for the internet even if you know absolutely nothing.

Don't look for the "hot" product to sell, start looking for the hot market.

Nearly everyone has the "right" idea for an online product these days. This can be a positive start, but it is also the very reason why making money over the internet has becomes almost impossible. If you are truly trying to find the right product you must first find a group of people that are openly saying they love something in particular or hate something in particular. This way the market is telling you what they want. All you have to do is help them get it.

These specialized groups of people are called "niches". For instance: hobbyists ... or boat lovers ... or car lovers ... or dog owners. There are thousands and thousands of people who have a particular interest in a certain topic. The great part about selling to niches is that because your information is tailored to them specifically, a higher percentage of people buy. We all like information that tells us exactly what we want. Catering to niche markets, rather than the general market can increase your profits.

What products to sell?

Sell downloadable products.

The internet was designed for information exchange. Information is why most people go to the internet. They are searching for information that will help them. There are millions of people on the internet looking for quality information all the time. Which makes selling downloadable information based products over the Internet the best business you could ever dream of having.

Why? Because:

1. Downloadable information can be delivered instantly. Customers can satisfy their needs right then and there.

2. Quick and easy to produce. Truly, in a matter of hours you could have your own information product created. It can be as easy as buying the rights to an eBook online or recording a 1 hour interview.

3. You don't need to keep any stock. With a downloadable product, it's one product that is downloaded thousands of times. No need for buying stock and storing it!

4.You can automate your business to run without you! If you sell products which are downloadable, your customers can buy your product any time of the day automatically. Meaning they can give you their money and download their product and easy-to-use software takes care of the lot.

Downloadable products can be in for form of:

* a digital video recording
* an audio recording
* a written book in electronic format (also known as an "e-book")
* a piece of softwareOnce the information product is developed, it will cost you almost nothing to produce an additional copy.!

You're selling the same file repeatedly. You can make money over and over again, but you only do the work once. In fact, the entire process of your business can all be done from your website without your personal involvement.

Selling quality information to the right market is the most lucrative business of any kind.

Article Written by Gloria Gangi and reproduced from Article Land

For more detailed information on how to find and create the right online product visit: http://www.business-ebooksstore.com

Social Networking - Part 1

2008-02-25T14:58:00.002Z

Stumble Upon - A New Wave In Internet Marketing

Social Networking is without doubt the next generation in internet marketing. Some of the most popular Social Networking sites are receiving 2 to 3 times more traffic than Google itself. This is a proven fact that can be verified by carrying out some simply resource on the internet.

So What Is Social Networking?

Social Networking relates to sites like Facebook, MySpace, YouTube, StumbleUpon, Digg, HubPages, etc... All of these sites have one thing in common, they connect people and build people's social interaction. Hence the name Social Networking. The fact that so people are connected together via a network offers the internet marketer an opportunity that has not been seen since the beginning of the internet. The opportunity to market to literally thousands of people with the click of one button.

I am going to show you how to do this over the next few weeks using your existing campaigns and adding Social Networking into the pot to increase your website traffic tenfold.

First on the list of Social Networks, is StumbleUpon.

StumbleUpon is a great networking tool with over 4.5million users. I've only picked this first because I use it alot and like it's simplicity.

To use Stumble Upon you first need to download the toolbar. This is a simply process, and once complete you will be able to carry out a number of activities.

The first activity is to simply click the Stumble icon and start stumbling through websites provided by their database. I've come across some really good and useful sites just by doing this which I regularly return to for information or to use a free tool they offer. Ok so what benefit does simply stumbling through sites offer? Well if you vote for the site in your browser it will show up on the site owners Stumble dashboard. They may or may not visit your site and vote for yours too.

The second and probably the most important aspect of Stumble is the ability to vote for your own sites. When you vote for your site, it appears on the StumbleUpon homepage briefly, as it shows the recently voted for pages. In addition it also gives you a backlink from a PR8 (yes you read right) website. StumbleUpon is PR8 and loved by Google. So not only will you get a PR8 one way link, you also get some Google love!

Thirdly, you can add people in the network as friends. If they accept, they can see what you've been stumbling and might also check out the same websites as you. If you've been stumbling your own websites, this is going to generate more traffic.

A good way of getting traffic to your sales page, is to write articles, post them to reputable article sites and once they've been published, go along and rate them using Stumble.

This process can also be used with Twitter and Fleck. I use all three!!! If you use all three you are gaining valuable one way links to your web pages from 3 different, high traffic websites.

Go get yourself over to StumbleUpon, Twitter and Fleck and start rating your articles and websites today.

Steve Sharpe is the CEO and Editor in Cheif of Article Land, Information Booth & Crazy Linker.

How To Blog

2008-02-21T11:49:00.001Z

A blog is basically an online journal wherein you can digitally pen down your thoughts, ideas, opinions and practically anything that you want people to read. Blogs come in different styles, formats, and settings, depending on the preference of the user. Many blogging sites, offer built in features such as hyperlink, straight texts, pictures etc. Some blogging sites, even allow you to put video and mp3's on your blogs.

Instead of writing texts, some bloggers choose to make their blogs more audio friendly, by using spoken word entries. This is called audio blogging.

Basically a blog contains these features:

title- which allows you to label your post
body- this is the content of your post
trackback- other sites can be linked back to your blog
permanent link- every article that you write has a URL
comments- this allow readers to post comments on your blog.

One of the advantages of blogging, is that it is made of only a few templates. Unlike, other websites that is made up of numerous individual pages. This make it easier for blog users to create new pages, because it already has a fix setting that include: slots for title, body of the post, category, etc.

This is especially useful for first time users, since they can start blogging right away. They can chose from a number of templates that blogging websites provide.

Anyone who wants to start a blog can do so by becoming a member of a blogging website of their choice. Once they've become members, they automatically become a part of that particular blogging community. They can browse through other bloggers pages, and link them back to their own blogs. They can also make comments on other members' blogs.

Blogging is not just limited to personal usage. There are a lot of blogs that follow a theme such as: sports, politics, philosophy, social commentary, etc. These blogs espouse on their specific themes. This way blogging becomes a medium in which people can share their knowledge and opinions about a variety of themes and topics.

Some bloggers even use their blogs as a means to advertise. Some authors advertise their books on their blogs. While other bloggers, use their blogs to shed light to currents issues, events, news and catastrophes.

Nowadays in education, blogs also play an important part. Professors use blogging to document the lessons that they have discussed and taught. This way, students who who have missed classes, can easily catch up with their assignments.

A lot of entrepreneurs benefit from blogging by promoting their businesses on their blogs, with millions and millions of people logging onto the net everyday, blogging has become a lucrative move. Some bloggers who run online businesses promote their merchandise online. While others profit through advertisement.

But by far, the most popular blog type is the one that takes the form of a personal journal. This is the kind that is usually used by first time bloggers. Individuals who want to document the daily struggle of their everyday lives, poems, rants, opinions, find that blogging offers them a medium in which to express themselves.

Bloggers usually communicate within themselves. This is one of the appeals of blogging. It creates a community of people sharing their ideas, thoughts, and comments with each other.

Blogs varying in topics, themes, and set-ups, can be found in blog directories. First time users who want to get an idea of what the blogging world is all about can browse through a number of blogs using these directories. This way they'd get an idea of what these blogging communities are like.

Blogging is popular all over the world. Blog is short for the term weblog. There are no rules when it comes to blogging. Bloggers have the freedom to express themselves how ever way they want, and the best thing about blogging, is that most blogging sites are free.

There are numerous blogging websites to choose from in the net. This give first time users the option of joining a blogging community that appeals to their interests.

Blogging is for everyone. It is fun, simple and easy. Articleland offers a free blog function that automatically pings the best blog directories when you click submit. This system is one of the easiest systems in the world to use and generates immediate exposure for your blog.

Visit Article Land for more information.

Articles Are The Quickest Way To Your Customers Wallet

2008-01-24T10:32:00.000Z

One way of promoting your website and product is with article marketing and guess what, it's free. As an additional bonus, this “free” method can boost your sites traffic and sales, doubling and even tripling your income.

How does this work?

Write articles relating to your website and submit them to “free content” submission sites. Easy to do, takes little time and can increase your website traffic, sales and of course, your income.

How can article writing boost traffic and income?

The article on the free content site contains a link to your own website. Readers, after reading your articles, may choose to click on the link and pay you an unexpected visit. Having them on the free content sites is also making these articles available to other webmasters who may wish to publish that article on their site.

If they do, your article will include a link back to your site. And anyone who reads the article on that site can still click on the link to visit your site.

As the list of your published articles grow larger, and more and more of them are appearing on different websites, the total number of links to your site increases too. Major search engines are placing a lot of significance on incoming links to websites so they can determine the importance of a certain site. The more incoming links the website has, the more importance search engines attach to it. This will then increase your website’s placement in the search results.

If you site promotes a product or service, the links that your articles have achieved will mean more potential customers for you. Even if visitors only browse through, you never know if they might be in need of what you are offering in the future. Don't forget to add an easy 'Bookmark' button on your pages.

There are also those who already have specific things they need on their mind but cannot decide yet between the many choices online. Chances are, they may stumble upon one of your articles, click the link in your resource box and visit your site. Provided your site is set up to sell your product and service you stand a very good chance of making a sale. See how easy that is?

Search engines do not just index the websites, they also index published articles. They also index any article that is written about your own website’s topic. So once someone searches for that same topic, the list of results will have your site or may even show the articles that you have written. And to think, no effort on your part was used to bring them to your site.

It is no wonder why many webmasters are suddenly reviving their old writing styles and taking time to write more articles about their site than carrying out other means of promotion.

Getting their site known is easier if they have articles increasing their links and traffic and making it accessible for visitors searching the internet. Since many people are now taking their buying needs online, having your site on the search engines through your articles is one way of letting them know about you and your business.

The good thing with articles is that you can write about things that people would want to know about. This can be achieved in the lightest mood but professional manner, with a little not-so-obvious sales pitch added.

If you think about it, only a few minutes of your time is spent on writing one article and submitting it to a free content site. In the shortest span of time also, those are distributed to more sites than you can think of. Even before you know what is happening, you are getting more visitors than you previously had.

If you think you are wasting your time writing these articles, fast forward to the time when you will see them printed and wide-spread on the internet. Not to mention the sudden attention and interest that people are giving your website and your products or services.

Try writing some articles and you will be assured of the sudden surge in site traffic, link popularity and interest. Before you know it, you will be doubling and even tripling your earnings. Nothing like getting benefits for something you got for free.

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Steve is the CEO & Editor in Chief of Article Land. He has written a book entitled 'Article Marketing Avalanche' which is available free on his website.

How To Continually Grow Your Affiliate Checks

2008-01-07T14:23:00.000Z

The promise of earning profits without really doing much of anything has enticed a lot of people towards affiliate marketing. But does affiliate marketing really work this way?

As an affiliate, all that is required of you is to simply place the merchant's ad on your website. Then after that, you virtually do nothing but wait for someone to click on the merchant's ad and later collect your profits. Easy, right? Well, not quite. Many affiliates earn almost nothing from their affiliate programs simply because they do nothing. Remember that affiliate marketing is but another form of marketing, and you'll definitely need to market your merchant's product for you to earn something.

Successful affiliates in any affiliate program simply don't sit there and wait for the money to come in. Why? Because there is no money in simply sitting and waiting. If you want to be successful in affiliate marketing and if you want to continually grow your affiliate checks, you've got to do something. Think of ways to promote your merchant's business and products better. Think of ways to induce other people to click on the link or ad provided to you by your merchant. Think of ways to make your affiliate sales increase!

So if you're new in affiliate marketing and you try to follow the easy go lucky pit that most unsuccessful affiliate marketers follow, then you're definitely on the wrong track. But we're not advising you to stop right there. No. Rather, we want you to take some steps to make your affiliate program work better and gain more commissions for you. How? Here are a few guidelines that may help you to continually grow your affiliate checks:

Become an expert on your affiliate product.

You can promote your merchant's product better if you know a little about it. To become an expert, the best thing you could do is purchase your merchant's product yourself. This way, you can tell your customers about your first-hand experience using the product. You could also write a testimonial or a personal endorsement ad about it. But if any condition does not permit you to purchase the product, you can at least thoroughly research it.

Host your own website.

Or at least have a domain name that is short and easy to remember. You certainly wouldn't expect a visitor to remember a very long and incomprehensible URL. And if that's so, you also wouldn't expect him to visit your website any time soon. That means less traffic for your page and less chance for your affiliate ads and links getting clicked.

It is also a good idea to create a private website and offer access to it to anybody who clicks on any of your affiliate ads. Visitors usually get interested with these private websites. Private websites also give you a venue to promote your back-end affiliate products.

Write your own affiliate ads.

Many merchants usually wouldn't mind if you write and design your own ads for their products, providing you ask permission from them and present them your ad before posting it on your site. This gives you a greater advantage over a lot of other affiliates who will be advertising the same affiliate products.

Participate in chat rooms, discussion boards, and forums related to your product.

If you use to ignore them before, then it is time for you to start focusing your attention on them. You can start your own chat or join an existing chat related to your product. You don't have to promote your affiliate product at once, but find the chance to advertise and promote it as you go along. The same would be true for message boards, discussion boards and forums.

Create a free ezine or newsletter.

Ezines and newsletters are periodical publications whose aim it is to inform a group of people about a certain subject. In your ezines and newsletters, you don't always have to promote your merchant's product as this may annoy your subscribers. Rather, find a way to insert your affiliate ads and links on some portions of the letter. Also, don't forget to promote your ezine or newsletter on your website.

These are but a few guidelines on how you can increase your affiliate sales and continually grow your affiliate checks. Sure there are a lot of other tips out there, and if you think they would work, we won't discourage you from following them. What's important is that you are able to find a way to: attract more traffic to your site, induce your visitors to click on the ads on your site, and be able to promote your merchant's products even outside the boundary of your website. If you can accomplish these things, there is no reason for you to fail in affiliate marketing.

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3 Things You Must Know Before You Submit To Article Directories

2008-01-03T19:56:00.000Z

To all writers and non-writers out there, now is the time to start digging up those creative writing skills again. With modern communication technology comes the popularity of information based marketing. This is one of the oldest and most effective techniques in getting targeted prospects to your sites and converting them into buyers. This is why article writing, submission and publication are as popular as they've ever been.

There are already many tools that people can use to make the process of distributing their articles more efficient. Although this is invaluable in getting the contents more exposure, it is only half the story.

Let us first take a look at the most common mistakes that people make before they submit their articles to article directories:

1. Confusing the reason to promote the articles with the reason to write them.

When writing an article, you should be trying to achieve three things; branding, lead generation and promotion. All three are part of your optimization efforts. But there is only one reason why you write an article, and that is to inform your audience of your product or point of view. If the article is not focused on these primary and important facts, they will fail to achieve the promotion benefits because no one will be interested in reading them. You need to figure out first how to get people to read what is in your article, then make them click on your resource box. You can achieve this by producing good quality content with an eye catching title, combined with a resource box that encourages the reader to click your link.

2. Failing to maximize the promotional opportunities of article marketing.

You may know already that your articles can help you generate additional links back to your site. But do you know that you can get more visitors and better search engine results from that same articles? Mention keywords at strategic places. Just be sure not to overdo them. Some are even using anchor text which is also an effective method. But it is important to know that majority of the directories are not able to support this.

Remember that it is not only about generating links back to your site. If you write good quality articles, they may get picked up by ezine publishers with a large reader base. This will enable you to get your message in front of thousands of extra prospective customers. By using strategically placed keywords, your search engine results will also increase.

But these things may still not put much money in your pocket. There are other factors that can turn your article marketing efforts into an opportunity that can boost your earnings, not just increase the number of visitors to your site. Start out with a plan and see to it that your article will serve the function that you intended it to have.

3. Publishing content that does not help your readers.

Maybe in the process of writing articles, you are thinking that all that is required is back links to your site. Increased traffic to your site is also a bonus, but guess what? Not all article banks and directories are going to accept your articles automatically. Very often they have guidelines and specifications on the articles that they are accepting.

You can double the number of sites you can submit to by writing articles that the directories want to share with other people. All it takes is one publisher with a hundred thousand readers to increase your potential audience overnight. Write the articles that publishers want in their publications. This also means you have to obey the standard guidelines, use a spell checker, research your topic and maybe even hire a writer to produce a good quality article for you.

At the end of the day, it is really a matter of choice on your part. You can start getting a little exposure from increased back links back but on a very basic level. Or with a little effort generate a quality article and enjoy massive exposure.

It will be your choice. Please be aware of the fact that a sub standard article submitted to directories will not have the same level of exposure as a highly-targeted article geared towards niche group of people.

Learn the difference between these two facts and it will surely help you when you decide on your article topic to write and to submit.

Steve Sharpe
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Why So Many People Fail In Affiliate Marketing

2007-12-21T15:02:00.000Z

More and More people are lured into affiliate marketing and you might be one of them. Indeed, affiliate marketing is one of the most effective means of generating a full-time income through the Internet. It’s a fair deal between the merchandiser and his affiliates as both benefit from each sale realised. Like in other kinds of business, a great deal of the profits in affiliate marketing depend on the affiliate’s advertising, promoting and selling strategies. Everyday, as the affiliate marketing industry expands, competition heightens as well so an affiliate marketer must be creative enough to employ unique and effective ways to convince potential buyers to purchase the products and services he is offering.

Compared to traditional advertising practices, affiliate programs are more effective, risk-free and cost-efficient. But why do many people still fail in affiliate marketing? There are a lot of reasons and a lot of areas in the program to look into. The most critical aspect in the affiliate program is advertising. Many affiliate marketers fail in this aspect because they don't work hard enough. Although it pays to be lucky, you cannot merely rely on it. Affiliate marketing isn’t as simple as directing customers to the business site. If you want to earn big, of course, you have to invest time and a lot of hard work in promoting the products. As mentioned earlier, the competition is very high and customers nowadays are very wise, too. After all, who doesn’t want to get the best purchase—that is, to pay less and get more in terms of quantity and quality.

Lack of preparation is also a reason why one fails in affiliate marketing, whether he is a merchandiser or an affiliate. Part of the preparation is research. On the part of the merchant, he has to be highly selective in choosing the right affiliate websites for his affiliate program. In order to be sure he has the best choices, he must have exhausted his means in looking for highly interested affiliates whose sites are a sure fit to his products and services. The affiliates site visitors must match his targeted customers. On the other hand, the affiliate marketer must likewise research on the good-paying merchandisers before he signs up for an affiliate program. He must ensure that the merchants products and services match his interests so he can give his full attention and dedication to the program. He can get valuable information by joining affiliate forums, comparing different affiliate programs and reading articles on affiliate marketing where he can get tips from experienced affiliate marketers on how to choose the best merchants and products with high conversion rate.

The website is a very important tool in the whole affiliate program. As an affiliate marketer, you should plan how your site is going to be, from domain name to the design, the lay-out, the content, and ads. Some users are particular about what they see at first glance and thus if they find your site ugly, they won’t read through the content even if your site has great content. On the other hand, there are those who want information more than anything else. Affiliate marketers with “rich-content” web sites are usually the ones who prosper in this business because the content improves traffic to the site. Websites with high quality content with relevant keywords and more importantly, right information about the product and not empty hyped-up advertisements—allow you to earn big in affiliate marketing even when you’re asleep. If you can't sustain the interest of your site visitors, you won’t be able to lead them to the merchants site. No click-through means no sale and thus, no income on your part.

Selecting a top level domain name is also crucial to the success of the affiliate program. Lots of affiliate sites don’t appear in the search engine results because they are deemed by affiliate managers as personal sites. Major search engines and directories would think of your site as transient ones and thus, they won’t list it in the directory. Before you decide on the domain name, know first what you are going to promote. Many fail because their sites are not appropriately named, so even when they feature the exact products the customer is looking for, the customer might think the site is not relevant and thus, won’t enter the site.

Above all, an affiliate marketer must be willing to learn more. Certainly, there are still a lot of things to learn and so an affiliate marketer must continue to educate himself so he can improve his marketing strategies. Many fail because they don’t grow in the business and they are merely concerned about earning big quickly. If you want long-term and highly satisfactory results, take time to learn the ins and outs of the business. Continue to improve your knowledge especially with the basics in affiliate marketing ranging from advertising to programming, web page development, and search engine optimization techniques. Likewise, study the needs and wants of your site users and how different merchandisers compete with each other.

Keep on trying; don’t get disappointed if your first attempts don't pay off. Thousands are attracted by the possibility of generating skyrocketing incomes through affiliate marketing and so they sign up in any affiliate program without carefully understanding every aspect of the business. When they don’t get instant results, they quit and sign up for another program and repeat the process of just copying links and referring them to others. When you sign up for an affiliate program, don’t expect to get rich in an instant. Work on your advertising strategies and be patient. You’ll never know how much you can get if you don’t persevere.

To get your free ebook 'Article Marketing Avalanche', please visit http://www.articleland.co.uk. Steve Sharpe is the CEO & Editor in Chief of http://www.informationbooth.net and http://www.articleland.co.uk. He has been in internet marketing for a number of years and can be reached for further information at his websites.

Creating Multiple Streams of Affiliate Income

2007-12-05T10:28:00.000Z

Have you ever heard or read the phrase “multiple streams of income” before? Do you know what this phrase means? For many businessmen, creating multiple streams of income online or offline is one way of securing themselves as well as their businesses in the future. They also believe that it can also save them from the so-called famine effect in the business industry. Once you are engaged in affiliate marketing business, it is advisable if you have multiple streams of affiliate marketing income so that if one of those income streams vanished, it will not upset you the way losing your sole stream would. If you depend on just one source of income and this single stream has been downsized or has lain off, you’ll surely find yourself bankrupted and hopeless. Try to ask the most successful online entrepreneurs, and you’ll discover that they have established multiple streams of online income.

There is a businessman that said and attested that the very first step you must take in creating multiple streams of income is to assess or evaluate your resources. Start by assessing yourself first. Jot down your answers to the following questions: What are the talents, abilities, strength and gears that you possess? Are you gifted with excellent and creative writing skills? Can you do well at sales? Are you good in communicating with people? Are you born with an artistic skill or unique ability that other people don’t have? Through this, you can determine the kind of business where can possibly excel.

Next, look around and write down you assets and physical resources such as computer, color printer, scanner, digital camera, cell phone, CD or DVD burner. Write these all down because it can be used as a resource. Consider also your friends and family. Find out what do they possess that you have access to. Remember that no man is an island. You can use the talents, abilities, knowledge and resources of everyone you know.

That’s basically the initial step if you want to create multiple income streams. But if you’re already a webmaster or a site owner, you definitely have an edge. Why don’t you join affiliate marketing business to help you gain extra income out of your own website?

Being involved in affiliate marketing is one of the most desirable ways to make multiple sources of income. It is because affiliate marketing programs come in various shapes and forms. There are a large number of affiliate marketing programs that you can sign on with and start gaining bucks right away. In affiliate marketing, you can make money by promoting and reselling your affiliate products and by recruiting new affiliates. What’s good about this is that you can find widest array of training materials that can enhance your marketing abilities. In affiliate marketing, you can be sure that there are genuine products to promote and sell and there is real income to make.

Either part time or full time, being an affiliate marketer is an excellent way to create multiple income streams by means of promoting products and services from web merchants. Here, you can get affiliate commission without investing big bucks in making your own product and without worrying about book keeping, customer support and ecommerce. All you have to do is to promote and resell the products and services in your site and pass on potential customer’s the merchant’s site.

In affiliate marketing, it is advisable to promote more merchants in your site so that your visitors will have variety of destinations to choose from. Using multiple merchants in the same site or niche means only one thing – you have multiple streams of affiliate income. There is absolutely nothing wrong with this business strategy because this is one of the best ways to protect your business and expanding your horizons. Through this, you can be assured that you won’t experience crisis if ever one of your web merchants closed his/her program.

However, you should choose only those affiliate programs that interest you so that you can effectively advertise and promote them. Don’t ever be tempted into signing up for numerous affiliate programs in the hope that one of them will bring income. Select wisely and don’t be engaged in selling products you know nothing about. Go with the stuff that jives with your enthusiasm; your passion can capture your client by the nose and guide him/her to your affiliate link.

You should also work hard to make your multiple streams of income more stable. You can do this by embracing some strategies and tactics and by developing within yourself, some traits that can help you become successful in any kind of business such as patience, persistence and thirst for knowledge.

Lastly, just remember the adage that says “Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.” So that if one of them is lost, you can still have some to make omelets. And what do these eggs have to do with multiple streams of affiliate income? Well, it goes without saying that the more streams of income you possess, the bigger and better your money lake becomes.

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Fly Fishing In Colorado

2007-10-08T13:25:00.000Z

Some of the most spectacular fly fishing in the United States can be found in the state of Colorado. In fact, when many people think of fly fishing, they automatically think of Colorado before anyplace else. It is true that Colorado has some amazing fly fishing places that have some trophy-sized fish in them.

The Frying Pan River is well-known as one of the best fly fishing rivers in the entire state. This is a beautiful river with easy access. Located just outside of Aspen, the Frying Pan is host to a variety of trout including rainbow, brown and cutthroat. There are year-round hatches making fly fishing in any season possible for the avid fisherman.

Another great river in the Aspen area is the Roaring Fork. This diverse river varies from small and calm to large and mighty in places. The river is classified as wild trout waters and is easily accessible down the Rio Grande Trail. As with the “Pan”, year-round fishing is available. You will find mostly wild rainbow trout in the Fork with an occasional wild brook trout.

The North Platte River was once used by pioneers to traverse portions of the West. Indians hunted buffalo along its shores, and its fish population has made it a legend among fly fishers. It is located in Northwestern Colorado and has been rated a gold medal river by experts. You will find many trout in the waters of the Platte and be able to enjoy some beautiful scenery at the same time!

In the Vail area, you can fish the Colorado River which is located in the Rocky Mountain National Park. This is a river that is mostly wide and deep with a gently moving current. Cottonwood trees line the shore providing many hiding spaces for the brown trout that are abundant in this water.

The Arkansas River is located in the southwestern portion of the state and provides some great trout fishing for anglers. Mid-winter is a great time to fish the Arkansas for trout as is the spring time. Around Mother’s Day every year, many fishermen descend on the Arkansas for the annual caddis hatch which is huge. Brown trout feed on caddis and they come “out of the woodwork” for this hatch.

These are only a few of the places where fly fishing in Colorado is plentiful. The countryside is gorgeous and the fish plentiful. There are also lots of great lodges that accommodate fly fishermen on a year-round basis. Fly fishing in Colorado might be the piece de resistance for many fishermen. Check out this great state and enjoy your adventure!

by Steven Sharpe

Steve has been fly fishing for many years. He has been all over the world travelling and never lets an opportunity to test out the local rivers and lakes go by. He has written a book on fly fishing which can be found at:

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2007-07-18T16:01:00.000Z

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2007-07-10T18:04:00.000Z

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2007-06-20T09:52:00.000Z

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Advertising on a Shoe String Budget

2007-05-29T23:05:00.001Z

Advertising on a Shoe-String Budget

If you've got a product or service to sell you need to advertise the fact, in order to attract customers or users. However, the cost of advertising is normally quite high using conventional methods, i.e. newspapers, classifieds, etc...

The internet, however, is a slightly different beast. Why? Because there are so many sites that cater for your needs that you can essentially make your own choice of what FREE methods suit you and your business best. You just need to know where to look and who to contact. This article hopefully will give you some ideas on where to start or add to your existing advertising portfolio.

Listed below are a number of ways to promote your web site/product/service at no/minimal cost:

Start an ezine

Trade ads with other ezine owners

Trade links with other web sites

Submit your site to the major search engines

Set up a blog

Write and post articles

Write and publish an ebook

Post comments on forums in your business arena

Post to free classifieds sites

Use traffic exchange sites

Let's look at each one in more depth.

Starting an Ezine

An ezine (a.k.a. e-zine, email newsletter, e-mail newsletter, or e-newsletter) is a newsletter that is delivered via email that you can subscribe or opt-in to it. This may seem like a big and bold step but it is easier than you may think. You will need to write and publish your ezine on a regular basis, perhaps weekly, so that your subscribers do not forget who you are. This method however, requires that you have an auto-responder and know how to build opt-in lists. With regards auto-responders I have used many, including lots of free ones, but without doubt the best is Aweber! Their email devilerability is second to none and the back-end is so flexible. Some of the free auto-responders will not deliver your ezine to high percentage of subscribers, so opt for the best.

More information on Aweber can be found here:

http://www.aweber.com/?220028

With regards building opt-in lists, well thats a subject for another article, but if you use the methods in this article to get people to your site, your opt-in list will build itself. (Providing you have subscriber capture facilities in place of course, i.e. Aweber!)

Trade Ads With Other Ezine Owners

Once you have developed your ezine, start swapping ads with other ezine owners. If possible try to get your ads on a well read, highly subscribed ezine as this will put your ad in front of hundreds/thousands of people you would not otherwise have had chance to contact.

Trade Links With Other Similar Web Sites

This can be one of the best ways to get exposure for your web site. If you have inbound links from hundreds/thousands of other sites, do you think you need to worry what the search engines think about your site. The answer is, absolutely not! The major search engines will rank your site higher by default as they will see your site with hundreds/thousands of other sites pointing towards it and think, hey this site must be really important and rank it really well. so you can to certain degree forget about Search Engine Optimisation, if you do this correctly. However, don't just swap links with any old site, try to get your link on sites that are already ranking well, and are in a similar niche to your own site. This will cause the search engines to think your site is the expert in this particular niche as so many others in the niche are pointing at it. Guess what, you'll rise right to the top of the rankings without doing any serious SEO. top of the rankings equals lots of visitors!!!

There are two products I have used to develop the rankings of my sites, and I wouldn't swap as they have served me extremely well.

The first is Power Linking by Jack Humphreys - This guy knows his stuff and taught me a great deal in my early days on the net. Go to http://www.articleland.co.uk/LINKTO.PHP?12 to read more.

The second is Link Metro - Developed by Brad Callen. This programme which integrates into your website is second to none where linking to other sites is concerned. The process is virtually automatic, all you have to do is approve each link or not. Go to http://www.linkmetro.com/AdvancedMembers.php?f=W4221028S315 for more information.

Submit Your Site To The Major Search Engines

OK, despite what I said in the previous parapgraphs, submitting your site to the major earch engines can still be a profitable way of gaining visitors to your site. Play close attention to meta tags and H1 headings as they seem to hold more weight than anything else. Also, try to sprinkle your main keywords throughout the text of your homepage.

Manual submission can be a little painstaking but it is achieveable if you have the time. One site I have used a lot to help with this process is http://selfpromotion.com/?CF=ezepeze1. This site is essentially FREE, although the owner does ask for a tip! I always maintain my tips each year as the site has helped me so much in the past. Head over there now for further infromation.

Set Up A Blog

I cannot emphasise how important it is to set up a blog! It is your doorway to immediate Search Engine inclusion. In another article I will talk about blogging, but trust me the search engines love them! Especially if you update it regular, i.e. daily. My favourite is Blogger.com, there are others out like Wordpress for example, but I love Blogger because it is so easy to use. The best feature, which I'm sure is available on others is the ability to post to your blog by sending it an email. Brilliant!

Go to www.blogger.com for further information.

Write and Post Articles

This is what I am doing now and you are reading. Everytime you post an article on a subject relating to your business, ensure there is a link to your web site in the resource box. This gives you a valuable one-way link. Most search engines give more weight to one way links as opposed to reciprocal linking, although don't disregard reciprocal linking as discussed earlier. Aim to post on sites that have a high page rank, www.ezinearticles.com is one such site and is loved by the major search engines. Another option is to post to up and coming websites, i.e. the ones that are increasing in rank quickly. One such site is www.articleland.co.uk which has jumped up to PR2 in 3 months!

To speed up your posting, you could use an automatic article submitter. I use Article Post Robot, as it has a high number of article sites in its database, and they add more all the time. At present there are over 640 sites. There are cheaper article submitters out there, but without doubt the success rate of Article Post Robot is second to none. for more information on Article Post Robot go here:

http://www.srtsoft.com/cgi-bin/lyre.cgi/jvm/package/go_homepage.html?pack_id=664&aff_id=2045

Write and Publish an Ebook

OK this one takes longer to achieve but can provide the most benefit, especially if you give it away to your site visitors in exchange for their contact information. You could use it as a carrot to get them to sign up to your ezine.

But don't just write an ebook and leave it like that, fill it with links to your site or affiliate programmes you are promoting, because once it's out there it can go viral. With your links in it, it will promote your business or website whilst you are asleep.

So write your book and promote it using all the methods discussed in this article.

Post Comments on Forums in Your Business Arena

One of the best ways to get free one way links, is to post comments on forums. Pick your forums well, aiming for forums with high page rank. Also choose a forum in a niche you are familiar with. Setup a signature file like this:

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Post to Free Classifieds Sites

Again if you have something to sell or promote, free classifieds sites can be another good source of generating one way links. At the same time you can also advertise the product or service you are promoting.

i.e. Visit http://www.articleland.co.uk/cgi-bin/classifieds.cgi to see how these work. You can also get your own classifieds site like this one too.

Use Traffic Exchange Sites

This one I like a lot. Essentially you click on adverts of other web owners, which generates hit points or credits for yourself. This then means your site advert is displayed to other users. The more you click, the more your site is shown to others. Can be excellent for getting visitors to your site. I have recently written an email course which shows how to generate 10,000 hits a day using the traffic exchanges, to subscribe to my 5 day course goto:

http://www.ezepeze.org.uk

Well that's it. If you put all of these different methods into place, you'll be generating loads of traffic to your site, which means there are more opportunities to sell your product or service. Play around which each of the methods, and settle on the ones that work for you.

Subscribe to my 5 day course - 10,000 hits a day, to give your site a major kick start today. Goto:

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If you need any further help or guidance please feel free to drop me a line at steve@articleland.co.uk

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2007-05-29T10:16:00.000Z

Three Tips on How to Set Up a Business in Thailand

Introduction

There are many great places in the world to setup businesses today. With the internet boom and the subsequent online riches that people have found, there are online businesses in virtually every corner of the world. Whether you are looking to start an online or an offline venture, Thailand should definitely be on your list of countries to consider. With the greatness that is the Thai country, you will be able to find a number of locations and customers for an offline business and a great deal on fast internet service for an online business. As with all countries, Thailand has some things you should keep in mind when working on your business plan.

Tip #1: Tax Laws

Don't assume you know these laws unless you've actually read them. There are many tax laws around that specifically tax a number of different monetary sources that might severely affect the way you can do business. Each country has its own set of tax laws and while they might be similar on the outside shell, each country has their own nuances that are created by unique events that occurred in their history. Therefore, make sure you understand how your business will interact with the Thai government vis-à-vis taxes before you make the initial plunge into launching your business venture.

Tip #2: Other Laws

In addition to tax laws, Thailand has a number of other laws that will affect the manner in which you do business. Their product laws, their shipping laws, their duty laws and their corporation laws are all laws that you need to be well aware of before you start doing business. Ignoring these laws is potentially leaving yourself open to some nasty surprises later on down the road so make sure you are aware of all of Thailand's business related laws and exactly how those laws apply to you before starting your business.

Tip #3: Geography

Depending on where you want to start your business, there are a number of different considerations you need to make. First and foremost, you want to be very sure of the different locations that might benefit from your business being located in that area. If you have an online business, you will want to stay closer to urban centers as this is where the most reliable internet connection is. If you have an offline business however, try to find a place where you have little to no competition; doing so will definitely result in better sales for you.

Conclusion

As you have been reading through this article, chances are you have made the observation that preparing a business in Thailand is a lot like preparing a business in a number of other places. The things that make specific preparations necessary are things you are going to find out based on the research you do according to the three points listed above. There are a number of other things you should be researching as well, but the above three listed are by far the most important. Have a handle on them, and you will have a good advantage starting your business in Thailand.
Johnny Bender owns and operates WatchesWell.com, a successful e-commerce company based in Thailand. WatchesWell.com provides quality replica watches of brands such as Cartier, Omega, Gucci, Tag Heuer, and Breitling.

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2007-05-28T12:47:00.001Z

jessica writes ""Surround sound" is an attempt – and a very successful one at that – to create a realistic, immersive listening experience, by encapsulating the listener in sound from a full 360 degrees. The effect is achieved by recording multiple, discrete sound channels onto a film soundtrack, and having the facility to decode and reproduce each channel on its own dedicated loudspeaker. Speakers are positioned strategically around the listening area, so that the individual channels blend seamlessly together, making the listener feel that he or she really is part of the action.

Surround Sound Configurations

There are three common configurations for surround sound systems, and each is described in terms of the number of discrete channels – equal to the number of speakers employed – that can be reproduced.

The most common configuration is a so-called "5.1" system, which comprises five, high fidelity, main speakers – usually arranged as front centre, left and right front, and left and right rear speakers – plus a "subwoofer" for low frequency effects. This configuration corresponds to the number of channels provided by the Dolby Digital – the industry standard – and DTS ("Digital Theatre Systems") surround sound formats. One disadvantage of 5.1 systems is that no sound is reproduced from directly behind the listening position.
The Jamo D 7PTX, for example, is a, high-end, 5.1-channel home cinema speaker package.

A "6.1" system, on the other hand, provides an additional speaker that can be positioned to the rear centre, between the left and right rear speakers. If, however, this speaker is placed too close to the listening position, it may also be possible to detect the source of its sound, spoiling the overall effect.

A "7.1" system provides yet another speaker, which can also be positioned to the rear of the listening position, effectively spreading the rear centre sound across two speakers, so that there is an adequate field of sound, and its source cannot be pinpointed. A 7.1 system is, however, the most expensive of the three options, not only because more speakers are necessary, but because an AV receiver with the capability of driving seven loudspeakers is also required. The Jamo D 7PEX, for example, is available in 6.1, and 7.1 variants.

Whichever type of system you are assembling, beware that speakers from different manufacturers may not be "voice matched", and, as a result, there may be a difference in the tone and quality of the sound produced by each. This is an important concept, since the full, surround sound effect depends on the harmonious blending of sound from all the sources – if you can tell the difference between sound from one speaker and another, the effect will fail. It may, therefore, be better to stay with a single manufacturer for all your speakers. Examples include Mission M30I Beech Bookshelf Speakers, and Acoustic Solutions AVCS Column Stereo Speakers.

Conclusion

The size of your listening space will obviously dictate the number of speakers that you can accommodate, but remember that it isn't necessarily the number of speakers which makes a system – correct positioning and matching make all the difference.

Jessica Waterson is a freelance writer specialising in consumer electronics, financial and business subjects.

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2007-05-26T17:15:00.001Z

15 New York's Opera Society Every Wants Something From Gosia

americanwriter writes

"It was after the performance that we all sat down for coffee during which it become plain to see that everyone wanted to talk to Gosia but what was strange was that they all wanted to do so for different reasons. First my mother wanted to congratulate her on her playing and to reassure her that she would be getting a lot of students and that she would surely recommend her to play at her friends' piano bars.

Second was my father who wanted to ask her if the next time she came over to the house she might play some more Beethoven or perhaps some Brahms and if she would come to a party he was planning for some people from his company and play for them for which she would get paid. She said she would gladly play for the people from his company however that she did not wish to do it for money, but my father convinced her to take the money as, it was not going to be money out of his own pocket but it was going to be money from his company.

Third was Brad who wanted to ask Gosia for 3 favors, the first one being if she could give him some piano lessons, once a week, then perhaps more. The second favor was if she could play the piano at a business party his bank was going to be holding at their offices, for which she would get paid up to one thousand dollars for one whole night of playing and not to worry that the money was not coming out of his pocket either but out of his bank's. The third favor was more of a request if she could give him pani Beata's number so that he might order some Polish food for the same party she was going to be playing at. Gosia agreed to everything and she added "it is no problem".

Fourth was Barbara who wanted to tell her (in Polish) that she felt great pride in being Polish American (I found out later what she asked for when Gosia told me) specially when she could hear music like that and know that it had been not only composed but played by someone from the country of her parents' birth. Second she wanted to know because she had heard from my mother that she lived in Green Point, if she would care to share an apartment with her in midtown Manhattan on the east side. She told her that her roommate had moved out at the end of the month and the rent would only be 500 dollars a month which was cheap for Manhattan. Gosia gladly accepted this offer as soon as it was made as it was really a good deal for her as well as for me as we wouldn't be living so far apart.

Fifth was Amanda who asked Gosia, if she could play the piano at her upcoming wedding something that Gosia accepted and considered to be an honor but however on that occasion refused the money which was being offered saying that Arturo and her could consider this a wedding present.

Last but not least was Arturo's turn to ask for a favor. He started by telling Gosia in his typical diplomatic tone that he felt that her playing had been very good but that he could tell that she had not been at her best. Something that Gosia not only did not take as an insult but even as a compliment which made her confess that she had not had as much time to practice as she would have liked to for that particular performance. Arturo also wanted to ask Gosia to play at their wedding but said that giving that Amanda had already asked, went on to his first and only request which was really a job offer, he told her that a friend of his owned a small club in Queens where an orchestra which he sometimes conducted played mostly Colombian and Latin American music. He asked if she would care to play there from time to time on weekends, he also added that she could make at least 100 dollars on a Friday or Saturday night (counting tips). He added that though the music played there was not serious it was a lot of fun to play. Gosia's eyes light up when she heard this and told him that she had always admired Latin music and that she would play there on any weekend when she was not going to be playing somewhere else.

I was so happy with the way this evening was going, it could not have gone any better even if I had planned it myself (well in fact the planner had been my mother). All my friends had accepted Gosia and she had accepted them as well, "New York's opera society" had another member who through her Polish background would be enriching an already culturally rich society.

The only downside to all this was that because Gosia was going to be moving in with Barbara so there would be no nightcap like there had been the night before due to the fact that she had agreed to move into Barbara's apartment the following day telling me she was going to need the whole night to pack her things in order to have them ready to move in to Barbara's apartment. She had to be at Barbara's bright and early at 7:00 which was just around the time Barbara went to school and being that she probably was not going to get home till midnight this meant that she was not going to get much sleep. I asked if l could help, to which she told me that would not be necessary given that she did not have much in the way furniture only her keyboard and clothes which she could pack by herself.

However when seeing my look of slight disappointment, Gosia did agree as a small consolation to meet me the following day on the net at 8 pm to chat about the events of the evening which was about to be drawn to a close by the hour which was rapidly becoming a late one."

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2007-05-26T17:10:00.001Z

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How To Use Clickbank To Generate Monster Ongoing Profits

2007-03-16T15:22:00.000Z

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How To Use Clickbank To Generate Monster Ongoing Profits

- by Andrew Fox

© Andrew Fox - All Rights reserved

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ClickBank is the Internet's largest digital marketplace, where thousands of the web's most popular products are sold every day.

What what people don't realize is how easy it is to get started with Clickbank and how you can start generating sales even if you have your own product.

There are a few ways to do this.

1) Acquire Resale Rights to a product you don't own, create an page for affiliates and supply them tools to promote and feed of their efforts.

2) Promote products as an affiliate using Pay per Click Search Engines

So which method is best?

I've successfully tried both methods,both with good results.

For the beginner I recommend promoting products as an affiliate to get used to how the system works and to help sharpen your pay per click search engine advertising skills.

Acquiring Resale Rights to a hot selling product can be lucrative venture when set up correctly.
In fact I managed to generate over $25,764 in sales for a resale license I paid $197 for without spending a penny on advertising.

I was able to do this by leveraging Clickbank's instant affiliate force which I teach in great depth in my new course Dominating CB.

Once you have built a successful customer and lead list there are also several ways you can leverage this into even greater profits.

Clickbank is such an attractive proposition for affiliates to use. They know they are going to get paid twice per month and on clockwork every time.

Sometimes product owners complain that the fees are higher than the average merchant account but the ability to leverage it's massive network of affiliates results in mega profits when done correctly.

Warm Regards,
Andrew Fox

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Introduction to Auto-responders

2007-02-10T19:23:00.000Z

From the desk of Steven W Sharpe

If you've reached the point of exhaustion trying to keep up with answering the mountain of emails that threatens to bury you alive every single day, you're ready to learn about autoresponders.

The bad news is that people expect prompt replies to their email inquiries. However, unless you can figure out how to work continual twenty-four hour shifts, or hire enough people to constantly monitor incoming emails (while they're eating up your revenue), you have a problem. The good news is an autoresponder is an inexpensive - or even free - method of quickly responding to emails. What these programs do is automatically respond to incoming emails as soon as they are received.

Emails are essential to your business for many different reasons. Most importantly, these invisible email voices give you their feedback about your website - for free! However, if you spend all your working hours answering these emails, how are you supposed to run your business? The answer is simple: use autoresponders. Autoresponders are programs that automatically respond to your emails without you so much as having to click on your mouse.

There are a number of good reasons why you need an autoresponder besides just answering your email. For example, autoresponders can be used if you need a way to send information about your services or products, price lists, or if there are repeated questions asked across large numbers of emails. Maybe you want to offer your site visitors a special bonus of some kind, such as advice or relevant articles. All of this can be handled by an autoresponder. Additionally, you can advertise your business and then build stable relationships with your customers by using autoresponders.

Autoresponder programs vary from software that runs with your email program to a specialized script that runs on your web hosting company's server. This kind of script may use a web page form or simply operate with your email account. This kind of script is programmed to send out a standardized message whenever an email is received. The message is sent to a particular script or email address.

Some autoresponders can do more than simply send out standardized messages. They can send out an unlimited number of follow-up messages sent at predetermined interval of time. For example, you can set your autoresponder to send out a new message every day for as long a period as you desire.

There are numerous companies who offer autoresponders free of charge. Your website hosting company often provides autoresponders as a free service. If this is not the case with your web hosting company, there are numerous companies who offer this service for a small fee, or free of charge, providing you attach an advertisement for their company to your emails.

To personalize your autoresponder messages, you can attach a signature. Signatures in this case are much like business cards. You can include your name, company, all your contact numbers and addresses, and a brief message.

It's a good idea to attach a signature to every email that is sent out. This works as a repeated reminder of your business identity every time a customer sees it. The more they look at your signature, the more likely your company will spring to mind when your particular service or product is needed.

You can create a standardized signature that every employee in your business uses, or you can go wild, and let every staff member create their own personal signature. Of course, like everything in life, there are some rules and guidelines to creating a personal signature.

Keep the length of your signature between four to six lines of text, with no more than 70 characters in a single line. Make sure that your email program does not cut off your text! The content should include your name, your company name, your email address, fax number, and any other contact details, such as 800 numbers. Lastly, always include a short personal message about your company. It should be a subtle sell of your services or your products, and possibly your company's reliability and longevity.

Another specialized use of autoresponders is to create courses that you can then offer your site visitors for free. You must choose a topic in which you are an expert and that precisely targets your potential customers.

Once you have carefully chosen your subject, divide it into a number of different sub-topics. Then offer your site visitor a free 10 or 15 day course, each day offering a different sub-topic. The first topic should always be a welcome message to your site visitor and an explanation about what is to follow. Your explanation should be enticing, getting the point across that you are offering free, quality information that your target audience will find of great value.

With every lesson, include the number of the lesson, the topic title, information about your company and its services or products. At the end, include a few blurbs about the next lesson to entice the subscriber to continue on.

Make sure each topic is packed with essential and valuable information, and leaves the visitor lusting to know more. Otherwise, you may lose them in the very beginning.

Of course, you have to write up your course before you can offer it. Once you have done this, and gone over the material carefully, employing a professional writer or editor if necessary, you must transfer your text to your autoresponder.

There are a number of free autoresponders you can use. Personally I use Get Response. I have found the site tools extremely flexible and user friendly. Another option is to search through Google and you will find a long list of free autoresponder companies. Once you've chosen your autoresponder, you will receive instructions to set it up and transfer your text.

Email is an excellent marketing tool; it is inexpensive and it is fast. Use it to advertise your business by choosing your email address carefully. Your website should contain different email addresses for different contact requests. For example, use info@yourdomain.com for information requests, or sales@yourdomain.com for questions about sales. It's a good idea to set up one for the owner, such as president@yourdomain.com. This presents your company in a personal, approachable light and insures that direct contact is provided.

Autoresponders are an effective and powerful marketing tool, allowing you to make contact with thousands of potential customers. This is an invaluable asset considering how many potential customers you usually have contact with before you make an actual sale. Essentially, an autoresponser allows you to automate part of your marketing campaign.

For a FREE seven lesson email course that will power up your email marketing and profits click here.

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Ode to a PHPNuke Programmer

2007-01-30T09:48:00.000Z

Not sure if anyone out there has ever used PHPNuke but that's what I have been doing for the past month. It is a really easy programme to install and use but unless you have knowledge of PHP programming, you are extremely restricted in what you can do.

One of the most important things for me is to get my affiliate and Google Adsense ads into my site. This has proven difficult with the PHPNuke system. One of the other issues, is because it is FREE software, there is very little support available.

However, what I did find was that there are lots of sites out there offering downloads of modules to cope with this. But again you are restricted by the positioning element of PHPNuke.

I finally solved my problem by learning a little about PHP programming, and now I'm able to position my ads virtually anywhere on the screen.

What a great programming language, it is so versatile, you can also place HTML and Javascript into the code and the page displays exactly as you would anticipate. Coupled to this the addition of a MySQL database on the backend to organise, members lists, forums, posts, reviews, voting, etc... and your website is bullet proof.

I've now installed a nice programme called Link Cloaker to protect my affiliate links and things are progressing nicely.

TTFN
Steve

Major Site Re-development

2007-01-25T11:56:00.000Z

Hi

Not posted anything for the last two weeks, been heavily involved in re-designing the site.

My web host had lots of free tools which I took advantage of, including PHPNuke, MySQL, etc...

The site has totally been re-designed using these tools and can be viewed at www.articleland.co.uk

I have to say I am totally new to PHP and MySQL but using these tools has been a real dream, so simple!!!

Also integrated a links directory using Link Metro, again this uses MySQL, all my linking is now virtually on auto-pilot!!!

Will be posting again in a few days.

Steve

Weekly Update

2007-01-11T00:25:00.000Z

Hi

Good News, Article Land is listed on Google and Yahoo. Only took 48 hours. Amazing whatblogging, sitemaps and verification can do. I you would like to know more, get in touch and I'll put an ebook together.

Lots of new stuff on the website, go to www.articleland.co.uk to check it out.

Learnt a new trick in Frontpage today which is great if you,ve got a ig site. On my site I have a top bar with the logo and search functionality in, a bottom bar with disclaimers, advertising, a right hand side bar with advertising in, and a left hand side bar with navigation. I have produces all thesesections as separate webpages and they are brought into the mainpage using the add content function in web components. This is brill as I only have to change the content in each of these areas once and it replicates across every page.

Thats it for now if you need any advice on any of this stuff get in touch.

Steve

Latest Additions

2007-01-04T14:33:00.000Z

Ok

Site is now published.

Article Land

Check it out there's a free ebook on offer - Think & Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill, a great read.

Have added new articles at:

Leonardo da Vinci

and

Mesothelioma

Ebooks section started, integrated Paypal shopping cart. What a great tool.

Google adsense added to all pages, initial returns are very low, less than one buck a day. Hopefully the blog and ping technique will help with visibility of the site.

Anyway that's it for now.

Steve
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2007-01-04T13:34:00.000Z

Technorati Profile

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2007-01-04T12:56:00.000Z

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2007-01-03T22:43:00.000Z

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