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Here’s a pretty powerful strategy that will surely get you indexed in Yahoo, and Google as well, within the next couple of days. Remember when I told you earlier that blogs are vital for this process? Here’s the reason why.

It has something to do with weblogs, or more commonly called blogs. Blogs were originally meant to serve as online journals or diaries, to serve a variety of social purposes. But Internet marketers have found advertising uses for blogs, and today, they are considered as efficient 'weapons' in getting good search engine position.

This strategy also has something to do with RSS. RSS is a technology that allows you to send news feeds to certain recipients. The good thing about RSS is that it solves the problem of having to update your content regularly. Coupled with blogs, we have a powerful combo that will position you well in the search engine game.

This strategy also has something to do with RSS. RSS is an acronym for Real Simple Syndication, and RSS is slowly becoming the industry standard for message conveyance. Experts agree that by 2010, more people will prefer RSS technology over conventional emails.

RSS is a technology that allows you to send news feeds to certain recipients. The good thing about RSS is that it solves the problem of having to update your content regularly. Coupled with blogs, we have a powerful combo that will position you well in the search engine game.

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When you come to the site, you will see that it’s all about joint ventures. On the left hand side I have a navigation menu. The body of the page has a welcome message and a product review for 2 separate products related to joint ventures one of which is my own. You can add as many products as you would like that fit within your target market. As I find more joint venture products to promote, I will be adding those to this site, and you can do the same with your sites.

Let’s talk about the content I have placed on this site.

Starting with the navigation menu, you will see a home button. Always make your navigation menus consistent through out your site. It will make it easier on your visitor to get around your site. A hard to navigate site will do nothing but make your visitor leave, so this is very important.

Under the home button you will see another link titled, “Free Joint Venture Information”. This is a free report that I have written on joint ventures. Once they submit their information, they are placed in my autoresponder, and then redirected to the main salesletter where I am trying to sell them my joint venture product. Notice that when you click on this link, it opens in a new window. That way they still have my site that they originally came to in front of them. Although I want them to buy my product, I am still promoting two other products on that page.

The next links in the navigation menu are the, “About Us” and “Contact Us” links. These also open in a new window so that the visitor is not taken away from the main site that I want to KEEP them on!

The last link is the, “Joint Venture Articles” link. I searched a couple of article sites and found some great articles on joint ventures. Some of the articles are mine, and some of the articles belong to others. When you start clicking on the articles, notice that they open in a new window. Again, I am trying to keep my visitor on MY site. At the end of every article is a resource box. Although I appreciate the article writers who are allowing me to use their articles, I don’t want to just give them my traffic. So, I make each page open in a new window. That way if my visitor clicks on a link in their resource box, I can still give the article writer my traffic, but my page is still in front of my visitor.

Now let’s talk about the body of the page. Notice that the first thing I do is welcome the visitor to the site, and introduce myself to them. I feel like that gives them a more personal feel right from the start. I explain to them what joint ventures have done for me and what joint ventures could also do for them, and then I give them reviews of three separate products. I ask the visitor to click a link in each product which takes them to that products salesletter if they would like more information about it or to hopefully buy.

Easy right? It sure is. It just takes a little bit of time and research.

Mini Site Extra

What you need to create an “original mini site” type site:

Domain name

Hosting

Something to promote

UNIQUE and VALUABLE Bonuses

Not many people use the “mini site extra” type sites, and I’m not sure why because they work EVERY time I build one.

“Mini site extra” type sites focus on selling one product or service just like any other type of mini site. They have a special twist to them though that makes them stand out. They not only offer one product or service, but offer the visitor special bonuses or incentives for buying the product or service or even signing up for a program or offer from that website. These should be special bonuses or offers not found anywhere else.

“Mini site extra” type sites are more like “mini site lite” type sites than “original mini site” type site. You don’t need a lot of content for “mini site extra” type sites. You still need to do a good job promoting the product, but a lot of content is not needed.

The key to being successful with “mini site extra” type sites is to have the best and most unique bonuses for the visitor to do what you want them to do. Be it buying your product, clicking your affiliate link, signing up for a newsletter or program, etc. If you have the same incentives or bonuses everyone else does then you really aren’t offering your visitor something extra.

This is another type of mini site that does not do well with SEO. You will have to use other marketing methods discussed later in this ebook to get people to your site because “mini site extra” type sites lack content just like “mini site lite” type sites do.

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Here’s what you have been waiting for. Like I promised in my sales page, I am about to disclose one of my profitable “Two Minute Profits” campaigns to you. This baby has been making me a steady $300-400 a month for the last 2 years. And I have lots of other campaigns with similar results.

The screenshots you saw in my sales page were results of my campaign for “HQ Hair”. This is a UK based merchant selling hair products and their affiliate program is available through CJ. As you know by now, the keyword I am bidding on is hairhq and the ad is targeted to UK residents only.

As you can see, only 23 people searched for this keyword in Overture over a month. However, we got more than 10 times this number in Google.

Seeing a few searches for the special keyword, I looked up Google UK to see if any related ads were present. And like in most cases, there was nothing. And even the natural search results did not provide anything relevant. Here was a good “Two Minute Profits” market.

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When I first started marketing online, safelists were one of the first things I used to promote stuff. I fell flat on my face!

I didn’t have a clue how to use these things. The end result was that I never made a dime from them and blasted them to no end. Yeah, I was absolutely positive that they were crap. Well, they were and they still are…but I learned how to use them.
And now they earn me hundreds each month.

Okay, so what’s changed? Well, for starters, my approach to safelists has changed. I no longer promote products to these people. Instead, I try to get them to sign up to my list by giving them great info for free. But that was only part of the problem.

See, safelists have another problem. But before we get to it, we should probably go through the same outline that we did for FFA sites so you have all the info that you need.

What Are Safelists? Safelists are lists of members. The privileges of safelists are simple. As a member, you are allowed to email all the other members of the safelist. Each safelist has its own rules on how often you can email and how many members you can email at one time. Because these rules are so diverse, I’m not going to try to explain them all here, but I will cover the most basic memberships.

The most common safelist membership is where you are allowed to email the members once per day and you’re allowed to email every member in the list.

The next most common is where you are allowed to email everyday but only a certain number of the members. To email all the members, you have to be a paid member. Yes, safelists have a free and paid option. That’s where things get really convoluted.

The next most common is where you are only allowed to email members up to how many credits you’ve earned reading other members’ ads. These are credit based safelists. These are the most restrictive of all the safelists.

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Collectors and Collectibles Are A Gold Mine

If you find popular collectible products and create a website revolving around them, you'll be rolling in the dough with no problem.

A lot of collectors are very loyal to the websites they visit. If they find a reliable source of information about their collectible products, then they'll visit it over and over again. Provide them with the latest news and information, and you'll be able to sell to them over and over again.

There are thousands of products considered collectibles, such as zippos, old advertisements, pez dispensers, movie posters, and so on.

You can find websites that sell these collectible products by the dozens. Sign up as an affiliate and then just constantly refer your website visitors to these websites and encourage them to purchase. You could also write short reports about “secret sources” to find rare collectibles.

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Return policies can be a fairly touchy issue, as some people will believe you have a bad return policy, and some will think it’s good. However, the main thing to keep in mind is that you return policy is setup to protect you. Not your buyer. You are assuming your buyer will be happy with the product. Now, the truth is some buyers, probably less than 10% of your total sales will not be happy with the product you deliver them, no matter how nice you packaged it, how nice the pictures were, etc.

A good return policy will help protect you in the event the buyer decides to call their credit card company and dispute the purchase, contact PayPal, and have the transaction reversed, or contact any other authorities to get their money back from you. A good return policy is informative, and lets the buyer know what to expect. Below you’ll find a simple return policy template that will protect you in the event anything goes wrong.

While your return/refund policy may be different, this is just a general guideline to follow, and will offer you the most protection with buyers who do not follow your directions, or give you a fair chance to remedy their problem/issue, before contacting their credit card issuer, or PayPal to dispute a charge. PayPal will not support your policy, as they have their own that buyers must adhere to.

Your merchant account services department WILL however, support your policy as long as the buyer had access to it before purchasing from you. Their requirements are that it must be show to the buyer twice, once before they make their purchase, and then after they make their purchase. Since eBay shows the information to your buyer’s constantly (up to 6-7 times per auction that closes), this meets their requirements, and they will not allow a buyer to charge you back, they will simply reject the chargeback, forcing the buyer to contact you first for remedy.

Sales tax is generally not recommended unless you are an incorporated business, and plan to report your eBay earnings to the Government. If you are collecting sales tax, as we do, it is recommended you only collect for your state since collecting for other states may get you into trouble with your account, when tax reporting time rolls around.

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Quickly recapping – if you have your own product (that you created or own sole rights to) or you have resell rights to a product that isn’t readily available elsewhere (if it is it won’t sell) then you can look at a JV from the point of view of the product provider.

Browse Ebay and look for a seller. A Powerseller will probably have a very good mailing list and be open to undertaking JV’s. Anyone who sells quite a few items per day or week is also a good bet. If you’re not sure, ask.

You will probably come across quite a few Ebay sellers who don’t know what you’re talking about when you mention ‘Joint Ventures’. Ebay has more than it’s fair share of people who sell from home and got lucky, but never look any further than Ebay.

The notion of a JV to these people may seem odd. My advice would be to point them towards this ebook (sales for me!) or spend time explaining in more details what they’ll get out of it. Don’t focus too much on the actual JV, just on the fact that they could be £1000 richer by Monday morning.

When you’re looking for a seller, also bear in mind that a similar product to the one you’re selling would probably be a good idea as long as it’s not directly competing. Check his feedback rating too – it’s a reflection of how he runs his business.