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The next step is to upload your finished video to the internet. You will not upload it to eBay itself, but to a third party website. There are a few sites that allow you to upload videos for free. The easiest one to use in my opinion is YouTube.com. This site will host your videos for free. Before you can upload your videos you must sign up for a free account. This is fairly straightforward, just enter your email address, username, password, country etc. You will receive a confirmation email from them. Just click on the link in the email to confirm your email address and away you go.

To upload your video to YouTube, you will need to sign in to your account. Next, click on the Upload tab which will take you to the video upload page. This is a two step process.

The first step is to give your video a title, write a brief description and select a category to place it in. This step is to make it easier for other YouTube members to find your video whilst browsing the site. You will actually be placing your video on your eBay auction page, so don't worry too much about what you enter here. You can even enter complete gibberish, the main thing is you must fill in all the fields. Then click on the continue button.

The second step is to select the video from your hard drive. Click on the Browse button and choose the video you wish to upload. You have a couple of options next. You can choose to make your video public or private. To put the video on your eBay auction you must choose public, otherwise the video will not play. All you have to do now is click on the Upload Video button. This will start the upload process. As it says on the website, please be patient - it can take quite a few minutes for uploading. I placed a 1 minute video on one of my auctions and it took about 10 minutes to upload to YouTube. Even if it looks like nothing is happening, just wait for the confirmation message.

Once the upload is confirmed, you can view it in “My Videos”. Now it is time for the fifth and last step.

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There is a wide range of discussion regarding certification in Mystery Shopping. There are those who support certification and those who adamantly state that certification is not required. Both sides present a wide array of reasons to support their decision.

I decided to become certified, as in my mind, it shows those mystery shopping companies who support certification that I want t be treated as a professional, and that I have taken the time and money to educate myself to become the best shopper I can be. It demonstrates that I am serious about my business even if I do mystery shopping on a part time basis.

I have found that since I became a Gold Certified Mystery Shopper, (MSPA) that the scope of my shopping assignments has increased and I have been offered more and better assignments that I did not see posted prior to becoming gold certified. I no longer need to spend time on the job boards searching for assignments. My email inbox is flooded with many offers and I just sift through them and choose the ones I prefer to complete. There are some mystery shopping companies who offer their assignments to their gold shoppers firs, then to the silver shoppers, before posting what is available on their job boards. There are however, some excellent mystery shoppers who are not certified and are very happy with their decision. They are receiving more mystery shopping assignments than they can handle.

It all comes down to this; you need to make the decision on what is best for you. Take the time to understand the options available to you so you can make an intelligent and informed decision.

The bottom line is this, when a scheduler is seeking to award an assignment, placing yourself in their shoes, would you award the assignment to someone who has demonstrated their commitment to the mystery shopping business by becoming certified, with all that implies, or will you take a chance on someone you have not worked with before, who is not certified.

As a scheduler, their commitment is to make sure they receive a job well done with a well written report to support the facts. This being said, many schedulers prefer to work with a shopper who has worked with them previously and has demonstrated their professionalism even though they are not certified and will many times award the non certified shopper they have worked with, rather than an unknown certified shopper.

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If a recording artist or inspiring musician has any hopes of having their songs played on the radio, they'll need to have their rough mix mastered very well. The best way to do this is to hire a CD mastering engineer.

Professional mastering engineers can make a decent audio mix sound great and a good mix sound completely amazing. There are many different things that CD mastering engineers can do. They will work with the artist to decide what order the songs appear on the CD, and also equalize the volume of the different instruments in each song and across the entire CD.

They can also help to add more definition and clarity to the instruments in a song. Then, they will adjust the introductions and ends of the songs, choosing the length of time between the songs and adding cross fades or other nice effects if they need to.

The order in which the songs on a CD appear can greatly affect the way the CD progresses when it's played. If similar sounding songs are placed side by side on a CD, it can lead listeners into thinking the artist has a very limited range. It's ultimately up to the CD mastering engineer to work with the recording artist and choose the order of songs on the CD.

It's very important that the instruments in a song and the songs on the CD be at an appropriate volume level. Within a song, the different elements must be mixed appropriately in order for the song to sound like it should.

The CD engineer can also give clarity and definition to the different instruments in a song. The engineer will also have the task of assuring that the volume levels across all of the songs are the same, in order to help the CD sound more cohesive while still leaving room for dynamics.

The CD mastering engineers will also determine how much time there should be between the songs on the CD. They will also fade and cross fade the intros and endings of the songs to make them have a better flow.

For an interesting career, CD mastering engineers is a great choice. They make excellent money, get to work with top artists, and enjoy what they do. If you like music, this career may be what you've always wanted. For those who are already in the profession - it's a job unlike any other out there in the world.

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Use CPA Marketing Only

Put up a page that has some articles about niche topics, then place CPA ads on that page. For example, you can have a few credit card articles on a page with a credit card CPA offer. Some of these pay $10+ for each person that inputs their information.

Get Opt-ins For Your List

Give away a free report or something worthwhile in exchange for the stumbler's email address. You are basically using the same opt-in techniques you would use any other time, but now you can do niche targeting within the StumbleUpon categories.

SUSO (StumbleUpon Special Offer)

This method is simple. Create a special offer for StumbleUpon users (just like in the WSO section). You can do this by first getting their attention with a Stumbler specific headline. Then you can either setup a sales page just for them, or offer a coupon code for your products.

Push Firefox to Internet Explorer Using Stumblers

This method has been the most profitable one for me. I didn't think it would work, or be worth the time, but I was wrong – and that's a good thing. StumbleUpon has been know for being a great Firefox plug in, but now Internet Explorer users can join in the fun.

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Remember when I said earlier that I was getting a lot of the same types of email questions and concerns from a lot of people? Well, one of the biggest groups sending these questions were "new" customers who had just made a purchase. And were either having problems downloading the product, had lost their passwords, couldn't find the downloaded file on their computers, didn't know how to open/view PDF files, or something else along those lines.

So, I created another troubleshooting/FAQ type of report and plugged it into the new autoresponder sequence as "Message 1", along with a "Thank you for your order" statement, and their download links & passwords, or whatever other information might be pertinent.

I came up with this idea by asking the same question... "What's repetitive and can be automated?" And I decided, why not answer most of the questions my new customers usually ask me after they place an order, put that into a mini report, and send that to them along with the thank you email before they even ask the questions.

I also noticed that Jim Daniels is using a similar system for his products. Jim probably has the best example of this FAQ-type email that I've seen in use so far. I picked up a few things from his system that I hadn’t thought of, to add to this step.

For example, I noticed that he had inserted information about his "affiliate program" for the product into that first FAQ/thankyou email. Not a bad idea. I usually promote the affiliate program in a future email message, but may consider doing it in the first email instead. I haven't decided yet.

This initial "troubleshooting/FAQ" type email also cuts down on refunds and chargebacks since most of the product download and viewing problems are taken care of immediately. The customers don't have to email you regarding a 'new order' problem, and then wait for you to respond to their email. They have all the answers before their questions ever come up.

NOTE: I make it very clear in my email that customers should read the entire email before they contact me regarding problems with their orders since most of their questions will probably be answered in that first email. This one step alone cut down my email volume by at least 50%!

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The EBAY Loophole How to save 72% when selling on eBay!

In this report I will tell you how to:
Save 33% on Listing Fees
Save 85% on Subtitle Fees
Save 76% on ProPack Fees
Save 100% on Items Selling Fees
Save 100% on Final Value Fees
An overall SAVINGS of 72%!

I coined this technique as the eBay Loophole; by definition a loophole is “an ambiguity that makes it possible to evade a difficulty or obligation” and the difficulty or obligation I’m referring to is paying the steadily increasing eBay Fees! The information you will find in this EBook does not require promotional codes, coupons or any other special circumstance to save BIG!

Now you can use a technique that I have used over the past year to save a ton on eBay fee’s!

Enjoy,

eBay Pro

FIRST THINGS FIRST – GET AN ACCOUNT:

- If you don’t have an eBay account you will need one… you can click here to get your eBay account.

LOGIN:

- After you have your eBay account, log in.

CLICK THE SELL BUTTON:

- Click the Sell button (see image below)

WARNING EBAY has changed to a new selling format form, which will make this loop hole even harder to find if they make this mandatory.

SELL FORMAT:

- If you see the “New Sell Your Item Format” screen, click on “List using the original Sell Your Item Form” otherwise you won’t be able to even see the option you need!

ORIGINAL SELL YOUR ITEM SCREEN

One you are to the Original Sell Your Item Form you have three options…

Here is where the common misconception and where the eBay verbage is somewhat misleading.

The Ad Format is what you will be using to list your item, instead of Online Auction or Fixed Price.

eBay has changed it’s wording not too long ago to clarify the purpose of the AD Format, it used to say and sometimes still does on overseas eBay sites “ Services or Real Estate” and since you are selling a product this was assumed as something that couldn’t be used and by passed. I came across this technique about a year ago and it yields great responses and saves a lot of money!

EBAY SAYS;

Use Ad Format listings to list items, services, or properties for sale in order to generate multiple leads. This unique format does not enable buyers and sellers to transact online through eBay nor is eBay Feedback available.

This is good – we don’t want to put the transaction through eBay, which is where they get us with the FEES! By using the eBay ad format, eBay is giving us a legal way to sell off of eBay!

CATEGORY:

Once you click the “Sell Your Item’ button you will be faced with the exact same options that you have for any other auction or fixed priced item. The screen shot below shows where informational products can be listed.

The Ad Format does have it’s limitations with the category that you can post in, however most won’t find this to be a problem, especially with informational products.

WHY THE AD FORMAT IS SO PRODUCTIVE?

The prices are generally the same as listing an auction however some of the listing fees might cost a little more but as you will see it is well worth it!

TITLE & DESCRIPTION

As you can see on the image below you list your item the same way as anything else… this is your sales page keep in mind that you want your item to be found on the searches use keywords… the search doesn’t rule out ads – unless someone does an advanced search.

Here is where the difference kicks in!

PRICING YOUR ITEMS:

I always list an AD with a .01 price – because the viewer will see this price in the search window, however the price listed here is nothing more then a carrot to get a person to view your listing. Note that changing this price doesn’t effect the price of your Ad fees.

Always mention the real price in the ad itself, this way once they read your ad they will see the real pricing.

EBAY SAYS

Advertised Price in Ad Format

List the price at which you'd like to sell your item, service, or property. This is a suggested price that appears in your ad; therefore, you should ensure that the price is reasonable. Keep in mind that you do not have to commit to this price and are free to negotiate with your buyers. You can also change this price at any time while your ad is active.

DURATION

The shortest time frame that you can list an Ad is 30 days. You can change this to 60 or 90 days with added costs, see the cost breakdown below:

30 Days - $9.95
60 Days – $19.90
90 Days - $29.85

As you can see there are no price breaks for listing for a longer period – so I recommend you stick with a 30 day auction… if it is working for you relist after 30 days!

QUANTITY:

You can put as many or as little as you like here… it doesn’t effect pricing and maybe a lower number will draw more people in to buy faster if they think it is limited. When some uses the contact button it doesn’t remove the number available so this is entirely up to you… play around with variations – I don’t know that it will make much of a difference however you can see what works best for you!

VALUE PACKS

I recommend the ProPack for all ads, and the price changes only when you increase the duration of the Ad. If you use this option on auctions the price is the same but you have much less visibility. ProPacks cost less then $1.00 a day with Ads. You can pay $29.95 for a 7 day auction listing or $29.95 for a 30 day ad listing… you do the math!

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Some people try to start an internet business in their spare time. They treat it like a hobby. A few hours here…a few hours there….ahh…just whenever the mood strikes me.

Do you really think that you can be successful like this?

If you really want to be successful, you will have to roll up your sleeves and treat this like a real business. You can choose the hours that you work, but putting in those hours are not optional!!

You CAN build a successful internet business with a handful of hours each day or week…..but it does take time and perseverance. And there’s a simple formula - - The more time that you can put into it the faster you will be successful.

You also need to be as consistent as possible.

Don’t work your business really hard one week, and then neglect it for weeks at a time. That is not building a business.

The guys and girls that you see who are successful put in tons of hours, sweat and hard work. They deserve to be where they are! And, believe it or not, you can be there too one day!

Turn Mistake #3 around by being consistent with the hours that you work your Internet marketing business (no matter how few or how many) and treat it like a REAL business!