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There is one thing that has to be said about Internet marketers. They are advertising innovators. Internet marketers simply tossed out all of the written-in-stone advertising policies of brick and mortar advertisers and devised new and effective ways to reach their potential customers.

The Internet itself changed the way that people buy things. People no longer have to get dressed, drive into town, find a parking place, stand in line or wear out their shoe leather searching for the products and services that they want. Three cheers for the Internet!

Internet marketers devised ways in which to reach their customer base that were unheard of in the brick and mortar world of advertising and now these giants of innovation have come up with yet another method that defies all of the principles of advertising that have been established over the years. This new and innovative marketing technique that I?m talking about is called a “give away event” or a “Joint Venture give away event”

Can you imagine a group of brick and mortar stores getting together and agreeing to give free „stuff? to one another?s customers? I can?t either. It isn?t likely that Sears is going to give something free to JC Penny customers, is it? Brick and mortar stores wouldn?t even dream of giving something free to stores that are not in competition with them. JC Penny would never give something free to customers of an automotive store even though JC Penny doesn?t sell automotive supplies. It just isn?t done in the brick and mortar world. But it IS done on the Internet.

When this marketing technique first came on the Internet, the Joint Venture give away was done only between October and mid-December to try to take advantage of the holiday shopping season but now the Joint Venture give away happens all year long.

The idea here is that people are more than one-dimensional. People who are deeply into Internet marketing, for example, also have spouses, kids, dogs, cats, like to ski or buy boats. People who are avid fishermen may also be interested in getting the best interest rate on their savings or learning to play a guitar. People may belong to one mailing list that reflects their main interest but that doesn?t mean that they are not interested in other products or services.

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The omission of a middle man is perfectly justifiable if you can manage to sell your house without enlisting his help. This particular tactic is not very difficult to understand. You save a great amount of money if you do not have to pay your real estate agent his commissions for getting you buyers for your house.

Moreover, by doing so, that is, removing the middle man you can also afford to lower the price you have quoted for your house, leading to the much faster selling of the house.

However, with this decision to sell your house without the help of a real estate agent means that the work to be done on your part increases. Such work for the agent is part of his daily routine as he has to encounter such formalities with every project he gets.

For you, thought it maybe new, it is not impossible to accomplish, and you will soon find how. The first thing an agent will do when you hire him is he will come and see your house for himself. He will need to know whether your house is in a presentable condition. Then he will go about telling you what are the things that need fixing and altering. He may even consult a staging professional at this stage.

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Chapter 6 - Termite Prev ention

Keeping termites away from your home in the first place can be the best way to save money although you will still want to have at least annual treatments to make sure that they don’t come around in the first place. But taking measures to be sure that conditions are not conducive to their survival just makes sense.

First, don’t feed them. Whether you know it or not, by having certain conditions present in and around your house, you are giving the termites a food source that will sustain the colony and keep them reproducing making more and more termites that will damage your home.

Keep your gutters clean. Wet leaves provide moisture and food for the pests, and since the gutters are attached to your home, it's an easy point of entry. Clogged gutters can also contribute to moisture problems by soaking wood off the roof and fascia boards.

Wood piles and construction debris, boards left touching the ground or fences without proper ground clearance can all be food sources. Cardboard is also a favorite food of termites and damp cardboard around or under a house could provide an ideal opportunity for termites.

Building a deck? Make concrete barriers part of your plan and be sure to use borate-treated, pressurized wood. The USDA's Forest Service has a bulletin on subterranean termites with helpful hints on construction practices.

Your contractor may also have suggestions for preventing termite infestations. Stucco facades extending near or into the soil surface provide a haven for termites, allowing them to move into a home undetected.

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Print-on-Demand Printers and Publishers

A&A Printing,

Billy Ashby, 6103 Johns Road #5-6, Tampa FL 33634; 813-886-0065; 866-886-0065; Fax: 813- 884-0304. Email: [email protected]. Caters to self-publishers and first-time authors for short-run book printing in runs from 50 to 3,000. Capabilities include digital and offset printing as well as short-run four-color book printing.

Advantage Media Group,

Benjamin Toy, P O Box 272, Charleston SC 29402; 843-414-5600; 800-848-3180; Fax: 843-414-5610. Email: [email protected]. Motto: We bring dreams to life. Works especially with professional speakers, providing on-demand, self-publishing, and co-publishing services.

Alexander's Print Advantage,

Gwen Gades, 245 South 1060 West, Lindon UT 84042; 801-224-8666; 800-574- 8666; Fax: 801-224-0446. Email: [email protected]. On-demand digital printing as well as offset printing. Ames On-Demand, Jose Colon, 12 Tyler Street, P O Box 120, Somerville MA 02143-0120; 617-684-1132; Cell: 617-501-1879. Email: [email protected]. On-demand books, perfectbound or wire-o.

Angel Printing,

Vladimir Medvinsky, CEO, 237 Luiseno Avenue, Oceanside CA 92057; 760-967-0492; Fax: 760- 967-0496. Email: [email protected] or [email protected]. “We offer 1 to full color offset and digital printing services. In-house we produce short run book printing, and work with web-printing facilities to produce large book printing orders. Angel Printing also offers graphic design capabilities, which most authors find extremely useful.” Also printing on recycled papers with soy-based inks.

Annex Print and Mail Solutions,

Jeff Lazerus, Director, Digital and Imaging, 4721 Ironton Street, Unit A, Denver CO 80239; 303-393-1883. Full-color high-quality books for the short-run and print-on-demand market. Apex Book Manufacturing, Almad Meradji, CEO, Alpharetta GA. Email: [email protected]. Opened for business on April 1, 2007.

Apple iPhoto — Users of its software can order bound volumes of their photos. Tiny 2.6 x 3.5 inch softbound books cost $3.99 for 20 pages and 29 cents for each additional page.

Area Printing & Design, Neal Sumlin; 678-325-2732. 877-268-9110; Fax: 678-325-2733. Email: [email protected]. Custom on-demand books.

Author House,

Director of Author Promotions, 1663 Liberty Drive #200, Bloomington IN 47403; 812-339-6000; 800-839-8640; Fax: 812-339-6554. Publishes 500 to 600 titles each month. Writers retain all rights (and are free to publish elsewhere as well). Royalties go as high as 30%. Among their authors are Amanda Brown, author of Legally Blonde; Buddy Ebsen, author of Kelly's Quest; and Thomas Hargrove, author of Long March to Freedom.

Automated Graphic Systems,

Adam Rutkowski, Manager, Print-On-Demand Department, 4590 Graphics Drive, White Plains MD 20695; 301-843-1800, ext. 522; 800-678-8760; Fax: 301-843-6339. Email: [email protected]. Ohio Office: 8107 Bavaria Road, Macedonia OH 44056; 330-963-7770; 800-362-6134; Fax: 330-963-7771. Owned by Consolidated Graphics. Provides customers with the ability to build an online digital library where they can order books from quantities of 5 to 500 with a variety of binding options (perfect, plasticoil, wire-o, and saddlestitched. Aventine Press, Brion Sausser, Managing Editor. Email: [email protected]. “Aventine Press is only a little over two years old, but in that time we have published in excess of 100 titles, many of which by previously published authors. Our goal however, has never been to become a mill to churn out vast numbers of titles. We take pride that in our brief history numerous independent reviewers have given our company high marks in quality, value, and customer care.”

Axess Purchasing Solutions,

Print on Demand Division, Edward Busse, Director Sales/Marketing, P. O. Box 500835, Atlanta GA 31150; 770-521-9939; Fax: 770-521-6022. Email: [email protected]. “We specialize in short, medium, and long runs (100 - 100,000), and can perfect-bind or case-bind to all sizes (5.5 x 8.5, 6 x 9, 7x10 and 8.5 x 11). We have both digital equipment and offset equipment to maximize each end of the printing spectrum and provide impressive pricing and turn-around times.”

BeWrite. A oon-submission POD publisher that accepts about 20% of the submitted materials, charges nothing for the author to be published with them, appears to do great covers, and works well with authors.

Blitzprint Inc.,

Pete Friebel, Vice President, Book Division, 1235 64th Avenue SE #3, Calgary AB Canada T2H 2J7; 866-479-3248; Fax: 403-253-5642. Email: [email protected]. “We are a no-nonsense POD manufacturer, with a focus on helping authors print top quality books, not collecting upfront fees.”

Blurb.com — Eileen Gittins, CEO. This San Francisco company raised $2 million in venture capital. It does not charge authors any up-front fees. Instead, it provides free software that allows people to design their own books. Prices start at $29.95 for books of 1 to 40 pages and rise to $79.95 for books of 301 to 440 pages. They just signed an agreement with Chronicle Books to get all their over-the-transom rejections for possible referrals. If authors sign up for Blurb's services, Chronicle gets a cut on any income.

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Chapter 7 – A Scientific Memory System For Business Success

We recall things by their association. When you set your mind to remember any particular fact, your conscious effort should be not vaguely to will that it shall be impressed and retained, but analytically and deliberately to connect it with one or more other facts already in your mind.

"Cramming" and "Willing"

The student who "crams" for a test makes no permanent addition to his knowledge. There can be no recall without association, and "cramming" allows no time to form associations.

If you find it difficult to remember a fact or a name, don't waste your energies in "willing" it to return. Try to recall some other fact or name associated with the first in time or place or otherwise, and lo, when you least expect it, it will pop into your thoughts.

If your memory is good in most respects, but poor in a particular line, it is because you're not interested in that particular area, and therefore have no need for association. Blind Tom's memory was a blank on most subjects, but he was a walking encyclopedia on music.

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The goal of business owners is to make money. This often results with the selling of a particular product or service. However, to sell that product or service business owners need to alert the general public. Customer cannot buy a product or a service if they do not know that it exists. That is why, as a business owner, you need to advertise your business.

When it comes to advertising there are many business owners who literally cringe. Are you doing this now? There is a good chance that you are because many advertising methods cost money. As a business owner you want to make money not spend it, right? Unfortunately, if you believe that all forms of advertising take money, you are sadly mistaken. Although you may have to spend money to make your business what you want it to be, there are ways to promote your business and the products or services that you sell without having to spend any money at all.

Is your curiosity peaked yet? There is a good chance that it is, rightfully so. One of the ways that you can promote your online business, without having to spend a dime, is by using something that is readily available online. That thing is an online social networking website. A large number of Internet users, in fact millions of them, belong to at least one social networking website.

When it comes to social networking, there are many individuals who think of online friendships or online relationships. While these types of relationships are the most common, did you know that social networking is also used for businesses? In fact, that was originally how social networking got started. If you are a small business owner, especially one that operates an online business, there is a way that you can use social networking sites to your advantage.

Although social networking websites are traditionally focused on those that would like to make online friends or develop online relationships, there are networking sites that are designed for business owners. These websites will not only allow you to share your business information with other business owners, but it will also allow you to develop close relationships with those that share an interest that is similar to yours. Essentially, this means that you could not only learn valuable business information, but you could also walk away with a new business partner or a new friend.

As previously mentioned, social networking websites with a focus on businesses, are a great way to promote your business. However, this does not mean that you should completely forget about the other online social networking websites, the ones that are designed to make online friendships.

If you are looking to join an online community, you will need to create your own profile or profile page. If you are planning on joining a traditional social networking website, to gain access to millions of potential new customers, you are urged to be careful when making your online webpage or profile. One thing that Internet users hate is being solicited for business. This does not mean that you cannot use social networking to your advantage; it just means that you need to be careful with how you do it. Instead of creating a MySpace page or a Yahoo! 360 page for your business, you are advised to make one for yourself, but, of course, you will want to include information on your business.

By joining a social networking website, especially one that is popular and has a large number of members, you should be able to generate interest in your business, including the products or services that you sell. Who knows, but that interest generated could turn into sales; thus making your social networking experience more than worth it.

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CHAPTER SEVENTEEN How to feed a newly introduce aquarium fish!

When you just introduce a new fish to aquarium tank it’s necessary to feed you fish. Though this will not be instant because no matter how carefully you add the fish to your aquarium tank they will look very unhappy for a while.

Thus it’s necessary that you turn the flights out, and leave them overnight to get used to their new home first before thinking of feeding them. Then feed fish with aquarium fish food with fish flakes the next day, this will make the fish feel at home.

If you already have an established tank, it is advisable to quarantine new fish before adding them to an existing populated, and the cheapest way to do this is to purchase a plastic tank which will need no gravel or plants. This can be used solely for quarantine and as a hospital tank.

Leave the fish in this tank for about three days during which any disease harbored by the fish would be evident for which it can be treated using available chemicals from your dealer. The fish can then be introduced into the tank in the same way as before.

When you add new fish to an established community, there will probably be a certain amount of harassment of the new arrivals by the original fish. Try to divert their attention by giving them a good feed when the fish are introduced.

However carefully you add the fish to your tank they will look very unhappy for a while. Turn the flights out, and leave them overnight to get used to their new home. A feed with fish flakes the next day will make the fish feel at home.

If you already have an established tank, it is advisable to quarantine new fish before adding them to an existing populated, and the cheapest way to do this is to purchase a plastic tank which will need to gravel or plants. This can be used solely for quarantine and as a hospital tank.

Leave the fish in this tank for about three days during which any disease harbored by the fish would be evident for which it can be treated using available chemicals from your dealer. The fish can then be introduced into the tank in the same way as before.

When you add new fish to an established community, there will probably be a certain amount of harassment of the new arrivals by the original fish. Try to divert their attention by giving them a good feed when the fish are introduced.

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Step 2 - Find at least 30 keywords for each product

If you want to find more keywords, even better, but start with 30 first to see if the product will be worth it. There is nothing worse then writing 50 to 100 articles to promote a product and then realized the product doesn't covert to sales.

This is very frustrating and it is going to happen on occasion, that's life. Some products will convert better then others.

But the very minimum articles I write for a specific product is 30.

If I write 30 articles and I make very little sales, then I know not to keep going.

The great thing about bum marketing is it's a perfect way to test if products are winners for free while making money. If a product is a winner, there is nothing stopping you from advertising with Google Adwords and Ezine advertising.

I know all the top bum marketers write at least 30 articles for each product they promote. I know this because I write for them and myself and this is what works for us.

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People are normally petrified of change. When new technology pops up people fear becoming obsolete themselves. Let’s face it; there are people who refuse to learn something new. Unfortunately change is inevitable just like death and taxes (or else people would still be riding horses instead of using cars today).

Most people have an e-mail address and you don’t need to be an expert Internet marketer, web-designer or programmer to use all these tools.

The most important thing to do in order to duplicate Internet tools downline (which will help your group expand) is to EMPHASIZE on the COST SAVING and INCREASED SIGN UPS of utilizing the tools.

Most people purchase LEADS or pump their hard earned money into ADVERTISING and drive from place to place spending money on GAS and raking up a huge PHONE BILL. Some of them are already spending so much and they haven’t even made their first check in their BUSINESS!

Internet advertising, emails and forums cost very little to almost NOTHING and you don’t have to drive or make many phone calls. If a person is SERIOUS about building a long term network marketing business, there is no way he would pass up the chance to cut down all these expenses and get the chance to recruit more downline!

Furthermore it is easier to duplicate an online tool than to teach ALL distributors to walk and talk like the leader. Truth be told, not everyone can talk very well, so why not let the Internet do all the ‘talking’ for you?