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Wednesday, 05 March 2008 |
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It’s important that you try to capture these high traffic keywords so that you can have more traffic to your site.
Rule of Thumb Number 1: Research your keyword before registering a domain name
Rule of Thumb Number 2: There are so many paid keyword research tools services out there, sometimes it’s not necessary to get premium subscriptions and the results always vary from different tools
Rule of Thumb Number 3: Once you target a specific keyword, build backlinks for that specific page and use a different keyword for sub pages so that Google would place more weight in these pages when listing your site on their search engine
Rule of Thumb Number 4: Never copy and paste, always use unique content as Google would list duplicated content lower with lesser priority
Rule of Thumb Number 5: Use CopyScape.com to look out for copy cats and shoot them an email to warn them against copying your site
My secret?
I use SEOBook.com to research keywords that are estimated every month for its traffic. Watch the video below on how to use this tool:
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Wednesday, 05 March 2008 |
With recent news all pointing towards recession in the United States, I believe that everyone’s attention has turned to the country’s economics performance. Large corporations are bracing themselves to face economic slowdown by carefully watching their expenditure versus revenue – failure to match these two variables accordingly would jeopardize your company.
In the digital age, information is gold – the more information you have, the better decisions you can make.
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Tuesday, 04 March 2008 |
I’ve had it with this company. Initially when they just started out – I sang praises to them as they are pretty different to any money making schemes out there. All you need to do is to send clicks to the advertiser’s website and you can generate a good amount of money via this method.
Also, if you refer sales for advertisers, you get a handsome amount of cash from them! Best of all, the cash-out requirements is pretty low - $25 and they pay by PayPal also.
On January, I receive an automated email from their system stating that my affiliate payment has been sent by mail. I anxiously waited for the mail to arrive – BUT IT NEVER CAME.
I emailed my affiliate manager, Ryno Saayman, requesting him to do a little check for me to determine whether the payment was really sent and furthermore according to the system, I chose my payment method via PayPal and not snail mail. I emailed him twice – once on 25th January 2008 and 21st February 2008 and I did not receive a single reply from him.
I’ve cut and paste my email below for your reference:
Email 1 (21 Jan 2008): Stating that my affiliate payment was ‘mailed’ today
Dear W,
You have requested that we notify you when the payment for your OfferForge account has been sent.
Your affiliate id is: US4829
Your check was mailed to you today -- 01/21/2008
Kind Regards, Ryno Saayman OfferForge Affiliate Manager Email:
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Phone: 1-800-841-1369
Email 2 (25th January 2008): I was enquiring about why my payment was sent through a check while my preferred payment method was PayPal
Hi there, I've checked my account and noticed that my payment has been sent to me - via check. My preferred payment methods that I have input into the system is through PayPal -
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I've checked the date and the check was sent a month ago - I'm really confused whether which payment method was used to send my payment as I haven't receive my payment yet. My preference is PayPal.
As for the W8/W9 form and SSN or TAXID, not sure whether this is required or not as I'm from oversea (Malaysia). If it is - can you forward me the link to get the form?
Thanks for your excellent service! Cheers!
W
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wrote:
Hello there W
I’ve noted that you’ve just gone active and started sending us clicks in the BlogKits/OfferForge network. Thanks for taking this first important step and loading a campaign.
Please don’t hesitate to call me (or any of my team) to discuss performance and any other questions you may have. We’re always eager to assist and help you get the best from your campaigns or adpools and optimize performance.
If you have any suggestions on how we can improve our service or have any specific campaigns you'd like to see us run please don't hesitate to contact myself or my team.
Please remember that in order to pay your first commission check we need you to turn in your W8/W9 form and SSN or TAXID. Please fax the info to 1-270-675-6765 or email it to
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Looking forward to cutting your first commission check! Jonathan
Jonathan Miller & the OfferForge USA team US: 1-800-841-1369 / UK:0808-234-7039 CA: 1-866-761-5644 /Intl: +27-12-665-5085
Email 3 (21 Feb 2008): Since my last email went unanswered, I took sometime writing a new email to them – and still NO reply!
Hi there, it's been a month now that I have received this email. I have not received the check - could you kindly run a check for me whether it was really issued?
Also, I received a second email stating that I need to return the W8 form but my address clearly states that I'm from Malaysia.
And finally, by right I have set my payment method to PayPal but got this email instead stating that my check was mailed. I would definitely prefer payment via PayPal as it is faster and more efficient.
Thanks, cheers and have a great day!
W
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wrote:
Dear W,
You have requested that we notify you when the payment for your OfferForge account has been sent.
Your affiliate id is: US4829
Your check was mailed to you today -- 01/21/2008
Kind Regards, Ryno Saayman OfferForge Affiliate Manager Email:
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Phone: 1-800-841-1369
I don’t know whether anyone out there has made any money off this affiliate cum pay per click system as notable online money makers out there don’t even list this money making method in their list!
I’ve got $109.30 affiliate payment which was conveniently lost by this affiliate company.
Trust me – ditch this company, they are a big scammer!
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Tuesday, 04 March 2008 |
Online business has many pros as compared to its cons. Venturing into an online business is so easy these days that all you need to do is to setup your own website, pick a payment processor to help you collect payment and you can sit back and relax which reaping profits via your online business.
However, I believe that any online business owners know one formidable threat when doing business online and that is fraud or scam. You can’t escape fraud but one thing that you can do is to enhance your security and take precautionary steps to prevent it.
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Sunday, 24 February 2008 |
From my journey in making money online, I noticed that what I am doing now is merely making ‘small’ money online. I have no system which could help me generate maximum revenue in a short period of time while utilizing the least time require possible.
For those who aspire to become an internet millionaire, it’s not difficult – you just need an automated system that will make money for you ‘automatically’. However, not everyone has the luxury or technical know-how to help them establish such a system. And for those who do, do you think they will share their expertise with you? Don’t think so…
The Internet is huge – with billions of internet users worldwide. Imagine having a target market this size, this could be your answer to become an internet millionaire!
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Friday, 08 February 2008 |
Business cards reflect your business and the image that it wants to project according to which industry that it is grouped in. Nevertheless, it provides vital contact information which helps you and your clients to keep in touch with each other – or in another word, more business for each other.
In the past, it’s been pretty tedious to choose your business card design and not to mention that you need to pay several hundred of dollars for a logo designer to design your own unique logo. However, things changed and you can easily design your business card in 6 steps.
Want to know the secret?
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Thursday, 07 February 2008 |
I was wondering why the stock exchange in most part of the world didn’t collapse – despite panic and fear that the US is going through recession...
Then it struck me!
1. It is the time of the year where Chinese all around the world gamble big money in the stock exchange. According to past trends, usually the stock market in Asian countries would go up during this festive season as Chinese gamblers would pump in a lot of cash into the stock exchange.
2. China would be holding the Olympics this year and I believe they too want an economic boom for their country and around the world. Should a recession happen before the Olympics take off, nobody would pay any attention to their country and it would be a huge disaster. With so much federal reserve from positive GDP growth – I bet they have the money to keep things stable for now.
The US dollar continue to devaluate over time – but I don’t think it would be for long as the world economic market would follow suit with economic slowdown. It’s just a temporary devaluation.
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Thursday, 07 February 2008 |
Part of the online money making journey is to try out new ideas to see whether it works or not – you’ll never know unless you have first hand experience. I got tempted when I say this online money making opportunity which promises to help you make huge money via their affiliate program.
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Monday, 04 February 2008 |
I don’t really know what to call US policies these days – is it democratic or are they being led by a mad man who is hungry for war. Bush Senior and Bush Junior both have same traits – they both love war and they both love to hit out at Iraq. But Bush Junior is worse, he bombed Afghanistan and he wanted to renew war pledge towards Iran.
Let me tell you what I think Mr. President:
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!
Rather than spending 3 trillian dollars on bombs and not to mention loosing previous lives of fellow American soldiers, those money could be put into good use.
Why do you think the oil price is all time high? According to history, whenever there is a war, oil price skyrockets to an all time high. Pleading OPEC for discounted oil price? Puhhhleaseeeeeeeeeee….. what a disgrace…
Why do you think your economy is heading towards recession (some say IT IS already in recession) Think of this – how much money your government made, went wasted making huge bombs, bullets and weapons of mass destruction aimed at maiming innocent civilians who have nothing to do with the war.
Why do you think US dollars is devaluating? Nobody supported the war. If they don’t want war and you aren’t listening – the only thing they could do is to mess up your economy and devalue your currency. (so you can spend less!)
But the good news is – Bush would be out of the office soon.
Just 365 more days……….
Let’s all pray for PEACE.
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Monday, 04 February 2008 |
There are simply countless of ways in making money – online or offline, whatever viable business method which is put into action would help your investment to grow. If you look at real estate, over the years, real estate tycoons have sprung up and those who have made it became billionaires. One of the most noticeable real estate tycoons is none other than Donald Trump and Oprah Winfrey.
I remember Oprah saying, ‘God just stopped making more land’.
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Monday, 04 February 2008 |
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I’ve been wanting to tap into this huge money making resources but I didn’t have the know-how or at least the patience to learn simple tips and tricks on hot niche items. There are about a gazillion items being auctioned off eBay and hundred of thousands of traders offering you day to day items. And most of these traders are quite well established with systems in place to help them capture a much larger market share. However, the real money making potential in eBay for smaller traders is to focus on hot niche items.
Here’s a video I found on YouTube which is very informative. Enjoy it!
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