Winner Announced For The Butterfly Marketing Package Giveaway Promotion
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I recently wrote about the free entry to win a fully hosted and installed Butterfly Marketing package [1497.00 value]. Well the lucky draw has officially taken place and the winner is Denise Hall.
You go girl!
I’m a subscriber of her ezine so I know who she is already. There are still lots of great marketing products you can grab for free at Mr Over Deliver so take this opportunity to register now. Here’s what Denise had to say for
"Hi Mike,
I’m replying to you about the contest. I can’t believe I won. Thanks so much! I am looking forward to receiving the Butterfly Marketing Package!"
Denise Hall
http://www.home-business-on-a-budget.com
You never know how lucky you can be until it happens to you. Hope everyone had the opportunity to sign up for this once in a lifetime opportunity. I‘m looking forward to some more contests in the near future.
Yanik Silver’s Underground Online Seminar UK
Yanik Silver is holding another Underground Online Seminar in which he invites a group of elite under the radar, six figure earners who will be guest speakers at this event to reveal their secret methods earning.
The latest event is the third in the series of seminars for which will be held in the UK. We’ll get to ease drop on European high flyers at as yet undisclosed location in the heart of London, schedules for September 2006. When you visit the Underground Online Seminar UK site you will be taken to a fun mix of James Bond’s 007 and Austin Powers.
Warning:
The identities of each special guest speaker is currently classified and only referred to as code name agents!
Yes, Yanik has a sense of humor as large as his great business mind!
Past guest speakers have included Rosalind Gardner, Morgan Westerman amongst many others quietly raking in a fortune from their internet empires.
For those of you who cannot make it to the Underground Online Seminar
Happy Memorial Day
Today I’m taking a must needed break from some of my online commitments. I hope you guys are also taking some time out to be with friends and family.
I must say ‘Happy Memorial Day’ to my readers in the USA.
In the UK we are have a Bank Holiday where we typically spend time with family, take a day trips and chill basically chill out. Feel free to search through the blog and find articles and post of interest to you.
Take Care,
Nancy P Redford
Follow Up On Google Video Ads
Further to my post on Google Video Ads for the US, Japan and Canada market, some feedback has been provided via iZachy. He is not satisfied that in order to get click through earnings end users will have to click on the advertisers URL to earn credits and not for clicking on the ‘play’ button.
Unlike text and image ads publishers receive credit for clicks on the ads, whereas no credit is gained just for viewing the video which may is not as attractive prospect for publishers. It also appears to be no way to select from image ads and video ads.
Advertisers are right in feeling that they risk potential loss of earnings in comparison to the text and image ads, which generate earnings per click. I wonder if this is a way for Google to ensure the maximum effectiveness of each Video Ad to benefit the advertisers and prevent confusion over the distinguishing a Google Video Ad from an ordinary streaming video and lower the risk of inflating ad prices. Although you could argue that the prevalence of the ‘Google Ad’ link should suffice. What remains is the balance between watching a video to ‘acting’ on what you have viewed to decide whether to click on the embedded URL link to be taken to the web site.
Read through the Google’s Video Ad FAQ’s to find out more about the current service.
I also read an article speculating that Google may expand their video ads to television network which would bring Google’s global reach to ordinary people who may not have access to a computer. It will be similar in impact to the Ebay advertisements and growing number of ‘Dot Com’ web sites using television to draw a wider audience to their products and services.
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Free Remote Access To Your PC From With LogMeIn Online Service
Another great free site for accessing your PC from anywhere using LogMeIn online service. I previous wrote about the Avvenu web site who also offer a similar service.
With LogMeIn you have a free trial of the service to test run and become accustomed to how things work and can decide if the service is beneficial for your needs. No need to panic for forgetting to send an important file, or even if you are miles away from your home office. All you need to do is to log into the service from your browser and select your registered computers to complete your all important tasks.
Definitely worth bookmarking and comparing both services.
If you used any of them and would like to report your finding you’re welcome to add a comment. Thanks to Mike Enos for the link to this free resource.
Search Engine Spam: Optimization Tricks that Endanger Your Site
I’ve seen top news sites that have invisible text in on their web pages and tiny text on many top visited sites. Some people have made money using these tactics and even go into detail in their ebooks about some not so ethical SEO tactics. So where do we draw the line?
For long term stability acceptable ‘white hat’ solutions are the key to keeping your sites listed in the major search engines. Read the article:
Search Engine Spam: Optimization Tricks that Endanger Your Site
Has your site been blacklisted by the major search engine before and have you managed to overcome this dilemma? If so I’d like to hear from you!
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PayPal Launches Mobile Phone Payments Plus £100,000 in Prizes
Today I received an official mailing from PayPal Europe for their new Mobile Phone enabled service so that now I can send and receive money using while I’m away from my computer. All I was required too do was to set up a four digit Mobile PIN and wait for an automated call to my mobile phone. Then enter my PIN number to complete the registration process. As I am writing this I am waiting for a call back.
PayPal are also using a big incentive of up to £100,000 in prizes for each member who registers their Mobile PIN numbers.
PayPal are obviously tapping into the lucrative mobile phone market so that they can expand their service to mobile phone users. I’m not sure if this service has been introduced in all PayPal regional countries as yet, but as I know it is active for UK account holders.
To take full advantage of the service you can open a free PayPal account today.
Latest Update For Web Position Wizard Software
I wrote about the new software Web Position Wizard for checking your keyword rankings, backings to your site and more. Due to the recent changes in Yahoo’s results pages the software was unable to provide reports. This minor set back has been fixed in the latest upgrade which you can download for free.
Current versions include free version 2.0.7 and the Pro version 3.0.1. Read the message from David Watson, Owner regarding the additional features found only with the Pro version.
"The PRO version now includes the ability to split your domains into groups, and check the indexing and keyword ranking for individual groups, as well as for all domains if you wish. Also in this version of PRO is the new scheduling feature. This allows you to set up a list of "Tasks", and these "tasks" will be completed at the "Scheduled" time. You can set up as many tasks as you wish, and you can even have Website Position Wizard check all your indexing and keyword rankings while you sleep, so you just need to look at the figures the next day - no waiting for the checking to be done, it can be done while you are sleeping."
Download and upgrade your software to the current version here.
Regards,
Nancy P Redford
Google Launches Their ‘Click To Pay’ Video Ads
Today Google announced the launch of its Video Ads, which has officially out of beta testing. These Video Ads will appear as a static image on a web page [similar to Google Video] which visitors will have to click on to view the presentation. This make them non intrusive to site viewing and will keep in control of their online experience, rather than auto starting the video upon entering a web page.
People love watching media as opposed to reading text. Online videos are growing in popularity amongst people of all ages and Google know how to capitalize on this and expand their current Adwords revenue in the process.
Watch out for the wave of info-products with ‘How to’s’ on how to make the most out of Google Video Ads!
It will be interesting to see whether advertisers will favor Google Video Ads over other forms of ads. Personally I find videos irresistible and am avid fan of Google Video. I look forward to the service being expanded to the UK.
I’d love to hear from you if you are fortunate enough to use the service and too find out what your conversion rates will compare to traditional Google Adwords.
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5 SureFire Techniques To Increase Traffic To Your Web Site
Today I’d like to share some simple but effective ways to bring
traffic to your web site. this subject is critical to the
future of your business and online profits.
I’m sure you can think of many more ways to add. Feel free
to share your favorite traffic building techniques by leaving
a comment.
5 SureFire Techniques To Increase Traffic To Your Web Site
By Nancy P Redford
You should be able to find several indispensable facts
about web site traffic in the following paragraphs. Take
action and track your results and imagine the difference
it will make in your sales conversions as you build a
steady flow of targeted traffic to your business.
Think about what you’ve read so far.
Does it reinforce what you already know about web site traffic?
Or was there something completely new?
What about the remaining paragraphs?
There is one hard and fast rule in generating income for
your we bsite: A steady flow of web site traffic. If no
one goes to your site, it hardly bares a chance of
generating an income.
Many sites have tried and failed in doing so, and these
results to the sites demise. It takes money to maintain
an income generating site; it also takes money to make
money. BUT, it doesn’t take a whole caboodle of cash
to generate web site traffic for your site.
Ever wonder how does big hit sites drive traffic top
their site? Most of them are spending tons of money
to drive the traffic to their sites, investing in many
advertising campaigns and different forms of marketing
schemes and gimmickries. This is all worthwhile because,
well, they are what they are now, high earning, big
hitting web sites.
You don’t have to do this if you don’t really have their
resources. There are many ways to generate low cost
web site traffic without having to spend what you don’t
have or can’t afford. Many people have banked on high
cost methods and have ended up losing their shirt over it.
Here I present to you the Top five ways to generate low
cost web site traffic that could help your site a whole
lot. Even if you only get a small percentage of successful
visitors in to client ratio it still works especially
if you get a high number of web site traffic.
1. Exchange Links
This is a sure and proven method. Rarely would you see a
site where there is no link to another site. Many webmasters
are willing to exchange links with one another so that they
could produce more public awareness about their sites.
You’ll soon see and feel the sudden upsurge of the traffic
coming in to your site from other sites. A major prerequisite
in exchanging links with other sites is having the same
niche or content as the other site. They should share a
common subject so that there is continuity in the providing
of service and information to what interests your target traffic.
Exchanging links also boosts your chances of getting a high
ranking in search engine results. It is common knowledge
that search engines ranks high sites that have inbound and
outbound theme-related links. With a good ranking position
in the search engines, you will generate more traffic in
your web site without the high costs.
2. Traffic Exchange
This is like exchanging links but on a different higher
level. This may cost a bit more than exchanging or trading
links but could be made cheaper because you get to earn
credits. You can use those credits when viewing others
traffic, while you earn credits when someone views yours.
Traffic exchange services are the viewing of another’s site
or page. This is done vice versa where a site can use your
sites contents and so can you to his or her site. You both
benefit from each others efforts to generate traffic. The
other sites visitors can go to your pages and know more
about your site as well as theirs. Once again the public
awareness of your sites existence is boosted.
3. Write and Submit Articles
There are many e-zines and online encyclopaedias in the
internet which provides free space for articles to be submitted.
If you want to save costs, you can do the articles yourself.
There are many freelance writers who are willing to write
for you for a small fee, but to save money, it is wise to
do those articles yourself.
Write articles that are themed along with the niche of your
site. Write something that you have expertise on so that
when they read it, they can feel your knowledge about the
subject and will be eager to go to your site. Write articles
that produces tips and guidelines to the subject or niche
your site has. Include a resource box at the end of your
article that can link them to your site. Write a little
about yourself and your site. If you provide a light,
information-laden and interesting article, they will go
to your site for more.
4. Publish A Newsletter
This may sound like hard work because of all the articles
you may need to use to build a newsletter but on the contrary,
this is not so. There are many writers and sites that are
willing to provide free articles as long as they can get
their name in on your newsletter. This will also provide
free advertising for them as well.
As your newsletter gets pass around, you can widen your
public awareness and build an opt-in list that can regularly
visit your site.
5. Join Online Communities and Forums
This only requires your time and nothing else. You can share
your knowledge and expertise with many online communities
as well as your web site. You can get free advertising when
you go to forums that have the same subject or niche with
your site.
Share your two cents and let them see how knowledgeable
you are with the subject. As you build your reputation,
you also build the reputation of your site, making it a
reputable and honest business that could be frequented
and trusted by many people.
Hopefully the sections above have contributed to your
understanding of web site traffic. Share your new understanding
about web site traffic with others. They’ll thank you for it.
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