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» The Myth Of Effortless Success In Online Business
By Scott Bamboo | Published 07/10/2008 | Internet and Businesses Online | Unrated

Every online marketer hope with make a success in online business within the shortest period of time to generate sufficient income that enable them to enjoy luxury lifestyle. They have bought many money making, life-altering packages with the hope of achieving the success effortless and in the quickest way. But, many of them have failed and quit with disappointment. If you are one of them, you might wonder why you can't success as you expected when you start the online business; and, why the business techniques and strategies taught in the money making or life-altering packages did not work for you.

Most people start to involve in online business because they believe that they can earn much money from this business by just putting on simple website and/or run a few pay-per-click campaigns like what they understand from those money-making packages. This is the myth of effortless success that makes many of online marketers blind to the truth...The truth is anyone can be successful with online business if they understands that consistent effort is what will set them apart from the thousands who get nothing from the very same business.

Believe it or not, everyone can make money using any of the money making packages which are sold online. Because people are doing it every day and many of them are successful; of course many are failed as well. What make the different? Is the money making package or the effort put in the process of implementation of the techniques thought in the package?

Well, the only reason for those who success is they understand that this is nothing so called "magical" will happen just because they bought the latest and greatest life altering product. They know that there is not magical way to make effortless success. No matter how good is the life-change product, you need to do your part: the time and effort to make your own online business a success.

You see those super affiliates or million dollar online marketers make money so easy, their simple products can sell like hot cake. Their blog or website is a traffic magnet that attracts thousands of visitor everyday. Their articles get read and people tend to buy or follow what they propose. You see the success part of these gurus, but you ever think of how much work they have put into the business before they achieve the rockstar status?

For those who tried and failed in their online business "know" it's hard to get to make their dream lifestyle come true. But, for those who already at the top and enjoying the success lifestyle with their online business "know" it's easy for anyone to get success if they are willing to work hard on the right things to get there.

However, taking action and working hard is only part of the equation. In other words working hard in the wrong way won't get anything done even though you have put in your efforts. You have to find the right tool and techniques to get you where you want to be. Only then, your hard work and action lead you to achieve your success.

Summary

The bottom line is there is no effortless success in online business, if there is, the person just get lucky. You can be successful in your online business like other million dollar online marketers if you have put in your efforts to work in the right way with the right tool.

Scott Bamboo is an author who writes on online business related topics. To find how to success in affiliate marketing, online home business resources and to learn how to set up your Automated Cash Formula, visit http://www.onlinebusinessrevenue.info

» Affordable SEO Marketing Services
By John Parker | Published 07/7/2008 | Internet and Businesses Online | Unrated
 A1 Internet Design is a qualified SEO company which believes in principled marketing and can make sure that you meet your Internet marketing/ SEO objectives in the shortest possible time. A1 Internet Design is one of the foremost US based SEO Company offers featured Search Engine Optimization and Internet Marketing Services.
» Smart ways to Make Money Online Using the Power of Internet
By Yogesh Mahajan | Published 06/23/2008 | Internet and Businesses Online | Unrated

If we visit any site then we hardly get, where there is no sponsored links or banners. Even people do not know that while clicking on some text makes earning for someone. Site owner place ADS in such a smart way so nobody knows it. So using AdSense, affiliate programs we can easily earn our money by doing nothing. Now we are very use to with Internet. Marketing people do not leave a single place where they are not placing Ads.

There are some big Affiliate Network sites, where we can sign up our site as a Publisher and they will give some commission. But all are possible if you have traffic. What do you do to earn traffic? Its a hard now to earn Free traffic.

Yes we can get traffic from Forums, Blogs, Social sites, and through emails. But How? Every time you should have something new, so people come to your door. If you place repeated topics then people may Fed up with your site and may be banned you.

Make sure some steps, while placing sponsored link code on site.

1. Do not place the ads, where your core information is not placed.

2. Some times people use same style for Ads as site is used. If you use site for earning then its ok. else I suggest do not follow that.

3. Do not add much more Advertiser links on one page.

4. Make sure Advertiser links will open in new window.

5. Better Keep section like Link page/ Good Resources where you can place Banners or text links.

There are many more ways so we can not loose traffic and can make money online.

You can test more than one pages for customer behavior. Keep your landing page neat and specific to point. Make the links bold which gives you conversion. Check your conversion instead of traffic only.

Navigation for the site should me good. Analysis the user flow for the site. If your signing up any ppc program then choose more specific keywords. Find long time solution for your traffic, keep blog, forums for customers so they will get update of your services and offers. Take care of your customers, their feedback always count for online reputation. If you have Online shopping business then take care of shipping charges and ship delivery in given time.

Publish your press releases frequently to announce your news, updates. Post articles regarding your services. Use banner exchange, link exchange program, but these should have patience while doing it.

Most important care to be taken while using credit card or payment getways.

  1. Check the security of the page where you are submitting the credit card information.

  2. Try to make secure payment method.

  3. Open your account with any secure payment checkout like Paypal, Google Checkout etc..So you do not need to use credit card and remember the password and logins.

  4. Clear your cookies after using the Credit Card..

More you spend time online, more you get money....

» How to provide advanced fraud protection of your online business
By Ziggy FF | Published 06/20/2008 | Internet and Businesses Online | Unrated

To perform user authorization online business owners usually provide password protection. But such identity verification process has some disadvantages. Password protection of transactions do not guarantee from frauds. Somebody can steal and use secure users PIN and to interact with you website as your customer. From other side you are not guaranteed from users’ claims. For example “I didn’t do this transaction. It seems to be that your staff or your application is responsible for this thing.” There are a lot of other reasons to give no credence to password protected identity verification but they are clear only for sophisticated users and we will tell about them in the next article.

To be sure that all transactions are secure, to provide advanced identity verification and to guarantee fraud protection of your online business you can use PhoneConfirm.com.

It is unique service which provides high-quality and maximum secure phone number verification and phone confirmation. Such kind of fraud protection gives an opportunity to be sure that the person who is interacting on the website is your customer.

There is two different ways to integrate PhoneConfirm services. This is the first scheme: PhoneConfirm.com makes a call to user and PIN number is spoken slowly into head-set. To complete transaction or identity verification your customer has to enter this PIN code in special field. Web application must make sure that PIN which was entered by user and PIN generated by PhoneConfirm.com coincide.

The second way: during authorization or confirmation of customized transaction PhoneConfirm.com makes a call to user. Every customer has its own personal PIN and to confirm transaction he has to enter its personal PIN by pressing buttons of phone. The PIN code is sent back to the server, where it is checked for coinciding with the original PIN.

In general PhoneConfirm.com gives an opportunity to provide automated and maximum secure identity verification process that protects both online businesses and end-users. Additionally, it can be used for many types of confirmation of online interactions and transactions.

» Slash Guy
By Amy Armitage | Published 06/17/2008 | Internet and Businesses Online | Rating:
An interview with Rob Malda by Amy Armitage

When Reece from PingZine handed me this assignment and told me I was interviewing Rob Malda I pretended to be excited and nodded my head knowingly while he educated me on Rob’s background.

Honestly, I had no clue who Rob was. I guess that’s because I live in my own little Web Hosting and Reality TV world…but then I heard the magic word: SLASHDOT! (http://www.slashdot.org/)

Oh…
My…
Gawd…

Slashdot? Are you kiddin’ me? They are like the GEEKSTAPO of the internet. The holy source for all things techy! (Slashdot never publish my submissions btw…pfft)

Just like Lois Lane I was determined to get to the guts of this story to find out something nobody knows about Rob Malda. There has to be some edge, something I can bring to this story that will have people gasping at my ingenious and crafty interviewing techniques…

I know!! I’ll lure him into a relaxed and welcoming environment and then when he least expects it, I’ll hammer him with a question so volatile, the LP attorneys will question if it is even worth publishing my exploze (yes, that’s right, ex-plo-ze: exploding exposé).

[* innocent look]

Amy: So Rob, hi, how are ya? Nice weather we’re having huh? Love your shoes btw …

Rob: 85 Degrees and Humid as hell. Stupid October. Not going outside. And I’m not wearing shoes: Get a new prescription!

[*gasp]

Amy: I’ve been doing a bunch of reading about you and your achievements so I’m thinking we should track back to your teens where it all began..

[Gawd I sound like a therapist]

Were you a Star Wars fan?

Rob: Indeed. I still routinely record them when they air on TV and watch them if they air in high-def. In college my roommate and I watched the entire trilogy every weekend for an entire year.

Amy: You play Dungeons and Dragons? Ummm…why? Did you ever get into WOW or Everquest?

Rob: Yes. We have a bi-weekly D&D campaign. My current char’s name is Bonzer Xylophone, an undead ranger. It’s just an excuse to drink beer and eat cookies. Last week we had fondue. I played a fair bit of EQ and tons of WOW. I have 4 level 70s now actually, although I haven’t logged in for months. I just like games with XP. I like making the numbers go up, and the monsters go splat.

Amy: I was reading in your bio that as a child your mother’s favorite punishment was to take away your keyboard and lock it in her trunk. The story on how you got around that cracked me up (Rob added a keyboard error code check to his autoexec.bat file which launched a BBS making it possible to get the data from a friend’s house). It got me thinking about children online nowadays and the traps and filters we put in place to protect/monitor their online activities. Are we deluding ourselves thinking that by checking their history and adding some filters to Google, blocking MySpace etc we can stop them?

Rob: Absolutely delusional.

[Wow… did he just call me delusional?]

Rob: Kids are smart and every generation is more tech savvy than the last. The truth is that the higher the wall you build, the harder the kid will work to see what is on the other side. Better build a picket fence and just talk to the kid about what’s on the other side of it. Instead we just try to sue everyone who creates something that we might not want a kid to see. It’s sad.

Amy: You were a hyperactive kid. What other trouble did you get yourself into? Come on, spill it.

Rob: Once we started a fire under a bridge near the local high school. It got pretty big and I panicked and so we filled a cardboard box with water from a nearby creek and dragged it back to the burning fire. Most of the water leaked out of the cardboard (not the best vessel for water distribution mind you) and dumped it on the blazing inferno. The steam & smoke that billowed out from under the bridge stopped traffic for as far as the eye could see, right as school was letting out. It was awesome. I was probably 10.

Amy: Your first job was working as a PC tech guy and you mastered Windows and then the heavens opened and an angelic penguin whispered “Linux” in your ear. Tells us how that experience transitioned you into cyberspace.

Rob: Linux came into my life because I was a CS major who was required to do homework on SUN Sparcstations running UNIX. Linux let me work at home. Plus it made internet easy (even on a 14.4k modem) and really showed me why windows was the wrong way to work.

Amy: I happened to “drop” your name to some development guys I know and the conversation went something like this:

Dev Guy: “Sup Ames? You look very beautiful and glamorous today as usual”
Amy: “Oooooh nothing much really, just writing up some questions for ROB MALDA THE CREATOR OF SLASHDOT”
Dev Guy: “Omg omg omg omg! Like totally no way!” (Valley Girl style)

And, after they stopped squealing like chicks they asked me to ask you if you use any open source software on Slashdot and how is it setup?

Rob: Pretty much everything on Slashdot is open source. MySQL. Perl. Apache. Even our own code is all open source and available at www.slashcode.com. It’s set up like software usually is: on hard drives inside computers. We plug those into various plugs on walls, some give us electricity and others give us packets. And all is well.

Amy: Also.. What are some tips & tricks for managing a high-traffic site?

Rob: Cache. Cache. Cache. If you can make it in advance, do it. Most people don’t need any customization, so make the page once and give the next 10,000 people the same page.

Amy: Oh and ASL?

Rob: I don’t know American sign language. I barely speak English.

[Pffft ya newbie]

Amy: You created SlashDot and yes, I wish I had the same idea. Are you uber rich now? Did you sell the site to some massive conglomerate and retire at the age of 21 to your own island?

Rob: I am not uber rich, but I did get to buy my first house at like 23. Still haven’t paid of the mortgage though. And while we did sell to corporate overlords, I’m 31 and still nowhere near retirement or an island.

Amy: Any regrets on selling?

Rob: Like anything, it’s a mixed bag. I like having health insurance and a 401k. But running a media company inside a publicly traded corporation is a unique set of challenges.

Amy: SlashTips – I mentioned earlier nothing I have ever written was published on SlashDot (I guess they don’t appreciate my unique style and humor). What do you look for when approving Slash-missions?

Rob: Maybe you’re just trying to hard.

[Yup that must be it]

Amy: Rob is married to a gorgeous gal named Kathleen and they got married Vegas style. Tell us how you met!

Rob: An old girlfriend and I set her up with a friend of mine, and somehow neither relationship lasted. Worked out well for everyone.

Amy: SlashCats – How many cats do you and Kathleen have Rob? Are you a cat-a-holic?

Rob: In order of age they are Pixel, Dante, Matrix, and Sushi. We could probably stand to have a few die off- but I had 2 and she had 2 and then it was all Brady Bunch and we were stuck with a herd. But they are ours and we love them even when they puke strange colored fuzzy objects on the carpet.

Amy: On weekends I love to go to yard sales and buy random junk in the hope that I will make millions with that one treasure… What do you do in your downtime that doesn’t involve plugging something into a power socket?

Rob: Go to movies. Learn to cook. Go to interesting restaurants. Travel. Play Video Games. Watch the season premiere of Heroes.

Amy: For the web hosting freaks, tell us about the server set up when you first started SlashDot and the situation now?

Rob: DEC Alpha Multia/166 running Red Hat plugged into a T1. Now we have a dozen dual cpu webheads, 4 Quad cpu databases, and a few other random helper boxes, and are plugged into an OC3.

Amy: What is the next challenge or project for you, Rob?

Rob: You mean after surviving this interview? Finding shoes… Stop looking at my toes.

[Sheesh… now I’ll be known as the girl with the foot fetish ;)]

Thanks for chatting with me Rob! I had a slashtastic time!



About The Author

Amy Armitage is the head of Business Development for Lunarpages. Lunarpages provides quality web hosting from their US-based hosting facility. They offer a wide-range of services from dedicated servers and managed solutions to shared and reseller hosting plans.



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