Seems as if every time I turn on the TV or open a newspaper it's all bad news. More people out of work, more people losing their homes, this company going bankrupt, that one going bankrupt. It's all so negative I'm getting to the point where I don't even want to watch the news. Can we just say something positive for once? I really think that all of this negativity just breeds more of the same. Anyone with me on this?

Well, I've got something good for you. If you're looking for a job this site, Razume will help you with your resume. You can build your own resume using their "ResumeBuilder" or if you already have one you can upload it and receive high-quality feedback on it. So how much is all of this expertise going to cost you? Absolutely nothing. Isn't that music to your ears? Yes Virginia, there really is a Santa Claus and sometimes you can get something for nothing. So if you need resume help strap on your hiking boots and get over to http://razume.com/

Another cool site, since we're talking about finding a job is http://www.indeed.com/ - Just type in the kind of work you're looking for and it goes out and searches thousands of job boards, newspaper classifieds, and company websites. Can you say "EASY".

I hope you find these two sites helpful and next time you see someone who's down take a minute to do something nice for them or say something positive. One person really can make a difference.

NOTE: The following is a guest post from one of my favorite internet marketing mentors. Why I Love Affiliate Marketing - Part 1 By Jimmy D. Brown of "Affiliatenaire"

Do you find yourself "starting" to create your own product to sell online, but never "finishing" it? One of the things I love about affiliate marketing is --

** You don't need to create your own products **

Many people find the idea of creating their own products tobe an overwhelming and even paralyzing task.

* I don't have any good ideas!* I'm not a writer!* There's too much competition!* I don't know how to set everything up!* I can't figure out where to start!* It's too hard!

These are just a few of the valid reasons many people givewhen it comes to not creating their own products to sell. I'm sure with a few minutes of brainstorming, we could come up with a list of many more.

With affiliate marketing, you don't need your own products.You simply promote someone else's already proven successful offer for a commission.

And, truth be told, even if you ARE a writer and you DO havelots of ideas and you CAN figure it all out...

** Nobody wants to create new products all the time **

As good as you may be, you don't know everything! Why try to create a product on every topic imaginable in your market when you can earn just as much money by simply promoting someone else's really good offer as one of yourprofit streams?

That's why I love affiliate marketing. You don't need to create your own products.
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Jimmy D. Brown is the author of "Affiliatenaire", teaching you how to create big-time affiliate commission checks in only 1-3 hours each week. Discover how you can get cash in the bank without a website, experience or even an idea! Visit http://tinyurl.com/bb72jw
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"The Fast-Track to Using Google Adwords"

Remember back when Al Gore allegedly said he "invented the Internet?" Well, he didn't, it was Google. Alright, I'm kidding, but sometimes it does appear that way. Google has consistently launched one killer application after another, and they weren't playing around when they entered into the pay-per-click arena with their "Adwords" program. Adwords is one of the largest online advertising networks, reaching more than 80% of all Internet users.

So how does it work? You choose keywords/phrases that are related to your products/services, write the text ads that will be shown when someone performs a search for your keywords, set a daily budget and the cost you want to pay every time someone clicks on your ad (C.P.C), and you're ready to run. There is no activation fee and no minimum monthly spend amount.

Ads are called "sponsored links", and appear along with search results on Google, as well as other affiliated search engines and "content sites" in the Google Network. This type of keyword based advertising will help you to reach a highly targeted audience quickly and easily. Not only can you run text ads, but also image/animated ads - even video. If you're a beginner at pay-per-click marketing, I would suggest you start out with text ads. You'll need to "learn to walk" before you run.

So what does a text ad look like? It consists of a 25 character headline, a description that is 2 lines of no more than 35 characters, and what's called a "display url". This url can reflect any domain you like because when it is clicked upon, the browser will take them to your "destination url". This is set up behind the scenes and does not appear in the ad itself.

A 3 line text ad might sound like a lot of room, but it's not. You've got a small area to make a huge impact on the searcher and make them want to click. Don't underestimate the power of a well written ad. If you don't know a lot about how to write "good copy", I suggest you study up. You'll want to include what's referred to as a "call to action" somewhere in the description. You'll also want to include your keywords if possible in your title and ad copy so they will appear in a bold font when your ad is displayed. For help see: http://www.google.com/adwords/learningcenter/text/18779.html

You also need to send them to the page that's most relevant to your ad copy. This page is called a "landing page", and you'll want to make sure it converts. A conversion happens when the visitor performs the action you intended. For example, signs up for your newsletter, buys your product, etc. With Adwords conversion tracking you'll be given a snippet of code to paste on your web page wherever any conversion takes place. For example, your thank you page. This allows you to track how well your pages are converting. You can also use Google Analytics. For more see: http://www.google.com/analytics/

Now that landing page load time is being factored into "quality score", you'll also want to pay attention to your page's load time. Quicker is better. For more information on this topic see....http://tinyurl.com/4bsyaq

Now, let's talk about keywords. The biggest mistake most people make is choosing single keywords. You're much better off with two and three word combinations. For example if you sell dog food, instead of targeting a generic term like "dogs", you'd be better off selecting "dog food". Remember, these keywords will be responsible for triggering your ads to appear, so do your homework and choose wisely. Targeting the wrong keywords can be a very expensive lesson. For help in choosing keywords use Google's tool located at- https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal

When setting up your keywords, you'll also need to choose what's called a "match type". Here are your options:

1) Broad Match: The default setting. Searchers can
enter your keywords in any order and your ads
appear. Not the best option for targeted traffic.
2) Phrase Match: Your keywords must appear in
the exact order for your ads to appear. This is
more targeted than Broad Match.

3) Exact Match: This is the most targeted option.
The searcher must type in your key-phrase
exactly for your ads to appear.

4) Negative Match: You choose words you don't
want your ads to appear for when searched upon. For
example, typing in the word “-free” would stop your ads
from appearing if someone typed that word before
your key-phrase.

So who decides which ads will appear at the top? This is called "ad rank". Ads with the highest ad rank will appear at the top. Here's the formula, at least at this time as it's always open to change. Ad Rank=C.P.C. (cost per click) X Quality Score To understand this formula you'll need to know what factors go into "quality score".

Quality Score is determined by :

1) How relevant the keywords and ad copy are to the search query.

2) "The historical Click-through rate of the ad, and of the matched keyword on Google".

3) It also includes your account history, which looks at the click through rate of your keywords and ads.

4) Landing page load time.

And, according to Google "other relevant factors". One tip to increase your ad rank is to increase your cost per click, and improve your ad copy and keywords in order to increase your quality score. Ad ranking is determined slightly differently for the search network compared to the content network.

For the content network it looks like this:

Ad Rank= Content Bid X Quality Score

What is the difference between the Content Network and Search Network? Good question. I thought you'd never ask. This is another option you'll have to decide upon when setting up your account. If you choose "search sites", your ads are displayed on search results pages only. Google's search network consists of: AOL, Netscape, Earthlink, Compuserve, AT&T, Worldnet, Ask.com, Shopping.com, Froogle and of course Google itself.

If you choose for your ads to appear in the "content network", this includes community websites, online publications and other information based sites that choose to display Adwords ads. Partners in the content network include sites such as: Google's Gmail, About, Lycos, NY Times.com, Infospace, Reed Business, HowStuffWorks, Business.com, Food Network, HGTV, MarthaStewart.com and many other content based websites. Ads are targeted to the content of the individual pages.

You'll also have some control over where your ads appear and don't appear with what's called "placement targeting". You can actually pick and choose from websites you'd like your ads to appear on, or not to appear on. For more on placement targeting see http://tinyurl.com/5zwfy9

You can opt in to both search and content networks, or just one.

At this point you're probably thinking this is a lot to learn. And you're right - it is, but there are plenty of online resources to help you such as:

Adwords Help Center
http://www.adwords.google.com/support/

Adwords blog
http://adwords.blogspot.com/

Google is a powerful Internet giant and makes for a mighty advertising partner. Make sure you harness some of that muscle, and you too can become an Internet force to be reckoned with.

Google Adsense Launches New Ad Format "Expandable Ads"

Google Adsense is a great way to make a little side income with your website. Google announced today a new ad format called "Expandable Ads". These are rich media ads that when clicked by the user, expands the ad beyond the original size of the ad unit. Expandable ads are run on Google's content network. To find out more go to:

https://www.google.com/adsense/support/bin/topic.py?topic=19440&sourceid=aso&subid=ww-en-et-asblog_2009-03-04&medium=link

My New NetBook

I just finished watching "The Girls Next Door" and I gotta tell ya I'm a bit choked up. Yea, yea, go ahead and have your fun, but I really loved that show. Those damn twins had to come in and ruin everything. The kicker is Holly is the one who discovered them and brought them home in the first place. Then they turn around and take over the mansion. See what happens when you're nice.

Anyway, I wanted to fill you in on this cool little netbook I recently purchased. They call em e-machines or netbooks as they're way smaller then your traditional notebook and their sole purpose really is to surf the web and email. From the first time I say one in Cosco I had to have one. Now I have my trusty IBM workhorse so I really didn't need one, but I love gadgets and for a little over 300.00 how could I resist.

The one I bought is by ASUS and you can get a look at it here:
http://www.buy.com/prod/asus-eee-pc-904ha-8-9-netbook-intel-atom-n270-1-6ghz-1gb-160gb-hd/q/loc/101/209708382.html

The look of it is very sleek. It's shiny ebony case is very designer looking but it does have a drawback of holding onto my fingerprints. The FBI would love this thing (LOL). It has a high-resolution screen at 1024X600 but if you don't mind scrolling you can set it higher if you like. Wireless is built in so cyber cafe here I come. It also has 160 GB of storage, 1.3 Megapixel WebCamera. It has an Intel Atom N270 1.6GH processor inside with an 8.9" LCD display. There's also a nice multimedia memory slot in the front for your camera or phone card which makes it easy to upload your pictures.

I've always been an XP fan and this comes pre-loaded with Win XP home edition and Microsoft Works for your document creation. The keyboard is not that much smaller but it does take some getting use to and the touch mouse is new for me. I'd also like to see the mouse selection controls to be a little easier on the fingers. Besides that this thing is really tough. I know you're jealous, aren't ya. The size is unbelievable at about 10.47" X 7.53" and it weighs about 3Lbs. This one was a little heavier then some of the other models I looked at but it came with a 6 volt battery. Most of them come with a 3 or 4 volt so you'll want to pay attention to that when deciding on which one you want. To me the whole point of a netbook is to be wireless and what good would it be if the battery was dead all the time. This one should last about 5 hours on a full charge.

So there you have it. Merle has a new toy and now I'm off to play.

"100 Percent GiveAway Looking for JV Partners"

I just wanted to let you know.. 100 Percent Giveaway is set to launch soon! Like the name says, this giveaway offers 100% commission on all upgrades made by contributors and members that you invite.

Some of the biggest names in the business are going to be promoting this event, directing tons of members and new leads to your gift.

All you have to do is sign up, submit a gift, and promote the event to start earning 100% commissions while building your list! The event opens its doors on March 20th.

Hurry up and get in on this while you can! The sooner you start promoting the better!
http://100percentgiveaway.com/go/159/jv

Google Launches New YouTube Channel for Webmasters

YouTube - GoogleWebmasterHelp's Channel: Just launched Google's new YouTube Webmaster Channel is loaded with resources for webmasters. The information presented will help you with your website crawling and indexing questions, increasing your traffic and enhancing your site. Subscribe, or for more information go to http://www.google.com/webmasters/"

Amazon Launches WareHouseDeals.com

Warehouse Deals: Used and Refurbished from Amazon- I've always been an Amazon fan. I've probably bought enough books and household items from them to put a kid through college. Ok, maybe just community college. Amazon is at it again with the release of their new website "WarehouseDeals.com". It's a one stop shop for refurbished and slightly damaged merchandise all at reduced prices. You'll find over 80,000 Amazon.com items with savings up to 60% off of list prices. And just like Amazon they also offer FREE Super Saver Shipping which is my favorite.

Stop in and take a look around. Like everything Amazon does, the site is nice on the eyes and easy to use.

First There Was TweetLater now There's Post Later

Convenient Blog Post Scheduling » PostLater.com- If you blog and if you have multiple blogs you know how time consuming it can be remembering to post to each and every one of them separately. Now with PostLater this brand new service makes it easy to post to all of your blogs from within one convenient interface. You can schedule future-dated posts not only on your blog but also to micro-blogging services such as Twitter. You can also log in and post immediately. If you've been looking for a tool to make your life as a blogger a bit easier this may be it.

Works with most blogging services such as WordPress, Blogger, LiveJournal, MovableType, Blog City, Blogware and many more.

If you're wondering what all of this will cost you it's only Monthly $19.95 or an Annual Membership - $149.00

TwitThis for Your Blog or WebSite

TwitThis- Ok, so I'm out surfing the Net today while I should be working out and I stumble across something on a web page that says "TwitThis"...Wow, I think to myself never seen this before. Being the curious little monkey that I am I quickly go to my good friend Google and search for it. And lo and behold in all of its glory there it is "TwitThis".

If you use Twitter you know how cool it is and there are hundreds of apps springing up every day to extend it's functionality but this is so very needed. I'm often on web pages and want to send it to my followers so I have to jump over to Twitter, this allows your site guest to easily click on the button and send out your link to his followers. Viral marketing in a flash. Sort of a 2009 twist on a "refer a friend" script, but much safer and cooler. Did I say cool again? Anyway, if you'd like to add this to your blog posts or website there are instructions on the site to spell it out for you. If you use Blogger like I do they point you to a site http://cranialsoup.blogspot.com/2009/01/add-twitthis-button-to-your-blogger.html that walks you step-by-step how to copy and paste the code. Even a fourth grader can do this. No charge to use TwitThis so don't be a boring tweeter get TwitThis now. Now, where are my weights.

TweetThis- Let Others Tweet Your Blog Posts or Web Pages

TwitThis- Ok, so I'm out surfing the Net today while I should be working out and I stumble across something on a web page that says "TwitThis"...Wow, I think to myself never seen this before. Being the curious little monkey that I am I quickly go to my good friend Google and search for it. And lo and behold in all of its glory there it is "TwitThis".

If you use Twitter you know how cool it is and there are hundreds of apps springing up every day to extend it's functionality but this is so very needed. I'm often on web pages and want to send it to my followers so I have to jump over to Twitter, this allows your site guest to easily click on the button and send out your link to his followers. Viral marketing in a flash. Sort of a 2009 twist on a "refer a friend" script, but much safer and cooler. Did I say cool again? Anyway, if you'd like to add this to your blog posts or website there are instructions on the site to spell it out for you.

If you use Blogger like I do they point you to a site http://cranialsoup.blogspot.com/2009/01/add-twitthis-button-to-your-blogger.html that walks you step-by-step how to copy and paste the code. Even a fourth grader can do this. No charge to use TwitThis so don't be a boring tweeter get TwitThis now. Now, where are my weights.

Odinn Turns 40 And You Get His 222+ Free Gifts!

Odinn Sorensen's "Daddys Birthday Giveaway - 40 Years" has Officially launched. And it's not the usual type of giveaway to say the least ... See for yourself: http://daddysbirthday.com/giveaway/users/signup/member/293

And we're talking 100's & 100's of quality gifts, literature and software here.

Well I have to get back to downloading now, But I just had to let you know about this one for sure. Enjoy all your new products,

P.S. Remember don't wait on this, It's only happening for a short while.

"Google Adwords: A Whole Lot More Then Text"

By Merle http://www.PayPerClickResearch.com

Google Adwords is one of the reigning champions when it comes to pay-per-click advertising with the search engines. Believe it or not, they launched their program about 8 years ago and it’s been added to and improved upon ever since.

Google is not one to lay dormant. They're constantly adding on enhancements and expanding their services to fit the needs of today's online entrepreneurs.

When Google first launched Adwords, you only had the option of running ads in text format. Well, you know that saying, "You've come a long way baby". It really applies here. Along with text ads, you can also choose from image and video ads.

Let's review your options:

1) Text Ads: The first and still the most popular
of all advertising options. Total lines allowed
are four which include your url. Nothing fancy
here, so make sure your ad copy is powerful
and includes a strong call to action.

2) Image Ads: Utilize your logo or other images for
your ad copy. Can be static or animated. Ads don't
appear on search sites, but are distributed through
out the content network. Make sure you've opted into
the content network in order for your ads to be
displayed.

Ad formats can be .jpg, gif, or .png. Animated ads
can also be in flash format. Sizes available include:
250X250 square, 468X60 banner, 728X90 leaderboard,
300 X250 inline rectangle, 36X280 large rectangle,
120X600 skyscraper or 60X600 wide skyscraper.

2) Video Ads: How about advertising with short
videos? These ads also appear in Google's Content
Network. The videos appear as a static image and
the viewer must click on the video to actually play
it. If while the video is playing, the viewer clicks
on the url at the bottom of the ad, or clicks on the
video while it's playing, they are instantly taken
to the advertisers website. This type of ad can be
purchased on a CPC, (when they click and go to your
site) or on a CPM basis, (when the video is played).

As a side note, you can also reach cell phone users with "Mobile Ads". If a cell phone user searchesGoogle, ads are displayed. Only 2 lines of text with your url being the third line. Advertisers can choose from pay per click, (when someone visits your mobile site), or "pay per call", when they click on the call button. Image ads are also available here.

So there you have it. In case you thought Google only offered text ads, now you know all of your available options. No matter if you choose text, image, video or mobile ads, Google Adwords is definitely an innovator when it comes to pay-per-click advertising. Make sure
to include this leader in your next online advertising campaign.

Happy Valentines Day!

So tomorrow is the biggest romantic day of the year. Well, that’s what they tell me. I guess it depends on who you live with and the status of your relationship. But even if your relationship is in the toilet there’s nothing like a box of gourmet chocolates to brighten your day. And if you don’t have someone who cares enough about you to buy you a box, go and treat yourself. One thing I have learned over the years is the best presents are the ones we give to ourselves. Hey, you’re worth it!

If you want to have a little picture fun and maybe create a little card or photo greeting for someone you love, check out the fun I had at Jpeg Fun.

Create Free Online Surveys for Your Website or Blog

Create free online surveys and polls- A wise man once said "opinions are like noses, everybody has one". If you'd like to find out what's on the minds of your website or blog visitors here's your chance. With PollDaddy.com you can create surveys and polls for your sites and even your social network profiles. Very nice interface, clean and non-invasive with custom templates you can choose from.

The free service will limit you to 10 questions and 100 responses per month. If you'd like more features you'll want to upgrade to their paid service. Remember, people don't care about you or your business. They want to know what's in it for them and surveys are a good way to find out what your visitor's are thinking.

Webmaster Giveaway! Download Freebies

Bill Mcrea and Davion Wong have teamed up for the first time to present the biggest Giveaway event to you - the Webmaster Giveaway!

http://www.webmastergiveaway.com/members.php?id=1409

Within this giveaway, you will find tons of high quality gifts meant to help you build your business.

If you own a website or a blog or create squeeze pages and just about any web page, then you will find many useful reports, scripts, graphics, software and even unique content to download!

Hurry, go ahead and download your gifts now.

"Move Over ClickBank, There's a New Kid in Town: Click2Sell"

Are you frustrated with Clickbank? For years now they have been the "reigning champion" when it comes to payment processing with a built in affiliate network. Clickbank makes it easy to sell your digital products and take advantage of their affiliate army, numbering over 100,000. It's simple really - you let others sell your products and they earn commission.

Recently a new competitor has hit the scene, Click2Sell.eu. They're a company based out of Europe who have put together a service that includes many of the features that others are lacking.

No matter if you're just a merchant (seller), or you're a "super affiliate" making a living online, Click2Sell incorporates some wonderful features and benefits. Let's take a closer look:

Merchants can sell digital or material products, even subscription based services. Your products can be sold in U.S. dollars, EUR or GBP. Payments are received instantly to your Paypal, Worldpay, Authorize.net, Google Checkout or Moneybookers account.

Once registered, you can be up and selling right away. There's no "waiting period" for approval of thank you or sales pages. You set your own pricing, no maximum price points, and it's easy to add new products.

Your digital products are uploaded to Click2Sell's server and protected from unauthorized access. The thank you pages shown to buyers are encrypted so they never know the actual download location. All download links expire within 72 hours of purchase, which eliminates the problemof them being shared with others.

The built in affiliate program allows you to easily pay any affiliate commission with a few clicks, using either Paypal or Moneybookers. You set the commission rate you're willing to pay, up to 95%. Affiliates can be automatically accepted or you can choose to manually approve them. This feature allows you to ban those you don't want promoting your products.

Merchants are also given a choice to show affiliates the conversion rates of your products in the marketplace, or not. And, of course they've built in powerful statistics and tracking which reports on the number of active affiliates, and their performance. Also, it tracks product conversion rates for different keywords, a product's rank and history of changes in the marketplace and much more.

Hang on to your seat because the benefits and features offered to affiliates are just as exciting. When searching for products you wish to promote, you can search through the marketplace using various criteria such as category, rank, amount earned per sale, conversion rate, popularity and more. This is a great way to find just the products that meet your needs.

The built in advanced tracking reports allow you to see how many people clicked on your affiliate link, and the number that actually purchased. See how much you've earned in "real time". Very nice. Even if they don't purchase right away, if someone clicks on your affiliate
link and goes back to purchase within six months, you'll still earn your commission.

Any monies earned in a month are paid out in full the following month. No money is held back in a reserve account.

So, how much is all of this going to cost you? Don't  faint, but it's totally free to set up an account, no matter if you're a merchant or just an affiliate. Merchants are charged 1.00 to 3.00 USD on each sale.

Do yourself a favor and check out their website for further information.

http://tinyurl.com/6erd2o

30 Apps for Facebook- Get More Done Have More Fun!

Do you use Facebook? Fast on the heels of Myspace this social network is used by millions of people to connect and network with people all over the world. Want to add some really cool tools to your Facebook page? Here's a list of over 30 Facebook applications that will help you to network and get more done with Facebook. It's an excellent article and the resources are outstanding.

http://mashable.com/2009/01/22/business-facebook-apps/

Download Internet Explorer 8

If you’ve been waiting for the next generation of Internet Explorer it’s your lucky day. You can download the latest version, 8.0 now at http://www.microsoft.com/windows/internet-explorer/beta/ 

Microsoft boosts a faster interface, more security and privacy. Fast is good, wish they would have taken that into consideration when putting together Vista <grin> It does look good so why not download now and take her for a spin.  They also have included some “how to” videos you can watch to find out what all of the new features are and exactly how to use ‘em’. They can be found here http://www.microsoft.com/windows/internet-explorer/beta/videos.aspx

If you download it let me know what you think by leaving your comments. Enjoy!

Merle’s Mission Ezine Being Moved to Yahoo Groups

If you’ve been a subscriber of mine for a long time, or you’d like to be I’m in the process of  moving everything over to Yahoo Groups. Long story, my ezines were hosted on my old server, but my “hoster”died……….it’s an ugly story. I looked around for something free or low cost and Yahoo was about the best thing I could find. So if you’d like to subscribe and hear about the latest and greatest websites here’s your chance.

Just go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/merlesmissionezine

SitePoint Launches SPNbabble

Connect and Share! A micro-blogging service similar to Twitter but with a twist. SPNBabble is for webmasters and website owners to connect and share their tips, and expertise on any topic related to webmasters. At this time still in Beta. Everything from SitePoint is cool so I'm sure this will be awesome.

I joined so make sure to follow me:
http://microblog.sitepronews.com/tw/message/264

Daily Mugshot- Your Photo Instantly Updated

Daily Mugshot A free service which allows you to take a daily photo of yourself, or as often as you like, and post have it automatically updated on your Blog or website. Sign up, shoot the shot, then add the widget code to your page. Then whenever you feel like updating the photo, take a new picture and it's instantly updated on your page. How cool is that?

Just think you can track the aging process daily, weekly or monthly and find out just how bad father time is being to your face.

BubbleTweet.com- Add a Video to Your Twitter Page

This is really pretty slick. You go to the site put in your Twitter user ID and make sure you’re camera ready, as you’ll then be taken to a page to record your few seconds of fame. Then you’re given a new Twitter link where you can send all of your friends. When they get there they can see you’re smiling stupid looking face and hear you speak. Like I said it’s free won’t cost you anything and you’re friends will think you’re slicker then shi….The only thing I wished was that you could add the code directly to your twitter page so you didn’t have to have a totally separate link, but hey, beggars can’t be choosy.

To create your own Bubble Tweet go to: http://www.bubbletweet.com/

If you’d like to poke fun at my creation check it out here:

http://www.bubbletweet.com/id/ttm8x

Be nice with the comments, I’m very sensitive. <grin>

Track Traffic to Your Twitter Posts

TwitPwr Do you use Twitter? If you do check out this new free service that allows you to create short url's (think tinyurl.com) but with a twist. This service is for sending out tweets only. They track the number of clicks that you receive from your "followers' and then gives your account a power rating. Your "power rating" is a combination of the traffic your links generate and also how many others you refer to TwitPwr's service and how much traffic they generate.


If you use Twitter this is one you'll want to add to your Twitter toolbox.

“Unleash the Power of Ebook Rebranding”- Free Ebook

This free ebook “Unleash the Power of Ebook Rebranding” by Harvey Segal if for every online marketer. No matter if you own your own product or you don’t, you’ll learn the best way to get traffic to your site, or make money using the ebook itself. Check it out at

http://www.supertips.com/reports/rp.php?b=4&id=1&booktitle=Ebook%20Rebranding%20SuperTips&bookdown=http://www.supertips.com/rebranding/index.htm&bookurl=http://www.supertips.com/rebranding/ers-book.htm&rebrand=F1super2F2supertipsF3super2fhl7fhp47fll6flp27

Harvey’s one of the “good guys” on the Net. No sign up required to download.

Free Ebook- “Social Media for Small Businesses”

Free ebook by John Jantsch "Social Media for Small Businesses". If you have an online business and don't understand  social networking you need this ebook.

Using social websites like Facebook, Myspace and even blogging is a great way to create buzz and drive traffic to your website. If you haven't been using it because you didn't know where to start, you'll get a free education here.

John is an excellent author and is considered an online marketing expert.

http://smallbusiness.officelive.com/socialmedia/ebook

Michel Fortin's Book "Drop Your Goals" Online Free

Drop Your Goals Drop Your Goals (And Manage Your Life) by Michel Fortin is a book he wrote almost a decade ago that is now posted on his blog. Which I might add is a very good read. With all of the crap online today Michel is the "real deal". You can't download it, rather you'll need to view the individual chapters online, but it's pretty good. The book will show you how to stop setting goals and to start looking at your priorities and values instead.

“Does Your Website Make the Grade?”

Think your website is up to par from a marketing perspective? Think again. With Website Grader you type in your url and this free SEO tool will measure how effective your website’s marketing IQ really is.

The site looks at things like your social popularity, website traffic, Google page rank score and much more. It also offers suggestions and hints to help you improve your grade and your marketability.

One of my sites tested on a “high school” level for readability so I’ll take that as a good thing. I was also told where my site needed to be listed to improve my marketing score.

If you have a blog one site where you want to list it is:

<a href="http://technorati.com/claim/cq3fsikk2y" rel="me">Technorati Profile</a>

For more on Website Grader and test your websites go to: http://website.grader.com/

2008- A Review of the Year in Pictures

When I saw this I had to check it out being a photo buff myself. It’s 2008 as seen through the eyes of a camera lens. There are 3 sections to look at and the pictures are just breathtaking. I don’t know if it’s possible to get the experience of a full year in a few photos,but this is a tremendously great attempt.

Go to:

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/12/the_year_2008_in_photographs_p.html

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/12/2008_in_photographs_part_2_of.html

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/12/2008_the_year_in_photographs_p.html

Me and Miss Gia

Hi Gang,

I hope everyone had a good holiday. I’ve been on vacation for the last ten days but tomorrow it’s back to the old grindstone. It went so fast but with all of the visiting and shopping I guess that’s why. I might need a vacation to recover from my vacation <LOL>

2009 is right around the corner so in case I don’t write soon I’ll talk to you next year!

Happy Holidays!

Well, tomorrow is Christmas Eve already. Can you believe it? It seemed so far away now it’s barreling upon us at full speed. I remember when I was a kid the excitement of the holidays and waking up on Christmas morning at 6am just to see what Santa had brought me. Somehow over the years that special feeling I had has escaped me. Yes, it’s still a special magical time but with my “to do” list now as an adult it tends to take the fun out of it. As a kid you just sit back and bask in the holiday lights, decorating of the tree and Mom’s Christmas cookies. But when you’re grown up everyone looks to you to do all of those things your Mom automatically took care of for you. Still, I miss that feeling and feel sad that it has left me.

We all tend to get so caught up in buying presents, wrapping them, and running off to parties and work that we hardly can slow down long enough to feel anything.

So, my Christmas wish for you is to stop what you’re doing right now, close your eyes and think back to a Christmas morning when you were a kid and feel that feeling again. If you can hold onto it, and put some of your “daily duties” behind you and try to enjoy the holidays again just like you were a kid. Maybe we can’t be kids again, but mentally we can always go back in time and lay down in the snow and make a beautiful snow angel anytime we want. Heck, run outside right now and make one, your neighbors might think you’re a bit strange but I can guarantee you’ll feel like you’re 10 all over again. Just don’t expect your Mom to have hot chocolate waiting for you when you return inside. This grown up stuff sucks!

“Merry Christmas and Happy New Year”

Christmas Music- Free MP3 Downloads at Amazon

MP3 Downloads In the mood for Christmas yet? If not, maybe you need a little holiday music to perk up your spirits. Say no more. Amazon is having a 25 days of music free MP3 download event over at their site so hop on over there and grab yourself some free tunes. Consider it an early Christmas gift. You know what they say, you might as well buy yourself something because no one else will!

AdSense for Domains

AdSense Help Center Have a bunch of domain names laying around doing nothing? Well, why not use Google Adsense to make some money with them.

This option should appear in your Adsense account by Dec 18th. From Google themselves "With AdSense for domains, users can find relevant information rather than see empty pages or "page not found" errors."

I think it's a great idea and I've got a few domains myself that can take advantage of this new program. What do you think? Any thoughts? All comments are welcome.

This Dog Saves a Life

I saw this on the news the other night and at first couldn't believe my eyes. A camera installed on this highway catches footage of one dog being hit by a car and how another dog comes and drags him to safety. Simply amazing!

What really irritates me about the video is all of the idiots that are just driving by and no one does anything to help. Hello. There's an injured animal laying in the middle of the highway and you do nothing?? Stuff like this really infuriates me. I'd like to think that the majority of people on this planet would do something.

Anyway, next time you think dogs don't think or dogs don't have feelings you need to watch this video and think again. This dog definitely knew what he was doing and sprung right into action to help his friend. As humans this video is a sad testimony to what goes in in this world every day.

Google's SEO Starter Guide- Free to Download

Google's SEO Starter Guide When it comes to optimizing your website for the search engines who knows it better then Google. Well, they've decided to compile this secret information into a PDF ebook and share it with the rest of us. How nice of them. It won't cost you a dime and after reviewing it can tell you it's loaded with helpful tips that if followed will help your rankings.

Go and download your copy before they change their mind and start charging for it. All hail Google!

ElfYourself for the Holidays

ElfYourself by OfficeMax - Powered by JibJab- I love this! Now I'm really going to get into the holiday spirit knowing I can "Elf Myself" and my boyfriend and my dogs.....the possibilities are endless. Come on, have some fun and show off your dork side by making your own little video and then send it to all your friends. They'll be so impressed with your talent.........they'll want to try it too. Forget work, take some time just for you and become an Elf today. You know you want to

SitePoint : The Twitaway Free Book Giveaway

SitePoint You've got about 12 days left to grab this free 208 page ebook. "The Art and Science of CSS" can be yours at no charge by going to this page and signing up to follow Sitepoint on Twitter. How cool is that?

Google Webpage Removal Request Tool

Webpage removal request tool- Usually the question is "How do I get my web pages listed with Google?". But sometimes there may be a page that you need removed. Well, there's a place at Google for that too. Just fill out the form and Google will take your request into consideration. Bookmark this one as you may not need it now, but someday you might.

::Why Not Me Movie - Motivational Movie

OK, so it's Tuesday and you're bored or maybe a little depressed that things aren't going your way. Before reaching for that bottle of "Jack" reach for your mouse button and watch this very touching motivational movie. If you've ever doubted your ability to do or be something this will have you thinking "why not me?".......you'll be inspired. So Click here to watch it now.

The ThanksGiving GiveAway 2008

David Canham and Bill McRea have teamed up to bring this years best Giveaway. Make sure to join “The Thanksgiving Giveaway 2008” and JV with the top names in Giveaway marketing.

Join now and get in on this huge opportunity to grow your list and generate sales!

This is an unbelievable chance to test your offers, build a list a make some real money. You can also download some great free ebooks while there.

"Google's "Display Ad Builder" Makes You Look Marvelous"

If you use Google Adwords for your pay-per-click advertising, you'll want to sit up and pay attention. Google has introduced a new tool for their users called "Display Ad Builder". It's purpose is to help you make professional graphical ads with no design experience.

If you're already an Adwords user, you can access the "AdBuilder" from within the Adwords interface. Inside you'll find over 40 professionally designed templates to choose from. You can customize the colors, fonts, images and text of each template to your exact specifications. You can also upload your own images, logos and videos to use in the creative process and add your own text. If you're all thumbs when it comes to design, this is really going to be of great assistance to you.

The ads created with Google's Ad Builder will be run on Google's content network which has over one million website partners to date. Only those who choose to run image or video ads can display these graphical ads on their site, so if you're an Adsense user and haven't opted in for image and video ads, and would like to run these ads on your site, make sure that you do.

Google's new tool is available to all advertisers in the U.S. and Canada. For more information see:

http://www.google.com/adwords/displayadbuilder/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bu1oaWkXSHM

If you've been holding back on running image based ads in your pay-per-click advertising, here's your opportunity to look like a pro, no design school needed.

Write to the President

Write to the President Elect of the USA- I don' t know about you but one of the reasons I'm glad the president election is over is that the commercials have stopped. All the mud slinging frankly gives me a headache. It's like little kids on the school playground, he did this and she did that. Too much negativity which is no good for anyone.

No matter if you wanted Obama to win or not, he's the new President of the U.S. - If you have something on your mind that you'd like to say to him stop over at this site and write him a letter. The address to send it to is included.

Amazon.com's Holiday Toy List: Videos of this year's hottest Toys & Games, Sport & Outdoors, Video Games, and More

Amazon.com's Holiday Toy List This is so cool! Shop by child's age or price range. You'll find an array of really cool videos that demonstrates what each toy can do. I'm not a kid anymore but watching these videos makes me wish I was again. They have the coolest toys for kids these days. If you're going to be doing any Christmas shopping this year for kids, put this on your hit list.

Happy Belated Halloween

It's a tradition every year that I dress the dogs up in Halloween costumes then use those pictures to create cards for my friends and family. My friends actually look forward to my cards in anticipation of what the dogs will be that year. It's fun. I enjoy it although I can't say as much for the dogs. But they'll do anything for food so I bring out the treats before the photo shoot and they're pretty easy going about the whole thing. I'm sure deep down inside they hate me for making them look so silly, but so far their not talking. (LOL) Here's a peek at what they looked like this year.

Google and the G1 Cell Phone

The first Android powered phone and it's powered by Google software. They call it the G1 and it's now available. On the downside it looks like it's only available thru T-Mobile which is not my carrier. I wonder if others will be able to offer it soon. It looks way cool and since I love Google I'd love to have one of these "bad boys" for myself. Oh, a girl can dream can't she (LOL) Similar to an I-Phone and costing a little under 200.00 with a 2 year contract.

For more see:

http://www.fastcompany.com/big-idea/android-google-s-new-phone-will-force-apple-unlock-its-iphone-within-6-months

"Test Your Landing Pages With Google's Website Optimizer"

If you're doing any kind of pay-per-click advertising, you need to know what's working and what isn't when it comes to your advertising campaigns. Testing and tracking needs to be your middle name. So what are we testing? Your landing pages of course. A landing page is the page someone is sent to when they click on your ad. If your landing page isn't "converting" you'll be throwing good money after bad.

A conversion is what happens when someone visits your landing page and performs a wanted action. When you test your landing pages and find out what's working, you can use that information to increase your conversions.

The problem with testing is that the software you need is generally very expensive. Well, how would you like a top notch testing solution that won't cost you a dime? Google offers a free service called "Website Optimizer" http://www.google.com/websiteoptimizer . It runs from within your own web browser so there's nothing to download or install.

The first step is to decide what you want to test. You can test different headlines, graphics, layouts, calls to action, long copy versus short copy - all contained on the same page, or you can create two different pages to test against each other.

If you already use Google Adwords, you can access Optimizer from within the Adwords interface. It can be found under the "myclient center".

You can choose from two types of tests:

1) A/B Testing- Also known as split testing, and the easiest type of test to run. In this type of test you set up two different versions of your landing page and traffic is then split between the two to find out which one has a higher conversion.

2) MultiVariable Test- A bit more complicated, this type of test allows you to test different elements all on the same pages. For example, you could test different headlines, graphics, blocks of copy, etc.

Your landing page, (aka test page), must include some call to action. In other words, it must ask them to do something -subscribe to your ezine, buy your product or service, or download something.

Google calls each test an "experiment". There are only four steps when it comes to setting up an experiment. You'll be given some code to copy and paste onto your test page, and your conversion pages. A conversion page is where the viewer goes after performing the wanted action on your landing (test) page.

Make sure you set everything up correctly from the get-Go. If not, and you need to make a change to something, you'll have to go back and re-paste the code on all of your pages. Once the code is in place, Google's validation tool will tell you if something was not done correctly in your setup.

You can decide to test all or only a percentage of your website traffic. Keep in mind if you go with only a certain percentage of your visitors, the test will take longer to complete. Experiments can also be stopped or paused at anytime.

After your experiment starts, you'll be shown the estimated duration and number of impressions and conversions tracked. Google's graphical reports are simple and easy to read and understand. So even if you're not a math guru, you'll understand what you're looking at when viewing the test results.

Some other helpful resources to help you are:

Google's Optimizer Blog
http://www.websiteoptimizer.blogspot.com/

Website Optimizer 101- A Quick Start Guide
http://www.tinyurl.com/yxwman

Google Analytics Blog
http://www.analytics.blogspot.com

There is no doubt that testing and tracking your landing pages will increase your conversions. If you've been sitting on the sidelines, here's your chance to become a "landing page detective" - and the best part is, it won't cost you a dime.

Stop throwing money away and know once and for all what's working with your landing pages. Google's Website Optimizer makes it simple and easy for you to start testing. So what are you waiting for? Get out that white lab coat and wipe off those beakers -it's testing time.

Gia Looking Smart

OK, OK, I think Gia is the cutest dog ever, but maybe I'm partial. Here she is wearing my glasses. I caught her in bed with one of my books. Such a smart dog!

Halloween GiveAway Event- Download Free Ebooks

Do we have Christmas yet or why are these marketers
giving away all their products for free?

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Did you know that many internet marketers give-away
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Vote for Baxter- Gia and Dakota

Pet Photo I entered my dogs in the cutest pet contest at Progressive. Please stop by and cast your vote for Baxter here http://www.progressive.com/petphotos/pet-image.aspx?id=1540

Vote for Gia here http://www.progressive.com/petphotos/pet-image.aspx?id=1543

Vote for Dakota herehttp://www.progressive.com/petphotos/pet-image.aspx?id=1544

Thanks for your help. I already know they're the cutest just need your help in proving that to everyone else

Domains for 1.99 at GoDaddy

Cheap Domains Need to register a few new domains? GoDaddy is offering up certain extensions at only 1.99 for the first year. Limited time offer so check it out today and get those domains registered now.

Free Shipping Coupons

I love to shop online, but sometimes when I fill my basket and I'm ready to check out the shipping charges have me reaching for my back button.

If you're tired of paying too much for shipping check out FreeShipping.org - Plenty of stores who won't charge you a dime for shipping. Sign up for their newsletter to be notified of ongoing specials.

Also, check out http://www.freeshippingon.com/free-shipping they also list plenty of online stores with a "no shipping charge" policy. Now get out your credit card and go shopping. At least the shipping is free.

CopyrightSpot - Free Plagiarism Detection

"CopyrightSpot allows you to discover all the spots where your licensed and unlicensed original writing lives on the web." Type in your url and see what you find.

Free PhotoShop Templates

Need some website help? Maybe a whole new re-design? Don't sweat it. This site has free templates done with Photoshop. Just browse through and download the one that's just right for you. http://www.templateyes.com/photoshop-templates.htm

Very professional looking and you won't have to pay that fancy pancy website designer after all.

The "Remember When Movie"

At the risk of sounding like my mother, things were different when I was a kid. We actually went outside and played and didn't hang out on computers and play video games all day. We actually used our imaginations and invented our own fun. We didn't need someone to come along and entertain us. If you remember those days fondly watch this movie....."memories like the corners of my mind, misty water color memories of the way we were".........sing along now.....

http://www.therememberwhenmovie.com/

SuperHero Merle

Hey there,

Ever want to be a super hero? Maybe you feel you are one in your everyday life. Now your dreams can become a reality.

Check me out as a super hero.

Visit http://www.makemesuper.com/r.php?i=4_93844-091010-f-Girl

It's fun and easy to make your own Super Hero video at http://www.makemesuper.com. You won't save the world but you can definitely share a few laughs.

"Hey, It's a Bird, It's a Plane - No, It's Twitter"

What's one of the most popular social activitieson-line lately? If you said "Twittering", give yourself a gold star for paying attention. Twitteris a communication and networking tool that's huge with many Internet Marketers, and growing quickly. It's everywhere, and everyone is talking about it.

So what is Twitter and why should you care? It's very similar to instant messaging. You set up a profile, people can choose to "follow you", and you can choose to follow others. You send short text messages to your "followers", called “tweets”. The messages are short, no longer then 140 characters and are centered around the theme, "What are youdoing now?" With such a small space you'll have to learn to be very creative.

So what's the benefit of having people "follow"you around? Well, you can use Twitter to keep in touch with your customers, use it for branding purposes, send out links to your latest blog posts, tell folks about anything that may be new with your company or website, or offer special discounts or sales on your products/services. You can even tap into your follower’s mind by asking them questions, or sending them links to on-line surveys.The possibilities are really endless. Think of itas a two-way communication channel between you and your customers (followers).

When it comes to your posts, you want to keep the tone friendly and informal. Don't annoy people by sending out too many messages too often. Make sure whatever you send is usefu lor informative. Don't send too many self-serving messages or your followers will unsubscribe as quickly as they subscribed.

When you register at Twitter and start to follow people, you can elect to receive messages via your cell phone as a text message, through your instant messaging account, or you can just log into Twitter to view all your messages.You can also receive notifications via email.You can set individual notification preferences for each person you choose to follow. If you choose to receive text messages on your cellphone, remember you'll be charged per your cell phone plan for each incoming message.

Be careful when choosing a username, as it will become part of your url, which lookslike this “http://twitter.com/username” If you're a company, you may want to use your business name to help in your branding efforts. You can also upload your company logo, or a picture of yourself and write a one line bio with your url. Again, it's a small space so be creative.

So with Twitter being all the rage these days,plenty of add on applications have sprung upto extend Twitter's usefulness. Let's review some of your options:

1) http://www.twitter.com/downloads
Numerous tools to download for other ways to send and receive Twitter updates.

2) http://www.TwitterFeed.com
Takes your blog posts and sends them toyour "followers" automatically.

3) http://www.TwitThis.com
Add to your webpage or blog to allow others to send your url to their Twitter followers.

4) http://www.VisualTwitter.com
A place to share your cell phone photos.

5) http://www.TweetGift.com
Send gifts to your friends.

6) http://www.LoudTwitter.com
Archive your "tweets" on your Blog.

7) http://www.Twitteroo.com
Send Twitter tweets from your PC.

8) http://www.TwitPic.com
Share photos on Twitter. Post with your cell phone or through the site itself.

9) http://www.TweetCube.com
Share files on Twitter, including images,videos, music and more.
Taking this all into consideration, I'm sure you can see how Twitter could be very useful when it comes to marketing your Internet business. If not, at the very least it's a lot of fun. So what are you waiting for? Get out there and start"tweeting".

Merle"The Tricks to Paying for Clicks"Learn everything you need to know about pay-per-click search engines at....http://www.PayPerClickResearch.com

Facts about the Yahoo-Google advertising agreement

: "In June 2008, Yahoo! and Google announced a non-exclusive advertising agreement that will provide Yahoo! with access to Google’s AdSense advertising programs on their U.S. and Canadian web properties. Google has created this site to cover the facts. Topics such as: What the deal means? terms of the deal, facts about the deal, what people are saying and so much more. Get the facts straight from Google.

Typechart - Browse Web Type, Grab CSS.

Typechart - Browse Web Type, Grab CSS. Need help with your CSS? This site is so slick. You don't even have to know how to code. Just select the font look and type you want on your site, choose between Windows or Mac, and copy and paste the code on your page. Beautiful, simple and easy. I think I'm in love. (LOL)

The Coolest Dancing Dog!

I was watching Oprah the other day and she had a show on all about dogs. Well, this one really caught my eye. It's a dancing dog and he's so good it brought tears to my eyes. If you love dogs take a minute to watch this dude dance. He's got some serious talent and I think he's smiling like he's really enjoying himself.

http://video.yahoo.com/watch/3584452/9904637

Vote Merle for President

2008 Election Coverage OK, OK, I'm not really running for president but maybe I should. Check out this fun little video and if you think it's cool you can create your own to send to all your friends. You do have friends right? Just checking. If not you really should buy some right away. You know what they say, one can never be too thin, too rich, or have too many friends...."Vote Merle for President"....

http://www.tsgnet.com/pres.php?id=370743&altf=Nfsmf&altl=

Free Wallpapers from MSN - Beta

Every once in awhile Microsoft throws you a bone and you just have to eat it. Such is the case with their free wallpaper offer. Download 100 beautiful pictures for your computer wallpaper at no charge. Make sure to send Bill a thank you card

100 Awesome Webmaster Videos on YouTube - Inside CRM

This site has a list of 100 awesome webmaster videos to help you get your very own website up and running. Not only are there You Tube videos on building site but also on search engine optimization, link building, advertising, blogging and more. This really is a great resource. No more hunting for helpful videos, if you're a webmaster bookmark this page now.

Sell Your Ebooks on Amazon

Amazon and Ebooks Did you know Amazon now sells digital books? Yep, in their efforts to stop killing trees they've launched a new section of their site with downloadable ebooks. If you have an ebook you'd like to sell via Amazon go to this page to get started.

My Latest Website- PayPerClickResearch.com

Hey Gang,

If you've noticed I've been rather quiet lately it's because I've been busy putting together my latest website http://www.PayPerClickResearch.com- If you use any kind of paid search engine advertising such as Google AdWords, Microsoft adCenter, and others then this website is for you. It's loaded with helpful articles, tips, and how-to's when it comes to paying for clicks.

Make sure you visit today and download my free ebook on how to advertise with pay-per-click search engines. It won't cost you a thing, but you will need to subscribe to my list to get it. You can unsubscribe at anytime.

If you have a related site and would like to exchange links with me, please contact me over at the site and I'll get back to you. Please keep it to a related topic only.

Thanks, and please check out the site and let me know what you think.

Merle
http://www.PayPerClickResearch.com

Animasher - Animate your photos

Animasher Who says your photos have to be boring? Head on over to Animasher and upload your pix and turn them into fun animations.It's drag and drop easy and you can make the silliest little movies I've ever seen. Check em out.

"Move Over ClickBank, There's a New Kid in Town: Click2Sell"

Are you frustrated with Clickbank? For years now they have been the "reigning champion" when it comes to payment processing with a built in affiliate network. Clickbank makes it easy to sell your digital products and take advantage of their affiliate army, numberingover 100,000. It's simple really - you let others sellyour products and they earn commission.

Recently a new competitor has hit the scene, Click2Sell.eu. They're a company based out of Europe who have put togethera service that includes many of the features that others are lacking.

No matter if you're just a merchant (seller), or you're a "super affiliate" making a living online, Click2Sell incorporates some wonderful features and benefits. Let's take a closer look: Merchants can sell digital or material products, even subscription based services. Your products can be soldin U.S. dollars, EUR or GBP. Payments are received instantly to your Paypal, Worldpay, Authorize.net, Google Checkout or Moneybookers account.

Once registered, you can be up and selling right away.There's no "waiting period" for approval of thank you or sales pages. You set your own pricing, no maximum price points, and it's easy to add new products.

Your digital products are uploaded to Click2Sell's server and protected from unauthorized access. The thank you pages shown to buyers are encrypted so they never know the actual download location. All download links expire within 72 hours of purchase, which eliminates the problemof them being shared with others.

The built in affiliate program allows you to easily payany affiliate commission with a few clicks, using either Paypal or Moneybookers. You set the commission rate you're willing to pay, up to 95%. Affiliates can be automatically accepted or you can choose to manually approve them. This feature allows you to ban those you don't want promoting your products.

Merchants are also given a choice to show affiliates the conversion rates of your products in the marketplace, or not. And, of course they've built in powerful statistics and tracking which reports on the number of active affiliates,and their performance. Also, it tracks product conversion rates for different keywords, a product's rank and history of changes in the marketplace and much more.

Hang on to your seat because the benefits and features offered to affiliates are just as exciting. When searching for products you wish to promote, you can search throughthe marketplace using various criteria such as category, rank, amount earned per sale, conversion rate, popularity and more. This is a great way to find just the products that meet your needs.

The built in advanced tracking reports allow you to seehow many people clicked on your affiliate link, and the number that actually purchased. See how much you'veearned in "real time". Very nice. Even if they don't purchase right away, if someone clicks on your affiliate link and goes back to purchase within six months, you'llstill earn your commission.

Any monies earned in a month are paid out in fullthe following month. No money is held back in a reserve account. So, how much is all of this going to cost you? Don't faint, but it's totally free to set up an account, nomatter if you're a merchant or just an affiliate.Merchants are charged 1.00 to 3.00 USD on each sale.

Do yourself a favor and check out their website forfurther information.
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Internet Marketing Sins: Part 2

Internet Marketing Sins: An Open Letter to All Internet Marketers: She's back........Sylvia is back with part 2 of her "Internet Marketing Sins"- If You're Sick and Tired of Bad Marketing Tactics and Stupid Marketing Tricks Being Perpetrated Online, and You Want to Know What You Can Do About It, Then Read This Scathing, Eye-Opening Manifesto.*" I warn you it's not for the faint of heart. It won't cost you a dime so scurry on over and download yours now.

Add Multiple Photos to Your Desktop Wallpaper

Desktop Takeover- The problem with using a graphic for my computer wallpaper is sooner or later I get sick of looking at the same old picture. I feel the same way about my boyfriend sometimes (LOL). Anyway, "This software lets you enhance your desktop by embedding pictures from your compuer, or online photo albums, or webcams into your desktop background wallpaper. Just drag and drop the pictures where you'd like them to appear." A very slick idea and it won't cost you a dime.

Google Announces Google Chrome

Google Chrome - Download a new browser: What??? Google now has their own browser. Say it aint so. Is there anything they can't do. I say Google for President...All Hail Google......Download your slick browser here. "Google Chrome is a browser that combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the web faster, safer, and easier." When you type in the address bar you'll get suggestions for both web and search pages with thumbnails of your fav sites from any new tab, even shortcuts to launch your favorite web apps. Next stop for Google, World Domination!!!!!

Just an "Old Fashioned" Merle Rant- Not for the Faint of Heart

"Times, They are a Changing!"

When I was a kid if I even looked at my Mother the wrong way it could earn me a bloody lip.Today, that would be called "child abuse," but back then it was called "discipline." Today my mom would be serving life in prison for her past actions. Of course, back then there was actually someone home to raise the kids. That someone was called a Mother.

Today's young generation are severely lacking in manners, respect and responsibility. In our race to have it all, greed has blinded us to society's most important asset "our children." Instead of taking the time to raise them correctly, we throw things at them to make ourselves feel better for not being there. When you're busy climbing the corporate ladder it's hard to keep track of what's going on in your own home.

All of the materialistic things have spoiled kids to the point they expect everything to be handed to them and think things such as driving, which used to be a privilege, is also automatically given to them when they come of age. Don't forget the insurance and new car they demand as well.

Remember when you were younger? If you wanted to drive, first you had to buy your own car and be able to pay for your own insurance. That meant that ugly three letter word, JOB. Your parents made it obvious from the beginning if you wanted something you had to work for it. There were no "car fairies" pulling a brand new SUV into the driveway with a red bow on it like some teenagers have today.

Our cars were not new. They were usually at least ten years old with rust holes so big you could stick your head in them. Sometimes the only thing holding up the exhaust system was a coat hanger. Try getting a 16-year-old to buy something like that in today's world. If it isn't new, they don't want it. They think money grows on trees and Mommy and Daddy should just go into debt so they don't have to be embarrassed in front of their friends.

By not allowing kids to work for what they want, they never learn responsibility. Many times these are the same people still living at home at 24 years old. They're still laying on the couch waiting for the world to hand them something; usually their life. Are parents really doing them any favors by not teaching them to stand up on their own two feet? I think not.

Whatever happened to manners? That used to be something instilled during the early growing years. I called people "Mr." and "Mrs.," as my mother said it was rude for children to call adults by their first names. I said "please" and "thank you," held doors open for the elderly and actually had table manners when I ate at the dinner table.

Somehow along the way in our scurry for the American dollar, we threw manners out the window. Are these lessons no longer worthy of our limited time? I see kids with foul mouths who don't even know what "excuse me" means, let alone ever use it. They've never written a thank you note in their life and are the same people who display no courtesy on our already over crowded roadways. We've raised a generation of ill mannered kids who unfortunately have turned into rude adults.

Without manners and respect how far can they get in this world? A basic understanding of simple etiquette is essential in life. No one likes inconsiderate people, and once exposed as such those that know them will isolate themselves from further exposure for fear of catching the very disease they have.

Society now is quick to blame someone else for everything that happens to them. That's lack of responsibility rearing its ugly head. Along with the "blame game" has come lawsuits. We've become a very litigious society. Why work for a paycheck when you can simply blame others for your misfortune and take their hard earned cash? What we have going on in society today was created by a generation of two parent working households with no one home raising the children. We've brought this on ourselves, and for what? The love of money?

There's a problem here, a big problem. Everyone needs to stop what they're doing and step down from the corporate ladder and listen. Manners, respect and responsibility need to be brought back into child rearing. If it means finding the wise elder up on the hill who still remembers these values and have them teach them to our children or breaking the glass, and releasing these ancient teachings back into the mainstream. Our future depends on it.

"Amazon Honor System Allows You to Ask for Donations"

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Amazon makes it easy to add a a donation button to your web site. Make a few edits, then copy and paste the code. Even a child can do it. And who knows, maybe that site of yours will start earning its keep after all!

Make Your Own Motivational Poster

Just how motivated are you? Make Your Own Motivational Posters using your own photos. You can even choose the colors and the text you'd like on your posters. Very cool!

Add Water Effect to Your Images

Water Effect Have you ever seen a picture online where it's being reflected in a pond of water? It's a very cool effect and looks great with any landscape pictures you might have. This site allows you to upload a picture and it adds the effect instantly. Upload it to Facebook or a number of other social bookmarking services or copy the code and add it to your webpage. Very cool!

Google Adsense For Your RSS Feeds

For those of you using Adsense on your website you may have noticed when logging into your account you now have the option to add Adsense to your RSS feeds. How cool is that? Increase the amount of people who view the ads and your income should go up accordingly.

Google says "Our salesforce will sell cost-per-impression (CPM) ads directly to the largest advertisers, while the rest of your inventory will be filled with contextually targeted cost-per-click (CPC) and CPM ads. This means that more of your feed items will be sold and with higher overall revenue, than with any other feed network."

For help see:

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PhotoFunia- Have Fun With Your Photos!

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Animated Text Generator

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Kontera- Put Contextual Ads on Your Website

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Sign up and they give you a snippet of code to place on your web pages. Some of the words on the page will then be highlighted and when someone hovers over them a text ad appears and if they click, you get paid. Not a bad deal.

USTREAM.TV: Make Your Own Free TV Show

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AdCenter Analytics for WordPress

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This plugin does one simple thing: add the Microsoft adCenter Analytics javascript tag to all your pages." Download it here.

No Payments for 90 days with PayPal Pay Later - PayPal

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