What's great and what is crap. A look into internet marketing, software, products, services and solutions
 
If by Rudyard Kipling

If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too:
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise;

If you can dream---and not make dreams your master;
If you can think---and not make thoughts your aim,
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same:.
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build'em up with worn-out tools;

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings,
And never breathe a word about your loss:
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on!"

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings---nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much:
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And---which is more---you'll be a Man, my son!
 
 
When many people think of starting their own business, they go out and look at all the different options. Eventually, they will come to the online world. Then it's like a vacuum. They get sucked in and can even drown in the information.

I recently had the very good fortune of being introduced to Paul Evans, who is known as the Short Giant of Online Business and champion of all things "online membership" ... Paul is a former Youth Minister, a current Worship Leader, and Executive Director of 100x Missions. He's also an Internet Marketer, and from what I’ve seen, has the best membership resource that there is. He teaches entrepreneurs how to create a simple - but highly effective - membership site in their business. This allows them to work ON their business, not just IN their business.

Listening to him, the light bulbs began to go off in my head. I was brought back to the lessons that I had learned but put aside because I was too busy worrying about all the tasks I needed to do to run a business online successfully. For some reason, many entrepreneurs (myself included) believe that when they start their business, they have to learn everything there is to learn about running and marketing their business first.

From writing articles, buying Pay Per Click marketing, creating videos, setting up a wordpress blog, or forum marketing, we believe we have to know it all and do it all. According to Paul, most marketers can set up a simple membership site - like he has done - to allow them to release a lot of time, 'get a life', and create a real business with Simple Six Figures.

The solution that Paul has for all this? Simple. Simply set up a Simple Six Figures membership site to free your days while you do what you want. Most are not even aware that there are membership sites you can build and spend as little as 30 minutes a week on, and still have a business.  

Now, when I first heard about this, I thought, ‘hmmm…this has got to be very expensive...how can you do this and still not spend hours upon hours on these sites?’ Good question. This question - and more - is answered by Paul so freely at his website and on his brand new video on that site where he reveals a case study.

If you’re looking for a way to spend less time on your business while still being able to count on it, you have got to check out this site that Paul has set up. It will allow you to actually accomplish that.

Paul Evans is known for his integrity and he hasn't disappointed with this product. He pulls out all the stops and lays out a real, doable, and simple system. The same system he used himself to accomplish six figures from just one site that he reveals in his case study.

To see this case study, go to Simple Six Figures and watch it.

 
 
I'm usually kind of sceptic, but If I can give you a gift for Christmas this year it should be The 7 Figure Secrets by Mike Filsame. Go and GRAB it right away and get it to you for free (only pay 18$) for shipping. I have learned more watching his videos than from any other thing I have done during 2009. But HURRY up. There are only 1900 copies left.

You do not have to thank me, but I do believe you'll be thankfull!

Merry Christmas!

Best regards
arthur taubo
 
 
I got a comment on my post: The Best Investment I Have Done For My Company In 2009. I do really get happy when people make a comment, and I do ofcourse get interested when they throw in a link to their own site. Yes, it was an online marketing site, but I did find some cool stuff on the site that is worth mentioning. Take a look for your self: www.away2bdone.com. You might end up on a list, but that is not to bad when you're able to grab some great tools, tips or content.
 
 
I believe alot of people and businesses are earning a great deal of money as a result of using the Google Adwords program, but the winner is Google.  In the end of the day "the search engines are all we got" to get our word out. In this post I'll lead you thru some basics, using the Google Adwords program. You might ofcourse know all this allready. If you have some thoughts or suggestions, please feel free to add a coment!

                          
The Google Adwords program is a very popular new program. Mainly people who have products to sell on the Internet use it.  If you want to sell products, it might be a good idea to check into the Google Adwords program to give you web site more exposure. Besides, it is not hard to learn and it can mean big profits for your business too.

The Google Adwords program is a PPC, a pay per click program. It combines the use of an ad with text as advertisement for a product. You can write your own ad or have Google write it for you. Many people prefer to write their own ad. The ads consist of top keywords that are important to a website. More than likely you have seen the ads and not even realized what they were. They are usually vertical ads on the right hand of a computer screen you will see after you have done a search for something on the Internet, although occasionally the ads are horizontal.

It does cost to place an ad with Google Adwords. This cost depends on what you are willing to pay for a CPC, a cost per click. If you have done a good keyword search before you write your ad then it is possible to use those keywords that will help your site and the ad will cost you less. Overall, it will cost you less because you have targeted your keywords to create an ad that draws in customers that will buy your products. Remember the less you are willing to pay for good keywords, the lower your ads will appear on the computer screen.

You need to consider that you will be in competition with other websites that use PPC and there might be times that you will have to adjust what you pay for your ad. Finding relative keywords does take some work on your part.  So, others that have found the relative keywords first, in order to bump out competition, are willing to pay a higher click through premium. Be sure you know what you are willing to pay for this ad text service from Google Adwords before you get started.

Once you are at the level set by Google to stay in the rankings of valid PPC sites, you will need to maintain your listing. You cannot just create them, then forget about them and move on. You’re ranking will fall because of tight competition for keywords and therefore ad placement. The ranking in a Google Adwords program is based on how many times a person clicks on your ad. The CTR, click through rate, is the life or death of your ad on Google Adwords. What else can you do to remain in the top rankings besides having good relevant keywords? The use of solid attention grabbing copy is another key to keeping your site prominent in a Google Adwords ranking.

The Internet has changed dramatically in the last two years. For example, the domain names that were consider once high ranking and were very easy to get are rare to find today. So an acceptance of longer domain name extensions was created because of competition between websites. Banner ads became very popular and for a while, people were able to make money with them on the Internet. Banner ads are still used but more so as a linking tool to several different sites of an owner. This is done in the hopes to make more money covering many unique sites. There were a billion sites but trying to find customers is getting much harder to do.

That is why the Goggle Adwords program was developed. Mass keyword targeting was the first step in trying to find a way to find an audience, but that proved too inefficient.  There were just too many words on the Internet! Now, Google has created a marketing concept of site targeting for consumer searchers. This makes it a real benefit for you as a searcher or an advertiser. Information is much easier to find and because of targeted keyword use, it is what you need to find. As an advertiser you can target specific sties that you want to advertise on.

Google Keywords does have its detractors. So if you are not sure if you want to use it, take it for a test run first. Go online and find out first everything you can about it. Use the extensive learning center at Google Adwords. Talk with others that use it to see what they thought about it. Read about some of the problems that others have faced and overcome with Google Adwords.   It might be the key to your success online.
 
 
Yes, it's true, no BS. The service was a bit more expensive than aweber, but for one of my companies, Infusionsoft is the best solution for growing our business. You should give them a try because following up your customers is the best thing you could do. Start now, and get a head start for 2010.