World Internet Summit Dates Announced

Nicola says:

The World Internet Summit dates for 2006 have been announced and I got a very exciting email from Brett McFall today….

If you want some fresh wealth-building ideas for 2006, go to this webpage right now. I’ve arranged something special for you as one of my contacts.  This is an incredibly generous offer from Brett, Tom and Ted, just emailed to me this morning from Brett, down under!

http://www.worldinternetsummit.com/winnicola.html 

Bottom line is, you can win one of 5 double passes to World Internet Summit UK 2006 with my compliments. Valued at £1998!

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Behind The Scenes At The Money Gym

Well the results of our latest Mo*ney Gym survey are in and they
made interesting reading.

A bit of background for you, as you might find it interesting if
you are a business person or self employed solo-preneur.

** Coaches & Solo Service Professionals:  pay particular
attention as it’s a great marketing / business model for you! **

In the "olden days" when it was just me coaching in the Mo*ney
Gym, I used to have the whole marketing system totally automated
and this is how it looked: 

THE MO*NEY GYM AUTOMATED MARKETING PROCESS

1,  People would come to the website, having heard about me
from one of my speaking engagements, or an article in a magazine,
or an article online.

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Do you really want to work until you are 92?

Tim says:

I have read the latest news about providing for our retirement with some interest. We are all living longer and this continues to add to the financial demands of the country. The current statistics, from the DWP, suggest that as many as 12 million people are saving too little towards old age. It seems to point to a worrying trend – working longer and getting less at the end (in real terms).

It doesn’t have to be that way, does it?

So what practical and straightforward steps could we be taking to improve our financial position?

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Avoiding Email Overwhelm

<p>Depending on how you use it, email can either be a great communication tool that saves you time and keeps you from being interrupted; or the world’s greatest timewaster. The fact you’re reading this means you already understand the power of e-mail to communicate ideas, educate, and build skills that will benefit your business. </p>

<p>But if you find yourself constantly stopping what you’re doing to read the e-mail that just came through, or writing to friends when you know you’re meant to be working, you could do with trying out our three top e-mail time management tips for today.</p>

<p>1. SCHEDULE TIME FOR E-MAIL</p>

<p>Many people work with their e-mail program running in the background the entire time they’re on their PC, which means they get immediate notification when an e-mail comes it. Unfortunately, no matter how good your intentions and how strong your willpower, once you get that notification, it’s hard to ignore. You want to check and see what the message that came through was – after all, it might be important!</p>

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Amazon – Where It All Began

Amazon.com

During your time surfing the internet, you are more than likely to have purchased a product from Amazon.

If so, you would have been custom to quick, efficient and thorough customer support backed by some of the lowest prices on the internet. Amazon began life as an online book store, though it soon diversified it’s product range to include CD’s, DVD’s, software, electronics and even furniture.

Through Amazon Associates, you can now refer your visitors to these great products and services, earning up to 8.5% commission on every sale you generate.

As a member of Amazon’s associate program, you can refer to any product from their entire catalogue. An user friendly interface called associates central gives you quick access to your earnings and reports, performance tips, amazon associates discussion boards, and the product catalogue.

When you select a product from the catalogue, associates central will generate the html for you to place in your website in the form of a simple I-Frame. These act as a "window" onto a specific product at amazon’s website, meaning the product information, picture or prices never need to be stored on your server.

This has two distinct advantages.

• The prices of the products you sell are current and up to date.
• Displaying Amazon’s product on your site does not require you to upload any images or content onto your server.

Getting started with Amazon associates couldn’t be easier. Choose Join Now at the amazon associates home page, and spend five minutes filling out a registration form. In addition your general details, you are asked to choose your preferred payment method. There are three to choose from.

• Direct bank deposit requires that you earn $10 before you are paid initially, and carries no handling or processing fee.
• Standard check requires that you earn $100 before you are paid initially, and carries an $8 handling fee.
• Amazon vouchers requires that you earn $10 before you are paid initially, however this option locks your money with amazon.

The choice here isn’t a difficult one, the direct bank deposit being the most economic and efficient solution. Amazon also offer two commission plans, which is also another no-brainer decision.

• Classic – Fixed flat rate of 4% commission on every sale
• Performance – Commission percentage of 4% that increments to 8.5% commission, according to number of sales generated.

When you apply for an amazon associates account, you will be required to submit the URL of your website. Amazon then inspects your site to ascertain whether it meets their standards, and soon after sends you an email confirming your acceptance.

Amazon requires that your site does not violate intellectual property rights, or promote sexually explicit materials, violence, illegal activities, or discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, or age.

Good luck with your own Amazon Associates business!

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"The Amazon Associates program was the first online affiliate program of its kind when it launched in 1996. Today, it is among the largest and most successful online affiliate programs, with over 1,000,000 members world-wide. If you are a Web site owner, Amazon seller, or Web developer, you can start earning money today and earn up to 8.5% in referral fees."

Amazon associates, how does it work?

Join amazon associates

Be accepted into Amazon Associates

Work At Home – You CAN Make A Million

Janet Meiners says:

I know a 27 year old millionaire who works from home. He dabbled in affiliate marketing as a way to supplement his income. Six months later he made more as an affiliate than he did at his day job. So he quit his day job. Just two years he made over a million dollars.

Jeremy Palmer is now recognized as one of the top 5-10% of affiliate marketers, or a super affiliate. He did it through one of the most ideal online businesses: affiliate marketing.

Don’t let anyone fool you, easy money is an inheritance or winning the lottery. Everyone else must work for it. The good news is compared to other online business opportunities, affiliate marketing is one of the easiest ways to make money online.

Affiliates get paid to pre-sell other people’s products. It’s free to sign up with a company. After signing up you get unique URLs so the company can track the sales you send them.

Let’s say you recommend a book from Amazon.com on your web site. You make money if someone follows that link and buys. Your income is a percentage or a flat fee for every sale you bring to a company.

Affiliates can make a lot of money online. It’s not hard. You need basic computer and internet skills. However, it takes time and a willingness to learn.

After you get your work from home online business going you can be lazy and still make money. But when you’re starting out there is work be done. The good news is a lot of it is fun, because you should choose to promote products or services that you’re already interested in.

Companies need people like you to represent their products online so they can increase their sales and reach new niches.

Here are some of the benefits of affiliate marketing:

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Choosing The Right Products To Promote

<p>Part of being a successful affiliate marketer is making wise decisions about the products and services you will promote. The product is not the sole factor in one’s success, but it is a key consideration.</p>

<p>With online business booming like never before, the selection of products available for promotion continues to grow. There are new products launched every day and it can be hard to decide where one wants to devote their attention. Consider these factors when selecting a product.</p>

<p>Does it fit your list?</p>

<p>Your list is your income. You have carefully cultivated a good mailing list of people who may be great prospects. Consider your best list(s) and what they would be most likely to embrace. If you can find a product that matches your list well, you will undoubtedly sell a great deal more than if you attempt to offer them something that may not be appealing.</p>

<p>How’s the commission?</p>

<p>Your commission is going to determine your income, in many respects. It must be considered along with other factors before making a decision. Look both in terms of the net dollar value of each sale and at the percentage of the sales price offered. You need to keep both in mind, because a higher margin item with a lower price may be a better performer than a lower margin item that would net a fortune per sale. That’s because you will need to consider how many items you think you’d be able to sell at the disparate price points.</p>

<p>How’s the product?</p>

<p>The quickest way to sour your hard-earned list and to render it useless is by selling them an inferior product. You work hard to develop trust and credibility. Don’t ruin that long-term money making power by pitching a low-quality product to them. Not only does that raise ethical questions, it can also crush a list’s future financial viability.</p>

<p>What’s the competition like?</p>

<p>It’s fine to take on the crowd, but one will usually do better in a less crowded playing field. If a product is so popular with other affiliates that it risks overexposure, find something else. Why compete with thousands of other marketers if you can find a product you can sell in sufficient volume without having to worry about what everyone else is doing?</p>

<p>By looking at factors like these, you can make solid decisions regarding which products you should promote. Once you understand how it matches up with your list, the nature of the commission paid, the quality of the product and the nature of the competition, you are well-positioned to choose the perfect item to promote.</p>

<p>Choosing the right product can require some research and a great deal of consideration, but the end result is well worth it. If you are dealing with the right kinds of products for you, you are one step ahead of many affiliate marketers.</p>

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<p><strong>David Cooper is the editor of the Affiliate Marketing Articles Newsletter. David specializes in helping affiliate marketers choose the right affiliate products and services to promote. Subscribe to his FREE newsletter at: </strong><a href=”http://www.affiliatemarketingarticles.com/” target=”_new”><strong>http://www.affiliatemarketingarticles.com</strong></a></p><p>Article Source: <a href=”http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Dave_Cooper”>http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Dave_Cooper</a></p>

Why Would You Want To Work At Home?

<p>Having a work at home job is easier to do today than ever before, especially with the options the Internet offers us. There are many different reasons that people decide they want to make money with work at home jobs:</p>

<p>* New moms are reticent to leave their newborns with baby sitters or strangers in order to go back to work – who can blame them?</p>

<p>* People want to &quot;retire in style&quot;, making use of their newfound spare time in retirement by having passive income streams</p>

<p>* Over-stressed people sometimes just need a break from the rat-race, yet an ongoing income remains a must to maintain</p>

<p>* Disabled folks are unable to make the commute, but are capable of contributing a lot of value using their computer</p>

<p>* Displaced workers and the unemployed are in need of finding a way to make ends meet</p>

<p>* With today’s high gas prices and child care, driving across town chews up most of the after-tax income we’re able to make, making a regular job even less attractive than usual</p>

<p>* Still others simply want to make more money, save for the future, pay off cars and homes, ditch the boss and take back control of their life, work whenever they feel like it and enjoy the freedom of working from their own home office.</p>

<p>Whatever the impetus for being interested in work at home jobs, more people than ever are seeking ways to achieve this modern-day nirvana. More and more, people are turning to </p>

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Step 1: Getting Started

<p>So these are the <strong>first Ten Steps</strong> in how to get started with <strong>Easy Online Business Success</strong>:</p>

<p>1.&nbsp; Check out hot niches on <a href=”http://inventory.overture.com/”>http://inventory.overture.com</a> – I have chosen &quot;Work At Home&quot; as my niche as it’s a topic I’m interested in anyway and I can recommend lots of ways for people to make money working from home.&nbsp; There are 348,000 searches each month on the phrase &quot;work at home&quot;.</p>

<p>2.&nbsp; Copy and paste the main key words into a notepad document or spreadsheet</p>

<p>3.&nbsp; Dive deeper into some of the more relevent key phrases and collect more key words/phrases – you are allowed up to 2000 in a Google Adwords account so don’t be shy!</p>

<p>4.&nbsp; Register a domain name (dot com and dot co uk as a minimum) at <a href=”http://www.funkydomainnames.com/”>www.FunkyDomainNames.com</a> – really inexpensive and with 24 hour telephone support – with one or ideally two of the key words in the domain</p>

<p>5.&nbsp; Set up an email account with <a href=”http://www.funkydomainnames.com/”>www.FunkyDomainNames.com</a> and set up your Outlook or Outlook Express to receive the emails</p>

<p>6.&nbsp; <a href=”http://www.asknicolacairncross.com/recommends/blogging”>Set up a blog</a> (choose the middle package at $89 per year as it has lots of features you will need) </p>

<p>7.&nbsp; Configure your new blog according to our little videos</p>

<p>8.&nbsp; Set up your Google Adsense account and confirm your email account when prompted</p>

<p>9.&nbsp; Set up an ezine typelist (link style) on your blog (see videos) and configure it for HTML by clicking the &quot;advanced&quot; configuration and then the &quot;display notes as text&quot;.&nbsp; Drop your ezine HTML code in there to create a mailing list signup box.&nbsp; Make sure your new typelist is included in the content selection section.</p>

<p>10. Repeat step 9 and, when your account is approved, get some Google Adsense code and drop it in your Google Adsense typelist&nbsp; to show ads on your blog and start making money to offset against your traffic costs.&nbsp; </p>

How To Set Your Charges

<p>I recently found this comment on one of our posts from a newly self-employed freelancer…..</p>

<p>&quot;Recently i’ve been doing a lot of sales training for a lot of diff companies but Have NO clue on how to charge them. previously, it was my company taking care of all the paper work but the way things worked out…. i am really lost. seems like i’ve been diong a lot without proper pay.&nbsp; Any feedback would be GRATEfully received&quot;</p>

<p>Well, where do I start?</p>

<p>First of all, I have to tell you from long years of experience, the customer never buys or doesn’t buy because of the price.&nbsp; So forget pricing yourself at the bottom end of the market, or undercutting, for a start!</p>

<p>They always buy (or not) because of the perceived value.&nbsp; So your marketing must set a perception of the value, from Day One.&nbsp; We started selling Wealth Creation weekends at £375 (including all food, accommodation and top luxury country house hotels) and it was harder to sell those, than the later weekends, for which we charged £3450, with the client paying their own food and accommodation, in quite a normal hotel near Heathrow.</p>

<p>You do need to get a handle on how much the &quot;going rate&quot; is – not that you are going to set YOUR rates at the &quot;going rate&quot; – oh no! not at all!</p>

<p>Then you are going to look at what you offer, and satisfy yourself that it’s as good if not better than than what the herd are offering.</p>

<p>Next, you need to think about …..</p>

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