Social Bookmarking Link Generator

On the heels of RSS feeds comes the latest tool for uncovering the invisible web (web pages buried in search engine results).  Its called social bookmarking.  Along with allowing you to access your bookmarked pages from any computer, you can also make these bookmarks public.  This gives more exposure to sites and web pages (both good and bad) that aren't optimized to show up in the first few pages of search engine results.

Basically, much like setting up an RSS feed on your site, you can easily set up a social bookmarking feed.  Mike Bloch from Taming the Beast has an easy to use social bookmarking link generator that spits out the code.  All you have to do is cut and paste it into your web page and voila! ...you're done. 

Take a look at it here: Social Bookmarking Link Generator

By: Rick Contrata

devNIC Picks Clip Syndicate For Streaming Online News & Video Content

devNIC.com, a domain reseller and small business resource portal, has chosen Clip Syndicate to provide streaming online news and video content for devNIC's users.

Rick Contrata from devNIC said, "Clip Syndicate is the perfect video content provider for devNIC's visitors.  Not only do they allow us to provide continuous real-time streaming online news from sources like Bloomberg, the publisher interface at Clip Syndicate makes it a snap to edit news broadcasts for specific content.

For many people, time is a valuable resource when gathering information.  They want specific subject matter without wading through an entire news segment for the goodies.

With Clip Syndicate, now we can provide both continuous streaming online news and laser targeted, subject-specific information."

You can catch a glimpse here:

Think & Grow Rich - Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill Free Download

devNIC is now offering a Free download of Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill.  The PDF download is absolutely Free.  Here's your chance to grab one of the best books ever written on how to achieve success using a proven 13 step formula.

Think and Grow Rich was written almost 70 years ago, but it's just as useful today as it was when it was first published in 1937.  The more things change, the more things stay the same.  Get your copy now.  And the price is right... it's FREE!  

Just click on the link below to go to the download page.

Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill Free Download

Rick Contrata

Internet Business Consulting Franchise for Sale

Internet Business Consulting Franchise for Sale by owner - Still looking for an opportunity to be your own boss? This affordable Internet business consulting franchise could be a great fit for you because it really doesn't matter what industry you are currently in.  The franchisor has has proven track record of helping thousands make a seamless transition from employee to business owner.

In addition, you can run this thing right out of your house and set up shop anywhere in the U.S.  Click here to find out if you're qualified to own your own Internet Business Consulting Franchise now.

By: Rick Contrata

Review of Keyword Elite Keyword Software Tools

Has it really been this long since my last post? My time away wasn't wasted as I tackled some long overdue projects, although I didn't get to button up my upcoming SEO software.  Anyway... devNIC will get some well deserved attention in the next quarter with more tips, tools and reviews for the small business community, both online and offline.

In the meantime, keep your eyes peeled for a full review and evaluation of  Keyword Elite keyword tools.

I rarely review or evaluate anything unless I own it or have experience using.  For Keyword Elite the first part is done.  I own a copy.  The next step is to put this thing into action and see if it's the real deal or just another pet project of the Internet marketing "Rat Pack."

If you can't wait to for the review, then you can get the skinny on it right now at Keyword Elite .

Ciao for now...

Rick Contrata

Can the DMCA and "Black Hat" SEO ban you from Yahoo?

Apparently yes....

Usually when you find a "dumb as a stump" site owner that swipes your copyrighted web copy and tries to use it on their site, a strongly worded email with the threat of DMCA *Digital Millennium Copyright Act* gets the creep in line pretty quickly.  I guess it's like shouting, "Attorney General" to a sleazy business owner, only the hardcore crooks blow you off. 

Our main website, devNIC, has moved closer to becoming the small business resource portal we envisioned, but the content, subjects as diverse as expired domain names to commodity margins, mortgage affordability, refinance costs and even lead generation have become ripe for web copy pirates.

The net thieves have found a way to swipe your web copy, claim it as their own and then get Yahoo to get you booted because they said it was their copyrighted material and not yours.  Sounds crazy right? Evidently, it’s happening right now and what’s worse is the fact the Yahoo, initially, has defended its policy.

It’s a shoot first and ask questions later mentality on Yahoo’s part.  The web copy thieves are licking their chops.  Not only do they get a ranking piece of web copy on their site for squat, they also get you removed from the search engine.  It’s like an online Coup d’etat. 

All the other major search engines like Google and MSN actively protect copyrighted material, but they don’t ban you before a little informal fact finding.  The Yahoo policy seems extreme if not down right scary.

If you’re not actively policing where your web copy resides offsite, then make it part of your site maintenance.  As a matter of fact, this should become part of your search engine reputation management.

The easiest way to do this is do a search in Google and Yahoo with a string of text that’s unique to your content.  Use “” quotes around the search term. The idea here is to spot your content without the clutter of thousands of websites using the same text.  Remember to grab a cached copy of your web page too.

These people are so lazy; they rarely even change more than a few words of text from the original article or tutorial.  I recently had a guy swipe a 1200 word domain name tutorial.  The nitwit changed a total of 3 words of text.

A strongly worded email to the webmaster of the site will usually get results pretty quickly.  Don’t shy away from threatening to contact their web hosting provider if they give you a hard time or just plain ignore you.

Notice how we didn’t say to contact Yahoo…yet.  Try to deal with the site owner initially.  If you’re unable to get any resolution or response, then by all means, contact Yahoo and any other search engine that has “your” copyrighted content indexed in their search results.

By: Rick Contrata

Available Domain Names, Web Hosting, Articles, Tutorials, Keyword and Website Optimization Tools, Perry Marshall Marketing and Adwords Tools

How to Market Balance Boards and Core Balance Training Devices

Vew-Do Balance Boards is the first company to be showcased in our new devNIC Small Business Profiles.

Whenever we come across a small business that deserves some attention because it does something unique, we want to make some noise about it.  Our first profile is Vew-Do Balance Boards, a manufactrer of balance boards, balance trainers and multi-directional balance training  devices.

Vew-Do has been quietly marketing balance boards and multi-directional balance training devices out of Southern Vermont for the past 15 years.  You can find out how they're doing it here: 

Vew-Do Balance Boards - Trainers, Balance Board Training Device Marketing on a Shoestring. - Find out how a Vermont entrepreneur markets balance boards both online and offline.

Don't forget to check out the new Vew-Do Balance Boards Blog for up to date promotions, news and information.

PS...In case you're interested in purchasing a balance board, you can find some great deals for discount Vew-Do balance boards on Ebay.

Video Games Store - Amped Video Games.com

The Net's newest Video Games Store - Amped Video Games.com has just gone "Live."  Can you handle 1677 amps of high-end video and PC games and gear all at once? This could be dangerous!

XBOX, PS2, PSP, Nintendo, Microsoft, Norton, IPOD, Adobe, EA Sports, Sony and more...Hardware - Software - Gear - Accesories and Free shipping on all orders over $75.

Plus video game industry news from the Amped "Live" newsfeed.  Play online video games from the Amped online "LIVE" Gamefeed, Play These Video Games Online Now

Read our original articles like - XBOX 360, XENON, XBOX 2 - Why Convenience is a Marketing Strategy - Get the latest buzz on the next generation XBOX.

Check out our tutorials and reviews like - How to pick budget headphones, Koss PortaPro headphone review - Find out our pick for the best budget headphones.

Stay tuned for even more stuff like cheats, codes, and reviews of the hottest video games on the market and more!

Real Pro Wrestling?

Yep, you read that correctly, Real Pro Wrestling will make its long awaited nationally televised debut starting Sunday March 27th @ 4:00 pm EST. on PAX and Wednesday March 30^th @ 3:00 pm EST on FSN.

The event will feature some of the most decorated wrestlers in the country competing for the Real Pro Wrestling Championship and over $250,000.  The success concept for RPW is using a hybrid combo of freestyle and Greco-roman wrestling in an atmosphere and a format designed to satisfy the sports purists and attract a new fan base.

From a marketing standpoint, the creators of Real Pro Wrestling, Toby Willis, Matt Case and Kenny Johnsonhave tried to overcome two major problems that  wrestling has failed to address in general and in marketing a pro wrestling league. We’ll get to those problems in a minute, but…

Figures from the National High School Coaches Association show there are over 20 million current and former wrestlers in the US.  Wrestling is the sixth largest participation sport in the country.  Here in NY, there are over 500 high school wrestling programs. 

That’s a pretty sizable market with an itch to scratch and money to spend.  They buy gear and equipment, travel across the country to compete and attend training camps and pay to see many of the marquee events. The recent New York State High School Wrestling Championships drew a record  8000+ fans just for the finals.

Can Marketing Launch Real Pro Wrestling and Save the Sport?

Even with the current numbers, participation over the past twenty years has spiraled downward.  Compliance with title IX has dropped NCAA division 1 wrestling programs from over 200 in the 70’s to well under 100. Elimination of the lighter weight classes from the high school to the International level has only served to shut out thousands of potential athletes from participation. 

The message from the powers to be is “If you’re genetically small, sit at home and play video games.” Less participation means lower fan base and less attention from the media which needs the advertising revenue from the sponsors and merchandisers.  The brainiac’s solution is to eliminate even more of the lower weight classes, dumb and dumber…go figure…

Here’s the problem with wrestling.

Getting back to the problem with wrestling; Aside from the idiocy of the current use of title IX, the reasons why wrestling has long suffered and continues to shrink is because of two major problems.  First, wrestling has the sporting equivalent of a glass ceiling.  The pinnacle of success for wrestlers *an NCAA or Olympic championship* leaves them little recognition for their accomplishments and almost no chance for a career or big payday.  Win the Olympics and you might get a shoe endorsement.

The second problem is that, to the unfamiliar spectator, wrestling can be boring to watch.

The seasoned wrestling fan can appreciate the edge of your seat excitement of a close 3-2 decision, but the unseasoned spectator wants action, lots of action.  Action draws fans, fans buy merchandise.  Merchandisers, advertisers and sponsors feed the media with advertising revenue and gives the media an incentive to follow the sport.

Put wrestlers on a stage, change the rules, pay them and let kids dream again.

If you’ve got an old boring product, then change and repackage it to meet the real needs of the market.  Beta max tapes died because it couldn’t meet the needs of the market, convenience.  VHS did that and won.  Change and repackage the sport to meet the needs of the fans and put the wrestlers on stage, in the spot light, pay them and watch participation increase from the athletes and the fans.  Plus…

Kids want to identify themselves with heroes like Michael Jordan, Joe Montana or Babe Ruth. When a kid dreams of glory he’s not acting out sinking 3 pointer with 1 second left to win the championship so he can ask, “Where’s my check” Young athletes dream of being heroes.  Give a kid a role model, the vision that they can compete and they’ll show up at pee wee camps when they’re 5 or 7 years old to live out they’re dreams of becoming a champion.

Insanity is doing the same thing and expecting different results.

Sometimes the hardest thing is admitting that there’s a problem.  Band-aid approaches to fixing the problem of making the matches more exciting and increasing the action have been met by rule changes that actually inhibit higher scoring.  A study by Olympic and NCAA champion Randy Lewis shows a 30% drop in scoring since the 70’s.

The desire for glory and the achievement of lofty goals is one of the most rewarding things in life, but gold medals and championships don’t pay the bills.  Call it dirty motivation if you like, but the lure of money has to be present for the athletes to survive as well as satisfy their primal desire for financial gain.

Real Pro Wrestling addressed the problem, finds a solution and implements it.

Finally…maybe the problems have been identified by the folks at Real Pro Wrestling and the real changes that are needed to solve them are being put into place.  Without going into detail, the rules will give the wrestlers the opportunity to satisfy the fan desire of sight and sound stimulation, high scoring and non-stop action.  Plus the wrestlers get a chance to showcase their talent for their sport, an opportunity for fame and glory and a long overdue payday.

Tune in and get turned on.

Take a walk on the wild side, and give this Real Pro Wrestling thing a look.  Doesn’t matter if you don’t know the difference between a gator roll and a dinner roll, you just might find yourself following a real sport with real athletes instead of the current crop of professional sports personalities, featuring overpaid underperforming bitchy millionaires.

By: Rick Contrata - Internet Business Marketing and Consulting.                   

devNIC - Domain Names, Web Hosting, Tutorials, Articles, Perry Marshall Marketing Tools.     

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NYSPHSAA Unfair To New York State High School Wrestling

Because the NYSPHSAA New York State Wrestling Committee refuses to waiver from its current discriminatory practice in certain state qualifying tournaments like New York State High School Wrestling, Joseph D. Morelle (D-Rochester) has introduced the “Fairness In Competition Bill"  to the New York State Legislature. 

The NYSPHSAA has refused to consider responsible proposals from the NYSWCA (New York State Wrestling Coaches Association) to level the playing field for New York State High School Wrestling and now this legislation is needed. 

The “Fairness In Competition Bill” will force the NYSPHSAA New York State High School Wrestling Committee to adopt new rules for participation by kids in state championship events on the basis of athleticism, sportsmanship and performance and remove the current obsolete, 80 year old system of discriminating against the kids in larger sections.

The NYSWCA  proposes a new two division format with guaranteed participation by kids in all sections.  The new rules would simply expand the tournament with multiple-entry participation by adding additional kids based proportionately on the number of schools in each section.  You can think of it as the same thing that’s used by the House of Representatives.  New York has a larger population than Arizona, so New York gets more representatives etc…

The kids who participate in New York State High School Wrestling deserve a state qualifying tournament format with multiple-entries to ensure the states best athletes get the exposure, college recruitment attention and that “experience of a lifetime” that they work so hard for. 

View/download a copy of the NYSWCA proposal for a multiple-entry two division state wrestling tournament here.

View/download a copy of the Joseph D. Morelle (D-Rochester) “Fairness In Competition Bill” here.

What are the benefits for the kids?

• More college recruitment opportunities
• Extensive TV/Media coverage at larger arenas
• More incentive for participation at all levels of competition
• More kids get the “experience of a lifetime”
• Larger fan base means wrestling generates more revenue for the kids
• More kids participate at the best State Wrestling Championships in America 

Where does the discrimination exist?

The current 80 year old system discriminates in a number of areas…First, the kids from the larger sections must compete against opponents from up to 50 schools, while smaller sections have as little as 2 schools.  In some cases the two best wrestlers in the state sometimes must compete in the sectional qualifying tournament which eliminates talented athletes from state competition.

This creates poor college recruitment opportunities for many athletes because they are unable to showcase their talents at the only wrestling event that receives widespread media and college recruitment attention. 

New York State Wrestling has had a long history of poor recruitment by college wrestling programs compared to many other states like Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Ohio because many kids simply go undiscovered.  Secondly, some sports like wrestling are at a disadvantage when it comes to qualifying for the state championships in New York.  We’ll do the comparison in a minute, but first…

What’s the deal with the NYSPHSAA Wrestling Committee?

The threat of legislation and their refusal to change has the NYSPHSAA “grabbing at straws” in a power struggle that clearly has their own interests ahead of the kids.  Instead of looking at alternatives to help the student/athletes, they’ve stooped to the level of simply digging in their heels and resisting changing the system with a sleazy disinformation campaign.  The letter they’ve wasted state taxpayer money to distribute to New York State High Schools is so blatantly untrue, only a hockey puck would believe what they’re using to defend their position. 

One of the “doozies” is their opinion that changing the current system would disrupt the current regular season scheduling. Hmmm…Interesting, considering that the NYSPHSAA twisted itself into a pretzel to approve the scheduling changes needed to accommodate the New York State Football Tournament in the 90’s. 

Point of fact, for New York State High School Wrestling, a multiple-entry format will have almost no impact on the current regular season schedule. It would simply allow more participants from the sectional qualifying tournaments to participate in the state tournament based on the size of the individual sections.  You can read a copy of the NYSPHSAA disinformation campaign and untruths letter here and see how they’ve wasted taxpayer funds.

Why is this legislation needed?

You need to look no further than to see the annual anguish and disappointment on the faces of the athletes, their teammates and their families.  This scene was played out at dozens of high schools across New York State again last weekend as a single wrestler from large and small school divisions was chosen to represent their section at the New York State High School Wrestling Championships at the Pepsi Arena in Albany, NY on March 5th-6th.  The remaining wrestlers saw their season come to an end and unfortunately, it's sometimes due to poor officiating.

No other sport requires the commitment to training, diet, strength, agility, flexibility, stamina and mental toughness as the sport of wrestling.  Wrestling is one of the few sports where undersized student/athletes can compete, achieve success at the highest levels of competition and attract college recruiters.  If you disagree, then go sit on a traffic cone, because you’re wrong.

As promised earlier, other kids from sports like swimming and track have an advantage because they merely have to meet time requirements to qualify for their New York State Tournaments.  Hockey allows for additional participants based on the number of programs in individual sections.  The NYSPHSAA New York State Wrestling Committee must stop sitting on its hands and adopt a multiple-entry state qualifying format that fairly allows wrestling participation equal to other sports.

In a recent survey, 300 high school head coaches and school superintendents were polled on their opinion of adopting a multiple-entry format for the New York State High School Wrestling Tournament.  134 responses were sent back…129 in favor of multiple entries and only 5 opposing it.

What are the experts saying?

The following is a quote from Jack Spates of the University of Oklahoma, “I feel strongly about this.  Anyone who perpetuates the old system doesn’t have the best interest of the kids at heart.  Change is needed.”

Don Murray from SUNY Brockport said, “Anytime you can create more opportunities for kids to compete you have more young men come out and more staying with it.  It becomes a trickle-down effect.  There will be more fans and more publicity for schools.”

Greg Strobel from Lehigh University said, “Colorado drew 14,000 people for its first session and 17,000 for the finals.  Colorado is not nearly as good as New York.  It’s simple; more kids, more people more kids get recruited.”

What needs to be done and what can you do to help?

Over 30 years ago, California, faced with a problem similar to New York State High School Wrestling adopted a multiple-entry format for their state wrestling tournament.  The California model has served the kids in the California State Wrestling program for a generation.  Find out why the Multiple-Entry Format for State Tournaments Works in California Here.

In Iowa, the State High School Wrestling Tournament draws almost 90,000 fans, is covered by 7 TV stations, 50 radio stations and 183 newspapers. The NYPHSAA must look to the successes of many other states with multiple-entry formats and provide the kids in the New York State Wrestling Program the same benefits.

First, visit the NYSWCA website and get all the current information on this fight for these student/athletes.  You can download updated information related to their fight to do this right.  In addition, you can show your support for the enactment of the “Fairness In Competition Bill” by contacting your local senate and assembly representatives and urge them to support this bill and help the kids.  Finding your representative is easy, there’s a link right on the NYSWCA website.  Many of the files are in PDF format. You can download a free PDF reader from ADOBE here.

What happens if the NYSPHSAA refuses to budge and the legislation fails?

Wrestlers, their families and supporters are passionate about their sport  The fight for change will continue with possible statewide boycotts of the corporate sponsors of the NYSPHSAA.  Corporate sponsors of the NYSPHSAA need to become aware that their support of the NYSPHSAA and its refusal to pursue equality in statewide tournament participation could have a negative effect on their bottom line.

Why is this posted on an Internet business blog?

Because change is needed and it’s the right thing to do for the kids.

Rick Contrata

Section 1 Wrestling

Here in NY, the Blizzard of '05 is just slammed the tri-state area, but two weeks ago, affiliates using Google Adwords got slammed too.

The Google Cash Method, which basically allowed anyone with a modem and a credit card to sign up for one of a gazillion affiliate programs and drive traffic to the product owners website in minutes using Google Adwords...ended. Well, maybe not ended...but drastically changed.

Google will only display 2 ads at the same time for any given keyword that points to the same website. Guess which ads get displayed?..........

The ones with the highest CTR. That means only the 2 best ads get to play using the same URL. Everyone else has to learn how to write better ad copy or........Heaven forbid...

Direct the traffic to an actual website; where you need good relative content to provide your prospective clients a reason to continue on their way to the actual website, where the sale is made.

Google is actually helping the Adwords addicts who were driving bid prices up so high they weren't making any money anyway. Sort of like removing the temptation of unknowingly throwing their money down the drain in the hopes of getting a sales *high* that wasn't going to happen anyway.

Google must have seen the short term profit windfall as a long term image problem. Plus, as with any bubble that's created with artificially high prices, *like the bid prices for keywords* when it bursts, it's usuallly pretty ugly.  Find out how to "crack the code" for for affiliate marketing using Google Adwords with this Free 5 day Google Adwords mini-course.

Did you catch the Google piece on 60 Minutes tonight?  A typical 60 Minutes interview, they're always trying to be the devils advocate...whatever...

There wasn't much of anything to whet the appetite of any webmaster or Internet marketer except the blurb about how cheap it can be to advertise with Google Adwords.

What happens when the big guys like Walmart or Home Depot decide they want to get in on all the fun?  When they figure out they can spend $10 and make $50 too, then what?

There will be ever increasing bid prices and most products will become commoditized to the point where only those capturing a decent chunk of market share will survive the slim profit margins.

That leaves two scenerios...find a way to claim your piece of your market now, or refuse to play the price cutting game and value-add your products or services with your USP.  Find out how to advertise using Google Adwords without going broke with this Free 5 day Google Adwords mini course. 

Rick Contrata

Domain Names, Web Hosting, Tutorials, Articles, Perry Marshall Marketing Tools.

devNIC.com

We hope this detailed site map will answer the question, "What the hell is devNIC"?...We've taken a Tucows domain registration site and begun to morph it into a small business resource for both online and offline businesses.  When you continue to visit us, you'll find more and more information on everything from affiliate programs, internet marketing, product reviews and copywriting to investing,  real estate, taxes and even psychology.  We try like hell to be detailed and accurate, unfortunately that takes up a lot of our most precious resource...TIME. 

We can't say enough about our hosting company.  Thinkhost is one of the best kept secrets in web hosting.  Their hosting packages are one of the best values around and loaded with bonuses and extras, but more importantly their support is second to none.  Follow this Thinkhost link and get even more goodies that you'll only get through devNIC

Site Map for devNIC.com

Domain Names, Web Hosting, Tutorials, Articles, Perry Marshall - devNic is a Tucows Reseller of Domain Name Registration services and a small business resource with Tutorials and Articles about Internet Business, Marketing and Copywriting.

devNIC Domain Name Registration - WHOIS,  search for available domain names.  Have devNIC make domain name suggestions.

Transfer Domain Names/Bulk Domain Transfers - Transfer your domains to devNIC for $14.95 and get 1 year added to your current expiration date.  Make bulk transfers of domain names.

Renew Domain Names - Renew your domain names for up to ten years.

Manage Domain Names - Manage your domains or retrieve forgotten passwords.  Available for any domain registered with any Tucows reseller.

Support and FAQ for Domain Names - Help/support ticket system.  Knowledge base for FAQ about devNIC domain names and hosting.

Tutorial Archive, Domain Name Registration, Web Hosting - Archive list of devNIC tutorials on anything and everything Internet from A to Z.

Archive of Original Articles about  Internet and Website Marketing, Copywriting, Business and Trends List of copyrighted  original articles, some available for reproduction and inclusion on your website.

Internet Business Resources Directory - Internet business resource directory with links to the best resources from advertising to website traffic.

List of Archived Tutorials

Domain Name Tutorial - The domain name tutorial that covers everything from what is a domain name to where to register a domain name.

Title Tag Optimization Tutorial - Excellent tutorial by Michael Bloch of Taming the Beast dot net.  Find out the guidelines for optimum title tag optimization.

Reciprocal Links and Linking Tutorial and Free Link Popularity Checker - Find out the nuances of reciprocal linking and software to automate the linking process.  Plus, check your link popularity for free.

Keyword Optimization Tips-Tools, Keyword Density Analyzer, Meta Tag Analyzer - Get the skinny on keyword optimization and use the free tools to check your keyword density and generate spider friendly Meta Tags.

ws Website Domain Tutorial, ws website Online Business Opportunity - A tutorial about the ws website domain TLD.  Find out about the WS domain name Income Opportunity.

Kids Online Math Game for Basic Math Help - We believe interactive learning should have no boundaries, so we invite you to use this online child math tutor.

Web Hosting Tutorial, Web Hosting Glossary, Types of Web Hosting A web hosting tutorial describing the components and services of web hosts with a glossary of terms and a list of different types of hosting.   

How to Write White Papers Using the Perry Marshall White Paper Guide   How to write persuasive white papers using the Perry Marshall Guide to Writing and Promoting Your White Paper.                                               

devNIC Series of "How To" Tutorials

Margin Commodity Futures How to, Commodity Futures Margin Tutorial - Take the mystery out of how to margin a commodity futures account with this easy commodity futures margin tutorial and even get up to speed on some Commodity Industry terms.

Margin Commodity Options How to, Commodity Option Margin Tutorial - Read our follow up on how to margin commodity futures.  Learn how to margin commodity options too.

Commodity Hedging, Hedging Risk with a Commodity Hedging Strategy - Commodity futures hedging tutorial.  Find out how to hedge risk with a commodity futures hedging strategy. 

How to calculate your mortgage payment affordability, Plus a free mortgage payment calculator - Find out how much of a mortgage you can qualify for based on your income.  Use the Free mortgage payment calculator to estimate monthly payments with taxes and insurance included.

How to Figure Mortgage Refinance Costs - Mortgage Refinance Calculator - Find out if it's the right move to refinance your mortgage and discover the possible business benefits too.  Use the Free mortgage refinance calculator to estimate the costs.

Make Anyone Give You A Big Smile - A fun tutorial about human behavior, but smiling can help your business too...Find out how.

How to Pick a Small Business Type - Are you confused about which business type is right for your business?  Should you incorporate now? This tutorial will help you clear the air with a list of advantage and disadvantages for each business type.

Make Money From Expired Domain Names and Expired Domain Name Traffic - Discover this hidden source of revenue.  You'll need the tools to get the best available expired domain names.  We'll tell you how to make the money and where to get the tools.

Get a Free Federal Tax ID Number and Form, Federal Tax ID Tutorial - How to get a Federal Tax ID number and fill out the form in 30 minutes.  Get all the forms and instruction right here to get your Federal Tax ID Number.

How To Pick a Web Hosting Service Provider and Web Hosting Provider Review - Find out what you should know about picking a web hosting provider before you mke a big mistake.

The devNIC Small Business Toolbox

TerraFly Free Aerial View Photo Maps, TerraFly Aerial Map Tutorial - Need free aerial view photo maps?  We'll tell you how you can use them for your business too.

Make Free Text Header Banner Logos, Xara 3D Text Banner Logo Maker - Make a free 3D text banner, header or logo for your website in 5 minutes right on this page.

Currency Converter, How To Use Our Free Online Currency Converter - Need a quick and easy to use currency converter? Try our free, easy to use online currency converter.

devNIC Self-Help Guides

Lose a Pound a Day, Mark Joyner Lose a Pound a Day Diet Plan - Let Mark Joyner explain how he's used a diet plan to help him lose a pound of body fat per day.

Infidelity, The Signs of Cheating Spouses and How to Catch a Cheater - Find out more about how to catch a cheater using the clues they leave behind and a common household item.

List of Archived Articles

Scientific Advertising by Claude Hopkins - Get your Free download copy of Scientific Advertising by Claude Hopkins.

Mark Joyner Confidential Online Internet Marketing Intelligence II - The mind blowing sequel to the best book ever written on how to sell on the Internet.

Read our review of the ws website online income opportunity.

Imagine being able to tell your friends and family a story.  The one about how you stumbled across an online income opportunity that gave you that feeling of success that you always wanted. Contrary to the opinions of many, there is money to be made online.  The problem is how to cut through all the hype and find a legitimate business that’s right for you.  We’ve outlined what characteristics, tools and resources you should be looking for when considering an online income opportunity.   

If you’re reading this, then you must have at least a passing interest and a desire to provide yourself residual income with a minimal amount of effort.  For highly motivated folks, an online income opportunity should also be able to reward these go-getters with massive profits. Your goal is;……Find an online business opportunity that’s easy, fun and lucrative.

Most online income opportunity seekers fall into one of the following categories. 

• Those who vision entrepreneurship or the desire to be their own boss.   
• People who are currently employed and seeking additional income. 
• Stay at home moms, dads and other caregivers. 
• College students and retirees.

 Tips For Choosing An Online Income Opportunity

Does the online income opportunity target a hungry market that’s deep? – Products and services should always be secondary to finding a market that has an itch that needs to be scratched.  Once you uncover a market that has an itch, you put the product or service that scratches that itch in front of them.  Then, confirm if the deep hungry market is easy to reach inexpensively.  Lastly…here’s the secret that puts money in your picket.  The market must be responsive, which means, they will spend their money to get what you have to offer.  You’ll know who these prospects are.  They’re the ones who have purchased products or services like yours before.

Is the hungry market a fad or a trend? – Remember the cigar market a few years back? It was literally on fire *no pun intended* and then poof, it just died.  The cigar craze had fad written all over it.  Why?...because any product that’s been around forever and suddenly becomes fashionable without anything to make it new, unique or scarce is bound to die out.  Make sure the next big thing in any online income opportunity is a *long term* next big thing.  Stay with markets that are expected to sustain growth. 

WS online income opportunity fact: The number of Internet users is expected to hit 300 million by 2005.  As internet use increases, so will domain name purchases, hosting accounts and websites.  Currently, there are about 20,000 new registrations per day.  The trend is your friend and the trend for Internet use is for continued expansion.

Are there promotional tools and resources available? – To market any online venture effectively you’ll need tools and resources to market the business efficiently and in real time.  The newest technology makes the sales process automated 24/7.  Autoresponders, sequential personalized emails, access to qualified leads, traffic statistics, a support staff and training are essential tools and the backbone to success, especially for entry level entrepreneurs.

Can you market the product offline? – This is the multi-million dollar mistake many online marketers make. Among other things, the Internet provides a marketing channel. But it’s by no means the only marketing channel for many products. Even if the delivery of the product is made online, that doesn’t mean it can’t be marketed offline.  An online income opportunity that can be marketed from multiple media channels broadens your product’s exposure to its target market.  The advantage of multi-channel targeted marketing is that it assures you your message is exposed to the widest range of interested prospects.  Domain names and hosting are two examples of products that would qualify for a multi-channel marketing strategy.

WS online income opportunity fact:  WS uses smart sequential autoresponders that not only sequence the sales messages, but also allows the data for any action taken by prospects to be tracked.  Plus, all the contact information is captured and saved.  Even the opt-out function is automated.  This means you have a truly automated online selling process, which can also be combined with conventional marketing activities like post cards, sales letters, classified advertising and toll free numbers. Businesses that market products like domain names and web hosting are also attractive because they are deliverable online and that means you never handle any physical products.

Find out about the ws income opportunity facts for yourself Right Now.

Does the product have a unique value verses the competition? – What’s the USP *unique selling proposition* of the online income opportunity and its products? Ultimately, it must have something that totally separates it from the competition.  Is it price, customer service, outstanding value, processes or systems?  Cheap can mean low quality, expensive could mean low value.  In competitive commodity type markets, the USP should be able to offer the highest possible value at the lowest possible price or a unique form of customer service, processes or systems.

Is there residual income? – Some of the most profitable products and services today thrive on residual income even though the entry point for consumers is inexpensive.  Two examples are cell phones and PC printers.  Every wireless carrier offers free phones because the real profits come from the residual income on the service contract.  PC printers are dirt cheap.  Why?....Because consumers will spend 3 to 5 times the price of the printer on ink cartridges.  The cartridges are the back end residual income.  Domain names, hosting, blogs and website maintenance accounts are a few examples of an online income opportunity that would generate recurring income.

WS online income opportunity fact:  The USP of the ws income opportunity is the outstanding value received with the underlying product.  With your new income opportunity you receive a domain name, web hosting and a professional turn-key website in addition to all the promotional tools, resources and support.  All for 33 cents a day.  Plus, as stated before, income is generated by the recurring monthly charges received from any affiliates that are brought on board through the automated sales process.

Do you own the product yourself? – You will be ultimately more credible and comfortable promoting a business that has a product that you also own yourself.  If you were interested in the product or service yourself, then there’s a good chance that others would be interested too.

Who backs up the claims made for the product besides you? – Every online income opportunity looks great on paper, but ultimately, nothing beats quality testimonials from real people.  By quality testimonials we mean testimonials that accurately restate the claims made in the unique selling proposition without a lot of hype.  Another concern is the credibility and financial stability of company that’s promoting the underlying products and services.  Your business will be much more credible if you’re promoting products or services backed by a financially stable accredited company.

What are the start up costs? and How fast can you start to make money? – The best deal you could hope for is a start-up business without risking any of your own capital.  Any online income opportunity with zero start-up costs would become profitable as soon as you can recover your recurring monthly expenses.    

WS online income opportunity fact:  All ws income opportunity affiliates use the product and its services.  The business is backed by a debt free, Inc. 500 company that’s endorsed by the Federal Chamber of Commerce and a member of the BBB.  It takes only 5 affiliates to make this very profitable in a short period of time. 

What’s the bottom line? – This is where the rubber meets the road.  Given the facts, we can’t see a better time for any online income opportunity seeker, either rookie or veteran to dive in right now and have a real good shot at success because,  with an in demand product in a growing market, promotional tools and resources to automate the sales process 24/7, a turnkey website with hosting, zero start-up costs and monthly recurring expense of  ten dollars, we see it as a risk free and unique value for an income business opportunity and that means this should be easy, fun and lucrative.  Don’t take our word for it, check it out for yourself……..

Get the facts for yourself about the ws income opportunity here.

Rick Contrata

11/12/04...Beginning today, the new ICANN transfer policy goes into effect.  The new ICANN transfer policy is being implemented because of widespread abuse by many registrars.  They effectively hold their customer's domain names hostage by making it extremely difficult for disgruntled customers to transfer domains away from these companies.

No need to mention any names, but we'll give you a hint. The registrars that are whining like yapping poodles about your domains being hijacked are likely culprits.

Simply "lock" your domains to guard against unauthorized transfers and sleep like a baby knowing your domains are safe. 

There has been widespread complaints from domain name owners who've experienced continued frustration in their attempts to transfer domains away from the overpriced or lousy services from their current registrars.

How do we know?...We've experienced it first hand.  We've had dozens of transfer attempts blocked by these companies and all we are able to tell our prospective customers is, "We're sorry."

Domain registrations provide a guaranteed recurring income and the losing registrars don't give up that income without a fight, regardless of the effect on their customers.  Hopefully these new changes will address the needs of the domain owners instead of the registrars.

If you're looking to transfer away from your current registrar, you should give us a look.  Our domain transfers are competitively priced at $14.95 and include an additional year added to your current expiration date. 

Go to http://www.devNIC.com to find out more and check out our tutorials, articles, website marketing and promotional tools.

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Hiya....

It's always kinda nice to find out you've been doin' at least one thing right and that "one thing" we've been doing is: Keyword optimizing our page titles.  Every page!

I'm saying confirmed, because this was discussed (in depth) by some heavy hitters during John Reese's Traffic Secrets seminar.

Title tags are one of the most important factors for your web page's search engine positioning. It's estimated that between 30 and 50 percent of all web pages have the wrong page titles for their content or no title at all.  What a waste of prime real estate.

We've posted a fresh page dealing with this issue and other keyword optimization tips and tools....Plus a free keyword density analyzer and a free meta tag analyzer.  Stop by and check it out at: Keyword Optimization Tips 

If you want to find out  more about how John Reese Traffic Secrets will show you how to drive traffic to your website in ways you never thought possible...Click Here

Rick Contrata

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Sorry bout the lazy updat to this story  It's old news now, but better late than never eh'.  The owner of the Mickey Mantle Restaurant in NY suddenly backed off on his idea to temporarily rename the place after the former Red Sox hall of famer Ted Williams.

He said it was just a ruse and never really planned on doing it.  Hmmm...cept now he's got a lot of Red Sox garb on his hands and a sign he had to take down.  Sounds more like a hit and Run DMC to me.  Can't beat free media coverage tho.

Rick Contrata

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Boston Red Sox vs. New York Yankees, New York Yankees vs. Boston Red Sox.  It’s the 800 pound gorilla of rivalries in all of sports and a restaurant owner “in NY” might have hit a home run because of it.  The owner of the Mickey Mantle Restaurant will (temporarily) rename the themed eatery as Ted Williams Restaurant for the duration of the World Series. 

 “Holy Cow”…He’s covering the Mickey Mantle name with Ted Williams…For some New York Yankee fans and the Mickey Mantle family, that’s akin to turning from an American to a French citizen.  

The owner of Mickey Mantle Restaurant claims that Mantle would’ve been so impressed by the Boston Red Sox victory that he just had to do it.  (I’ve always been amused by people who claim to know what the deceased would’ve said or done.)  How he knows Mantle wouldn’t have been so pissed, that he would’ve needed a rabies shot is beyond me; but you gotta give this guy credit for something.  He’s pulled off one of the slickest marketing maneuvers since the guy that sent out women’s panties with his sales letter. (I’ll get to that goodie in a minute.)

Getting a week of free print, radio and TV coverage is nothing to sneeze at, unless of course you end up shooting yourself in the foot to get it.  But regardless of the New York Yankee fan’s and the Mantle family’s initial shock, they’ll probably get over it once the World Series is over. 

Think about it for a minute though, by throwing a bone to the underground army of Boston Red Sox fans living in NY, he can probably count on them as adoring repeat customers even after the World Series is over for giving them some recognition.

What about the Bomber fans?  They’ll probably forget about this once the World Series is over and the name gets changed back.  Most likely going back to satisfying a primal need…hunger!  So, what’s the cost?  I dunno, how much could it cost to cover a sign for ten days?  I bet it’s a lot less than all the coverage he got.  You just can’t beat free media attention.  Anyway...  

Oh Yeah…That panty guy?  Well, he sent out pairs of women’s panties to his mailing list of potential guitar students with a smartly worded hook in his letter, “if you think it’s cool getting them mailed to you, wait till you get them thrown at you.”  BTW…he also hijacked some media attention too, and the mailing?  It worked…ya gotta love this marketing stuff.

Rick Contrata

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This should've been written Tuesday, but NY to Reno and back in three days is rough duty.  Pile on two days of having your brain transfused with copywriting secrets from the likes of John Carlton and you'd know what I mean when I say I'm fried.  I think the blood just started flowin' back into my fat head today, but enough about that...Let's get on with it.

This was my first world class seminar and I can't stress the energy I got from being around Carlton and the other attendees.  JC set the stage for learning when he announced that egos were  to be left at the door.  I felt comfortable even though I was surrounded by some of the major "players" in the business.

The uniqueness of this gathering was twofold...first, there was no upsellling of any other products or services.  Second, the format of the thing was unique in that there was no vagueness in the procedures that Carlton used to achieve the lofty success he's quietly become famous for.

Learning his copywriting prowess was accomplished by having some of his best letters deconstructed line by line, sentence by sentence and bullet by bullet.  Every nuance was analyzed, including the emotional trigger mechanisms used and even the choice of fonts and page formatting...Priceless

He said he'll never do another one of these because they're just "too damn hard to do."  Maybe another 32 people will get lucky if he ever decides to change his mind and do this type of gig again.  Keep your fingers crossed...

Rick Contrata

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Imagine seeing images that make a product just click subconsciously in the back of your mind and motivate you to take action.  It’s a marketer’s dream.  Well it takes one to know one and Joe Vitale sez that’s exactly what Elizabeth Arden’s new commercial for Britney Spears “Curious” perfume does.

The Britney Spears "Curious" commercial features the curvaceous diva as the "biscuit" in a smorgasbord of sexual desire, anticipation and innuendo. 

Joe Vitale, President of Hypnotic Marketing Inc. is the author of hundreds of books and articles and an expert in the field of “hypnotic writing.”  He’s made a living promoting products and services by painting vivid images with the written word.

Vitale sez her new ad, “Plays on sexuality, mystery and curiosity” and that, “Unless her perfume truly stinks, people are going to buy it almost mindlessly.”

Subliminal advertising is forbidden fruit as far as the FCC is concerned and research has shown that it’s not as successful as James Vicary’s movie theater test led people to believe.

We’ve all seen the Goodyear blimp lumbering overhead at sporting events and it doesn’t exactly motivate us to stampede to the local tire store to slap on a set of new radial tires, but tell a story and invoke images that stir up emotions like curiosity, greed or passion and you can see advertisers pushing the envelope on deception.  Vitale goes on to say

“Anything that can get a message into your mind will be tried by advertisers” and also asks “When is it manipulation and when is it persuasion”?

Joe Vitale does a series of free webcasts about hypnotic persuasion in marketing and copywriting.  He doesn’t mind the media attention surrounding his comments and I’m sure the Britney Spears commercial will be one of the topics of discussion on his next show Oct. 12^th  You’ll listen in for free when you go here: http://www.NitroWebcasts.com/g.o/apogee515

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Scott Muni died yesterday.  He was 74.  Anyone who "cut their teeth" about life, love and rock n' roll  around the NYC area in the decade between 65' and 75' feels a little bit empty today. 

Although there was Vietnam, the gas crisis (I remember having to walk to school in the dark) and the Nixon resignation, there was a certain innocense about that time that I think we'll never feel again.

We had no worries about AIDS, terrorism, global warming, toxic mold, mad cow disease-yadda yadda yadda.  WE were loose, carefree and we loved our music.  You probably have at least one memory of drivin' around in your dad's Chevy, packed with your friends singing along to Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody or hangin in your bedroom with a black light on and zoning out to Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon.

You would turn on WNEW FM and there he was, the "professor"...Scott Muni.  He was 20 to 30 years older than most of us, but he was like that "cool" dad you wish you had. 

He played our music and understood what we wanted outta life.  Let us do our thing as long as we didn't hurt anybody else (including ourselves).

Those days are done.  We'll miss the man with the scruffy voice yakkin' about his  knowledge of music, giving us direction and playin' our songs.  We'll always remember him.

Rick Contrata  

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Google registered the domain name gbrowser.com in April, 2004.  Some forward thinking “amigos” are speculating a Google web browser might be in the works, or maybe “pasted” to some white board as a list of possible future products.

Speculation is good.  It’s what keeps markets liquid and ideas flowing, so let’s take a poke at the possibility of a Google browser.

Microsoft is expert at “steal and deliver.”  At one point Netscape controlled most of the web browser market.  Microsoft saw the explosion of the internet and was determined to take part in the fun.  Today, Netscape is barely hangin’ onto a tiny piece of the browser market.   Microsoft “put a fork in em.”

Heck, Microsoft seems to arrive at the prom late, but they always get to leave the party with the prom queen.  Is that luck, stealth piracy, or a very strategic business plan?

There’s no secret that Microsoft has seen enough with the search engine market to know that they’re leaving big money on the table if they just sit on the sidelines as Google continues to increase its dominance.  With PPC, there’s a huge revenue stream for search engine companies.  Their search engine is almost ready for prime time. So what’s this have to do with speculation on a Google browser?

Google might be thinking this through in political terms.  Not Politics per se`, but political campaign marketing.  One of the most effective political strategies is to tap into your competitor’s base and make them fight to retain what was easily theirs by default.  Forcing them to devote resources to shore up their base instead of trying to “steal and deliver” on the competition’s turf.

Google is now flush with cash and should be looking to expand its markets.  Netscape is proof that you can’t survive as a “one trick pony.”  Even AOL couldn’t save it.  Is this a good place to start?...Maybe, maybe not…One thing is for sure, wherever they attempt to take on Microsoft, it should be fun to watch.

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Hey…Have any of you guys/gals come across someone/anyone that really blows you away to the point you just can’t keep your yap shut about them?  Sure there are talented folks out there… Some are extremely talented and dominate their respective fields.  Entrepreneurs, athletes, celebrities, politicians and yes, even marketing “gurus.” 

How many of them are be able to take a world-class act and repackage it to mentor a green-as-frog rookie?.....You’ve seen it before, unbelievably talented people that  just can’t teach.  They’re great at what they do, but they can’t duplicate their thought process and project that aura in a teaching environment; At least not to the point where the student is fully able to grasp it in the same way as the mentor.  Sometimes lousy athletes make great coaches and great athletes can’t coach to save their life…..Know what I mean?

I think I found us a great copywriting/marketing “player” that can coach……John Carlton.  He’s billed as a world-class copywriter hell-bent on being a marketing rebel and an industry “secret weapon.”  Take 10 minutes outta your frenzied life and just cat-scan his newsletter “the Marketing Rebel Rant.”  You can get the first 11 issues free at www.marketingrebelrant.com 

I guarantee you your brain will explode as you magically absorb his mindset.  You’ll experience 20 different emotions from euphoria to bein so pissed off at yourself for being a dumb-ass, you’ll think you’re gonna need a rabies shot.  In Issue 1, Volume 1 your first assignment is to “put the 8 page newsletter down and go find something fun to do for five minutes.”  That’s lesson #1. If you can’t come up with something “fun” to do for “five’ minutes, it will open your eyes to the fact that your life is “on the fritz.”….Yours truly failed Lesson #1 miserably.

He takes you on a wild ride as he mixes industry smarts with a “streetwise” mentality about life, love and achieving wealth that the “average joe” can relate to.  There’s no rah rah “headshrinker horsesh#t” about getting motivated or whining about the cards you’ve been dealt in life.  He won’t blow sunshine up your butt when you’re screwin’ up and he’ll “cyber-slap” you right in the head if you think you’ve conquered the universe.

Just take his medicine for starting, running and maintaining a successful business with his attitude about achieving success, facing failure and pluggin’ the holes in life that mess most of us up.  Don’t be afraid.  The pain of finding out the truth    will help cure the “anti-success” disease that paralyzes us into doing nothing. You’ll be saying to yourself, “holy sh#t he’s right, I’ve done that, I’ve neglected to do that, I’ve let other people unnecessarily influence me about that.  Go ahead, check it out and then whack yourself with a rolled up newspaper, I did!

Tip of the day:  What God gave us in mind and body, nature slowly takes away…Use-it-or lose-it.

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It's a somewhat typical fall afternoon here in NY.  What's left of 'killer" huricane Ivan is lazily passing through.  I'm checkin' out some of the college football games and trying to clean up the yard around this "chicken coop" house in between the downpours, but some very untypical winds a swirling around right now.

The firestorm created this week by from the "memogate"  controversy at CBS is a shot across the bow for the mainstream media.

Whether it's from the right or the left, what the media reports is no longer like "a street in the Bronx...One Way."  They  should expect and prepare to be challenged on what is dispensed as newsworthy and accurate or risk exstinction.  Blogs and bloggers have come full circle and made the news media interactive, whether they like it or not. 

The media can bang their heads against the wall, kick and scream all they want, but if they don't adapt to blogs and the new wave of interactive media, it's gonna get even uglier.  Blogs are the "gum under their shoe."

How the heck did all this happen?

Blogs were once considered the "web toy" of techno-geeks until the cat got outta the bag. In reality they're one of the most non-technical tools on the web. Unlike a standard website, you can literally have a blog up and running in minutes and your monthly "nut" is about the price of a Big Mac. 

The Benefits a clear

> Blogs are easy to use...If you can send an email, then you can publish a blog.

> Blogs have a simple structure.  Users can add content from any web browser 24/7, including pictures and links.

> Blogs generate XML data.  RSS (real simple syndication) feeds will circulate the content whenever it's updated.

> Search engines spiders feed on good updated content..

Blogs will someday outnumber websites

In today's rushed "I gotta go, my car is running" society, everbody wants things quick, easy and cheap so they can move on to the other 37 things on their daily agenda.  Blogs are the "fast food" of interactive media.  Love em' or hate em'...but blogs are here to stay.

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Our popular report, Domain Names For Website Marketing just got better........A lot better.  With the help of our customer's feedback we've "revised" our Free guide to be even more detailed and easier to follow with a Step-By-Step approach that walks you through the entire process.

Plus.....You'll get a quick tutorial on how to use traffic-driving domain names in PPC ads.  We'll take you through the steps using an available domain name, Overture's keyword tool, a real "niche" market product  and put it all together in a Google Adwords ad........You'll enjoy this......and you can't beat the price........It's FREE

Get your Free, no obligation copy now at: Http://www.devNIC.com

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As promised, some feedback..........First, unless you've got absolutley nothing going on, your not gonna get through this course in a week.  It's an ultra-detailed presciption for slowly and systematically building targeted traffic.  Implementing the bonanza of procedures alone just ain't gonna happen overnight.

If you're not willing to put a lot of effort into research of your target market, then you're not going to reap the benefits.

Businesses like devNIC's that market commodity type products and services like domain names, need to establish co-competitors.......Hmmmm......have I lost my marbles?

Most of the traffic to your site, even if targeted will not buy from you for a number of reasons.  Could be price, selection, your layout or whatever.  My personal "pet peeve" is any site with a political agenda....Sorry, but it just annoys the hell outta me.

Some sites try and upsell with still more low margin commodity type products and services. Even these "upsell" products will eventually become victims of continued price cutting.

The adult industry has taken the baton with with this co-competitor online business model by co-promoting each other's sites.  In effect, they pass the targeted traffic around to their competitors, even the ones with similar content. 

 This looks like the only way to protect already low margins in non-niche markets.

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And an expensive week it was.....The first batter up to the plate was the copywriting "secret weapon," John Carlton.......

He's been consistently and  quietly upstaging the "so called" experts for 20 years.  I'm a subscriber to his copywriting secrets course and the Marketing Rebel Rant newsletter...and they're nothing short of amazing......

When he sent word of his October, "License to Steal" copywrting seminar in Reno........I was in.......It's gonna be one of the most talked about seminars in a long time.......

For 2 days we'll get to have his 5 "best ever" ads broken down to discover every psychological nuance and emotional trigger used to hog-tie your prospects into submission......and the best part?............We get copyrights to the ads!............

I'll keep you posted........

Next up........John Reese......He's quietly become one of the most, if not the most successful Internet marketers out there.  His new traffic secrets course created such a buzz, he had people salivating over its release......I was one of em' 

A pro at over-delivering, John sent word today that anyone who purchased within the first 18 Hrs gets an additional 10K worth of goodies and that ain't bad for a 1K investment.

John promised to "tell all" about how he generated such a frenzy over his new course.  That alone should be worth the cost of admission.......

I'll be leaving feedback on John's Traffic Secrets course as soon as I plow through it..........

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Google closed today at $100.33 and with an offering price of $85 a share, it looked to be a successful IPO, but were there other forces at work here?

They underallocated investors to the tune of 26%, creating a liittle bit of a supply and demand problem, but put happy faces on the investors that were able to get in........

I was personally impressed by Google's desire to use a "Dutch Auction" to try and trump the Wall Street "Old Boy" network from snagging most of the IPO shares for its biggest clients.

It will be interesting to see how this all plays out over the coming months. The shares are now in the open market and subject to supply and demand factors, investor expectations and the Wall Street analysts.
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