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WYSIWIG Website Building Software Review

devBLOG — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 00:45:54 -0500

We came across some some powerful website buiding and editing software and we've been actively using it to build some pretty impressive websites.

We've written a review about the program from EZGenerator - just click on one of the links in this article to read the review.

WYSIWIG website building software review.

Commodities Hirings by Banks at Fastest Pace Ever Seen

devBLOG — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 10:42:39 -0500

Commodities Hirings by Banks at Fastest Pace Ever Seen

Commodity trader hiring heats up after spending the nineties in the dead zone. But how long will it last? This short video news clip may shed some light.

Play Video

Inside Look: Commodities Hirings by Banks at Fastest Pace Ever Seen

Bloomberg-Clip - (BLOOM-Clip)

Oct. 15, 2007. 01:45 PM EST

Analysis and Discussion with Paul Chrispin, Co-head of Commodities at Principal Research: There Has Been Absolutely No Let Up From Banks for Commodities Traders

Learn about commodity hedging.

Backlinks Update - Google Backlink Update Underway?

devBLOG — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 21:45:18 -0400

Looks like Google has begun a backlink update. I'm sure some sites will experience different weight in the backlink count, but I've noticed a heavy weighting towards directory listings at this high school wrestling website.

While The Web Server Times, an online webmaster newsletter sees weighting towards forum posts and directory listings.

devNIC.com which caters to domain names, financial information and Perry Marshall marketing tools, among other things, shows a majority of links from internal pages.

As is well known, Google continues to show very few of the total backlinks as tested on Yahoo. A PR update can't be too far off.

--Rick Contrata

Web Server Times Gets Facelift & New Content On Website Re-Launch

devBLOG — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 09:24:11 -0400

Since 2002 the Web Server Times, an Online Webmaster Newsletter, has been offering up articles and commentary about the IT industry and the Internet.

In July of 2007, the Apogee Netwide Group purchased the rights to the Web Server Times domain name and all its content.

The site was recently re-launched with a fresh new look and will continue to offer its archive of expertly written articles and commentary. In addition, WST will offer visitors a wide range of online webmaster tools & resources for web design, SEO, copywriting, domain names and e-commerce and more.

The updates and additions to the site will be ongoing ...Rick Contrata

Learn FOREX - devNIC Now Offers Free FOREX Trading Mini-Course

devBLOG — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 09:06:35 -0400

Learn FOREX Foreign Currency Trading - Free FOREX Trading Mini-Course from devNIC

Now, you can Learn FOREX Foreign Currency Trading right from your desktop with devNIC's Free FOREX Trading Mini-Course.

This Free FOREX trading mini-course is a basic guide into trading the FOREX currency market. It is specifically designed to provide the new, inexperienced small investor" with enough real-life knowledge to get started in this exciting, 24 hour Global marketplace.

It's also like a FOREX currency trading bootcamp for seasoned traders, speculators and investors that are experienced in other markets, who also want to break into FOREX currency trading.

We'll briefly review quotes and spreads, pips and pip values, leverage and margin, order types, and order execution.

By: Rick Contrata

Try This Social Bookmarking Link Generator

devBLOG — Sat, 30 Sep 2006 21:26:26 -0400

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 Video Content

devBLOG — Sat, 16 Sep 2006 11:54:24 -0400

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:

Electronic Futures Trading News - ICE Exchange, NYBOT Merger Update

Electronic Trading News Video - Electronic Trading For Metal Futures

These are pages showing streaming online news by category:

Business News Stories

Top News Stories

Technology News Stories

By: Rick Contrata

Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill Free Download

devBLOG — Sun, 03 Sep 2006 10:50:25 -0400

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

devBLOG — Mon, 14 Aug 2006 07:53:18 -0400

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

Keyword Elite - Review of Keyword Elite Keyword Software Tools

devBLOG — Wed, 22 Mar 2006 09:33:02 -0500

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?

devBLOG — Fri, 22 Jul 2005 11:41:47 -0400

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

Vew-Do Balance Boards, Balance Board Training Device Marketing

devBLOG — Mon, 27 Jun 2005 21:38:43 -0400

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 Goes "live"

devBLOG — Fri, 27 May 2005 23:54:41 -0400

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, Real Marketing for Pro Wrestling

devBLOG — Sun, 20 Mar 2005 22:54:07 -0500

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.

Contact Rick:

rick@wsivisionarywebconcepts.com

rick@devNIC.com

NYSPHSAA Unfair To New York State High School Wrestling

devBLOG — Sat, 26 Feb 2005 14:55:32 -0500

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

This Will Interest Affiliates Using Google Adwords

devBLOG — Sun, 23 Jan 2005 11:17:01 -0500

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.

Rick Contrata

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

devNIC.com

Google Interview on 60 Minutes...Google Adwords gig exposed.

devBLOG — Sun, 02 Jan 2005 23:24:58 -0500

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

Site Map For devNIC.com

devBLOG — Sun, 19 Dec 2004 17:35:51 -0500

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.

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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.

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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