The Silent Avatar Speaks

It goes without really saying the internet has spawned a whole new vocabulary which (if you want to make sense of it all) and when I first started online it became obvious very quickly I needed to learn the lingo - and you will need to learn too. In an online business you need to get familiar with a lot of words. There are literally thousands of words which relate to online business and the internet. I'm not going to list them all here, however I am going to give you some words which you will need to get to know. (Just click the links to get their wikipedia definitions) Words like: Blog - A portmanteau of web log RSS - Really Simple Syndication SEO - Seach Engine Optimisation Affiliate Marketing Adsense Adwords Keywords Social Bookmarking Viral Marketing Meta Tags Web 2.0 Anchor Text Backlinks Web Spider - Also known as a bot or crawler Keyword Density Link Popularity LPO - Landing Page Optimization SERPS - Search Engine Results Page

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It's a brave marketer who deliberately stirs the pot and posts a petition on his blog slamming the way a lot of Internet marketers go about their business and calling for action. And there's nothing like controversy to rally the troops who agree and start a movement. (does Gandhi ring a bell?). We might not be living in India under oppression from the English, however we are living in times when the Internet and its anonymity, a convincing sales page, and a credible looking website all add up to people like you and me being ripped off mercilessly. Well, Rich Schefren from Strategic Profits has decided to do something about it, and the ripple is becoming a ground swell, and it started with his report The Age Attention Doctrine 2 launched on December 7. It's a must read for anyone in an online business. At the time of writing this blog, nearly 700 have agreed with Rich (including me), and are petitioning marketers to clean up their act and deliver what they promise. My hat's off to Rich. For too long the boys club has been colluding together in their despicable tactics to stuff money in their wallets and he's calling on integrity in the industry. Nothing works better than by leading by example. If you are going to make promises they better stack up. Consumers are fed up with being taken for a ride.

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One of the quickest ways to get your website details out and take advantage of viral marketing is to add an email signature to your outgoing e-mail. And it never ceases to amaze me how often it doesn’t happen. Everytime you send an email you can be letting your recipient know about your site. So what makes a good email signature? Let me show you a good signature: Your Name (in bold) Your Position ______________________ (make a separation line) Web: Your Company Website (in 12pt, same colour as Name) Phone: Your Phone Number (in 10pt) Email: Your Email Address (in 10pt) Post: Your Postal Address: (in 10pt) Tagline: "Webdesign Made Easy" (italic and bold). This signature is very easily done in Outlook or Outlook Express. You can get step by step instructions for Outlook 2003 here. And for Outlook Express here A signature can also be spmething more glamourous like a grahic with all the details in the graphic. They can also include your photo. Whatever you do keep it in the theme of your branding. Maintain continuity in the colours, the  type font and the layout (of you are using graphics).  This signature will also blend itself in with your corporate identity.  You will become known by your colours just as sure as we all know MacDonalds is red and yellow. If you haven't done a signature for your emails do it now. P.S And make sure all of your employees are following suit - your branding is at stake.

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Do you ever get sick of reading about how "easy" it is to build your own online business? Or how about those graphics with ATMs spitting out cash, like all you have to do is scoop it up! Well, Alex Jeffreys is a guy who has a refreshing perspective on this. You see, not so long ago Alex was working in a "normal" job, as a construction worker. But he got the internet bug, and started making some pretty good money with eBay, before starting up with other online ventures. And with his initial success, he decided to build a real, full time online business. You know what held him back? Nothing! Sure, he had his struggles... I mean, the guy was working a regular job, had a baby on the way, and he doesn't call himself a technical genius... But he found a way to build a six figure online business in less than a year through consistent and persistent action. Alex is now sharing the secrets that were the key to his success, which you can read about right here. I have to tell you something about Alex's new product... I wasn't expecting much from someone who has only been "in the game" for a year... but I was dead wrong! You see, Alex had to come up with his own unique strategies to make up for the fact that he wasn't a guru, didn't have a big list, and wasn't buddy buddy with the big boys. That's why I think you should check this out- because you probably have big dreams for here you want to be in a year's time, and you'll need some killer strategies to get you there. If you want to hear the uncut, behind the scenes, exactly how it happened growth of a six figure business, take a look now: Just go here.... PS- I know that Alex really wants others to benefit from his incredible experience... but I'm not sure how long this offer will stay up! It's really too good to miss: Go here to check it out

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