Well I’m still collecting silver Eagles and never intend to stop because I know one day they will be my lifeline to finances when needed.

Here’s another update from a good friend of mine to keep you in the loop.

If you aren’t buying silver Eagles yet…

WHY NOT?

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MaxBlogPress Christmas DEAL is LIVE…

MaxBlogPress has just launched their special Christmas OFFER and it’s the best deal ever.
Here’s the full scoop: http://ow.ly/KW51

For the next 8 days ONLY they give you the opportunity to literally snatch 4 of their best selling products [worth $328.00] at 75% OFF.

This discount offer will expire on Midnight 15th December and this package will never be sold at this price again – that’s their promise!

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I’ve used a lot of different affiliate marketing methods and find one of them to be the most effective.

Article marketing is cool, except the article directory gets to keep all the ad revenue and they are getting more particular about what articles they accept.

Review sites are OK, but does anyone really trust the reviews they read on those sites any more? Most people know by now that review sites are just disguised sales pitches and aren’t honest reviews.

Social media is fun, but it has its limits. It’s more about socializing, less about doing business. Sure, you can make connections there but at the end of the day the lion’s share of your profits likely isn’t coming from social media.

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With all the buzz about self-branding, viral marketing and social networking, it can seem like being highly visible is the way to go, no matter what you may prefer. That’s where a hard look at your core competence and goals will help you decide if you want to follow the pack or keep a low profile in the IM marketplace. There are advantages and disadvantages to both approaches, depending on your personal style and preferred method of working.

Folks who are solitary by nature, don’t need a great deal of social interaction and prefer staying out of the limelight can use “low visibility” to their advantage. By being hard to get and booked in advance, you will create a perception of your value that will keep you in as much work as you desire. Getting started may take time and effort beyond that of someone else who has a much higher profile. As long as the quality and value of your work is high, you’ll get more loyal customers that won’t stray. You’ll be the big fish in a small pond. Making the move into other areas of the IM marketplace can be easier if you are not highly identified with one, particular niche, too.

Social butterflies, who thrive on interacting with others, will get more out of being “high profile” businesses. Aside from the emotional satisfaction of connecting with a large body of customers and contacts, the potential for large returns is often easier to achieve with broad exposure. Becoming widely known and highly visible will help jumpstart a new business into profitability much sooner than the quiet approach. The problem with such a method of marketing is becoming “typecast” or pigeonholed into a particular niche that may become less profitable in time.

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Perfect Traffic Storm is a new site that says it guarantees more CONVERTING web visitors and online advertising with very little effort or cost.  So I decided to put it to the test…

My first impression was the site looks professional and clean, with an attractive look and feel.  It is easy to read and understand.  Joining the site was easy and painless–they do offer 2 upgrade options but they are not required to gain the benefits.

The Members Area is very well laid out and intuitive–I could figure out what to do after only a few minutes and was able to get up and running in less than 5 minutes.  Inside the site, you create links and ads–the links you simply enter any URL links you use into the generator and it transforms them into “Perfect Traffic Storm” links.  You create ads for anything you want to promote using the Perfect Traffic Storm Ad Generator, which is very easy to use.  You can create as many links and as many ads as you like.  And they are organized in a logical way–links are displayed in the order you create them but also your 5 most recent links appear on the main page for quick reference.  Also, since the link generator is the tool you’ll use most, it is also right at the top of the main page when you login.  Very smart!

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In the movie “You’ve Got Mail”, the sub-plot aside from the love angle is that the heroine (played by Meg Ryan) was forced out of business when the big-time book store owner (played by Tom Hanks) moved into town.

Meg’s character owned a quaint little book store which she inherited from her mother. Although the prices of her books were a little steep, she makes up for it in service. She packs the books in a specialised bag, and she knows all of her customers by name.

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Here’s a quick video I made to share some of my thoughts on marketing offline instead of online.  I recorded this while driving to my fortnightly Business Referral Group meeting, this time it was a little different because overnight we were hit with a huge dust storm that swept in from Outback Australia.

Time for me to get on my soapbox once again because if there is one thing I dislike the most in business it’s the fact that people get taken advantage of because they know no different.

What am I talking about here?

Well I’m about to show you a classic example.

Here in Australia I am sure many businesses receive letters or invoices in the mail about the registration of their URL.

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