Archive for 2009

Marcia Yudkin made an interesting point today about marketing. The “tried and true” reasons WE think people should buy our products or services may not ring as true with customers as it used to. Or they may be more cost conscious than ever. All your current “reasons to buy” may be good enough. But they [...]

US Government Spy Satellites have identified a possible Swine Flu Problem! Or is this the Human to Swine transmission?

How does your metro area – or the area you plan to target for your marketing measure up in terms of adversity? Knowing that could make the difference between success or failure of a venture because the sense of perceived adversity will influence buying habits and, accordingly, your projections.  Here’s a tool to consider in [...]

Jack Kemp passed away Saturday at age 73. Here is an excerpt from the page“Jack Kemp in his own words”. This commentary in particular is crucial to understand at this point in our history in the U.S. and the world.  Politicians worldwide are using the mantra of “saving the economy” to extend their power base [...]

Maverick Money Making Club To make money online many people jump right in before they are properly prepared. You know that to be a rocket scientist, a doctor, a brick layer, a construction worker, an office worker, a teacher there are prerequisites, things you must learn, before you can be successful, you don’t just jump [...]

Jonathan Leger is always coming up with some cool tool or device to use for affiliate marketers! The most recent one is his affiliate cloaking and link shortening service OffTo.net! OffTo.net has unique benefits for affiliate marketers. 1) It shortens and cloaks your links. Duh! Of course! This is especially good on Twitter. 2) It [...]

In all the talk about the REASON to start a home based business or online business, such as funding your retirement account or paying down debt or just living better and obtaining tax deductions, there’s not much talk about HOW to do all that. This excellent article from SavingsAdvice.com is different in that it’s concrete:How [...]

It can be hard to separate yourself from the crowd when trying to make a living by marketing affiliate products. For some, the key may be pre-selling – the use of content to build trust, whet the reader’s appetite, and to set the stage for the sale of the affiliate product. And NOT joining the [...]

I’ve personally used Yahoo’s web services in the past. They were high quality, but not the cheapest. Still, they had a great value in my estimate. If you have been on the fence about getting a Yahoo product, here are some Yahoo Hosting savings codes to help you save money and get started! 1. Yahoo! [...]

Update: This post is “old news”. You may still be able to make money with Twitter by sponsored profiles, but unless you’re some media star, it won’t be much.  Check out these updated Twitter Marketing Tips! I told you about how I had a sponsor for one of my Twitter profiles. You can see that [...]