Out With The Old, In With The New.

Ready or Not, Here Comes 2006!

HERE ARE WISE WORDS FROM AN INTERNET MARKETING GENIUS! IF YOU GET THIS, YOU WILL BE MILES AHEAD OF ALL THE INTERNET LOSERS.

I Don't Get To Make Any Money Until I Get Myself Some Traffic
By: Paul Darby

Which Group Are You In?
Group 1 - I got myself a pretty website and put a bunch of stuff on it, and now I make sales and earn enough money to travel around in my big fancy RV and take care of my business on my brand new expensive lap-top computer.
Or...
Group 2 - I got myself a pretty website and put a bunch of stuff on it, and I am waiting for sales and hope to earn enough money to travel around town and be able to buy enough gas to get me home so I can log in to my 6 year old computer to check to see if I got an order yet.

Which one of those two examples best describe you as you are reading this today? I hope you are example number one. And by the way if you are example number one, please tell the pool boy to bring you one of those exotic drinks with the umbrella in it, because they are great!

Now... for those readers who reluctantly fall into category number two, let's give you some tips so you can get the pool boy running when you snap!

Tip number one: If you do not have enough traffic, it does not matter what you are selling, no one will know about it. And if no one knows about it, then it does not matter how good the price is, or how good the product is, you won't make any sales.

Tip number two: Traffic that is not targeted traffic is like having one shoe. You only have part of what you need, and if you try to make due with non-targeted traffic you will be spending your money without getting anything of real value. There is the small amount of value in the fact that search engines do figure in your ranking based in part on the traffic to your site. But you want sales and money - and that takes targeted traffic.

So how do you get targeted traffic?
Make sure the way website surfers who are seeing your ad, your link, your advertisement, your Pay Per Click ads, or your search engine listing, see the keywords that represent what you are selling.

Example: If I am selling parts for 1979 Ford Econo Vans, I do not want people searching for "cars" or "car parts" or "Ford" clicking on my site because they are probably not looking for, parts for 1979 Ford Econo Vans.

So one of your best strategies for getting valuable targeted traffic is to make sure that you use targeted keywords in your, ads, URL's, links and other traffic seeking sources directing to your website.

Your first order of business is to optimize your website so that the search engines list you highly in the search results for keywords that are relevant to what you are selling. Remember the Ford Van example? Good, this is the time to find keywords that are relevant to what you are selling.

So other than search engine optimization, what are some of the the best ways to get targeted visitors to visit your site looking for what you are selling?

Email campaigns, Blogs, RSS Feeds (see article below), Article Sites, Directories, Subdomain Submissions, and other high traffic websites that have a link to your website. Summit Marketing Institute provides listings to all these services for you right from the Startup Essentials Website.

Simply log into http://www.startupessentials.com and click on "Advertising Resources" under the Resources tab. Find the link that reads, Generate Targeted Traffic and you will find free blasters and a service that offers you access to your very own Owners Control Panel that will help you set up a traffic generation system based on highly targeted keywords. And by the way... the pool boy wants a good tip!

About the Author: Paul Darby is an owner of over 35 successful Internet businesses. He has been marketing online for 10 years and is a Dale Carnegie Instructor. And we think he is pretty cool to hang with. www.pauldarby.name


I'll Be Weak In About A Week! (Or "Why I am a self delusional liar for a few weeks every year")

The Real Success Power Of A New Year's Resolution
By: Doug Firebaugh

"The Real Secret of a Successful New Year's Resolution lies within the word itself......"Have you ever made New Year's resolutions and they did not make it past January?

Ever tell someone that you were going to make this the year that you changed your life, and then come January 20th, you have fallen back into the same life pattern that you have been struggling with and it steal your Success?

Ever made a Success resolution to work out every week? You "decided" that you were going to get up and work out, and finally get that body you have always wanted? You were telling everyone that this was the year, and this was the time that they were going to see a new you and you were going to create Success doing it!

Uh huh. I have been there. And I ended up looking quite foolish, until I decided just to start it, and not worry about talking about it. Then you will start to see some changes in your physique!

How about to lose weight? Ever talk to folks and tell them that you were going to lose the weight you want this year, and you were going to become a lean, mean, weight losing machine? And then after 30 days, you were back eating twinkies? Yep. Got that one.

Here's one -- to quit smoking! I know so many folks that have promised themselves that they were going to quit smoking! This is the year! I will be smoke free! Good idea!

Most of the New year's resolutions are made with the best intentions, but most fail miserably. They really never get out of the starting blocks to obtain Success. All the words were nice, but there was no real sustained effort in the change process for Success.

Why? Simple. Lack of proper focus in the word itself. Actually, the word resolution has a very different meaning if you look at the word itself. To me, it carries a little different meaning, if you use a little different perspective and view of the word. Many times, changing how you view something is the "shift" that you need to create Success with something.

I like the word "Re-Solution." In other words, if you make a resolution to change something, you are actually "re-solutioning" it with a different solution. Most people don't do that. They are trying to use the same old solution to a problem that did not work before."Re" means to repeat. So you are repeating the attempt, to create a new success solution, to solve an old problem. Simple. But doesn't work. If it did, you would not have to be attempting the same new year's resolution as last year, and the year before.

Here's an idea:Don't make a resolution, but a REAL Solution! And if you make a REAL Solution, that will cause a DISSOLUTION to your problem.(Dissolves that challenge!)

Ok. How? Simple.
1) What is it you want to change? Write it down.
2) How bad to you want to change it? (Deciding factor!)
3) How will that improve your life? (List them..)
4) What is the very first thing you need to do to start the change process? Do it.
5) What's the second? Do it.
6) What' s the third? Do it.
7) What's after that? Continue to do it till done..Now, you are making a REAL solution to your life, not some wimpy, whiny, weak, wasted, willowy, wishy-washy, won't work, waste of time, woe is me, featherweight promise you know you won't keep!If you look at the word "resolution" for what it really is, and change your mindset to a "REAL solution"..You can change your whole life in a day, as well as the Achievement and Success in your life.

About the Author: Doug Firebaugh is one of the top Success Trainers in the world. Over a million people a month read his training ezine. He spent the last 7 years traveling the world speaking and training on Success. He lives in Birmingham Michigan, and you can receive a FREE subscription to his training ezine- The MLM Success HEAT- at: http://www.passionfire.com/pf_heat_9.html http://www.passionfire.com/Source: www.isnare.com


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