Eyet Blogs: June 2008

Monday, June 30, 2008

New York Times: Interview with Ctrip CFO Jane Jie Sun

Just spotted over at the New Times website - an interview with Ctrip CFO Jane Jie Sun. Another indication of Ctrip's strong desire to expand their customer base outside of China. Claims 50% of the online market and tha tthe online market is 1-2% of the overall travel market. In addition they have another 2-3 % of the overall travel market through call centres. Claim total Chinese travel market is $150billion (Chinese domestic plus foreign inbound). That would put the online travel market at $1.5-3 billion confirming other numbers we have seen.

UPS Envy - The Visible Process

The number one reason why companies invest in BPM is because they have "UPS Envy"... I just made up that statistic, but I'll bet that it's not far from true...

If you've ever ordered anything online and had it shipped by UPS, then you've probably seen the UPS tracking screens. As the buyer, you can see exactly where your package has been, when it was there, and where it's going. Every drop-off, every pick up, every mile... from the shipper to your door step... It's GREAT.

I've never seen the "Shipper's View" of UPS, but I'll bet that it's phenomenal too. You can probably see all of the packages that you have shipped in a consolidated view. Everything in real time, letting you sleep comfortably knowing that your customers are going to get what they ordered on time... or giving you the warning that you need to preemptively head off the disappointment of a late shipment.

UPS itself probably has a "Gods-Eye View" of every package in their system... Great for day-to-day operations, and no doubt with historical analysis features to determine the optimum number of trucks, trains, and planes that were actually needed to get those packages delivered on time.

This is what BPM promises... The ability to track each step of all of your processes, and to be able to analyze past metrics to plan for a better future.

Model the Process
Manange the Process
Monitor the Process
Analyze the Process (darn... I can't think of a synonym for Analyze that starts with "m")
Modify the Process

If your BPM implementation doesn't provide these capabilities, then you've missed the mark.

In almost every Managed Business Process that you implement, you will probably need to provide the following "Current State" views (at a minimum):

Originator's View

This is analogous to the Purchaser's UPS tracking view. You initiated a Process, and you want to know how things are going. More than likely your primary concern is in knowing when the Process will complete (which implies knowing what steps are left to complete) and you probably also want to know how things have gone so far (what steps have been performed, and who performed them).

Participant's View

This is similar to the Originator's View in some respects... but you are generally more interested in all of the Processes that you've participated in rather than a single Process. In many cases, you are interested in the Processes that may "come back to haunt you"... Processes that are still "in flight" where you may be required to perform additional steps (or defend past actions).

Manager's View

This could be the Manager of the complete Process, or the Manager of a Group of Participants who own a Swim Lane of a Process. In some respects this is a Cumulative Participants View, but there is an emphasis on spotting overdue tasks that might lead to an SLA (Service Level Agreement) violation.

Note that all of these Views could span Multiple Processes. The Originators, Participants, and Managers will often be involved with many different types of Processes simultaneously.

I have emphasized the "Current State" in describing these Views, but obviously (especially for the Managers) Historical Views are also quite useful.

Process Engines are primarily concerned with making sure that the right tasks are assigned to the right participants at the right time... but they must also support the generation of all the Views that I've mentioned. This can be accomplished in many ways... but how ever you do it, make sure that you're satisfying that "UPS Envy".

Internet Marketing, Pool, And Chess

By Luis Galarza - Internet Marketing And Make Money Online Tips.

What Internet Marketing, Pool And Chess Have In Common? Entrepreneurs Can Learn A Lot From The Special Factor That Help Pool And Chess Players Succeed!

I'm not talking only about the average pool and chess player games, I talking about the success factor that makes a an excellent player. Why mentioning these type of games when referring to Internet marketing? Well, my friend I am follower of success, and I think is always a good idea to analyze different kind of successful techniques and examples that can give me lessons about how to improve myself and my company when applying it to my regular business and marketing strategies.

Let me tell you, I learn a lot from regular live example of success and proven achieving strategies. And if you ever seen a good pool or chess player and pay close attention to the way they play, you will notice that is a strategic thinking behind every single of their moves, and that is the strategy of "Two Ahead". This mean that pool players think two shots ahead and chess players think two moves ahead. The key words here is "ahead", being two moves ahead of your competition or two move ahead in your market, is the art of putting strategic business innovation to work for your company.

What pool and chess good players can teach you about Internet marketing is that thinking two moves ahead is a key factor for your success online.

Just imaging putting this business tactic to work for you, imaging getting to steps ahead of your competition and by the time they trying to keep up with your marketing you already another two steps ahead.

Let's think about the pool player for a minute... Imagine someone that has as his only source of income a daily visit to a billiard hall. This mean that if he looses, he will not be able to eat, drink, or put a roof over his head, so for this person pool it's not just a game, for him it's serious business. So, he can't be just good add it, he need to be the best player in that hall.

How he does this? By thinking two strategic shots ahead all the time, this help him put more balls in the pockets than his competition and win.

Internet marketing is simple but the marketplace is a hard to crack, and if you think two shots ahead like the pool player, you can win more marketing battles which give you a a better market share, which mean more loyal customers and off course more money.

Apply The "Two Ahead Strategic Thinking" Method.

- If you are a physical or information product creator you can think on the next two products that can solve a problem in your niche. Is good to know where the market is going and the hot trends involving your industry to have a better understanding of what you can create next.

- If your goal is to use Internet marketing to promote your product or to promote affiliate programs, use this technique to find two new creative ways to promote your business. But, don't forget to think about strategic innovations to increase sales or to drive more targeted traffic to your web site or blog.

Why I mention strategic business innovations all the time in this post? You need to remember that the entrepreneurs that are making big money online in the product creation market, Internet marketing, and affiliate marketing are the ones that create new innovations that solve a current problem in a better way or they just found a new way to do it. A few examples of top experts and companies thinking ahead to stay ahead are:

- Google, making billions with Adwords and Adsense.
- Seth Goudin, the creator of Squidoo, his unusual but great marketing books.
- Derek Gehl, with the new easy online application called Bebiz, and keeping the number one marketing training spot for 10 years with "Insider Secrets To Marketing Your Business Online" course.
- Microsoft, when enter the video game market with a computer type of console called "XBox".

Now none of this can be possible without action, so taking action is crucial to make the tactic work.

Recommended Resources.

- Internet Business Training System. NEW! 16 DVD's and free access to BeBiz.
- Search Marketing Lab. To be ahead of the SEO strategies that work.

In Conclusion: This Internet marketing method is a incredible effective way to build a longterm list of loyal customers, to increase your market share, and to create a consistent revenue generating machine.

To learn how you can be part of a small business association full with Internet marketing experts visit the Internet Entrepreneurs Club.

To your success,

Luis Galarza, Internet Marketing Consultant Massachusetts.

About Author: Luis Galarza is a respectable Internet Marketing and Small Business Consultant in the area of Leominster and Fitchburg, Massachusetts. Also, he had teach 100's of entrepreneurs how to make money online and offline without their own product.

A proud member of
- The International Association of Home Business Entrepreneurs
.

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We're retiring AdSense Referrals

We're constantly looking for ways to improve AdSense by developing and supporting features which drive the best monetization results for our publishers. Sometimes, this requires retiring existing features so we can focus our efforts on the ones that will be most effective in the long term. For this reason, we will be retiring the AdSense Referrals program during the last week of August. We appreciate your patience during this transition and here are some alternative options to consider:

Google Affiliate Network: As part of the integration of DoubleClick, the DoubleClick Performics Affiliate Network will now operate as the Google Affiliate Network for advertisers targeting users located in the United States. Similar to the AdSense Referrals program, the Google Affiliate Network enables publishers to apply for advertiser programs and get paid based on advertiser-defined actions instead of clicks or impressions. For further details, please visit: http://www.google.com/ads/affiliatenetwork/.
AdSense for content ads: If you have less than three AdSense for content ad units on a page, you may wish to replace the referral ad units with standard AdSense for content ad units.

If you currently use referral ads, either to promote Google products or offerings from AdWords advertisers, AdSense Referrals code will no longer display ads beginning the last week of August. We encourage you to take the following steps before the product is retired:

Remove the referral code from your site(s): Please take a moment to remove all referral code from your sites before the last week of August, so you can continue to effectively monetize your ad space.
Run and save all referrals reports on your desktop: Create and save all reports related to the referrals program on your desktop, so you continue to have access to your valuable campaign information.

Thank you for your support of AdSense Referrals in the past. If you have any additional questions, please visit our Help Center.

Posted by Anuj Srivastava - AdSense Product Marketing

Rumour - Expedia buys into India with $17million investment in TravelGuru - is there a scary eLong parallel here

contentSutra has a story (in conjunction with VCCircle) that Expedia has spent $17mm to gain a stake in the number four indian player TravelGuru. Intial reports put the valuation at around $30 million giving Expedia a majority stake. An update in contentSutra puts the valuation at closer to $75mm - though the headline still claims that Expedia has a majority stake.

UPDATE - CEO Ashwin Dameria has written to Medianama.com with the following comment

I’m disappointed that mere speculation is being published in the form of a “story”. Many people have called me based on this hearsay and what they have read online.

There are many inaccuracies in these reports – the biggest being – there has been no deal signed! (my emphasis)

What more is there to deny?

Warm regards,

Ashwin

He does not say "no negotiations are under way" or "no chance". Rather says "no deal signed". Assuming there is a deal - here is my analysis.

I did a background piece on the India market a few months ago. In researching that piece it became clear that TravelGuru was very well funded - having raised as much as $25mm from Sequoia and Battery. First round was $10mm with just Sequoia and then a combined Sequoia and Battery second round of $15mm. TravelGuru has used some of this to do acquisitions of their own picking up Desiya for around $25 mm (Rs. 100 crores). While well funded and used to acquisitions, the research put TravelGuru in fourth place in the market with around $80mm in TTV planned for 2008 (up from $42 in 2007). This puts them behind Makemytrip on around $280 TTV, Yatra on $210 and Cleartrip (>$100). More in this post here.

I am trying to understand this play by Expedia. Using acquisition as an market entry technique is not typical Expedia behaviour (on the leisure side). Of course in France there was the original joint venture with SNCF and there have been a string of investments by TripAdvisor. But the entry of the Expedia brand into a market has usual followed a organic path of launch hotel/destination services while the air engine is localised. Then a year or so after brand launch they bring on the air engine and ramp up the marketing. In the case of India with have the hotel only launch of Expedia.co.in and then four months later the investment - but not full buyout - of a local player. The obvious and scary parallel for Expedia is their entry into the Chinese market through a majority investment in eLong (August 2004). This has proven to be a disaster for Expedia. eLong is onto its third CEO since the investment (fourth if you include the interim work of Expedia Asia Pacific President Henrik Kjellberg) and the stock is near a two year low of around $7 only just above the investment price of $6.21 (though it would be fair to say that I should keep comments about poorly performing online travel stocks to a minimum). Much like eLong and its market standing compared to ctrip, TravelGuru currently lives in the shadow of larger rivals.

It has taken Expedia 4 years to ready themselves for another part investment in an emerging market. I am sure they are hoping that they have learnt a lot from the lessons of eLong.

Just a rumour at present as the CEO TravelGuru Ashwin Dameria has (sort of) issued a denial. Either way - the Indian market is continuing to heat up.

We are retiring the pay-per-action beta

As part of Google's integration of DoubleClick, the DoubleClick Performics Affiliate network is now part of Google. To consolidate our offerings, we will be phasing out the AdWords pay-per-action beta in the last week of August 2008. As an alternative to pay-per-action advertising, Google offers two products that allow you to manage your advertising on a CPA (cost-per-acquisition) basis: the Conversion Optimizer and the Google Affiliate Network.

The Conversion Optimizer is an AdWords bidding feature that lets you specify a maximum CPA goal for ads on the Google search and content networks. It uses historical information about your campaign to automatically adjust your CPC bid for each auction to help you meet your CPA goal. In addition, the Conversion Optimizer is now supported in both the AdWords Editor and the AdWords API. You can learn more on the Conversion Optimizer homepage.

The Google Affiliate Network, previously known as DoubleClick Performics Affiliate, has been in operation since 1998. Through the network, advertisers can open their ads to all publishers in the network, or select specific publishers that match their criteria. You can set a CPA for your entire campaign or establish custom payment schedules for specific publishers -- such as a higher CPA for a particularly optimal placement. The Google Affiliate Network is currently a separate product from AdWords and AdSense. As with AdSense, publishers must apply and be accepted into the network.

If you're interested in learning more about the Google Affiliate Network, please visit our website.

Update 7-1-2008:

After receiving questions from our readers, we wanted to clarify that the Google Affiliate Network is currently available only for advertisers in the US.

Posted by Trevor Claiborne, Inside AdWords crew

Aishwarya and Abhishek show us a visible dent in their wedded life!

A few days ago i heard the most talked and admired couple Aishwariya and Abhishek get into a loud argument, screaming at the top of their voices at an Awards show.. As i always said i admire Aish's looks but i am not convinced by her over-artificial and over-expressive ways. Her hubby seems to dislike that too! yes that's true, at an awards show when Aish was behaving too stupid and trying to grab attention on the stage along with kunal kumar, Abhi called her a side and tried to explain his mind. Aish reacted negatively and began blasting her hubby who got more and more annoyed, he had to ask his personal security to escort Ash to their hotel room!

Now despite being known as a true wedded bollywood couple who walk hand in hand wherever they go, but their rating as one of the best couples has fallen since the time of Aish's unacceptable behaviour.. infact, i now have much more regards for Abhishek and rate than 7/10. Yet hope is all with the couple and we get to hear good news soon :)

Btw why dont you visit http://celebrity-gossipandwallpaper.blogspot.com for some more hot topics and latest news:)

Sunday, June 29, 2008

My new blogger template/layout

I am here, yet again with my new template which i feel looks lovely/simple and cool, at the same time soo professional! don't you think so? I've cracked up my brains to get my blog setup on this template, as this was not easy at all.. its also suggested by the designer himself, Cris from eblogtemplates.com(the original designer being eches of blog.eches.net).. he said that this should be attempted only by the professional bloggers or those who know lots of html but am nothing compared to a pro blogger and neither am an html expert;).. The difficult task was changing the designers codes to my own! as he has some alternatives on the template.. and that's a bit confusing since i don't like tampering with codes much, but as i saw this template i was so reluctant to use this and nothing else. Now am done, but not completely done, as you can the header is so plain.. looks simple and clean though but i like headers that match a blog. I Think this really has cool features like the recent articles though i would prefer a most viewed posts and will try that too..

One more thing i would like to suggest those who want to use this template as i've read comments to the designer regarding problems while loading this template.. The side bar is not 200PX but 120PX and 180PX bars so before adding your elements, change your widgets to the needed size:) This is where i was trapped for hours!! as the second side bar slid right down and nothing doing unless i figured it out some hours later.. hehehe

Friends and visitors, you can always provide honest feedback about this template and ill see i can do my best to take into consideration your suggestions, if any:)

TrafficSwarm Review

By Luis Galarza - Internet Marketing And Make Money Online Tips.

It's TrafficSwarm The Best Free Manual Traffic Exchange or It's All B.S.? Here Is My Review!

Can Trafficswarm work for your web site or blog? Well, it depends... first you need to know that free traffic exchange services does work to bring or increase your web traffic, not all of them are good, but there a lot of manual or automatic marketing services that really send some good traffic your way. I can say this because I had try and test almost every single web site or blog traffic exchange available to find those that really can help an Internet marketing beginner generate a good amount of unique targeted visitors.

TIP: After testing many free and paid marketing exchange services I found out that there are three rules that can help you spot the good ones right away and there are:

First, make sure the service and the company it's a popular one and have a good amount of users, this amount need to be above 10,000 at least... because the success of this type of services depends on the exchange of users web site viewing, and if a company don't have enough users you are going to get the same people viewing you ad or site over and over again, making it almost useless. Now if the service have 100,000 users you have a better opportunity to generate leads and sales even if only 1 percent of those users sign up or buy your product, that's 1,000 new prospects or customers... not bad eh!

Second, for the service to become successful needs to have some kind of revenue sharing program or affiliate program build in, and more important has to have a viral marketing system that can help it's users to market the service successfully. Without this the service is simply not worth the try.

And third, the manual service better have a anti-cheat system to avoid members to use robot-softwares to do the clicks for them, you want real people behind each click not a computer software.

OK, back to the my Traffic Swarm review.

Let see if TrafficSwarm have what it takes to be a quality free and paid manual traffic exchange service provider that can really help you increase your visitor base and your overall marketing efforts. First, let see if they are approve by my three traffic exchange qualification rules:

1.- Size Of Actual Active Members:
This is important to make the service a successful Internet marketing tool.... and this company has done an excellent job promoting their service to a bass amount of online entrepreneurs, because they provide an inventory of more than 400,000 active members, which make it the largest manual traffic exchange service available on the web. So, we can put i check mark on this one.

2.- Income And Viral Marketing System:
Is not just about making money promoting this type of marketing service. But, having a good income program behind it can increase the amount of members they get everyday, which mean more different people viewing your marketing message that will increase your results, but don't forget to test and track your ads to know how and when to tun your campaign to increase your web conversions. And the viral marketing part of the system need to help you increase your site view credits. Well, Traffic Swarm does a very good job in this two areas... As a free member you are part of the site view referral program that goes five levels deep, that mean for every new member you refer you get 100 view credits for your sites, plus you get credit for every member refer by your referrals up to the fifth level. Also the more you use the program the more credit you get, and don't forget those surprise credit you get when you visit a selected site, I had bonuses of up to 1500 view credits. Now if you are a TS pro member (paid member) you can also get a monthly residual commission for every member you refer that upgrades to pro, which require a monthly payment.

Another thing you can do is put a little code to any of your sites promoting a text link version of their members to gain even more credits every time some visit or click on the links. I don't really recommend you using this feature, because you will be sending some traffic away from your site to gain a few extra credits, I don't think is a good idea.

3.- Good Anti-Cheat Technology:
This is a really important one, because like I said before you want to make sure that your ads are being watch by real people not automatic clicking robots or software. And this is another reason why TS has become the leader and it's market, TS have a top notch cheat-proof technology that makes it almost impossible to crack.

As you can see TrafficSwarm have good reliable marketing system that can be use to increase your daily visitors. But, there is more:

- You get Free lifetime membership that you can put to use right away. You get 10 ad spots to promote your site, and unlimited if you upgrade to pro.

- You get 100 free credits just for signing up. I don't know how long this offer will be up, but is available to all new sign-ups right now.

- Targeted traffic with about 10 categories to choose from, with real active members clicking on your ads.

- You get to decide which ads you want to view and click on, they don't use force page load technologies.

Other cool benefits you get by using TS service are:

- You get to test and track the quality of your ads before using any type of paid advertising service.

- TrafficSwarm help you increase your web site and blog exposure which help you improve your Alexa ranking.

- If used right, TS can help you generate leads for your business or products, build an opt-in email list, and increase sales.

Most free or paid traffic exchange services work better when you are promoting business or marketing related products, But TS can do a wonderful job on other niches because of the 400,000 members they support. Hope this review help you see if this service fits in your Internet marketing plan. Try it now the lifetime membership is free.

Recommended Resources.

- Search Marketing Lab.
- Insider Secrets To Marketing Your Business Online. 2008 Version!
- Web 2.0 Stampede.
- Michael Cheney's Traffic Videos.

In Conclusion: If you are planning to start an Internet business or already have one you will missing out on the quality of traffic you can get from TrafficSwarm free and paid service.

To learn how you can be part of a small business association full with Internet marketing experts visit the Internet Entrepreneurs Club.

To your success,

Luis Galarza, Internet Marketing Consultant Massachusetts.

A proud member of
- The International Association of Home Business Entrepreneurs
.

Friday, June 27, 2008

Internet Marketing Plan Add Ons

By Luis Galarza - Internet Marketing And Make Money Online Tips.

Is Never Too Late To Make Some Changes And Include This Add Ons To Your Internet Marketing Plan!

I going to be talking a lot about having a Internet marketing plan for your business, simple because is one of the most important part of your business plan, plus having one will help you follow a path for each strategy that you want to use to promote your products or affiliate programs online. So, do yourself a favor and write a quick plan that outlines the tactics or methods and what you want to achieve with each of them, do this before you start any online advertising campaign, business or venture, and if you already started without one, is never too late to start writing one.

I'm writing this today because I was checking some of my consulting clients marketing plans and they have a good layout of some of the strategies that they are going to put on practice, but this plans were missing some strategies that need to be part of any Internet marketing plan don't matter what niche or industry are you in.

You need to remember 2 things. First, there are a few online marketing methods that never went out of style and effectiveness, off course this tactics are more advanced or more mature now, but they still the same basic principals, which are keep working like any other. So, don't believe any one who tell you that some type of Internet marketing method is now dead before doing your own research. The second thing is that cyberspace commercialization and socialization is always in evolution, making some all channels less effective and obsolete, because new more improve channels and tactics were created. Now, no all new web tactics and tools are good... so, how you know which one are good or better? Well, my friends, do what I do... follow what's popular between consumers and entrepreneurs.

Yes, my friends is that simple, just follow the consumers and hang out where they do. A quick example that shows you that this tactic work is YouTube. YouTube open the opportunity for anyone with a video camera to express themselves and become famauos, and people just loved it, and now you see millions of web users uploading videos on YouTube, them entrepreneurs saw that this is the new hot channel that can be monetize by uploading there videos, then other business people press the copycat bottom by launching there own YouTube look alike video sharing site... then Google make a huge jump on the market by purchasing YouTube, which in that time was the number one social video sharing on the web.

So, you see it works! Let web users set the path for your next tactic or venture, they know better.

Here are few Internet marketing plan add ons:

1.- Offline Marketing and Adverting:

Join local business associations.
Sponsor local sport teams And school programs.
Participate on Local business seminars.

2.- Web 0.1 Marketing:

Join online forums and newsgroups in your niche.
Also join business related forums for networking and partnerships.
Find popular chat-rooms in your niche and business ones.

3.- Old School SEO That Still Works:

Write and submit original content to articles directories with a links to your site.
Write and submit press releases.

4.- New SEO Strategies:

Write long guides type articles pages and allow comments and updates.
Submit videos to a lot of video sharing sites with different descriptions.
Buy sponsor reviews through PayPerPost and others.
Buy text link ads on top ranking blogs and sites.
Provide quality content for link baiting referrals.

5.- Web 2.0 or Social Media Marketing:

Create free profiles on personal and business social network sites.
Get a blog to promote your business and products.
Submit your blog to blog and RSS directories.

I'll be updating this post later with even more Internet marketing plan add ons for you to use.

Recommended Resources.

- BeBiz - Niche Profit System. New!
- Search Marketing Lab.
- Insider Secrets To Marketing Your Business Online.

In Conclusion: When you are writing your Internet marketing plan make sure to use as many easy tactics that will increase your web site traffic and income.

To learn how you can be part of a small business association full with Internet marketing experts visit the Internet Entrepreneurs Club.

To your success,

Luis Galarza, Internet Marketing Consultant Massachusetts.

A proud member of
- The International Association of Home Business Entrepreneurs
.

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7 Affiliate Marketing Mistakes That Are The Kisses Of Death For Beginners

By Luis Galarza - Internet Marketing And Make Money Online Tips.

Have You Experienced The Kisses Of Death? Avoid This 7 Affiliate Marketing Mistakes And You Never Will!

There are many affiliate marketing mistakes that keeping beginners from achieving maximum success online, I actually wrote other articles about this in the pass addressing a few of this kisses of death, I talk about some of this errors in my "Affiliate Marketing Tips" post, but today I want to talk about some of the mistakes that can kill your chances to earn an affiliate commission right from the start.

There are many things you as Internet marketing beginner can learn from top online marketers, not just from there successes, but also from their errors... errors that sometimes in the eyes of a beginner can look like the right marketing tactic to fallow, and the problem is that their are not good tactics. The thing is that many top online marketers don't have the time to follow every single good strategy that can increase there sales, instead they relay on the fact that now they have a bigger customer base, better online reputation, and a large list of hot opt-in prospects that they can leverage and turn into a good amount of monthly income. Some of them really learn from there own mistakes just like Mike Filsaime and his venture partners when they over promote new product launches to there email list of prospect and customers, which make them money but also increase the opt-out rate of their list. Then he wrote a small report called "The Death Of The Internet Marketing" where he talk about his bad marketing experiences. The fact of this is that Internet marketing didn't die, Mr. Filsaime and his launch partners killed it for them self not for us.

Don't get me wrong, Mike has a few good traffic products, and marketing training material that is worth the money in gold, like "The Butterfly Marketing Manuscript" and InstantBuzz... but, that report was just an stupid excuse to rebuild his list, not to provide any quality. Now I don't recommend any body to sign up for his email list, because he doesn't teach you anything except for how to right good email promotions, because that's the only thing you are going to get from him, sale offerings. The best Internet marketing newsletter you can subscribe is the IMC Marketing Tips Newsletter.

Here are the 7 affiliate marketing mistakes that are the kisses of death for beginners:

1.- Using Ugly URL's.

2.- Not Tracking Your Traffic.

3.- Not Keeping Your Affiliate Programs Information Organized.

4.- Forgetting That Tracking Conversions Is More Important.

5.- Not Cloaking Your Affiliate Links And ID's From Commission thief's.

6.- Not Keeping A Record Of Monthly and Yearly Statistics For Reference and Measuring.

7.- Not Having A Clear Affiliate Marketing Plan Before Starting Your Venture.

Yes, I know simple, but direct to point, these are very risky mistakes that you as a beginner need to avoid.

Recommended Resources.

- BeBiz - Niche Profit System. New!
- Insider Secrets To Marketing Your Business Online.
- Super Affiliates. New!

In Conclusion: Focus, plan, and more important take step-by-step actions... Don't stand still, if you really want to be successful in affiliate marketing. Remember that you're not the only marketer competing for the consumers attention. And one last thing to become a good entrepreneur you need to learn from your mistakes, which can help you find winner marketing and business strategies that will take you to the next level.

To learn how you can be part of a small business association full with Internet marketing experts visit the Internet Entrepreneurs Club.

To your success,

Luis Galarza, Internet Marketing Consultant Massachusetts.

A proud member of
- The International Association of Home Business Entrepreneurs
.

Thursday, June 26, 2008

Research In Motion and Nike continue torrid growth, show no slowdown

NIKE, Inc. (NYSE: NKE) and Research In Motion Limited (NASDAQ: RIMM) are 2 of the Top 20 Innovators of The Innovation Index.

Research In Motion Quarterly Revenue rises 107%, Quarterly Net Income zooms 116% year over year.

RIM Revenue for the first quarter of fiscal 2009 was $2.24 billion, up 19% from $1.88 billion in the previous quarter and up 107% from $1.08 billion in the same quarter of last year. The revenue breakdown for the quarter was approximately 82% for devices, 13% for service, 3% for software and 2% for other revenue. During the quarter, RIM shipped approximately 5.4 million devices.

Approximately 2.3 million net new BlackBerry(R) subscriber accounts were added in the quarter. At the end of the quarter, the total BlackBerry subscriber account base was over 16 million.

Net income for the quarter was $482.5 million, or $0.84 per share diluted, compared with net income of $412.5 million, or $0.72 per share diluted, in the prior quarter and net income of $223.2 million, or $0.39 per share diluted, in the same quarter last year.

Revenue for the second quarter of fiscal 2009 ending August 30, 2008 is expected to be in the range of $2.55-$2.65 billion. Net subscriber account additions in the second quarter are expected to be approximately 2.6 million. Earnings per share for the second quarter are expected to be in the range of $0.84-$0.89 per share diluted.

Nike delivers yet again, and stays with the high growth trajectory.

For the fiscal year, Nike revenues grew 14 percent to $18.6 billion, compared to $16.3 billion last year. Net income increased 26 percent to $1.9 billion, compared to $1.5 billion last year, and diluted earnings per share increased 28 percent to $3.74 versus $2.93 last year. For the fourth quarter, revenues increased 16 percent to $5.1 billion, compared to $4.4 billion for the same period last year. Fourth quarter net income increased 12 percent to $490.5 million, compared to $437.9 million in the prior year, and diluted earnings per share increased 14 percent to $0.98, versus $0.86 last year.

Future Orders

The Company reported worldwide futures orders for athletic footwear and apparel, scheduled for delivery from June 2008 through November 2008, totaling $8.8 billion, 11 percent higher than such orders reported for the same period last year.

Bottomline:

Both RIM and Nike are showing no slowdown from the U.S. economy. Both provided cautious future earnings outlook to account for potential slowdown in their U.S. earnings; however, the Wall Street analysts reacted to this realistic outlook gravely, and posted negative sentiment about the same. Both companies are still growing strong, and even their outlook shows solid top line revenue growth. RIM in particular slightly lowered the future net earnings owing to higher marketing costs attributed to launch of new products. Nothing unusual. However, the analysts are always seeking the smallest sign of weakness, and blowing it out of proportion. Nike also talked about weaker growth in the U.S. markets. And the same thing. Analysts reacted negatively to this. And their negative comments caused these stocks to go in a free fall, and even helped the market go down (it did not help that oil hit $140 a barrel). Both innovators are showing strong growth, and are not slowing down any time soon. Perhaps these Wall Street analysts need to get real, and revise their estimates in line with the U.S. economy and its impact on the global economy. I applaud both RIM and Nike management to provide conservative outlook. In time, the analysts and the investors will realize that both these companies are real gems, and will repeat the strong revenue and earnings growth. For now, the smart investor will get ample buying opportunity for these two top innovators.

Innovation Index Group has long-term BUY recommendations on the Top 20 Innovators of The Innovation Index, including RIM and Nike.

About Innovation Index Group:

Innovation Index Group, Inc. is a new investment management company focused on systematically identifying, tracking and investing in the most innovative publicly traded companies in North America – collectively called the Innovation Index. We have developed the Innovation Index Fund, LLC as our first vehicle to invest in the Innovation Index. Over the past six years, the Innovation Index would have generated a gross average annual return of 40% based on historical model.* The Innovation Index returned 66% in 2007*, and the Innovation Index Fund Manager is up 10% in 2008.*

Innovation Index Group, Inc. and Innovation Index Fund LLC are registered California Corporations, and member of the Irvine Chamber of Commerce in Orange County. Further, Innovation Index Fund LLC is an investment management company organized under the California state regulation, and is registered with Department of Corporations and SEC Regulation D.

The Innovation Index Reports:

Learn about The Innovation Index - Innovation Index Fund tracks The Innovation Index
The Innovation Index closes 2007 at 66% - 2007 Annual Report on the Innovation Index
Top 50 Innovative Companies in the world - 2007 Report on Top 50 Innovative Companies
Annual Report - Chapter One - Total Innovation Activity - 2006 Annual Report One
Annual Report - Chapter Two - The Top Innovator - 2006 Annual Report Two
Annual Report - Chapter Three - The Innovation Insights - 2006 Annual Report Insights
Innovation and Stock Performance Correlation - The Innovation Index and Stock Performance

About The Innovation Index

The Innovation Index introduced in December 2006 is a weighted stock price index of the top 20 Innovators in North America.

The Innovation Index returned 66% in 2007 based on performance model, and would have returned 174% over the previous five years (2002-2006) based on historical model*. This assumes equal investment in each stock of The Innovation Index as of December 31, 2001. An average of $100 invested in The Innovation Index on December 31, 2001 returned $454 as of December 31, 2007. By comparison, $100 invested in S & P 500 returned 28% or $129, $100 invested in NASDAQ returned 34% or $136, and $100 invested in the Dow Jones Index returned 30% or $131 through December 31, 2007. The Innovation Index beats the S & P 500, NASDAQ and Dow Jones Index by more than seven times over the past six years.*

Alphabetical list of the Top 20 Innovators of The Innovation Index for 2008 and their stock ticker symbols:

3M Company - (NYSE: MMM)
Amazon.com, Inc. - (NASDAQ: AMZN)
America Movil - (NYSE: AMX)
Apple Inc. - (NASDAQ: AAPL)
AT&T Inc. - (NYSE: T)
Best Buy Co., Inc. - (NYSE: BBY)
Cisco Systems, Inc. - (NASDAQ: CSCO)
Costco Wholesale Corporation - (NASDAQ: COST)
eBay Inc. - (NASDAQ: EBAY)
General Electric Co. - (NYSE: GE)
Google Inc. - (NASDAQ: GOOG)
Hewlett-Packard Co. - (NYSE: HPQ)
Intel Corporation - (NASDAQ: INTC)
International Business Machines Corp. - (NYSE: IBM)
Merck & Co., Inc. - (NYSE: MRK)
McDonald's Corporation (NYSE: MCD)
Microsoft Corporation - (NASDAQ: MSFT)
NIKE, Inc. - (NYSE: NKE)
Research In Motion Limited - (NASDAQ: RIMM)
The Proctor & Gamble Company - (NYSE: PG)

The Innovation Index will analyze the positions and standings of the Top 20 Innovators at the end of each year. For 2008, there will be no further changes in The Innovation Index.

Disclaimer: The Innovation Index Group, Inc. invests in the stocks comprising The Innovation Index.
*Past Performance Does Not Guarantee Future Results

(Ad)Word of the Day: Ad Variations

Did you know that we have an AdWords Glossary? It's a great resource for learning more about AdWords; so we're starting a new series here at Inside AdWords entitled (Ad)Word of the Day. Each post in the series will cover one term in the glossary and talk a little bit about it.

For our inaugural post, we'll start with ad variations:

Ad variations are multiple versions of an ad for a single product or service, all based on the same set of keywords. Variations are a good way to test many versions of the same message to see which works best with potential customers.

One advantage of using ad variations is that AdWords can automatically show the best performing ad. If you are not sure which message will work best with your potential customers, you can simply create multiple ads for an ad group. AdWords will automatically show the best performing ad more often over time.

We hope you've enjoyed the first part of our new series. If you have suggestions for words you'd like to see, we're always listening at inside-adwords@google.com.

Posted by Trevor Claiborne, Inside AdWords crew

Celebrating 50,000 of you

This week, the 50,000th person subscribed to the English AdSense Help Group. To mark this milestone, the AdSensePro Team would like to extend a special word of thanks to all the folks who use our forums, particularly everyone who takes the time to share their knowledge with other publishers. Thank you for providing useful help and advice, and for contributing to the AdSense community.

If you're not familiar with the Help Group, do check it out to share your AdSense experience. Members of the AdSensePro team will also be on hand to help answer questions, raise issues to our product and engineering teams, and collect your valuable feedback. And if you'd prefer to discuss AdSense in a language other than English, feel free to visit one of our international forums: Arabic, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Czech, Dutch, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, and Turkish.

Posted by the AdSensePro Team - AdSense Help Group Support

Tagged by Syari!!

Tagged by Syari my sweet and loving friend from malaysia

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Instructions:1. Copy and paste this tag from "Start Here" to "End Here". (don't forget the image)2. Place your blog's name with your URL at the end of the tag. If you have more than one blog, please add them too! Just make sure that you post this tag in all of your blogs.3. Tag 5 blogs that is not yet in this post (just to avoid duplications ^_^ )4. This is the twist... Go to the 5 blogs that you tagged and comment on any of their posts. Why? So that search engines can crawl to your site. ^_^5. Return to the Momhood Moments blog and leave a comment saying that you joined the tag together with the URL of the tag. I'll be checking on it and add you in the master list.
Momhood Moments Tags You List: (updated June 13, 2008 10:14pm GMT+8)1.

Momhood Moments 2. Business Mars 3. Concealed Mind 4. http://www.ritzie.info/ 5. Personal Development Blog For Money 6. Vhiel's Corner 7. Anything and Everything in Between 8. Can of Thoughts 9. moms..... check nyo 10. Pinay dot US 11. My Blog Entry 12. Byaheng Pinay 13. The Sweet Life 14. A Mother's Journal 15. Welcome to my World 16. Thoughts of Mine 17. Pheandy's blog 18. stolen shots 19.veniz-great things come in small packages 20. Motherly Instinct 21. A Mother of Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow 22. Filipino love stories 23. A mom's note 24. Tasteful voyage 25.Pinaymama's Diary 26. My So Called Life 27. Straight from the Heart 28. Deranged Insanity 29. Aeirin Collections 30. FunFierceFabulous 31. Teacher's Corner 32. Hailey's Beats and Bits 33. Twerlermz Blog 34. Our Family Adventure! 35. Complex Life 36. .Bisdak's Footprints 37. Mummy Diaries 38. It Is Nap Time 39. Motherhood and All Its Adventures 40.Zook Light 41. Melinda Zook 42. Confessions of a (Not So) Domestic Diva 43. leaf in deforest 44. Tsinay…Between Cultures 45. Eds Mommylife 46. leaf in deforest 47. Celebrating Life (sultanazuleikha) 48. nishasworld-and-babyalisha.blogspot.com/

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Anyone can do this tag as this is a great way to gain excposure to your blogs, increase of ranking and lots more!

IMPORTANT: dont forget to paste this in compose mode!!!

Make Money Online With The Number One Summer Holiday Top Search Keywords

By Luis Galarza - Internet Marketing And Make Money Online Tips.

As You Know The Number One Summer Holiday In The U.S. Is July 4th or Independence Day... Can You Make Money Online With The Top Search Keywords For This Holiday?

The answer is yes! As a marketer you better know that holidays is just another name for sales days. But today I want to talk about how to make money online using the top long tail search keywords for this popular summer holiday, if you already read my last marketing article or post where I talk about making an extra paycheck with the most popular July 4th and summer top selling products online. Right now I want to show you how to take a holiday niche marketing approach to earn some seasonal income for yourself.

To do this you need to know the top search keywords for the holiday that you plan to target, then check the long tail list for any type of popular hiding niche markets, after finding this popular key phrases, is time to set up a blog targeting those words in the URL, the tile, the body of the content, and the labels. One thing that you need to know, is that when using Blogger labels for this type of holiday mini-niche blogs try to use no more than 5 labels that include your main targeting keywords. Now just add adsense or other type of contextual advertising plus the right affiliate programs and you have a mini income generating blog.

TIP: To take this blog from zero traffic to overnight success, you are going to have to write 4 to 5 blog post per day until "the day". Then after that you can post once per month, but when next year comes prepare to blog again 2 to 4 months before the holiday, so search engines can keep visiting your blog and to improve your ranking.

Here is the list of top search keywords for this summer holiday:
List For The Keyword "July 4".

47 july 4.
40 4 of july.
12 why is 4 of july celebrated.
12 why we celebrate 4 of july.
11 1776 4 of july.
8 4 of july recipes.
8 july 4 freedom fest at fort lewis washington.
7 federal code veterans day off july 4.
7 happy july 4.
7 hotel specials for july 4 in albuquerque.
7 july 4 president born.
5 hollywood bowl july 4 2008 celebration.
5 july 4 2008 music festival.
5 july 4 fireworks shows.
5 july 4 freedom fest.
5 july 4 poems.
4 ' july 4 vacation va'.
4 freedom festival july 4.
4 history of fireworks on july 4.
4 hollywood bowl - july 4 2008 - program.
4 july 4 + invitations + photo.
4 july 4 american clothing.
4 july 4 babe.
4 july 4 in early 1900's.
4 randle washington july 4.
4 seattle july 4.
4 shop independent stores july 4.
4 the typical past car dealer sales specials around july 4.
2 4 july screensavers.
2 4 of july beverages.
2 4 of july gif.
2 4 of july swimwear.
2 7 in 100 5th graders can't identify july 4.
2 7 in 100 can't identify july 4.
2 arrl element 4 after july 8 study guide.
2 baltimore july 4.
2 bartlett hills july 4.
2 beautiful sight of 4 of july.
2 concerts in arizona july 4 through july 8.
2 do not buy products made in china between june 4 and july 4.
2 east coast july 4 celebrations.
2 elk grove park, july 4.
2 fireworks charlottesville saturday july 4.
2 fireworks photos july 4.
2 funny quotes for july 4.
2 gatlinburg parade july 4.
2 havasu july 4.
2 july 4 1934 newspapers.
2 july 4 2008 bay area fireworks.
2 july 4 babe pin up.
2 july 4 celebrations.
2 july 4 chicago.
2 july 4 discount cruise vacations.
2 july 4 entertainment in philadelphia, pa.
2 july 4 events bay area.
2 july 4 events in chicago.
2 july 4 festivals.
2 july 4 girl.
2 july 4 independence day.
2 july 4 news.
2 july 4 peoria vip.
2 july 4 pictures.
2 july 4 pinup.
2 july 4 recipes.
2 july 4 sounds.
2 mens july 4 flag shoes.
2 paintball game july 4 weekend texas.
2 pennsylvania july 4 festivals.
2 president born on 4 july.
2 the first president born on july 4.
2 watch july 4 online for free.
2 what united states do in july 4.
2 wrecks on estes parkway on july 4.

List For The Keyword "4th of july".

330 4th of july.
271 july 4th.
212 4th of july events.
126 4th of july graphics.
90 4th of july decorations.
83 4th of july clipart.
82 happy 4th of july.
69 4th of july poem.
62 4th of july wallpaper.
62 july 4th recipes.
51 4th of july backgrounds.
38 4th of july items.
37 4th july cupcakes.
37 kauai hawaii 4th of july fireworks display.
31 4th of july clip art.
31 4th of july facts.
28 4th of july party invitations.
28 4th of july recipes.
27 history 4th of july.
24 4th of july desserts.
23 4th of july games.
23 4th of july smocked infant clothes.
20 4th of july fireworks.
20 4th of july party.
18 4th of july cake.
18 4th of july picnic.
18 interesting facts about the 4th of july.
17 4th of july trivia.
17 july 4th coloring pages.
15 4th of july celebration.
15 4th of july coloring pages.
15 4th of july food.
15 4th of july invitations.
15 4th of july menu.
15 costumes, adult, sexy, 4th of july.
14 4th of july party ideas.
14 free 4th of july clipart.
14 what presidents died on the 4th of july.
14 why is july 4th a national holiday.
12 4th of july cakes.
12 4th of july cards.
12 4th of july centerpiece.
12 4th of july crafts.
12 4th of july dessert.
12 4th of july menus.
12 born on the 4th of july.
12 desktop themes 4th of july.
12 graphics 4th of july firework.
12 july 4th clip art.
12 manzanita 4th of july.
12 miramar beach july 4th.
12 table centerpieces july 4th.
12 why do we have fireworks on the 4th of july.
11 4th of july appetizer recipes.
11 4th of july event.
11 4th of july fire works.
11 4th of july prayer.
11 boston 4th of july.
11 july 4th celebrations in north carolina.
11 july 4th desktop themes.
11 july 4th sasquatch sighting.
10 4th of july bingo.
10 4th of july in washington dc.
10 4th of july party idea.
10 4th of july party supplies.
10 4th of july pictures.
10 4th of july recipe.
10 cruses 4th of july nyc.
10 hollywood bowl - 4th of july.
8 4th of july birthday decorations.
8 4th of july crochet projects.
8 4th of july foods.
8 4th of july lights.
8 4th of july parade ideas.
8 4th of july party supply.
8 4th of july stuff.
8 4th of july treats.
8 4th of july trivia and games.
8 dundalk july 4th.
8 july 4th activities.
8 july 4th cakes.
8 new york city harbor cruise july 4th.
8 pictures of red lake july 4th powwow.
8 smocked 4th of july.
8 stephen kellogg 4th of july.
7 4th july in boston.
7 4th july supplies.
7 4th of july animated.
7 4th of july baby outfit.
7 4th of july comments.
7 4th of july festivals in kentucky.
7 4th of july hats.
7 4th of july history.
7 4th of july outdoor decorations.
7 4th of july parade seaside florida.
7 4th of july shower curtains.
7 4th of july travel ideas.
7 brooklyn 4th of july.
7 fred on the 4th of july.
7 free 4th of july flyers.

As you can see there are a few niche market you can start right now.

Recommended Resources.

- BeBiz - Niche Profit System. New!
- Search Marketing Lab.
- Insider Secrets To Marketing Your Business Online.
- Super Affiliates. New!

In Conclusion: You can do the same for almost any holiday, specially for the most popular ones and build a empire of mini niche holiday blogs and sites that can help you make money online while you learning other marketing methods and strategies.

To learn how you can be part of a small business association full with Internet marketing experts visit the Internet Entrepreneurs Club.

To your success,

Luis Galarza, Internet Marketing Consultant Massachusetts.

A proud member of
- The International Association of Home Business Entrepreneurs
.

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

FUNK’S FANTASTIC WORKOUTS

I have assembled an onslaught of my favourite workouts that focus on each body part. Include one or all of these workouts in to your regimin to help reach your fitness goals.

ABS – FUNK 50
3 Giant Sets
Lying Reverse Crunch -10 reps
Funky Frog Crunch -10 reps
Oblique Crossover Crunches to the right -10 reps
Oblique Crossover Crunches to the left -10 reps
Bicycle Exercise -10 reps

SHOULDERS – CRAZY 28’s
3 Giant Set
Side Lateral Raises – 7 reps
Front Raises – 7 reps
Upright Rows – 7 reps
Bent Over Lateral Raises – 7 reps

BICEPS - BICEPS BOMB
Incline Dumbbell Curl – 3 sets of 10 -12 reps
Standing Barbell Curl – 3 sets of 10 -12 reps
Preacher Curl (dumbbells or barbell) – 2 sets of 10 reps
Dumbbell Curls 21’s – 3 sets of 21 reps
Forearm Wrist Curls – 3 sets 15 reps

TRICEPS – TRIED, TESTED AND TRUE
Lying Barbell French Press – 3 sets of 10 reps
Triceps Press-downs - 3 sets of 10 reps
Triceps Dumbbell Kickbacks - 3 sets of 10 reps
Triceps Dips -Do 3 sets to failure

BACK - BACK BLAST
One Arm Dumbbell Bent Over Row - 3 sets of 10 reps
Seated Cable Row - 3 sets of 10 reps
Seated Front Pulldowns - 3 sets of 10 reps
Pull-ups - 3 sets to failure

CHEST - CHEST CRUSHER
Incline Bench Press - 3 sets of 10 reps
Incline Dumbbell Press - 3 sets of 12 reps
Flat Dumbbell Press - 3 sets of 10 reps
Cable Cross Over - 3 sets of 12
Dips - 3 sets of 10 to failure

LEGS – SUPER LEGS
Squats - 4 sets of 8- 15 reps
Lunges - 3 sets of 10 reps per leg
Leg Extensions - 3 sets of 10 reps
Leg Curls - 3 sets of 10 reps
Calf Raises – 3 sets 20 reps

Funk Roberts
Don't Rush the Beat
Funk Facebook Fitness Group
Funk TV
Funk Roberts Sports Drink

Most Popular 4th Of July And Summer Products To Sell Online

By Luis Galarza - Internet Marketing And Make Money Online Tips.

What Online Consumers Are Looking For On This 4th Of July or Independence Day? Whatever It Is, They Are The Right Products To Sell Online This Holiday!

July 4th is next week and as you know is one of those holidays that can help you increase sales if you relay your product selling promotion to the U.S. Independence Day... You can do the same with your country Independence Day, just adjust the promotion to what will trigger the buying mind of your local or national target audience.

For those online entrepreneurs targeting U.S. consumers I personally did the research to find the hottest products to sell online that can help you find lucrative results from your holiday Internet marketing efforts. And even if this type of products or services are not part of your online offerings right at the moment you can still make money by starting a quick niche marketing campaign using PPC (Pay-Per-Click) advertising or Google Adwords and affiliate programs. The affiliate programs that yo can use can be CPS (Cost-per-sale), CPL (Cost-per-lead), and CPA (Cost-per-action), as you can see I didn't mention CPC which is cost-per-click, because these type of affiliate programs will not generate much profit which can turn into a low ROI (return-of-investment) or a total loss... This is actually one of the top mistakes made by Internet marketing beginners, and that's why many entrepreneurs quick to soon because they think that is no way to make money with PPC or any other kind of online marketing method, when the true is that to make money online first you need to learn how to use successfully every marketing tool and strategy before applying it, the same thing works in the offline advertising world.

Why PPC or Adwords?

Because you can set up an Internet advertising campaign in less than 48 hours and that includes the landing page for the promotion complete with quality content, a opt-in form for prospects to sign up, and information on top providers of the product you are trying to sell. I also recommend you to download "Free Web Site Building Training Videos" to learn how to set up successful landing pages for affiliate marketing. And if you want more read "Affiliate Marketing Tips".

Here are the most popular products to sell online this 4th of July or Independence Day and even the whole summer of 2008: You will also see the most popular items in each category.

1.- Cell Phones Products.

- LG VX8500 Chocolate Cell Phone.

- LG enV VX9900 Cell Phone.

- Nokia N90 Cell Phone.

- Nokia 7370 Gold Cell Phone.

- Motorola MOTOKRZR K1 Cell Phone.

- Motorola Q Silver Cell Phone.

- RIM BlackBerry Pearl 8100 Cell Phone.

- Samsung SPH-m620 UpStage Cell Phone.

- LG VX8500 White Chocolate Cell Phone.

- Motorola RAZR V3 Cell Phone.

- Nokia E90 Communicator Cell Phone.

- Nokia N95 (Silver/Deep Plum) Cell Phone.

- LG PRADA KE850 Cell Phone.

- Motorola SLVR L7 Cell Phone.

- LG Black Label Shine KE970 Cell Phone.

2.- Digital Cameras.

- Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W55/P Digital Camera.

- Kodak LS755.

- Kyocera OEM Car Charger / Vehicle Power Adapters for Kyocera KX13.

- Samsung NV20 12.1-Megapixel Digital Camera.

- Olympus EVOLT E510 with 14-42mm 40-150mm 10-megapixel Digital SLR Camera Kit.

- Evolt E-410 10.0MP Digital SLR Camera with 2.5" HyperCrystal LCD and 2 Zuiko Digital Zoom Lenses.

- Pentax 6.1 Megapixel K110D Digital SLR Camera with 18-55mm Lens Kit 19028.

- Olympus EVOLT E-410 10MP Digital SLR Camera with Lens.

- Canon PowerShot SD750B. 7.1 Megapixel PowerShot Digital ELPH.

- Canon PowerShot A470 Digital Camera.

- Kodak 8912057 Kodak EasyShare C653.

- Sony PSP 1.3 MegaPixel Chotto Shot Camera - Imported.

- Samsung NV7 7.2MP Digital Camera with 7x Optical Zoom.

- Elenco 3 Fully Regulated Supplies Kit # XP-720K

- ID Camera.

3.- Swimwear Products.

- Molokai Ladies Hawaiian Swimwear(S,M).

- Woodland Camouflage String Bikini Swimwear Top.

- Oahu Ladies Aloha Swimwear.

- Halter triangle printed mesh and bikini Swimwear set.

- Kauai Ladies Hawaiian Swimwear.

- Oahu Ladies Aloha Swimwear.

- The North Face Space Cowboy Board Short - Women's.

- Patagonia Button Out Boardie - Women's.

- Reef Heartbreaker Board Short - Women's.

- Helly Hansen Tonle 3/4 Pant - Women's.

- Lol Beach Board Short - Women's.

- Roxy Secret Spot Board Short - Women's.

- Carve Designs Pipeline Board Short - Women's.

- Roxy Rizzo One Piece Suit - Women's.

- Sugoi MidZero Tight - Women's.

4.- MP3 Players.

- Apple 32GB iPod touch - Black.

- SanDisk Sansa View - Digital player / radio - flash 32 GB.

- Creative Zen 16GB MP3 Player.

- Tascam MP-BT1 MP3 Bass Trainer.

- iPod nano 8GB - Black.

- Archos 105 Ultra Slim 2GB Multimedia Player.

- Thump 2.0 Polished White / 512MB.

- Apple iPod Color 20GB MP3 Player.

- Blue Augen 1GB MP3/ MP4 Player.

- Sony NWZ-A815WHI. 2GB white MP3 player with video.

- 4GB T-Sonic Video/MP3 Player.

- San Disk SDMX42048A18 2GB MP3 Player.

- Oakley Thump Pro 256 MB Sunglasses 05-175 Brown Smoke Frame with Dark Bronze Lenses.

- Apple iPod shuffle, 1GB - Blue - MB227LL/A.

- Creative Labs - Creative Zen 32GB Digital Multimedia Device.

5.- Laptops.

- Toshiba Satellite R15-S822 Laptop Computer.

- Sony VAIO BX740PSA - Core 2 Duo T5270 / 1.4 GHz - Centrino Duo.

- Nortel Combination Fiber 6 Port Card NTBB25GA.

- Asus Eee PC 900 - Intel Mobile CPU 1GB DDR2 12GB SSD 8.9 WSVGA Integrated Webcam.

- Sony VAIO BX740PSA Notebook.

- Smart Buy 8710w Intel Core 2 Duo T7500 2.2GHz Mobile Workstation.

- Q2 Designs 15.4" Intel Core Duo T2130 Notebook White.

- Satellite Pro U400-S1001X.

- ASUS W7S-B2W Intel Core 2 Duo T7500 2.20GHz 13.3in Notebook White.

- HP Pavilion dv2810us 14.1" Notebook PC.

- ASUS W7S-B3B Notebook.

- Sony VGNAR170P27 VAIO AR170P27.

- ASUS M51 Series M51E-B1 Intel Core 2 Duo 15.4" Wide XGA Intel GMA X3100 NoteBook.

- Apple MacBook Pro, 15-inch, 2.4GHz - MB133LL/A.

- F45-AV412 Qosmio 15.4-Inch Widescreen Notebook Laptop PC.

I'm a information product marketer, how this list of physical consumer products can help me make money?

I have to add this question to this blog post, this is an actual question ask by one of the members of the local business club, that already is making some money online selling information products like ebooks, videos, and audio podcasts. Well, if you have the same question here is what you can do to make this summer a profitable one, by simple putting some niche marketing strategies to work:

1. - You can make money online by creating Squidoo lenses about each of this popular products and categories, earn money by adding the items using the Squidoo share affiliate system and let eBay, Amazon and other top merchants do the selling for you. To ensure a successful venture just add a lot of good original content to each lens and use your main keywords on the title, URL, and through out the body of the lens.

2.- Another way to make money with these products is by buying them below wholesale and sell them for a profit on eBay, Craiglist, Overstock, Amazon Auctions, and Yahoo classifieds, just to mention a few good online marketplaces. A good training course that can show you to claim a share of the $158,000,000 spend on eBay every single day is "The Insider Secrets To Selling On eBay" by Derek Gehl and the elite team of eBay Powersellers.

3.- Also you can create ebooks on PDF format that teach people the best products to buy and where to get the best deals which opens the opportunity to put your affiliate links for those merchants and done... Now just write a marketing plan that focus on the fastest way to distribute these free ebooks. Plus don't forget to build your own mailing list of hot online shoppers that you can build a relation with and promote more free ebooks or direct deals later. A good way to have faster results is buy using PPC, blogging, popular marketplaces, and other web 2.0 tools.

4.- Another good way to monetize information is by simply selling your infoproducts in ebook, video, audio, or print format by using the free service from Lulu a information publishing and marketplace service. Just try to add high quality content on each product so you can generate referrals and repeat business.

Other Popular Products That Can Make You Money This Summer.

Before I finish writing this post I want to give a few other hot Internet items that are in the top list of search products, which mean you can earn some cash from it too. Here their are.

- Neopets.
- The Incredible Hulk Toys.
- Iron Man Toys.
- Hellboy 2 toys.
- Wii Games and Accessories.
- And Ethanol Fuel.

Hope this list can help you earn more money or increase your current income.

Recommended Resources.

- BeBiz - Niche Profit System. New!
- Search Marketing Lab.
- Insider Secrets To Marketing Your Business Online.
- Super Affiliates. New!

In Conclusion: Remember to put your creativity to work so you can come out with more ways to make this list of "most popular summer and July 4th product to sell online" a lucrative Internet marketing venture.

To learn how you can be part of a small business association full with Internet marketing experts visit the Internet Entrepreneurs Club.

To your success,

Luis Galarza, Internet Marketing Consultant Massachusetts.

A proud member of
- The International Association of Home Business Entrepreneurs
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