Saturday, December 30, 2006

My New Year wish for you for 2007

I received this SMS from a dear friend of mine and I wish this for you in 2007:

May you have a fabulous 2007. May peace break into your house and thieves steal your debts. May love stick to your face like Vaseline. May laughter assault your lips and may the problems you had forget your address. May 2007 be the best year of your life.

I love you.

Dr Loot Gous
http://www.homeworkriches.com/
Home of the MoneyWiki
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Tuesday, December 19, 2006

Do you have 15 minutes?

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Best Regards

Loot

P.S. If you earn only $50 a day through this system, it's $1500 a month. Not bad for 15 minutes of work. Go and get your free account NOW.

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Friday, December 15, 2006

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http://www.HomeWorkRiches.com

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Tuesday, December 12, 2006

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PS check out the MoneyWiki

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Saturday, December 09, 2006

Do you know what is Money?

And now my friends

I created an article about Money - What is it?

Please check it out in my brand new MoneyWiki here
http://www.homeworkriches.com/wikka/Money

Kind Regards

Dr Loot Gous
President
http://www.homeworkriches.com
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Sunday, December 03, 2006

Advertise your business in a Wiki

Ever heard of MoneyWiki?

Well this is one of my new projects that I believe will grab the imagination.

You can join for free and discuss in Wiki format all matters relating to Money and more.

Put a few of your own articles/ads there! http://www.homeworkriches.com/wikka

I do not think that a Wiki is a new concept - but I do think that this is one type of Wiki application that I saw very little of so far. So - why not give it a go? You may like it as much as I do!

Try it out!
Kind Regards

Dr Loot Gous
President
http://www.HomeWorkRiches.com
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Friday, November 24, 2006

Please help Theresa

Hi Guys

I really do feel from the heart for Theresa – especially after Thanksgiving day. And I would like to help her. Please read the email below that I received from Michael Cobb on how he wants to assist her. Please click on the link below to assist.
http://www.home-income-team.com/info/loot/signup.html

Kind Regards

Dr Loot Gous
President
http://www.HomeWorkRiches.com

Mail I received:

Hey Team,

Michael here with an impromptu message that may seem a little out-of-place in an internet marketing forum, but one I feel compelled to share with you.

Many of you have heard of Theresa Gardner. Those of you who visit the forum regularly will be familiar with her warm, happy personality and delightful sense of humor, as well as her eagerness to help others. We are also familiar with her forum photo of herself with her gorgeous little girl, Marie.

Frankly, Theresa (whom I often affectionately refer to as T-bird) is much loved here at HIT, a real treasure.

Well, as often happens to even the most un-deserving of people, life has thrown a rather cruel barrage of personal tragedy Theresa's way.

For Theresa's privacy I don't want to go into too much detail but with her permission I have copied below part of a message she recently wrote about her latest crisis:

Quote:

I haven't been in the forum for some time because of some personal health issues and some of you may know what I'm talking about. But, I thought I'd drop in to let you know I'm still around although a bit shell-shocked and getting myself ready for the battle of my life.

Two weeks ago right after I got out of the hospital, my husband decided to take off on me and file for divorce. Before he did this he was secretly removing clothing and important papers, his personal stuff, a lot of my personal stuff, etc. The last thing he removed was our 6 yr old daughter, Marie. He did this after drugging my tea with sleeping pills. I haven't heard from or seen them since and he left me with nothing. No car, no money, and he's been turning off utilities, phone and my internet service.

Needless to say, I'm now going through a nasty divorce and trying to get my life back in order. My sister is helping me with the divorce since he's cleaned me out of all of my money and she's giving me a place to stay until I can get back on my feet and get my daughter back.

Unquote


I know you're all busy so I'll try to keep the rest of this as brief as possible.

Theresa's most pressing problem is obviously finance, and more particularly enough money to get herself some transport. I did consider with my sizeable email lists simply asking for charitable donations on her behalf, (may have even gotten a few!) but Theresa is a proud lady and I know she would not feel comfortable accepting "charity" as such.

So I have come up with a different way we can help Theresa, a much better way and one that doesn't involve charity. In fact, you can now help Theresa simply by referring people to your own HIT down line... read on.

As you know, when members join and log into the home-income-team members area, they are presented with a "One-Time-Offer" (OTO) to purchase a fantastic package of internet marketing and business building tools. Our OTO uses a "split-payment" system where the purchaser pays 50% commission to the referring sponsor's paypal account, then the final 50% to admin (me).
http://www.home-income-team.com/info/loot/signup.html

Here's where I get to the bit that helps Theresa :)

I have made a slight adjustment to the split-payment system so that for the next 14 days all ADMIN payments (i.e. half of every OTO sold) will be paid direct to Theresa's paypal account instead of my own.

http://www.home-income-team.com/info/loot/signup.html

YOU still get paid your normal 50% (currently $33.50)

So my main purpose for bringing you to this page was not so much to ask for your charity on Theresa's behalf, but to encourage you to get promoting and put some extra effort into referring people to Home-Income-Team.com for the next couple of weeks.

Remember: By building your HIT network you'll be building your "free advertising" down lines on auto-pilot, earning you more traffic and advertising, plus you can earn back-end income from our supported programs as well as the instant "One-Time-Offer" commissions.

And for the next 2 weeks every time you earn OTO commissions, so does Theresa!

So get busy promoting, recruit yourself some new members, make a few sales, and help a friend in need at the same time.

Success to all,

Michael Cobb.
http://www.home-income-team.com/info/loot/signup.html
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Saturday, November 11, 2006

Complete Money Making Site Setup FREE

"Follow 3 Easy Steps And I Will Personally Build A Money Making Website For You That's 100% Ready To Take Orders And Pull In Massive Residual Profits..."
http://www.HomeWorkRiches.com/pips.html

Dr Loot Gous
http://www.HomeWorkRiches.com
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Sunday, November 05, 2006

Whistle While you Work

It is simply amazing how the marketing tools on the Internet is growing in leaps and bounds.

One of the latest tools in the marketing arena is Feeds. You sometimes see a small orange RSS sign on a page for a RSS Feed. Or in Blogger they have a similar Feed called Atom.

But this is not new – I hear you say. True. In Internet terms and for the experienced Internet marketer this is old hat already. But for the normal Internet user this was – in my mind at least – a bit out of reach.

If you clicked on this Orange RSS button – you were presented with a page full of code that would make the normal user’s head spin. You required a special RSS feed reader. Just a little too complex for the average Joe Blogg.

But now we have Internet Explorer version 7 (IE7). I predict that this will dramatically increase the use and usability of RSS feeds. Why? Because it is now so much easier to:
1 Know that there is a feed on a page.
2 Subscribe to the feed and
3 Read the feed.

1 Know that there is a feed on a page.
In IE7 there is a setting to play a sound when a feed is found on a page. If this is switched on, the moment IE7 detects a feed on a page – it gives off a little whistle – to make the user attent that there is a Feed on the page. Whistle while you work! At the same time the new “View Feeds on This Page” icon becomes active and changes to Orange. But I seems to like the little whistle it gives off. Maybe one day when all sites have feeds the whistling will become a bit much (and then you can switch it off) – but currently it is new and a new thing one can use to market your site and to ensure people are kept aware of what you are marketing and of the changes on your web pages.
If you have IE7 installed you can for example go to this page: http://www.homeworkriches.com and see what I mean by the feed button in the IE7 toolbar lighting up.

2 Subscribe to the feed
The moment you click on this active RSS feed button on a page that has one – Internet explorer displays the feed and gives you the option to subscribe to it. Very much in the same way as what you can subscribe to a favorite web page.

Once you have subscribed to a page you can also – by going to the Feeds Tab in the Favorites Center (As it is called in IE7) – you can immediately see which feeds had something updated since the last time you looked at it. The changed feeds are highlighted for you. This is simply an amazing tool to keep abreast of any developments on pages of interest to you, as and when it suits you, without being bombarded by a series of emails.

3 Read the feed.
In the past one had to download and install separate feed readers. This was clumsy and not easy at all. The new IE7 Feed reader integration is really nifty and it really makes it easy to read a Feed. One way is to simply click on the feed button if it is highlighted on a page. And the second one is to click on a feed in your Favorites Center. As simple as that.

I can already see two types of feeds: One that simply reminds the subscriber of a change that took place on a page and invites the user to visit the page. The second is including the detail of the change with a link to the real page.

Marketers had to find something that could replace emails as the threat of spamming is simply too costly. And this seems one of the ways they came up with.

I predict that marketers will now start including Feeds in their websites with a vengeance.

Kind Regards

Dr Loot Gous
Is President of http://www.homeworkriches.com/ where you can find a whole series of work from home ideas.
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Friday, November 03, 2006

Six reasons why you should think before you speak

Here are six reasons why you should think before you speak - the last one is great!Have you ever spoken and wished that you could immediately take theWords back...or that you could crawl into a hole?Here are the Testimonials of a few people who did....

FIRST TESTIMONY:
I walked into a hair salon with my husband and three kids in tow and asked loudly,How much do you charge for a shampoo and a blow job?"I turned around and walked back out and never went back.My husband didn't say a word... He knew better.

SECOND TESTIMONY:
I was at the golf store comparing different kinds of golf balls

I was unhappy with the women's type I had been using.After browsing for several minutes, I was approached by one of the good-looking gentlemen who works at the store.He asked if he could help me.Without thinking, I looked at him and said, "I think I like playing with mens balls"

THIRD TESTIMONY:
My sister and I were at the mall and passed by a store that sold a variety of candy and nuts.As we were looking at the display case, the boy behind the counter asked if we needed any help.I replied, "No, I'm just looking at your nuts."My sister started to laugh hysterically.

The boy grinned, and I turned beet-red and walked away.To this day, my sister has never let me forget.

FOURTH TESTIMONY:
While in line at the bank one afternoon, my toddler decided to release some spent-up energy and ran amok.I was finally able to grab hold of her after receiving looks of disgust and annoyance from other patrons.I told her that if she did not start behaving "right now" she would be punished.To my horror, she looked me in the eye and said in a voice just as threatening, "If you don't let me go right now, I will tell Grandma that I saw you kissing Daddy's pee-pee last night!"The silence was deafening after this enlightening exchange.Even the tellers stopped what they were doing.I mustered up the last of my dignity and walked out of the bank with my daughter in tow.The last thing I heard when the door closed behind me, were screams of laughter.

FIFTH TESTIMONY:
Have you ever asked your child a question too many times?

My three-year-old son had a lot of problems with potty training and I was on him constantly.One day we stopped at Taco Bell for a quick lunch, in between errands. It was very busy, with a full dining room.While enjoying my taco, I smelled something funny, so of course I checked my seven-month-old daughter, she was clean.Then I realized that Danny had not asked to go potty in a while.

I asked him if he needed to go, and he said "No".I kept thinking "Oh Lord, that child has had an accident, and I don't have any clothes with me."Then I said, "Danny, are you SURE you didn't have an accident?""No," he replied.I just KNEW that he must have had an accident, because the smell was getting worse.Soooooo, I asked one more time, "Danny did you have an accident"?This time he jumped up, yanked down his pants, bent over, spread his cheeks and yelled "SEE MOM, IT'S JUST FARTS!!"While 30 people nearly choked to death on their tacos laughing, he calmly pulled up his pants and sat down.An old couple made me feel better, thanking me for the best laugh they'd ever had!

LAST BUT NOT LEAST, TESTIMONY SIX:
This had most of the state of Michigan laughing for 2 days and a very embarrassed female news anchor who will, in the future, likely think before she speaks.What happens when you predict snow but don't get any!We had a female news anchor that, the day after it was supposed to have snowed and didn't, turned to the weatherman and asked: "So Bob, where's that 8 inches you promised me last night?"Not only did HE have to leave the set, but half the crew did too they were laughing so hard!

Now, didn't that feel good?Pass it on to someone you know who needs a laugh and remember we all say things we don't really mean, so think before you speak!!!!

Kind Regards
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Saturday, September 30, 2006

Getting Started: Creating a Business Plan

Getting Started: Creating a Business Plan
Copyright © Dr Loot Gous
http://www.HomeWorkRiches.com

You're excited. You have a great idea for a profitable
online business. Maybe it is an original idea that has
not been marketed online before. Maybe you have come
up with a new spin on the ordinary. Whatever it is
that has influenced you to start your online business,
be sure that you have a plan before you begin. This is
not the time to “pick it up as you go”. These are some
basic things that should be included in your business
plan.

The business summary should give a brief description
of the entire business and is an integral part of the
overall business plan. After you have completed the
business summary you should begin to list the
objectives or the goals that you want to accomplish
through the business. Next and perhaps most
importantly, you should develop your marketing plan.
The marketing plan will address all the specifics of
the business. When developing the marketing strategy
you should consider the following:

The target market. The target market is the customers
that you expect to see visiting your site. For example
will your product be more appealing to college
students or those who are in retirement?

Consider the competition for your product when
determining the marketing strategy. Choose a product
that will be seen as unique and useful. Visit sites
that are offering the same or similar products. Find
out the cost, and how they are marketing their
product. Finds out the pros and cons of their business
and try to improve your product based on their flaws.

Research the various methods for advertising online.
You should become educated about search engines and
how they work since each one is different. Also be
sure that you know how to submit your site to search
engines. You should be prepared to spend a small
amount of money on advertising, but the profits that
you will gain from the advertisements will prove to be
money well spent.

Think about pricing. Again, look at the competition
and see what similar products are selling for. Pricing
can play a big role in the success of your product
since selling a product well below the average price
may lead customer to think that there is a problem
with the product or that it is not of the best
quality. However, pricing items too high could also
deter customers.

Determine the shipping method. Be sure that you know
how products will be shipped so that you can have
shipping details clearly posted on your site. If you
are shipping things of great value, you should
consider providing shipping insurance. Also think
about shipping outside the country that you live in.

Think about the different methods of payment that you
will accept. If your business does not accept credit
cards, you should be ready to give up half if not more
of your sales. If you decide to accept credit cards
will you use a merchant account or will you use a
third party credit card processing center? Both will
help you get started and the third party processing
center will handle all of the business so you don’’t
have to. You should decide which you will use and also
if you will accept checks or money orders. It is
essential to have a secure server when taking credit
cards.

These few things will help your online business to
become a great success and also provide you with peace
of mind knowing that you have thoroughly thought about
and planned for the opening of your online business.

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Saturday, September 02, 2006

I have a sale on - please hurry

Today I have a very special price for you
(unfortunately the offer could not be for very long
and only as long as stocks last)

CT44 Maxam 44pc Kitchen Cutlery Set
Reference Retail: $61.95
Selling Price of: $19.84!
A real Bargain
(Postage is additional)

You can find it here:
http://lootgous.fscstore.com/
Look in the Cutlery Section

Hurry, Hurry, Hurry.


Maxam 44pc Kitchen Set. Includes cutting board, chef bread carving, utility boning, vegetable, paring knives, meat fork, and 6 steak knives, cutlery wood block 7 pc nylon kitchen tool set, 5 measuring cups, 5 measuring spoons, 5 pc utility set (pizza cutter 2 utility knives potato peeler cork screw), and 6 bonus steak knives. Lifetime warranty on the cutlery. Gift boxed 8 lbs. 4100PT 61.95 Item #CT44

Reference Retail: $61.95
Selling Price: $19.84!
You can find it here:
http://lootgous.fscstore.com/
Look in the Cutlery Section

Feel free to look around – I am certain you will find a host of bargains here. Please let me know what you think of the pricing.

Kind Regards
Loot
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Quite frankly my dear

Quite frankly my dear
Copyright © Dr Loot Gous
http://www.HomeWorkRiches.com

Today is one of those days that I should rather
not be writing anything – yet here I am…

Is it not quite sickening? FREE this and FREE that
Until you feel FREE yourself.

And then you get sipped into the cheapest
Marketing strategy of all – the FREE one.

It catches your eye – it forces you to click the button.

And then you are immediately drawn into a vast net
Of super marketing strategies all aimed at
Claiming up your well earned cents.

You must pay up now…
This offer will NEVER be repeated boykie!
Pay up or forever lose this opportunity.
Ouch – dirty…

And then I nearly, nearly spent my last cent
on a piece of software I dearly wanted
but could definitely not afford right now.

Because – the opportunity will be lost forever.

And so – was it free? Was it really and truly free?

I once heard the saying: “There is no such thing
As a free meal”. And more and more
This is becoming true.

At the end of the day
For one person to earn something
Another must pay something.

Well what can I say?
I am trying not to fall into the same trap.
If I say for free – I mean it.
And still – after all – I need money too.
So after I gave you one thing for free
I sit and I pray that you will go further
And will eventually buy something
So I can earn something.
So I am telling you up front
Please buy from me!

Kind Regards
Loot

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Thursday, August 10, 2006

Internet Advertising Options

Internet Advertising Options
By Loot Gous

Copyright © Dr Loot Gous
http://www.HomeWorkRiches.com

Your online business will likely require more
advertising than a contemporary business downtown, yet
some new to the world of online business do not spend
the time and money to advertise their business
appropriately and are, in turn, loosing money. Your
online business is crammed into the world wide web
along with thousands of others selling the same
product or service as yourself. Consider this
scenario: In your hometown you want to open an art
supply store. In that same town there are thousands
of art supply stores. In order for your business to
be successful, it will have to stand out in some way
from the others. This is exactly what is happening
when a business is opened online. There is so much
competition, that you must take drastic measures to
ensure that you are getting noticed. Advertising can
be done in so many ways online. These are some of the
most successful ways that you can promote your online
business.

Advertising in Ezines is a popular way to promote
your online business. Ezines are the magazines of the
internet; they written on a particular subject and
read by those interested in that subject. Therefore,
Ezine readers are already potential customers and
advertising your site in Ezines that are related to
your business is almost guaranteed to help drive
traffic to your site and increase sales for your
product. You should be sure when advertising in
Ezines that you are not advertising along side
competitors. Ask the Ezine producer if there is a
policy concerning posting competing ads. It is also
a good idea to subscribe to the Ezine before making a
decision about whether or not to advertise in it. An
Ezine that runs fewer ads is a better choice than one
that runs many ads. You can look at the online
Directory of Ezines to find publications that are
relevant to your company.

Pay-per-click programs are an excellent way to
advertise your business without taking a risk that you
have advertised in the wrong place. With
pay-per-click, you can advertise you site and only
pay for those who click the link and go to your site.
Another popular pay-per program is the pay-per-lead
program that allows you to only pay for leads.
Usually this means that you pay for only those who
download a trail, fill out a form or enter a
sweepstakes; whatever you choose. Lastly you can
display pay-per-click banner ads in which your company
would be allowed to place a banner on their site and
you will be charged for every click that your banner
receives.

Opt-In email is a great way to advertise your
business, however it is expensive and it can be
misused very easily. Using opt-in emails, you would
submit your sales copy to the company that will in
turn email it to those on their mailing list. You
should be very careful since some of the companies
that advertise their mailing lists as opt-in email
service is sometimes really SPAM. It is essential
that you have a perfect and effective sales letter
when using opt-in mailing lists. Without and
effective sales copy your money and time have been
wasted.

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Monday, July 10, 2006

Cross Promoting Techniques that Work

Cross Promoting Techniques that Work
By Loot Gous

Copyright © Dr Loot Gous
http://www.HomeWorkRiches.com

Cross promotions are not a new idea. They have been
used by businesses for a very long time. For example,
a real-estate company may promote a certain lawyer to
close a sale, as the lawyer will promote that agency
in his firm. The system is somewhat similar to the
primitive barter system, where people traded items
rather than using money. How can anything primitive
fit into the online world of Internet marketing? Very
easily. Cross promotions are, simply stated, a trade
of advertising space. Instead of paying for
advertising space on a site, you would place their ad
on your page and yours on theirs. There are many ways
to use cross promotions in your internet business that
can be an effective and cost efficient way to
advertise.

One way is to use link exchanges. This is very
effective when doing cross promotions with a company
that is similar to yours, however you should be sure
and never link to a page that is in direct competition
with yours. One of the best things about link
exchanges is that some search engines are factoring in
hits from the sites that are linked to your page to
when determining the ranking. Therefore linking to a
more popular site, can not only increase your
advertising, and traffic, but also increase your
search engine ranking.

When customers or potential customers subscribe to
your Ezine you can use this as an opportunity to use
cross promotions. On the same page that the customer
subscribes to your Ezine, make available the
opportunity to subscribe to another company's Ezine.
You can even exchange ad space in Ezines, and provide
recommendations for those whom you cross promote with.
You might even want to exchange column space in one
another's Ezines.

Writing free articles that inform customers or
potential customers with information that is useful
and accurate can create a reputation for you and your
business. Soon readers will come to know you as an
expert on the subject. In these articles the author
uses a byline to help promote his site. Bylines can
be a way to use cross promotions as well. You can use
part of the space in your byline to recommend
another's product.

If you have been considering writing an eBook, a joint
venture could mean increased profits for you and the
person you are partnering with. Cross promotions
through eBooks are an excellent way to allow for a
wider topic and to promote both your business and your
partner’s business. The eBook should contain
information that will benefit both businesses and
still be helpful to the reader. A good example of
using cross promotions through an eBook is to a site
selling used video games partnering with a site
selling gaming devices. These are two subjects that
would interest the same reader and most likely lead
the reader to both sites.

You should keep in mind that the recommendations that
you make are a direct reflection of you, so choose
your cross promotional businesses carefully. Also
keep in mind that it would be nice as a shopper to be
able to link from one site to another as a way to
"shop around." Since this is usually not beneficial
to you, never link or recommend a site that is in
direct competition with you. Instead, recommend those
who are similar, such as health and life insurance.

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Saturday, July 01, 2006

Designing A Website That Sells

Designing A Website That Sells
By Loot Gous

Copyright © Dr Loot Gous
http://www.HomeWorkRiches.com

Would you buy meat from a grocery store that left the
bad meat in with the good meat or wasn't clean? Would
you buy a car from a sales lot that had totaled
automobiles on the front lot? I wouldn't and neither
would you. Your website is your grocery store; your
car lot. You must have an atmosphere that is pleasing
to buyers. One that tells that buyer that you are not
an amateur, but instead a trained, seasoned
professional. Your site is a direct reflection of
your product and that is why that having a well
designed website can make or break your sales.

The first thing to keep in mind when designing your
website, is "surfability". Take a few minutes a look
around at several web pages. What makes them
appealing? Were there some that you closed out of
immediately? Why? Take notes and do your research.
Keep in mind that when a person visits your site they
have a goal in mind. They are either seeking
information or shopping for a product. Give the
person what they want without having to search for it.
Be sure that all the information on your site is
relevant to your product. Make the buyer think that
they need your product to solve their problem.

Your main page serves a very specific purpose. It
should be an avenue by which the customer can shop
your site. It should be easy to view and load very
quickly. This is your first impression and we all
know that first impressions can either close the deal
or loose the deal. Make it simple. It is best to
have links that are easily viewable by the reader that
will navigate them to where they want to be. Tables
are often a great choice when deciding on a way to
design the main page of your site. Your main page
should load very quickly, chances are if it takes the
page more than ten seconds to load even on a 56k
modem, the customer will click away to save time,
hoping to find the information or product elsewhere.
To increase the loading speed of your main page you
should avoid large graphics or excessive graphics. To
many banners or special effects can cause a page to
load slowly as well.

To make your web site more appealing to the eyes, you
should stick to mild colors. If your site is a
content site where the user will be doing a lot of
reading, it is best to stick to black and white.
Color can be added when using tables, as a way to
brighten up the page, but remember to keep the overall
look of the page professional and appealing to the
audience that will be visiting most often. Since
screen resolutions vary among monitors, it is a good
idea to set the pixels to a standard 800x600. You may
also choose to set the tables in your web page to span
a percentage of the page rather than a set number of
inches. This will be sure to accommodate all screen
sizes. You should remember that a lot of Internet
users will not use the same browser as you, and
therefore you should be sure that your site looks as
good on other browsers as it does your own. You can
do this by downloading several browsers through which
to look at your page.

Be aware of the fact that the overall look of your
website is a way to make money. The appearance of the
site, if designed properly, can be an excellent
marketing strategy for your product or service.

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Saturday, June 24, 2006

Multiply Your Sales Through Affiliate Programs

Multiply Your Sales Through Affiliate Programs
By Loot Gous

Copyright © Dr Loot Gous
http://www.HomeWorkRiches.com

What could be better than exceeding your personal
sales goals for a given month or year? How about
doubling, tripling or even more of you sales goal for
the month? This is exactly what affiliates can do for
you. The amount of growth potential through
affiliates is unlimited; the more affiliates you have
the more money you can make, after all, if Sam Walton
tried to run every Wal-Mart store, he obviously
wouldn't be very successful. You must realize that
for maximum growth you cannot do it alone. Think of
the success of companies such as Avon or Home
Interiors. Their success is based on two things; a
great product and excellent affiliate programs.

To attract affiliates to your company you should make
it worth their time. Offering one percent of sales,
is not an attractive offer, the higher the commission
that you are able to offer your affiliates the more
affiliates will be tempted to join your team. You
should also provide your affiliates with the tools
that they will need to successfully market your
product such as banner ads, articles, and anything
else that will help them to better market the product.
You should provide the affiliates with updated
product information through newsletters, new
promotional campaigns and other things to motivate and
inform the affiliates.

You can choose to run your affiliate program in a few
different ways, both of which are beneficial to your
business. A one-tier affiliate program allows you to
generally offer a larger commission and pays on one
level. The affiliate will receive a predetermined
amount for each sale. Using a two-tier affiliate
program, affiliates are paid on two different levels.
This is done by allowing the affiliates to recruit
others to sell under them. In this situation, the top
level affiliate would receive a slightly larger
commission than the recruit or second level affiliate.
For example if the top level seller makes 20% of the
sale, then she/he would make 15% giving the second
level affiliate the 5%.

Setting up the affiliate program can also be done in
two different ways. One way is to do it yourself
through an affiliate tracking software. This software
will provide you with a way to track affiliate sales
as well as allow the affiliates to view their
progress. The downside to this option is that you are
responsible for making payments. You can also choose
to hire an affiliate tracking company to do all the
work for you. These companies will allow the use of
credit cards and completely run the affiliate program
from billing customers, paying affiliates, and also
pay you. This is a great option for the busy business
owner or the beginning business owner and it is
affordable as most affiliate tracking companies charge
a small one time fee. However you choose to run your
affiliate program it is sure to increase profits for
your business.

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Saturday, June 17, 2006

Implementing an Opt-In List to Optimize Your Internet Marketing Success

Implementing an Opt-In List
to Optimize Your Internet Marketing Success
By Loot Gous

Copyright © Dr Loot Gous
http://www.HomeWorkRiches.com

In order to make a success of your website or online
business, it is obvious that you will need customers.
Although everyone who visits your page will not become
a customer, they must have some interest in your
product or service that brought them there in the
first place and therefore they are a potential
customer. Potential customers are much more likely to
become actual customers if you make an effort to keep
in touch with them. This essential marketing tool is
called and opt-in list.

An opt-in list will allow you to keep track of your
potential customers by obtaining their email address
in order to keep them informed about the latest
updates for your product or service. You can create
your own opt-in list or you can use an opt-in list
creator that is available online from several sources.
The benefits of creating your own opt-in list is that
you will be able to send personal messages to the
potential customers and they will not need to do
anything, whereas with commercial opt-in lists, the
customer will receive a generated message and will be
required to verify their acceptance of the message. To see
an example of such a list in operation send a blank email
to loot10@homeworkriches.com

An important part of creating a successful opt-in list
is to keep in mind that potential customer will visit
your site from many places and may not see your
homepage. Therefore it is imperative to have the
ability to subscribe to the mailing list from all
pages of your site. You should not, however, make the
subscription information a focus point of every page.
It is a good idea to put it at the bottom or top of
the page where it is visible but not distracting. It
is also a good idea to promote your mailing list by
using a give-away. You could offer a service, a
discount, or an eBook. You can also drive potential
subscriber to join your mailing list by writing
articles that will benefit the reader and at the same
time, build your credibility as an expert. You can
include the subscription information in the byline of
the articles. You could also write an eBook with your
subscription information on each page, which will
allow the customer to easily access the information
and join the list with ease.

Once you have created the mailing list and now have
your potential customers within your grasp it is your
responsibility to keep them updated and interested.
Provide them with quality information that is
up-to-date and of interest to them. Offer discounts
or a newsletter, something that the reader can use.
This will keep them interested and will drive them to
your site over and over, eventually they may make a
purchase and if not, they will be informed enough to
use word of mouth advertising for your site.

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Sunday, June 04, 2006

Golden Rules For the Use of Autoresponders

Golden Rules For the Use of Autoresponders
By Loot Gous

Copyright © Dr Loot Gous
http://www.HomeWorkRiches.com

Autoresponders are a perfect way to increase traffic
to your site. They can save many valuable hours by
automatically answering emails concerning frequently
asked questions about a service or product or by
sending a welcome letter to new members of your
program. There are many ways that autoresponders can
help your business. One of the most important is
their ability to track the effectiveness of your
promotions. Since autoresponders are one of the most
popular marketing tools available today, they are
being used by a lot of different kinds of business and
websites. Some of these take advantage of the system
to use the autoresponders in a negative manner. You
should be aware of some of the "Golden Rules" when
using autoresponders.

Thou Shalt Not Use an Autoresponder Address When
Submitting to Search Engines.

Since you will most likely submit your site to search
engines such as Google or Yahoo!, directories,
classifieds, and free for all sites, you should be
made aware of the fact that these sites commonly use
an autoresponder as well. If you were to use your
autoresponder to contact these companies, their
autoresponder will reply to yours and so on and so on.
Thus creating a cycle of auto responses that will
flood your email box and theirs as well.

Thou Shalt Not Use an Autoresponder to Subscribe to
Ezines or Discussion Forums.

Since most of the time an Ezine will send you updates
and new information regularly, your auto responder
will send them a message each time. In a discussion
forum, every person in the discussion forum will
receive your auto response. This can be irritating
and most of the time you will be unsubscribed. It is
often hard for the administrators of the forum or
Ezine to determine who is using the auto response and
therefore it is simply common courtesy to never use an
autoresponder in this manner.

Thou Shalt Not Use an Autoresponder to Take Advantage
Of Unsuspecting Individuals.

Some very unprofessional companies will use
autoresponders to respond to an automated message
when this is done the address in the "from" field will be
automatically subscribed to their mailing list. This
is a extremely un ethical use of autoresponders and
those who do it are in jeopardy of creating a very
negative image of themselves and their company.
Rather than promote their service or business, this
usually leads to people becoming very upset and
spreading a negative word about your company rather
than a good one.

The Internet can be a great place to do business and
autoresponders can be an excellent way to save time,
however when used in an unprofessional way, they can
lead to frustration and aggravation for others. Your
company will suffer the loss of much business if you
choose to participate in these abusive practices. The
appropriate use of auto responders can generate a
large amount of business, while inappropriate use can
drive away that business.

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Sunday, May 28, 2006

Five Proven Methods for Internet Marketing Success

Five Proven Methods for Internet Marketing Success
By Loot Gous

Copyright © Dr Loot Gous
http://www.HomeWorkRiches.com

There are hundreds of ways that you can promote your
online business or website, some more effective than
others. These five proven methods will help you to
generate traffic to your site and also to generate
income into your wallet.

1. One thing that appeals to everyone is "free"; If
it is free people will take it. Think of the samples
of cheese given away at grocery stores. Do you really
want a small piece of cheese? Of course not! But you
take it simply because it is free and someone is nice
enough to offer it to you. The same principle applies
with information or services offered from your
website. You can send out free newsletters or offer a
free trail period. One popular thing that is being
given away now are free credit reports or free PC
scans. These freebies are what we in the marketing
field like to call teasers. After running the free
credit report or PC scan we alert the customer if
there is something found on their credit record or PC
and then offer to show them what it is or repair the
problem for a price. This can be an effective way to
get information to your potential customers, create
sales or to generate traffic to your site.

2. Your website contains information about a service
or product that you are very knowledgeable about. You
can use this knowledge to generate traffic to your
site by writing articles in your area of expertise and
having them published in an ezine or an article
information site. The most effective way to use these
articles is to write them for free and ask in return
that the publisher allow you to include a byline. A
byline is a very short summary of the author, their
credentials and their website. Your byline is a way
that readers will come to know you as an expert on the
topic and will in turn come to trust your site as a
source of credible information.

3. Some search engines will allow a website to
purchase their ranking. This is an excellent Internet
marketing technique in that it is effective and
inexpensive. In the pay-per-click programs, website
are only billed for those who actually visit the page,
unlike banner ads which may be seen by millions but
only used by a few. When using the pay-per-click
program you are asked to choose keywords and when
those are entered your site will appear and if the
surfer chooses to view your site, you are billed for
that click. Many pay-per-click programs will offer
other benefits as well, such as updated lists of
commonly used keywords.

4. You should remember that others are in the same
boat as you. You can choose to network with those who
have similar marketing ideas. When networking you
will be able to share links and refer customers to
each other. You should always be very cautious when
choosing a networking partner as everything that you
recommend is a reflection of yourself or your product
and therefore, you should be certain that your
networking partner is a reputable source of
information.

5. Simply because your website is online, doesn't
mean that all your advertising should be. Advertise
in newspapers, TV, the radio or you can even send out
a press release to get your information to thousands
of people all over the country.

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Thursday, May 18, 2006

Autoresponders = Automatic Internet Marketing Success

Autoresponders = Automatic Internet Marketing Success
By Loot Gous

Copyright © Dr Loot Gous
http://www.HomeWorkRiches.com

What if you could send out all the information that
your potential customers have requested without
checking your email or answering a phone? While this
may seem impossible, it is becoming more and more
popular among the most successful Internet marketing
gurus. This is all due to what is called an
autoresponder. An autoresponder is an automatic
method of responding to emails sent by existing or
potential customers and is an must for any Internet
business. Time is money and answering emails
personally take a lot of valuable time for both you
and the customer. Not only do autoresponders allow you
to spend the time elsewhere in your business, but it
gives the customer access to the information almost
immediately.

Since there are so many different uses for
autoresponders, they can be of value to virtually any
type of business. Some choose to use the
autoresponders to answer frequently asked questions
about a product or service. Others use them to
provide information about pricing or product
information. Autoresponders are also a nice way to
welcome new members to a website or group as well as
thank them after a visit.

One might ask what would be the advantage of using
autoresponders as opposed to simply listing the
information on the site. An important feature of
autoresponders is that they send you an email
notification each time a response is sent out. This
allows you to track the success of your promotions as
well as have the email addresses of potential
customers at your fingertips so that you can easily
send out updated and new information to them.

It is of the utmost importance to choose an effective
autoresponder. An autoresponder should be as
personal as possible and send out follow-ups to
potential customers since it has been proven that
persistence pays off. It could take up to seven
contacts before a final sale is conducted. Generally
speaking an advertisement should be short and to the
point. However, in this case, the customer has asked
to see this specific information and therefore an
effective autoresponder should allow you to place as
much text on the page as you desire. The
autoresponder that you choose should provide automatic
updates to customers free of charge.

The autoresponder is one Internet marketing tool that
will not cost you an arm and a leg. You can get free
autoresponders online from several sources. The
automatic responses will be a welcome addition to your
marketing strategy and will help to automatically
increase traffic to your site all while you do
nothing. Be sure that the one you choose includes all
the extras that will send you site to the top and your
profits through the roof.

If you would like more information on autoresponders
send an email to loot3@GetResponse.com

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Tuesday, April 25, 2006

Effective or Irritating: The Use of Pop Windows

Effective or Irritating: The Use of Pop Windows in
Internet Marketing
Copyright © Dr Loot Gous
http://www.HomeWorkRiches.com

A few years ago, pop-up windows were all the rage in
Internet marketing. It seemed that every time one
opened a web page they would be bombarded with offers
for this or that. It had gotten to the point where
surfing the Internet was almost like playing a video
game; when the ads would pop-up one would try and
close them out before another one came. This is
precisely why we have seen the decline in the use of
pop-up windows on the Internet today; surfers simply
do not even look at the pop-ups anymore. They close
the windows out before even reading the ad. Very
often, a surfer will even leave your site if there are
too many pop-up ads. They simply do not want the
hassle of closing those windows while trying to obtain
the information that your site has to offer. This
information, while valuable, is not as valuable as the
surfers time. Studies have shown however, that even
with these set backs, pop-up windows are still an
effective method of Internet marketing.

Is there some way that pop-up windows can be less
irritating and still be effective? Yes! What if the
pop ad were seen upon exiting your site instead of
entering? This would allow the surfer to obtain the
information that they need from your site, feeling
that they were able to come and go quickly without
being hassled by other ads and offers all the while
making the surfer happy. You have left the surfer
with a positive attitude and therefore are more likely
to respond to the pop advertisement. This is being
accomplished more and more by using what is being
called pop-under windows. When the surfer comes to
your site, the ad is opened discretely behind the your
web page. Then, upon leaving your site, after
obtaining all the information that they need , will
see the ad and therefore be more likely to respond.
Since the surfer has the information, he has achieved
his objective and is now open to do other things;
ideally respond to the pop under advertisement.

Not all pop-windows are created equally. There are
some things that you can do to make your pop-windows,
whether pop-up or pop-under more effective. The
pop-window should be easy to “escape” from. If the
surfer does not want to see the add, but has a hard
time closing it out, they will likely become
frustrated and could leave your site all together.
You should either use a button to that will allow the
surfer to close the window or be sure that the “x” is
easily visible. Another good idea is to use a script
that utilizes cookies. Cookie will prevent
pop-windows from overloading the surfer since you can
decide the frequency of the pop-windows, rather than
each time a page is opened. Also be sure that there
is no more than one pop-window per page.

When creating a pop-window, you will be asked to fill
out a short information form, select the length of
cookies, and choose the layout of the pop-window.
When choosing the design of the pop-window, you can
increase the effectiveness by creating a large
headline that includes benefits that will be most
appealing to the customer. You should also consider
using incentives and lastly do not ask the customer to
read a long and drawn out advertisement. Keep the
message simple yet powerful and your pop-ads will be
sure to generate profits for your site.

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Saturday, April 22, 2006

Do you have what it takes to be an e-entrepreneur?

Do you have what it takes to be an e-entrepreneur?
Copyright © Stone Evans, The Home Biz Guy
Author of "Dotcomology - The Science of Making Money Online"

These days, it seems like everyone wants to work
from home and make money on the Internet. But
before you even turn on your computer, the first
question you have to ask yourself is whether
you’re cut out for this kind of work.

The fact is, building a home-based business isn’t
for everyone. Some people like the commute. They
really do enjoy having a boss who tells them what
to do, and they like the routine of working
nine-to-five for an ordinary salary that can
barely pay the mortgage. Personally, I think
they’re nuts.

More reasonably, there are people who are
concerned about the risk of starting up their own
business. They’re not sure it’s worth the
investment of time and money, and they’re scared
of the responsibility that comes with running
their own company. They wonder if there is
another way to escape the rat race.

I’m sure there is. You could win the lottery or
wait for your Aunt Sue to keel over and leave you
her condo. Or maybe you could sit down with a pen
and paper and draw the blueprint for "The Next
Big Thing". Anything can happen... Right?

For me, what happened was creating a successful,
self-running Internet marketing system. It didn’t
happen without effort. It didn’t happen without
at least some initial investment of both time and
money and, of course, it doesn’t happen now
without me making sure that the taxes are filed
and the paperwork is done. But it happened.

I’m my own boss. I work from home according to my
own schedule and I get to pocket all the cash my
business makes. If you’re prepared to give an
e-business the time, the work and the money it
needs to get started and get growing, it can
happen for you too.

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Monday, April 17, 2006

Getting Started: Creating a Business Plan

Getting Started: Creating a Business Plan
Copyright © Dr Loot Gous
http://www.HomeWorkRiches.com

You're excited. You have a great idea for a profitable
online business. Maybe it is an original idea that has
not been marketed online before. Maybe you have come
up with a new spin on the ordinary. Whatever it is
that has influenced you to start your online business,
be sure that you have a plan before you begin. This is
not the time to “pick it up as you go”. These are some
basic things that should be included in your business
plan.

The business summary should give a brief description
of the entire business and is an integral part of the
overall business plan. After you have completed the
business summary you should begin to list the
objectives or the goals that you want to accomplish
through the business. Next and perhaps most
importantly, you should develop your marketing plan.
The marketing plan will address all the specifics of
the business. When developing the marketing strategy
you should consider the following:

The target market. The target market is the customers
that you expect to see visiting your site. For example
will your product be more appealing to college
students or those who are in retirement?

Consider the competition for your product when
determining the marketing strategy. Choose a product
that will be seen as unique and useful. Visit sites
that are offering the same or similar products. Find
out the cost, and how they are marketing their
product. Finds out the pros and cons of their business
and try to improve your product based on their flaws.

Research the various methods for advertising online.
You should become educated about search engines and
how they work since each one is different. Also be
sure that you know how to submit your site to search
engines. You should be prepared to spend a small
amount of money on advertising, but the profits that
you will gain from the advertisements will prove to be
money well spent.

Think about pricing. Again, look at the competition
and see what similar products are selling for. Pricing
can play a big role in the success of your product
since selling a product well below the average price
may lead customer to think that there is a problem
with the product or that it is not of the best
quality. However, pricing items too high could also
deter customers.

Determine the shipping method. Be sure that you know
how products will be shipped so that you can have
shipping details clearly posted on your site. If you
are shipping things of great value, you should
consider providing shipping insurance. Also think
about shipping outside the country that you live in.

Think about the different methods of payment that you
will accept. If your business does not accept credit
cards, you should be ready to give up half if not more
of your sales. If you decide to accept credit cards
will you use a merchant account or will you use a
third party credit card processing center? Both will
help you get started and the third party processing
center will handle all of the business so you don’’t
have to. You should decide which you will use and also
if you will accept checks or money orders. It is
essential to have a secure server when taking credit
cards.

These few things will help your online business to
become a great success and also provide you with peace
of mind knowing that you have thoroughly thought about
and planned for the opening of your online business.

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