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Finding Peace Amid Financial Layoffs
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By Marc Rigaux
Yes, it’s bad out there. Every time you turn on the TV someone is talking about more financial layoffs, and it’s easy to start to think the sky is falling.
Yet despite the doom and gloom, many people are viewing the financial layoffs as an opportunity to hit the reset button on their lifestyles, and finally explore opportunities they had been putting off for far too long.
So in addition to finding your next high paying gig, here are two other approaches to finding a highly rewarding lifestyle during all the financial layoffs:
1) Start an Online Business (even without an idea for one)
For most of us, replacing our primary income stream after a layoff is the number one concern. But don’t be so quick to jump back into the 9-5, answering to someone else. Why not consider starting an online business of your own?
Most people believe that the only way to make money online is to have a million dollar idea, and the programming skills to pull it off. The reality however, is that most people making $1,000’s / day on the Internet are actually doing so without their own products or services, without any start-up capital, and without any specialized technical knowledge at all.
The technique is called “affiliate marketing” and it works like this: thousands of completely legitimate companies (think Amazon, Microsoft, Apple) will actually pay you to promote their products online. (Do a search for any company + “affiliate” and you’ll see what I mean.) Tens of thousands of people are replacing their day job income from this technique alone, just by learning techniques for driving traffic to these companies using Google, Yahoo and MSN.
The best way to learn how to make money online is to avoid expensive courses and e-books, and spend more time in online communities, where other affiliate marketers are sharing their experiences and mentoring newbies. The best community I’ve found is called Wealthy Affiliate University, as it literally gives you all the tools, resources, and most importantly: 1 on 1 mentoring that you’ll need to make an extremely good living online. As of the time of writing, it only costs $40 / mth, and is worth every penny, so check it out and see if it’s for you.
2) Take a Mini-Retirement
Ready for an idea that’s really out there? Sit the recession out, and retire for a year.
Sound crazy? It’s really not. Most people think of traveling as their vacation time, and therefore a cost that needs to be saved for. A mini-retirement is more like a sabbatical, where you pick up skills, experiences, and even a little money while you’re away before re-entering the workforce - often more valuable than when you left.
This concept was popularized in a book called “The 4 Hour Work Week” by Tim Ferris. In it, he talks about specific, step-by-step approaches to how he dealt with his version of the financial layoffs, and saved over $30,000 while he traveled all over the world, picking up valuable skills he was able to apply to the workforce upon his return. Often times these would be volunteer organizations that would cover his living expenses, so his costs were low, and the work he was doing was so valuable, it was easy to spin why he had a gap in his resume upon his return.
The message is simple: don’t panic - financial layoffs can be a good thing if you use the time wisely.
In summary:
These are just two ways that people are taking advantage of all the financial layoffs, but there are many others. Yes, this recession is real and this economy stinks, but with a little perspective and an open mind, it really is possible to view an financial layoffs as an opportunity to create the kind of lifestyle you deserve - on your own terms.
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Incredible Internet Business Opportunity!
Over the course of the last six months I have been researching and testing many of the hundreds internet business and work at home offers that arrive in my inbox each day. Very early this morning I came across an “out of box” turnkey system that not only is solid, has a high ranking on Alexa and Quantcast, but also has a significantly small start up fee of $77.
Since the last program I purchased was almost $2000, I was highly skeptical that this one could actually meet all of the claims noted in the review but I signed up anyway just to see for myself. This program is called Profit Lance (you can get to the review page from the click on the those words) and I must admit that three hours later I was very impressed. The initial start up cost of $77 is a one time fee which includes access to their members only site. Note: They do indicate the cost is likely to go up in the future.
The website is well designed with a vertical menu including start up instructions, a learning center, downloadable texts/reference books, complete ready to use landing pages, product reviews, web templates and PLR (private label rights) articles, and video tutorials. The horizontal tabs provide account management, a a complete dashboard, projects to learn on, a blog and on and on.
In the Essential Steps section, on the left, the user is given directions for getting setup with an Clickbank account, a stats tracking code and their first web blog. Once these accounts are recorded in the program all the predesigned and constructed landing pages and reviews are precoded with the user’s appropriate IDs and any traffic directed to on of these pages or reviews with start earning money in their Clickbank account.
Incredible!
With these product pages you are ready to start social networking and drawing traffic to your income sites within hours, not weeks or months. All this is included in the program. There are not even any web design or hosting fees involved.
I had links set up for a half dozen landing pages with an hour. Tomorrow I will start the Twitter, Stumble routine and let you know what kind of response I generate.
The only negative I came up with in Profit Lance was slight feedback in the audio portion of the video instructions. It’s like a minor echo or voice over glitch but even though it exists it did not interfere or hamper the clarity of the lesson. The speaker has a slight access but his enuciation is clear, easy to understand and not unpleasant to listen to.
I have seen other programs with a good share of this content, even recommended a few such as Wealthy Affiliates, but most of them like WA require monthly membership fee and complicated work on web setup and design.
Profit Lance has really simplified and taken the pain out of the start up process and they don’t dish out a bunch of hype. If you find that you don’ t like the program they have a 8 week refund period, no questions asked.
Really a win/win situation.
David Allen: YouTube Video on Getting Things Done
Allen discusses information overload versus potential meaning overload.
Getting things done is my goal for my newly liberated life!
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What The Gurus Aren’t Telling You about Affiliate Marketing
Identity Theft Can Rob You of Sales!
So you have finally stepped into the world of making money online. You too, like the others, have decided to start with the affiliate programs. Also, you must have heard that it’s not a big deal to make good money with affiliate marketing, provided you choose the right programs and do some strategic planning while promoting your affiliate products. So far so good.
Whether you are promoting other people’s products or promoting your own products - that doesn’t matter because after all it is nothing but your own business and your means to earn good money. So whichever be your case, I am sure you do not want to leave money on the table and invite others to steal your share of profit.
Even though the industry of affiliate marketing is pretty competitive but if you are cautious and are strategic in your marketing techniques then, it could be very profitable for you.
Take a close look at the industry, you will see that not every one who gets into affiliate marketing is successful.
People who are doing well leave no room for failure and take all security measures and understand its importance.
Yes! Security is one of the key factors in affiliate marketing. If you do not adopt proper security measures, then your business will be at high risk. One of the most important way to restore security is to protect your affiliate links. Do not take them for granted. A bit of carelessness on your part in regards to affiliate links may cost you a lot of dollars.
Do you know the long complicated links that you send to your prospective customers not only look convoluted but they can create a lot of problems too! If you send such an affiliate link to your customers, then the smart ones will definitely figure out that you are promoting someone else’s product and they would rather visit the parent company. Also, if your link does not function then your customers have to type a really long URL into the browser, which will definitely put him or her off.
You could be a victim of even a worse situation. What if some devious Internet pirates steal your affiliate links and replace them with theirs. If they do that, then you get no commission at all.
Did I scare you off with all of the above possibilities? Well, that certainly wasn’t my intention. I just wanted to open your eyes and state facts that actually happen in the world of Internet. Don’t panic yet... ViralURL will bring a revolution to online ventures.
So, if you are not getting the desired results out of your affiliate marketing,don’t lose hope. There’s definitely a remedy to this problem and that is ViralURL.com
Do I hear you asking, what is it and how can it help in averting any adverse situation for an affiliate marketer like me?
Be patient and read on, if you love your business.
ViralURL is a link cloaker that protects you in the truest sense. There may be many unethical people lurking around, who might play with your affiliate links by cutting them off or replacing them with their own etc. How much effort you put in towards building your business and advertising your business, if your links are tampered with, then all your hard work will be rendered useless.
In order to avoid such a rip off, ViralURL gives you full protection and sees to it that your affiliate links never get exposed to others.
So save yourself from getting ripped.
Get all the commissions to your account that you rightfully deserve.
All this is made possible by ViralURL.com
It is a blessing for every affiliate marketer like you and me, who wants to achieve success in their endeavor.
Is ViralURL limited to only link protection?
NO!
ViralURL does much much more than that. Let’s see what ViralURL can do for us:
*ViralURL helps us in protecting commission.
*ViralURL helps in building mailing lists.
*ViralURL helps in tracking statistics.
*ViralURL helps in earning extra ad credits.
In short, ViralURL allows us to create massive business leverage.
I don’t see any negative aspect associated with ViralURL.
All you have to do is:
- Join it for free
- Cloak your links
- Promote them
- Watch your business soaring higher and higher.
You can get all detailed information about the program from the site www.ViralURL.com . There, you can find several unsolicited testimonials from various users of ViralURL. So if you want to protect your business and see your earnings grow, try ViralURL. You have nothing to lose with it.
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2008 0721 Publishing My First Web Page
Well actually this is my third or fourth web page. I did two as classwork in college and one for fun which focuses on our retirement home in Baja. So this article would more accurately titled ‘publishing my first web page for the purpose of making money.’ It has taken me about three weeks to get to this point. I purchased the domain name and a hosting package from Namecheap on the first week but I found there instructions difficult to follow and web design assistance minimal. Somewhere in my second week into this pursuit I signed up for the Wealthy Affiliate University site was please to find that my monthly membership fee included not only web page design templates, tools and tutorials but also web hosting with step by step instructions for uploading my site!
So although it is not technically my first, it is very close to a first. Here’s it is friends. Please check it out. My Favorite Online Business Tools. Feel free to comment and offer constructive suggestions for changes as I am sure there is much room for improvement.
2008_0621 Getting Hooked on Online Money Making
This stuff is addicting. It has been years since the internet was so compelling. I remember when I first got online I would start to read my email and get lost surfing the web for several hours, unaware of the time passing. The novelty eventually wore off and real life responsibilities usurped my surfing expeditions. However, since I started doing research on how to build an online business, the same thing happening all over again. I start out reading the text of the first or second program I bought but a link will take me out to a live sight and then I am off, following the trail of other people’s ideas, articles, pages, products. Hours later, glassy eyed and disparate to run to the other room, I pull myself away from the screen and collapse. Still no article published or product linked to my name.
How do I decide where to start? Each program has good suggestions. Some are exorbitantly expensive, others very inexpensive. Some promise big money, others steady income. Where do I go from here?
My initial plan was to pick a reasonable program and follow it through to the end to see what happened. I picked MyOnlineIncomeSystem.com presented by Kimberly Hoffman. It wasn’t the flashiest presentation but seem to cover the basics for getting my feet wet. I resisted the urged to jump in with both feet and instead of signing up at all the recommended sites, I bookmarked them and just kept reading. I didn’t want to make decisions on account ids or page names until I had a better idea exactly what I was going to be promoting.
About the fifth day of research I receive an email from someone recommending Craig Becktra’s Secret Affiliate Code; which was just being launched. The volume of material that was offered and teazer challenge of “solving the code” for a discount hooked me. I bought the package. Where Hoffman had appeared to be just what she claimed, the girl next door a little surprised by her own success, Becktra has a “got it together” presentation that really impressed me. His product includes a 150 page “how-to” manuel, 4 audio interviews with IM legends, and 6 video how-to lessons. I bought in for $67 and was not disappointed in the least. In fact, Craig has continued to send more videos periodically at no additional cost. He has also responded personally to questions I post on the JVNotifyPro site he recommended in his book.