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More Premade Websites – Niches in a Box

admin — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:29:00 +0000

Another premade website membership is called Niches in a Box. It’s run by a guy named JP Shcoeffel. His business is called EthicCash. JP is a smart marketer and has good tips and a few other interesting products that deal with blogs and video.

I was a member of Niches in a Box for a brief period of time, but found that it did not suit me. First, let’s look at the good things.

The sites are huge and come with a blog, squeeze page, autoresponder series, blog posts, affiliate programs to promote, thankyou page, and even an ebook you can sell. The back side includes some training manuals and videos. Although, when I was a member, I thought the videos were not thorough enough. I understand that many more have been added since then.

You can load the whole thing onto your own webhost or you can pay them to load it up for you. It sounds great and feels like it would work.

The downside to it all is that there is a lot of work for you to do once you get the site. The pages seem to be built on general keywords and the articles are only so, so. You need to get a load of articles up quickly for the site to make any sense. Otherwise it’s going to look like it’s full of junk pages.

Remember it’s a membership site and everyone is getting the same thing. If you want your site to look unique, there’s even more work for you to do.

You get a new site each month and there’s no real choice as to what the site will be. You may have a huge site on some topic you know nothing about, or worse, don’t care about. Once you’re autoresponder series runs out, then what do you do? It won’t take long for any of your customers to figure out you don’t know much and are just trying to make a quick buck.

Which brings me to the major point. If you’re going to go through all that work and trouble, you may as well build your own site. Start a website on something that’s fun and enjoyable for you. Something where you’ll be happy to build relationships with people and sell things you are proud of selling.

If you want to have a website you can just throw out there and make a footprint on the internet than maybe this is for you. To be honest, there are a lot of other cheaper services that will do nearly the same thing.

For me, I’d rather build my own site.

You’ll have to make your own decision on this one.

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Not Another Internet Marketing Product!

admin — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:50:00 +0000

My email is getting bombarded with yet another internet marketing product release. You want to know what really bugs me about all the emails. I’ll tell you. Many of them say the same thing. In fact, they’re the same email.

There’s nothing worse than a marketer sending me some lame form letter that he got from the merchant. Some of these people are so darned lazy they can’t even write in a few of their own words. How about a little rewrite so at least it looks like you actually wrote it?

The sad part is I’m talking about supposedly “big” names in the online business field. They want to be the top affiliate so they’re quick to get the email out. Or they want to have the first good bonus package. They forget about the process of selling and establishing relationships.

So I’ve come up with a new policy. I’m not buying from anyone who sends me a form sales letter unless he or she has taken the time to write a few blurbs of their own on it. That’s right. No effort, no sale.

As for those marketers who don’t bother to personalize their affiliate emails, they can just send me one email with all their names. Yeah, that sounds good. You guys can have your own membership site called the Lazy Losers Club and send out one email with all your names and affiliate links included. That way I can delete all of you with one click.

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Premade Websites – Rip2It

admin — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:04:00 +0000

So, what about premade websites? I’m still undecided about them. The upside is, someone is producing a website for you. The down side is, you still have to do a lot of work. My feeling is, if I’m going to do a lot of work, I may as well build my own website. That way it can look exactly as I want it to, and, I won’t have to pay any monthly fee.

I did belong to Rip2It (formally AdsenseRealEstate) for a brief period of time. Rip2It had a monthly fee and produced two websites a month for you, plus you had the option of using some other generic websites they made for the sole purpose of using adsense. Of the two websites produced each month, you could chose your own topic and they would make a blog based website and stuff it with seven articles to get you started.

To me, the sites were a little goofy. The table of contents were all keywords that had to be linked to articles. You could try to link them to the original seven, but you really needed to write additional aritcles in a hurry, otherwise the navigation looked stupid.

From page to page, the table of contents changed to different keywords. More articles needed. Plus, some of the keywords I never would have used if I built my own site. They just didn’t blend well with the site.

I’m not convinced the pages were SEO optimized either.

What really bugged me is after the first site or two, the article quality dropped off. One site looked like they used an article spinner because all the articles seemed to say the same thing. Maybe it was just me, but at that point I thought I could do better building my own sites.

The upside to the project included decent videos to show what’s what and they seemingly tried to upgrade the product from time to time.

The downside was when the time came for me to cancel, I was told I had to give 30 days notice. That meant I ended up paying for another month. Weak.

Secondly, if you don’t do a lot of work on it, the site is basically a junk site. The search engines don’t like junk anymore.

You may as well just build your own sites or blogs.

My take on the whole thing. Neither good, nor bad. You decide. It wasn’t for me.

If you’re really into premade sites, there are a lot of cheaper places to get them.

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4 Common Phrases Used to Promote an Online Business and What They Really Mean

admin — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 22:08:00 +0000

You’re excited about starting a home business online and now you’re looking around at the numerous opportunities available. So much hype, so many gurus, who or what are you supposed to believe? It can be overwhelming at times. The truth is, there are many good offers available. You’ll be successful if you indeed, do the work. Ok, but how can you be sure? Learning to read between the lines will help you make the right decision. Here are some common phrases you see in many offers and what they really mean.

1. Make $1000(or any amount) Overnight!

It’s possible some businesses can make a thousand dollars in a short time. The reality is, it takes a while to get to that point. The seller here neglects to tell you it took him 6 or 12 months to get to the point where he can make a
thousand dollars overnight. He forgets to tell you it took a while to build up a customer list, to research his market, to get the right product. Often the overnight successes are experienced marketers and business people who have been doing business for a long time. Sure, you can be one too. It just won’t happen overnight with his product.

2. Anyone Can Do This!

Maybe. An online business is stressful and requires a learning curve. Some people are able to go it alone and some aren’t. The most successful home business owners are motivated, persistent, patient, and enjoy what they’re doing, Does that describe you? Will you feel that way about selling dog bones to dog owners when you don’t even like dogs? Regardless of what the ad says, take the time to find what’s right for you and fits your needs.

3. Requires No Work!

What? If that was the case we would all sign up for this one, but then, who would be our customers? Seriously, if you think you can start a business without working, a home business is not for you. I admit that down the road parts of your business will be automated. Yes, with a website you can make money 24 hours a day, even while you sleep. It just doesn’t happen by itself. You can be handed all the tools, but you still have to take action and put in the time.

4. Get Started with No Money

Except of course, you have to buy the seller’s program. Here again, you must be careful. With the onset of blogs there’s no question you can start an online business with no money. A blog gives you free web hosting and there are many free tools you can use to operate your business. The downside of free is this. Your blog and business can get deleted at the whim of the web host. Many free online tools are severely limited in their scope. Going free means a lot of trial and error on your part to find the right tools that will work for your particular situation. Believe me when I tell you this will soak up an enormous amount of your time and patience. Why bother? Running a business is tough enough. Spend some money and get the right tools to make your job as easy as possible.

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