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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 31st October 2009, 03:07 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 449
Posted By Mary Gallivan
Re: How many of you use Twitter?

Hi Mason

On the links near the top is one to 'Community' choose that and view 'social groups'. You can view all social groups and join the ones the want.

Mary
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 31st October 2009, 02:53 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 449
Posted By Mary Gallivan
Re: How many of you use Twitter?

Hi Mason

I've recently set up a new account with twitter and am trying to build my list of followers. I'm in the process of setting up a new site so want to do similar to you and promote it on...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 29th October 2009, 03:41 AM
Replies: 38
Views: 1,140
Posted By Mary Gallivan
Re: Why Do We Buy Stuff When We Know Enough???

Hi Kevin

I think there are several reasons we do this at times.

1. To reinforce our idea of what we are doing is right. By that I mean, although something we are doing is making money for us,...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 28th October 2009, 06:38 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 548
Posted By Mary Gallivan
Re: Having Problems Getting Started Today?

Hi Allen

I sympathise - been feeling like that the last few days - my excuse has been a bout of flu.

Go back to basics and divide the tasks into bite-size chunks. Maybe go to the grocery...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 25th October 2009, 03:18 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 672
Posted By Mary Gallivan
Re: EZA sig line - new site isn't ready - still submit articles?

Hi

Like the others said, wait until your site is ready.

In the meantime, write more articles and keep them ready for the big launch.

Good luck

Mary
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 24th October 2009, 03:12 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 944
Posted By Mary Gallivan
Re: How do I conduct free research for an ebook ?

Hi

Bev took the words right out of my mouth. It depends what research you want to do.

Do you want to research what topic to write your book on or do you have a topic and title and want to...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 24th October 2009, 09:26 AM
Replies: 46
Views: 1,753
Posted By Mary Gallivan
Re: Note: Never hire a cheap article writer!

Hi

I feel for you - it's happened me before. First batch turn out good, order more and get rubbish.

In the end I was so fed up with trying different writers I decided to write my own and set...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 24th October 2009, 02:24 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 885
Posted By Mary Gallivan
Re: Someone offered to convert my course to French, sell it and give me 30%. Any advice?

Hi

As a bit of a cynic because of being let down, scammed etc - even from members of this forum who I felt were trustworthy - my first thoughts would be, what do I know about them? Can I trust...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 22nd October 2009, 06:05 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 912
Posted By Mary Gallivan
Re: Biggest markets?

As well as your list, I would think that:

Acne
Debt
Relationships

and, as well as Make Money - Work at Home or Work at home for new moms etc.

Mary
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 21st October 2009, 12:03 PM
Replies: 47
Views: 1,134
Posted By Mary Gallivan
Re: Are you a But person?

Hi Andy



LOL - I've just reached this thread after buying a WSO for that very reason :rolleyes:

If people believe that they can't do something or they can't make a lot of money online...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 19th October 2009, 03:34 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 812
Posted By Mary Gallivan
Re: Does PLR Written Around Good Keywords Exist???

I fully understand where you're coming from. I used to buy PLR articles but found the same that you are finding.

What I do now is that I write PLR content, do my research on a niche and use high...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 18th October 2009, 02:28 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 617
Posted By Mary Gallivan
Re: I'm new here and would appreciate if you could take the time to answer my questions

Hi

What Matt suggests is a good idea.

Do you have any skills such as web design, installing wordpress blogs, setting up a website etc? If you can offer a service that other IMers need you can...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 17th October 2009, 12:29 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 1,097
Posted By Mary Gallivan
Re: Want to Lose Weight & Get Fit While Working on Your Computer?

Get some fresh air during the day to get oxygen to the brain. If you can't spare the time to go for a walk, take mini-breaks, stand outside and do some breathing exercises. You can also do some...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 16th October 2009, 10:38 AM
Replies: 123
Views: 4,005
Posted By Mary Gallivan
Re: Do you hate being FORCED to watch a sales video?

Nobody ever 'forces' me to do anything as I have free will.

I also dislike long videos and much prefer text unless it's a step by step guide on how to do something.

If I'm really interested...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 16th October 2009, 10:32 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 551
Posted By Mary Gallivan
Re: Where Can I Get Free Giveaways For My Niche??

Hi James

What you can do is get some PLR articles on your niche or write some yourself and create a short report with your own links in it etc.

Convert it to pdf and give that away for free....
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 16th October 2009, 01:44 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 669
Posted By Mary Gallivan
Re: Duplicate Content Question - I PROMISE It's Not The Usual Dup Question

Hi

There's been various debates and confusion over the duplicate content issue.



It will not affect your site. If you have a recipe for say, low fat chicken stir fry and you have it...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 14th October 2009, 10:51 AM
Replies: 39
Views: 1,116
Posted By Mary Gallivan
Re: GIVING UP - Such a bad feeling

Hi

Been there - done that ....

My advice would be to stop spending money, for now anyway.

You say you want to get out of IM and focus on 2 niches. Why focus on 2 - why not focus on 1 of...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 14th October 2009, 03:44 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 728
Posted By Mary Gallivan
Re: Optin Form: Left or Right?

Although I haven't tested it, I put mine on the right and above the fold.

The reason being that many, but not all, people read from left to right so your eyes tend to scan from left to right on a...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 13th October 2009, 07:41 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 1,244
Posted By Mary Gallivan
Re: united kingdom - Postal strike could begin next week,

From what I hear Amazon have pulled their contract from Royal Mail. There's some others that are also doing the same from what I've heard on the news.

This would be a good time to promote...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 13th October 2009, 01:12 AM
Replies: 41
Views: 1,155
Posted By Mary Gallivan
Re: Remember the "Thanks" button !!??

Hi Peter

Mea culpa!

I noticed you'd thanked some people after I hit the submit button so please accept my apologies. It was a vain attempt on my part to be humerous ;).

I do like your...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 12th October 2009, 02:47 PM
Replies: 41
Views: 1,155
Posted By Mary Gallivan
Re: Remember the "Thanks" button !!??

Hi Peter

This place never fails to inform warriors - even of basic manners :D

I have noticed one thing though - you haven't thanked anyone for replying to this thread :eek:

Thank you...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 12th October 2009, 11:48 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 686
Posted By Mary Gallivan
Re: Newbie requiring your advice

Hi

The first thing I would do is to spend some time reading the threads in the forum.

Do you know what you want to do? That may sound a simple question but what you do next depends on what...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 11th October 2009, 05:57 AM
Replies: 38
Views: 2,516
Posted By Mary Gallivan
Re: Just Got My "Lulu Revenues" Email... Are You Selling Printed Copies Of Your Ebooks Yet?

I've published a book on Lulu although I found it a steep learning curve to format it for them. Maybe I was having a bad day that day.

The more options you can provide your customers the better....
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 11th October 2009, 04:41 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 1,022
Posted By Mary Gallivan
Re: Is This Too Long For an Article? - How Long is Too Long?

Jay and Madison - Good point. I use EZA for article marketing to drive traffic to a site. I suppose It can also be used as a way of getting your work published.

As I said, it depends on what the...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 11th October 2009, 03:26 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 1,022
Posted By Mary Gallivan
Re: Is This Too Long For an Article? - How Long is Too Long?

Thanks everyone for your input.

In one of the EZA newsletters Chris Knight suggested articles should be around 500 words. That is a reasonable length to provide readers with enough information...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 11th October 2009, 02:25 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 1,022
Posted By Mary Gallivan
Re: Is This Too Long For an Article? - How Long is Too Long?

Daniel - My thoughts exactly! In fact, as soon as I read the word count I simply skimmed through it and went elsewhere. I think it could probably have been broken down into 3 x 400+ articles and get...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 11th October 2009, 01:58 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 1,022
Posted By Mary Gallivan
Is This Too Long For an Article? - How Long is Too Long?

Hi

I have just seen an article in EZA that is slightly under 3,000 words. Yes, you read that right - 3 THOUSAND words. I even checked it again to make sure I'd read the word count correctly.
...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 10th October 2009, 11:42 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 753
Posted By Mary Gallivan
Re: EZA question on multi articles

Hi Eric

Yes to the first question But I'm not giving a definite yes to the second.

Where you asked about the resource box you can have the same one for all your articles or you can alter the...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 10th October 2009, 11:29 AM
Replies: 34
Views: 1,973
Posted By Mary Gallivan
Re: How To Find EZA Articles With More Than 20,000 Views

Hi Jeff

Many thanks for the tip and thanks to Karen too.

I usually look at the most viewed and most published (must be good if they get published) and keep going from there.

That's my...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 10th October 2009, 08:53 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 457
Posted By Mary Gallivan
Re: Need bonus e-book or software to add to my click bank offer

I second Alican's suggestion.

You can get either PLR books, videos etc, or PLR articles on the topic and compile your own product with a bit of extra information and links to your site or...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 9th October 2009, 10:02 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 554
Posted By Mary Gallivan
Re: All I have is an Ebook...what do I do?

Hi Krys

Glad you found some of the suggestions helpful.

As you didn't research the niche that should be your first step before spending any money on the next stages.

I once wrote a book...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 9th October 2009, 09:41 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 851
Posted By Mary Gallivan
Re: Testimonial troubles

Some of what I was going to suggest has already been mentioned.

I would say something along the lines of 'I can tell you have put a lot of time and effort into this book. If you want to really do...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 9th October 2009, 09:18 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 554
Posted By Mary Gallivan
Re: All I have is an Ebook...what do I do?

Hi Krys

Congrats on writing your book.

Did you do your research to make sure there is a market for people wanting to buy yoiur book? Provided you have enough interest in the topic you should...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 8th October 2009, 08:44 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 580
Posted By Mary Gallivan
Re: Any Crossword Puzzle Fans Here? New way to solve...

I used to do crosswords a lot before I got the computer. I found the more you do the easier they became as your brain is tuned in to them.

Now that I've left them alone for a long time they can...
Forum: Website Design 21st September 2009, 12:50 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 542
Posted By Mary Gallivan
Re: How Do I Do This to My Categories in Wordpress?

Thanks everyone - that's done the trick!

I hadn't used the 'show hierarchy' in the category widget.

Mary
Forum: Website Design 20th September 2009, 11:04 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 542
Posted By Mary Gallivan
Re: How Do I Do This to My Categories in Wordpress?

Hi John

If I don't use the category widget how do I get 'Categories' as the 'title' of my category list?

For the actual categories I'm using the post-> categories etc but it's not working for...
Forum: Website Design 20th September 2009, 06:14 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 542
Posted By Mary Gallivan
How Do I Do This to My Categories in Wordpress?

Hi

I've got a wordpress blog and have started to add categories and posts but have come unstuck.

I used a Category widget which I named 'Categories'. Sp far so good.

Then I want to add 3...
Forum: Website Design 6th September 2009, 11:35 AM
Replies: 0
Views: 524
Posted By Mary Gallivan
Any Website Design Members Based in Ireland?

Hi

As the title shows I'm looking for a website designer who is based in Ireland. Preferably someone who has reasonable costs and can create either a one page site or a site with up to about 4...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 6th September 2009, 04:50 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 1,312
Posted By Mary Gallivan
Re: Really getting annoyed with warrior forum

Hi Andy

With 129 posts you're obviously not a total newbie to the forum. What I suggest you do is to go back and read all the forum rules again - in particular the rules about sigs.

If sigs,...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 1st September 2009, 12:14 AM
Replies: 69
Views: 3,977
Posted By Mary Gallivan
Re: Warrior Forum Is Going Back To Paid Status Effectively Immediately

For a long time I've been meaning to become a War Room member buy seemed to get sidetracked by so many other things.

Then, the other day I read a thread offering free membership and didn't think...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 31st August 2009, 07:18 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 1,266
Posted By Mary Gallivan
Re: Using your real name online - Yay or nay?

Hi

I use my real name in the forum and on my ghostwriting site but I use a pen name for niche sites.

When I submit articles to directories I can use my real name or pen names depending on...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 30th August 2009, 04:31 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 695
Posted By Mary Gallivan
Re: 15 People Needed To Slate My New Niche Research Course

Hi Steven

I'll do a review as well for you. Have to agree with the others though - timescale is a bit tight.

PM sent with email address.

Mary
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 30th August 2009, 03:20 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 721
Posted By Mary Gallivan
Re: Christmas? Now is the time to start positioning yourself.

Hi Mark

I agree - now's the time to think about Christmas. Some IMers get caught up in the 'here and now' and forget to look ahead. I've even seen people start their Christmas product creation at...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 28th August 2009, 12:03 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 756
Posted By Mary Gallivan
Re: I'm stuck on ideas for my niche . . .

Hi darktemplar

The first thing that came into my mind was the Nintendo DS memory games - worth looking into any info on them or even do some reviews on them and possibly see if there are any...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 27th August 2009, 07:49 AM
Replies: 35
Views: 1,008
Posted By Mary Gallivan
Re: Do you ever have a problem with your computer, programs, wordpress or need tech support...

Nice one Bev!!!

I've been looking for a simple solution like this for a long time. Now I'm an expert - and in just a few minutes. Wonder if I can make it into a book???

Mary
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 27th August 2009, 05:20 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 957
Posted By Mary Gallivan
Re: The MAGIC Formula For Making $1 x 100

For anyone buying a domain name on Namecheap, first do a search on Google for a namecheap coupon. This will give you a promo code to get the domain cheaper.

The coupon changes monthly and is...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 27th August 2009, 02:12 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 661
Posted By Mary Gallivan
Re: A Question For Writers - Keeping Track Of Clients

Hi Audrey

I use an excel spreadsheet. The headings include-name, email, WF ID, what's been ordered, when ordered, completion date offered, amount, deposit, final payment, discount, any other...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 27th August 2009, 02:03 AM
Replies: 94
Views: 13,395
Posted By Mary Gallivan
Re: 7 Steps to Build a Profitable Niche Site Using Only Web 2.0 Properties And Without Spending A Pe

Hi Peter

Great information.

My thoughts are similar to some of the others who suggest get a domain name and have your own site. Wordpress is easy to use.

Mary
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 16th August 2009, 04:45 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 695
Posted By Mary Gallivan
Re: Pen Names and EZA

Hi

It's quite easy to use pen names on EZA. You can choose to use 'alternate author names' under the Profile Manager menu.

Make sure that when you submit articles you choose the correct...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 5th August 2009, 10:19 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 704
Posted By Mary Gallivan
Re: Suddenly I Have TONS of Time!

Hi

Sorry to hear about your job loss. However, I believe that these things happen for a reason. As one door closes another one opens.

You have 4 years of IM under your belt so that's a solid...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 24th May 2009, 10:28 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 679
Posted By Mary Gallivan
Re: 1000's of PLR articles - Now what ?

Hi

Hi

There's a number of ways to use PLR articles as well as rewriting them.

Use them for newsletters

Content on your blog
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 24th May 2009, 05:48 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 691
Posted By Mary Gallivan
Re: Where do you find the best quality article writers?

Hi

In my opinion you're not going to get 'the best quality article writers' for $4 or $5 an article.

Some of the 'best' article writers will charge $40 or more for an article.

I've...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 22nd May 2009, 01:27 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 872
Posted By Mary Gallivan
Re: Newbie Question - Can you put anchor text in your bio box on ezinearticles?

Hi

It's a good idea to use both. As you can have 2 links in your bio use 1 as anchor text and the other as full URL. That way, if publishers use your article but anchor text doesn't show in the...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 21st May 2009, 12:01 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 574
Posted By Mary Gallivan
Re: Where would I get some writers?

Hi

What are you willing to pay for good writers?

Mary
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 20th May 2009, 11:59 PM
Replies: 168
Views: 5,524
Posted By Mary Gallivan
Re: Just got offered $1 for unique article and $0.25 for rewrite! Wahhh

Hi

I've seen offers like that too - incredible!

Someone has just offered me $2.50 - $4 for an article which just isn't worth it for the amount of time and research I put into article writing....
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 20th May 2009, 01:36 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 1,558
Posted By Mary Gallivan
Re: Is this the rudest unsubscribe email ever?

Thankfully I've never come across something like that. Any time I've unsubscribed there's a new screen to inform me.

Maybe you've had a lucky escape and he is not someone you'd want to do...
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