Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 
4th September 2012, 11:08 AM
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Views: 2,135 Re: Beef.ca Help with selling domain name?
Just one more thing. I'd reconsider the "Buy It Now" price. Basically that sets the MAX you could get for it... and if I were a domain investor, I'd snap it up at your Buy It Now price just when the...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
4th September 2012, 10:59 AM
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Replies: 56
Views: 2,135 Re: Beef.ca Help with selling domain name?
If you can't stop the auction now that it's met the reserve, the only choice you got is to let as many people know as possible to try to get a bidding war going. Start advertising everywhere you can...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
4th September 2012, 10:55 AM
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
4th September 2012, 10:48 AM
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Replies: 56
Views: 2,135 Re: Beef.ca Help with selling domain name?
First, that is most definitely a premium domain name!
I would think twice about selling that on Flippa. Clearly you don't have much experience with premium domain names and that could cost you...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
2nd September 2012, 06:25 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 549 Scam/Spam Warning
I'm really not sure what the goal of this one is, but I thought I'd just share a new kind of email I just got...
The email was sent to an address I had used to sign up for somewhere long ago, so...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
1st September 2012, 04:21 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,289 Re: How safe are wire transfers?
Just as you say, I don't think the wire-transfer itself is the issue, it's the transaction itself.
I don't know what the transaction is for, but in some situations you may be able to use an ESCROW...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
1st September 2012, 04:06 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,720 |
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
1st September 2012, 11:34 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,005 |
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
1st September 2012, 11:14 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 825 |
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
31st August 2012, 07:41 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 825 Re: Would you work here? I'm speechless...
Funny. Unless you are in the US or India, you only get paid in Amazon Gift cards :rolleyes: I guess I won't be making my fortune by transcribing stuff any time soon :(
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
31st August 2012, 07:13 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 825 Re: Would you work here? I'm speechless...
It just goes to show just how big the internet really is :o
Just glancing over it, I see there's a lot of transcription jobs for pretty low rates, so if someone needed an audio transcribed that...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
31st August 2012, 06:57 PM
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Replies: 19
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
31st August 2012, 06:55 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 825 Would you work here? I'm speechless...
You KNOW that something's big when Amazon gets into the act. Amazon's now into the micro-job freelancing idea with something they are calling MechanicalTurk
Check it out at Amazon's site:...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
31st August 2012, 04:08 PM
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Replies: 89
Views: 3,423 |
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
31st August 2012, 03:45 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 1,596 Re: My Squidoo Experiment...
Update on my experiment:
Just popped over to Squidoo and something really struck me about a lot of the lens... It's possible to create a lens on some really quirky subjects and rank really well...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
30th August 2012, 09:40 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 566 Re: Company Name or Personal Name for FROM emai?
I think you can do both, if you are careful and strategic. Think Oprah/Harpo. Think "Chicken Soup"/Jack Canfield. etc. You probably want to do some of both. A real person is easier to remember...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
30th August 2012, 09:35 PM
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Replies: 29
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
30th August 2012, 08:03 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 1,596 Re: My Squidoo Experiment...
A couple of more quick observations to add to my squidoo experiment:
If you do decide to try them out, it is definitely worth keeping your squidoo account logged on quite a bit for your first...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
30th August 2012, 07:41 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 566 Re: Company Name or Personal Name for FROM emai?
Whatever you do, do it consistently.
Pick the name that you are most likely to need to be identified with over the long term, ideally one that gives you the most flexibility and recognizability....
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
30th August 2012, 01:04 PM
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Replies: 96
Views: 4,600 Re: Best Way to Get to $1,500 a Month?
For reliable income, I'd suggest local clients.
Try joining a local toastmasters, and give little 'speeches" about IM.
Maybe join a local Chamber of Commerce, and go to events.
Or get...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
30th August 2012, 11:44 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 1,596 Re: My Squidoo Experiment...
First, Thanks for your response. I really am not into getting into one of those weird tit-for-tat things I see so often on this forum :( but I really think I need to clarify something. I am most...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
30th August 2012, 10:53 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 1,596 Re: My Squidoo Experiment...
Thanks for all your comments so far. Seems like there is a real divergence of opinion :)
Just to clarify a little on my own intent with my not-overly-serious Squidoo experiment:
...I'm not...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
29th August 2012, 07:02 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 2,144 Re: How To Auto Populate A Forum?
I'd call that living dangerously. :(
The content you are talking about 'borrowing' is copyright-protected intellectual property and you can't just use it without permission of the copyright...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
29th August 2012, 06:53 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 1,596 My Squidoo Experiment...
I confess I've never had much interest in Squidoo until now. I'm a couple of days into conducting a totally unscientific Squidoo "experiment" and I thought I'd share my thoughts and experiences with...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
22nd August 2012, 07:37 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 607 |
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
22nd August 2012, 06:22 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 600 |
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
23rd July 2012, 03:13 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 511 |
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
23rd July 2012, 02:55 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 511 |
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
23rd July 2012, 01:21 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 511 Writers... have you left this money unclaimed?
Another meaning of the acrynym "PLR" could mean money (at least a trickle) for some writers here.
Many countries apparently have a program known as "Public Lending Rights" (PLR) which pays fees...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
22nd July 2012, 09:02 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 555 Re: Question about domain names
It's hard to give really good advice without knowing your title, but I'll throw in my 2 cents anyway.
First, I wouldn't use the .biz at all.
Next, I'd be really concerned about the fact that a...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
22nd July 2012, 08:45 PM
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Replies: 42
Views: 1,072 Re: It's easy to be an expert - agree or not?
Absolutely on point, as they say.
There's a difference between being an "expert" and being able to teach something of value in a subject area. I look at it this way: most of us are taught English...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
22nd July 2012, 02:34 PM
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Replies: 59
Views: 1,791 Re: A blatant lie.
Maybe they sort of meant to say "free bonus" when you buy...????
Lately I've stopped subscribing to anything except things I REALLY REALLY want because of just these kind of tactics... The plus...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
22nd July 2012, 12:50 PM
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Replies: 6
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
22nd July 2012, 11:45 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 2,142 Re: Content Curation!
There certainly is a lot of misunderstanding of what content curation actually is.
The simplest way I distinguish it is to compare it to a "literature review" that you may do in an academic or...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
24th June 2012, 12:55 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 1,190 |
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
24th June 2012, 10:37 AM
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Replies: 41
Views: 1,406 |
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
13th June 2012, 03:10 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 787 |
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
11th June 2012, 06:13 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 960 |
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
11th June 2012, 05:21 PM
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Replies: 52
Views: 2,956 |
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
11th June 2012, 05:09 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 405 Re: FTC Question
[Disclosure] I'm not a lawyer, nor do I play one on tv ;)
but having said that...
I'm outside the USA, and I use a disclosure. Not a big deal, and worth it since it is possible to be sued in...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
11th June 2012, 03:41 PM
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Replies: 47
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
11th June 2012, 02:22 PM
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Replies: 47
Views: 1,528 Re: 4000+ Unique Hits A Day, No Money, What Gives?
It won't take very long for you to test that (one of the actual advantages of AdSense) with the amount of traffic.
I recently shifted one Google Ad placement a bit upward on the pages of one of my...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
11th June 2012, 02:12 PM
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Replies: 47
Views: 1,528 Re: 4000+ Unique Hits A Day, No Money, What Gives?
Just to clarify a bit more... Google will show mortgage ads to visitors who, through their surfing behaviour, have shown an interest in mortgages. It's based on the user, sometimes, not on the site's...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
11th June 2012, 02:00 PM
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Replies: 47
Views: 1,528 Re: 4000+ Unique Hits A Day, No Money, What Gives?
Actually, I agree with everything you are saying. But he was asking about making money. My real point (made earlier) is that based on his stats, something is even more 'off' than he thinks. (In other...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
11th June 2012, 01:06 PM
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Replies: 47
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
11th June 2012, 12:54 PM
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Replies: 47
Views: 1,528 Re: 4000+ Unique Hits A Day, No Money, What Gives?
Even if your traffic is totally untargeted I can't see why you aren't getting a LOT more than $20 a month. Worst case scenario on Google: 10 cents per click + only 1% CTR ... do the math... Something...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
11th June 2012, 11:48 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 544 Re: Copying merchants autoresponder messages?
Sounds like you already know the answer.
Ask the merchant. And if it's no, it means no. (Just taking it is "copyright infringement" -- and each every email you send out is a separate count and...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
11th June 2012, 11:19 AM
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Replies: 64
Views: 2,298 |
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
11th June 2012, 10:22 AM
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Replies: 23
Views: 2,465 |
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
11th June 2012, 10:04 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 691 Re: Sharing a Rant...
I can't imagine too many people having more fun with life than John Carlton ;)
In life, and business, people waste a lot of emotional energy NOT seeing things as they are, the good, the ordinary,...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
10th June 2012, 07:09 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 691 Re: Sharing a Rant...
Going back to the rank I started from, John Carlton's not mine ;) , the part that I really enjoyed the most was what he was saying about cynics, and his own attitude of 'optimistic pessimism" (aka...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
10th June 2012, 06:36 PM
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Replies: 69
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
10th June 2012, 06:21 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 691 Re: Sharing a Rant...
Truthfully, I don't see Dexter as being what I'm referring to. Clever concept for a show, but Dexter enjoys causing pain, through a warped notion that he could do that for "good," a motivation that...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
10th June 2012, 06:16 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 691 Re: Sharing a Rant...
Although clearly we're entering the murky realms of diagnostic criteria, I don't really see a necessary correlation between a lack of empathic connection and doing/not doing good things. I think it's...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
10th June 2012, 05:25 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 691 Re: Sharing a Rant...
Interestingly, it is possible (rare, but possible) to have a sociopath who does all the right things, not for emotional and empathic reasons, but because it makes emotionless abstract logical sense...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
10th June 2012, 04:58 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 691 |