Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 
3rd July 2011, 02:19 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,241 Re: Amazon Affiliates Who Got Dropped
Of course, when Amazon responds to you it will be the answer to follow, but....
It should not matter in what country you are promoting Amazon products If you live in one of the states that taxes...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
23rd March 2011, 08:50 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 785 Re: "The old days" - how did we do it??
Yeah, I had the Commodore with a couple of the external drives. Couldn't buy anything else. After all, Captain Kirk himself did the TV commercials.
But, at work we used the old Radio Shack...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
25th December 2010, 11:09 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 674 Re: 20 x 2 Years Young ...
Hope the birthday & the holidays are good ones.
Take it from someone who is 20 X 3... 40 is a really good age to be.
Dan
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
25th December 2010, 11:06 AM
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Replies: 136
Views: 4,581 |
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
25th December 2010, 10:47 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 635 |
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
3rd October 2010, 04:07 PM
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Replies: 36
Views: 1,087 Re: ethical or not?
Bottom line here as I see it is this:
If you have to ask if something is ethical, you probably know the answer already.
Go with your initial feeling. If you have a problem with it, then it's...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
2nd October 2010, 01:13 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 644 |
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
2nd October 2010, 01:03 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 1,383 Re: Does Google really love WordPress?
I have found that my blog posts get indexed a bit slower than my other pages. But, they do get indexed fairly quickly.
Just as a note, I put up a Drupal site a few years ago. After the default...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
4th September 2010, 07:16 PM
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Replies: 47
Views: 1,443 Re: Did You Quit The day Job?
I quit my full-time gig years ago.
Most all my income to start with was through affiliate marketing. The original eToys was my big one at about 800 per month. Had about ten others at between...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
25th August 2010, 10:16 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 751 |
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
10th August 2010, 09:59 PM
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Replies: 96
Views: 2,202 Re: How did you find the Warrior Forum?
A dozen or so years ago the web was littered with banner ads. After about a year, I decided to fork over the 15 or 20 dollars and see what it's about.
Probably earned my money back the first day. ...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
22nd July 2010, 08:36 AM
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Replies: 113
Views: 3,277 Re: What do Internet Marketers do to stay fit???
I am a volunteer karate instructor in an organization that teaches through community education programs.
Between teaching around 10 hours a week and training a few hours most mornings at first...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
11th July 2010, 09:54 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 519 Re: HTML Editors
I have used Arachnophilia in the past. It's a good editor that's fairly easy to learn.
But, mostly I use a text editor and code it myself.
Dan
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
10th July 2010, 07:47 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 937 Re: Question on TAX - clickbank
There's a bit more to it than that, but the short answer.
You should save enough money to pay your federal income tax, your self employment tax, and your state income tax (if any). For most...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
10th July 2010, 12:22 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 1,303 |
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
7th July 2010, 12:27 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 955 Re: How Do I Use a PDF File to Make a Website?
Don't know what kind of programs you have on the Mac, but if you have a word processor with a export as html, or save as html, then try this:
Copy and paste the .pdf (if is can be copied) into...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
19th June 2010, 11:16 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 648 Re: An Interesting Question
Why not just make the review posts "sticky" so they will stay at the top whatever the date? If you are using wordpress there's a lot of plugins to do this.
Dan
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
15th June 2010, 04:55 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 586 Re: What was your first sale?
Somewhere back around '94, I bought into one of those $1000 per month guaranteed programs where you do absolutely nothing and they pay you.
Seems the only guarantee was they would go out of...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
15th June 2010, 03:38 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,133 |
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
2nd June 2010, 07:34 PM
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Replies: 53
Views: 1,742 Re: which website design software do you use
Glad I'm not the only dinosaur in existence.
I use wordpress for a few things, but when I want a particular look for a site nothing beats an old fashioned text editor. There's just some things...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
26th May 2010, 06:09 PM
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Replies: 40
Views: 776 Re: Where do you work from?
I work from home.
That said, my wife is gone all day teaching school and my daughter is at college. So, I have a nice quiet home to work from.
Dan
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
16th May 2010, 07:45 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 585 Re: Question about US taxes and clients
Best thing for you to do at the moment is go to a local office of H&R Block. They are they only national tax preparation service that is open after April 15. (It's also who I work for as a tax...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
2nd May 2010, 11:43 PM
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Replies: 55
Views: 2,862 Re: 1099's And You
According the the explanations from the U.S Treasury (see the edited link in my previous post), you won't have to do most of this.
You should not have to issue 1099s to your hosting provider. You...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
2nd May 2010, 10:11 PM
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Replies: 55
Views: 2,862 Re: 1099's And You
I wouldn't panic just yet. Even if you have to do all the things mentioned here, which I really doubt, it should not be a big deal.
You should already be keeping records of every penny you spend....
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
26th April 2010, 10:23 AM
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Replies: 52
Views: 5,012 |
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
4th April 2010, 11:45 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 947 Re: ArticleMS Category Lists anyone?
I switched to ArticleMS a few years ago and really like it. There's a few features I wish it had, a pre-built category list among them.
But, if you search their forum you should be able to find a...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
19th March 2010, 05:52 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 1,079 Re: Problem with Article Friendy article directory
Adsense is doing well. I average about 1 click per 9 views. But, as with anything else, it depends on the traffic you are getting. I have a bunch on niche sites with "for more articles on..." type of...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
18th March 2010, 09:58 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 805 |
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
18th March 2010, 04:19 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 1,079 |
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
16th March 2010, 09:24 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 1,160 |
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
9th March 2010, 09:28 PM
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Replies: 48
Views: 2,390 |
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
3rd March 2010, 11:49 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 665 Re: Welcome Room? Lol. IM Tax Questions
The 15.3% that is referred to is for the self-employment tax. In other words, the social security and medicare tax. You pay the employer and the employee part of it (if you are a sole proprietor).
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
3rd March 2010, 11:22 PM
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Replies: 94
Views: 3,645 Re: The WORST Website EVER!...
Just reached for the Tylenol.
Glad I search with the speakers turned off. Don't want to know what their music sounds like.
Dan
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
3rd March 2010, 11:18 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 645 |
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
15th January 2010, 11:58 PM
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Replies: 138
Views: 3,632 Re: Does Anyone Still Have a Day Job?
I have a seasonal day job.
During the first part of the year I do income tax preparation. Have for three years now since I retired from retail management. As for the other 8 months of the year,...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
15th January 2010, 11:54 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 891 |
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
15th January 2010, 11:50 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 775 |
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
3rd January 2010, 12:29 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 588 |
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
3rd January 2010, 11:32 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 588 This one made my "laugh of the day"
First of all, a very happy new year to you.
I manually approve all articles for one of my directories. Here's a paragraph from the middle of an article about the history of the pony express:
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
27th December 2009, 10:20 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 552 Re: Is it Original or Unique?
Just personally, I wouldn't call it original unless it was written 100 percent from scratch. Better off just calling them unique.
Dan
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
25th December 2009, 07:21 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 1,166 Re: Christmas Day Observations
Traffic to most of my sites is about the same. But sales, click-throughs, and the like are way down. I have gotten a few dozen emails for post-holiday sales; not from IMers but from regular brick and...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
24th December 2009, 12:50 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 895 Re: Photo publishing copyright issues...
Michael Jordan is currently suing a couple of Chicago businesses for $10,000,000 for wrongful use of his image in a way that could imply an endorsement. (And this was in ads to honor his induction to...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
15th December 2009, 07:03 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 682 Re: Best tax software for IM?
Income taxes are my business, and it's my opinion that people with their own business should not use software to do their taxes. It can just get too complex.
Use a good accounting program during...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
14th December 2009, 03:37 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 947 |
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
12th December 2009, 09:32 PM
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Replies: 40
Views: 1,710 |
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
9th December 2009, 12:32 PM
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Replies: 42
Views: 1,091 Re: What Are You Focused on Today?
I'm working on a few of my niche sites.
Adding three articles each to a few of them and getting started on a new one. Hope to have enough done by tonight to take it live.
Dan
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
9th December 2009, 12:12 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 613 |
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
9th December 2009, 11:42 AM
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Replies: 61
Views: 2,124 Re: Does this gal add value to this site?
She causes problems with me.
It took about a minute for the video to appear and start playing. If I hadn't been looking for a video, I would have clicked to another page or left the site already. ...
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
9th December 2009, 11:32 AM
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Replies: 38
Views: 2,968 |
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
8th December 2009, 05:23 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 5,831 Re: Men selling Avon
I know a few men who do well with Avon. If it's something that interests you, then give it a go.
Here's an idea that one of the people I know does... He specializes in selling the gift items to...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
8th December 2009, 05:15 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 606 Re: Is it a mistake to send just HTML email?
I would say sending HTML only would be a poor choice. Because so many people use web-based email that blocks a lot of images, this makes the rest of the email sometimes not real readable.
I would...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
7th December 2009, 11:28 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 510 Re: below the fold?
Basically, anything that shows on your monitor when you load the page is "above the fold."
Anything that you have to scroll down to see is "below the fold."
Dan
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
6th December 2009, 12:39 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 2,188 Re: Expert VS Guru
Exactly what I was going to say. Besides, with all the bashing going on lately, why would you want to call yourself one?
Dan
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
6th December 2009, 11:46 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 3,292 Re: Affiliate Commissions - Who Pays The Taxes?
There are a lot of correct answers here depending on how the money is collected.
If an agent such as Clickbank, etc pays the money, just deal with what they pay YOU.
But, if you actually...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
6th December 2009, 09:54 AM
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Replies: 24
Views: 1,069 Re: Is this a fake testimony?
Can I trade you stock in Enron for them?
I guess the bottom line is that if you are stupid enough to do this type of testimonial, you are probably stupid enough to use a recognizable picture.
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
4th December 2009, 03:17 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 657 Re: for you successful marketers.....
I am beginning work on a niche site mainly about teddy bears (I have over 100 of them). They were mostly all bought as my daughter was growing up. It will be a kind of "every bear tells a story" type...
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