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Having spent awhile surfing the internet, you come across a site, which according to the search engine snippet information seems encouraging. After entering, on closer inspection the website isn’t particularly helpful to your requirements, offering bad navigation, little pages and generally all round dire content. I’m sure quite a few of us have been in this situation many times, and our reaction is often one of infuriation as we make a promise to ourselves we won’t be coming back for more.

You see, it’s all about good quality content, giving users answers and offering “added value”, so they leave fulfilled, saving the website on exist. Google wants to offer a brilliant internet experience, and does this by trying to locate the best possible match to the user’s search enquiry. This is made easier by search engine friendly websites that undoubtedly state their aims, and backs this up with the content on offer.

In order to attain this high level of “search engine friendliness”, a procedure sometimes referred to as “giving a website authority” is carried out. A task which falls to the particular Search Engine Optimization Company involved in the Online Marketing program. This involves changing quite a few of the individual on and behind page elements, so they jointly tell the search engine the same thing, defining the type and nature of the site. The elements usually tweaked in the process, include keyword distribution, description meta tags, heading and link text. Google rewards websites with good authority by increasing website page ranking, thus aiding higher Search Engine Placement.

Site authority and top content go together. A successful Online Marketing program relies on the regular provision of high quality content, which should be kept relevant, fresh and unique. This is essential, as search engine spiders frequently index websites and pass on information of any new content to the search engine.

Good keyword research and selection is also essential, but just as vital is the frequency and density of the keywords across the text of the page. A good Search Engine Optimization Company will ensure all Keywords are dispersed equally, at the same time making sure text flows and reads naturally, so not to infuriate and fatigue the searcher. This will also ensure avoiding any penalties from the search engine for the offence of keyword stuffing.

High quality inbound links are a major factor in the battle for high ranking. Links emanating trusted, relevant sources have lots of value, as they reflect the worth of the website and convey its true nature This gives the site added authority and helps build up vital trust between it and the search engine. Though frequently a neglected aspect of SEO, this segment of the optimisation process is essential, if initial advancements in Search Engine Placement are to be maintained and built upon.

As confirmed by most professionals working in the industry, the growing sophistication of search engine algorithms means the quality of website content is being tightly watched, now more than ever before. In fact, good SEO is good content, and good content is good SEO. As the move to attain high ranking continues to become the priority type of marketing for lots of companies, quality content will no doubt increasingly become a crucial deciding factor in business success.

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The new Jetpack Plug-in for WordPress is a fantastic new WordPress plug-in with some super features!

Most of these features are free to the user.  The feature I’d like to focus on here is the Subscription feature. This will create an opt-in sign in that allows the user to receive notifications on all your new posts!

This is not to diminish the huge value associated with the Jetpack Plug-in‘s other features.  For example, Site Stats allows you to track the traffic to your website.  The Spelling and Grammer feature will notify you of spelling and grammar mistakes when you attempt to publish your article.  The Short Links feature enables you to create short URL’s for your posts, and the Sharing and Enhanced Distribution features are additional methods that help you generate traffic to your website.  And, you can expect new free features to be added as they become available.

The Subscription feature greatly enhances your interface with your users.  It provides an opt-in for your users to receive a very professional email notification whenever you publish a new post or article.  In turn, this increase your website traffic.

The Jetpack Plugin’s opt-in code is simply placed in a widget on your website.  Therefore, it can be shown on your website wherever your theme allows you to place widgets.  On the site I use here as an example, I have placed the widget into the “Top Feature” of my theme.  If your theme does not have this option, you can simply place your code in a sidebar widget.

Here’s the sizzle!  Many people who visit a website never return.  However, if you can capture their email address you have the ability to bring them back over and over again.  This increases your website traffic and enhances your ranking with the search engines.

The end product produced by the Subscription feature is top-notch and highly professional! I was very pleased and little surprised on how good it looks to the user.

This is a screenshot I took of the article published in Hot Sports Topics.  This is how it actually appeared in my Microsoft Outlook email account.

This is new site I created for my cousin, Mike Pietrzyk.  Mike is now living his dream and writing on sports topics.  He is doing an awesome job.  I host it and provide some SEO sizzle to drive traffic to it.  In time, we will monetize the site.

But, look at some of the really nice components associated with this email.  At the very top, you see the WordPress logo… very professional.  The entire article is actually shown, but I cut off a lot of it to save space in this picture.

It is identical to the actual post on the Hot Sports Topics website.  All the links are active!  They can be clicked and followed in your default browser.

I’ve used some anchor text (“dream come true”) that is linked to a primary keyword string in the actual article.  So, a user can simply click on that anchor text, without going to the actual article, and pass this article some valuable search engine juice!

While it does not provide a social media share button, it does provide a short URL if someone wants to Tweet the article to their Twitter followers.

It also permits the user to go directly to the Comments section of the website, either to simply read other comments or post their own.  Furthermore, if the user wants to opt-out of their subscription, they can easily do so by clicking on the Manage Subscription link.

WordPress developers have outdone themselves with this fantastic plug-in!  I highly recommend the Jetpack Plug-in for WordPress! …best of all, and characteristic of WordPress, it’s free.

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…tons of people want to build an Internet home business, but few succeed!  It’s all part of that mystery on how to successfully build an Internet home business! Marketing an Internet home business is the trick!

Some people are paying upwards of $16,000 to learn how to build an Internet home business or, at least, generate some additional income.  Why? …because they have a need to generate residual income and they know that their retirement plans and 401K’s just don’t seem as secure as they once were in providing them financial security.

I don’t blame them!  I have roots in the financial services industry and I know these traditional retirement vehicles are not only risky, they are precariously shaky these days. Couple that with employment insecurity, and it’s no wonder they are willing to invest a significant amount of savings toward learning to generate a second or even third income.

But, you don’t have to make that type of investment to generate income!  I’ve been telling you about an opportunity that I firmly believe in!  This is not a get rich scheme!  Sure, you can fail, but if you have a determined desire to just follow through and work this opportunity to promote your business, I am confident you will succeed.

This is a solid opportunity to generate a residual income.  This product is about to launch!  I’d like to see you get in before it does, and to join my team! Once it launches, I’ll be spending most of my time helping my team develop their business and their teams… so I won’t be looking for new members!

So, let me tell you why I highly rate this opportunity!  There are two very powerful components in successfully building and marketing an Internet home business today.  One is video and the other is Facebook. The operative term here is marketing!  You can have the greatest product in the world! But, if you can’t market that product, you are not going to succeed!

The most successful marketers in this business use video.  Video captures attention, lends tremendous and immediate credibility and is highly effective!  Live video via webinars is the best form… yet a lot of people are a bit hesitant or lack the know how or possess the skills to conduct a live webinar. The program I’m recommending provides training that allows you to capture these skills.

Yet, this program enables you to do much, much more!  You can market virtually any business via recorded videos as well!  Most business opportunities have videos that describe their business. And, most internet business opportunites have prerecorded videos on products.  So, how do you market these videos to build your own business?

Facebook!!!  Facebook has over 800 million subscribers!  But, Facebook never had a application that enabled you to conduct live webinars or show prerecorded product videos before Viral Webcaster!

And, Viral Webcaster is the opportunity that is about to launch on Monday, January 23 @ 12 PM (Eastern Standard Time).  This is an internet marketers dream come true!  Sure, you may have to learn a little more about it to apply it to your business, but that’s part of the building process.

You can simply code yourself to my team by following this link: http://timelynews.org/vw2, This will redirect you to a Facebook page.  Just Like the page and allow permissions to this application and you will be coded to my team! That’s it!  I will continue to provide you updates and training.  No investment is necessary!  If and when you do officially join, you’ll be amazed at how low the investment is! You have my personal guarantee on that!

I hope you provide me the opportunity to help you find a low-cost solution to marketing virtually any business you might be interested or involved in!  Give me the chance to help you succeed!

This applies to anyone trying to build an Internet home business!  In fact, if you want to jump start your Internet home business, this may just be the way you do it!  Facebook is providing a lot of new capabilities that enable people to market whatever it is they are marketing on the Internet!!

I have been closely monitoring the development of a brand new Facebook application, called Viral Webcaster.  A major benefit of Viral Webcaster is that it enables Facebook FanPage users to broadcast live video webinars right on their FanPage.  Another benefit is that it provides the unique capability to broadcast pre-recorded videos.  Imagine the potential!  If you are Network Marketer or Internet Marketer, you simply set up your product video on your opportunity for viewing on your FanPage.  This is a huge, new development in Social Media Marketing!

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If you don’t know how to build a FanPage for “your opportunity” just let me know!  It’s really easy, and I can show you how to easily make it look very professional! For a quick overview, you can check out this Facebook FanPage Guide.

HINT…HINT… write this down and don’t forget it!!!  If 10 people “Like” your FanPage, you have 10 people on a list.  If you have 100 people that “Like” your FanPage, you have 100 people on a list!

The really cool thing about Viral Webcaster is this.  In order for someone to participate in your webinar, or pre-recorded video they must “Like” your FanPage.

Facebook  has emerged as a major tool in Network and Internet Marketing! Video and Web Conferencing is another huge tool!   Viral Webcaster combines the two.

 The BENEFIT to you is that Viral Webcaster is brand new!

My business invitation to you is simple!  This won’t launch until 23 January 2011.  This is an opportunity to get into this business early! Simply go to this page, watch the short demo video and determine for yourself if this is something you can jump on to help you build your business:

>>> Watch the Viral Webcaster demonstration video <<<

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I attended another webinar on Viral Webcaster earlier today.  This webinar was broadcast live on Facebook.  I wanted to pass on some key points that I learned.  I tested them all, and they work!  Let me share a screenshot that I captured to show you a few of the viral elements that are working on Viral Webcaster.

First and foremost, this was an amazing presentation!  I began to see the true value of this application almost immediately.  After all, I do have an understanding of the viral sharing nature of Facebook.  And, this application takes full advantage of what Facebook has to offer.

While it is not shown on the above screenshot, anyone attending this live presentation had to first hit that now famous “Like” button.  They don’t have to pay admission to the webinar, but they do have to share their invitation.  When they do so, they share their invitation with all their Facebook friends, enabling their friends to also join the webinar.  It’s like sharing a free ticket to a great movie, but in this case the ticket is free.  The last time I checked, the average Facebook user has 130 friends.

Four, very important social media buttons are displayed across the top of the screenshot.  Two of these buttons are external to Facebook.  They can share an invitation via Twitter or the new Google Plus social media sharing function.  Plus, anytime they make a comment on the webinar this too can be shared with all their friends!

If you want to more on the basics of this application, check out this recorded video… >>>Viral Webcaster

While it’s a bit early to know exactly how this will flesh out, it appears that a new Facebook application known as Viral Webcaster will provide some combination of webinar services directly tied into Facebook. Viral Webcaster is still in beta, but I’ve gotten a taste of it’s capability.   And, from what I have seen, this is extremely exciting. Viral Webcaster is designed allow users to broadcast live webinars or recorded videos on Facebook!!!

Here is a screenshot of from a webconference that I attended:

The web conferencing biggies haven’t tried to tackle this, but an emerging web conferencing company… GVO (Global Virtual Opportunities) has combined with Tissa Godavitarne (the “non-Guru” of affiliate marketing) on a new joint venture that could turn the web conferencing industry upside down.  Why? Because this is the first web conferencing service that combines the viral sharing capability of Facebook with web conferencing!  And, from I’ve seen the product is at such a low price point that larger, more established companies like Go to Meeting and Webex would find it hard to compete.

In my humble opinion, I would compare this partnership to  something akin to how Go Daddy and Netflix established their markets.  Both companies followed the same basic business model… produce a superior product and price it under $10/per month.  In other words, make it affordable to virtually everyone.  A major difference between this Viral Webcaster & GVO product  and Go Daddy and Netflix is in their marketing strategy.   Viral Webcaster is marketed solely through network marketing marketing as a direct sales product.

This is why I am telling my readers about it!  You won’t see expensive Super Bowl or other commercials on this product.  This will only be offered by network and Internet marketers!

To witness an actual demonstration, just click here on …  >>>Viral Webaster 

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This is video prepared by my good friend, Steve Mitchell!  Steve has captured the true value of  Talk Fusion compared to other similar services.  He did an awesome job!  I saw huge value in this video and asked Steve for permission to use it!  Being a top-notch team player and leader that he is, he graciously provided me permission.  It’s an awesome, short video that truly captures the capability of Talk Fusion compared to other services.  I could not have done as great a job.

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I read an article in the Money Section of USA Today yesterday (13 October 2011) that startled me.  The article, titled “Debtors burying heads in sand” had an even more alarming subtitle: “More people in trouble but fewer seek help.”  Help? How did debtors get into financial problems in the first place?  And, who are they going to seek help from?

The article begins by making the point that even as more Americans are piling on debt fewer are seeking counseling or other kinds of relief to try to put their financial life back in order.  Consumers accumulated an additional $18.4 billion in credit card debt in the second quarter (2011) according to a new study from CardHub.com.  That’s up 66 percent from the same quarter in 2010 and up 368 percent from years ago!  I must admit, those figures are staggering.

So, who should these people seek help from?  The author points to the following sources: 1.) the National Foundation for Credit Counseling, 2.) the Association of Independent Consumer Credit Counseling Agencies, and 3.) the American Bankruptcy Institute.  Give me a break already.

What is happening to us folks?  I mean really!  Don’t we realize that the only one we can rely on to pull ourselves out of this situation is ourselves?  Only we have full control over our lives.  Men and women have given their lives so that we have this freedom.  Are Americans giving up on themselves?
Let’s pull our heads out of the sand and start doing something about it.  There are hundreds of opportunities out there that enable, in fact empower us to move forward and seek our independent financial security.  It does not happen overnight.   It takes a little time, a little investment and a little help.  But, it’s out there; you just need to find it and take action.

I’m essentially talking about finding a little part-time job through network marketing.  I listened to a CD while driving yesterday by Jim Rohn.  On this CD, Mr. Rohn tells the story of how he first got started in network marketing.  His goal was to earn 50 percent of his income from his part-time job while he maintained his full-time job.  Once he hit that goal, he established another; to earn as much in his part-time job as he did in his full-time job.  I think his next goal was to double his income.  Once he did that, he still continued to work his job.  Why?  He didn’t want to lose his story!  He just kept adding to it.

So, what’s your story?  Are still relying on factors you cannot control to impact your life for better or for worse?  Things like the economy, the political environment, your employer’s discretion to lay you off or promote you, or maybe even the stock market.  Or, are you ready to take control of your financial life?  It’s all up to you!

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As Vince Lombardi once cried, “What the hell is going on out there?” I thought it might be a good time to post some thoughts on the direction of my blog!

How to Build an Internet Home Business was originally started as a review site for affiliate programs, but my bottom line goal was to pass on valuable information to anyone who just wanted to establish a home business presence on the Internet.  And, I wanted to interact with my readers… not to sell, but to assist; to build relationships and to work together.  I think that Vince’s words amplify these thoughts.

I finally realized that my blog wasn’t doing what I originally hoped.  I wasn’t building a team.  I was writing my story and experiences!  I wasn’t working with people.  I was working for them.  That is not team building!  Thanks Vince!

I’ve noticed a dominant trend recently!  And, while I can’t make any firm conclusions about it, I do have some thoughts.  I have a lot of people registering as members.  I’ll get as many as 5-6 per day.  This tells me that there is something of value I offer here, but I’m not exactly sure what registered members are looking for.  I really need to know this.  I want to engage with my readers!

I’ve noticed a secondary trend as well.  Most of my new members seem to be associated with some type of very legitimate online small businesses. They… or you, are looking for something.

I’ll take a wild educated guess and say you are looking for success… in whatever it is you do!  That’s fairly safe.  Hey, I want to help but I need to know how I can help.  As I try to tell my new members, and I do not get to everybody on an individual basis; consider me a resource that you can use anytime!  Ask questions!

And, please offer your experiences, your problems and your solutions.  If we work together,  we can certainly better achieve our individual goals.  But, we need to work as a team.  I’m a firm believer in that.  Don’t be bashfull! Post in the comments!  Let’s engage to the benefit of all of us!  Let’s get Vince off our backs!

Public support of network marketing or direct selling has significantly improved the reputation of network marketing over the past few years; and more and more families are using network marketing opportunities as their Internet home business.  Robert Kiyosaki, renowned author, businessman, investor, motivational speaker and self-help coach has reinforced the validity of network marketing.

Just to set the framework, Robert Kiyosaki developed his Cash Flow Quadrant.  The left portion of the quadrant (E & S) represents a certain mentality or focus.  The focus here is on getting a good job or profession or even starting a small business with a salary and benefits the primary goals.  In my opinion, the key characteristic he brings out is that in these two quadrants an individual is just that; an individual.  Essentially, they are going solo in life!

The idea is change that mentality and move to the right portion of the quadrant (B I).  It is in these two quadrants that the individual achieves financial freedom.  This is where you can leverage the power of passive income with a network of people worldwide working for you.

And, network marketing is the vehicle that gets you this financial freedom. Here a great, short video where Robert goes into a little more detail:

 

Eventually I began meeting some of these companies’ leaders, and I was stunned to find that they were some of the most intelligent, kind, ethical, moral, spiritual, and professional people I had met in all my years of business_ Robert Kiyosaki

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