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I'm a technology geek, a drummer & a Libertarian so don't be surprised if those topics pop up as well!

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How To Accept Payments Online

One of the most daunting task for anyone wanting to sell products online is to figure how to to accept payments & accept credit cards online.

If feasible one of the easiest solutions is to use a retailer such as Ebay who will handle all the transactions for you.

But if you want or need to handle the payments yourself here are 3 easy ways to start accepting payments online.

1. Paypal

Paypal acts almost like an online bank account. You can use paypal to send & receive payments but their are also lots of merchant tools inside paypal as well. Such as being able to create your own “Buy Now” & “Add To Cart” buttons & when a purchase is placed through these buttons on your site the money is sent directly to your paypal account. Which you can them send to your own back account if you wish.

2. Clickbank

Clickbank is a wonderful way to accept payments online for any info product you may be selling. Clickbank will take the payment for you & either wire the money to your account or send you a cheque every two weeks with all the money from your sales. The wonderful thing about clickbank is that their i no need for you to set up a seperate affiliate program for you product as clickbank has an entire affiliate system built into their system.

3. Monsterpay

Monsterpay is a merchant I only heard of recently but one of the advantages of Monsterpay is that they accept payments & vendors from almost any country where as clikbank & paypal have issues with certain regions.

So there you have three easy ways to started accepting payments online on your website or blog.

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How To Blog Is Launched!

My first product in over two years “How To Blog” just launched today!!

I have worked my ass off to make sure this product provides you with great value & quality information that will show you how to succeed online.

In How To Blog you will learn how to:
- Find HOT Niches
- Get your domain name & hosting
- Install & setup your blog
- Monetize (make money with!) your blog
- Get laser targeted traffic
- Create content for your blog (even without writing a word!)
- and much much more

Right now you can get access to “How To Blog” for an extremely low price. But that will change soon. So if you want access How To Blog at what will be How To Blog’s lowest price EVER. Click the link below & get access NOW!


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Google News Press Release Traffic Here’s a simple & cheap way to have your press release (along with links to your product or site of course) show up in Google News’s results in about 10 minutes.

1. Just go to www.webwire.com & register their. (it’s free)

2. Click the Submit A Release button inside your account dashboard

3. Create your press release (Tips on writing a press release here)

4. Use their ‘webpost service’ (about 20 bucks) & your press release will show up in Google News & many other major online news sites within minutes.

Also be sure to do your keyword research & use your release not only for traffic & publicity but to build your backlinks too.

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Google Buzz’s privacy settings are a disgrace. Not only do you start automatically following people who you email a lot but everyone can see who you’re following!

Fictional Scenario (Thank God!)

You’ve been mailing an ex-girlfriend something your current girlfriend didn’t know about and now due to Google Buzz’s sloppy privacy you automatically follow her publicly!

And now your current girlfriend can click a link in her buzz account to see everyone that your following. SHOCK HORROR fight ensues!

This is just a simple example of why Google’s privacy settings are just plain stupid & I’ve commented on Google’s view on privacy before which really annoyed me but this most recent foray into making everything and anything public really pissed me off.

So here’s a step by step guide on how to hide the people you are following & the people following you from preying eyes.

1. Log into Gmail

2. Click the buzz link to the left

3. Click your name just above where you would enter a status update

4. Click the Google Profile link

5. Click edit profile

6. Uncheck the box beside “Display the list of people I’m following and people following me”
Google Buzz Privacy Settings

7. Click “save changes” at the bottom of the page.


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Google Buzz was just announced today. It’s basically Google’s answer to social media.

Google Buzz will allow you to “Share updates, photos, videos, and more” and “start conversations about the things you find interesting”

Here’s a video of Buzz in action.

So the billion dollar question is will it work?

Will Google Buzz make people spend more time on Google products & Google Sites? And will that traffic come from users of Myspace, Facebook & Twitter?

Only time will tell but considering the massive Gmail user base Google has their sure to be off to a flying start already!

Do you think Google Buzz will be a success?
Leave your comments and opinions below.

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[ARTICLE] How to make money writing niche reports.

The New Key To Creating Information Products That Sell Even In Overcrowded, Highly-Competitive Markets By Jimmy D. Brown of “Small Reports Fortune”

I want you to add a new word to your business vocabulary –

The word is “specialization”.

A new age has dawned in information marketing. And it’s the age of “specialization”.

Before I explain how this will help you create information products that sell like crazy, let me give you a very brief history lesson.

(I promise, this won’t hurt a bit. :-)

Information products online have evolved since I logged onto the Internet back in 1999…

1) THE SIMPLE AGE.

Times were simple back when I first came online. And so were the information products. Way back when, information products weren’t readily available online like they are today. If you could find ANY information on the topic you were interested in, you grabbed it.

2) THE SYSTEMATIC AGE.

As more and more people learned how to create and market information products online, a new era emerged: the “systematic” era. This was a time when huge information products were created with hundreds of pages. The idea was to create comprehensive courses on a particular topic.

3) THE SEPARATION AGE.

As “internet marketing” and other business-related markets became inundated with product offerings, the birth and rapid growth of “niche marketing” occurred. People began separating themselves from the crowd and focused on “tiny niche topics” of interest.

4) THE SPECIALIZATION AGE.

Again competition came – even in these small niches. While there is still money to be made by focusing on these tiny, untapped markets — the well is drying up at a fast rate. Now enters a new age … the “specialization” age of information marketing.

Which brings us to the lesson -

” There is a LOT of money to be made by creating small, 7-15
page reports on PRECISE topics.”

Most consumers would rather NOT sift through 100 pages of information to find out how to do something they are interested in, nor would they like to pay for 100 pages of information when they only need chapter 3.

With more and more products available on the market, consumers are getting pickier and pickier. They want what they want and only what they want.

Perhaps the biggest untapped information gold mine lies in this concept of creating small reports on precise topics.

* 17 Ways to Find New Affiliates Using Google.com
* How To Walk Off 7 Pounds in 7 Days
* 3 Ways To Get Your Next Vacation Free Of Charge
* The 15-Minute Guide To Stalling A Divorce
* Top 7 Ideas For Starting A Homeschool Support Group

Specialized information.

7-15 page reports that sell anywhere from $10-$100, depending upon the information.

And the benefits of writing these small reports are staggering -

1. You can write a small report in just a few hours of one day.

2. The profit per page ratio is astounding – 10 pages for $10 is a dollar per page per customer.

3. Small reports are MUCH easier to write than full-length courses.

4. There is a never-ending supply of topics for small reports.

5. You maximize the lifetime value of your customer. In other words, you can sell report after report to the SAME customer.

6. A series or collection of your small reports can be bundled into premium-priced courses over time.

7. When “hot topics” emerge (almost daily!) you can quickly crank out a small report to strike while the iron is hot.

8. When other marketers are seeing success with their products, you can create a complementary report to offer for sale as a supplement.

9. Many people can’t afford to buy (or refuse to buy) high-price courses – but virtually anyone can whip out $10-$15.

The list could go on and on.

I’ve been creating small reports for a long time. In fact, I make over $15,000 in PROFIT every month from just ONE of my sites.

I know this works.

And not just for me.

I had a customer recently email me to let me know he sold 420 copies of his VERY FIRST small report, during its first month.

So, what I want to convince you to do is this -

***TRY IT FOR YOURSELF****

Create a small 7-15 page report and begin selling it online and see what kind of results you see.

A new information age has dawned – the age of specialization!

Create your own “special” reports and get your piece of the pie.

…………………….
Jimmy D. Brown is the author of “Small Reports Fortune” – if you can write 7-15 page small reports, you can earn a living online working just a few hours each week from your home. Look for his EXCLUSIVE formula “Creating A Six-Figure Income With Small Reports” here.

P.S. Here’s a free report Jimmy wrote called 30 Writing Tips For Ebook Authors

P.P.S. Check out Jimmy’s Course On Using Reports To Sell Affiliate Products at http://www.markflavin.com/recommends/SmallReportFortunes
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