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MarkFlavinBlog.com is a place to come and learn about website traffic, social media, affiliate marketing, blogging, internet marketing, viral marketing & lots more awesome topics!
I'm a technology geek, a drummer & a Libertarian so don't be surprised if those topics pop up as well!
Hope you enjoy the blog & be sure to leave your comments on the posts you read.
My band ‘Palko’ (I’m on drums) is releasing an Album at the end of the month called “Dreamers” but it’s available on iTunes right now if you want to grab a copy here.
Also here’s a video my friend comedian Alan Hurley created for us for our track “Take Me Down” – hope you enjoy it. We had fun making it!
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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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.
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”
7. Click “save changes” at the bottom of the page.
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.
