I just came across this report
Someone finally stepped up to the plate and told the truth
about Google AdSense.
It's no wonder we haven't been making the kind of income we thought.
Check this out! He's making $50,000 a month and giving away
his method!
Go here:
http://www.thedeathofadsense.com/cgi-bin/go.cgi/11275
Let me know what you think!
Hundreds of thousands of webmasters across the world make money online with their websites. Why not you? Here are 10 easy tips that you can use on your website to make it profitable. As with any good website however, you first need quality original content!
1. Google AdSense - Make money selling advertising space. While banner ads are not worth your time for the most part, Google AdSense is. Many web site owners make a comfortable living off of AdSense profit alone.
2. Affiliate Marketing - Make money referring your website traffic to other websites. Don’t have a product? That is 100% O.K. Just add someone else product to your site by joining an affiliate program and forget about it. If you have related content (free information) you will see a slow trickle of income from your affiliate links.
3. Write an eBook - Sell your own idea or product. I know it sounds like a day dream, but people do this all the time. In fact, it is the most common method that people use to make money. Write an eBook, offer consultations, or make something people will use. In this category, you are only limited by your imagination.
4. Create an online directory - Sell text links. Add a directory area to your site and offer to place links to other web sites for a small fee.
5. Become a Paid Blogger. Offer to blog for companies. Blogging is fast becoming an important link building strategy for online companies. There are hundreds of small businesses that could benefit from a professional blog but, do not have the resources to hire a full time employee. You have a website, put it to use!
6. Open your own eBay store. Buy low, sell high. There is no easier place to sell than online with your own eBay store. You can concentrate on a particular type of product like coins and antiques or you can sell a wide variety.
7. Host an online competition. Offer prizes for the first, second and third place winners. Your competition can be on almost anything. Think of a way to offer a competition, create a small entry fee and you are set!
8. Create a member only area. You can create a members only site about anything from Fan Clubs, Online Newsletters, Courses and Training, Stock Trading Tips, Dating Sites, Personal Advice, Horoscopes, Family Trees, and so on. Again, your only limitation is your imagination. If you have a site already up and running, offer something in your paid member’s area that they cannot easily get for free.
9. Begin a paid advice service. Free information is great and will draw readers to your site. Once there, help the reader out with some basic information. Save the real “meat” for those that are willing to pay a small fee.
10. Sell your site. Why drag on a project for years when you can get in, get out and turn a quick (albeit smaller) profit? Create your site, get it listed in the search engines, make sure you get a few dollars a week in online advertising and sell your site for a few thousand dollars.
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Just because you have a new site, it doesn't mean you have to wait months to start getting some traffic. Most site owners are so focused on search engine traffic that they neglect other sources of traffic that can pay dividends immediately and help their search engine rankings in the future. Below are five ways that you can bring quality traffic to your site today that won't cost you a penny:
Write an article
You don't need to be a professional writer to write a quality article. If you've got a site, you likely have knowledge in a subject related to your site that people will find value in. Spend some time brainstorming topics and then choose one or two that you think people will find interesting. A good article takes time to write so make sure you take ample time to research and proofread.
When you've finished your article, you can submit it to article directories like Ezine Articles and iSnare, but to get the best results (and the most traffic back to your site) you should seek out publications in your industry. News sites, email newsletters, and blogs all appreciate quality content and most will gladly link back to your site in exchange for something that their readers will get value out of.
Start social bookmarking
del.icio.us, digg, Furl, and StumbleUpon are all highly visited social bookmarking sites where users “bookmark” web pages that they enjoy to share with others. Sign up for an account and start bookmarking your site, blog, articles that you write, and any page that links back to your site that you think others will find value in. The power of social bookmarking sites is unreal – the more people bookmark your site, the more users see it, and pretty soon you can find a link to your site on the homepage generating thousands of visitors!
Social bookmarking sites can be hit or miss so you have to be patient with them and not expect to see results every time. I've had the same article published in two different publications and “dugg” both on digg. The first time it got less than 10 “diggs”, the second time it got over 2,000!
Join social networks
Creating a profile and interacting with other users on social networks like LinkedIn, Ryze, and MySpace can do wonders for your business. LinkedIn and Ryze are great for connecting with other business owners, but MySpace presents the largest opportunity to drive a substantial amount of traffic to your site.
Depending on your business, MySpace might not be for you, but you'd be surprised at who is on MySpace and how easy it is to communicate with them. MySpace lets you search users by demographics and by common interest. Want to only interact with Honda enthusiasts? Or single females between 28 and 30 that live in Boston? MySpace makes it easy to find them. With the advent of tools like Badder Adder for MySpace, you can automate your friend requests and bulletins to make sure you reach your target audience with as little effort as possible.
The key to a successful MySpace campaign is keeping your “friends” coming back to your profile. If you've managed to get a friends list of 1,000 Honda enthusiasts, provide them with weekly car tips so that they don't forget about you, your profile, and most importantly your business.
Join Forums
Regardless of what your site is about, there's probably a popular forum out there that's filled with the enthusiasts that you want visiting your site. To be successful with forums, you need to become a part of that community. Regular posters can smell someone who's there just to sell something. You should almost never specifically mention your site or your product. Instead, create a signature with your contact information and a link to your site. Curious users who value your comments will click through to your site and provide you with a steady source of targeted traffic.
I've even seen businesses take it a step further and start “expert” threads on forums. I know of one online business that sells car detailing products that generates almost 100% of their sales through “Ask a professional detailer” threads on popular car forums.
Become a blogger
Every site owner should have a blog. Blogs are an amazing tool to express your opinions on your industry in an informal way. Not only will it generate fresh, quality content for your visitors and give you practice writing (which should help your article quality), it's also another great tool for networking.
Blog comments are the ultimate compliment to a blogger. They show the blogger that people are not only taking the time to read their blog, but that they also are interested enough to comment. Most good bloggers always reply to comments by checking out the commenter's blog and returning the favor. You can use that to your advantage.
Spend a few hours reading blogs in your industry and leaving good comments (you can use Technorati's blog directory to find blogs). A large portion of bloggers will visit your blog and your site as soon as they see that you commented. Not only have you driven traffic to your site, you've started a relationship with someone in your industry that people read and listen to. If he or she sees value in your site or product, they may even do a post recommending it to their users.
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Don't be fooled by fraud!
Rather than rant, follow these 5 rules to phoil the phisher:
Everyday we receive 2-3 emails from phishers warning us that our PayPal account has gone into arrears for one reason or other. Typical email subjects are:
Follow the same tips to keep your eBay account safe from Internet phishing too!
Originally posted at Against the Grain
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Insight Express recently conducted a survey for Symantec Corp., an information security company based in Cupertino, Calif. The survey shows that 43.5 percent of all respondents receive unsolicited emails requesting personal information several times a day. And 44.2 percent say they think they have visited a fraudulent Web site, but they're not sure.
And because of these high percentages, Bill Rosenkrantz, group product manager for Symantec, says 74.3 percent of respondents only buy products through secure sites. But a full 45 percent don't provide confidential data over the Internet at all. That means 45 percent don't shop online because that would require them to give out their credit card numbers, along with other personal information.
And that means Amazon.com isn't selling books to that 45 percent. They're not battling it out in eBay auctions, and they're not ordering hiking boots from L.L. Bean's Web site.
''When almost half the population says they're not going to provide information over the Internet, it says to me that consumers are not embracing the Internet and have a lack of trust of online transactions,'' says Rosenkrantz. ''It is definitely undermining people's trust. It's impact on e-commerce is harder to gauge but if it hasn't already, it has the potential to stall growth.''
Phishing scams, which are dramatically increasing in frequency, are the latest type of online fraud. Scammers send out spam, pretending to be legitimate businesses or financial institutions. Using social engineering tactics, they try to convince the user that there is a problem with their online account or that some information has been lost. They then entreat the user to click on a link which takes them to a Web site that is set up to look like the legitimate Web site, but is only mockup for the scammer. Once the user puts in his credit card number, or password or bank account information, the scammer can rob him blind.
While phishing scams are only one form of online fraud, Rosenkrantz said they focused their survey on it because it has received so much attention lately.
''We needed to know to what extent do phishing attacks impact people's overall trust of the Internet,'' he explains.
Rosenkrantz also says the survey shows that 93.9 percent are somewhat or very concerned about phishing attacks. It also shows that 31.5 percent don't use the Internet for online banking.
And while the majority of respondents say they haven't been the victim of online fraud or identity theft, 86 percent of those who have not been victims have changed the way they use the Internet.
Rosenkrantz says businesses are suffering financially because of the fear and mistrust out there.
''Business people are saying they can't communicate with their consumers because the customers can't distinguish between legitimate emails and phishing scams.''
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This article isn't something that I normally have interest in but I thought it would have some value for people that are selling products from there websites and use Pay Pal for there payment processing or Ebayers. Granted this article or my personal feelings on this article are biased. I have just recently had a very negative experience with Pay Pal that I'm still trying to figure out how I was in the wrong especially being able to produce documentation from both the United States Post Office and Bank of America showing myself in the right.
Now since I do practice what I preach at www.jpcservicesinc.com I began to do research. And this is just one of millions of articles I found. Granted no matter how great a service is there will always be complaints. I've worked in customer service and know that fact first hand. Unfortunately, I see a trend that is a luxury of an organization that has gotten so huge and has no real competition.
I Curse the Day I Started With PayPal
By Kay
(originally posted on http://www.paypalwarning.com/)
We had experienced a minor problem with Paypal as sellers on eBay two or three years ago and stopped using them. After reading that most buyers like Paypal and often mistrust sellers who will not use it, we decided to start offering Paypal again.
We had a large sale. One buyer bought multiple items, so the total was quite large. This person has bought from us before, and has about 1900 positive feedbacks on eBay. Paypal processed the transaction and we transferred the payment to our bank account. A day or two later we discovered an account message stating the payment was on "temporary hold" and they deducted the payment from our account leaving us with a huge negative balance! After two or three days I wrote to the buyer, thinking he had put the payment on hold for some reason. He had not. I called Paypal and they said "Didn't you get an email from us?" I told them we had not. At that point they sent an email saying that the buyer was being investigated for possible fraudulent funds.
It seemed to both the buyer and us that Paypal simply froze the payment since it was a large sum of money and they get the use of the money while they "investigate." We know of other people who have had similar things happen.
The buyer was upset and tried calling his bank and credit card company to resolve the matter. In the meantime I sent in to Paypal all the required documentation to show that we had followed their rules: had a verified buyer, mailed to a confirmed address, he signed for the package, it was insured and traceable to his confirmed address. The buyer provided me with a phone number and Case number to the credit card fraud division of his bank and allowed me to talk to the rep there. She assured me that he did indeed have an account, the funds had been withdrawn legally, and they had verified that he was the cardholder, etc.
Last night we got an email from Paypal that they had finished their investigation and had decided it was appropriate to reverse the payment to the sender (the buyer). WHAT!?? This was an outcome we had never for a moment considered. Why on earth would they send the money to the buyer? If the payment was fraudulent, they should return it to whoever the money belonged to, and Paypal should stand behind their Seller Protection Plan and give us the payment out of whatever funds they use for such cases (insurance?) as their policy states. If it was not fraudulent, the payment was ours for the merchandise. In no scenario can I think of would they return the money to the buyer. Now the buyer has our merchadise, and his money, and we have nothing! This is an absolute nightmare!! The person I spoke to last night seemed perplexed, too, but all she could do was send a message off to some other Paypal dept. to look into it.
All I can say at this point is that I hope this is ultimately resolved and we get our money. This is extremely stressful and I curse the day we ever started using Paypal again.
Editor's Note: (This story is a very common one. We receive stories like this one almost every day. It is very difficult to ignore the fact that PayPal freezes accounts in this manner as a routine part of their business model. Please remember that only the smallest fraction of PayPal victims ever find this website and take the time to tell their story. There are tens of thousands of stories posted online just like this one. This is NOT an isolated incident.)
