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C o n t i n u i n g   D i s c u s s i o n s (3)
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1.)Live and Learn
~ Jon D. Atwood

2.) Subject:Spam, UCE, & Prospects-Crossing The Line!
~ Melanie

3.)  Ad Tracking 101: Tracking Ad and Banner Performance
~ Adam Spurgeon Zens





N e w     P o s t s   (2)
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1.)  Sherry
~ Trying to earn a living on the internet

2.) Mr. Luigi  Marruso
~ I need help again ...



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1. Promotion techniques
2. Site Reviews
3.Search Engine Placement
4. Other
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1.FFAs can work!
2.Ranking on Hot bot, MSN, Snap ...
3.What's Working for Me
4. FFAs are GREAT for increasing traffic!

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======================F e a t u r e d   P o s t ========================
From: Robert Olson <ro@artelco.com>
Subject: Tips For Driving Traffic to Your Website!


One of the best things you can do to drive traffic to your site is to write
articles or share tips in ezines such as this one. If you are an internet
beginner, share the new things you learn. Do some research and write
a short article. Getting an article published by an ezine is a numbers game.
Submit to enough of them and you will eventually see your articles or
marketing tips published and you will also see the traffic to your site
increased!

I recently had a hacker get into my site and I had to totally start from
scratch. While I put a new site together, I also wrote a short little marketing
tip and an article on writing classified ads. Within 10 days my site was up to
100 visitors a day. I was a plumber for 10 years and had no high school
diploma. My english grade was a big old letter D. Now if I can write a few
articles....so can you!

Another technique you can use is creating doorway pages to get top search engine
rankings.
Don't let anyone tell you how hard it is to get top search engine ranking! In
this same 10 day period since my site went down, I got a listing on Yahoo.
Under 'free classified ads'
I show up #12 and this was on my first try. On this doorway page, I guess you
could say that I made it content rich. It has a  'free classified ads' headline.
Then I advertise my Adland classified ads site and a couple other items. Then
I go on and list alot of other free classified ad sites. Take a look at how the
page
is set up and it can give you an idea on how you can setup a page to get a good
search engine listing. Take a look
here:
http://freeyellow.com/members8/freewebpromote/adsites.htm    I have a couple
articles
and a template for a doorway page that you access here:
http://freeyellow.com/members8/freewebpromote/index.html
The doorway page template has instructions included. This template has given me
alot of top positions and I am sure it will be of value to you too!

The last tip I will give today on driving traffic to your site is on using
advertising such as banners and classified ads.  If you can't afford to hire a
copywriter
to write your ads, and writing ads  isn't what you do for a living, you will
need to do a little
studying on how to write effective ads. There is a proven formula that has been
used for
decades by professional copywriters. I have wrote an article detailing this
formula and
if you will send an email with 'formula' in the subject line, you can get a
copy. Email:
ro@artelco.com

Text ads always seem to out pull banner ads and you have a great place at Adland
to get some exceptional exposure for text type display  ads. One of the reason
for a great response rate at Adland is that your ads are boldly displayed at the
top of
Adland pages. They pull great  and I would suggest them to anyone who wants to
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==========C o n t i n u i n g   D i s c u s s i o n (1.1)=============
From:   Jon D. Atwood  <jdatwood@gateway.net>
Subject: Live and Learn


> From: "Bob Scalia" <BobScalia@worldnet.att.net>
> Subject: Live and Learn
> I stick to running my classifieds and avoid any "safe Email
> lists" because I do not want trouble or want to cause it for anyone else.
> I'd like to hear about practical experiences of others in getting an
> online business up and running.  I could use some good "success" models.
> Bob Scalia

Hi Bob!

It took me a VERY LONG Time to figure out the things that work for
me.  Fortunately you already know about one of the best ways I get
new traffic to my site.  Adland Classifieds!  If you haven't already,
DEFINITELY set up an Affiliate page such as this
http://www.options-unlimited.net/adland.htm
I get new visits every day sent to me from my ad at Adland, plus I
earned a little extra $$ from it.  Who's complaining right?

I have also had good success, believe it or not, using FFA sites.  I
don't use software like FFA Blaster or anything similar.  I stick strictly
to something that continues to bring me new visitors day in and day
out.  AutoLinkPro!  Why do I prefer this??  Well, here are a few
reasons.....

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- careful wording will bring new signups EVERY DAY!
- 40,000 submissions costs less than $0.35 a DAY!
- Join as a Partner for only 3 equal payments of $43.00 spread over
the first three months of your membership

Do you have any FREE services that you can offer your visitors??  I
started a FREE website promotion site to get signups in my Primary
MLM (DHS Club http://www.clubshop.com/members/JA04064.html)
I promote URLs & Descriptions to OVER 7304 sites for FREE if
someone displays my banner or signs up as a FREE member of
DHSC.  One of my members just won a $100 shopping spree at our
mall today!  What a deal.  I just wish it had been me!!

I am also getting decent traffic from the search engines.  They are not
DEAD as some try to claim these days.  The only thing is that you
Definitely have to Optimize your Meta tags so you will get good
placement.  This might take some time and research on your part,
but it can be done.  I've got top 5 listings for all kinds of keywords
dealing with my sites.

I've also begun experimenting with GOTO.com.  I "donated" my initial
$25 to get my account going.  I then took about 3 hours one night and
researched Keywords to bid on using a neat little tool at
http://www.jimtools.com  You can see the top sites for each keyword
and how much they are paying for that placement.  As a result of
that, I have a list of about 150-200 keywords that I'm listed in the top
5.  Guess how much I'll pay if someone clicks thru??  ONE PENNY!!!

I hope this give you some ideas to go off of.  If you are interested, you
can email me personally and we can talk more about this.  I also have
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==========C o n t i n u i n g   D i s c u s s i o n (2.1)=============
From: Melanie   <bearpass@jam21.net>
Subject:Spam, UCE, & Prospects-Crossing The Line!



In the last issue Bob S. talked about an affiliate network having
major problems due to spammers.  I am also involved with one
huge affiliate network that also has had 2 rather Large *incidents*

(meaning that 2 affiliates spammed 12 Thousands newsgroups in
just under 3 hours! Ah-Yes, the sheer power of automation...) and
had to set up their own ISp due to being shut down twice....

which got me to thinking about what I know about spam
tracking....which is quite a bit...

which lead me to wonder if there would be a market for this idea I
have...

I am busy running other things right now...but this idea is one that I
believe could go a LONG way towards protection-I mean, anyone
can do this...BUT you have to have the time AND the tools AND
the drive...it  is pretty time-consumming.

I would like to hear what you Adlander's think of it...sigh...I may
have to get yet another domain for this idea :}

   http://www.jam21.net/bearpass/spam/tracker.html

  Melanie
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==========C o n t i n u i n g   D i s c u s s i o n (3.1)=============
From: Adam Spurgeon Zens <webmaster@locustandhoney.com>
Subject: Ad Tracking 101: Tracking Ad and Banner Performance

Excellent article by Mr. Merrick on Ad Tracking.

However, I like even more the possibilities
for ad and signature tracking in terms of
what marketing specialists might call the
"silly" factor, that is, having a sense
of humor to get more business and putting
silly terms/phrases after the question mark.

Here's an example of what I mean from our
own website:

Yes, the very best of Christian poetry.....
http://www.locustandhoney.com/works.html?howdydoodyyall

Have you read the latest psychotherapy best-seller?  NOT!!!
http://www.locustandhoney.com/Apologetics/antidepressants.html?meanjoegreen

Would you like to climb Mt. Everest?
http://www.locustandhoney.com/mypoetry.html?imnotseriousenoughforadtracking

Take care,

Adam Spurgeon Zens
Editor, Locust & Honey




======================N e w    P o s t i n g (1)========================
From:  Sherry <slseibold@email.msn.com>
Subject: Trying to earn a living on the internet


Hi All; I am fairly new to the web, but due to unforseen circumstances I have
had to resort to trying to earn a living on the internet. I would very much like
your opinion on my new site at http://www.geocities.com/Eureka/Office/9330/
Please bear in mind that it is not complete, will probably never be complete and
I have only got about half of the pages done so far. I plan on having about 12
pages total, and it is taking a little longer than I had planned, but I believe
that it's a pretty good start so far. I am working on getting my own domain soon
for a better presentation but that will have to wait til I make some money. I do
work on it every day, so you might need to check back often. Oh and take your
sense of humor with you, the internet is a lot like a circus (zoo might be a
better term) and that is sort of the theme of the first page. E-mail me with
reviews at slseibold@msn.com
Thank You. Sherry;


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======================N e w    P o s t i n g (2)========================
From: "Mr. Luigi  Marruso" <galacticamistery@hotmail.com>
Subject: I need help again ...

Hi Friends !

I need again your help and I'm ready to do everything you will ask me in
order to change the favor. I have 3 questions but contact me even if you can
help me only with one of my requests :

1 - I'm looking for a Majordomo software (or something similar) to manage a
newsletter on a Web Site hosted on an NT Server. Free or at a low price is
okay.

2 - I'm looking for many Web Sites where I can take free tools and softwares
for my Site, under form of scripts or simply of html tags.

3 - I need urgently addresses of Associations which are able to give
judgements about the construction of my Web Site under all its aspects.

This is all for now; I'm here to help you in each moment !

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Note from Editor.
Read today's article
Freebies can help YOUR small online business!
by Joe Reinbold
to get answer to some of your questions.





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From: "Jay Andrassy" <andrassy@apeweb.com>


http://www.oureregistry.com/

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From: "Cathy Pronier McCollough" <cpronier@flash.net>

Dear Fellow List Members

I am wanting to approach retail outlets about selling our French Natural Beauty
Products.  Does anyone know where I can find information that can help me to set
the discount percentages for the retail stores?

I want to use the brick and mortar stores as a possible channel to advertise and
penetrate the American market.  This product is new to the US and although I
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American public.  If it will help you to understand what type of advertising we
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If you have any other ideas about branding and about product recognition, I will
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Thanks

Cathy

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From: John Assante <jaygee@gate.net>


Dear Bogdan and Dedicated Readers,

SITE REVIEW REQUEST : www.best-mall-of-all.com

As an avid reader of Adland's Digest I would to first like to thank the
publishers that produce the "Finest Of The Internet" publication. The
articals are fresh and all the advice is great! And all the readers of the
digest for
the way they go out of their way to help people who ask for help.

I would really like your "helpful" readers to take a look at my web site
"The Best Mall Of All" and tell me what they honestly think.

The input would give me the feel if this is a unique concept enough to pursue.

The URL is: www.best-mall-of-all.com

All comments would be greatly appreciated,

Many thanks to all!

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===================G u e s t   A r t i c l e (1)=====================
Freebies can help YOUR small online business!
by Joe Reinbold

There are thousands of locations on the Net to get free information,
help and services. You just need to spend some time online and at
one of the major search engines. If you are trying to build a
business online, you might need some help with html to build your
page or site, a way to check the html out once you have your page
set up and ready to go, some graphics, logos, fonts, buttons,
bullets, cgi scripts and more. There are sites that offer these
items or services for free. So if you are not a programmer don't
let that stop you. Get that mouse going and start clicking and
studying!

Here are some sites that will get you started.

These can help you with basic HTML:
- http://www.bfree.on.ca/HTML/index.htm
- http://www.htmlhelp.com
- http://www2.imagiware.com/RxHTML/index_noframes.html

Check if your HTML code is working properly and if it is working
in different browsers:
- http://www.anybrowser.com
- http://www.websitegarage.com
- http://www.cast.org/bobby/

Here are some sites where you can get free resources to enhance
your site:
Build free banners:
- http://www.animationonline.com
- http://www.quickbanner.com
- http://www.zyris.com
Free scripts:
- http://cgi-resources.com/Programs_and_Scripts
- http://www.infohiway.com/javascript/indexf.htm
- http://www.BigNoseBird.com
- http://www.worldwidemart.com/scripts
- http://javascript.internet.com
Free Graphics:
- http://www.webgfx.com
- http://www.cooltext.com
- http://www.3dtextmaker.com
Free page templates:
- http://the-toolkit.com
- http://home.netscape.com/browsers/templates/index.html
- http://desktopPublishing.com/template/web/sitekits.html

Those should keep you busy for awhile. One of the amazing things about
conducting business online is the tremendous amount of help you can get
not only from sites like those above, but you can go to discussion
boards, join chat rooms, and email discussion lists. At these you can
ask questions and get answers to any problems you might have. Many of
us who are well established on the Net today started with little or
no knowledge of how to get our business started online. But we did it
and you can to!

Having access to the Internet is like having your local
library at home. There is no reason to try to re-invent the wheel,
there are many good writers online who share their experiences everyday
with millions of readers. That is why it is also a great idea to
subscribe to the many online newsletters (ezines) like this one, so
you can take advantage of those experiences. See you online! Go for it!
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just mailto:subscribe@homebizlink.com with "Subscribe" in the
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will find the solutions to your home business needs at:
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======================Joke of the Day=====================
Joke provided by
"Dennis Sutherland" <n9vrb@frontiernet.net>

A touching story about love and marriage.

An elderly man lay dying in his bed.  In death's agony, he
suddenly smelled the aroma of his favorite chocolate chip
cookies wafting up the stairs.

He gathered his remaining strength, and lifted himself from
the bed. Leaning against the wall, he slowly made his way
out of the bedroom, and with even greater effort forced
himself down the stairs, gripping the railing with both
hands.
With labored breath, he leaned against the door frame,
gazing into the kitchen.  Were it not for death's agony, he
would have thought himself already in heaven: there, spread
out on newspapers on the kitchen table were literally
hundreds of his favorite chocolate chip cookies.
Was it heaven?

Or was it one final act of heroic love from his devoted
wife, seeing to it that he left this world a happy man?
Mustering one great final effort, he threw himself toward the table,
landing on his knees in a rumpled state. His parched lips parted;
the wondrous taste of the cookie was already in his mouth;
seeming to bring him back to life.

The aged and withered hand, shaking made its way to a cookie
at the edge of the table, when it was suddenly smacked with
a spatula by his wife.

"Stay out of those," she said, "they're for the funeral."

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