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                                         Moderator, Amalia Sotiriadou
                                         Vol. 1 issue #475 Aug 08, 2005

Topics in this issue:
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Word from the Moderator
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Food For Thought
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Are you preparing your children for success?

Responses to Previous Tidbits (2)
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Re: Tom Sawyer Comment
From: Craig Flippen

Continuing Discussions (0)
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New Discussions (1)
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Pharming - Another New Scam
From: Gary Gresham

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1. RE: Still No Sales! (Devasish Gupta)
From: Kindra Martinenko

2. Re: sales being exposed
From: Kathy Martin

3. Re: MODERATOR RESPONSE: Still no Sales!
From: Devasish Gupta

4. MODERATOR RESPONSE

Training Article (1)
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Website Traffic Benefits by Oland Whitecotton

GUEST ARTICLE (1)
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Tips for Evocative, Distinctive Company Names, by Marcia Yudkin

Joke of the Day
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Word from Moderators
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It’s time for some changes in the Digest!
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That’s right, from today on, you will only receive a notice that the
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This is an experimental format. We will test it for a while and see how
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Bogdan and I sincerely hope that you will like the new way of
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Are you preparing your children for success?
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Now you might wonder… what does this subject have to do with online business? Well, quite a bit actually! More and more people are coming online to find the opportunities they can no longer find in the brick and mortar world and as time goes by, this number will only grow. I can imagine the next generation doing most of their business and/or work online. It’s our responsibility to teach them how they will succeed in an electronic world, as well as in the “real” world.

So, my question of the day is: What are you doing to prepare your children to succeed in a world where the only “job” worth having may be to have their own Internet business?


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Re: Tom Sawyer Comment
From: Craig Flippen

I think Tom was a little of both. This is required as an Entrepreneur
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Pharming - Another New Scam
From: Gary Gresham

Pharming is one of the latest online scams and rapidly growing threat that has been showing up on the Internet. It's a new way for criminals to try to get into your computer so they can steal your personal data.

Phishing and pharming are related online scams but pharming has evolved into a much more sophisticated trick. Phishing scams involve sending you bogus e-mails that look like they are from a bank or another online business.

The ideal thing the criminal wants you to do is click on an e-mail link that takes you to a web site that looks authentic. Then, the instructions ask you to enter your password and account number. Once you do they get your sensitive personal data and they help themselves to your money.

The new pharming scam is similar to phishing scams but with a bit of a new twist. The pharming scam works by actually redirecting your Internet browser. That just means when you type a legitimate website address into a web address bar you are redirected without your knowledge to a bogus site that looks identical to the genuine site.

Once you log in with your login name and password, the information is immediately captured by the thief. The real danger of the new pharming scam is that you no longer have to click an email link for your personal information to be stolen.

You can obviously see how serious this scam could be. So to avoid becoming a new victim of the pharming scam here is a list of recommendations that may help you.

• Always use a secure website when you submit credit card or other sensitive information via your Web browser. The beginning of the Web address in your browsers address bar should be "https://" rather than just "http://"

• Log into your online accounts on a regular basis. Check your bank, credit and debit card statements to ensure that all transactions are legitimate. If anything looks suspicious, contact your bank and all card issuers immediately.

• Regularly check that your browser is up to date and new security patches are applied. Go to the Microsoft Security home page at http://www.microsoft.com/security/default.mspx The easiest way to stay updated is click on the "Get updates for Windows automatically" link.

• Always report an entire original phishing email with its original header information intact to the Federal Trade Commission at spam@uce.gov. Then, notify the Internet Fraud Complaint Center of the FBI by filing a complaint at https://rn.ftc.gov/pls/dod/wsolcq$.startup?Z_ORG_CODE=PU01.

New security measures must continually be added to the Internet because criminals probe for any weakness they can find. Be aware of the latest online pharming scam so you won't becoming a victim of this new threat.

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Do you have a problem to handle or a question that needs answering?
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RE: Still No Sales! (Devasish Gupta)
From: Kindra Martinenko

Hi Devasish,

I also clicked on the link to your blog, since it was the only link you
provided. I get the purpose of your website (affiliate marketing
material from Derek Gehl at the Internet Marketing Center...Cory Rudl's right-hand man and now the big guy in charge)...

Since you are focusing primarily on resources for affiliate marketers,
I would start writing some articles on your experience with internet
marketing and incorporating them in with reviews of the products. This is how I acquire sales with products targeted toward internet marketers. It really helps to buy the products and do a review, so you are not just using the marketing materials emailed by Derek...a personal account yields a better response.

Hang in there. Affiliate product marketing is very saturated. This
does not mean you cannot find your niche, but it does mean you need to
find a niche, and you need to find targeted audiences. Just plain
traffic won't be helpful.

It is also beneficial to build a positive and reliable reputation.
Start going to forums and offering your advice to people and start
building trust. Make yourself known as a authority in your field. This opens the door for you to effectively use your blog. Help first, promote
second---this is my personal motto.

Good luck!
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http://www.richat30.com 
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Re: sales being exposed
From: Kathy Martin

Hello Devasish,
You need to get your site exposed, let people know about your site, advertise, advertise.

Thanks
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Re: MODERATOR RESPONSE: Still no Sales!
From: Devasish Gupta

Hi Amalia,

I meant in general what should one do faced with the situation of no
sales even when everything is going right?

Yours,
Devasish
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MODERATOR RESPONSE: Devasish, how could “everything” be going “all right” when the primary purpose of the website – sales – is not accomplished? Such a website needs to be put on the table and DISSECTED! If the visitors come you should find a way to figure out WHY they are coming. Is there something interesting in the website that draws them or are they “forced” to come by various tricks? If they are drawn by the products but are leaving again without buying, then you should examine the products, the prices and the ordering procedure. Does the website have a lead capture section where the visitor can leave their name and address for the businessperson to follow up with later? Does the website offer enough variety of their products to satisfy differing tastes? There is more to building a business than putting up a website with a couple of products and bringing in visitors by force.

Amalia

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Website Traffic Benefits by Oland Whitecotton
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Purchased traffic consists of REAL visitors who will see your website in either a full page pop-up, domain redirect or other means that will show your whole website to the visitor. The low costs of traffic allow you to purchase more traffic, increasing your chances of getting sales repeat customers. Some of these customers may write about your website on their site, increasing your Google PageRank! Traffic also increases your Alexa ranking. There are hundreds of benefits of having website traffic, but there are no benefits for not having a steady stream of visitors going to your website.


Google PageRank

Google’s PageRank was invented by one of the founders of Googe, Page. Your PageRank is better as it increases, and can vary from 0 to 10 (10 being the highest and best). The higher your PR is, the higher your ranking in Google search results. So the more visitors, or traffic, you have going to your website, the higher possibility people will link to your website, increasing your Google PR, in turn increasing your website search results placement and getting you highly targeted traffic!


Alexa Ranking

Owned and operated by amazon.com, Alexa has their own ranking system for every page on the internet. Some pages don’t make it into their ranking system for one reason or another, however if your website is generating lots of traffic your site should be listed in it in no time. Contrary to Google’s PR, Alexa’s Ranking system says lower is better. If your website has an Alexa ranking of 50,000 - you’re getting more traffic than someone who has a ranking of 75,000. Some major search engines factor in your website's Alexa Ranking… there is some speculation that Google does.



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