First of all, I should define a list builder. A list builder is an email based traffic exchange. Instead of surfing at a traffic exchange, you open up other members’ email and click their links for credit. In turn, you can email your offer and lead capture page to all the other members.

Using a list builder is new to me. I have sent email to my down line at the traffic exchanges, but not to the entire member list. I decided to take List Building Maximizer for a test drive. So far, I am very happy with the service. As a free member, you get the following benefits:

• Send out mail every 5 days
• 10 credits for every message you read
• 1,000 sign up credits
• 10% commission

I took the one time offer for the Executive Platinum membership when I signed up. It is normally $39.97/mo. I took the lifetime subscription for a one time payment of $147. As an Executive Platinum member, you get the following benefits:

• Send out mail every day
• 80 credits for every message you read
• 40,000 sign up credits
• 45,000 monthly credits
• 60% commission

Since List Building Maximizer was just launched, they are offering this offer to entice more members to join. I don’t know how long this offer will last.

I highly recommend that you track your email subject lines with a tracker such as Hits Connect. Some members will only open the emails that interest them. Using a tracker will help you find the best subject line that is leading members to open your email. In turn, you will find many new subscribers for your personal list and buyers for your great products.

You can put up a squeeze page, splash page, ad copy, or anything to capture the attention of your customers. But, how do you know if you are truly converting as well as you can? The answer is: Testing, testing, and more testing. Compare the results of two or three pages, choose the best, and test it against a new version.

A number of resources are available to do this. My favorite products to use are:

Hits Connect
Page Swirl
TEToolbox
Vital Viral Pro

All have both free and premium memberships. The free memberships work well if you have only a couple campaigns. Anything more than that I would highly recommend the premium membership. Not only can you track many more campaigns, they all offer even more tools.

You actually may be surprised at the results. What you think is the most attractive page may be repulsive to 90% of your viewers (of course sometimes it may work in your favor). You’ll never know unless you track your pages. Raising your conversions by just 1% is worth the time.

I have been searching for ways to get my articles seen and linked together. I finally found out how. It is much easier than I ever thought. It’s kind of fun too. Jennifer, or Pot Pie Girl, is considered the authority on making money using Squidoo. She has put out a step-by-step guide on how to make money on Squidoo. One Week Marketing

Pot Pie Girl gives you 5 ebooks. The first ebook gives you complete detail on how to make money using Squidoo. Three others are guides to keep you on track. The last ebook is a conversation between her and young marketer as she takes him through the process of becoming a very successful marketer. This book is probably the best of the bunch.

She shows exactly how to successfully link your Squidoo lenses together with your articles and websites. She also gives you some great tips on how to get published on various article sites, especially Ezinearticles. When I published my first lens and linked my article, I increased my traffic greatly. The way she explains it makes it so easy.

It doesn’t stop there, she will answer any questions by email. She is a very nice person who truly wants to help people by providing excellent support.

Overall, this the best guide to making money online that I have ever seen. I have learned so much online, but I have never been able to put it all together as well as Pot Pie Girl has with One Week Marketing.

If there is was only one thing to recommend this year, it would be One Week Marketing. If you are serious about earning a living at home, you have to take a look at One Week Marketing today.

To your success!

There is a new social website called me2everyone that will be launching soon. It is going to be a cool new virtual world where you can meet friends, chat, shop, play, watch videos, create an art gallery, open a virtual newspaper, play the free inworld lottery and make money from your own online store! You and everyone you know make the decisions, shape the world, create real incomes and share in the profits. It’s a new place where you meet new people or invite your friends. Learn new skills or expand your business. Find the love of your life or help the planet.

Some people are skeptical about it and feel that it is a scam. It is not a scam. The shares are being given to members as an incentive to join and build the community for the launch. You get the shares for joining and referring others. These shares will have value after the launch. The shares will increase in value as sponsors and advertisers begin bring in revenue. I expect this to happen pretty quickly. As any new social media attracts a large group of entrepreneurs and businesses.

You have absolutely nothing to lose, the membership at me2everyone is free, and so are the shares. Which will only be true if you act now before the launch. So, I highly recommend joining me2everyone today before time runs out.

There are so many internet hosting companies out there. It makes it hard to decide who to host with. Some specialize in higher-end clients, while others focus on the individual for their personal website needs. Any way you go, the price varies quite a bit, as well as the service. How do you choose?

START YOUR OWN

Yes, start your own hosting business. It seems like a idea that requires high technical knowledge of hosting servers and computer coding. Nope. You use the servers of an existing company as well as use their customer service to handle all issues. Of course, if you like, you have the flexibility to handle your own customer service.

You have complete control over the products that you offer, as well as promotional pricing, so that you can target the customers in your niche. If you stick with the products that you use, you will be very successful by understanding the needs of your customers.

On top of the great profits, you can even purchase your own products at cost, instead of the the marked up price that you pay anywhere else. Speaking of profits, it is reaccuring income. Most products have a monthly cost (such as hosting) and you get profits each month from it.

To get started, open an reseller account and design a home page showcasing your products that you offer. Begin your marketing campaign, sit back, and enjoy the monthly income.

Searching the Internet, you find a ton of websites that “give you the answers” to making money online. You’ve heard the joke, “it was on the Internet, so it must be true.” Obviously, it is hard to weed through all the garbage to find truthful answers. So where do we go for true answers. Forums.

I have found that there is a lot of good, honest information in forums. There is still bogus information there, but it is much easier to pick out. Posters will usually debunk any myths that are placed there.

I have had numerous problems with my computers (as we all have). After trying to search for solutions in the on disk help and vendor websites, I often come up empty. I usually find the solution that fixes my problem on a forum somewhere.

I have found an excellent Internet marketing forum. http://tinyurl.com/qcmhdm. It is well known as an authoritative resource. I recently joined and have found answers to a number of questions. Many of them have been opinions on various programs available online.

It is definitely worth a look. Check it out today. http://tinyurl.com/qcmhdm.

First of all, never expect that you will become a millionaire overnight with the push of some magic button. It just won’t happen. There are a million programs, ebooks, seminars, etc. that promise they have the solution to your problem. It may be true that you can earn a very comfortable living with those programs, but it takes time. You may see the claim that one person made $10,000 in 30 days. But what they don’t tell you is, it took 3 years until they started making that kind of money.

You need to be patient in your marketing efforts. I spent the first year not making a dime. Of course, I had no real idea how to market my products. After that first year, I gave up. My products lay dormant for another two years. Then one day, my eye caught one of my traffic exchanges in my bookmarks folder. I realized that it been two years since I logged in. So I logged in and started surfing and really paying attention to the sites that I was viewing. I made notes of key terms and the different types of programs that were available. I then started to get an idea how they all were being marketed. I opened up a new browser to do research on these terms and concepts. I found a lot of information that really showed me the different ways that were successful in bringing the product to the viewers.

Many of these methods of marketing are free. You can get pretty good results by using these free resources. I would recommend staying away from the paid resources until your business starts to become successful.

Make a daily schedule and stick to it. I have found myself spending all day online working and not really accomplishing anything. Spending every five minutes checking your stats and email doesn’t get you anywhere. Check it first thing in the morning and the last thing at the end of the day. Spend a little time doing research each day. In the beginning, that will probably be a big part of your day. Once you have your research done, you can focus on promoting.

In the beginning, start with one or two programs to start promoting. It gets overwhelming quickly when you start subscribing to nearly every program you see that has an attractive offer. Start small and gradually build on it by adding another program or two when you get going on the previous ones. As you go, it will be easy to manage all of your programs.

In summary, here are the first rules of a home business:

• Be patient, it will take work and time to start earning
• Don’t pay for programs and marketing right away
• Manage your time
• Take on only one or two programs at a time.

As with any available ebooks online, you will get a vast amount of opinions on how to write articles to market products and services. But, you need to figure out what works best for you. Even my favorite ebook has some techniques that I don’t use. If you pay $497 for a product, please use it to the letter. If you get it for free, use what you think is best for your business.

I found a great way to get traffic to my sites with traffic exchanges. It is called Super Surf. You enroll in five traffic exchanges for free and surf each one at the same time. By doing that, you earn 10% more credits for each site you visit. I have really increased my traffic by using this method. I use that along with my two other favorite traffic exchanges: Traffic Swarm and Hit Safari.

There are many so-called opportunities online. It is tough to sift through the scams and the real ones. I was getting tired of seeing the same ads online promising that I would retire in a year, make $250,000 in 60 days, etc. You’ve heard them all too. As I was searching for more tools to jump start my internet marketing career, I was also looking at opportunities online that would give me more steady pay until I did hit it big. That is when I came across this little gem.

I was a little sceptical at first. I was pleasantly surprised when I got into the members’ area. There is a huge menu of opportunity categories. The “real jobs” are jobs such as telemarketers, data entry clerks, virtual secretaries, email responders, editors, tutors, and much more. Some pay a set wage per hour, some pay per job, some pay on a sliding scale. With most of these positions, you have to submit a resume an cover letter.

Then there is the paid for surveys, blogging, email, etc. Generally, you sign up for sites where you complete surveys, read email, etc. from companies and you get a money for doing it. Personally I like AdPaid for viewing and completing offers for cash. My favorite forum site that pays for your posts is MyLot. But, I haven’t looked at them all, so I’m sure there are some good ones I’m missing.

What I really like about the site is all the great information about making money online. I learned more about article marketing here in a day than I did over the last six months. There is also advice on making money with pictures, typing ads for companies, and how to get government grants.

While I am building my online business, this online job site will help me along until the day that I can flip my marketing efforts on autopilot and enjoy the surf.