Thousands of aspiring Internet marketers come onlineevery year, filled with hopes of earning a full-time living from the Internet. They learn HOW to actually accomplish that, yet they never reach their dreams.

Many get so close, and yet they are stopped by ONE thing.

They are stopped by an insidious poison that is so subtle that it kills all chances that they have of success in a way that leaves them with a smile on their faces.

That success killer is a "class of poisons" called "The Value Vampires."

Value vampires are people and things that allow you togradually master a valuable skill, and then act as if that skill has no value. It's people and thoughts thatcause you to undervalue things that you create.

Symptoms of value vampires operating in your universeinclude:

- You spend countless hours writing ebooks and then givethem away, or don't even distribute them, because youbecome convinced that the information that they contain is"common knowledge."

- You host teleseminar where you teach people thingsthat they need to know, and you don't charge anythingfor the teleseminars or recordings because you considerwhat you teach "common knowledge" or "common sense."

- You record interviews or teleseminars and then giveaway the MP3's, and PDF's that you pay to have created, because you become convinced that theinformation they contain is "common knowledge."

- You spend countless hours creating Camtasia videosshowing how to do things such as configure scripts,generate website traffic, or create products, and thenyou give the videos away because you assume that "everyone already knows what you teach."

STOP for a moment and examine what you're doing!

You're undervaluing your unique knowledge, experience, and skills. You're concluding that becausewhat you're sharing is actually easy for you now, itcan't have any real value.

After acknowledging what's keeping your from actuallyearning a living from sharing your knowledge and skills,you need to ask WHY you behave that way.

If you are like many Internet marketers with a wealthof valuable information, but aren't earning a decentliving from it, the problem is very likely caused byvalue vampires that you can readily "identify."

These are people that you interact with everyday whotell you "point blank" that you should give awayyour hard work.

They imply that it can't possibly have any real value.

They subtly hint that you should feel guilty havingthe audacity to charge someone for your ebooks, audios,videos, teleseminars, and even LIVE events.

At the same time, these value vampire consume virtuallyEVERYTHING that you produce. They value what you produceenough to ask for a steady supply of it, yet lead you to believe that it has no value.

Do you see the inconsistency?

I'm not implying that you need to charge for everythingthat you produce and share.

I AM pointing out that if you've been in business onlinefor years, know how to do lots of things, and teach othershow to do lots of things, and you're still struggling, you MAY be a victim of the value vampires.

I AM pointing out that if people are constantly askingyou for files that you create, then they're confirmingthat your "output" has real value, and that you shouldprobably be charging for some of it.

Step back and examine your online activities today. Askyourself if you are falling prey to "the value vampires."The first step to protecting yourself from them is learning to recognize them.

After recognizing the problem, the next logical step to finally building a profitable online business, is treating it like a business. Ask yourself if you'd behave the same way if your products were meals in a brick and mortar restaurant.

Now that you've become aware of the Internet marketingvalue vampires, the only reason you need be victimized bythem is that you enjoy it :-) (By Willie Crawford)

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Willie Crawford is an internationally-acclaimed speaker, author, seminar and radio show host, and leading Internet marketing expert. When not out fishing in the Gulf of Mexico, Willie can be found sharing his 11 1/2 years of online marketing experience with members of The Internet Marketing Inner Circle. Join them at: http://TheInternetMarketingInnerCircle.com

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An Online directory, similar to the phone book, keeps website addresses in databases for search by users.

Usually, most people will get to a website from an online directory. Most online directory have a search program (search engine) to it to be easily searched by the end user.

The end user of the online directory, usually searched the database of the online directory with a keyword or key phrase.

Once the keyword or key phrase has been entered into the search program or search engine for the online directory, a list of websites are pulled up. The websites with the most relevance to the keyword or key phrase first, the websites with the more relevance to the keyword or key second, and on and on to the website with the least relevance to the keyword or key phrase.


To webmasters, this is what you need to do to improve your ranking on an online directory for increase website traffic.

1. Meta Tag - Write your webpages or insert meta tags in your webpages for directory search spiders to appropriately rank your site. When creating your meta tags, consider the appropriate keyword or key phrase pertaining your website for the meta tags.

Place your meta tags at the appropriate part of the webpage, usually in the top part of the html.

2. Content Writing - Not only, the search spider looks for the meta tags, unique content is also a plus for higher ranking. A well written unique content has almost endless keyword ranking on search engines. Search engines spiders, usually look for the uniqueness of website for proper ranking and also, to rule out the spammers.

Today, more and more websites are created, a lot of them lack the quality and integrity (search engine users) online directory users are looking for or even search engine spiders are looking to rank.

Do not let your website be left in the bunch, jump out your website, with just these few techniques for better ranking and increased website traffic.(Jacqueline Davis)

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One way to get success real quickly in Internet marketing is to 'streamline' your marketing. In other words, cut out all the 'fat' from your daily routine and just concentrate on what is really important and what really works.

Here are some ways you can 'streamline' your marketing to get fast results:

1. Unsubscribe From Unhelpful Mailing Lists

If you've been in Internet marketing for a few months or longer, chances are you are on several marketers' mailing lists. What I want you to do is to unsubscribe from those lists that are not helpful at all! They are merely taking up space and your attention without actually helping your business! Eliminate them now from your inbox.


2. Focus On A Few Traffic Generation Methods

Choose 2 or 3 traffic generation methods and focus on them. If you've done a little article marketing and have seen some positive results from it, start focusing on it! Spend less time surfing, opening your email inbox or posting on forums. Just start writing articles with a sort of bloody-minded focus. You will be able to achieve almost anything with this mindset!

3. Reduce Frequency Of Low ROI Activities

Reduce frequency of low return on investment activities like forum posting, instant messaging, emails and other form of activities that don't directly contribute massively to your bottom line. You've got to have a slightly 'ruthless' mindset to make the most of your time and succeed!

Just making some smart eliminations will free up loads of time to concentrate on the things that really matter. Not to mention, it will make your work much simpler too.(Fabian Tan)

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Fabian Tan is a well-known Internet Marketing expert and the author of the popular 51-page Report:

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Online world is such a vast medium that, it offers countless home based business opportunities. You can simply stay at home, look after your family and still make substantial amount of money. Now there are different types of home based businesses available.

There is a large amount of money being made in the different areas online. However, many people have a hard time deciding on which business will assure them a particular amount of money.

You can make money online by promoting your own services or goods. For that purpose, you need a computer and internet connection. Now, develop a website and sell your or other company's products. If you are selling your own products, you need to make a research. Sell those products, which have niche market.

Selling products which are widely available is not advised. People do not want to by products which they can buy from local and nearby stores. Selling hotel tickets or booking rooms for hotels is an example of what you could do. Choose to sell items which have a large potential for profit.

You can set up a photo gallery site, wherein you can allow people to view and download the pictures. If people want to download any picture, then charge them with certain fee. Set up your own e-magazine.

Offer a free subscription for the first few days to get customers interested in your product. Then offer a monthly subscription for a fee. Offer online customers subscriptions and send links via email.

Other Promising Methods:

The most promising and successful way to earn money online is by joining an affiliated marketing firm. Another way is to make all the information people need available online by composing an educational website. Include links and ads from other sites. You can receive commission from the other sites if people buy products or visit other links located on your website.

It is thought that having a website is an important part of starting, having, or running any business. Purchasing expired domain names and then selling them to for a higher price to big online companies is another option for making money online. Lots of domain names are becoming expired each day, so this is a good opportunity.

Create an e-book with the target consumer being college student. Include different topics in which university students could use to search for ideas and information for their project work. Use references like the internet, encyclopedias, and other studious documents. Consumer could then have access to the book online.

After the e-book is complete you can charge a fee for downloading it online. Start making money from home through any of these simple online methods. (Gordon Garza)

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Gordon Garza is a well known Internet Marketer and Mentor. Working with like minded entrepreneurs around the globe. Go To his website Big Ticket To Wealth Gordon can help you to find Ways To Make Money Online

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