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19
Jan

Marketing To The Market

   Posted by: eckweb


I’m reading a nice little post by Chris Brogan where he talks about the concept of a “pop up store”. The idea being, what “niche” can you create from your product / service?  What can you market to your market?

He is referring to the concept that The Gap (well, at least The Gap in NYC) put together.  Basically, they created a “niche” store within their store.  The “niche” is Weight Loss and their “niche store” has clothes that can be used for exercising.  They went a step further than just creating a new department within their store, they partnered with a fitness company which sends a personal trainer to give demonstrations, they offer discounts to the fitness gym, contests to win free stuff, etc.

The concept isn’t really new, marketers have been doing this for a very long time, but what about doing it on the web?  So, that got me thinking and here are my thoughts.

1) You could create partnership programs and offer them on your website.  For example…

a) A personal injury attorney could partner with a pain management clinic, a chiropractor, acupuncturist, massage therapist, etc.  Offer discounts via the web.  Offer demonstrations, clinics at the office.

b) A cosmetic dentist could partner up with a bridal store, glamour shots store, etc.

c) A divorce attorney could partner up with realtors, moving companies, financial planners, etc.

Well, you get the idea.  What could you market to your market?

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15
Jan

Get ready cause here comes the future!

   Posted by: eckweb


There is no doubt that it’s not just Google that’s changing, it’s the entire shift of the communication system of the planet. Google is simply responding to the shift.

In our lifetime (well, at least in mine) I’ve gone from black and white television to 3D televisions (coming soon I hear!) I’ve seen the introduction of cell phones evolve to iphones. There has been so much change in my short lifetime, I can’t even imagine what the future holds.

There’s no doubt that social media, mobile phone and international relations will all play a part in our future lifestyles. So, what are you waiting for?

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5
Mar

My Very Own Wealthy Affiliate Review

   Posted by: eckweb


Note: I wrote this article at EZine Articles, and borrowed the material for this post. You can go to that site to see the original article…it has the same title as this post but is in the original context, but it is in full here (and I am the one who originally wrote it).

Hello everyone! Looking for a way to make money online? I was in your place too once. I was a senior in college who needed help paying for school. I had tuition to pay for, gas money to pay for, textbooks, bills, food, a girlfriend….and many other things that deplete your money. I needed money buy I didn’t have time to work a real job along with taking a full load of classes.

Over the summer I decided to try to find an online job that wouldn’t take much time that I could continue once school started up again. I tried online surveys since the sites were so convincing…”work a few hours a week and make THOUSANDS of dollars!” LOL, I wish that was true! I tried surveys, but they took up a lot of my time, and they didn’t pay well at all.

I decided to move on to something else. I was doing research and happened to stumble across a site called Wealthy Affiliate. This seemed nothing like the other scammy type sites I had seen before. It looked legitimate and the sales page seemed a little more honest than those survey sites.

I decided to give it a try, and I’m glad I did! It is actually an online training program that shows you how to make money online with affiliate marketing. It is geared toward beginners and shows you exactly how to make money. The methods it shows you are free and you can earn some serious money, but it does take some time. I learned that you can’t make money easily…but after learning what to do, I don’t have to spend as much time doing it now.

If you have time to learn something new, and you are serious about making money online, then you should definitely check out the website. You can go to my Wealthy Affiliate Review website for more details about it. I share my own experiences and describe all the tools available on the site.

It is great and I really recommend it. For more information, you can go to Wealthy Affiliate

Wealthy Affiliate has helped me a lot and I am sure it will help you too. It takes some time and effort to learn everything, but it is worth it if you actually try. Good luck and I’ll see you there! Also, there is a great forum and I would love to talk with you there. Feel free to chat or ask any questions in the forum, either in the general posts section or via a PM just to me.

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23
Feb

Did You Know Your Web Name Can Be Snatched Up?

   Posted by: eckweb


Believe it or not, even thieves are already high-tech these days. Browsing the web and reading through online forums, I came across a startling story about how thieves have found their way to infiltrate the world wide web. I read about a lady who was planning to put up a web page of her own. As the normal process dictates, she first thought of a domain name for her website. She chose her own name and had it checked in CNet Domain Search page for domain registrations and found out that it is very much available. A couple of days later, she checked it again and was shocked to discover that her name is already taken. She found out that her name is already a domain name registered to a firm with the name Chesterton Holdings.

The helpless lady brought the matter to the attention of Larry Seltzer, a columnist of eweek.com and a staunch critic of cyber crimes. Larry Seltzer investigated the matter himself. He checked the website whose domain name is that of the lady’s. He immediately came to a conclusion that firm who “owns” the website and its domain name is a domain squatter, one among many domain squatters scattered all over the internet. Seltzer saw that the website is full of advertisements all domain squatters are associated with. He even claimed that the advertisements were syndicated through information.com. In Seltzer’s column in eweek.com, he followed the next events regarding the theft of the lady’s domain name. He reported that after a number of days, Chesterton, the bogus owner, has already let go of the stolen domain. He said this could have been prompted by the low hits or very few visits the site had. Apparently, silly domain squatters do not stay long in a domain, which is not lucrative for them. Squatters are somehow wise, at least in that sense.

The question that was immediately formed in my mind that Mr. Seltzer also posted, is how in the world was Chesterton able to register someone else’s name to be its domain name? Moreover, why was the squatter allowed or given the permission to have ownership of a domain that is obviously not theirs? Anyway, I think my questions are unanswerable as of the moment. Even big companies and other established domain owners cannot exactly explain how domain theft is being successfully done. I bet you have also heard of the stealing of panex.com’s domain. Well, if you have not, the bottom line is that even the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), whose mandate is to police the world wide web, failed to fully account the culprit behind the theft.

Curious about how rampant domain theft is, I made a little cyber investigation and probed on my own. I logged on to search.com, a property of CNet domain, and searched for the availability of my own name. I guess you’ve already guessed the result. Yes, my own name is already a registered domain name. With whom is it registered? Bingo! It is with Chesterton Holdings. My possible domain is already stolen. But I am confident the squatter will leave sooner than I think. My name is unpopular nor does it sound good to generate thousands of hits and visits. There is no way that notorious domain thief can make profit out of my unpopular name.

Though my stolen (domain) name is not much of a big fuss for me or for others, domain theft is a serious problem for other web owners. It is alarming that theft incidence can happen so easily and victims cannot do anything to account for the theft done.
Who is behind this syndicated theft? I do not think we can answer right now. Who is to be blamed for the proliferation of cyber thieves? We can go on pointing fingers but still not quell domain theft. I guess the only question we can answer as of now is who is already registered in a particular domain and who is not — thanks to whois, a *querying database*. Whois is a transmission control protocol(TCP)-based query or a response protocol. It is utilized to identify the owner of a domain name, an IP address, or an autonomous system number on the internet. But then, it is also very probable that domain squatters are using whois to know which domain, in the form of people’s real names, can they squat in.

Domain theft is really a complex and alarming matter. This issue is a concern for current domain owners but more so to those planning to put up a website. This issue is most especially pertinent to those who are planning to put up an online business and use a website for marketing. I guess the best that people can do is to seek only the services of trusted web servers and hosts like STICKY WEB DOMAINS for domain registrations to ensure the security of their domain.

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One of the most difficult aspects of Internet marketing is the constant flow of new articles that really should be written on a regular basis. It’s not so easy to come up with the kind of creative writing that is needed in Internet marketing. But if you find the right person to help you, it can make all the difference in the world. Well, at least in your pocket book!
So, a few weeks ago a new client signed up with me for Internet marketing services. This new client sells name tags and name badges. Not very exciting, true but still a popular product.Anyway, he wanted to have some articles created for the purpose of marketing on the Internet. A friend of mine had been working with a new copywriter, Taylor DiMeglio from TheWordTaylor.com. My friend loved her work so I thought I would give her a try.
I gave Taylor the phone number for my name tag client and she took care of the rest. And boy did she ever!Below is her work.Nano Name Tag Saves Law-Mart (Again)
Our hero, Nano Name Tag, that underdog of underdogs, was spotted once again going into Law-Mart. What his mission was, we couldn’t be sure, but you can bet Niddlybot News was determined to find out.
First spotted in the candy aisle, Nano Name Tag for once looked idle, maybe even depressed. He was staring at a Snickers® bar twice his size. Poor Nano. He can’t eat without a mouth. After all, he is just a name tag.
But, not just any name tag. Nano reminded us of that moments later when he straightened up in high alert. A situation was brewing, and he was on the case.
A red-haired lady looked around anxiously, two sets of bedsheets in her hand. Obviously, she needed help, twisting her head about as she was, looking for a Law-Mart employee. And, there was Ed, right in front of her-—without his employee name tag.
An indignant Nano Name Tag launched himself into the air, sweeping upward in a full arc, his pin landing squarely on the top of a passing shopping cart. For a moment, he looked proud. They were headed right for Ed and the red-haired lady. Nano struggled to pull his pin out of the cart in preparation for his jump.
It wouldn’t be easy. Nano Name Tag would have to jump backwards across a space of three feet to land on the right spot of Ed’s shirt. Now we were anxious, wondering if he’d make it.
Ready, set…there he went! Propelling himself off the cart with furious, gasping effort, Nano flew through the air. Oh, no! Ed was starting to move away, at just that critical second. Would Nano impale the shower curtains?!
But, no, he made it, and just in time, too. The red haired lady looked perturbed. Was there no one in this store to help her? And, then she spotted Nano Name Tag on Ed’s shirt. “Hi, My name is Ed” it proclaimed.
Was that there this whole time? she seemed to wonder. Never mind. She was relieved, and Nano Name Tag stayed still, acting the perfectly ordinary employee name tag. That Nano.
For his part, Ed jerked at the sharp but momentary poke of Nano Name Tag’s pin. But clearly, it reminded him—-customers were more important than the shower curtain rings he held in his hand. He put them down.
“May I help you?” he asked.
It all went smoothly from there. Amid the smiles and conversation, Nano Name Tag held quiet. He didn’t want to intrude. When the red haired lady walked away with the right bedsheets, Ed looked down at Nano.
“Where did you come from, Nano?! I can’t believe I forgot my employee name tag again. Thank goodness you spotted me before Mr. Dinkins did.”
“It’s no trouble,” a blushing Nano Name Tag spelled out.
“Thank you, Nano Name Tag. Thank you!”
A little reluctantly, Ed pulled Nano Name Tag off his shirt, set him on the floor, and replaced him with his own employee name tag. (He’d had it in his back pocket this whole time.)
Nano jostled himself forward as best he could without any arms or legs. A few feet away, he howled suddenly, rubbing his backside against a stack of towels.
Ed ran over, “What is it Nano? Are you okay?!”
“It’s nothing,” said Nano. “Just poked myself with my pin is all. All in a day’s—”
But, Ed had already moved on. He’d spotted another customer needing help a few aisles over.
“All in a day’s work,” said Nano.
Nano Name Tag, you’ve done it again.
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