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Here is an e-commerce portal that is perfect for small and medium businesses that want to get set up online fast with their products and services. It is the E-Commerce Associates (ECA) Program on the TripleClicks shopping site.

TripleClicks currently lists more than 78,000 products and services and the site is ALWAYS looking for new merchants to add their product or service lines. The ECA program allows you to go global instantly, reaching more than 1.6 million registered members and potentially millions more.

There are no listing fees. Just sign up free, upload your product information and start selling online! … Read the rest of this entry

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Have you ever stopped to think that your success in home business or Internet Marketing is dependent on your ability to sell your products and services? It’s all about selling. Here are some tips on how to be a better salesperson.

I was reviewing this information in The Psychology of Selling, a great audio program I purchased from Brian Tracy International (and that I promote and sell as a BTI affiliate). The first session in the program gives some initial insight into the psychology of selling.

In this revealing session, Brian explains why you can be proud to be a salesperson. It is because the whole economy floats on the efforts of people involved in the selling profession. … Read the rest of this entry

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You can set up a website the hard way by studying online guides, learning HTML and practicing the set-up process through trial and error. Or … you can do it the quick and easy way with a professional WordPress theme.

My recommendation is the Socrates theme. The cost is minimal, it comes with full support, the site is designed especially for Internet Marketers and it can be quickly and easily monetized. Socrates is the ideal way to learn how to create a WordPress blog in just minutes.

I will tell you right up front that I am a seller of this theme, so my opinion is biased. At the same time, I will also state emphatically that if I had known about Socrates before I had my existing marketing sites set up, it would have been an immediate choice! … Read the rest of this entry

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Effective link building techniques can make your business, while improper methods can break your business, thanks to touchy search engine algorithms. We often hear about good things to do. Here are a few techniques to avoid.

The information I share here comes from an article at Website Magazine titled Big List of Link Building No-Nos. I will include a few highlights in this post. To read the full article, click the above link and read it at the source.

The article notes that building backlinks is an essential duty for the owners of websites and that using proper link building techniques is a very important element in the branding process. … Read the rest of this entry

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The SFI affiliate program provides all the training and resources needed for a successful home business and to earn real Internet income. This post will highlight a great training video created by SFI president Gery Carson.

Although the video was produced for the benefit of SFI affiliates, I think it can also serve as an excellent introduction to SFI for anybody interested in Affiliate Marketing and making money online working from home.

The video is titled, Getting Started with SFI. Gery provides an introduction and goes through some of the basics of the marketing plan. He also points members to a simplified step-by-step process for starting and running their business and building the foundation for future financial success. … Read the rest of this entry

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I mentioned Pricebenders live auctions in my previous blog post and how you can win free bidding credits by guessing the closing prices of auctions. Here is another way to win free credits that can be used at Pricebenders.

There is a free game on the site where all you do is click a button to enter and you could win two TCredits. Every hour around the clock 30 different winners are selected with each person receiving the two-credit award.

The game is called T-Time. TCredits are the “currency” at TripleClicks, the e-commerce site that hosts Pricebenders auctions. You use TCredits to bid on auctions, place Pick-the-Price guesses, download music, buy products and even list your own items for sale. … Read the rest of this entry

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Many people like participating in auctions on the Internet. They are fun, challenging and sometimes very rewarding! Pricebenders is a popular online auction site where a lot of members win items for just pennies on the dollar.

Imagine getting gold coins for just 38 cents each; a remote control helicopter (with camera!) for just 56 cents; a one ounce silver bar for just ONE CENT; a Motorola unlocked 3G Android phone for $3.57; a Samsung Galaxy Ace (unlocked) for $1.58; a Samsung Chromebook for $19.86. These are all verifiable wins over the past few days. There are dozens more.

The way the Pricebenders auctions work is you buy credits that can be used for bidding in the auctions or for other features on the site. Here’s the great part: there is also a way you can win either 50 or 200 FREE credits! … Read the rest of this entry

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What’s your learning style? I just received a link to a great resource from Brian Tracy International that lets you quickly and easily do a personal learning assessment on yourself. Use it to identify your dominant learning sense.

Brian’s personal learning assessment is a PDF document with three pages. The first page is an infographic that describes the three styles of learning. The second page and part of the third page is a series of questions designed to identify your dominant sense. The rest of the third page offers some additional insight into each of the styles.

I’m not going to post the questions here, but I will give specific details about each the three styles; read on to see if you can guess what your style is before you take the test. … Read the rest of this entry

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Backlinks are vital to the success of a website. You need links pointing back to your site to help you get more targeted traffic and to place better in the search engines. Here are some tips on how to build links basically from scratch.

I just read an article titled Direct Request Link Building from Zero posted in the electronic version of Website Magazine.

The article notes that, while there are “hands-off” ways to build links, like submitting to directories or local business listings, the best way to do it is to develop mutually beneficial relationships with authoritative websites and blogs in your marketing niche. … Read the rest of this entry

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I get so wrapped up in the home business opportunities end of things that I sometimes forget that some people just want to keep it simple! With that in mind, this blog post will tell you how to sell your stuff online for cash.

I’m talking about unwanted stuff you have laying around the house, perhaps tucked away in closets, in the attic, in the basement, maybe in your garage. Old stuff you don’t use anymore, but is still in good shape and will be of use to someone else.

Let me tell you about an online e-commerce site where you can list your items and sell them securely to registered members of the site; more than 1.6 million members at the moment, and growing every day. … Read the rest of this entry