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What the heck is Web 3.0 ?

It's Web 1.0 + Web 2.0 = WEB 3.0

As you know, Web 1.0 was simply an acronym for eCommerce. Back then, retail stores wanted to do business on the internet rather than just using expensive retail storefronts. Many saw the power of the internet to attract an entirely new audience that may not have had the chance to visit their store in person. This would without doubt give them access to more potential customers for less cost.

Web 2.0, in its simplest definition and use today, has become an acronym for the everyday person's ability to communicate and collaborate globally using Social Networking. It has made things more user friendly to us, and as such, companies have come to embrace these new design and communication formats to engage with their customers.

Web 3.0 brings these two worlds together for the average person to be able to harness the power of the internet to begin to profit with multiple streams of income online by introducing products and services to their groups of followers (also known as their list and also as their tribe).

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Finding the Ideal Topic for Your Website

How do you pick the ideal topic for your website?

It can’t be too broad, or you’ll have trouble getting noticed.

The idea is to pinpoint a “niche within your niche.” So instead of a website on, say, the general topic of “gardening,” yours could be on “vegetable gardening in cold northern climates.” There’s a lot less competition out there for information that specific.

But can you make money with such a narrow topic?

The answer is a resounding “Yes!”

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Success is a System!

That reminds me of one of my favorite quotes:

"Success is nothing more then a few simple disciplines, practiced every day, while failure is simply a few errors in judgment, repeated every day. It is the accumulative weight of our disciplines and our judgments that lead us to either fortune or failure." Jim Rohn

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One Website... or Many?

By Bob Bly

One of my readers, DH, writes:

"When selling information products on the Internet, what are the pros and cons of having a home website with more than one product and having micro-sites only for the more expensive and lengthy products vs. having a micro-site for every product?"

I told DH that he would need a separate micro-site for every product.

A micro-site, also known as a landing page, is a long-copy sales letter posted on the Web. The copy on your landing page describes the product and its benefits, and links to a form where visitors can order it online.

The reason information marketers should have a separate micro-site for every product is that each one of those products is unique. The reader hasn't heard of it before, so he has to be sold on buying it. To make that sale, you need a long-copy sales letter.

By comparison, if an Internet user goes to Amazon.com to order the new Harry Potter book, she already knows what she's buying. That's why Amazon.com sales pages for books are relatively brief vs. the long copy we use on our landing pages to sell information products.

Each of your product landing pages should have its own unique domain name rather than be an individual page on a central website. And you should choose domain names that are easy to remember. For instance, the landing page for my e-book on how to write and sell your first e-book is at myveryfirstebook.com.

The only thing the visitor should see on the landing page is the sales letter copy selling the product. Don't add a menu bar with a lot of options. And there should be no navigation. The visitor can either order the product or leave the site. There should be no free content for him to read or download. You want him to focus on one thing only: the reasons he needs to buy that product right then and there.

However, as effective as single-product landing pages are for selling information online, there's one thing they don't do very well: They do not attract a lot of organic search traffic. The reason is that Google recognizes them as sales letters - and Google doesn't rate sites with sales copy very high.

The solution? Create a "portal" site for your Internet information publishing business.

Have links to all your individual product landing pages on this portal site. And in several places on the site, encourage visitors to opt into your e-list by subscribing to your online newsletter or downloading a free report.

Then, add one or more sections to the portal site where visitors can find and download free content - articles... press releases... special reports... videos... audios... content-rich Web pages.

Why are you adding all this free content to your portal site? Because Google loves content, and will, therefore, rank the portal site much higher than it will rank your product landing pages. That way, you'll benefit from organic search traffic and get lots of visitors.

A percentage of those visitors will click onto one of your landing pages and buy a product. Or they will click on a box or banner that lets them opt into your e-list. Result: You sell more products and build your list organically instead of having to buy traffic.

Another reason I like having a portal site is because when people ask me what products I sell, I can't remember them all. But I can remember the URL for my portal site. I tell them that they can find every product I sell at ctcpublishing.net.

The portal site serves one additional function for the information marketer: It further solidifies your credentials as an expert in your niche.

There are lots of Internet marketers selling info products on every conceivable topic. The ones that sell info products on the same topics you write about are your competitors.

Often, the reader perceives little difference between all the available info products on a given topic. What helps differentiate them... and close the sale... is the reputation of the author/publisher as a guru in the field. Your content-rich portal site gives you an instant online presence that sets you apart - and gives readers enough trust in you to buy your products.

[Ed. Note: Bob Bly is a freelance copywriter and the author of more than 70 books. To subscribe to his free e-zine, The Direct Response Letter, and claim your free gift worth $116, click here now.

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HINT: Start gathering what you want to say on your site NOW and not later. Far too many have created a website and then struggled to put words on that site.

I've used them to set up my Home Seller Assist site that provides 100% funding to buy real estate with no credit checks.

And I've used them to create a site for really fast loans for people you are selling to and for agents to direct their buyers to in order to close quickly.

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Finding and profiting from "hot niche markets"

No matter if you are on or off eBay this simple lesson applies.

If you haven't learned the big lesson about niche markets yet it can be summed up pretty quickly.

Think "Inch wide mile deep" when going after niche markets.

For example, it's much harder to market to "dog lovers" than it is to market to "poodle enthusiasts". The tighter the niche the more in touch you'll be and the quicker you'll get traffic, search engine rankings, and results. Another one would be marketing the Home Seller Assist program to investors who just want to flip short sales.

BOTTOM LINE: It's far easier to draw an audience for smaller niche topics than it is to draw an audience (and get search engine attention) for more general search terms.

Larry Potter
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Secrets of Internet Success

In a few short months, I was able to achieve the ultimate Internet “fantasy” of making a lot of money from a simple website that ran virtually on autopilot. Starting from scratch, I banked over $60,000 in my first 6 months online, just working part-time out of the corner of my living room.

How did I go from a standing start to those profits?

First, I joined the HSA program that pays $400 per referral.


Then I did it with what I consider to be three inner secrets to Internet success. It has nothing to do with search engines or pay-per-click ads or any of the tactical stuff. It’s all about stuff that goes on in your head.

• Secret #1: Have “Cheerful Expectancy”

Earl Nightingale, used to talk about having “cheerful expectancy.”

There’s a big difference between cheerful expectancy and hoping or wishing something is going to happen. When you have cheerful expectancy, you know it’s going to occur. And that doesn’t come from being a “Pollyanna” or looking at the world through rose-colored glasses.

It comes from having knowledge. And you get that knowledge by studying your field, whether it’s Internet marketing or neurology - by completely immersing yourself in it.

I learned from Earl Nightingale that if you want to be an expert on any subject, you have to spend at least an hour a day reading up on it. Knowledge gives you the confidence to have that positive expectancy. Your expectations determine your results.

• Secret #2: Do One Proactive Thing Every Day

You don’t need to do 100 things a day to be successful as an Internet marketer. Just do one proactive thing. By laying one little brick at a time, you will eventually build a big wall.

Don’t tell yourself, “Oh, I need to do e-zine ads and free-for-alls and pay-per-click search engines - and I need to do all this other stuff too!”

Agh!

Don’t overwhelm yourself. Just relax.

Make a commitment to do one proactive thing a day, no matter what. Even if you’re dead tired and worked a 14-hour day - come home and mail one letter or send out one joint venture proposal. I’m telling you, these little actions will have an immense impact.

• Secret #3: Make Quick Decisions

A lot of people have trouble making a decision. They don’t like to do it, because it cuts off their other options. Frankly, that’s the point. You want to cut off your other options so you’re forced to move forward. It can motivate you like nothing else.

And something magical seems to happen when you make a decision. I don’t understand it and I can’t explain it. But when you set your mind to do something, all of a sudden you meet people who can help you get to where you want to go. It’s like once a decision has been made, your mind gets tuned into it and all kinds of “freaky” coincidences start occurring.

Don’t be afraid of making the wrong decision - just make a decision. If you make a mistake, who cares? What you want to do is get all your mistakes out of the way, learn from them, and move on. Don’t be afraid of failure. Fail quickly. That will speed up the time it takes you to succeed.

That’s a great thing about being an Internet marketer. You can test your idea and find out if it’s going to work right away - in days instead of months. Sometimes hours. If it doesn’t work, you say “Next!” If it does work, you keep on making it better.

My motto has always been “Ready, Fire, Aim!”

That’s what I did with HSA. I got it to the point where it was good enough to test. I quickly found out that, yes, there was a market for it, that I could sell it. And then I kept adding to it and making it better.

If you want to be a successful online marketer, that’s what you have to do.

Expect that it will eventually happen.

Do at least one thing every day to get your first product idea ready to test.

When you’re ready, don’t hesitate. Make the decision and get it out there. If it works, keep making it better. If it doesn’t work, fail quickly… and go on to your next idea.

Larry Potter
A Ticket To Wealth

Guess Right In Your Lead Generation‏

Well, the first way to guess correctly when approaching a new traffic source is to see if it fits into one of these categories:

1. Newsletter ads
2. Article marketing
3. Pay per click marketing

If you're just starting on your lead generation efforts, I would go so far as to suggest that you ONLY focus on these three methods to begin with.

Why? You'll get a good feel for what I mean by relative responsiveness. It's one thing for me to say it, but it's a totally different thing for you to experience it first hand in your own advertising efforts.

That's exactly what I did when I began. I hit first pay dirt with newsletter ads and then just kept on doing them. A simple strategy, but one that worked like gangbusters.

So when in doubt and, if brand new, start with the list above. But this sure isn't all the traffic there is to be had, so after you've got a feel for what I mean by the word "responsive" through your first advertising campaigns with the above media then it's time to go fishing!

How? With your basic understanding and experience,and a keen eye you can now start to venture out into uncharted territory. Here's an example of what I mean . . .

Recently I've been investigating a new traffic source and came across a blog where the owner of the blog regularly updated the material and sends an email to his mailing list to let them know about the updates. He had banner ads available. If it had only been a ad spot on a blog without the mailing list component I may have added this new spot to my "maybe" later list for testing, but since I knew the owner was regularly updating the blog and sending an email to his NEWSLETTER to let them know about the updates I knew it was a good bet there was opportunity to be had.

Why? These prospects were getting frequent email updates that there was new information for their consumption over on the blog. Perfect! I bit the bullet and did the test! It's only been a few days since I found this hot spot, but early results are as I expected - A very responsive group.

Without understanding what makes a group of prospects "responsive" from a conceptual point of view I probably would have passed this up. The best places to test won't scream out at you and say "Hey YOU! Place an add here and you're gonna make a killing!" But you can start to see them from the clutter and make the right guesses if you understand the fundamentals.

Larry Potter

http://www.yoursocialprofits.com

Discussion Forum Posts stay published FOREVER.

Many Discussion Forums attract HUNDREDS of THOUSANDS of views
and traffic on a daily basis…

The post you publish today will be seen by people today AND 2 years from now. Think about that… and it’s free.

The BIG bonus is that search engines index and pick up hot discussion forum threads and they’re found on google, yahoo, MSN - etc… for even more free, targeted exposure.



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Some people fear commitment.

Solution: "No-money-down" offers are effective - but for real fence sitters, consider collecting their contact information for future use. E-mail is great for this. Give free information up front. Then keep in touch to deepen the relationship and set the groundwork for future sales.

Technique: Here's where emphasizing freebies can come in handy. But remember, it's not worthwhile if (a) the freebie is of no benefit to the prospect and (b) you fail to collect their contact information.

A caveat, is that 'free' by itself is almost never the strongest possible offer you can make. However, when you've got a really strong offer - no matter what kind it is - one of the best things you can do is bring it out right up front.


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Content

The most important thing about an e-mail newsletter is the content. The innovative ideas and useful techniques that made readers subscribe in the first place.

And if a newsletter's subscribers can't access that content because the graphics are too "high-tech," there's no point in sending it out at all.

Every time you send an e-mail to your subscribers, their e-mail service checks to make sure it meets their deliverability standards. E-mail policies for Internet service providers (ISPs) change more often than you can keep up with. But if you follow a few basic guidelines, you should be able to get your e-mails to nearly all of your subscribers all of the time.

Your readers didn't subscribe to your newsletter because it's pretty. And once they have been duly impressed by the design of your first e-mail, do you really think they care about the design of your second e-mail? NO! They simply want the content they know the e-mail can provide. The design has nothing to do with the information they want and need.

In my experience, newsletters that focus on content rather than design experience higher sales conversion rates than newsletters with heavy HTML and graphics.

The more HTML and graphics you add, the more you take away from the message you're trying to relay. As a result, I've found that newsletters willing to go lighter on HTML and graphics have higher open rates.

Now you might be thinking to yourself, "Why would this change my open rates?" I don't have enough space to give you a complete answer to that question. But here - in brief - are a few of the main reasons (based on theories I've tested and know to be true):

1. Most SPAM protection software utilized by ISPs makes use of predetermined scoring mechanisms that look for e-mails that are bloated with HTML and graphics to determine if they are SPAM. SPAM Assassin, for instance, will penalize your e-mail if it has more than 30-40 percent HTML (vs. text).

2. Graphics do not always display correctly in e-mails. Plus, HTML standards are always changing. So the techniques you used to design your e-mails last year might not be as effective this year.

3. People do NOT prefer heavy HTML and graphics in their e-mails. E-mails that are graphics/HTML-heavy can take much longer to download.

4. Most e-mail software (and most e-mail services like Gmail and Yahoo) blocks images by default. This is a built-in security precaution. In order for the recipient to view the graphics, they have to click on a button or link to allow it. (And why would you want to make a customer click anything just so they can read your e-mail properly?)

5. Many have the idea that, in order to make the most of their (virtual) real estate, they should leave no white space in their e-mails. But I've found that most people react much better to e-newsletters (and Web pages) that are "clean" looking, with plenty of white space.

Leaving the right amount of white space allows your viewer to read your e-mail more easily. (They can target the specific sections they're interested in.) This gives them a better overall usability experience and makes it more likely that they'll continue to open and read your e-mails.

Sure, graphics, colors, and HTML can make an e-newsletter look slick and professional, fancy and fun. But they can also trigger your subscribers' spam filters and cause other problems with deliverability and readability that you just don't need.

Keep it simple. You could increase your open rates - which could skyrocket your sales.

Larry Potter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkJCsIMAiNY
http://www.atickettowealth.com/

People who sell low-priced info products on your topic

During the 1990s recession, a major newspaper ran an article about two entrepreneurs selling reports on marketing in a recession. One was me, and the other one was a famous marketer.

The paper told readers how to buy my report but not the famous marketer's. Reason: Mine cost $7, and his cost $1,000.

From one press release, I sold over 3,000 of those booklets.

How could that marketer have hoped to compete with my bargain rate? One way would have been to offer more in-depth content.

In information products, there is a content hierarchy - from weakest to strongest - that goes like this:

Level A. Telling readers what to do (e.g., in a booklet on making money as a landlord, informing the reader that they must make every tenant sign a written lease)

Level B. Telling readers how to do it (e.g., providing a checklist of the nine points every lease should cover)

Level C. Doing it for them (e.g., actually including sample leases)

Low-priced info products mostly cover Level A and, to a lesser degree, Level B. The more your high-priced info products give the readers of Level B and Level C, the greater the price you can command.

Larry Potter

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkJCsIMAiNY

www.ATicketToWealth.com

People who are Happy for No Reason trust in a friendly universe.

Happy people believe that this is a friendly universe.

When things don't seem to be going their way, instead of feeling like a victim, they look for the lesson and the gift in the situation.

Try it:

The next time you face a challenge, take a moment to reflect silently, asking yourself, "If this were happening for a higher purpose, what would it be?"

Larry Potter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkJCsIMAiNY
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A Powerful Negotiation Tactic That Can Open New Doors

By Paul Lawrence

Just the other day, I had a conversation with a television producer regarding a reality TV project of mine that his group is considering developing. "Rob" told me that they are moving into scripted programming in addition to reality TV. And he mentioned that they have a couple of projects they are excited about, but need rewrites.

I'm a produced writer of a fairly big feature film and have been paid large sums of money for my movie scripts. So you would think I would turn up my nose at the idea of doing a rewrite of someone else's script. Well, you'd be wrong. I tossed out the idea that to get in the door with them on scripted television, I'd do a rewrite on spec. (This means they would pay me for the rewrite only if they decided to use it.)Rob was impressed with my confidence in my ability to do a good rewrite.

And he ended up agreeing to have me submit an original teleplay that I'm in the process of writing. Offering your services on spec like this can be a great way to open doors to new business opportunities. (Especially these days, when money is tight.) Sure, you could spend the time to do a great job and - for whatever reason - still lose out on the payoff. But it's worth the risk.Give some thought to how you might apply this strategy and give it a shot.

[Ed. Note: Paul Lawrence is a successful entrepreneur and produced screenwriter who has started over a dozen profitable enterprises. For more information on his "Street Smart Business Program," click right here.]

Larry Potter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkJCsIMAiNY
www.ATicketToWealth.co

Have a unique purpose

One mistake marketers make is using different social media sites to simply regurgitate the same tired message over and over - sometimes with the same exact copy! How could this be useful to your customers? Why would they want to connect with you through Twitter or Facebook, only to get the same thing they can see on your site or in your newsletter?

That's like telling someone to put on the TV, radio, portable DVD player, and iPod at the same time to watch the same movie. What your customers want is the equivalent of the special features section of the DVD. They've seen the movie. That's your main content, right? Your main message on your site, in your newsletter, or your blog.

Now - to really get to know you and build a relationship with your business and your content - they want the interviews, the outtakes, the deleted scenes, the director's cut, the commentary. You get the idea.

Larry Potter
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www.ATicketToWealth.com

Crack your own foundation

Make a damaging admission about your business up front. Tell the truth about something that puts you in a less than flattering light. Say something your prospect doesn't expect you to say.

For example:

"I help my clients build considerable wealth, but my system requires consistent disciplined investment over time. I don't do well with clients who want to give me all the responsibility over their money. Realistically, there's only so much I can do if they're not going to budget and save on a regular basis."

This marketing tactic has two very powerful effects.

1. Cracking your own foundation pre-empts doubt.

Remember the marketing discount rate? If you make an outrageous claim, you kick it to 100 percent. But if you say something negative, problematic, or unflattering about your business, you can lower the marketing discount rate to almost zero.

If you'd tell the truth about that, your prospect reasons, you're probably telling the truth about the good stuff too.

Just like the construction workers at Princeton Friends School, you crack your foundation before forces outside of your control crack it for you.

2. Cracking your own foundation focuses your prospect on the negative you choose to highlight.

Notice that the negatives I gave as examples weren't entirely negative. In fact, prospects are likely to interpret them as positives.

Think of the damaging admission as a tool that helps your prospects qualify themselves. You're saying, "Because of this problem, my product or service isn't for everyone. You have to be willing to accept this tradeoff in order to be happy with it."

Larry Potter

http://budurl.com/nn8h

www.ATicketToWealth.com

Consistent Income‏

The #1 method for generating consistent income in your business is by using some sort of CONTINUITY PROGRAM.

In other words, a membership site or other premium subscription service that enables you to auto-bill your customers every month.

If you want to generate $5,000, $10,000, $20,000 or even $100,000+ a month in revenue in your business, one of the most consistent methods for doing it is with a continuity program and a good leads source.

This way you make a sale ONE TIME to someone and continue to bill them each and every month. It's the same model behind NetFlix, nearly every diet supplement company, every CD-of-the-month type business, and more.

They use this model because it works. Many of the most successful Internet marketers have a successful continuity program for a reason. You should too....

Larry Potter

http://budurl.com/nn8h

Put reminders everywhere.

If you give receipts, make sure there is a reminder about your referral program printed on it.

If you have a newsletter, make sure the referral program is prominently mentioned somewhere in every issue.


Larry Potter
http://budurl.com/nn8h
www.ATicketToWealth.com

The New Mini Baby Boom

More babies were born in the United States in 2007 than in any other year in the country's history: 4,317,119. The previous record was set in 1957 at the height of the post-World War II baby boom.

Researchers don't expect this mini baby boom to last, noting that the birth rate has already started to decline as a result of the economic recession that started at the end of 2007. (The lowest recorded birth rates in the U.S. occurred during the Great Depression.)

(Source: Associated Press)

Larry Potter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObVVfulxlBk
www.ATicketToWealth.com

Best Feeling in the World

Accomplishing a simple goal can have powerful, long-lasting results...

Once you finally learn to play the trumpet, or start a business, or get promoted to CEO, or get your pre-baby body back...

You'll notice that people start treating you differently. They'll respect you more. They'll compliment you. They might even try to imitate your success.

And the way you'll feel about yourself is unparalleled. You'll have new confidence. New happiness. Some new stress, perhaps. But new pride in yourself and your abilities.

Achieving a goal you've had for years... There's nothing quite like it.

It's time for you to feel proud of yourself.

Larry Potter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObVVfulxlBk
www.ATicketToWealth.com

Recession Days Underdog...

...That Can Churn Out Steady Cash

Where oh where can you make money these days?

Don't look at the stock market. The Dow's all over the map. May be up one day – but is that real or the dreaded "sucker rally"?

Don't look at your boss. According to a survey by Watson Wyatt Worldwide, 42 percent of employers have instituted a salary freeze - and 14% of those who haven't, plan to do so.

Don't look at the government. They have other worries.

BusinessWeek suggests you look at an old standby: the e-mail newsletter.

It's not fancy or high-tech. But it can bring in serious ad revenues - even today. Better yet, it can help attract investors looking for safer places than the stock market to stow their money.

Look at DailyCandy.com, which sold to ComCast for $125 million just last fall. Then there's Thrillist, which is making profits on $5 to $10 million a year.

Start your own Internet business, set up an e-mail newsletter, and you could make $50,000 to $5 million starting this year.

Larry Potter

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObVVfulxlBk

www.ATicketToWealth.com

Don't Dream of the Future - Make It

By Jason Holland

Biding your time until your "dream" job falls in your lap is a recipe for disappointment. But by using Michael Masterson's principle of chicken entrepreneurship, you can create your own dream job and secure your financial future at the same time.

Simply start a side business based on something you're passionate about.

Have you kept tropical fish most of your life? If so, you're an expert in fish care and aquariums. And it's possible that people will pay for your advice. Have you always had a "flair" for cooking? Gardening? You could create and sell an e-book, start an e-mail newsletter, create an instructional video, etc. Useful, expert information can be sold in almost any form imaginable.
Granted, not every passion can be turned into a saleable information product. You have to test the waters before you go too far.

Start by checking to see if you have any competitors. Do a Google search. Check Amazon and eBay. If nobody else is selling a similar product to your intended market, that's not a good thing. It probably means there are no customers for it.

If your initial research looks promising, test your idea online. The easiest way is to set up a Google AdWords campaign. If a lot of people click on your ads (which should link to a landing page that makes the actual sale), you know you've got something worth pursuing.
Don't put in a lot of time or money creating a product. If you get a lot of orders, rushing to fulfill them will be a good problem to have.

[Ed. Note: Your dream "job" could be around the corner... At Early to Rise's Profits in Paradise conference next week, you could learn dozens of ways to break out of the rat race and build a lifetime of wealth from our cast of experts in real estate, investing, self-development, and Internet marketing.

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Larry Potter
www.ATicketToWealth.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObVVfulxlBk

The Middle Ages vs. the Internet Age

By Jason Holland
Bartering, a practice straight out of the Middle Ages, is making a comeback in recession-era America. Stylists trading haircuts for oil changes. Massage therapists giving out sessions in exchange for lawn care. Almost anything you can think of is possible. And now bartering has moved to the Internet, becoming so popular on CraigsList that "business" is up 100 percent since January.

But why waste your time with bartering, negotiating one "deal" at a time, when there's a much better way to make money online. By starting an Internet-based business, your profit potential becomes nearly unlimited. Low cost of entry, a potential market of more than a billion Web surfers, and, if your products are digital, nearly free delivery costs, are just some of the advantages.

Think you don't have the right product? There are thousands of moneymaking markets online, and more are added every day.

Not sure that you have the technical know-how? Today's software makes building and maintaining a website as easy as sending e-mail.

So all you medieval merchants out there... stop trading and start selling.

Larry Potter
www.ATicketToWealth.com

A Surge in Online Coupons

Though online coupons make up only 1 percent of the 2.6 billion coupons offered each year in the United States, cost-conscious shoppers are using them more than ever before.

The trend is making retailers happy, because the coupons are bringing people into stores in record numbers.

Thirteen percent of available online coupons were redeemed in 2008, compared to only 1 percent of their print cousins. And use of online coupons grew by 140 percent over 2007.

(Source: eMarketer)

Larry Potter
www.ATicketToWealth.com

Keeping a Career Journal

How many marketing campaigns did you oversee last year?

Which performed best, and why? By how much did profits increase when you took over as sales manager?

Answer questions like these correctly during a job interview, and that high-paying position could be yours.

Don't depend on your memory. Start preparing for that interview now by keeping a detailed career journal. Keep track of all the projects you work on, how they progress, and the results.

Note anything you do that leads directly to profits.

Note any other accomplishments as well. Then take that journal to your next interview.

(Source: wikiHow and Consumerist)

Larry Potter
www.ATicketToWealth.com

What Keeps Your Customer Up at Night?

By John Forde

Fear - the deeply felt kind - is personal and immediate. The fear of disabling disease. The fear of public speaking. The fear of not surviving this current market crunch... or making a terrible investment.

And it's no accident that these same personal, immediate fears are the ones that tend to have the most hooking power in the headlines of sales letters and ads. Not only because they're specific. But because, by tapping into those fears, marketers are able to make an emotional connection with their customers.

These immediate fears are attached to problems they feel they can solve... or hope they can. And that is key to producing marketing copy that works.

But fear alone doesn't make the sale. Showing you know the cause of your customers' anxiety gets their attention. But what really makes a fear headline work is the hint of a solution. Think about some of the classics:

"Do You Make These Mistakes In English?"... "Do You Do Any of These Ten Embarrassing Things?"... "Why Some Foods 'Explode' In Your Stomach"... "Have You A 'Worry' Stock?"...
What makes these headlines work is what you don't see here, but what's surely delivered in the copy that follows: the promise of better language skills... better social skills... better health from better eating... safer investing...

By the end, the copy transforms the customer from pessimist to optimist, full of hope and ready to try whatever it is you have to offer.

[Ed. Note: To get more of copywriting expert John Forde's wisdom and insights into marketing (and much more), sign up for his free e-letter, Copywriter's Roundtable, at copywritersroundtable.com. Or send an e-mail to signup@jackforde.com. Get a free report about 15 deadly copy mistakes and how to avoid them when you sign up today.]

Larry Potter
www.ATicketToWealth.com

The Law of Forced Efficiency

By Brian Tracy

The law of forced efficiency says: "There is never enough time to do everything, but there is always enough time to do the most important thing."

The fact is that the average person today is working at 110-130 percent of capacity. And the jobs and responsibilities just keep piling up. One recent study concluded that the average executive has a backlog of 300-400 hours of reading and projects at home and at the office.

What this means is that you will never be caught up. Get that out of your mind. All you can hope for is to keep on top of your most important responsibilities. The others will just have to wait.
The key question you can ask is: "What is the most valuable use of my time, right now?"

Every hour of every day, there is an answer to this question. Your job is to ask yourself that question, over and over again - and to make sure you're always spending your time working on whatever is most important at that particular moment.

The more accurate your answers to this question, the easier it will be for you to set clear priorities and overcome procrastination.

Larry Potter
www.ATicketToWealth.com

How To Create Income On Demand‏

The secret is simple.

You set a goal and then you go get it.

But what happens to most is they stop themselves dead in their tracks with reasons why not.

They create personal resistance to success, and you CANNOT achieve what you desire until you break through these barriers.

"I don't have enough money."
"I don't know if I can do that."
"I can't do what he did."

Are all barriers many put up to stop themselves.

Don't allow them to stop you!

Take a deep breath and charge ahead!

YES YOU CAN!!!

Let's begin . . .NOW!


Larry Potter
www.ATicketToWealth.com

The reason most businesses fail is because of lack of fundamental business-building knowledge.

So how do you get past that? Well, it's not an easy fix. But first, you need to follow these four simple steps:

Establish your vision and create a strategy to achieve that vision. Transform yourself from an opportunity seeker (bad) to an entrepreneur (good).

Develop products and services that will help you achieve your vision - instead of spending thousands of dollars on products that will collect dust on the shelf.

Do everything in your power to manage your time better. Implement systems and processes that add more productive hours to your day.

Finally, always remember that, in order to build a successful business, you need two critical things: scalability (the ability to grow with your needs) and leverage (the ability to do more with less).

YOUTUBE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fG2-hROdOvQ

Larry Potter
www.ATicketToWealth.com

Freaky Business

A "Dumb" Way to Make Money Online

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Pervasive Negativity

Don't let yourself succumb to the pervasive negativity, which can easily become a self-fulfilling prophecy. In this economy, your Home Seller Assist business's or brand's market share may - or may not - go up. But you will assure yourself of the latter result if you do nothing but wallow in the mire of ugly headlines.

Marathon runners and Tour de France racers know it is on the steepest hill, when the challenge is most difficult, that leadership changes hands. Such is our opportunity now.

Larry Potter

www.ATicketToWealth.com

Leveraging Your Potential With Contacts

By Brian Tracy

Knowing the right people and being known by them can open doors for you that can save you years of hard work. The quality and quantity of your contacts and your relationships will have more to do with your success than perhaps any other factor.

Here are three things you can do to start making powerful and lasting connections:

1. Make a list of the 25 people you feel it would be most useful for you to get to know. Develop a strategy to meet every one of them over the next 12 months.

2. Network at every opportunity. Join business and trade associations. Attend meetings. Volunteer to serve on a key committee.

3. Get involved in community service organizations. The best people in every community, the people you should know and who should know you, are usually involved in public service in some way. Start with the United Way in your own city, or get involved in any cause you care about or are interested in.

Follow these steps and jobs, referrals, and deals will flow to you.

[Ed. Note: Increasing your contacts to expand your influence and build your career is just a small taste of the business and personal development skills taught by Brian Tracy (www.briantracy.com).

Larry Potter

www.ATicketToWealth.com

Ready, Fire, Aim

Most of us, most of the time, speak impulsively. We are stimulated by some event or remark and utter the first thing that pops into our heads. We don't stop to consider the effect our statement will have on those to whom we are speaking. And neither do we consider how our words will affect us. Yet they surely do.

"Words are all we have," Samuel Beckett said. When it comes to many aspects of our life, this is often true.

You can't force your colleagues to listen to your Home Seller Assist business no matter how much you have made. You can't force your boss to give you a raise or a promotion. You can't force your spouse to agree with everything you say. But if you learn how to think strategically, you can speak persuasively when you need to. And that will make a big difference in your life and your career.

Larry Potter
www.ATicketToWealth.com

Surprise and Delight Your Customers

By Suzanne Richardson

If your goal is to satisfy your customers, you're aiming too low. Instead, aim to over-deliver on your promises.

Roy Flora, Group President of Microtel Inns & Suites, over-delivers by randomly giving away free stays at his hotels. Better yet, he encourages staff members to do the same. It's one reason that Microtel has ranked at the top of the J.D. Power & Associates North America hotel guest satisfaction survey seven years in a row.

Internet clothing company Zappos over-delivers by not only offering free standard shipping... but by getting those orders to customers overnight instead of in the four to five business days they promise.

Clothing retailer L.L. Bean accepts the return of any clothing - worn or unworn, damaged or not - for years after it was bought.

And here at ETR, we are constantly thinking of new ways to over-deliver. During the past two Christmas holiday seasons, for instance, we've given out special advice-packed reports and never-before-seen interviews with our expert contributors. At every Bootcamp, we put together an exciting get-together - like our "sock hop" (complete with costumes and an Elvis impersonator) this past November. Plus, we offer exclusive VIP events - like our Internet Money Club annual roundtable - to our top customers.

"Your customer-service policy should be bend-over-backward," says Michael Masterson. This means "adding features and benefits on a regular basis that surprise and delight your customers. It means getting them accustomed to being delighted every time they buy a product from you."
What can you do to surprise and delight your customers? In a world that's overpowered by poor service, it doesn't take much. Simply doing something small - like answering your customer service line, in person, on the first or second ring - is enough to make your customer feel cared about. Or take a look at Microtel, Zappos, L.L. Bean, and other companies reputed for great service... and see how you can adapt their customer-service policies.

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Sick of hearing about the recession?

Take a look at practically any news publication, and here's what you see:

"The U.S. unemployment rate - now at 7.6 percent, the highest in more than 16 years - is expected to hit a peak of 9 percent this year..." - Associated Press

"The Dow continued to post new lows as it skidded lower, and the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index briefly dipped below its Nov. 20 closing, which had marked its lowest closing levels in a decade..." - The New York Times

"To clear a huge backlog of foreclosures, judges are hearing 'rocket dockets' of nearly 1,000 cases a day..." - The Wall Street Journal

Are you as sick of hearing about the recession as I am? Well, John Alexander of Home Seller Assist is too -and he reveals exactly how you can rise above it every Mon-Wed at 8pm Eastern at
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Each session is followed by a Q&A session, so tune in and watch.

Larry Potter
847-872-4047
www.ATicketToWealth.com

Principle centered content never gets stale, it only gets better with age.

You can return to it again and again to see it with new eyes on YouTube, hear it with new ears

on a teleseminar, or visualize it with a new mind when reading a blog post or an e-mail message

like this one.

That's why those working the Home Seller Assist program, createdby John Alexander and also known as We Provide The Cash are doing so well in this market.

Send a Confirmation E-mail

By Suzanne Richardson

You market like a maniac. You get a customer to buy. You send her the product.

The end, right?

No way.

If you stop interacting with your customers as soon as they send you their credit card information, you are missing out on tons of future sales.

You see, an existing customer - someone who's already pulled the trigger and made a purchase - is much more valuable to you than a no-name prospect. As marketing expert Clayton Makepeace says, "Making secondary sales to existing customers is one of the cheapest and lowest risk actions a company can take. Response on promotions sent to existing customers is usually six to eight times higher (sometimes more) than promotions sent to cold prospects. Average sale is substantially higher, too - sometimes as much as two to three times higher."

So what's a good first step toward building that long-term relationship?

One simple strategy is to send a confirmation or welcome e-mail after every transaction with a customer or prospect. For example, if Sally Jane signs up for your newsletter or buys your cake-baking kit - you should introduce her to your business and/or remind her of the benefits of the product or service she just purchased. That's what we do with the Home Seller Assist program.

A confirmation e-mail confirms a transaction. ("Thank you for purchasing our Training Your Pet at Home Manual!") A welcome e-mail establishes the foundation of an ongoing relationship with the customer and reinforces in his mind the fact that he just made a good decision.

Says Internet marketing expert David Cross, "Businesses that send confirmation and welcome e-mails in the first few days of a relationship with a new customer are consistently able to increase sales, the number of their future e-mails that are opened, and the number of links people click on inside those e-mails."

Tips For Craigslist Multi Posting...‏

Craigslist is giving Home Seller Assist people a hard time when posting
in multiple cities. Although it's hard, it's not impossible. Over
many months, years Craigslist established many basic rules that are
universal to any category, section you're posting to.

Here are some tips that will help you in multi-posting:


* CRAIGSLIST ACCOUNTS - Craigslist started to require Phone
Verified Craigslist Accounts to almost all sections. There are few
rules you should remember before using any verified accounts.
First, don't post MORE THAN 1 ad every 24 every 1 account. I know
people were posting 3 ads a day, although in just last few days, as
I'm writing it, Craigslist started to massively blocking accounts
that had 2+ ads a day. PVA are too valuable, play it slow...

* POST DELAY - This rule is not relevant right now, but can change
anytime. Craigslist is changing constantly so you should be always
aware of the possibility that your ads get ghosted because of too
small post delay. Although in my opinion it's one of the less
important factors and you should consider testing it at the end.

* LINKS - There are some section where you won't be able to use
links. Your ad will be immediately ghosted. Other sections allow
it. To find out quickly which sections are those, go to
craigslist.org check section in few big cities and see what percent
of ads have links and which not. If you will see 5-10% without link
you should try ads with no links for better stick-rate, less
ghosting and flagging.

“Email Recycling”

If you collect the e-mail address of your visitors, you will be able to send emails to those subscribers and get their attention whenever you like.

For example, I send out “broadcast” email messages to my entire database of
Home Seller Assist trial members whenever I post articles that have a very short period of relevancy, such as news items or special events.

This allows me to guide my subscribers back to my website over and over again, and allows me to remind them about my website if they’ve managed to forget.

“Email recycling” is also a way to create “income on demand”.


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Really Just A Quitter?

So why do some people fail?

On the surface this may seem like a very simple question that could be answered by a few of the obvious reasons...

They quit.
They didn't plug in.
They didn't participate.

Whatever...

What you want to ask yourself, or maybe even know about yourself, is WHY...

WHY didn't they follow through, while others do?

When I finally learned the answer to this question, it was quite sobering...

Not only did the reason behind their results come into the open, but the reason for my recent spat of success became apparent as well.

So what's the answer?

Why do most people fail when a select few succeed?

Drum roll please...

Those who do succeed have a Core Desire to do so.

Those who don't share that same Core level of desire will not.

"Desire... Ya, I've already heard that 100 times from my upline: 'Just look for people with desire and you'll do great... Yada Yada Yada... Everyone I talk to has the desire to make more money. It hasn't made any difference so far."

And you're right.

The difference is in their level of desire.

The only time anything ever gets done in your life - When you follow it through to completion with a sense of urgency, is when you desire to accomplish that task at Core Level of 100 on a scale of 100.

You must accomplish it. It's a part of you. It consumes you.

It dominates your thoughts above and beyond anything else each day and all day.

These are Core desires, and the people who achieve notable success in network marketing, have that accomplishment as a core desire.

They are the ones you see on stage and hear on the training calls.

That's it.

That's the secret.

If attaining your goal, whether it be to pay off your credit cards, buy a house, save for retirement, or fire your boss, is not a core desire, and not attached to your networking business, you will not succeed. Period.

The sad truth, is that most people in the Home Seller Assist program did not buy a business, they bought hope.

And hope is never backed by true desire.

Hope is for the undecided.

A career in network marketing (i.e. a boss free life), has been a core desire of mine for many years.

The desire to never work for anyone else again has been a dominating force in my life ever since May of 1988 when I lost my job after working 22 years for one company.

I kept going forward without doubt because I have this core desire at a level of 100 to succeed.

And this means my success was 100% guaranteed. It was no longer a matter of IF, but when...

So that's why people you sponsor quit or don't do anything. I wonder how many of your team members you direct to this site will actually visit it!

Don't get frustrated. 80% of people who join you will never sponsor more than 1 rep or customer. Most people simple don't have the desire at a level of 100 to accomplish their goals through their new business. They just bought hope in order to quiet that little voice inside them that keeps nagging them to make a change.

Once they buy the business, and they don't make $1,000 in 5 days, they can then justify their fear of change with the "logic" that it just "didn't work", and that they knew it was a scam to begin with... This is especially true with opportunity seekers, which is why I don't waste my money on leads and why you shouldn't either.

So sad, yet so true. People are funny aren't they?

So my question to you is...

What is your desire level to achieve your goal through network marketing?

Is it at 50? (like most people)

Is it at 80? (not enough)

Is it at 90? (not enough)

Or is it at 100? (The only number that WILL produce results).

You should be able to tell pretty quickly...

What do you do each day to build your Home Seller Assist business? How many conference calls are you on each week? How many people do you contact about your business/product each day?

What would you be willing to give and sacrifice to succeed?

I hope the answer to that questions is "whatever it takes", because I can promise you the end result is worth the sacrifice.

So how can you tell if your prospect is going to succeed or fail from the very first?

Easy...

Ask them this question: "So which books are you currently reading on self-development and marketing?"

Anyone who is TRULY serious about being a successful entrepreneur will be able to name at least one book they are reading right now.

Those who can't, are just kidding themselves.

So here's a quick test you...

You've been reading this blog for awhile at this point, but do you have any training on getting leads in this course and the secrets that it holds?

If the answer is "no", then I can honestly say that there's a 99% chance that you do not have a core desire to be successful in networking. If you did, you would have instantly recognized the value of the information in that book no matter what the price was (and it's not much!)

My suggestion is that you change your mindset today and get involved. Take responsibility for your personal success and set aside the excuses that have kept you in that JOB for so many years.

Start increasing your value to the world by increasing your knowledge and abilities.

Only then will the world be willing to pay you back with freedom and wealth.

Here's the link you need

You won't be disappointed, believe me, I wasn't!

Fantastic Tool

Obtain the Rights to a Product With Little to No Money Upfront...

By Paul Lawrence

Let's say you come across a great product that you think will be a big seller. You could obtain the rights to market that product - and then license those rights to an experienced marketing company.

Doing this can be very profitable.

The trick to making a really sweet deal is to convince the owner of the product to agree to a strictly back-end deal - where he shares in the eventual profits instead of getting an upfront payment from you. Product owners are sometimes reluctant to do this. But there's another way for you to minimize your out-of-pocket: You can offer to option to buy his rights.

Let's say you're introduced to a guy who has invented a wind turbine that can generate enough electricity to supply 40 percent of the average home's energy needs. Better yet, it can be sold inexpensively - maybe for a thousand dollars.

The inventor wants $50,000 for his rights (which is reasonable), and is not willing to negotiate a strictly back-end deal. But you're very confident that this product will be a big seller. So you tell him that you're willing to pay $50,000, but you need a little time to raise the money.

You offer, instead, to option to buy the rights for $100 against the purchase price of $50,000 within one year. If the owner is uncomfortable with such a long option - and you think you can resell those rights sooner - you can make the terms shorter. Once you have the rights, you resell them to a marketing company for at least $50,000 and a share of the profits they'll make on the turbine.

If you can get more than $50,000 from the marketing company, you'll pocket some money immediately (after paying off the owner). If not - assuming you were right about how well the product would sell - you still stand to rake in plenty down the road.

Reluctance to Ask Others for Help and Ideas

I used to think it was a sign of weakness to ask for help on a project. I was wrong. It only slowed me down in achieving my goals... and created an unnecessary roadblock.

It's better to have a "suggestion box" mindset. In other words, to be willing to ask for and receive help, including alternate ideas and solutions, from all those involved. I often ask for input even from people who are not involved.

You will be surprised at how many good ideas other people have.

And don't forget to thank them. By developing this success habit, you will have lots of extra resources to draw on whenever you're stuck on a problem.

The $1 Salary

CEOs often take a symbolic (and well-publicized) $1 per year salary. The heads of the Detroit automakers did it when seeking a bailout. Apple's Steve Jobs and the founders of Google do it too. Of course, they get other benefits: options, shares, and use of the company jet, to name a few.

It's paid, as you might expect, in a lump sum. And, just like a regular paycheck, an appropriate amount is taken out for state and federal taxes, usually less than 10 cents.

But guess what? Because of federally mandated minimum wage standards, the $1 per year salary is technically illegal.

(Source: Slate)

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The First 500 Words

The opening is one of the most critical parts of your sales copy (after the headline), so that's what I concentrate on first. Studies have shown that once a person gets past the first 500 words, he won't stop reading until the 5,000-word mark. So one of your major goals is to get people to read through those 500 words.

Most writers start a sales letter with a lot of "warm up" - getting ready to say what they want to say. You need to be ruthless and get rid of the fluff. To make your copy more powerful, see what you can cut from the beginning of the letter. You'll usually find that your best lead-in will be further down the page. (When doing copy critiques, I often X out the entire first page - or two! - or several of the initial paragraphs.)

Why We Still Have Fax Machines

"Poor line condition... what the heck does that mean?"

"Arghh! This machine is eating my pages!"

Ah, the joys of the fax machine! This surprisingly old technology (patented in 1843) is still holding its own in offices worldwide (consuming about 200 billion pieces of paper per year), despite the advent of the Internet and e-mail. So why is it still around?

For one thing, fax machines are everywhere: doctors' offices, grocery stores, real estate offices, your mechanic's shop... the list goes on. It includes the many small businesses that haven't yet joined the Net revolution. (Yes, they are out there.) Furthermore, fax machines are easy to use. And they are all completely compatible with each other. You can even use your computer to send a fax to a fax machine, or vice versa.

(Source: Wired)

"Have To" or "Get To"

By Jon Gordon

Who knew that two simple words could change one’s mindset, perspective and approach to work and life? Just two words have the potential to enhance joy, productivity, performance and change a complaining voice to an appreciative heart.

So often we say things like, "I have to take the kids to practice." "I have to go to this meeting." "I have to finish this project." "I have to go to work today." "I have to take care of this customer." "I have to share this new information with my team." "I have to see my family this weekend."

We act as if we don’t have a choice. As if we are imprisoned by a paycheck and the expectations of a world that forces us to do things we don’t want to do. But in reality we do have a choice. We can choose our attitude and our actions. We can choose how we view our life and work. We can realize that every day is a gift. It’s not about what we have to do. It’s about what we get to do.

We get to live this life while so many like Tim Russert and my Mom have left this world far too early. We get to drive in traffic while so many are too sick to drive a car. We get to go to a job while so many are unemployed. We get to raise our children, even if they drive us nuts at times. We get to interact with our employees and customers and make a difference in their lives. We get to use our gifts and talents to make a product or provide a service. We get to eat three meals a day while millions of people are starving. We get to work on projects, answer phone calls, serve customers, participate in meetings, design, create, share, sell, lead and suit up every day for the game of life.

Yes, there will be challenges and life isn’t easy, but each day we wake up we get another opportunity to make today better than yesterday and tomorrow better than today. We get to uplift, inspire, encourage, and impact others. We get to live this life. Let’s make the most of it by remembering that life is a gift, not an obligation.

To read more about "Get to" or "Have to," read The No Complaining Rule: Positive Ways to Deal with Negativity at Work.

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"Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment."

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

This Is a Great Time to Start Your Internet Business!

By Derek Gehl

I've been getting lots of e-mails and calls from people who don't actually have websites up and running yet. And they're all concerned about the same thing: "Sure, your strategies are good for people who are already making money online... but what about those of us who are still thinking about starting an Internet business? Isn't this the worst time to launch a new website?"

Believe me, I understand your fears...

With the past year full of talk about failing banks, collapsing real estate markets, and imploding stocks, I wouldn't blame you if, right about now, you feel like taking every spare penny you have, stuffing it in your mattress, and waiting for this entire mess to blow over.

But the truth is, starting an Internet business is something you should consider, no matter what the economy looks like. Here's why...

First, online sales have never been stronger. In fact, a recent report published by comScore Inc. indicates that, despite the ailing economy, online spending between January and October of 2008 rose 9 percent to $102 billion - up from $94 billion in 2007.

Second, remember that, unlike local brick-and-mortar businesses that are typically at the mercy of the local economy,you have access to an entire global market. So even if U.S. shoppers are feeling pinched, you'll still have plenty of other customers to turn to.

Next, consider the start-up costs of an Internet business. Unlike traditional businesses, you can get your website running for less than the cost of a couple of nights out on the town. So you don't need to tie up your "emergency" cash - or go into debt - to get started. And if you are working the Home Seller Assist program created by John Alexander, you can be making $400 by the next day.

And speaking of debt, with such low initial costs, you won't have to worry about trying to qualify for a start-up loan, something that's likely to get much tougher during the current credit crunch.

Finally, remember that you can start your Internet business even while you're working your "day" job, so you can continue to enjoy a regular source of income while you work on making your site successful. Try that with a brick-and-mortar business.

At the end of the day, starting your own Internet business during a recession (or whatever they're calling it) is an excellent form of job security.

But before you jump in and start your website... remember that there's one big (and I do mean BIG) newbie mistake you must avoid if you hope to build a successful online business in this turbulent economy.

To start a truly successful online business, you must first identify a "niche market."

No matter how often I talk about it, I still see many well-intentioned people getting this wrong. (Lots of established site owners are getting it wrong, too.) When I chat with people at industry events, when I read the questions from members of my Internet Entrepreneur Club, when I look at comments on my blog, I hear and see the same things all the time:

"My niche market is young business professionals."

"My niche market is women over 40 who are interested in their health."

"My niche market is people who like to garden."

These are NOT niche markets!!

These are huge and undefined groups of people who all have different goals, interests, and experiences. And trying to sell effectively to a diverse group like that is going to be an exercise in failure.

You'll likely find yourself competing directly with the likes of Walmart, eBay, or Amazon (or all three)... and something tells me their marketing budgets are just a tiny bit bigger than yours, right?

But that's the beauty of marketing to a true niche. It's a much smaller, more defined target, so you can figure out exactly what everyone who visits your site wants... know where they hang out online... understand precisely how to speak to them... and offer the specific products that will make a difference in their lives.

At the same time, you can really concentrate on becoming a recognized expert in your chosen market, so you'll be able to build really strong relationships of trust with your visitors.

Best of all, these smaller markets are often virtually ignored by the big guys, so you end up with much less competition. Then, even though you're selling to far fewer people, you'll actually end up making more sales.

Make sense so far?

So, if "parents over 35" or "balding men" aren't niche markets, what is? Well, let's look at some examples. These are actual niches that real people are getting wealthy in right now:

Spanish-speaking architects looking for software, training, and resources
People who want to make crafts with dried poppies
Heavy-metal bands looking for sponsorship and branded clothing and accessories
See the difference? A niche market is super-specific and caters to a group of people who are all looking for the solution to a common problem.

If you're worried that narrowing your market this much will limit your sales, consider this:

In a typical town, a business selling nothing but organic parrot food would likely struggle. Even the local pet store couldn't sell enough of it to make it worthwhile. There just wouldn't be enough demand.

But with over 1.3 billion people worldwide on the Internet, even if only one or two people in every town want that specific, hard-to-find product, that's more than enough to make a market for a profitable business. That is one reason for the huge success of We Provide The Cash that is sweeping the nation.

So start that website now, even though it may seem like the timing is bad. Just make sure you do your homework first.

By identifying a solid, tightly defined niche market, and then building your site and products around the problem your market is trying to solve, you'll be taking the first giant step toward profits... and avoiding the kinds of disasters that small business start-ups can experience during uncertain economic times.

And that's what I call job security!

[Ed. Note: As Internet marketing expert Derek Gehl says, this is the perfect time to start an Internet business. Find a niche, set up a business, and you could make it out of the recession completely unscathed. Derek has helped thousands of people grow online businesses that generate $100,000 a year, and often much more! Find out if you have the personality to create extraordinary wealth online - for free - right here.