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From the category archives:

Internet Marketing

A statement of the obvious? Not necessarily.
When I first started researching the idea of working online I found a gazillion sites offering me ‘foolproof’ systems that would ‘guarantee’ to have me earning thousands a week by this time next month.
And none of them involved a product.
Many (if not most) of the MLM or Direct Sales [...]

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A couple of incidents recently reminded me of two important principles when it comes to launching websites:
Firstly: KISS
Secondly: GIOT
KISS stands for Keep It Short and Simple
GIOT stands for Get It Out There.
Despite my best efforts, the project I’m currently leading here in HK is in danger of failing because of KISS – or the lack [...]

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Banned for Life

by Martin on 11 January, 2010

in Internet Marketing

You’ve been banned for life by Google. No recourse, no further discussion.
That was the opening message in an advertising pitch I saw recently for a book on Google Adwords.
And it annoyed the hell out of me.
It’s the kind of advertising that gives Internet Marketers a bad reputation, and yet it obviously works or people wouldn’t [...]

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10 years ago ‘build it and they’ll come’ worked on-line. Today it doesn’t.
Today there are so many web pages out there that any site that hopes to receive visitors has to be positioned well and promoted cleverly.
And the bar is getting higher all the time.
Someone with next to zero technical skills can sign up with [...]

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A question I saw in a forum today: How do I get started in Internet and Affiliate Marketing?
The person asking the question had read tons of guru books and tried a whole lot of different things, but nothing had worked for him.
Here’s the answer I offered:
Boy, do I sympathise with what you’re going through..! [...]

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