Top Five Programs You Need to Run Your Internet Business

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Top Five Programs You Need to Run Your Internet Business

[I've just brought this article over from my other blog - lynda-hill.com - where I am changing the theme etc. It was first posted in December 2008.]

It doesn’t matter what type of internet business you are working at, these programs will serve to help you do everything more efficiently. Here’s one take on the programs you cannot do without.

No. 1   Roboform

You must have a password management program. It isn’t enough to use the same password with variations, you need to also keep your full login details. What’s easier than clicking one button which then takes you directly to the website (in a new window/tab) and logs you in? Roboform will do that and more. Works with Internet Explorer and Firefox. You can try their free trial for up to 15 logins.

[Also consider the free Firefox and other browser add-on LastPass from, you guessed it: lastpass.com]

No. 2   OneNote

Microsoft have great products – despite the fact that Wordperfect was 10 times better than Word! MS OneNote is a brilliant product. Yes, you have to pay for it if it isn’t part of the suite already, (but Amazon have good deals). OneNote is your ‘swipe’ file, organiser, filing cabinet, book writer, ideas file, scrapbook. All tabbed and saved instantly without the need to work out where to put them and under what filename. Easily searchable, so as long as you can remember a phrase or word, you’ll find it. Brilliant! You can get a 60 day free trial directly from Microsoft and then buy the license from Amazon.

No. 3   Ashampoo Magical Snap

On first using this very simple program, you really will think it’s magical. Instead of printscreen or highlight/copy/paste, use Magical Snap to copy a whole web page, a section as a rectangle, a section as a squiggly outline – then paste it into… you guessed it, your OneNote. Each item is stored as an image or you can print it out directly. Magical Snap works like a breeze and is you right hand man for your business swipe file and writing books is a breeze as you can simply slide the chapters around if you have a change of mind. It doesn’t matter how many monitors you have either – copy exactly as much or as little as you want.

[Also consider the FREE Firefox add-on Pixlr Grabber]

No 4   Firefox browser

It takes people a long time to move from Internet Explorer to Firefox. But almost everyone who does wishes they had made the transition sooner. There are so many add-ons available that almost everything you will ever need can be found somewhere. It works fine with Roboform too. You can look at Safari and Google Chrome, but Firefox takes the gold medal right now.

No. 5   Eset Security Suite

Perhaps this should be top of the list. Anti-virus and PC security software are absolute essentials these days. No longer is it sufficient to run a virus check once a week and download updates to your AV software once a month. These must be run on a daily basis if you are to not only keep your computer safe and secure, but also protect your contacts from being infected by a virus sent out by your machine! Unlike other AV suites, Eset Security has very low impact on the speed of your system and doesn’t impinge on other programs unless it finds an infestation somewhere. It runs totally in the background so you will hardly ever need to touch it – just let it do its job.

These are the very first five programs you should consider putting onto your computer before you get started in your internet business. That’s not to say they can’t be used for anything else, but I think you will find that the ease they bring to managing all the information which passes through your virtual desk every day, will make them priceless.

Online advertising

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(I’ve just brought this post over from my other blog as I’m changing the theme over there (lynda-hill.com). It was written in October 2008.

Yesterday I mentioned a new business opportunity called Succeed In 30 Days. Now I’m not going to go into that right now, but what I would like to do is mention how it has opened my eyes to a whole new way of advertising online.

The advertising needn’t be for businesses either; you can advertise anything and everything as long as it’s ‘legal, decent and honest’.

I’ve been using Pay Per Click for my business so far – which is another phrase for ‘Google Adwords’ and Yahoo Search. PPC is quite complicated to set up (until you learn how) and it can prove very expensive. A strange statistic is that Amit Mehta, one of the top Super Affiliate Marketers in the world is making $2.4 million a year right now – BUT – he’s paying anything from $5,000 per DAY on Google Adwords. Am I missing something? Simple statistical analysis makes me wonder if it’s worthwhile!

They say you have to pay money to make money and I understand that. I’m quite happy to pay my advertising fees, but sometimes setting up the right Keywords can be very complex – I won’t go into that now, other than to say that there’s a brand new program Pay Per Click Classroom 2.0 which has just been released (and it’s not expensive either). BTW, that’s not my affiliate link; I’ve decided not to join this time round as I have other projects I want to complete right now. I did learn a great deal just from watching the three pre-launch videos though. I digress.

The reason for this Blogpost is to mention the other advertising methods recommended by the Succeed In 30 Days program -and I’ll throw in a third as well.

Sometimes we see something but it doesn’t actually mean much. Then along comes someone else who says exactly the same thing and the penny drops!

Wealthy Affiliate University, of which I am a member, mentioned the first method, but I thought nothing of it. It’s USFreeAds.com. It’s an online classified ad system. Frankly I was amazed. The free option lets you run 2 ads at a time, but for the princely sum of $10 – PER YEAR – you can run up to 25 ads concurrently. These ads last 40 days and each one will automatically renew if you want it to. There is a lot moreof course, but I’ll leave it to you whether you click through.

The second method I’d heard about but hadn’t considered yet. It’s a means of getting an ad distributed via safelists to ezine readers. For $12.50 I set up an ad to go out to 100,000 readers. What’s good about safelists is that they have double opt-in subscribers – which means people want to get them. So you can be reasonably sure the ads will be seen. You just need to decide how much you want to pay. The program I was pointed to for this purpose is MBPAdvertising.com. Go check it out.

And what’s the third method?

It’s something I haven’t used for years because you can waste a lot of time surfing! It’s called TrafficSwarm and you can sign up for free. The idea behind it is that you view – ‘surf’ – the advertisers pages and earn credits, usually between 1 and 5, for each page you view. You need to stay on the page for 20 seconds before you click for the next one. As these credits build up you can use them to advertise your own site or sites. If you sign up (and pay) for the Pro version you get better deals. I think I must have done that years ago. I’d completely forgotten about TrafficSwarm, but I hadn’t closed my account, so imagine my surprise when they wouldn’t let me register a new account! The upshot is that I paid $40 to top up my account by 2,000 credits and they gave me 2,200 for being a Pro member. So far I have 5 of my websites being advertised.

So, there you are. Three different forms of advertising.

USFreeAds.com – for mainly classifieds

MBPAdvertising.com – for ezine ads, banner ads etc

TrafficSwarm – ad rotator for targeted readers

None of them is particularly expensive which is why I am more than happy to recommend them to you.

Let’s see what I come up with in my next Blogpost.

‘Bye for now

–Lynda

13 Deadly ListBuilding Tragedies

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13 Deadly ListBuilding Tragedies

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If you have been led to believe all you have to
do have a profitable online business is to build
a list, then you had better grab this before
you waste any more of your money or time

==> 13 Deadly List Building Tragedies
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It’s a funny thing about listbuilding. We all know it’s really important – perhaps the most important item in your whole business.We are told that your ‘list’ is in fact the most important thing you will ever own – if your office is on fire, then make sure you grab your list before you run out of the building!!!

We all think it should be easy to build a list – just follow a system and it will ‘happen’. Then we wonder why we aren’t making any money – and some people give up.

Well, I don’t ‘give up’ on my internet business and neither should you.

To be sure you are doing it correctly you need to check that you are not making costly mistakes. One of the best ways to do this is to read William Brant’s book “13 Deadly List Building Tragedies”. (He’s good at the 13 Deadly ……. Tragedies stuff!)

What’s more, it won’t cost you anything to get it because right now he is giving it away free in return for your name and email address. Oh yes, and of course there are the usual upsells which may or may not interest you – but you can click past those if you don’t want them (they are good, mind).

Sometimes just small changes can result in big profits. So give it a whirl.

Click on the image or banner and snap it up while it’s still free.

To your online success

–Lynda H

Instant Bonus Page – from Jeff Dedrick

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Instant Bonus Page – from Jeff Dedrick

Would you believe me if I said you could now
design, customize, and generate your own profit
pulling bonus pages in under 5 minutes, and start
generating-profit-immediately!

That’s right – Jeff Dedrick just released his newest
blockbuster software product and this one is going
to blow you away!

In just 5 minutes you will be able to…

* Design and build live, professional looking, profit
pulling bonus pages even if you don’t know a lick
of code or how to build web pages.

* Generate EASY affiliate cash when people click
on your bonus offers and purchase — plus track your
clicks and sales with our stealth reporting system.

* Explode your back end profits like the pros with
this powerful but simple to use point and click technology!

There’s no other profit generating program like it online…

and it’s all yours…

For *FREE*!

Go here and lock in your spot now:

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That’s right, You’ll not find ANY other program that
easily generates professional looking, cash pulling
bonus pages like Instant Bonus Page…

and it’s *FREE-for a very limited time.

Go here now:

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Don’t hesitate to register for your Instant Bonus Page
before Jeff changes his mind and start charging!

To your success,

– Lynda H

P.S. This is truly point and click and you could have
your first bonus page created in mere minutes after
creating your account. Head over there now before
all the spots are taken:

Are All Safelists Rubbish?

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Are All Safelists Rubbish?

Have you ever tried using safelists in your advertising?
If so you have probably discovered some problems.

1. 90% of all safelists are rubbish.
2. You get a ton of emails and nobody reads your ads.
3. If they do read your ads, they aren’t buying or joining.

Sound familiar?

Well here is some news for you…

Safelist Advertising DOES Work… But Only When Done
The RIGHT Way!

Michael Cobb and Soren Jordansen have just launched
their “Ultimate Safelist Survival Guide” and they will
lead you step-by-step through the insider techniques to
effective safelist advertising.

And this is not about auto submitters and other kinds
of useless software.

It is a simple, practicle and to-the-point guide filled
with steps you can start implementing right away and it
also includes 5 great tutorial videos.

Discover The Little Known Secrets Of Generating Free
Leads And Traffic From Safelists!

Secure your copy… today!
=> http://budurl.com/muu2

Warm regards
– Lynda H

P.S. Watch out for the “Secret Upgrade” If you see it.
You’ll only get one chance to take advantage of it…
AND it’ll spike your safelist power tenfold. So, grab
the upgrade if you can – At this price it’s a no brainer.

=> http://budurl.com/muu2