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10 Link Exchange E-Mail Blunders You Can Easily Avoid
Every week I receive a few spammy looking link exchange request e-mails. While link exchanging is a great way to drive additional visitors to your website, there are some obvious blunders you can easily avoid by reading one of these … Continue reading
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Why Can't eBay Sellers Leave Negative Feedback For Buyers?
The title of this blog post is a common lament I often see posted about eBay. Ever since eBay removed the seller's ability to leave bad feedback for a troublesome customer, sellers have constantly been whining about it being one-sided. … Continue reading
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3 Things To Avoid When Requesting A Link Exchange
Today I received yet another cut and paste email asking to exchange links. I wouldn't doubt that most webmasters receive at least a few of these each week. While trading links with similar websites is a great way to build … Continue reading
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3 Reasons Why Most People Will Never Make Money Outside Their Job
There are many great ways to make money without having to work a traditional job. The internet has changed the way we live, work, and do business on a global scale, and with these changes come opportunity. But even with … Continue reading
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3 Ways To Start a Business Without Quitting Your Day Job
In today's economy, job security has quickly become a thing of the past. Even those with secure jobs are finding their wages are not increasing with inflation, and that the cost of health insurance premiums is being shifted toward them … Continue reading
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Tagged blogging, ebay, make money, mlm, multi-level marketing, network marketing, work at home
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Are You Operating An Illegal Lottery?
The other day I received an email from one of my competitors offering their customers a chance to win a prize with every order they place. At first it may sound like a perfectly reasonable promotion to run, but upon … Continue reading
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Tagged chance, consideration, contest, illegal, lottery, prize
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3 Terrible Marketing Ploys We Can Live Without
A sucker is definitely born every minute, and that's what keeps companies from pulling a fast one on us! Here are three marketing gimmicks that the world would be much better off without:
3 Surefire Methods to Drive Your E-Commerce Customers Elsewhere
In a rough economy like today's, a strong customer retention strategy is important for any e-commerce business to thrive. It is far more costly to obtain a new customer through advertising than to market to an existing customer. Yet so … Continue reading
How Dell Could Learn From American Express
I've been using American Express for many years now. Their rewards program is one of the best – you can redeem your rewards points for many items, including Dell certificates. I have used these certificates to save a lot of … Continue reading
Green Star at Last!
After joining eBay ten years ago (to this exact day, strangely enough) I finally earned my green star today. Over 5,000 positive feedback! I'm hoping to earn a shooting star sometime sooner than a decade from now…