Twitter Tip Of The Day: Are You A Chronic RT’er?

When people go to your profile, do they see a full page of RT’s? This may mean you are a chronic RT’er.

People want to see YOUR original thoughts and ideas too. It’s okay to RT fantastic tweets that mean something to you, but don’t make that the focus of your Tweeting. Make sure to pitch in some of your own ideas and thoughts. Afterall, people are following YOU and they want to get to know YOU.

If you absolutely must RT something someone else has Tweeted, space it out amongst your own unique thoughts and ideas. An easy way to do this is: When you find something you like, copy and paste it into a document (i.e. Word or Notepad) and then throughout the day you can copy and paste them back into your Twitter Feed, or if you use a scheduler to Tweet your Tweets for you (automation is cool) you can sprinkle them in along with your own Tweets. Just make sure your page isn’t filled with a constant line of RT’s, people deserve to know you and what you think.

One last thought to remember: It’s good to connect with others, but help others connect with you by sharing yourself with them through the uniqueness of YOU!

Have a Twitterific Day! =)

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Kelli Jacobson is a Networking Mompreneur. She is a Mom to a 1 1/2 year old son and has been involved in Internet Marketing now for over two years. Her specialties are blogging, social media, and free to low-cost marketing methods. If you would like to learn more about Kelli, please see Who Is Kelli Jacobson. See you on the inside!

Are you honestly making the grade when it comes to running your own home business?

Many times people fail in their online business because of several factors.

The Law Of Attraction
You may believe in the Law of Attraction, but apply it in the wrong fashion.  You might believe that all you have to do now is wish for riches and the riches will come.  But that is not so.  Having the belief that you are already wealthy is good.  But, you need to follow that thought up with an inspired action in order to put into place the building blocks for you to become wealthy.

But My Business Runs On Autopilot
You may believe that you have joined this awesome new program and you have been sold on it because you like the idea that it “runs on autopilot”.  Well, yes, it does run on autopilot.  But!  You must give that autopilot direction before it can drive for you.  You must put into place the advertising to let people know how to find your website first.  Then, once that traffic is being driven to your website, then it’s being driven 24/7 while you sleep, while you’re at the grocery store, while you are at your kid’s soccer game, etc…  But you have to do the initial driving in order to train the “autopilot”.  So, again, you have to take some sort of action in order for your plan to work.

Not Enough Pain
You may not be in a place yet where there is enough pain to make you do what is necessary; therefore, you end up treating your business like a hobby and only working it part time.  However, it may feel like full time to you.  Most of the time, however, if you were to analyze your tasks, you would find that you are not doing the things that will make you money, you are merely staying “busy”.  “Busy” doesn’t cut it.  You have to do the moneymaking activities in order to be successful.

Analyze Your Performance
When running your own home business, you are at the same time, your Boss and your Employee.  Let’s look at your business performance from a Boss’s perspective.  In most companies, there is a probationary period while they evaluate your performance and decide whether you are a liability or an asset to the company.  If you perform well, you usually receive a raise, are taken off probation, and become a full-time employee with all the benefits.  However, if your probationary performance is sub-par, you are either given remedial training and another probationary period to improve, or, in most cases, you are Fired.

Evaluation Time
Take a moment to think about your performance since you joined your company, especially if you have been there at least 60-90 days.  Have you been getting the leads?  Have you been making the sales?  Have you been generating enough leads and making enough sales?  Whatever you decide to grade yourself by.  Do you make the cut?  You are the boss.  You have to decide if you, as the employee, are hired or fired.

In the case of you being your own boss, don’t be so quick to fire yourself and give up.  It has been said many times that most people’s success is right around the corner, but they give up right when they are about to achieve it.  Go the remedial training route and get yourself back in the game.  Just know that you have to take your business seriously now and kick yourself into high gear if you really want to be successful.  Sometimes people just need a quick stiff kick in the butt to get them going.  I hope I’ll see you on the inside.  You can do it!

Kelli Jacobson is a Networking Mompreneur. She is a Mom to a 1 1/2 year old son and has been involved in Internet Marketing now for over two years. Her specialties are blogging, social media, and free to low-cost marketing methods. If you would like to learn more about Kelli, please see Who Is Kelli Jacobson. See you on the inside!

In today’s economy, the job market is becoming more and more unstable and unreliable. One day you have a job, the next you don’t, and it’s not as easy to get another job, as some would lead you to believe. Sure, you have skills, but these days companies are cutting back, not just on employees but on salaries as well. You have now become highly over skilled, underpaid, and unappreciated. Is that how you wish to continue living your life? I suspect it’s not, as by your presence here, it is proof that you are searching for something else, another way to make a living. So you’ve stumbled upon the world of Internet Marketing and you are wondering what it’s all about, what it is, is it for you, and can you do it?

First, let me start by sharing what Internet Marketing is not. Internet Marketing is not a lottery ticket. No one is going to pull your number and suddenly you are a millionaire. Sorry to burst your bubble, but your riches are not going to come to you instantly. No one can do the work for you. You can’t just sit back and expect it to fall in your lap.

Some who falsely believe in the Law of Attraction believe that all you have to do is “wish” and it will come. Am I saying that the Law of Attraction is false? Absolutely not! I wholeheartedly believe in the Law of Attraction. What I don’t believe is that anything I want will come to me without any effort on my part but a thought. The thought is what puts the energy in motion. From there, it’s up to you to do what it takes to fulfill that thought. The Law of Attraction works by you putting the energy out to the Universe of what you want and the Universe returns to you with an “inspired idea” of what you can do to attain what you desire. But you have to do the work.

So, what is Internet Marketing? Internet Marketing, in a nutshell, is a skillset of advertising whatever you have to offer, whether it be a product or a service. You have to have a way of getting the word out to others that you are here and you have something to offer. There are many methods of Internet Marketing, from Articles like this, to blogging, to the Web 2.0 properties such as Video, Twitter, and Facebook, to banner ads, classifieds, and Google PPC. What is your role in Internet Marketing? Whatever you choose it to be. Pick an area that interests you and master it.

Internet Marketing is work. It is hard work. With anything, you have to work. But it’s the type of work that you do that you have to decide you want to do. Do you want to work and build a future for you and your family? Or do you want to continue to be a slave and work for someone else’s dream?

I recently watched the movie “The Matrix” again. It brought me to an epiphany. I can take the blue pill and go back to sleep and continue to be a slave and work for someone else and what they want, for their dream. Or I can take the red pill and awaken to the possibilities that lie within me. I can free my mind and take control of my own destiny. Neo was asked if he believed in fate. He replied that he did not. He did not like the thought of him not being in control of his own future. He chose to have his mind freed from the Matrix by taking the Red pill. My decision was the same.

So I have to ask you. Do you want to take the Blue pill or the Red pill? Do you wish to go back to sleep and be a slave to society? Or do you want to be awake and free and of value to society? All I offer you is the truth. I can show you the door. But you will have to be the one to open it. Once you open it, however, you can never go back. Your mind will have been freed.

If you are ready to open the door to Internet Marketing, I welcome you on the journey with me. I can show you how you can gain the skills to market anything to anyone anywhere in the world. Internet Marketing is doable, but only if you choose to make it so. You have to have the desire and the passion to make it work. The Internet Marketing vehicle can work for you, but only if you learn to drive it, drive it well, and enjoy driving it.

Kelli Jacobson is a Networking Mompreneur. She is a Mom to a 1 1/2 year old son and has been involved in Internet Marketing now for over two years. Her specialties are blogging, social media, and free to low-cost marketing methods. Check out how Kelli has made her mark on the Internet Marketing world at http://www.LiveAbundantlySuccessful.com. See you on the inside!

Which one would you rather have, a quick spot of money, or the ability to generate an income for your entire lifetime? If you would rather get rich quick, I would kindly ask you to close this browser window now and do not let it hit you in your bottom on the way! I have nothing to offer you here.

The get rich quick mentality has to be the laziest of all. Those with the get rich quick mentality want to make lots of money very fast and they do not want to have to work for it. It is like making a wish and poof it is there. I can tell you right now, folks, it just does not happen that way. Think of the old saying: Give a man a fish and he eats for a day, Teach a man to fish and he eats for a lifetime. Now, I do not know about you, but I would rather eat for a lifetime and not have to worry about tomorrow. Do you know what I mean?

Now, being able to generate an income for a lifetime takes work. It takes effort. If you are willing to expend that effort and work for it, your rewards will be worth it. If you think you are entitled to loads of money and do not want to work for it, well, it is not going to work for you either. It is a two way street. If you have the gumption the sky is not even the limit, there are no limits to how successful you can be. It is all up to you. You have the key to the power of your success.

So, how is it that you can learn to generate an income for a lifetime? I have heard that sales are the way to go. If you can learn to sell, and sell anything to anyone anywhere in the world, you have it made. It is important though, to choose your education carefully. Many sites out there now seem to offer you the world when what they deliver is far less.

I like to look for a company that offers training not only in the marketing aspect, but in personal development as well. I have heard it said that your income rarely exceeds your personal development. I believe that to be true. The more work you do on yourself the better value you are to others. I also like to look for a tight community. If it is a faceless company with little to no interaction between its members, then that leaves little interest to me. I would rather know the owners, know the top producers, and know the members.

Communicating with each other allows us to all grow stronger in the pursuit of our goals as we share our passions, our ideas, and our knowledge.

If you are looking to generate an income online, remember to look for a strong company. A company that shows growth, strength, honor, and integrity will stand the test of time and can take you where you want to go.

Do not go looking for a genie in a bottle. Be the genie in the bottle. Make your own success. You have the power in you to succeed right now whether you realize it or not. When you decide to realize it, match yourself with the right opportunity at the right time, you will find the success you seek. Make it happen.

The search for the Golden Egg is ever present. With the economy in the dumpster and the unreliability of “jobs” or Wall Street, people are looking for alternatives. What kind of alternatives? Ones where they can beat the recession, fire their boss, end their long commute, and spend more time with their family. How are they achieving these goals? Home based businesses on the internet.

Work-at-home opportunities are rampant. You can find home biz ads everywhere you look around the internet. How can you make sure that you find the right one for you? Well, here’s some advice on what to look for to find the opportunity that fits you and your family.

When looking into the various internet business opportunities, you must do your research. Find out more about the company and what you’ll be doing to see if it will be a viable solution for you.

Research the company To find out more about the company, you can use a search engine, such as Google. You can Google the company’s name along with ripoff, scam, or review and see if they have a good reputation and to see if you can decipher whether the company you are looking at appears to be legitimate or not. Let common sense prevail, however. A lot of times, reviewers will say that a certain opportunity is a scam or bad deal. But look at what they have to say before you make a decision. In most cases, they are just trying to sell you on their opportunity. If that is the case, not a whole lot of stock can be put into their negative spin on things. They are just trying to win you over to their side.

Find out what you’ll be doing When doing your research, you’ll want to try to find out exactly what you’ll be doing. Will you be placing ads in Pay-Per-Click (PPC)? Selling digital software? Marketing a website? Make sure that whatever it is that you will be doing, that it appeals to you and is concurrent with your morals and values. If it feels shady to do something, like you will be deceiving someone, then don’t do it. The more you find something that appeals to you, that you have a passion about, the more successful you will be at it. Also, you’ll want to make sure it’s not too far out of your skill set. This isn’t to say that someone completely new to a computer can’t tackle an internet home business. You’ll just want to make sure that you have the time and the money to invest into the proper training to bring you up to speed on the skills you will need to survive the internet jungle.

Find out how much money you’ll need up front Many opportunities start out for pennies compared to what it will cost you once you get on the inside. This is not necessarily a bad thing. Just be prepared. If you don’t have a lot to spend, you’ll want to stick with lower operating costs until you get the cash flow to fund the bigger opportunities. One thing to keep in mind as well, is that you get what you pay for. Many times, things that you can purchase for cheap, are just that, cheap. Don’t expect too much. On the other hand, inflated prices are possible too. Use your best judgment. Listen to your instinct. If the opportunity sounds too good to be true, it probably is.

All in all, just make sure you do your research before you plunge head first into anything. Make sure it’s legitimate and has staying power, that it’s something you would enjoy doing or a product that you would enjoy promoting, and that you are aware of what all the opportunity entails.

I wish you the best of luck in your search for your Golden Egg. In the famous words of Star Trek’s Spock, May you live long and prosper!

Kelli Jacobson is the author of KelliJacobson.com.  She is also an expert Internet Marketing Mompreneur.  She is living her dream by being able to be home with her son, yet still provide for her family and the lifestyle that they deserve.  You can learn how to market like a pro, just like Kelli, by visiting http://www.LiveAbundantlySuccessful.com.

Ok, folks.  So… some of the people I shared the information on Duplicate Content with, seemed to think, from their training, that the information I had was not correct.  Which is cool, you can only go on your best knowledge at the time being, so I totally respect their stand.  Also, in seeing something that Google had posted on their Webmaster Tips page, I was starting to doubt it too.

So…  We had a webinar again tonight with Ferny Ceballos, so I asked in the GoTo Webinar panel, my question to get some clarification.  I would like to now share with you (complete with screenshot documentation), what I believe was Raymond Fong’s reply (as Ferny was presenting and I doubt he could have typed the response while he was talking).

My Question:

On the All Access Q&A call last Thursday, ya’ll said that when it comes to Duplicate Content, Google only considers it duplicate if it is on the SAME domain.  I’ve relayed this to others and they insist this is wrong.  Even Google’s webmaster tips says that’s not quite correct – that if they find the same or similar content that it doesn’t get ranked and indexed as well as fresh content.  Can you explain this better?

Response:

“do a quick search for “majority leader harry reid one day after he unveiled” and you’ll find the same article posted on 9 different domains”

“there’s what google wants you to believe and thee’s what’s really happening, if google does a manual review, they CAN ban one of your duplicate website, but odds are slim that they’ll doa manual review”

“So from a practical perspective and looking at what’s happening, dont’ worry about duplicate content across different domains as long as you are being ethical”

My Question:

So it’s okay to submit the same article without spinning it to say 300-400 different article sites?  Google will not penalize you for that?

Response:

“yes”

“u can imagine how easy it would be to sabotage someone’s website if duplicate content was an issue like so many people think it is”

Actual Screenshot of the conversation – click to enlarge:

Kelli Jacobson =)

I was on an All-Access Q&A business call this evening and a striking revelation was made by SEO Experts, Ferny Ceballos and Raymond Fong.  They were talking about duplicate content and what Google thinks about it.  They shared that when it comes to duplicate content, as far as Google is concerned, it is only duplicate if it is on the SAME Domain name.  So, you could have the same content in 100 different places around the Web, and it is perfectly fine.  It’s when it is on the same Domain name that it will be counted as duplicate content.

One of the examples that they shared is news articles.  Think about it.  All of the AP News articles are the same exact text.  And there are a ton of sites that carry that exact same AP News article.  Does Google not rank them and show them because they are duplicate content?  No, they show and rank them all because they are coming from DIFFERENT Domain names, so different locations.

Just thought this would be a worthwhile tip to pass on to those that strive to not duplicate content when producing articles for marketing.

Internet Marketing Article Report – A Five-Step Article Writing Tutorial

As an internet marketer, writing an internet marketing article can be a great source of free traffic to your website.  But there are certain steps you should follow to write an effective article that will attract not only traffic to your site but provide great value to your readers and make them want to come back for more.

I have prepared this Internet Marketing Article Report to help you become an effective article writer through my step by step Article Writing Tutorial.

Step One – Determine Your Audience

Decide who your audience is going to be.  If you are a collector and you are trying to sell pieces of your collection, then perhaps a review of that piece would be a good idea.  But if you are an internet marketer, and you do a review of a 19^th century coin or a Barbie Doll, do you think you are going to attract the kind of person that is going to be interested in your network marketing internet business?  No.  So, you want to figure out who you are writing for and write an article based on the kind of person you want to attract.

Step Two – Provide Value

Once you have decided who your target audience is make sure you provide good value to them in the meat of your article.  Write an article that will be helpful to them.  You can do research on your chosen topic by Googling (or Yahooing, Binging, whatever your search engine of choice is) the topic to see what others have said about it.  This will help you brainstorm ideas for what to write about in your article.

Step Three – Pick Your Key Words and Phrases

When writing an effective article, be sure to research and include key words and phrases in your article to help your article’s rankings in search engines.  Your key words and phrases should be relevant to your topic and your article context.  However, you want to keep your article readable and enjoyable, so you don’t want to overdo the mention of keywords and phrases.

Step Four – Give Your Article a Catchy Title

The Title is what is going to draw prospective readers in.  You could have the greatest content in your article, but if you don’t present it, via the Title, in the right way, you are going to lose potential readers.  So, think of something catchy and magnetic to draw your audience in.  Put some pizzazz on it.  Don’t be dry and blah, but be on topic, you don’t want to mislead your audience – you will lose respect and trust that way.  You also want to include your key words and phrases into the title if possible.

Step Five – KISS: Keep It Simple Stupid

When writing your article, unless you are writing for a technical audience, keep it simple.  It has been suggested that you write only in an 8^th to 9^th grade level.  If you keep it simple, the bulk of your audience will have no problems understanding it.  Also, readers with limited English will be able to understand more of your article if you keep it simple.  A good length for an article is around 500 to 700 words that are broken up into paragraphs of about three to five sentences each.  Most readers have short attention spans, so you want to keep it short and to the point yet still provide a great value.

I hope this Article Writing Tutorial has helped you become a better, more effective article marketer.

Kelli Jacobson is the author of both KelliJacobson.com.  She is also an expert Internet Marketing Mompreneur.  She is living her dream by being able to be home with her son, yet still provide for her family and the lifestyle that they deserve.  You can learn how to market like a pro, just like Kelli, by visiting http://www.LiveAbundantlySuccessful.com.

I’m sure all of us at one point or another in our lives have wondered if we deserved to dream big and to turn that dream into success. It takes the right mindset to do that. You can dream big! You can be successful! I’ve been shown the keys to dreaming big and being successful. Would you like to be shown how too?

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I was unsure at first if CarbonCopyPro was going to be the right fit for me. But after some research, and discovering their extensive training and dedication to getting you started, I believed I couldn’t lose. I’m working with the biggest and the best. Learning from them through their experiences has given me a leg up on being able to achieve my dreams faster. Which is quite a deal! They take you through everything step-by-step. They can turn you into a successful master marketer even if you have had no previous experience in marketing. And they show you how to market effectively.

With CarbonCopyPro, they not only work with you on marketing effectively, but they work on your mindset as well. Because your mindset is a big part of how successful you will be. You have got to believe to achieve!

If you have tried MLM’s or “Get Rich Quick” sites and not gotten the results you desired, I invite you to check out CarbonCopyPro. I’m really glad I did, and I’d like you to be too! Believe in yourself! Dream big, dream often, and be more successful than your wildest dreams!

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