Get viral

Hey, using eBooks, eReports and eCourses is a fantastic way
to build a list.

You can use these things as an "incentive" for joining your
affiliate program, as a "thank you" for visiting your site,
a "bonus" when someone purchases a product/service from
you. The possibilities are endless!!

Many eBusiness people use them, however, some are making
TWO HUGE MISTAKES when they do use them. Here is
what they do...

1. They upload these things to their site and publish the
download link WITHOUT capturing an email address and
name.

The WHOLE POINT of using this "stuff" is to build a list.
YOU CAN'T MARKET TO A GHOST!!! Instead of uploading
your items to your server and just publishing the download
link, work smarter... Set yourself up with a mini-site where
you can direct people to and for the PRICE of their email
address and name, they can have the download link sent
to them.

NOW you have a warm body to market to AND you know
what they are interested in.

2. They don't take advantage of customizing eBooks, etc
with THEIR OWN links.

You want your marketing efforts to pay off for YOU. If
you are giving away an eBook with someone else's links in
it then all your marketing is paying off for the person
whose links are inside. WHY ARE YOU DOING THAT??

There are tons of people out there falling into that trap.
However, right now YOU'RE my concern. If they want
to not bother spending a little extra and purchase a
customization license that's their downfall. Actually,
we want those people because if they distribute our
eBook with our links inside, great...they are marketing
for us.

But YOU..no, no, no my friend. You are into working
smarter...not harder. So ensure that if there is a
customization license and if you can afford it, then
upgrade to it. Get your links, site name, url and in
some cases ads in the books, courses and reports
you are giving away.

THEN encourage those who do request your reports,
etc to give them away to their networks, downlines and
associates. Your links and info are laced within and
when people open it they see YOU and THAT'S WHAT
YOU WANT ;o)

Here are two products which have customization licenses
available, which won't break the bank.

1. "How To Turn A Simple Sign Up Process Into An...
Unstoppable Income Stream." (eBook)
http://www.profitspace.com/book.html

2. "How To Guarantee eBusiness Success" (eCourse)
http://www.profitspace.com/success/cust.html

A "mini-site" is included so all you have to do is paste in
your autoresponder address or web form and you are good
to go.

Viral marketing is the most cost effective marketing tool
we have. An eBook or eCourse laced with your links inside
can end up in more places than you could dream possible,
and of course reach on your own.

Use viral marketing to its FULLEST and get it pulling for
you and your ebusiness ;o)


About the author:

Denise Ryder is a Marketing Coach writing from her home
office in Northern Ontario (Canada). Imagine What You
Could Accomplish With a Marketing Coach in Your Back
Pocket! Take the test drive
http://www.profitspace.com/coach

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All about spam

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websites, with resource box included. If you use this
article, please send a brief message to let me know where
it appeared: kara333@earthlink.net

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date of copyright: March 2005


All About Spam
by Kara Glover
kara333@earthlink.net
Spam is annoying. Period. Why people would want to send all of us stupid messages about buying prescription drugs or getting some outrageously good mortgage rate is beyond me. Well, not really.

You might ignore those emails. But not everyone does. And that's why they're sent. Emails cost so little (or nothing) to send. So sending out a million of them could be a cakewalk. Let's say one out of every 1,000 recipients falls for their ploy. Someone just got 1,000 new customers!

How in the heck did those spammers get your address in the first place? Well, they actually use a variety of techniques. They use programs called spambots to search the web and pick up any email addresses that could be listed on websites. They use what's called the "Dictionary" technique, where they take a well-known email extension (earthlink.net, for instance), and make up all kinds of possible user names to go with it. For example, with me they could try the usernames "kara", "kara1", "kara2" and so on, until they can confirm one of those connected to an earthlink.net extension is a valid email address. Kinda like going page by page through the dictionary.

Ever fill out a registration form on a website and find a little checkbox, probably near the bottom, asking if you want to receive additional information, newsletters, or something of that nature? Often the box is checked, and in order NOT to receive the info, you have to UNCHECK it (or else). Well if you miss those types of boxes on the wrong kinds of sites, your email addresses may be handed to spammers on a silver platter. Well, almost. Often a zillion email addresses are sold for next to nothing to spammers on CDs. (Couldn't you almost call those silver platters?)

Many internet service providers (those guys that keep you connected to the internet so you can send and receive email) use a variety of methods to block spam before it ever gets to you. Nevertheless, we all know that some spam inevitably gets through to our inboxes. That's when we need to take a proactive stance and install some sort of software to filter it out!
© 2005 by Kara Glover

About the author:
For help on installing anti-spam software, check out this article on Kara Glover’s website: http://www.karathecomputertutor.comYou can also find more articles, tips and tutorials on topics such as Microsoft Word., Excel, and PowerPoint there. Kara is a Computer Tutor and Troubleshooter.

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Are you spam zombie?

by: Niall Roche

Over the past few years you've all become familiar with the terms spam, spam filter, whitelists, blacklists and a whole myriad of other terminology associated with the problem of spam. You now have to add a new and extremely worrying phrase to that list - spam zombie.

With the net closing in around them spammers are looking for new and more inventive ways to send out their junk email. Spam filters and challenge response systems are becoming progressively more intelligent and blocking more spam each day. What was a spammer to do? The spammers took the next step - infiltrating your PC and using it as a spamming tool.

When most of you think of the word zombie you're reminded of old B movies with groaning zombies chasing the terrified actress through a castle, swamp or whatever low cost setting the movie revolved around. Spam zombies are, however, far more real and far more dangerous.

A spam zombie is when your computer is taken over by a type of virus called a Trojan. Once this Trojan virus is on your computer it sets up an SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) application which allows it to begin sending email directly from your PC to tens of thousands of victims. This all happens invisibly in the background and can be difficult to detect for even the experienced computer user.

How do these Trojans get onto your computer? As in most cases they come from porn, warez or similar sites. One of the first spam zombie trojans to appear became available via a link on sites promising viewers free access to a porno webcam. One click later and the Trojan is installed on your computer ready to send out spam. Phatbot and Proxy-Guzu are two of the more common Trojans used for the purpose of turning your computer into a spam zombie.

How can you check if your computer has become a spam zombie? Make absolutely certain that both your anti-virus and firewall software have current detection signatures and have been completely patched and updated. Working online without taking these necessary security precautions is simply asking for trouble.

Internet Service Providers are under huge pressure to quarantine the IP address of any computer which has been turned into a spam zombie. This is done on the basis that the ISP risks their entire IP range being blacklisted or banned by some spam filtering services or companies.

The very least you owe yourself is to run a full virus and spyware scan on your computer today. You might be unpleasantly surprised at what you'll find lurking there.

About the author:
This article was provided courtesy of Spam-site.com which reviews spam blocking software
and other anti spam utilties.

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