Everyone likes a bargain. It’s even wise to keep one’s
costs down. On the other hand, you can be so cheap that
you cut your own throat.

Here are two ways to register a domain name for free and
some reasons why you might not want to.

1. You Must Have Your Own Top Level Domain (TLD) Name

Your business website should definitely have its own top
level domain (TLD) name. This means a name like
yourcompany.com. It doesn’t mean a subdomain of someone
else’s domain name, such as yourcompany.someisp.net.

Sometimes persons hesitate to register a proper domain name
because of cost, lack of knowledge, or indecision. However,
paying the nominal fee charged by the domain registrar for
your own domain name can reap rich dividends.

A Uniform Resource Locator (URL) or Internet address like
(ignoring the http part) someisp.net/hosting-accounts/yourco/,
or yourcompany.someisp.net, just doesn’t look as
professional as yourcompany.com. It might be
free (as in included with your web space) but it just
doesn’t cut it.

Consider: If you put your URL on your letterheads,
business cards, signs, et cetera, which Internet address
looks more professional?

If you mention your URL on your radio advertising or to a
customer over the phone, which one will be easier to
remember?

As well, what if your web host goes out of business or you
decide that you want to change to another provider. Now,
you need to notify everyone that you have now changed to
yourcompany.someotherisp.net. You will also need to change
all your stationery, signs, and advertising to reflect the
change.

On the other hand, the domain name yourcompany.com, could
be transferred from one web host to another simply by
informing your domain name registrar of the change.

So, to avoid losing business and incurring unnecessary
additional costs, be sure you have your own top level
domain name.

2. Should You Get a Free Top Level Domain?

It is possible to get a free top level domain from Dot TK
(@www.dot.tk). (You may also get paid dot tk (.tk) domains
from them.) However, there can be disadvantages to using
a free top level domain name.

Here are some of the restrictions noted on the Dot TK
website.

You may register no more than three free domain names.

The ownership of the free domain remains with Dot TK.
This means that you can’t sell it. (Of course, if you
pay for the domain you do own it and can transfer it to
a new owner.)

Also, if you don’t have 25 visitors come to your home
page within a ninety day period, your free domain name
registration is cancelled.

You need to have existing web content somewhere so that
your dot tk name can be forwarded to it.

There may well be other disadvantages.

Apparently, Dot TK uses frames to show your website. This
being the case, you may have issues with navigation
(bookmarking or finding specific pages) and search engine
friendliness.

Therefore, for serious business use, consider carefully
the true cost of free domain names.

RESOURCE BOX:

J. Stephen Pope, President of Pope Consulting Inc.,
has been helping clients to earn maximum business
profits for over twenty-five years.

For more information about domain names, visit
http://www.yenommarketinginc.com/domain-names.html

For profitable Work at Home Small Business Ideas,
visit: http://www.yenommarketinginc.com/

The phenomenon of the Internet has become a part of our daily lives, so it seems natural to build and internet home based business where you can work from home via the online community. In fact, many organizations are now doing business almost exclusively online. However, in order to build your internet home based business you need to market your products and services.

If you have a start-up internet home based business, you are probably working on a limited budget. Fortunately there are a number of resources available to you to market your internet home based business to the online community. One inexpensive option is to use a pay-per-click marketing program to advertise your internet home based business online. Many large search engines like Google and Yahoo! offer programs where you can advertise your business and only pay when someone clicks on your advertisement. The cost of each click varies, ten cents and upward, based on the popularity of the keywords you register.

Another inexpensive technique to advertise your internet home based business is to share advertising with other websites. If you know of websites that your consumers may frequent, you can discuss swapping advertising on each other’s sites. You can also write articles about your internet home based business products or services to be used in other people’s e-zines which offers you free advertising on the web.

Offering a newsletter or freebie is a great way to advertise your internet home based business for little time and effort. Having people sign up on your website for a free newsletter courtesy of your internet home based business is a great marketing technique. A newsletter allows your potential consumers know what you have to offer and how it can help them in their endeavors. If you do not have time to create a whole newsletter, then maybe start an e-mail list for simple tips or coupons.

Read the rest of the article here: Internet Home Based Business.

Download the Home Based Business Manual (Free $97 Value!) and receive valuable tips, strategies and techniques designed to grow a very successful Home Based Business.

Copyright © Charles Fuchs is an established online marketer who specializes in helping people start their very own Home Based Business. He specializes in showing people the best way to Make Money at Home.

I grant permission to publish this article, electronically or in print, as long as the bylines are included, with a live link, and the article is not changed in any way.

The speed and ease of internet online advertising has become attractive to an increasing number of employers looking for qualified employee candidates. Not only is advertising immediate, reaching a broader audience than any other form of media, but ads advertising online yield quicker responses from interested persons.

The Benefits of Ads Advertising Online

Aside from being a quick and easy form of advertising, more and more job seekers are turning to the internet for online job search purposes. They know tapping into online resources when looking for employment, benefits them by broadening job possibilities, and online profiles and résumés are made readily available to employers at the click of a button.

Employers save precious time not having to meet with job applicants in their offices, only to discover minutes into the interview the person is unqualified. Handling resumes online and viewing the applicant’s online profile equips the employer with a time-saving method of culling ineligible applicants to find the perfect candidate.

Internet online advertising also provides the employer with an effective means of sharing employee information with sister offices or other staff involved in the hiring process. E-mail applicants and online resumes are easily forwarded and can be easily retained in an online “bank” of possible candidates for future purposes.

Employer advertising trends reveal that the job online market is the wave of the future. Web sites catering to employer/employee matchmaking services such as istaffsolution.com make world-wide advertising online affordable, and an effective means of networking for online job search purposes.

Advertising Online; a Win, Win Solution

Advertising online is a win, win solution for both the employee and the employer. Broad range distribution of “employee wanted” and “employee for hire” type advertisements increases success in a shorter time span than other forms of advertising.

With a possible savings of $100s or even $1,000s of dollars in advertising, advertising online is also the most cost-effective method of advertising available, and yields better results.

In fact, some online resources allow the employer to “test drive” their services before paying. At istaffsolution.com, for instance, employers have the opportunity to register for free, before becoming a member.

A test search for available employees, and an opportunity to view profiles and resumes provides the employer the chance to determine for themselves whether or not that service is the recruitment solution for them.

And, with no finders fee, no unnecessary time wasted interviewing unqualified applicants, and complete control over whether or not to initiate direct contact with applicants, employees are shouting a resounding “Yes” to internet online advertising!

© 2006 Lori S. Anton for istaffsolution.com

Lori S. Anton is as published writer with 30 years experience and is founder of Writers Write Now. She also writes content for istaffsolution.com - an effective online employment agency/recruiter. Visit, http://www.istaffsolution.com/employer_index.asp istaffsolution your one-stop resource for experienced service, providing employment solutions with fast results!

Today’s internet is a great place to find useful information but most people are on dial up. If you are in an area that offers broadband, you should make the switch soon. One of the first differences you will notice is that you no longer need to dial in to get on the internet. The moment you turn on the computer, you are online. In fact, you are always online and that’s a big time saver. The next change you will notice is how fast web pages load, about 1 to 5 seconds. It takes 10 to 20 seconds to load an entire page on dial up.

Now, this may encourage you get broadband sooner. When it comes to downloading something on dial up, you have to wait a short while for small files and longer for larger files like software. With broadband, it takes 5 to 10 minutes for a music file, which takes about 30 minutes on dial up.

Another good reason to switch to broadband, is the missed phone calls you get on dial up. An extra phone is the only way to get calls that can’t be received due to the dial up connection. Broadband helps in more ways than you think. If you have two computers or more, why not share the internet with a home network. Now you can surf the web and let someone else surf too. You have the option of wired or wireless. Wireless is the way to go if you have another computer in another room far away in your home.

Having broadband can also help you download the Windows updates you must download to keep your computer safe. Downloading these files on dial up can take one full day. Broadband will download these file in half the time. But with broadband you are going to want to have a great firewall and virus protection since you are always online. You can get a virus at anytime, so get the most up to date software.

If you are an online gamer, then broadband is great for that too. You can play people in a lag free game. When you change to broadband, you will wonder why you have not tried it sooner. Your options for broadband are cable and DSL. Cable is supplied by your cable company. DSL is supplied by your phone company. If you have the option to get either, you should get DSL. It is faster than cable.

If you can’t get broadband in your area, there is another option. It is called satellite internet. It is basically the same as cable or DSL. The speed may not be as fast, but you will notice the difference when you get it. Another difference is the price, which includes equipment, installation fee, and service. It is worth it to be able to save time loading pages and downloading files. Now you know the benefits of having broadband, decide if you should try it.

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Michael Russell
Your Independent guide to Broadband
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As an eBay eBook seller you have the ability to automate a lot of your work - starting with digital delivery. You can automate for free using Outlook Express and here’s how you do it.

Setting Up Your Message Rule

At the top Menu Link, Find the word/link: “Message”, click it. From the menu displayed, select: “Create Rule From Message. .”.

A new window will appear giving you multiple check boxes to select from.

Here are the ones you MUST check:

1. Select the Conditions for your rule:

“Where the Subject line contains specific words”

2. Select the Actions for your rule:

“Move it to the specified folder”

and

“Reply with message”

Now, 3. is where you will be setting all these rules up that you have previously selected under numbers 1. and 2. Inside the small text box area of 3., you will see several words that are links. Click on each of
them so that these rules can be set up successfully.

For the first rule, you will want to enter the following text in the appropriate text field once you click the linked words: “contains specific words”. . .

Item #00000000 Notification of Payment Received

You will need to replace the zero’s above with your actual auction listing number which you can find inside your “My Ebay” area.

The next rule you want to adjust is the “specified” text link provided inside 3. text field.

For this, you may want to create a special folder for all incoming Ebay Auction Payments for your listings to better keep track of them and to separate them from other payments you receive from other sources if you are running other types of businesses online. You can name the folder anything you wish and when you click on the above text, you will be given the option to create a “New Folder”.

The last and final rule you will want to adjust is the “message” text link provided to you. This is when you will need the email message you made up earlier. Click on the “message” link and a new window will open up ready to accept your settings for the specific email message you created to be sent out. Find it on your hard drive and select it as the message that will be sent out for your auction listing as a payment is received.

Then, hit the “OK” button. And close the Message Rule settings window.

Now, Open up the “Tools” > “Message Rules” > “Mail” and find the Message Rule that you just created. Highlight the name of the message rule, usually it will be “New Mail Rule #1″ if you did not give it a specific name earlier.

Then, click on the “Apply Now” button. It will apply the rule immediately to all incoming messages to your inbox. Then simply hit “OK” to exit. And you’ll be all set for automation!

You can follow the above process and create as many email message rules as you like if you have different items up for auction.

If you can afford it however you should consider purchasing an eBook delivery programme. Outlook only sends the eBook when you are online so is not ideal if you are away from the computer for a long time.

James Penn is an experienced eBay eBook seller and owner of make money on eBay website http://www.auction-enterprise.com
If you are looking for more advanced auto delivery software then you can purchase My Digital Dispatch from this link http://www.auction-enterprise.com/mydd.html

Need to clean up your web site image fast but don’t have a budget for a designer? Following these 7 web site design tips should go a long way towards scraping off the cheese and increasing the credibility of your business web site.

1. Lose the clip art, no matter how cute or clever. Use a nice-looking photograph instead. Preferably a photo that shows your product in use or a satisfied client, but even a well-chosen stock photo would be better than clip art. And animated clip art? Unless you’re a real design whiz, just say “never”.

2. Reduce the size of large photos. If a any single photo is over 350 pixels wide or 300 pixels high it’s probably too big for your business web site. Hint: use your photo-editing software, not your HTML editor, to reduce the size.

3. Unless you really know what you’re doing, remove any patterned web page backgrounds. Choose a nice solid color instead.

4. Remove these special effects (unless they’re part of a Flash piece):

• text or graphics that slide into position
• blinking text or graphics
• spinning text or graphics
• page transition effects
• sound effects

5. Keep extra-large type to a minimum.

6. Remove underlining from any text that is not a link.

7. Use bold, italics, exclamation points, and ALL CAPS very sparingly.

This article may be re-published for free provided the entire author’s bio, along with all active hyperlinks, is published with it.

Keita Del Valle is the owner of Crafty Pixel, a Corona website design company which operates from Southern California’s Inland Empire. Her site is updated weekly with small business website news, tips, articles and opinions, including her Hollaback blog.

The Digital Object Identifier otherwise known as the DOI is not new. The history of the DOI started when a group of major book publishers realized that the digital age was imminent. They needed an online cataloging system for books on the Internet, not just on book shelves. The ISBN had taken them as far as they could go and was a great bar coding/cataloging system for physical books, but it was not practical for “virtual shelves” where ebooks or digital media live in databases and hard drives. Publishers who use the DOI call it the “digital ISBN.” Because of this need, the DOI was born. Now, the versatility of the DOIs are finding their way to other industries.

In structure the DOI is very much like the URL, except it is permanent. However,
when you update a DOI link or page, your information is updated through the DOI
handler and all the links that are linked to the DOI (including web sites) are updated within 24 hours. Not bad. Think about the concept of updating your links from a traditional web site perspective or even the dead links that can lead you to “error - page not found.” That is not the reality when using a DOI. There are no
such things as dead links for a DOI.

Another plus for the DOI, it’s search engine friendly. Very friendly. Search
engines eat up DOIs. In a world where SEO is a buzz word and driving traffic to your site is a 24 hour job in itself, depending on the DOI’s configuration, can populate links by as much as 1400%. So why haven’t more businesses adopted DOI’s on that basis alone? Probably because the vast majority of individuals and businesses are still getting used to the traditional URL, and when you think of how fast technology is emerging it can make your head spin. Just think of the DOI as the efficient, much improved, technologically-advanced prototype of what is to come, “the next generation URL.” Is there a catch? If you look under the hood of how a DOI was developed you’ll see some advanced java scripts. Some programmers may think, hey, that’s no big deal. But if you think of the impact Microsoft made on PCs, then you begin to realize how such a simple techno-tool as the the DOI helps individuals, small business owners or companies optimize their links so that their search engine rankings soar. How much does it cost? All this for about $35 bucks annually. Really.

There are so many uses for the DOI it is hard to list, but I will try. Besides
linking a DOI to your web site, PDFs, ebooks, ezines, evideo, and audio files, a
company that sells products or services on the Internet can keep track of
inventory, sales and update the information across the web with a few key strokes. When you think of intellectual property and ownership of a virtual product, think about the time consuming factor of just updating that information on your web site, let alone changing all the links worldwide. You will be happy the DOI came along. Want to see a DOI in action? Just enter my name in Google’s search, Coretta Herod, and see the DOI link ranks #7 on Google’s first page after only 8 weeks. Get the idea?

The technical side of the DOI, case studies, and white papers are beyond the
scope of this ezine, but here are links to learn more: DOI
Foundation. There are many new and exciting changes to come, so stay tuned for future ezines.

Coretta Herod is a Web Project Manager for Multimedia and
Development llc, MandD.org. A full service
web design and development agency focused on helping small businesses,
nonprofits and individuals promote, brand and advertise their products and
services.

If interested in obtaining a white paper or additional info on DOIs please send us a request via email from the web site.

Using the internet to find nursing jobs online is a great way to find a job after graduating. The internet is filled with job sites, classified ads, and web sites that advertise nursing jobs in most cities and countries. When a person graduates, they can begin their search for employment from home. They can post resumes, answer ads, and perform company searches. Many companies and hospitals advertise for job openings on the internet. Corporations that are searching for on site nurses will also post advertisements on their web sites. Narrow down the search by looking for companies that have a good reputation for hiring nurses. Visit the web sites to see if they are hiring. Many times they will only post advertisements on their web sites. Visiting the same site a few times is also a good idea because new jobs are always being posted.

Posting a resume on a job web site will get a person noticed. Every day companies search for prospective employees on the internet. Posting resumes is free and one of the best ways to find work. Using the internet to find nursing jobs online is also a good way to see the types of jobs that are out there. A person can search in any city they would like and also search for the types of positions they would be suited for and enjoy. For those who want to work in the hospital system, there are hospital web pages that advertise jobs, and local online newspaper sites.

For those who are looking for personal care positions, there are plenty. Using the internet to find nursing jobs online in this area of nursing are limitless. People who are disabled or elderly need a nurse to come into their homes to care for them. They will advertise online in order to reach more people. These positions pay well and are a good way to gain experience. Finding personal care nursing jobs online is another way to find employment.

To learn more about nursing jobs online, Amanda Jones recommends Nursing Degree Guide. Please see http://www.nursingdegreeguide.org/articles/online_nursing/how_to_find_nursing_jobs_online.php for more information.

Selecting the correct keywords can make or break your website. Potential customers search the web for desired sites, and if your website doesn’t have the keywords they’re looking for, they’ll miss you.

Determining keywords is an art; it’s best to work backwards. What would a customer search for if they were looking for your site? You literally have to put yourself in the consumer’s place and let go of your preconceived notions about what you think your keywords are. You should remember when writing your site that you need to use words that are not only related to your content, but are popular search words as well. This is called keyword optimization, or choosing the most searched keywords related to your content.

Spend some time listing all of the words and phrases that are related to your website content. Get ideas from everyone you can think of and list them all. Visit competitors’ sites and see what meta tags they use. After this research, you are ready to develop your own keyword phrases.

There are several sites designed to assist you in keyword optimization. Here are a few of the free ones:-

The Overture Keyword Tool (http://www.inventory.overture.com ) lists searches related to the keyword you provide. This took is great for expanding your list.

Wordtracker (http://www.wordtracker.com) helps identify keywords that will help your ranking on search engines. Wordtracker also gives you other keyword combinations that you may have overlooked.

The Keyword Tumbler (http://www.keywordtumbler.com) takes your existing keyword phrases and mixes it up to form new phrases and variations that you can include in your meta tags.

A great website is not so great if no one finds it. Remember to research your keywords carefully from the consumer’s viewpoint and then sit back and watch the traffic roll in!

Evelyn Lim publishes a free newsletter on article marketing and other online business tips. With a financial background, she also aims to teach home based business owners skills to analyse and acquire multiple sources of online income. To subscribe to her newsletter, please visit http://www.e-BizMap.com

It is at times a common mistake for web designers, especially beginners, to create a website which is not optimised for various screen resolutions. With over 40 different screen resolutions, it is extremely important to optimise your web pages for the most popular screen resolutions so that your web pages can be viewed by a greater number of online visitors.

Here are some basic facts to consider when designing for screen resolutions:

- 800×600 is the minimum resolution offered on most PCs and notebooks. 800×600 is also the preferred viewing option for 14% of internet users.

- The most popular resolutions used by approximately 60% of online users is 1024 x 768, followed by 1280×1024 and other resolutions, with 26% of internet users.

Designing for a wide spectrum of resolutions is therefore essential. But how is this achieved?

The process of designing for all resolutions is achieved through a “lowest-to-highest” resolution technique. Which ever image editing or web building application you are using, it is important to set your working area or table width to a resolution within 800 x 600. A suitable area of 770 x 560 is recommended for best viewing in a web browser on a 800 x 600 screen resolution. This recommended area will not only alleviate horizontal page scrolling but will keep your pages user friendly and easy to read.

Designing web pages for all resolutions is especially useful for attracting and keeping visitors for a longer period of time on your site. Easy to use and read websites are always more likely to attract customers. A poorly designed and structured website with irritable horizontal scrolling will only drive away visitors and potential buyers.

About the Author: Ilan Touri is a search engine optimisation specialist and website designer working for SEO Sydney. He has worked on many projects and offers website optimisation services and e-Commerce website development to companies in Australia.

Broadband, another name for high speed internet connection, is capable of transmitting data at a much faster rate than a standard dialup modem connection. It allows you to keep your phone lines free allowing you to make and receive calls while using the Internet. It works on the top of your phone line such as ADSL providing ten times faster data transfer than a dial-up connection. You can now download music, graphics and video quickly in no time at all. So if you are a dial-up user, looking for a faster connection, go for a broadband Internet connection.

Earlier with dial-up connections, people had no options but to bear with low speeds, breaking connections, time consuming downloads, and engaged phone lines, etc. But with the coming of broadband, there is a solution to all these problems. Although broadband is costlier than dial-ups, people are opting for it because they have realised the importance of broadband. After the broadband prices came down, its use in homes quickly surpassed dialups. The only change is the change in frequency and duration. Telephone calls can now be made on the Internet and cheap webcams can be used for video chatting. People can now send a quick email, read a quick news article, instantantly access pages on the Net, video on the Net, and even download a lot faster. They don’t have to wait anymore for several minutes to log on to a dial-up account. The wide bandwidth technology is transforming cable TV, internet and telephone connections round the globe. The number of internet service providers are also increasing with broadband making its way to more and more homes. With your broadband connection, you can reduce your expenses and enjoy added features that your conventional phone company could not provide to you at any price. Broadband was initially desired for surfing and downloading speed but today an ever increasing number of people are turning to VOIP( voice over internet protocol). VOIP is a great service and it cuts down the phone bills to nothing.

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Buying a good domain name is only one step in making a successful investment. In the world of virtual real estate, the domain name is the land and the actual website is the structure. There are thousands of high-grade domain names that point to a very shabby websites, this opens up opportunity doors to willing investors.

Our main objective is to find out what makes a fixer-upper domain name, and which ones would actually make a good investment. There are a few tricks that we can use to make a valuable decision.

When finding a fixer-upper domain name:

1. Look for areas of the market that experience growth. For example, if real estate is booming hot, then real estate domain names will be also increasing in value.

2. Once the market which is experiencing online growth is pin-pointed, think of high-class domain names that have unspectacular web presence. Check the domain name auctions such as Sedo.com to see if any domains in that market range are for sale, and make a bid. Today’s domain economy is extremely “SELL” based, so you might get away buying a top-notch domain for a really low price. If you come across a really good domain name with a dying website, you possibly hit the jackpot since the owner is no longer interested in maintaining the investment and will likely sell at a good price.

3. Put together a short plan on how you or your team will improve the site, or even consider tearing down the entire site and building a new one.

4. If you see potential for a profit, make an offer to purchase the domain name from the owner.

It is important to have a plan of the website or “structure” that will be placed under the domain name. Just like in real estate, it is not logical to simply buy a home, tear it down and then try to sell the land alone.
What attracts domain name buyers is the type of traffic that visits the website, so make sure that your fixer-upper domain name and the new attractive web-structure attracts lots of traffic. This traffic has to be unique, and it cannot come from paid advertisements.

Fixing up websites is not for everyone, it requires specialized skills and vision. Remember, you must be ready to spend some money to be successful in domain name fixer-uppers. Not only do you have to invest time and money to develop a jaw-dropping website, but you also have to make sure you research the market so that you’re developing in the right zone! But if done correctly, huge profits are usually claimed.

For more information on domain name investment visit http://www.planswork.com

You are one of those people who love collectibles such as Precious Moments, figurines, ballerina music boxes, wooden keepsake boxes, vintage jewelry, NASCAR collectibles, and the like. You also are interested in selling on eBay. You could be a person who does not have collectible items to sell, but still wants to do so something with eBay. You will find that selling on eBay is not a problem! Keep reading for tips on how to get started right.

All potential eBayers need some basic equipment: computer, Internet access, digital camera, and some space to store your things. That really is all you need to get going. Shipping and packaging supplies are also necessary, but that will be covered later.

Your next step will be to learn how to list auctions. There is an art to this. Visit the eBay seller’s overview: http://pages.ebay.com/education/sellingtips/index.html. The types of information you will see are links to every thing you will need to know to start a successful listing with eBay. Take your time and learn all you can before you list an item. You can also take some eBay classes online that will teach you how to list, set up a store, how to write a good description, etc. You also can pay to have an eBay mentor. I believe there is consultation available as well.

After you have learned how to sell on eBay, you will need to figure out what you want to sell. Do you want to sell some of your collectible pieces such as vintage jewelry, a ballerina music box, or an old Beatles record? However, before you zero in on a particular niche you need some experience and some feedback. Potential buyers are typically leery of buying from someone who is brand new and has a feedback rating of less than 10 evaluations. So, while you are getting your feet wet, take a quick check around your house to see what other unique items you might have. One person’s junk is another’s treasure, so it’’s highly likely you have something of value to somebody.

Experience is needed, but you also don’t want to list something that won’t sell. So, doing your research first is very important. Take some time to search on eBay by looking up “completed” items and sort by the highest price. For example, you will be able to see, if your ballerina music box is really worth listing, or you’ll see that vintage jewelry had 23 listings and not one of them sold.

You will need to be careful about pricing. This can be challenging. Once more, research is important. See what items your collectible or other items you are interested in selling are going for. Don’t have overly high expectations. Keep in mind that people come to eBay looking or a bargain. Consider how much you have into the item. If you bought a specific item with the specific intention to resell, you will, at the very minimum, want to break even, so take the price you paid for it and consider other costs, i.e. listing fees, final value fees (all explained in your eBay seller overview above). People are always more apt to bid if the bidding starts LOW. Sometimes though, you will have collectibles that are worth a chunk of money. Don’t give away that vintage postcard that is worth $56! Do your homework.

The next question is how do you get paid? It is up to you what you would accept. Online payments such as PayPal (paypal.com) and Storm Pay are very convenient. You can also decide whether you’ll accept money orders or personal checks. The more options you give your buyers, the more likely you’ll get more bids.

Shipping consideration is also important. You will need to decide how you want to ship your items to the winners. Some sellers use USPS, while others prefer UPS. If you use USPS and ship via Priority Mail, you can get your envelopes and boxes free from USPS. If you ship First Class or Parcel Post or UPS, you’ll need to shop around for deals on boxes or envelopes and bubble wrap or packing peanuts.

In summary, if you want to learn how to sell your collectibles and other items on eBay, you can do it! Overwhelmed yet? Yes there is a lot to learn, but it’s not nuclear science. Just take it one step at a time. It’s a learning process. If you need mentoring and support from others, those resources are available too. Use what works for you and become the newest eBay seller!

Copyright 2006 Monique Hawkins

Established in May of 2005, http://www.My-Music-Box.com is a music box gift store specializing in music box products such as inlaid ballerina music boxes for ballerina rooms décor, whimsical carousel music boxes, and musical jewelry boxes. The company provides interesting information for music lovers of all ages. Owner Monique Hawkins is also the author of the blog “What You Never Knew About Music” http://whatyouneverknewaboutmusic.blogspot.com, and owner of the eBay store “Monique’s Music Box” at: http://stores.ebay.com/Moniques-Music-Box Monique can be contacted at (540) 858-2885.

In the world of network marketing, people come and people go. But what makes them stay for good is to know which people should be recruited in the first place.

The problem why most network marketers fail on recruitment alone is that they don’t know who to deal with and how to start recruiting in the first place.

With the advent of the Internet, recruiting is made easier. All you have to do is to incorporate the right technique and strategy so as to get the right people.

So, for those who want to know how to be triumphant in Internet network marketing, here are some tips that will help you make it through:

1. Ezines are online businesses’ best friend.

Like any online business, the key to a successful online marketing is ezine. Ezines, or short for electronic magazines, are innovative ways of catching the reader’s eyes. Once you get a customer on the hook by reading your article, they will become interested to whatever it is that you offer them.

The usual norm in the Internet is that when people gets something in return just by reading your ezine, chances are they will be interested on your business too. So, start building your downline now through ezines.

2. Use the magic word.

With prices of commodities escalating to greater heights these days, the simple use of the word “free” is enough to make a “now” phenomenon.

In reality, people are fond of freebies. It’s something that people wouldn’t pass for anything else. So, start your recruitment process online by offering free stuffs first like free ebooks, free giveaways, and free articles. In time, you’ll be amazed at how many persons are interested in joining your network.

3. Build a site.

Remember that network marketing is a business - your own business. And in the Internet, people must build websites in order to reach a wider area as possible.

So, it’s best to create a theme oriented website which focuses on how you can help other people earn more money and make their lives easier to deal with.

If people who visit your site see how you can alleviate their miseries, chances are they’ll sign up the minute they get their hands on your registration form.

4. Make your own articles.

The key to online business success are based on the articles being used.

People are always hungry for information. If you get to feed them first, chances are you’ll get them interested after you have explained to them the facts about network marketing.

In no time, you will be building your downline as fast as you could and immediately recruit people like a flash.

5. Make a commitment.

The problem with most people is that they are too impatient to wait for the success to take its shape. They always want instant results.

Bear in mind that it always takes a longer period of time to make something work out especially in the Internet. It’s hard to build trust instantly over some screens that just glare back at you with no response at all.

The bottom line is that people who keep on trying will most likely succeed especially on online business. In the Internet, the very first thing that you have to do is to keep people interested first. Once you get them on the hook, you can do some follow ups so that you can avoid getting them off the hook.

Consequently, online stuff is a matter of building trust. You can never win people who do not believe in you in the first place. And because you cannot get to talk to them face-to-face, it would be hard to persuade them to believe. So, the only thing that you can do is to make them feel that what you are offering is not how you will benefit from it but how you can help them live the life of their dreams.

Once you get the knack of recruiting in the Internet, you will later be surprised how big and widespread your downline is already. After all, the Internet offers such a wide array of prospective clients. All you have to do is to penetrate on it and everything will flow on smoothly.

Besides, the best advertising technique you can have is through the word-of-mouth. If you get people to talk how they have benefited from your network marketing, they’ll be attracting more people, and more people means more recruits. And if you have more recruits, which means you are on your way to the top.

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Domain names are the first step in implementing your Internet marketing business plan. Domain name represents your brand. Many people know very well the importance of brand in the “offline” but even those can make mistakes in their Internet brand management. Domain name is the first step in successful Internet brand management.

Choosing a domain name

It is not easy to register a good domain name (especially dot com), these days. According to domain name statistics on the most popular web site for whois searches Whois Source there are more than 57 million active generic top level domains registered as of September, 2005. Majority of these domain names are .com names. You can view this statistics if you visit http://www.whois.sc/internet-statistics/

It is sure that you can’t register a classy one-word domain name but with a little knowledge and appropriate services you can find a decent one, especially if you are not interested only in .com names. Useful site for finding decent domains is above mentioned Whois Source - http://www.whois.sc There you will find a free service that will give you 20 domain suggestions based on your keyword. Also, on the Internet you can find software that focus on domain names. Using free software Domain Name Analyzer you can make a list of domain names and this software will check availability of all included domains so you won’t have to check one-by-one which is time-consuming. Also this program will give you useful suggestions.

Another useful thing in find decent domain names is using expired domain name or back-ordering services. Using the first service you will get the list of expired domain names where you can find some really nice names with a little luck. However, it is not easy because many people use those services and some companies have special infrastructure that check availability of certain domain names every second and register them. You will have better chance to get your desired domain using back-ordering services. These services will monitor for domains you want to register and once they expire they will make register them on your behalf. Popular services are SnapNames.com and Pool.com.

It is recommended that your domain name be short, catchy, brandable and most important - easy to remember! You can register a domain name that has no obvious connections with your business but that is cool. Then you will have to invest more money in branding. With good domain name you will save thousand and thousand dollars in advertising, especially in TV advertising. If you are an email marketer domains are also very important because getting email subscribers without well designed web site is not recommended. It is recommended that the name of your domain be the same like your email newsletter name. You can make “teaser” articles in your email newsletter so that your readers will have to visit your web site in order to read complete articles and vice-versa. You can put “teaser” articles on your web site and require that people subscribe to your email newsletter to read complete articles.

Also, in order to find out popularity of certain keyword combinations you can use keyword suggestion services. We can recommend you these services:

Google AdWords Keyword Tool

https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordSandbox

Keyword Suggestion Tool

http://www.digitalpoint.com/tools/suggestion/

You can use Google, enter your keyword combination and see how much results you will get.

If you are in process of registering a domain name we can suggest you these two great companies:

Go Daddy - http://www.godaddy.com

Namecheap - http://www.namecheap.com

Internet brand management

We will take our company Infacta, Ltd. as an example. Infacta is Ireland-based company so it is logical that we registered www.infacta.ie. However, although we are Ireland-based company we focus globally. This can prove the fact that we have clients in more than 130 countries world-wide. So, it is also logical that we have a domain name in .com extension, too. Dot com domain name is considered as a global domain name for companies. Many people think that it is enough to have 2 domain names. For successful Internet brand management it is not enough. Beside, .ie and .com domains, Infacta owns domains in all major generic top level domain extensions (gtld) like .net, .org and .info. This is to prevent people or companies to use other Infacta name in other extensions that can confuse our customers and make harm to our brand. Beside that, we registered domain names for our products GroupMail and GroupMetrics in different domain extensions. Other famous companies have literally hundred and even thousand domains in their portfolio for each country where they have a presence and for their services. That is called a professional brand management.

There is also one more thing that can show how serious one company is regarding their domain names and Internet presence, in general. That is domain expiration date. Domain names expire. After that (preferably before that) date domain owners have to renew them. When you make whois inquiry about certain domain name, for example at www.whois.sc , beside registrant info you will see an expiration date. Imagine that you want to see an expiration date of your email marketing software company and you see that the expiration date is the next year or even this year. This doesn’t sound promising if you want a reliable business partner that will be in the business in the next 10 years, too, that you can count on. It is not only important because of whois searches and credibility, it is important because of search engines. Google gives better placement for companies that have domains registered for longer period. It is a sure indicator that it is a stable business and that they won’t go anywhere. Infacta domain name www.infacta.com expires in 2011.

There are some services that can help you in Internet brand management, to monitor that someone else is not using your trademarked names. One of those companies that offer brand monitoring services is NameProtect, Inc. at http://www.nameprotect.com Also, it is highly recommended that before you register your domain name to visit http://www.uspto.gov to check if your name that you want to register has been trademarked to avoid possible problem and law suits later. USPTO is official web site of the United States Government for patents and trademarks. Here you can also register your patent, trademark or service mark.

If your company’s name has a good, generic name and you want to register a domain, it is most likely that the .com domain will be taken. Sometimes, it is good choice to buy it from the actual owner. Also, you can buy domain names that are highly connected with your products and services and that will help you in Internet marketing.

The most popular web sites for buying/selling domain names are:

Sedo - http://www.sedo.com

Great Domains - http://www.greatdomains.com

Afternic - http://www.afternic.com

Dejan Bizinger is a Contributing Editor for Infacta. Infacta is email messaging services company providing powerful, yet easy-to-use award-winning Group Mail, software for sending highly-personalized email messages and Group Metrics, software for email tracking. For more information visit: http://www.infacta.com