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		<title>Banishing Russian Spam</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 18:59:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Morning!
You know, spam by itself is bad enough when you can at least read it (&#8217;tis amazing some of the marketing that these peoples use!) but when it&#8217;s in a foreign language completely like Russian&#8230;.it&#8217;s just a bigger pain than ingesting 34 hunks of gnawed-off sheetrock.
So!&#160; Today I awakened to see 34 Russian email spams&#8230;.and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img height="214" border="0" align="left" width="399" src="/images/russian.gif" alt="Russian Spam" />Morning!</p>
<p>You know, spam by itself is bad enough when you can at least read it (&#8217;tis amazing some of the marketing that these peoples use!) but when it&#8217;s in a foreign language completely like Russian&#8230;.it&#8217;s just a bigger pain than ingesting 34 hunks of gnawed-off sheetrock.</p>
<p>So!&nbsp; Today I awakened to see 34 Russian email spams&#8230;.and I finally decided, enough is enough!!&nbsp; So I started configuring my filter&#8230;and then realized, I don&#8217;t have a lot of time to devise the perfect <span id="more-487"></span> 1-step filter rule.</p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;"><span style="font-size: larger;"><i><b>And then I realized&#8230;..elegance isn&#8217;t the key here, just plain simple common sense is!</b></i></span></p>
<p>I opened two instances of my email in two browsers and set one to</p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;"><span style="font-size: larger;"><i><b>Filter Rules</b></i></span></p>
<p>I created a Rule that read:</p>
<p>If Body contains <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">****</span>, then delete the email</p>
<p>The I went to the other browser and opened my:</p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;"><span style="font-size: larger;"><i><b>Inbox</b></i></span></p>
<p>Next I simply opened one of the Russian spams&#8230;.and copied the first weird character to the previous Filter ruleset.&nbsp;&nbsp; So instead of</p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">****</span></p>
<p>I pasted the Cyrillic character.</p>
<p>I did this 10 more times, using a different character for each ruleset.&nbsp; And the end result?</p>
<p>Not one Russian spam showed up in my Inbox - they were all deleted by my filters like so:</p>
<blockquote>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;"><i>&nbsp;<b>Filter activity: The message</b> &quot;<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Любые, даже самые гярзные сексуальные фантазии, оживают здесь</span>&quot; from &quot;daryle wengyik &lt;vaughn@datarecognitioncorp.com&gt;&quot; <b>has been deleted</b>.</i></p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;" class="notice"><b><i>&nbsp; Filter activity: The message</i></b><i> &quot;<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Только тут ты сможешь найти видео, которое взбудоражит тое воображение</span>&quot; from &quot;griffith cyril &lt;tdgvf@ms7.hinet.net&gt;&quot; <b>has been deleted</b>.</i></p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;" class="notice"><i>&nbsp; <b>Filter activity: The message</b> &quot;<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Любые, даже самые грязные сексуальные антазии, оживают здесь</span>&quot; from &quot;alexandr marci &lt;sugoto@qcora.com&gt;&quot; </i><b><i>has been deleted.</i></b></p>
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<p class="notice">Nice, eh?</p>
<p class="notice">Need a tutorial for setting up your own filters?&nbsp; Check out <a target="_blank" href="http://email.about.com/od/makesureyougetgoodmail/Make_Sure_You_Get_Your_Newsletters_and_Other_Good_Mail.htm"><b>Make Sure You Get Your Newsletters and Other Good Mail</b></a> - it provides tips for over 40 different mailing programs.</p>
<p class="notice">Enjoy,</p>
<p class="notice">Barbara Ling</p>
<p class="notice">ps - speaking about spam, have you seen:</p>
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		<title>SMART tip - offer a free authority site-finder tool for your niche visitors</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 09:32:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Morning!
Ah, what a great Labor Day weekend.&#160; I actually (gasp!) took it easy (that&#8217;s the good news) and slept for 12 hours yesterday (the better news) and am completely awake today (the best news!).&#160; :)&#160; I did discover that if you hold your family to your expectations, quite often they will rise to the occassion [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/39766295@N00/526878554/"><img width="240" height="170" border="0" align="left" alt="Niche Finder!" src="/images/brain.jpg" /></a>Morning!</p>
<p><b>Ah, what a great Labor Day weekend.</b>&nbsp; I actually (gasp!) took it easy <i>(that&#8217;s the good news)</i> and slept for 12 hours yesterday <i>(the better news)</i> and am completely awake today <i>(the best news!)</i>.&nbsp; :)&nbsp; I did discover that if you hold your family to your expectations, quite often they will rise to the occassion and <a href="http://www.barbaraling.com/insights/teamwork-spelled-family/" target="_blank"><b>really surprise you indeed</b></a>!</p>
<p>But I digress.&nbsp; <img class="wp-smiley" alt=":)" src="http://www.askowlbert.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" /></p>
<p>So!&nbsp; Are you interested in building your site into something others would call &quot;an authority site&quot;?.&nbsp; &lsquo;If so - Excellent!!!&nbsp; Tis a most useful endeavor!&nbsp; And while you achieve that by providing great insights, networking and all that jazz, there ARE other one-step goodies <span id="more-483"></span> you can implement on your site that deliver lasting, long term benefits.&nbsp; And here&rsquo;s how.</p>
<p><span style="font-size: larger;"><b>Step 1.)&nbsp; Define your niche.</b></span></p>
<p>I&rsquo;ll admit, that&rsquo;s kinda sorta a &quot;duh.&quot;&nbsp; <img class="wp-smiley" alt=":)" src="http://www.askowlbert.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" /></p>
<p><b>Let&rsquo;s take the topic of Internet recruiting!&nbsp;</b> I&rsquo;ve been a leading contributor in that space since 1998; my flagship site is <a href="http://www.risetrends.com/" target="_blank">RISE Trends</a>.&nbsp;&nbsp; As you&rsquo;ll see, I walk the talk I promote - I give away tons of free content at my <a href="http://www.risetrends.com/freeaccess.html" target="_blank">RISE Recruiters Library</a> to encourage my visitors to tell their friends about it as well.</p>
<p><b>One freebie, however, is available only to my paid members.</b>&nbsp; It&rsquo;s the <a href="http://www.risetrends.com/hubz/hubfinder.php" target="_blank">Recruiters Authority Finder</a> hidden on my site!&nbsp; This is a free tool provided by <a href="http://www.risetrends.com/explore/seobook.html" target="_blank">SEO Book</a>.&nbsp; They give you permission to install it on your site&hellip;and because they also offer an affiliate program, you can make money as well by giving visitors direct links to their offerings as well.</p>
<p>What&rsquo;s that I just heard you ask?</p>
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<p><span style="font-size: larger;"><i><b>Jeepers Barbara, that sounds delightful!&nbsp; How can I install HubFinder on my site and target it to my niche blog?</b></i></span></p>
</blockquote>
<p>&nbsp;Great question!&nbsp; Move now to:</p>
<p><span style="font-size: larger;"><b>Step 2.)&nbsp; Grab and HubFinder.</b></span></p>
<p>&nbsp;Swing on by <a target="_blank" href="http://tools.seobook.com/"><b>SEO Tools</b></a> and uncover their page for <a target="_blank" href="http://tools.seobook.com/hub-finder/"><b>Hub Finder</b></a>.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Wasn&rsquo;t that simple?&nbsp;&nbsp; Now,</p>
<p><span style="font-size: larger;"><b>Step 3.)&nbsp; Set it up and provide a direct link to it on your site.</b></span></p>
<p>Bravely create a directory on your site, say, &quot;hubfinder&quot; (yes I know, I&rsquo;m more creative than a PBJ sandwich), and gently deposit in that directory</p>
<ul>
<li>hubfinder.php</li>
<li>nusoap.php</li>
<li>style3.css</li>
</ul>
<p>And that&rsquo;s it!&nbsp;<b> You now have a niche authority finder on your site!&nbsp;</b> And you can now write a blog post about it and direct your visitors or newsletter subscribers or what have you&hellip;and build your site&rsquo;s reputation at the same time.</p>
<p>Can you get any simpler than that?</p>
<p>Enjoy,</p>
<p>Barbara Ling</p>
<p>ps - speaking about niches:</p>
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		<title>Angel in Disguise - Helping Business Friends to….</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:59:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Morning!
Today&#8217;s post will be quite brief but pithy and as always (okay not quite) to the point.&#160;  
As a savvy online net blogger or entrepreneur, chances are&#8230;you possess lots of skills mere mortals (read: your fellow moms and dads and colleagues etc.) do NOT have.
After all, you know how to use social networking, you [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/25588490@N04/2463690375/"><img width="240" height="203" border="0" align="left" src="/images/angel.jpg" alt="Angels in disguise" /></a>Morning!</p>
<p>Today&#8217;s post will be quite brief but pithy and as always (okay not quite) to the point.&nbsp; <img src='http://www.own-business.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>As a savvy online net blogger or entrepreneur, chances are&#8230;you possess lots of skills mere mortals (<i>read: your fellow moms and dads and colleagues etc.</i>) do NOT have.</p>
<p>After all, you know how to use social networking, you know about the joys of Twitter, you know how to use Facebook to <span id="more-477"></span> grow your business&#8230;..</p>
<p>But now tell me&#8230;.</p>
<blockquote><p><span style="font-size: larger;"><i><b>Do you think your friends would benefit from such skills as well?</b></i></span></p></blockquote>
<p>I was reminded of this over the weekend when I was researching the teachers to whom my kids are assigned.&nbsp; As you&#8217;re probably aware, there&#8217;s this nifty site</p>
<blockquote><p><a href="http://www.ratemyteachers.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: larger;"><i><b>Rate My Teachers</b></i></span></a></p></blockquote>
<p>that allows parents and students to, well, rate their teachers.&nbsp; It can be most eye-opening indeed (and the college scene has something similar at <a href="http://www.ratemyprofessors.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: larger;"><i><b>Rate My Professors</b></i></span></a>).</p>
<blockquote><p><span style="font-size: larger;"><i><b>Now, you&#8217;d think that any networked mom would know about these sites, but when I shared them with my mom network, the results were&#8230;.nobody was awware of their existence!</b></i></span></p></blockquote>
<p>Quite depressing indeed.</p>
<p>Which brings me to the point of this post.</p>
<blockquote><p><span style="font-size: larger;"><i><b>You know FAR more than your peers, plain and simple.&nbsp; You really do!</b></i></span></p></blockquote>
<p>Thus, whenever something obvious comes across your radar, business-related or not <i>(after all, we ALL have lives outside of the computer, we really do&#8230;.okay, I&#8217;m a master at self-delusion, but we really DO have lives outside the computers and &#8230;.&nbsp; <img src='http://www.own-business.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </i>)!</p>
<p>It might be common-sense to you, but trust me&#8230;.it&#8217;s NOT for the majority of the world.</p>
<p>Be a covert angel and help out your business friends whenever possible - the good karma will come around again and again.</p>
<p>Enjoy,</p>
<p>Barbara Ling</p>
<p>ps - speaking about business:</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Please click <a href="http://www.own-business.com/cgi-bin/MoreInfo.cgi?link=eby_u&#038;item=http%3A%2F%2Fsearch.ebay.com%2Fsearch%2Fsearch.dll%3Fquery%3Dbusiness&#038;site=www.own-business.com">here</a> to continue your search.
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And how are you today?&#160; Over here in LingLand, life is doing just peachy-like - Paradise envelops my personal landscape next week (ie, school starts!&#160; :)&#160; ), my body has recovered from the massive weight-lifting/stretching I did two days ago and is ready to tackle karate sparring tonight, and all in all&#8230;.everything is coming up [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img width="377" height="289" border="0" align="left" alt="Self defense for wordpress" src="/images/selfdefense.jpg" />Morning!</p>
<p>And how are you today?&nbsp; Over here in LingLand, life is doing just peachy-like - Paradise envelops my personal landscape next week (ie, school starts!&nbsp; :)&nbsp; ), my body has recovered from the massive weight-lifting/stretching I did two days ago and is ready to tackle karate sparring tonight, and all in all&#8230;.everything is <a target="_blank" href="http://www.barbaraling.com/insights/stop-smell-butterflies/"><b>coming up butterflies</b></a>.</p>
<p>But I digress.&nbsp; <img src='http://www.own-business.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Today&#8217;s topic is your <span id="more-466"></span> Wordpress Self Defense!&nbsp; I just wrote over at my <a target="_blank" href="http://www.barbaraling.com"><b>Personal Development blog</b></a> the article <a href="http://www.barbaraling.com/insights/share-defense/" target="_blank"><b>Today&#8217;s Thought to Share - Self Defense</b></a>, and figured that further exploring that topic in the realms of blogging and online business would be a most wondrous thing indeed.</p>
<p>So let&#8217;s begin!</p>
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<h3><img width="79" height="38" border="0" align="left" src="/images/arrow.jpg" alt="NOTE!" />Step 1 - Disable Blog Registrations</h3>
<p>First off, unless you have a REALLY IMPORTANT REASON (on par with saving the Universe from the Evil Empire of Zorg), you should NEVER EVER EVER let unknown peoples register at your blog.</p>
<p>Why, I hear you ask?</p>
<p>Simple&#8230;.because you don&#8217;t know what they&#8217;ll do&#8230;.nor to what data they&#8217;ll be exposed.</p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;"><span style="font-size: larger;"><i><b>I was reminded of this a few days ago when I wanted to comment at a blog and had to register first.&nbsp; Blah blah blah, thought I, but alright, let me register.&nbsp; And when I did, I found I could see their Woopra ID, their posts stats and more.&nbsp;</b></i></span></p>
<p>Not a good thing!</p>
<p>Of course, I alerted the blog owner to this, and the problem was fixed.&nbsp; But the point remains - unless you have specific guest posters (and even then, take the 30 seconds required to manually register them yourself), disable user registration.&nbsp; You can do this by visiting</p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;"><span style="font-size: larger;"><i><b>YOURBLOG/wp-admin/options-general.php</b></i></span></p>
<p>and checking <b>OFF</b>:</p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;">Users must be registered and logged in to comment</p>
<p>and <b>NOT</b> checking:</p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;">Anyone can register</p>
<p>If by chance you INSIST on having user registrations, make certain you have installed the plugin</p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;"><a target="_blank" href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/recapture/"><b>Recapture</b></a></p>
<p>It requires a Recaptcha to be typed prior to registration being activated.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Other Wordpress Login Security plugins include:</p>
<ul>
<li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.bad-neighborhood.com/login-lockdown.html">Login LockDown - A WordPress Enhanced Login Security Plugin</a></li>
<li><a target="_blank" href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/register-plus/">Register Plus</a></li>
</ul>
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<h3><img width="79" height="38" border="0" align="left" src="/images/arrow.jpg" alt="NOTE!" />Step 2 - Install General Wordpress Security Plugins</h3>
<p>Don&#8217;t stop just with registrations, however!&nbsp; 2 other wordpress security plugins you can install include:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-security-scan/" target="_blank">Wordpress Security Scan</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.askapache.com/wordpress/htaccess-password-protect.html" target="_blank">AskApache Password Protect</a></li>
</ul>
<p>What about spambots, I hear you ask?&nbsp; That&#8217;s another article entirely&#8230;..coming soon!</p>
<p>And last but certainly not least:</p>
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<h3><img width="79" height="38" border="0" align="left" src="/images/arrow.jpg" alt="NOTE!" />Step 3 - Read the following Wordpress Security Posts</h3>
<p>There are lots of excellent resources regarding Wordpress security online!&nbsp; Do yourself a favor and read in detail these 3:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Hardening_WordPress" target="_blank">Hardening Wordpress</a></li>
<li><a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2008/04/28/wordpress-security-prevention-reactions-and-scares/" target="_blank">Wordpress Security Prevention</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.noupe.com/how-tos/wordpress-security-tips-and-hacks.html" target="_blank">Wordpress Security Tips and Hacks</a> - Wonderful advice</li>
</ul>
<p>Knowledge is the best defense against online attacks - hope the above has been helpful.</p>
<p>Enjoy,</p>
<p>Barbara Ling</p>
<p>ps - speaking about Wordpress, want a super-easy way to bring your wordpress blog to the wondrous world of Web 2.0?&nbsp; Click below to dive into:</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Morning!
And how is life treating you today?&#160; Over here in LingLand, I&#8217;ve finally recovered from my bout of food poisoning (yay!) and am getting lots of great work done&#8230;..I&#8217;m so glad it&#8217;s the weekend!&#160; Methinks I deserve this break and so do you.
But I digress.&#160;  
Today&#8217;s topic relates to managing your brand.&#160; As you [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img width="201" height="251" border="0" align="left" alt="ABCs" src="http://www.askowlbert.com/images/abc.jpg" />Morning!</p>
<p>And how is life treating you today?&nbsp; Over here in LingLand, I&#8217;ve finally recovered from my bout of food poisoning (yay!) and am getting lots of great work done&#8230;..I&#8217;m so glad it&#8217;s the weekend!&nbsp; Methinks I deserve this break and so do you.</p>
<p>But I digress.&nbsp; <img src='http://www.own-business.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Today&#8217;s topic relates to managing your brand.&nbsp; As you might know, I own the site <a href="http://www.fabfitmom.com" target="_blank"><b>Fab Fit Mom</b></a> and wrote a book about how I lost 50 pounds.&nbsp; Like any smart entrepreneur, I set up a Google alert to notify me whenever my site was discussed (ie, fabfitmom).</p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;"><span style="font-size: larger;"><i><b>Imagine my surprise when a few days ago, I found that someone is using Fab Fit Mom for their Wordpress blog!</b></i></span></p>
<p>Surprised the <span id="more-463"></span> heck out of me, let me tell you.&nbsp;</p>
<p>So&#8230;..I immediately registered BarbaraLing.wordpress.com .</p>
<p>And what about you?</p>
<p>Do YOU have a title or handle or what have you that can be registered at a social networking/blogging site?&nbsp; If so, be smart and grab</p>
<ul>
<li>YOURTAG.wordpress.com</li>
<li>YOURTAG.blogger.com</li>
<li>etc.</li>
</ul>
<p>It just makes good business sense.</p>
<p>Enjoy,</p>
<p>Barbara</p>
<p>ps - speaking about Wordpress, if you want to power up your own blog with super-nifty Web 2.0, goodies, check out <a href="http://ewp.barbaraling.com" target="_blank"><b>Expert Wordpress here</b></a> - it&#8217;s beyond awesome.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re reading this post, chances are, you found it from:
How I can make $385,293 in 3 Measly Minutes
over at my Personal Development blog.&#160; If not, please do click above, read the article, and then return here.
Back?&#160;
Excellent!&#160;
Let me now tell you a small story&#8230;and intrigue you by revealing some secrets you&#8217;ve already learned.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img width="198" height="318" border="0" align="left" alt="Dream" src="/images/hat.gif" />If you&#8217;re reading this post, chances are, you found it from:</p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;"><a href="http://www.barbaraling.com/insights/385293-3-measly-minutes"><span style="font-size: larger;"><i><b>How I can make $385,293 in 3 Measly Minutes</b></i></span></a></p>
<p>over at my <a href="http://www.barbaraling.com" target="_blank"><b>Personal Development blog</b></a>.&nbsp; If not, please do click above, read the article, and then return here.</p>
<p>Back?&nbsp;</p>
<p>Excellent!&nbsp;</p>
<blockquote><p><span style="font-size: larger;"><i><b>Let me now tell you a small story&#8230;and intrigue you by revealing some secrets you&#8217;ve already learned.</b></i></span></p></blockquote>
<p>You see, this morning I received <a href="http://web20.barbaraling.com" target="_blank"><b>Alex Sysoef&#8217;s</b></a> excellent newsletter.&nbsp; The main focus was upon the art of headlines, to wit:  <span id="more-452"></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;"><i>&#8230;.In all my communications I take a pride in presenting information I personally test, verify and present in an easy to follow format. I believe that in providing a true value and not some regurgitated hearsay.</p>
<p>In this short email I want to present you with a link to a post on my blog, which proves beyond any doubt what is the most important part of your blog</i><a href="http://www.howtospoter.com/web-20/blogging-web-20/how-headlines-kill-your-blog" target="_blank"><i><b>&#8230;.MORE&#8230;.</b></i></a></p>
<p>It&#8217;s a super read - I do encourage you to swing on by it and really understand the points he makes.&nbsp; Alex is one of my favorite Web 2.0 developers; the man is utterly brilliant when it comes to <a href="http://ewp.barbaraling.com" target="_blank"><b>utilizing Web 2.0 components in one&#8217;s blog to build up the profitability</b></a>.</p>
<blockquote><p><span style="font-size: larger;"><i><b>Anywhos, the main focus dealt with hypey headlines.&nbsp; </b></i></span></p></blockquote>
<p>So I decided to see just how far I could push the envelope and compel my readers to shun their &quot;little voice&quot; that was probably screaming in their ear, this is a SCAM!</p>
<p>Hence my <i><b><a href="http://www.barbaraling.com/insights/385293-3-measly-minutes"><span style="font-size: larger;"><i><b>How I can make $385,293 in 3 Measly Minutes</b></i></span></a> </b></i>post.</p>
<p>Let&#8217;s now go over it point by point so you can see just how I manipulated your emotions&#8230;and how you can arm yourself with that knowledge to prevent being scammed in the future.</p>
<p>Take a look at the first blurb:</p>
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<p style="margin-left: 40px;"><i>It&#8217;s soooo easy, you can do it yourself in the comfort of your very own home!&nbsp; Yes indeed, if you can:</i></p>
<p style="margin-left: 80px;"><span style="font-size: larger;"><i><b>Spare the <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">3 measly minutes required to take your dreams</span> to the next level and rejoice in dreaming about your soon-to-be-a-reality beach-front mansion, complete with bronzed beach boys flexing their deltoids at your every whim (or for you manly men out there, stocked full of perky beach bunnies whose, ahem, attributes defy gravity)!</b></i></span></p>
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<p>First, I talk about &quot;<b>the comfort of your own home</b>.&quot;&nbsp; Immediately, what did you think?&nbsp;</p>
<p>If I were a betting woman, I&#8217;d say:</p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;"><span style="font-size: larger;"><i><b>Ooooo, comfort!&nbsp; Home!&nbsp; I don&#8217;t have to exert myself much!</b></i></span></p>
<p>Those words were used in a calculated fashon - I wanted to start lulling your defenses down down down.</p>
<p>Next, notice:</p>
<p>&quot;<span style="font-size: larger;"><i><b>Spare the 3 measly minutes required to take your </b></i></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><i><b>dreams</b></i></span></span></span><span style="font-size: larger;"><i><b> to the next level and rejoice in dreaming about your soon-to-be-a-reality&quot;</b></i></span></p>
<p>I don&#8217;t know about you, but my dreams, once engaged, take &#8216;way less than 3 minutes&#8230;heck, I can fantasize about what I DON&#8217;T have for hours and hours!</p>
<p>That was the purpose of that sentence.</p>
<p>Let&#8217;s now tackle:</p>
<hr />
<p style="margin-left: 40px;"><i>I will show you concrete and tangible PROOF that your <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><b><span style="font-size: large;">desires</span></b></span> are NOT outside of your reach!</i></p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;">Indeed, <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>don&#8217;t you think you deserve </i></b></span></span><i>the opportunity to revel in complete and total financial freedom</i>?</p>
<hr />
<p><b>I sure talk a great show, don&#8217;t I?</b>&nbsp; I am promising that I will SHOW you&#8230;but you&#8217;ll notice, there wasn&#8217;t anything at all remotely that resembled &quot;<i>concrete and tangible PROOF</i>&quot; in that posting.</p>
<p>And of course I deserve the opportunity for complete financial freedom&#8230;what I am, as a reader, going to think instead?&nbsp; &quot;Golly no, I don&#8217;t deserve anything useful in my life!&quot;</p>
<p>Again&#8230;instead of writing outright lies in my copy, I&#8217;m allowing you to let your mind run wild with future possibilities.&nbsp; After all <b>(and stay with me here, this is important)</b>:</p>
<blockquote><p><span style="font-size: larger;"><i><b>I&#8217;m not responsible for the way you choose to think!</b></i></span></p></blockquote>
<p>Scamsters LIVE by this particular creed.&nbsp; They really do!&nbsp; They sow the seeds of &quot;selling the dream&quot; and count on your emotions (NOT your logic) to compel you to start actually considering spending the money.</p>
<p>My next selling-the-dream sentence was:</p>
<hr />
<p style="margin-left: 40px;"><i>Can you <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>imagine how wondrous life will be</b></span></span> once you are privy to my closely-held money-making secrets that deliver to me untold realms of the exciting jet-setting life?</i></p>
<hr />
<p>See?&nbsp; I&#8217;m not doing anything except compelling you to IMAGINE how life could be.&nbsp; And see that &quot;closely-held money-making secrets&quot; phrase?&nbsp; &quot;Closely-held&quot; implies <i>&quot;not many people know about it!&nbsp; Jeepers self, I&#8217;ll be special because I&#8217;ll be one of the few people who DOOOOOO!&quot;</i></p>
<p>And &quot;&#8230;<i>deliver to me untold realms of the exciting jet-setting life?&quot;&nbsp; </i>That sentence really has no meaning now, does it?&nbsp;</p>
<p>Think about it.&nbsp;</p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;"><span style="font-size: larger;"><i><b>&quot;Untold realms of the exciting jet-setting life?&quot; </b></i></span></p>
<p>But it sure sounds exciting, doesn&#8217;t it?&nbsp; <img src='http://www.own-business.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>After writing that, I realized I had to soon awaken my kids to get them ready for the day, so I was ready to start closing the post.&nbsp; Now was the time I had to thoroughly silence your little voice and get your emotions hot and heavy!&nbsp; Hence:</p>
<hr />
<p style="margin-left: 40px;"><i>Now, let me ask you just what would such a treasure-trove of how-to knowledge would be worth to you?&nbsp; <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: larger;"><b>Forget about laying out your typical small business investment of $50K!</b></span></span>&nbsp; No indeed; instead, because I want this secret information to help as many aspiring entrepreneurs as possible, <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: larger;"><b>I&#8217;m going to slash off 45K </b></span></span>(that&#8217;s 45 Thousand Dollars, think of what you can do with those savings!) and allow you to gain the secret access to this material for ONLY $4,995.00.</i></p>
<hr />
<p>The above is so absurd it defies common sense (which is good, because that was my goal!).&nbsp; I started throwing out numbers like &quot;50K&quot; and phrases like &quot;small business investment&quot;, thus thoroughly comparing apples and trumpet-playing cement blocks.</p>
<p>While a small business investment MIGHT cost in the 10s of thousands, when you go that route, you&#8217;re dealing with brick and mortar companies, lawyers, rent, etc.&nbsp;</p>
<blockquote><p><i><span style="font-size: larger;"><b>You&#8217;re NOT considering buying a dream.</b></span></i></p></blockquote>
<p>See the difference?</p>
<p>I came up with those numbers after reading a negative review of <a target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&amp;location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FAmway-Motivational-Organizations-Behind-Mirrors%2Fdp%2F0967107024%3Fie%3DUTF8%26s%3Dbooks%26qid%3D1219315423%26sr%3D8-1&amp;tag=virtualcoach-20&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325"><b>Amway Motivational Organizations: Behind the Smoke and Mirrors</b></a>.&nbsp; To wit:</p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;"><i>&#8230;Let&#8217;s go further. Let&#8217;s say a person fails in this business. After five full years, the person didn&#8217;t make one red cent- I mean nothin&#8217;, didn&#8217;t sponsor anyone, didn&#8217;t sell one product- but spent $1,000 per month on &#8216;the system&#8217;(way, way more than a person would spend) Guess what my math loving friends? <b>That&#8217;s $60K. Businesses start up for a whole lot more than that - and they fail. </b>They fail with quarter million dollar loans attached to primary residences, people. There are bigger risks out there than not selling enough toothpaste and laundry soap! Nobody comes and takes away your house and car because you didn&#8217;t sponsor enough people. You quit. You walk away. You move on!&#8230;.</i></p>
<p><b>Can you believe the comparison?</b>&nbsp; (<i>If you&#8217;re currently being scammed by MLMs, btw, do yourself a favor and visit the </i><a target="_blank" href="http://Let's go further. Let's say a person fails in this business. After five full years, the person didn't make one red cent- I mean nothin', didn't sponsor anyone, didn't sell one product- but spent $1,000 per month on 'the system'(way, way more than a person would spend) Guess what my math loving friends? That's $60K. Businesses start up for a whole lot more than that - and they fail. They fail with quarter million dollar loans attached to primary residences, people. There are bigger risks out there than not selling enough toothpaste and laundry soap! Nobody comes and takes away your house and car because you didn't sponsor enough people. You quit. You walk away. You move on!"><i><b>MLM Survivors Club</b></i></a><i> - absolutely superb de-programming information can be found there</i>).</p>
<p>But people buy it.&nbsp; Sigh.</p>
<p>Anywhos, back to my copy.&nbsp; Notice this selection:</p>
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<p style="margin-left: 40px;"><i>I&#8217;m going to <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: larger;"><b>slash off 45K</b></span></span> (that&#8217;s 45 Thousand Dollars<b><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: larger;">, think of what you can do</span></span></b> with those savings!)</i></p>
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<p>See?&nbsp; You&#8217;re thinking that you&#8217;re SAVING 45K when in reality:</p>
<blockquote><p><span style="font-size: larger;"><i><b>YOU will put ME in the position to STEAL $5,000 from you.</b></i></span></p></blockquote>
<p>Not good for you at all, eh?</p>
<p>And finally, I close with the self-affirming message:</p>
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<p style="margin-left: 40px;"><i>YES Barbara!&nbsp; <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: larger;"><b>I want to live a life completely free of financial worries!&nbsp;</b></span></span> I WANT to spend my life lounging on white sand beaches with nary a care in the world!</p>
<p></i><b><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: larger;"><i>I want to CLICK HERE and make my dreams come true!</i></span></span></b></p>
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<p>You are getting sleepy&#8230;.sleepy&#8230;.you want to get something for nothing&#8230;.nothing&#8230;&#8230;</p>
<blockquote><p><span style="font-size: larger;"><b><i>See what I mean?&nbsp; Read my </i></b></span><i><b><i><a href="http://www.barbaraling.com/insights/385293-3-measly-minutes"><span style="font-size: larger;">How I can make $385,293 in 3 Measly Minutes</span></a></i></b></i><span style="font-size: larger;"><b><i><i> </i>post again, but this time, be alert to all the marketing tricks I employed to side-step your common sense and engage your emotional responses instead.</i></b></span></p></blockquote>
<p>Scary, isn&#8217;t it?</p>
<p>I think so.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Want more resources about how to avoid falling into the trap of buying the dream?&nbsp; Consider:</p>
<ul>
<li><a target="_blank" href="http://quixtarisacultintervention.blogspot.com/2008/07/deceit-on-parade-what-newbie-quixtar.html">Deceit on Parade: What the Newbie Quixtar Recruit Should Know</a></li>
<li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.barbaraling.com/insights/how-to-analyze-a-blog-product-marketing-offer/">How to analyze a blog product marketing offer</a><b><font face="verdana,arial"><font color="#616161"><font size="-1"><br />
    </font></font></font></b></li>
<li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.barbaraling.com/entrepreneur-articles.html">Let&#8217;s Blow Away The Smoke And Uncover The Mirrors, Shall We?</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.mlm-thetruth.com/whistleblower.htm" target="_blank">NU SKIN ATTEMPTS TO DISCREDIT ITS WHISTLEBLOWER</a></li>
<li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.netbusinessblog.com/real-world-businesses-and-the-make-money-scam/">Real World Businesses and the Make Money SCAM!</a></li>
<li><a target="_blank" href="http://lukehimself.net/?p=135">The Amway Scam</a></li>
</ul>
<p><b>Remember, it&#8217;s your responsibility as a consumer to research as much as possible before you commit any sort of money to any sort of enterprise!&nbsp;</b> You should take advantage of targeted niche forums and see what others write about a product or opportunity and you should tap into your own social network for commentary and experiences and the like.&nbsp; Trust me&#8230;your pocketbook will thank you for it.</p>
<p>Enjoy!</p>
<p>Barbara Ling</p>
<p>ps - want to know what I think is a great way to make money online, especially if you already have a vibrant site or blog?&nbsp; <a href="http://www.own-business.com/blog/amazon-affiliate-profits/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: larger;"><b>Walk your way over here</b></span></a>!</p>
<p>and here are examples of popular Make Money items as well:</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.own-business.com/cgi-bin/MoreInfo.cgi?link=eby&#038;item=230307140638&#038;site=www.own-business.com"><img src="http://thumbs2.ebaystatic.com/pict/2303071406388080_2.jpg"></a></p>
<p>
<a href="http://www.own-business.com/cgi-bin/MoreInfo.cgi?link=eby&#038;item=270326600397&#038;site=www.own-business.com"><img src="http://thumbs1.ebaystatic.com/pict/2703266003978080_1.jpg"></a></p>
<p>
<a href="http://www.own-business.com/cgi-bin/MoreInfo.cgi?link=eby&#038;item=120358254189&#038;site=www.own-business.com"><img src="http://thumbs1.ebaystatic.com/pict/1203582541898080_1.jpg"></a><br />
<a href="http://www.own-business.com/cgi-bin/MoreInfo.cgi?link=eby&#038;item=120358254189&#038;site=www.own-business.com"><b>Ebay Auction Secrets Make Money Online Master Course</b></a></p>
<p>
<a href="http://www.own-business.com/cgi-bin/MoreInfo.cgi?link=eby&#038;item=120358503813&#038;site=www.own-business.com"><img src="http://thumbs1.ebaystatic.com/pict/1203585038138080_1.jpg"></a><br />
<a href="http://www.own-business.com/cgi-bin/MoreInfo.cgi?link=eby&#038;item=120358503813&#038;site=www.own-business.com"><b>MAKE MONEY ON EBAY WITHOUT SELLING ANYTHING! eBOOK CD</b></a></p>
<p>
<a href="http://www.own-business.com/cgi-bin/MoreInfo.cgi?link=eby&#038;item=310114037019&#038;site=www.own-business.com"><img src="http://thumbs1.ebaystatic.com/pict/3101140370198080_1.jpg"></a><br />
<a href="http://www.own-business.com/cgi-bin/MoreInfo.cgi?link=eby&#038;item=310114037019&#038;site=www.own-business.com"><b>RESELL RIGHT Make Money at Home W Commission Circulars</b></a></p>
<p>
<a href="http://www.own-business.com/cgi-bin/MoreInfo.cgi?link=eby&#038;item=360121359533&#038;site=www.own-business.com"><img src="http://thumbs3.ebaystatic.com/pict/3601213595338080_1.jpg"></a><br />
<a href="http://www.own-business.com/cgi-bin/MoreInfo.cgi?link=eby&#038;item=360121359533&#038;site=www.own-business.com"><b>CRAIGSLIST EXPOSED HOW TO MAKE HUGE SUMS OF MONEY FAST</b></a></p>
<p>
<a href="http://www.own-business.com/cgi-bin/MoreInfo.cgi?link=eby&#038;item=250348310108&#038;site=www.own-business.com"><img src="http://thumbs3.ebaystatic.com/pict/2503483101088080_1.jpg"></a></p>
<p>
<a href="http://www.own-business.com/cgi-bin/MoreInfo.cgi?link=eby&#038;item=380095223139&#038;site=www.own-business.com"><img src="http://thumbs1.ebaystatic.com/pict/3800952231398080_1.jpg"></a><br />
<a href="http://www.own-business.com/cgi-bin/MoreInfo.cgi?link=eby&#038;item=380095223139&#038;site=www.own-business.com"><b>WORK FROM HOME SELL ON EBAY HOW TO MAKE MONEY SELLING!</b></a></p>
<p>
<a href="http://www.own-business.com/cgi-bin/MoreInfo.cgi?link=eby&#038;item=200294209186&#038;site=www.own-business.com"><img src="http://thumbs2.ebaystatic.com/pict/2002942091868080_1.jpg"></a></p>
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		<title>The ULTIMATE Best copy for newsletter signups is….</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:30:09 +0000</pubDate>
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If you&#8217;re a savvy online entrepreneur or blogger, you KNOW that building your list via a newsletter or RSS subscription is simply brilliant common sense.
Why, I hear you ask?
Because by building up your newsletter and RSS subscribers, you&#8217;re actively building your list.&#160;
The more people who opt in to receive your brilliant insights, the more opportunities [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img width="209" height="167" border="0" align="left" alt="Free!" src="/images/free2.jpg" />Morning!</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re a savvy online entrepreneur or blogger, you KNOW that building your list via a newsletter or RSS subscription is simply brilliant common sense.</p>
<p>Why, I hear you ask?</p>
<blockquote><p><span style="font-size: larger;"><i><b>Because by building up your newsletter and RSS subscribers, you&#8217;re actively building your list.&nbsp;</b></i></span></p></blockquote>
<p>The more people who opt in to receive your brilliant insights, the more opportunities you have to share your wisdom, your ideas, your affiliate links and the like.&nbsp; And that of course is a Very Good Thing Indeed! <span id="more-438"></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;"><span style="font-size: larger;"><i><b>So.&nbsp; Let me now lean back, assume a thoughtful expression and ask you, </b></i></span><span style="font-size: larger;"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.barbaraling.com/insights/parents-bill-of-rights-are-you-treated-like-dirt/"><i><b>why are children so bound, set and determined to take their parents for granted</b></i></a><i><b>?</b></i></span></p>
<p>No no no, whoops, wrong blog!&nbsp;</p>
<p>Let me ask you, what kind of compelling copy do you have on your blog that will intrigue and entrance people enough to say, Jeepers self, I HAVE to get on the mailing list!!</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s one of my favorites - check this out below.</p>
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<p style="margin-left: 40px;"><a href="http://nicky510.com/signup-for-dailydose/" target="_blank"><img width="112" height="109" border="0" align="right" src="http://www.nicky510.com/join12.gif" alt="" /></a><a href="http://nicky510.com/signup-for-dailydose/" target="_blank"><i><span style="font-size: larger;"><b>Why Joining Makes a Real Difference</b></span></i></a></p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;"><i>Knowing that I&#8217;ve got an enthusiastic audience is an absolute thrill.&nbsp; By Joining Nicky510 you&#8217;re letting me know that YOU are a fan.&nbsp; It&#8217;s hard to overstate how much that motivates me.&nbsp; It&#8217;s free and it pumps me up to keep making you laugh.&nbsp; Are you ready to take the plunge?&nbsp; Just click on the blue button and <a href="http://nicky510.com/signup-for-dailydose/" target="_blank">come on board!</a></i><br />
&nbsp;</p>
<hr />
<p>What I really like about the above is the author is stating only the facts - appreciation really makes a world of difference!&nbsp;</p>
<blockquote><p><i><span style="font-size: larger;"><b>As a blogger and entrepreneur, I&#8217;m sure you can relate as well; doesn&#8217;t knowing that people read your words truly make your day?</b></span></i></p></blockquote>
<p>Besides being hysterically funny, the digital photography creations that are shared in the Daily Dose have to be seen to be believed. <b>So I&#8217;m very glad indeed that I clicked on the big blue button above</b>!</p>
<blockquote><p><span style="font-size: larger;"><i><b>How else can you make your signup copy stand out?&nbsp; </b></i></span></p></blockquote>
<p>I myself like using humor!&nbsp; Here&#8217;s a snippet from my newsletter signup page:</p>
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<blockquote>
<p><span style="font-size: larger;"><i><b>So you&rsquo;re pondering upon the wisdom of subscribing to my newsletter, eh?&nbsp; Good for you, signup form is below!<br />
</b></i></span></p>
</blockquote>
<p style="margin-left: 80px;"><i>Joining the other savvy subscribers is, certainly a voluntary action on your part&hellip;.but one that will:</i></p>
<ul>
<li><i><span style="font-size: larger;"><b>Bestow unimaginable joys upon you</b></span> (lots of great tips, <b>special Barbara Ling discounts from other probloggers</b>, <b>developers, authors,</b> etc.)</i></li>
</ul>
<p style="border: 5px ridge red; padding: 5px; text-align: center; margin-left: 80px;"><span style="font-size: larger;"><i><b>Did I mention <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">&gt;&gt;</span> ONLY subscribers <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">&lt;&lt;</span> to my free newsletters get these goodies?</b></i></span></p>
<ul>
<li><i><span style="font-size: larger;"><b>Bring a smile to your face</b></span><b> </b>(life in LingLand is always replete with the cheerfully humorous antics of my 4 angsting kids, 14 jackhammer </i><a target="_blank" href="http://www.twitterbudgie.com/"><i>TwitterBudgies</i></a><i>, 74 cups of coffee that were imbibed, etc.)</i></li>
</ul>
<p style="border: 5px ridge red; padding: 5px; text-align: center; margin-left: 80px;"><span style="font-size: larger;"><i><b> <img class="wp-smiley" alt=":smile:" src="http://www.barbaraling.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" /> Don&rsquo;t your spirits lift when you smile? <img class="wp-smiley" alt=":smile:" src="http://www.barbaraling.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" /> </b></i></span></p>
<ul>
<li><i><span style="font-size: larger;"><b>Give you an added secret edge over your colleagues and network</b></span> (10+ years of making a living online and being known as the person who solves ALL problems (except her own, of course) has taught me something, I&rsquo;ll tell you that!&nbsp; <img class="wp-smiley" alt=":)" src="http://www.barbaraling.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" /> </i></li>
</ul>
<p style="margin-left: 80px;"><i><b>But is that all, I hear you ask?</b>&nbsp;</i></p>
<blockquote>
<p><span style="font-size: larger;"><i><b><a href="http://www.barbaraling.com/newsletter/" target="_blank">Of course not, wondrous reader, you hear me respond</a>!&#8230;</b></i></span></p>
</blockquote>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<hr />
<p>Everybody has their own special blogging voice they can use to make their site come alive&#8230;.you simply have to give yourself permission to sing your own song and truly understand what excellent benefits readers will get should they sign up for your newsletter.</p>
<p><b>Want resources to make your newsletter stand out?</b>&nbsp; I recently wrote:</p>
<p><span style="font-size: larger;"><b><a href="http://www.barbaraling.com/insights/add-newsletter-to-blog-right-way/"><b><img width="209" height="270" border="0" align="left" alt="Newsletter Secrets" src="/images/snbmed.gif" />No Hype, Just What Works - Secrets To Adding a Newsletter To Your Blog The RIGHT Way&hellip;The FIRST Time</b></a></b></span></p>
<p>which will really help you flatten your learning curve bigtime.</p>
<p>In closing, including a newsletter and increasing your reach among your readers is one of the smartest things you as a blogger or entrepreneur can do.&nbsp; Don&#8217;t let the opportunity get away from you.</p>
<p>Enjoy,</p>
<p>Barbara</p>
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		<title>Must-have easy tool for Amazon affiliate profits</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:01:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Morning!
Have you ever wanted to have a super world-class store built out of your Amazon.com affiliate ID?
I know I sure do!&#160; And after some searching around, I came up with
AOM
a software that&#8217;s sooo easy to use&#8230;it took me less than 5 minutes to build my:
RISE Recruiters Store
(like all good entrepreneurs in the MMO market, I [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a target="_blank" href="/seeaom.php"><img width="369" height="303" border="0" align="left" alt="AOM Store" src="/images/aom.jpg" /></a>Morning!</p>
<p>Have you ever wanted to have a super world-class store built out of your Amazon.com affiliate ID?</p>
<p>I know I sure do!&nbsp; And after some searching around, I came up with</p>
<p><a href="/seeaom.php" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: larger;"><b>AOM</b></span></a></p>
<p>a software that&#8217;s sooo easy to use&#8230;it took me less than 5 minutes to build my:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.risetrends.com/home" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: larger;"><b>RISE Recruiters Store</b></span></a></p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;"><i>(like all good entrepreneurs in the MMO market, I don&#8217;t just teach people how to make money - I implement the techniques myself)</i></p>
<p>Check it out above!&nbsp; I was easily able to create <span id="more-433"></span> categories for Smart Phones, PDAs, Skype, Ergonomic office chairs and other business items that recruiters find critical.</p>
<p>Honestly, I cannot say enough good things about this particular software.&nbsp; There&#8217;s two versions, free and pro (I opted for pro so my Amazon ID receives ALL the commissions).&nbsp; <b>Once bought, you can install it on unlimited domains!&nbsp;</b> (and yes, I&#8217;m taking advantage of that too - check out my:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.volvocomments.com/shop.php?c=1" target="_blank">Volvo Store</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.ibuytrumpets.com/shop.php?c=1" target="_blank">Trumpet Store</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.kitchenkeyhole.info/shop.php?c=1" target="_blank">Kitchen Store</a></li>
</ul>
<p>(the above are sample stores I pulled together to showcase how the domains I am selling can be monetized)).</p>
<p>What I really really really like about the product, however, is the way it uses keywords to build your categories.&nbsp; I simply have to think:</p>
<blockquote><p><span style="font-size: larger;"><i><b>&quot;Golly Self, okay, what broad category would my audience be interested in?&quot;</b></i></span></p></blockquote>
<p>Enter in the keyword&#8230;</p>
<p>and WHOMP! &nbsp; - my store is instantly populated.</p>
<p>Obviously&#8230;this is something I highly recommend.&nbsp; Thus, if you&#8217;re in the market for making your site profitable and useful to your visitors, do yourself a favor and check out</p>
<p><b><a href="/seeaom.php" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: larger;"><b>AOM</b></span></a></b></p>
<p>You&#8217;ll be glad you did.</p>
<p>Enjoy,</p>
<p>Barbara Ling</p>
<p>ps - speaking about Amazon goodies, have you seen:</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Please click <a href="http://www.own-business.com/cgi-bin/MoreInfo.cgi?link=eby_u&#038;item=http%3A%2F%2Fsearch.ebay.com%2Fsearch%2Fsearch.dll%3Fquery%3Damazon%20gift&#038;site=www.own-business.com">here</a> to continue your search.
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2008 20:56:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Morning!
And how are things over in your neck of the woods?&#160; Over here in LingLand, life is moving along just peachy-like - I just returned from my dojo where I was shown the *right* way to execute a particular aikido throw (incompetence - thy name is Barbara!) and am now writing my daily blogs.
But I [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img width="283" height="273" border="0" align="left" src="/images/rmanagement.jpg" alt="Reputation Management" />Morning!</p>
<p>And how are things over in your neck of the woods?&nbsp; Over here in LingLand, life is moving along just peachy-like - I just returned from my dojo where I was shown the *right* way to execute a particular aikido throw (incompetence - thy name is Barbara!) and am now writing my daily blogs.</p>
<p>But I digress.&nbsp; <img src='http://www.own-business.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;"><span style="font-size: larger;"><i><b>Today&#8217;s topic deals with &quot;reputation management&quot;, otherwise known as &quot;keeping track of when people try to mangle yours.&quot;&nbsp;</b></i></span></p>
<p>This particular concept became quite near and dear to my heart when I discovered <span id="more-421"></span> a former colleague of mine in the recruiting industry was denigrating me on his blog.&nbsp; I wrote my reactions to that over at <a target="_blank" href="http://www.barbaraling.com/insights/clueless-jerks/"><b>The Law of Pro-action IN Action - When people denigrate you, here&rsquo;s how to respond</b></a>.&nbsp;</p>
<p><b>It brought to mind how important it is to always know how people are discussing you online&#8230;and what to do when negative communications are voiced</b>.&nbsp; There are many techniques you can implement for detection, and many ideas you can explore for resolution.&nbsp; I&#8217;ve gathered my favorite ones below - enjoy!</p>
<h3>Step 1.)&nbsp; Monitor your name/brand online.</h3>
<p>Visit <a target="_blank" href="http://www.google.com/alerts">Google News Alerts</a> and set up an &quot;as it occurs&quot; news alert for ideally all of the following:</p>
<ul>
<li>Your name</li>
<li>Your name in quotes</li>
<li>Your email address</li>
<li>Your social networking handles</li>
<li>Your blog title</li>
<li>Your company name</li>
</ul>
<p>The goal here is to be kept aware of whenever the above items show up ANYWHERE on the Internet in forums, blog postings, etc.&nbsp; The amount of data you&#8217;ll receive can be staggering - I had no idea how my tweets on Twitter propogate via MyBlogLog, FriendFind etc.!</p>
<h3>Step 2.)&nbsp; Monitor your colleague&#8217;s name/brands as well.</h3>
<p>This is simply doing a good deed - you can give your colleagues a headsup whenever negative comments are posted about them.&nbsp; Not too many people know how to monitor their brands online.</p>
<h3>Step 3.)&nbsp; Monitor your competitor&#8217;s name/brands too!</h3>
<p>Okay, this isn&#8217;t reputation management per-se, but hey, you can see where your competitors are talked about and spring to their defense.</p>
<h3>Step 4.)&nbsp; Do Steps 1-3 for Yahoo News and Technorati</h3>
<p>True, it might be overkill, but you can set up news feeds for your name/blog name/etc and include them in your <a target="_blank" href="http://www.google.com/reader/view/">feed reader</a> as well.</p>
<p>See?</p>
<p>Now, let&#8217;s bring this post back to the most important person you can imagine - you!</p>
<p>The perception of your name and brand online can be the difference between profits and zero sales.&nbsp;</p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;"><span style="font-size: larger;"><i><b>Just think how, well, non-optimal it would be if, for example, a negative posting about you showed up in a Google search before your own site did.</b></i></span></p>
<p>Right?</p>
<p>So!&nbsp; I&#8217;m not the only person who is writing about online reputation manglement, of course - you can also check out:</p>
<ul>
<li><a target="_blank" href="http://mashable.com/2007/09/10/online-identity/"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">25+ Ways to Manage Your Online Identity</span></a></li>
<li><a target="_blank" href="http://marketing-expert.blogspot.com/2008/08/reputation-management-made-easy-7.html"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">7 Effective Ways For Managing Your Reputation Online</span></a></li>
<li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.seoptimise.com/blog/2008/07/8-simple-reputation-management-emergency-measures.html"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">8 Simple Reputation Management Emergency Measures</span></a></li>
<li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.sitecreations.com/blog/2008/07/a-damage-control-ballet-deconstructing-a-reputation-event.html"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">A Damage Control Ballet - Deconstructing a Reputation Management Event</span></a></li>
<li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.bizreport.com/2008/07/are_you_prepared_for_an_online_reputation_crisis.html"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Are you prepared for an online reputation crisis?</span></a></li>
<li><a target="_blank" href="http://123socialmedia.com/2008/08/04/corporate-social-media-reputation-eperks-or-ejerks/"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Corporate Social Media Reputation - ePerks or eJerks?</span></a></li>
<li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2008/07/21/glassdoor-what-tour-employees-think-of-you/"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Glassdoor: What Your Employees Think of You</span></a></li>
<li><a target="_blank" href="http://effectiveinternetpresence.com/articles/online-reputation-management-digital-dirt.htm"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">How to Bury Digital Dirt</span></a></li>
<li><a target="_blank" href="http://digitalbiographer.com/2008/07/21/online-reputation-management-i-spy-a-bandwagon/"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">I spy a bandwagon.</span></a></li>
<li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.standingprblog.com/2008/08/14/managing-your-reputation-while-surviving-the-daily-grind/"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Managing Your Reputation While Surviving the Daily Grind</span></a></li>
<li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.practicalecommerce.com/articles/719-Online-Reputation-Management">Monitor what people are saying online about you and your company</a></li>
<li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.reputationdefenderblog.com/2008/08/08/nyc-cop-tackles-biker-video/">NYC Cop Tackles Biker: Video</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.expertsem.com/2008/08/08/online-brand-protection-reputation-management/" target="_blank">Online Brand Protection - Reputation Management - Yet another good reason&hellip;</a></li>
<li><a target="_blank" href="http://chrisabraham.com/2008/07/06/online-reputation-defense-resistance-is-futile/">Online Reputation Defense: Resistance is Futile</a></li>
<li><a target="_blank" href="http://personalbrandingblog.wordpress.com/2008/07/29/online-reputation-management-20-and-our-mobile-future/">Online Reputation Management 2.0 and Our Mobile Future</a></li>
<li><a target="_blank" href="http://online-reputation.axiopole.info/2008/07/27/personal-identity-vs-professional-reputation/">Personal identity vs. Professional reputation</a></li>
<li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.aimclearblog.com/2008/07/08/reputation-crises-managment-8-seo-triage-tips/">Reputation Crises Management: 8 SEO Triage Tips</a></li>
<li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.reputationinstitute.com/knowledge-center/reputations-in-the-news">Reputations in the News</a></li>
<li><a target="_blank" href="http://buzzmarketingfortech.blogspot.com/2008/07/reputation-management-for-new-media.html">Reputation Management for New Media Survey - How ready are you?</a></li>
<li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.softlinesolutions.com/blog/2008/07/15/reputation-management-for-teenagers/">Reputation Management for Teenagers?</a></li>
<li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.entrepreneurs-journey.com/927/reputation-management/">Reputation Management: Starbucks Offers A Simple Lesson In Good Customer Service</a></li>
<li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2008/08/the-reputation-round-table.html">The Reputation Round Table; An Analogy to Explain Reputation Management</a></li>
<li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.trackur.com/">TrackUr</a></li>
<li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.shoemoney.com/2008/05/21/trackur-are-your-ears-tingling-yet/">Trackur - Are Your Ears Tingling Yet?</a></li>
<li><a target="_blank" href="http://silkcharm.blogspot.com/2008/07/reputation-management-in-social.html">Twitter: Reputation Management in Social Networks</a></li>
<li><a target="_blank" href="http://blogs.openforum.com/2008/04/07/business-gets-trashed/">When Your Business Gets Trashed Online</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Remember&#8230;when it comes to online business, you owe it to yourself to watch out for what people say&#8230;and assist your colleagues and friends as well.&nbsp; </p>
<p>I hope the above resources help get you started on your way.</p>
<p>Enjoy,</p>
<p>Barbara Ling</p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img width="318" height="316" border="0" align="left" src="/images/wpreviews.gif" alt="WP reviews" />Morning!</p>
<p>Today I just came across a rather fascinating site called</p>
<h3><a href="http://www.wpreviewsite.com/" target="_blank"><i><span style="font-size: larger;"><b>Word Press Review Site</b></span></i></a></h3>
<p>Now, I have yet to try it out myself, but wow, I do so adore the concept!!&nbsp; </p>
<p>Check out his site <a href="http://www.awardwinninghosts.com/" target="_blank"><b>Award Winning Hosts</b></a>.&nbsp; I&#8217;m pretty certain you&#8217;ve seen similar sites&#8230;but if the plugin performs as promised, wow, what a super way to build a niche review site!&nbsp; It apparently harnesses the power of affiliate programs, the social networking aspect of communities and more.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ll keep you posted on my adventures with it, but in the meantime, do check it out and let me know what you think.</p>
<p>Enjoy,</p>
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