Blitz Ezine #284 ~~ September 2nd , 2008

The Blitz-Promotions News Letter
Issue no. 284, September 2nd , 2008

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Blitz Comments
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Just a reminder below are some links to our "Gas" saving site.

Here is the site -
http://www.gasmileageguide.com/

Here is a free ebook you can download -
http://www.gasmileageguide.com/freepreview.htm

Here is a blog that we update almost every day -
http://www.gasmileageguide.com/gas-savings-blog/

Every day or two we talk some about promotion (as well as fun things too on our blog)
http://smallbizpromo.blogspot.com/

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In this Issue
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- Affiliate Marketing
- Motorcycle Maintenance

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Food for thought
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The beginning of a habit is like an invisible thread, but every time we repeat the act we strengthen the strand, add to it another filament, until it becomes a great cable and binds us irrevocably, thought and act.

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6 Reasons to Have Your Own
Affiliate Marketing Campaign

Ever heard of affiliate programs? These are forms of Internet advertising that rewards the affiliates for driving traffic to the advertiser or for other transactions. The advertiser pays the affiliate to place a link on their website, and the affiliate sends traffic to the advertiser in return. Simply put, it's about paying commissions to people who help you make sales. It's that easy.
NOT.

Affiliate marketing has is highs and lows. It can be draining if you are not informed with up to date information and technical savvy. This article's objective is to convince you of affiliate marketing's benefits.

Here are the following reasons on why web marketers go nuts over affiliate marketing as a form of internet advertisement.

1. Low cost

Many people are frightened of starting a home based business because of the money required upfront. In affiliate marketing, you don't have to invest much to start seeing a return.

2. Inventories not included

Product management fuss could be very stressing. An inventory is not asked to be maintained. The merchant does the maintenance required.

3. Unlimited income through leverage

When you have a paid job, your monthly income mainly relies on whether you go to work or not. With affiliate marketing, your affiliates could all just lead traffic to your site without having to lift a finger after providing them your ad copy and links. Though not every web marketer earns limitless, it still is a fact that all the necessary matters for the advertiser or Internet marketer are all there to be successful.

4. Go global

With affiliate marketing, you get to deal with a worldwide marketplace. All you have to do is develop a specialty product, then prepare the necessary links, sales pages and tools for your affiliates to send traffic to you from anywhere.

5. Low risk

The biggest reason for most internet marketer's enthusiams with affiliate marketing is the tiny risk. For those with a small budget for advertising, affiliate marketing is best way to do it on the cheap.

6. No closing time

With affiliate marketing, your business works every single second of the day while targeting a worldwide market! What could be better than that?

But all of these will be put to waste if you don't have the right niche product and all the other important tools to make it big in affiliate marketing, i.e., well positioned product, good sales copy and automatic product fulfillment process. So better work on this first before ever considering those benefits.

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'Internet Marketing and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance'
by Palyn Peterson

I was just thinking about something I'd like to share with you, and hopefully it'll give you something to think about as well.  I was remembering when I took a motorcycle riding safety class when I was 23 years old.  I had no previous riding experience, aside from a bit of mountain biking with a 21-speed, and I figured it wouldn't be too much different going from that to a motorcycle.  Yes, it gives me slight grin now, too.

Boy was it was crazy, I couldn't have been more wrong!  I imagined myself just climbing on and riding off into the sunset like a pro.  But when the time came and I actually sat on the bike for the first time and rode a few hundred feet, it was quite an eye-opener, to say the least.  I felt like I was 15 years old again, with a driving permit in my wallet and my mom in the passenger seat.  Those familiar emotions were running through me again -- apprehension, confusion, excitement and fear -- only this time I had more life-experience under my belt to better manage them all.

Sure, having driven a manual transmission car for many years did help control the motorcycle, but it was still pretty foreign.  But with time, practice, and making plenty of mistakes, I got pretty good at it.  Eventually, it became second nature.  And even now, after all the experience I've gained, I'm planning on taking an advanced riders safety course.

This reminds me of internet marketing.  Maybe you are just starting your first online business, or maybe you are on to your second or third and are now marketing those.  Where ever you are at, the amount of business experience you have will vary from most everyone else; but here's a fact no matter how long you've been doing it: if you don't practice internet marketing, it will never get any easier. 

Internet marketing is just like learning to ride a motorcycle or drive a car.  Before actually getting into the thick of it, people may tell you "Oh, it's so easy!" or "All you have to know is this, that's it."  Even when you think about the steps and procedures beforehand, you can convince yourself that you have it all planned out and it'll go off without a hitch.  But once you actually do it, you get that much needed reality check.

Internet marketing isn't something you can just "do" and get right the first time around.  Yes, it is important to take advice from professionals you trust and who are where you want to be, and to read their eBooks and what not.  But it is much more important to actually get out there and do it yourself.  Guru's can point they way, but they can't give you experience.  To be successful at internet marketing, it takes focus, concentration, and especially practice. 

Just like using a clutch, you will mess up your marketing.
You may gun it, and offer your customers a product that would've sold better had you waited.  You might pick a product you are not really qualified to market.  Whatever it is, be it headlines, sales copy, product placement -- you will get it wrong some of the time.  But the more you practice marketing, the more you read about people who are doing it correctly and effectively, the more you write and rewrite, the better you will get.

Eventually, you will develop a "sixth-sense" of what is good or bad -- marketing will become second nature to you.

Most people are looking for the easy way out.  That's why "get-rich quick" schemes are selling so well (and ruining it for us legitimate netizens, damn it!).  But those people never reach their ultimate goals, because there is no legitimate, fool-proof quick way -- especially one where you can keep your conscience clean! 

All those who are determined to succeed, who try and try again and do not stop despite all the obstacles in their path -- those are the ones that will succeed, guaranteed.
You can do anything you want in life; no one can stop you but you, and this does include financial independence. 

Ask yourself what you really want out of life.  Would you rather catch the new episode of 'Friends,' or spend time strengthening your sales copy?  It's easy to get distracted, but stick to your guns and re-do it for the tenth time.
Just remember, for every time you get something wrong, you are that much closer to getting it right.

Copyright © by Palyn Peterson

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Palyn Peterson publishes the acclaimed Advanced Internet Marketing News.  A professional newsletter with a refreshing perspective and a strong focus on no-cost techniques. http://www.FutureInternetMarketing.com
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SEO Tips
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A good place to add your link.
http://botw.org/

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Links you can use -
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Avoid flight delays.
http://www.avoiddelays.com/

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Some Fun Links
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A fun game when you want to kill a few minutes (or hours)
http://www.vivalagames.com/play/picto/

Some good information on grillin'
http://www.realsimple.com/realsimple/package/1,21861,1734798,00.html

If you enjoy music then check this out.
http://hypem.com/

Almost every Friday we talk about some fun things we do in our blog. Make sure to check it out.

http://smallbizpromo.blogspot.com/
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Useful links
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A good site if you want some inspiration in working on your goals.
http://zenhabits.net/

Ezine Archives links to all our past issues (well most of them) in one place.

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Next Issues
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Our next issue will be October 7th, 2008

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