Activity Internet Report, Part-Time Internet Marketing

By Bruce Chambers

Before I start on this one, it may be well to remember the saying, "where is the best place to meet the high and mighty high?" hey, at most New Years Eve Parties.

If you want to read a article written by a Internet Guru or English Professor you can stop reading now. If you’re looking for honest Internet Information in plain everyday writing this is for you. Read on, this could save you a bundle and give you enough information to start part time Marketing on the internet.

I found out the hard way that Internet business opportunities are almost never all they're cracked up to be. The only persons who benefit from the opportunities are the people who start the programs and a few friends at the top.

Seen all those ads with images of luxury cars, boats, and house? This is the image of high life you can have if you join a MLM opportunity. If you believe the above I have a beautiful famous bridge in San Francisco I want to sell, cheap, doesn’t wait, today only.

As a newbie to the Internet (joining after years of retirement), with 40 years of successful publishing, printing, business off line, it makes me sick to think people would believe this. Yeh, just join this MLM and in two months you will be building a luxury house next to Bill Gates.

Scams after scam try to make people believe that pyramid selling laws just doesn’t apply to the Internet. Many so-called marketers are not just sneaky, but are out and out liars.

Further, very few offer any sort of resources to help you. To make matters worst, they make you feel like a real "dumbie" by e-mailing you 2 days after joining, wondering why you haven't signed up at the very least 100 members. They make it look like it's your fault you have not yet earned enough to pay for that lot next to Bill Gates.

Their scams have given the Internet a real bad name. Just mention to a friend or work mate about joining or buying something on the Internet. I will bet you 90% will just change the subject or walk away. So many persons got sucked into some of these get rich scams that the average person will not trust the Internet when it comes to buying products, services.

Webmasters who are now on the web work overtime, researching, and building trust, which enables them to sell on the Internet.

They know success does not come overnight. They have to work hard, be persistent, teachable, research. They have to make the effort and a little bit of cash helps.

If you intend on making a living on the Internet start out part time. The failing rate on the Internet is over 94 percent, mostly because they buy into the MLM Marketer that promises all you have to do is join as a paid member.

In your dealings with others, make sure you have proper disclosures as required by law. To be an effective marketer, don't be untruthful, make false, misleading statements. Further remember you are responsible for statements made by the MLM marketer if you are an affiliate selling for them. You too could be charged and fined along with the MLM you are promoting.

To make sure you are following the regulations for advertisements, and other rules and regulations check out the following at FTP.

* The Applicability of FTC Law to Internet Advertising

* Clear and Conspicuous Disclosures in Online Advertisements

* Specific Issues in Applying Certain Rules and Guides to Internet Activities. http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/buspubs/dotcom/index.html

PROTECT YOUR COMPUTER AND MONEY

Here are a few steps you can take to be on the safe side. If your email program has the option to automatically download attachments, make sure it is turned off.

Check and make sure your Anti Virus is up to date.

If you have to open an attachment, save the file to your computer or a disk.

Manually scan the file using up-to-date Anti Virus.

Remember scammers use fake websites, mail redirects. Before sending any money check it out first. Never just click on the URL provided. Type in the URL manually.

If you receive an email with the heading Paypal, Clickbank etc., asking you to confirm your user, password, remember they already have this information and would not be asking you for it.

YOUR INTERNET "BANK" PAYPAL

If you buy or sell on the Internet, you need a secure reliable firm for sending,accepting payments online. Paypal (owed by e bay) is one of the preferred ways of sending or receiving cash online. You are notified within minutes when you pay, buy or send money. Never trust using your cards on the Internet. By the time you get your monthly statement hundreds of dollars could be charged to your account. Play it save. Get a free account with PayPal today! https://www.paypal.com/row/mrb/pal=EMXEHEG6CP2TY

I started as an affiliate but it has a lot of drawbacks. Sure they will supply you with a free website, but then you know there are hundreds all the same. Search engines as a rule will not list affiliate sites.

Further, the URL given to you to promote with are long, ugly, and it’s easy to steal your commission. Any one that may have wanted to join or buy the product your promoting will just cut off your ID code and join. You lose the commission and an affiliate. Plus the biggest draw back is you don't get a list of the persons you promote for the firm.

If you do want to sell a product for a MLM make sure you check them out. Then you need to get the script that will shorten the URL you are given to promote with, or learn how to clone the URL so your commission is not stolen. Join a couple forums, and ask if anyone could give you the script to be able to do either of the above. Most people in forums will help because it also gives them a plug.

What business do you know (other then an Internet MLM) gets you to pay for their advertising and work for free? You're better off to set up your own web site and promote as a reseller or get and sell your own products. This way you can build up your own list.

I hate to admit this but for some reason I got tunnel vision when it came marketing as an affiliate. I learned how to get free hits to my site, got number 1 to 8 listing in MSN, Yahoo, Googl for my key words. in fact have from 2 to 6 listing in each of the top 10 listing for all three of the above search engines. My hits for December were over 2 million, yet because I was selling for MLM’s without cloning my URL,just made enough to cover my expenses.

No person told me everyone could tell I was a newbie and a dummie when they saw my affiliate URL, not cloned. They would cut off the ID number at the end if they were interested in the product I was selling, get the commission that should have been mine, plus what hurt more was I lost an affiliate.

The cost of setting up a web site is minimum. Should you go this route I highly recommend Robyn at: http://www.myfriendlyhost.com. For under $100.00 Robyn can register your domain, built your web site and host it. She is a very honest, helpful person.

No, I have no personal interest in myfriendlyhost, nor do I get any commission from Robyn for listing her site. Without Robyn’s help I would have quit the Internet. She is one of the few persons on the Internet who helped me, without asking for money first.

LIGHTSIDE

Now lets see if we can get you to grin again by checking out some of these great quotes;

"if we let loggers go in and cut down the trees we wouldn't have a problem with forest fires"- George Bush

I only hope our Premier Gordon Campbell does not see this. He is just liable to take Mr. Bush's advice. With all the forest fires we have here in BC, Greenpeace would really see some clearcuts.

"that lowdown scoundrel deserves to be kicked to death by a jackass, and I'm just the one to do it" -A congressional candidate in Texas.

By any chance was Mr Bush ever a candidate in Texas??

My best pick; "if someone has a bad heart, they plug this jack in at night as they go to bed and it will monitor their heart throughout the night. And next morning when they wake up dead, there'll be a record”- Mark S. Fowler, FCC Chairman.

Just goes to prove we all are humans, make mistakes and when it's the other person’s slip-up, enjoy it.

None of the free listings below are mine, nor am I a affiliate of any of the listings. They are listed for your benefit only.

You should also consider selling via ebay. They first started in 1995, and I am sure few people would have believed they would have over 157 million members worldwide today.

Thousands of persons are making a good living today selling on eBay. They give you a lot of support with free information, tools and resources. Really a great way to start on the Internet part-time, as you have control on the hours you want to spend to make it work.

If you’re interested, below you can click on their URL for free Information. A Look at Third Party eBay Tools http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?SolutionsDirectory

A free list of some of the top providers of ebay's, including name buyer's, seller's addresses, plus information on each. http://developer.ebay.com/certifiedprovider/catalog.aspx

Brings you the most popular and highest rating auctions, free. http://auctions.nettop20.com/

If your really interested in Internet Marketing, sign up to a couple free Internet Marketing Newsletter, and Forums. Learn and earn.

Best wishes, and I hope this article is helpful.

Article Source: Bruce Chambers sold his printing, publishing, mail order business and retired in 1980. He came on the Internet in 2003. He researched for 1 year, and then started a free monthly Internet marketing report, plus free monthly recipes, bar mixes, tips newsletters. At present he resells from his website.

You can subscribe to either or both free newsletters by going to his web site. Please visit: http://www.cbestbuys.com