People are making money selling precious and semiprecious Gemstones stones from home. If this is not new information to you; good for you. If you're like me and you are looking for profitable online home based business opportunities listen up.
Gemstones are used in many applications from industrial diamonds to decorative jewelry. Search engine results for the word gemstone return a wide variety of dealers. But if you use Google's keyword tool you find there are several possible subcategories of interest that may turn out to be a great home based business niche.
Over 50 species of minerals can be cut into gemstones for common use. From birthstones, to raw stones there are wide varieties of stone selections.
Amethyst gemstone is a frequently searched keyword phrase that has very little websites competing for it. Something like this would be a great start for niche research.
If you look at some of the websites that sell precious stones, you notice that most try to educate the consumer. Stone saturation, hue, and color are the basics of determining the quality of the stone.
You can find a profitable Internet Marketing niche through advertising or through you're own Gemstone home based business. If you do decide to pursue gemstone, sales as your home based business find out who your competition is. You are no competition for those in the commercial rough cut stone industry. The circle of "seasoned" dealers and jewelers is tight and people have to pay their dues to get in. If you try to compete with seasoned professionals, you will be stressed over how difficult it is to sell stones and even more at how small the profits are.
A great niche for Gemstones would be "custom designed jewelry" with custom cut stones. With the way jewelry has been in the public eye people are always looking for something unique.
Another good niche is one of a kind stones. If you find one of a kinds or limited quantity stones, you can set your price. People that know their stones are less likely to bargain if they know what you have hasn't flooded the market.
Build a reputation for one of a kind jewelry designs and continue to let the industry see your work. If you want to trade commercial rough-cut stones you may want to sell parcels (these too should be stones in limited supply). There are numerous Internet forums strictly for Gemstone dealers and traders. Become a member of as many general and stone specific forums as you can and post daily with your website link in your signature.
Online gemstone dealing is not much different from any other online business in the area of website optimization. You will still need people to visit your website so it would be wise to use as many optimization strategies as possible; one being marketing via articles. Writing 500+ word articles about gemstones and posting them to numerous article directories will over time create backlinks to your website. If your article content is interesting enough (which it will be) it will create traffic to your website. In some cases others will use your article on their website also. With added website traffic you are able to incorporate affiliate sales, pay per click advertisements, etc as well as selling your own product.
Dealing in gemstones is another terrific online business opportunity that over time will generate an income that could allow anyone earn a substantial full or part-time living.
Will is the developer of ServicesAreUs, the website for information on Search Engine Marketing and how it is used to monetize various online business opportunities..
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Targeted E-commerce - Advanced Tips for Get Started With E-commerce
Through this brief article, you are provided with advanced tips for getting started with targeted e-commerce. Equipped with this information, you'll be able to make money through targeted e-commerce, not only today but well in the future.
The first advanced tip that you need to keep in mind when it comes to getting started with targeted e-commerce is the development of an appropriate targeted e-commerce plan. You cannot embark on a e-commerce and effort blindly. Know what you want to do and how it is done. What segment of the population are you targeting? Be sure you meet their needs.
The second advanced tip that you need to keep in mind when it comes to getting started with targeted e-commerce is making use of consultants and specialists. You need to understand the targeted e-commerce can be rather technical in nature. Therefore, you are best served by engaging the services of various professionals who can assist you in your endeavor.
The third advanced tip for getting started with targeted e-commerce is developing a marketing plan to ensure that your efforts are promoted appropriately and well coordinated. Do not undervalue the necessity of an appropriate marketing plan when it comes to embarking on a targeted e-commerce efforts.
Taking these three small steps will help you develop your e-commerce plan. Take some time before you embark on this campaign to understand all the ramifications of your actions. By identifying those markets or those market segments in which you will succeed, you'll be well on your way two increasing your revenues.
The first advanced tip that you need to keep in mind when it comes to getting started with targeted e-commerce is the development of an appropriate targeted e-commerce plan. You cannot embark on a e-commerce and effort blindly. Know what you want to do and how it is done. What segment of the population are you targeting? Be sure you meet their needs.
The second advanced tip that you need to keep in mind when it comes to getting started with targeted e-commerce is making use of consultants and specialists. You need to understand the targeted e-commerce can be rather technical in nature. Therefore, you are best served by engaging the services of various professionals who can assist you in your endeavor.
The third advanced tip for getting started with targeted e-commerce is developing a marketing plan to ensure that your efforts are promoted appropriately and well coordinated. Do not undervalue the necessity of an appropriate marketing plan when it comes to embarking on a targeted e-commerce efforts.
Taking these three small steps will help you develop your e-commerce plan. Take some time before you embark on this campaign to understand all the ramifications of your actions. By identifying those markets or those market segments in which you will succeed, you'll be well on your way two increasing your revenues.
Be Smart - Organise Your Day
If you're running a business from home, whether online or offline, you need to be even more disciplined than if you were commuting to a job elsewhere.
There are so many temptations at home to distract you from work. Family, radio, television and personal or household chores are all things that may take you away from your business tasks. In order that these distractions don't become your whole day, you must organise your time.
Design a schedule for each working week and day, starting at the beginning of the week with a To Do List. If you don't normally work at the weekend, perhaps you could get a head start on the week by just jotting down things you need to do as you think of them. If you need to hang up the washing, collect the kids from school or go to the dentist, build those activities into your schedule. Depending on the type of business you run, any of the following might form part of your working day, in no particular order:
Correspondence
Accounting
Filling orders
Issuing or paying invoices
Stocktaking
Acquiring or creating stock
Training
Attending meetings
Networking
Encouraging and mentoring teams
Promoting
Business development
Let's take an online business as an example where there are things you will need to do on a daily or weekly basis.
Reading and answering emails: This may include admin emails from any affiliate programs to which you belong, responding to queries from your downline and answering contact messages from your website. In addition to that, you will need to dispose of spam and save important correspondence. Only you know what volume of correspondence you receive, but let's say that you need 30 minutes per day for this activity.
Accounting: In this category, you'll be recording expenditure and income for income tax purposes and also for gauging ROI (return on investment) in terms of advertising. This will probably amount to around 15 minutes daily.
Networking: You may have other networkers, prospects, co-members of an online program or a downline with whom to network. Don't miss out on this important aspect of building your online business. Visiting a forum or an online conference room can be invaluable in branding yourself, making your presence felt online and increasing your opt-in list as well as exchanging news and ideas with like-minded people. 30 minutes a day for this should be about right.
Training: You must never stop learning, so make at least an hour a week to attend an online seminar, read some articles or swat up on your Javascript or html.
Promoting: You need to attract people to your website or affiliate program, so this time should be spent posting advertisements, surfing traffic exchanges, sending mail to safelists or whatever methods you use to publicise your business. This will take another 1 to 2 hours per day.
Business development: This category includes building or improving your website(s), writing articles, compiling your newsletter, checking out the opposition in the same field and looking at your statistics. I hope that you are using a tracker so you will need to check your stats to see which adverts or web pages are doing best. Try split testing a page or advertisement by using a tracker like Hits Connect. Find out what works and what doesn't. Check your Adsense account to find out which is the most effective ad placement and type. Use their Channels to do this and experiment with different placements, types and sizes. This raft of activities can all be time-consuming so allow at least five hours a week. You will also be creating new advertisements and banners plus splash pages for those traffic exchanges.
If you have a major project on the go, like building a whole new website, you may want to make a separate plan specifically for that, breaking it up into management chunks, each of which you can complete in the time that remains each day, once the daily tasks are finished.
If you don't make a plan, you'll end up chasing your tail, wondering what it was you were meant to be doing next. If you do make a plan and find that you have significantly more time allocated to household chores than to working your business, you may want to sit back and think whether you really want to do this. It does take discipline and dedication!
Liz helps newcomers to the world of internet marketing with tools, tips and training from her Liz-e-Biz.com website.
There are so many temptations at home to distract you from work. Family, radio, television and personal or household chores are all things that may take you away from your business tasks. In order that these distractions don't become your whole day, you must organise your time.
Design a schedule for each working week and day, starting at the beginning of the week with a To Do List. If you don't normally work at the weekend, perhaps you could get a head start on the week by just jotting down things you need to do as you think of them. If you need to hang up the washing, collect the kids from school or go to the dentist, build those activities into your schedule. Depending on the type of business you run, any of the following might form part of your working day, in no particular order:
Correspondence
Accounting
Filling orders
Issuing or paying invoices
Stocktaking
Acquiring or creating stock
Training
Attending meetings
Networking
Encouraging and mentoring teams
Promoting
Business development
Let's take an online business as an example where there are things you will need to do on a daily or weekly basis.
Reading and answering emails: This may include admin emails from any affiliate programs to which you belong, responding to queries from your downline and answering contact messages from your website. In addition to that, you will need to dispose of spam and save important correspondence. Only you know what volume of correspondence you receive, but let's say that you need 30 minutes per day for this activity.
Accounting: In this category, you'll be recording expenditure and income for income tax purposes and also for gauging ROI (return on investment) in terms of advertising. This will probably amount to around 15 minutes daily.
Networking: You may have other networkers, prospects, co-members of an online program or a downline with whom to network. Don't miss out on this important aspect of building your online business. Visiting a forum or an online conference room can be invaluable in branding yourself, making your presence felt online and increasing your opt-in list as well as exchanging news and ideas with like-minded people. 30 minutes a day for this should be about right.
Training: You must never stop learning, so make at least an hour a week to attend an online seminar, read some articles or swat up on your Javascript or html.
Promoting: You need to attract people to your website or affiliate program, so this time should be spent posting advertisements, surfing traffic exchanges, sending mail to safelists or whatever methods you use to publicise your business. This will take another 1 to 2 hours per day.
Business development: This category includes building or improving your website(s), writing articles, compiling your newsletter, checking out the opposition in the same field and looking at your statistics. I hope that you are using a tracker so you will need to check your stats to see which adverts or web pages are doing best. Try split testing a page or advertisement by using a tracker like Hits Connect. Find out what works and what doesn't. Check your Adsense account to find out which is the most effective ad placement and type. Use their Channels to do this and experiment with different placements, types and sizes. This raft of activities can all be time-consuming so allow at least five hours a week. You will also be creating new advertisements and banners plus splash pages for those traffic exchanges.
If you have a major project on the go, like building a whole new website, you may want to make a separate plan specifically for that, breaking it up into management chunks, each of which you can complete in the time that remains each day, once the daily tasks are finished.
If you don't make a plan, you'll end up chasing your tail, wondering what it was you were meant to be doing next. If you do make a plan and find that you have significantly more time allocated to household chores than to working your business, you may want to sit back and think whether you really want to do this. It does take discipline and dedication!
Liz helps newcomers to the world of internet marketing with tools, tips and training from her Liz-e-Biz.com website.
What to Look for in a Tracking Tool
Tracking is absolutely essential to online business. Without it, how will you know where your website visitors are coming from? Are they arriving because of your amazingly provocative email campaign, your fantastically interesting article submitted to article directories or through one of your favourite traffic exchanges or from a website with which you have exchanged links? If so, which email, which article, which directory, which traffic exchange, which website?
So, we know that we need a tracking tool but which one do we choose and what are the criteria that are important to you personally when making that choice?
Here are some points to consider:
Cost - This needs to fit within your own business budget. The most fantastic tool, which meets all your needs, may cost $100 a month but if you only have $20 set aside for tracking and you can sign up for something which meets 90% of your criteria, wouldn't that be a better bet?
Campaign Quantity - There is usually a limit to the number of tracking campaigns that you can set up. Do you know how many you need? Don't forget to leave room for expansion.
Campaign Usability - Be sure to use a tracker which gives you the facility to create just one campaign per advertisement which you can use anywhere by putting a different parameter at the end. For example if you want to advertise a splash page in the traffic exchanges, you don't want to have to create a different campaign for each exchange. You need to end up with something like www.myurl.com/ILH (signifying I Love Hits) and www.myurl.com/TS25 (for TS25) and so on.
Your Domain - Some trackers provide a script which means that you can use your own domain name as part of your tracking url. Obviously, this increases the exposure of your domain and makes your tracking urls look more professional than those which just use the tracker company's url.
Rotators - Having a rotator available for split-testing web pages is a great bonus. If you're not sure which of your splash pages is the more attractive or successful for use in the traffic exchanges, you can just upload your rotator url to the exchanges, put your pages for testing into the rotator and check the results. You can change them round whenever you want and experiment with different graphics or text.
Statistics - Not only do you need to know the number of hits to your site or signup page, but you need to know where the hits are coming from, the referring url and preferably the ISP as well. You may also want the facility to trace how many sales conversions you received from each site where you uploaded your advertisement. If you post your advert to six classified ad sites and receive conversions consistently from only three of them, you may not want to bother using the other three.
Other Stats - As well as actual numbers, you may want to know what time of day is most popular for, say, clicking links in emails so that you can despatch your email campaign accordingly. You may want to know the browser type your visitors are using so that you can make sure your pages look great in that browser or you may want to know how many of your hits are unique and how many are from repeat visitors.
Only you can decide whether you want a few or all of the above from your tracking tool, but if you want them all, I recommend Hits Connect.
Liz helps newcomers to the world of internet marketing with tools, tips and training from her Liz-e-Biz.com website.
So, we know that we need a tracking tool but which one do we choose and what are the criteria that are important to you personally when making that choice?
Here are some points to consider:
Cost - This needs to fit within your own business budget. The most fantastic tool, which meets all your needs, may cost $100 a month but if you only have $20 set aside for tracking and you can sign up for something which meets 90% of your criteria, wouldn't that be a better bet?
Campaign Quantity - There is usually a limit to the number of tracking campaigns that you can set up. Do you know how many you need? Don't forget to leave room for expansion.
Campaign Usability - Be sure to use a tracker which gives you the facility to create just one campaign per advertisement which you can use anywhere by putting a different parameter at the end. For example if you want to advertise a splash page in the traffic exchanges, you don't want to have to create a different campaign for each exchange. You need to end up with something like www.myurl.com/ILH (signifying I Love Hits) and www.myurl.com/TS25 (for TS25) and so on.
Your Domain - Some trackers provide a script which means that you can use your own domain name as part of your tracking url. Obviously, this increases the exposure of your domain and makes your tracking urls look more professional than those which just use the tracker company's url.
Rotators - Having a rotator available for split-testing web pages is a great bonus. If you're not sure which of your splash pages is the more attractive or successful for use in the traffic exchanges, you can just upload your rotator url to the exchanges, put your pages for testing into the rotator and check the results. You can change them round whenever you want and experiment with different graphics or text.
Statistics - Not only do you need to know the number of hits to your site or signup page, but you need to know where the hits are coming from, the referring url and preferably the ISP as well. You may also want the facility to trace how many sales conversions you received from each site where you uploaded your advertisement. If you post your advert to six classified ad sites and receive conversions consistently from only three of them, you may not want to bother using the other three.
Other Stats - As well as actual numbers, you may want to know what time of day is most popular for, say, clicking links in emails so that you can despatch your email campaign accordingly. You may want to know the browser type your visitors are using so that you can make sure your pages look great in that browser or you may want to know how many of your hits are unique and how many are from repeat visitors.
Only you can decide whether you want a few or all of the above from your tracking tool, but if you want them all, I recommend Hits Connect.
Liz helps newcomers to the world of internet marketing with tools, tips and training from her Liz-e-Biz.com website.
Get Paid For Taking Online Paid Surveys?
More and more people nowadays are getting interested to get paid for taking online paid surveys. Generally, online paid surveys are conducted by market research companies who would represent one or more businesses which have hired them to handle all the details in relation to surveys. The whole concept of these companies is that they find qualified participants, conduct the survey and then compensate the participants as well as validating and compiling the results provided before reporting these information back to their clients. This allows the companies to plan their product development and launches, while the survey takers get paid for taking online paid surveys.
Before you can get paid for taking online paid surveys, most companies require you to complete a screening questionnaire that may have questions about the job you do, your responsibilities, where you live, if you either own or rent your home and other such information. These questions then help the marketing company to determine if you are really qualified in order to participate in the surveys that they conduct. Any information that you provide to these companies would be for their own companies use and nobody else.
However, you may find there are some companies which do not require you to take part in a screening questionnaire and you will be automatically accepted by them to take part in any online paid surveys in the future. As far as you can see, the whole process is simple enough for anyone hoping to get paid for taking online paid surveys.
Usually once someone has been accepted to participate in the surveys, they would be sent questionnaires pertaining to various products and services that they may use (or that they might use in the future). You will then need to provide them with your opinions on them as well as any experiences that you may have had with them. In some cases you may find that the marketing company will send you a free sample of the product in order for you to use it and then provide them with an honest evaluation of it. Once the job is done, you would then get paid for taking these online paid surveys either in cash or other rewards such as shopping vouchers, dining vouchers and so on.
With some online paid surveys, you may find that they are very short and do not take very long to do, while others may have more questions and so would take a longer time to complete. However, what is important is that when you are answering any of these online survey questionnaires, you are completely honest with your answers so that the survey results can be unbiased and accurate.
As you can see from above, getting paid for taking online paid surveys can be a certainty. Such surveys are pretty easy to participate in and all you really need to know is whether you are able to provide the time in order to complete them honestly and within the time frame that they are required. Anyone who is keen to try out online paid surveys can visit my survey blog for more information.
Davion is a successful online entrepreneur who goes hunting for the hottest income opportunities. Discover where to find the best paying free internet paid surveys at his wildly popular survey blog. You can also find another interesting article on internet paid surveys and start earning some extra cash today.
Before you can get paid for taking online paid surveys, most companies require you to complete a screening questionnaire that may have questions about the job you do, your responsibilities, where you live, if you either own or rent your home and other such information. These questions then help the marketing company to determine if you are really qualified in order to participate in the surveys that they conduct. Any information that you provide to these companies would be for their own companies use and nobody else.
However, you may find there are some companies which do not require you to take part in a screening questionnaire and you will be automatically accepted by them to take part in any online paid surveys in the future. As far as you can see, the whole process is simple enough for anyone hoping to get paid for taking online paid surveys.
Usually once someone has been accepted to participate in the surveys, they would be sent questionnaires pertaining to various products and services that they may use (or that they might use in the future). You will then need to provide them with your opinions on them as well as any experiences that you may have had with them. In some cases you may find that the marketing company will send you a free sample of the product in order for you to use it and then provide them with an honest evaluation of it. Once the job is done, you would then get paid for taking these online paid surveys either in cash or other rewards such as shopping vouchers, dining vouchers and so on.
With some online paid surveys, you may find that they are very short and do not take very long to do, while others may have more questions and so would take a longer time to complete. However, what is important is that when you are answering any of these online survey questionnaires, you are completely honest with your answers so that the survey results can be unbiased and accurate.
As you can see from above, getting paid for taking online paid surveys can be a certainty. Such surveys are pretty easy to participate in and all you really need to know is whether you are able to provide the time in order to complete them honestly and within the time frame that they are required. Anyone who is keen to try out online paid surveys can visit my survey blog for more information.
Davion is a successful online entrepreneur who goes hunting for the hottest income opportunities. Discover where to find the best paying free internet paid surveys at his wildly popular survey blog. You can also find another interesting article on internet paid surveys and start earning some extra cash today.
Getting Website Traffic with Social Bookmarking
The internet has emerged as the most important source of doing business in the recent past. Also, this platform has emerged as the most important platform of communication and information sharing. There are a lot of earning opportunities the internet has created for people who are interested in them. Social book marking is one of such things. Many people are making lots of money through social book marking. In social book marking you collect the information about a particular topic of research. The web sites which carry authentic information about the topic are listed. This ensures that if a person has book marked those websites, the other one carrying out similar kind of research will not need to carry out all the research once again. If you want to make money through social book marking, you can do this by following certain steps.
1. In this kind of work, first of all you need to be sure about what you want to do. You must do the mental work before you start off with the actual research.
2. If you want to make a lot of money through social bookmarking, you need to know the trend of the market.
3. Note the topics which are the favorites of the target market you have in your mind.
4. Start searching for the related sites to socially book mark them.
5. Book mark these sites which you think are the most useful for a person who is trying to carry out the same research.
6. Now you need to promote your work. Tell your target market that you exist.
7. Promote your product now. Try to find those people who are interested in buying your efforts. By taking all these steps you will be able to earn a lot through social book marking.
1. In this kind of work, first of all you need to be sure about what you want to do. You must do the mental work before you start off with the actual research.
2. If you want to make a lot of money through social bookmarking, you need to know the trend of the market.
3. Note the topics which are the favorites of the target market you have in your mind.
4. Start searching for the related sites to socially book mark them.
5. Book mark these sites which you think are the most useful for a person who is trying to carry out the same research.
6. Now you need to promote your work. Tell your target market that you exist.
7. Promote your product now. Try to find those people who are interested in buying your efforts. By taking all these steps you will be able to earn a lot through social book marking.
5 Tips For Getting Traffic To Your Site With Social Bookmarking
Social bookmarking sites are a great way to direct traffic to your website or blog. They've been around for a couple of years, and we're all still trying to figure out ways to use them. There are a few sure-fire ways to use them to direct traffic to your site. Here are some simple tips.
1. Find The Right Social Bookmarking Site For You. Some social bookmarking sites have a little bit of everything, but some are tailored to a certain market. For example, there are quite a few that are tech-oriented. You weight loss website won't get a very high ranking there. Others are oriented toward entertainment, news or sports.
The most popular social bookmarking sites, like del.icio.us and Stumble Upon, are popular partly because they have a bit of everything. The users on these sites are a diverse group, so pretty much any niche will fly.
2. Add Only Quality Content. This may be a no-brainer, but it's something to consider. Social bookmarking sites are driven by human beings. If you post anything useless, irrelevant or dull, your links will be ignored. On some sights, spamming will get you kicked off.
People on social bookmarking sites are looking for stuff that is interesting, useful and a little bit unique. Keep in mind that if nobody is interested in your site, you won't get votes or rankings, and all those links won't get you any traffic. With social bookmarking, random keyword-stuffed content won't work.
3. Choose The Right Tags. Make sure that your content comes up when people are looking for it. You can never have too many tags, and with each different social bookmarking site you may have to experiment to see what works and what doesn't.
Of course, you should also make sure that your content has all the keywords in the right places. But, remember what we said before: No incoherent keyword-stuffed nonsense!
4. Keep Your Website Up-To-Date. These sites like stuff that is new, the newer the better. Social bookmarking works best for blogs and websites that are constantly updating. Users are looking for the latest news. Keep your site fresh and it will keep ranking high on these sites and getting you the traffic you're looking for.
5. Promote Links Other Than Your Own. The key is to be social. Don't just have your own links bookmarked on your site. Look for good, relevant information about your niche from other sites too. This way, your profile becomes a one-stop information center about the topic. This will raise your rankings and establish you as an expert in your chosen field, and you'll see lots more traffic as a result of it.
social bookmarking is still on the rise, with about 75 sites, and it's growing everyday. Why not use social bookmarking to get traffic to your site?
For more information please visit http://www.socialbookmarktraffic.com
1. Find The Right Social Bookmarking Site For You. Some social bookmarking sites have a little bit of everything, but some are tailored to a certain market. For example, there are quite a few that are tech-oriented. You weight loss website won't get a very high ranking there. Others are oriented toward entertainment, news or sports.
The most popular social bookmarking sites, like del.icio.us and Stumble Upon, are popular partly because they have a bit of everything. The users on these sites are a diverse group, so pretty much any niche will fly.
2. Add Only Quality Content. This may be a no-brainer, but it's something to consider. Social bookmarking sites are driven by human beings. If you post anything useless, irrelevant or dull, your links will be ignored. On some sights, spamming will get you kicked off.
People on social bookmarking sites are looking for stuff that is interesting, useful and a little bit unique. Keep in mind that if nobody is interested in your site, you won't get votes or rankings, and all those links won't get you any traffic. With social bookmarking, random keyword-stuffed content won't work.
3. Choose The Right Tags. Make sure that your content comes up when people are looking for it. You can never have too many tags, and with each different social bookmarking site you may have to experiment to see what works and what doesn't.
Of course, you should also make sure that your content has all the keywords in the right places. But, remember what we said before: No incoherent keyword-stuffed nonsense!
4. Keep Your Website Up-To-Date. These sites like stuff that is new, the newer the better. Social bookmarking works best for blogs and websites that are constantly updating. Users are looking for the latest news. Keep your site fresh and it will keep ranking high on these sites and getting you the traffic you're looking for.
5. Promote Links Other Than Your Own. The key is to be social. Don't just have your own links bookmarked on your site. Look for good, relevant information about your niche from other sites too. This way, your profile becomes a one-stop information center about the topic. This will raise your rankings and establish you as an expert in your chosen field, and you'll see lots more traffic as a result of it.
social bookmarking is still on the rise, with about 75 sites, and it's growing everyday. Why not use social bookmarking to get traffic to your site?
For more information please visit http://www.socialbookmarktraffic.com
How Social Bookmarking Came To Be
The rise of the Internet has made social interaction more vivid, in both real and virtual worlds. Before, socializing simply meant going through the standard social circles likes clubs, or thru methods like joining dating networks, or meeting people with the same interests in clubs or other social organizations.
Today, the act of connecting with people who share both your interests and passions could now be done easily thru the World Wide Web. One proven and popular method for people to find useful links, groups and interest networks is thru social bookmarking. The method of social bookmarking is a way for internet users to store, classify, share and search Internet bookmarks.
Once a web user is on a social bookmarking network, the user can store lists of Internet resources which they find useful and personally relevant. The lists he complies can then be within reach by users or patrons of a specific network or website. Other web users with related interests and views can then see the links by category, topic, tags, or even randomly. Social bookmarks also offer specific services unique to a precise subject or format, like books, videos, fashion items, map locations, shoes, etc. can be easily found and located.
The idea of shared online bookmarks came to life as early as April 1996, where the launch of itList.com began. The growth of online bookmark services within three years became more competitive, with bigger, venture-backed companies like Backflip, Blink and others inflowing the market. However, due to the lack of viable models for making profits, a lot of this early social bookmarking firms failed when the dot-com bubble burst.
The ever-increasing popularity of social bookmarking rose in 2005 and 2006, when sites, such as del.icio.us, Simpy, and Furl became popular. Netvouz, Diigo and StumbleUpon then entered the bookmarking field's second wave. Newer Sites like reddit, Digg, Newsvine, BEENclicked, Conbuzz, and the new Netscape portal applied social bookmarking into news items. In 2007, IBM entered the social software fray, and the BBC web site also fashioned social bookmarking links for its news and sport articles.
The escalating popularity and competition of different sites has extended the services offered to offer more than just sharing bookmarks, such as rating, the ability to import and export, add notes, reviews, email links, automatic notification, make comments, get feed subscription, web annotation, create groups and social networks.
The main downside to social bookmarking is that it can also be susceptible to corruption and conspiracy. Moreover, due to its popularity, some users have started using it as a vehicle to use along with search engine optimization to enhance their website's visibility. The more a web page is presented and tagged, the bigger would its chances of being found, and spammers have started bookmarking multiple times the same web page and/or each page of their web site using a lot of popular tags, which has forced developers to constantly improve their security systems to effectively filter spam mail and other abuses.
The major distinctive feature of social bookmark applications, however, is the social nature of their use, and currently there is a bias toward increased transparency in these tools, to prevent abuse. Although bookmark collections are personally created and maintained, they are typically visible to others. A number of user interface elements are configured to allow open browsing of the bookmark space. For example, user names are "clickable" links; clicking on a name reveals the bookmarked collection of that user, and allows a web user to get a full idea of the topics of interest for a particular user, which are also visible to others.
Social Bookmarking - http://conbuzz.com
Today, the act of connecting with people who share both your interests and passions could now be done easily thru the World Wide Web. One proven and popular method for people to find useful links, groups and interest networks is thru social bookmarking. The method of social bookmarking is a way for internet users to store, classify, share and search Internet bookmarks.
Once a web user is on a social bookmarking network, the user can store lists of Internet resources which they find useful and personally relevant. The lists he complies can then be within reach by users or patrons of a specific network or website. Other web users with related interests and views can then see the links by category, topic, tags, or even randomly. Social bookmarks also offer specific services unique to a precise subject or format, like books, videos, fashion items, map locations, shoes, etc. can be easily found and located.
The idea of shared online bookmarks came to life as early as April 1996, where the launch of itList.com began. The growth of online bookmark services within three years became more competitive, with bigger, venture-backed companies like Backflip, Blink and others inflowing the market. However, due to the lack of viable models for making profits, a lot of this early social bookmarking firms failed when the dot-com bubble burst.
The ever-increasing popularity of social bookmarking rose in 2005 and 2006, when sites, such as del.icio.us, Simpy, and Furl became popular. Netvouz, Diigo and StumbleUpon then entered the bookmarking field's second wave. Newer Sites like reddit, Digg, Newsvine, BEENclicked, Conbuzz, and the new Netscape portal applied social bookmarking into news items. In 2007, IBM entered the social software fray, and the BBC web site also fashioned social bookmarking links for its news and sport articles.
The escalating popularity and competition of different sites has extended the services offered to offer more than just sharing bookmarks, such as rating, the ability to import and export, add notes, reviews, email links, automatic notification, make comments, get feed subscription, web annotation, create groups and social networks.
The main downside to social bookmarking is that it can also be susceptible to corruption and conspiracy. Moreover, due to its popularity, some users have started using it as a vehicle to use along with search engine optimization to enhance their website's visibility. The more a web page is presented and tagged, the bigger would its chances of being found, and spammers have started bookmarking multiple times the same web page and/or each page of their web site using a lot of popular tags, which has forced developers to constantly improve their security systems to effectively filter spam mail and other abuses.
The major distinctive feature of social bookmark applications, however, is the social nature of their use, and currently there is a bias toward increased transparency in these tools, to prevent abuse. Although bookmark collections are personally created and maintained, they are typically visible to others. A number of user interface elements are configured to allow open browsing of the bookmark space. For example, user names are "clickable" links; clicking on a name reveals the bookmarked collection of that user, and allows a web user to get a full idea of the topics of interest for a particular user, which are also visible to others.
Social Bookmarking - http://conbuzz.com
Lucrative Social Bookmarking - 7 Key Steps to Make Money With Social Bookmarking
This article you are provided with seven key steps to make money through lucrative social bookmarking. By following the steps, you'll be well on your way to lucrative social bookmarking in no time at all.
One. When it comes to social bookmarking, you will want to identify those websites that can be most beneficial to you.
Two. After identifying these websites, talk to other people about that website who are currently using the site for their social bookmarking.
Three. Your lucrative social bookmarking efforts should be part of an overall, comprehensive marketing plan. The mass marketing strategies in this day and age are those that are comprehensive and coordinated.
Four. When it comes to lucrative social bookmarking, you want to pay attention to what other businesses have done in this regard. While you don't want to copy what another business have done specifically, you can gain some guidance by investigating how they have used social bookmarking.
Five. If you find that your lucrative social bookmarking efforts are not working as you had planned, you will want to evaluate and retool your efforts.
Six. Keep in mind that there are some experts that can give you some basic assistance when it comes to lucrative social bookmarking.
Seven. Finally, when it comes to lucrative social bookmarking, you need to keep in mind that it is not the only solution you will want to use when it comes to your advertising and promotion. It is one tool that can be very helpful, however.
One. When it comes to social bookmarking, you will want to identify those websites that can be most beneficial to you.
Two. After identifying these websites, talk to other people about that website who are currently using the site for their social bookmarking.
Three. Your lucrative social bookmarking efforts should be part of an overall, comprehensive marketing plan. The mass marketing strategies in this day and age are those that are comprehensive and coordinated.
Four. When it comes to lucrative social bookmarking, you want to pay attention to what other businesses have done in this regard. While you don't want to copy what another business have done specifically, you can gain some guidance by investigating how they have used social bookmarking.
Five. If you find that your lucrative social bookmarking efforts are not working as you had planned, you will want to evaluate and retool your efforts.
Six. Keep in mind that there are some experts that can give you some basic assistance when it comes to lucrative social bookmarking.
Seven. Finally, when it comes to lucrative social bookmarking, you need to keep in mind that it is not the only solution you will want to use when it comes to your advertising and promotion. It is one tool that can be very helpful, however.
Lucrative Social Bookmarking - 7 Key Steps to Make Money With Social Bookmarking
This article you are provided with seven key steps to make money through lucrative social bookmarking. By following the steps, you'll be well on your way to lucrative social bookmarking in no time at all.
One. When it comes to social bookmarking, you will want to identify those websites that can be most beneficial to you.
Two. After identifying these websites, talk to other people about that website who are currently using the site for their social bookmarking.
Three. Your lucrative social bookmarking efforts should be part of an overall, comprehensive marketing plan. The mass marketing strategies in this day and age are those that are comprehensive and coordinated.
Four. When it comes to lucrative social bookmarking, you want to pay attention to what other businesses have done in this regard. While you don't want to copy what another business have done specifically, you can gain some guidance by investigating how they have used social bookmarking.
Five. If you find that your lucrative social bookmarking efforts are not working as you had planned, you will want to evaluate and retool your efforts.
Six. Keep in mind that there are some experts that can give you some basic assistance when it comes to lucrative social bookmarking.
Seven. Finally, when it comes to lucrative social bookmarking, you need to keep in mind that it is not the only solution you will want to use when it comes to your advertising and promotion. It is one tool that can be very helpful, however.
One. When it comes to social bookmarking, you will want to identify those websites that can be most beneficial to you.
Two. After identifying these websites, talk to other people about that website who are currently using the site for their social bookmarking.
Three. Your lucrative social bookmarking efforts should be part of an overall, comprehensive marketing plan. The mass marketing strategies in this day and age are those that are comprehensive and coordinated.
Four. When it comes to lucrative social bookmarking, you want to pay attention to what other businesses have done in this regard. While you don't want to copy what another business have done specifically, you can gain some guidance by investigating how they have used social bookmarking.
Five. If you find that your lucrative social bookmarking efforts are not working as you had planned, you will want to evaluate and retool your efforts.
Six. Keep in mind that there are some experts that can give you some basic assistance when it comes to lucrative social bookmarking.
Seven. Finally, when it comes to lucrative social bookmarking, you need to keep in mind that it is not the only solution you will want to use when it comes to your advertising and promotion. It is one tool that can be very helpful, however.
Fast Social Media - 5 Ways to Social Media
The number of web sites is increasing on the web at a very fast pace. If you look at the figures of web sites on the Word Wide Web only 5 years back, you will be astonished to note the progress in these five years. Due to the increased number of web sites in the online world, it is important that you promote your web site in all possible ways. Without proper promotion your web site cannot survive the high level of competition. The internet marketers today are using all possible resources of promoting a web site. Use of social media is also common in this regard these days. Some of the web marketers prefer using the social media over all other kinds of promotional techniques. Social media includes the use of forums, podcasts, blogs, vlogs and other such resources. Social media can be used to promote a web site properly. Some of these media are able to provide fresh content and thus help in the improvement of your page ranking. If you want to go ahead in using social media, you can move forward by following any of these ways.
1. The first and the best way of doing it is to start using the forums on your own web site. Create interesting topics and start discussing captivating ideas in these forums; you will start getting more participants with every new forum.
2. Use blogs to your advantage. You can add lots of information and fresh content every now and then on the blogs which will make it even better for your promotion.
3. Send out pod casts to promote your products.
4. Use of vlogs is also possible in this regard.
5. Pay attention to all the media. Choose the one that suits you the best.
1. The first and the best way of doing it is to start using the forums on your own web site. Create interesting topics and start discussing captivating ideas in these forums; you will start getting more participants with every new forum.
2. Use blogs to your advantage. You can add lots of information and fresh content every now and then on the blogs which will make it even better for your promotion.
3. Send out pod casts to promote your products.
4. Use of vlogs is also possible in this regard.
5. Pay attention to all the media. Choose the one that suits you the best.
What is a Podlet?
A podlet is a small digital media file that can be embedded into one or more podcasts for playback on personal computers or protable media players.
The Podlet Vision
Closely related to the concept of article swapping, podlets are a way for an otherwise single burst of inspiration to be known on the world wide web
Perhaps you wake up in the middle of the night and have a "WOW" experience. You have a great inspiration to create something, you work at it, you push for it, and then it has passed. Once your creativity has expelled itself how do you get it seen, how do you show it to others?
If you start your own blog, this inspiration may be one of the only entries your write. Perhaps it will get noticed by someone, and referenced by others, and it will be popular, but how does it get noticed in the first place? Podlets are a way to put your inspirational idea, joke, funny quotes, or just plain comments into a condensed format. You can think of it almost like article syndication, only with a multimedia (audio/video) twist. You don't have to come up with an amazing idea every day. You just need one or two ideas whenever they come to you. You submit your original creative idea to a centralized place. Podcasters pick up this information, and mold it for their podcast, and viola !
What podlets are not
Podlets are not meant to convey marketing/promotional messages. Although it is recommended that some type of fair attribution be given to the podlet author. Podlets must not be confused with advertising. A podlet should enhance the experience of the podcast listener. It gives an oppertunity for banter, feedback, and interactivity.
Podlet examples
* A trivia question, posed to a podcaster, with pauses for the podcaster to respond and guess the answer and then a response, "were you right?"
* A joke or limmerick inserted between plays of two songs within a podcast
* A short story, perhaps used as a segway between sections of the podcast
* A pre-recorded review of a movie or book as part of a "review" section of an existing podcast
Podlets are not limited to only audio media, and may be used to distribute small videos as well to a wide range of podcasters.
Adding spice to your podcasts?
Just like the right spice can make your meal more tasty, a podlet can help spice up your existing podcast. To get started, simply grab this OPML file which contains a list of podlets to which you can subscribe
Want to add your own podlets?
For more information check out http://www.bwebcentral.com/podlets
Brad Detchevery is an IT Consultant and part time editor of BWebCentral.com a social newspaper with articles written by the readers http://www.bwebcentral.com
The Podlet Vision
Closely related to the concept of article swapping, podlets are a way for an otherwise single burst of inspiration to be known on the world wide web
Perhaps you wake up in the middle of the night and have a "WOW" experience. You have a great inspiration to create something, you work at it, you push for it, and then it has passed. Once your creativity has expelled itself how do you get it seen, how do you show it to others?
If you start your own blog, this inspiration may be one of the only entries your write. Perhaps it will get noticed by someone, and referenced by others, and it will be popular, but how does it get noticed in the first place? Podlets are a way to put your inspirational idea, joke, funny quotes, or just plain comments into a condensed format. You can think of it almost like article syndication, only with a multimedia (audio/video) twist. You don't have to come up with an amazing idea every day. You just need one or two ideas whenever they come to you. You submit your original creative idea to a centralized place. Podcasters pick up this information, and mold it for their podcast, and viola !
What podlets are not
Podlets are not meant to convey marketing/promotional messages. Although it is recommended that some type of fair attribution be given to the podlet author. Podlets must not be confused with advertising. A podlet should enhance the experience of the podcast listener. It gives an oppertunity for banter, feedback, and interactivity.
Podlet examples
* A trivia question, posed to a podcaster, with pauses for the podcaster to respond and guess the answer and then a response, "were you right?"
* A joke or limmerick inserted between plays of two songs within a podcast
* A short story, perhaps used as a segway between sections of the podcast
* A pre-recorded review of a movie or book as part of a "review" section of an existing podcast
Podlets are not limited to only audio media, and may be used to distribute small videos as well to a wide range of podcasters.
Adding spice to your podcasts?
Just like the right spice can make your meal more tasty, a podlet can help spice up your existing podcast. To get started, simply grab this OPML file which contains a list of podlets to which you can subscribe
Want to add your own podlets?
For more information check out http://www.bwebcentral.com/podlets
Brad Detchevery is an IT Consultant and part time editor of BWebCentral.com a social newspaper with articles written by the readers http://www.bwebcentral.com
Corporate Memory and Social Media
When I first worked at Amazon a long time ago, in the high heady days of the bubble, we were all housed in one building on 1st ave near skid row in Seattle. It was a great time to be there, even if the neighborhood was a little sketchy. One of the best aspects of being together in one fairly small building was the rapid learning curve we enjoyed, since the source of all kinds of information was very close at hand.
As we grew, we had to move out to other buildings, as we still did not have a main headquarters large enough to house us all. Micro-cultures and caches of information sprang up in each new building we inhabited. It seemed sometimes like a block away was as good as a continent away.
We poured enormous resources into trying to share knowledge, tips and tricks across sites but the main method was email. It quickly became unwieldy and maybe 1 out of 10 emails really got absorbed by the target audience. We had a home-made knowledge base, with all kinds of information, but no real way to communicate the brand expectations of our rapidly growing customer base. Service took a hit for a while. I’m glad to say those were the bad old days and much, much has been done to smooth out the service experience. Most importantly, I believe Amazon’s online self-help tools are the best around–they’re cohesive and just-enough, without being too much.
But the point here is more about how we share information, corporate memory and culture in times of great change–which for most companies is all the time. There are bigger and smaller waves, of course, but change is what it’s all about.
The problem of sharing knowledge and memory, the “tacit bits,” is what initially drew me to social media like blogs and wikis. I know first hand that the best way to transfer knowledge is to open it up to everyone who has a stake in the end product–in the case above, that means the service delivered to the customer.
The Fast Forward blog has an overview today of companies that are beginning to deploy blogs internally as a way to share experience and knowledge across groups, and gather feedback and new information in exchange. The companies he discusses are using a technology called Awareness, previously known as iUpload. There are other tools out there as well, such as Clearspace from Jive Software. The challenge then becomes: how to harvest the information effectively.
I’m an independent consultant in online customer support strategies, support operations, training and management coaching. With Web 2.0 applications, a new and effective channel for knowledge and information capture and dissemination changes the way we listen to our customers, share best practices, leverage agent “super users” to everyone’s advantege. Social networks better match the chaotic but effective way people actually search for and share information
As we grew, we had to move out to other buildings, as we still did not have a main headquarters large enough to house us all. Micro-cultures and caches of information sprang up in each new building we inhabited. It seemed sometimes like a block away was as good as a continent away.
We poured enormous resources into trying to share knowledge, tips and tricks across sites but the main method was email. It quickly became unwieldy and maybe 1 out of 10 emails really got absorbed by the target audience. We had a home-made knowledge base, with all kinds of information, but no real way to communicate the brand expectations of our rapidly growing customer base. Service took a hit for a while. I’m glad to say those were the bad old days and much, much has been done to smooth out the service experience. Most importantly, I believe Amazon’s online self-help tools are the best around–they’re cohesive and just-enough, without being too much.
But the point here is more about how we share information, corporate memory and culture in times of great change–which for most companies is all the time. There are bigger and smaller waves, of course, but change is what it’s all about.
The problem of sharing knowledge and memory, the “tacit bits,” is what initially drew me to social media like blogs and wikis. I know first hand that the best way to transfer knowledge is to open it up to everyone who has a stake in the end product–in the case above, that means the service delivered to the customer.
The Fast Forward blog has an overview today of companies that are beginning to deploy blogs internally as a way to share experience and knowledge across groups, and gather feedback and new information in exchange. The companies he discusses are using a technology called Awareness, previously known as iUpload. There are other tools out there as well, such as Clearspace from Jive Software. The challenge then becomes: how to harvest the information effectively.
I’m an independent consultant in online customer support strategies, support operations, training and management coaching. With Web 2.0 applications, a new and effective channel for knowledge and information capture and dissemination changes the way we listen to our customers, share best practices, leverage agent “super users” to everyone’s advantege. Social networks better match the chaotic but effective way people actually search for and share information
Productive Social Media - Advanced Ways to Excel At Social Media
If you're interested in advancing your business interest, you will want to consider if a productive social media can be of help to you. Through this article, you are provided with advanced ways to enhance your social media efforts. Then armed with this information, you'll be in a better position to better use productive social media to the benefit of your business enterprise.
First of all, when it comes to productive social media, you will want to make sure that you have access to high quality equipment. Search for the latest technology for the specific social media you are seeking to implement. If you want to be involved in productive social media, you have to make sure that anything that you produce towards that end is professional and good looking.
Second, when it comes to productive social media, get feedback and advice from other business enterprises that has utilized social media in the past. You do not want to take off on a social media campaign blindly.
Third, keep in mind the productive social media needs to be one aspect of an overall, comprehensive marketing campaign. You do not want to rely on just one marketing tool in your efforts to promote your business enterprise. You can use different forms of social media or venture out into something different.
By following the suggestions pertain to productive social media, you'll be well on your way to enhancing the profitability of your business enterprise. Indeed you will be building a foundation on which your business enterprise can grow well into the future.
First of all, when it comes to productive social media, you will want to make sure that you have access to high quality equipment. Search for the latest technology for the specific social media you are seeking to implement. If you want to be involved in productive social media, you have to make sure that anything that you produce towards that end is professional and good looking.
Second, when it comes to productive social media, get feedback and advice from other business enterprises that has utilized social media in the past. You do not want to take off on a social media campaign blindly.
Third, keep in mind the productive social media needs to be one aspect of an overall, comprehensive marketing campaign. You do not want to rely on just one marketing tool in your efforts to promote your business enterprise. You can use different forms of social media or venture out into something different.
By following the suggestions pertain to productive social media, you'll be well on your way to enhancing the profitability of your business enterprise. Indeed you will be building a foundation on which your business enterprise can grow well into the future.
Using Social Media Responsibly
Social media websites remain an interesting mechanism for mining marketing potential.
I came across an ezine recently that encouraged visitors to visit a celebrity social media site for an interview that was particularly compelling. Prior to posting the ezine the owner also posted several appropriate comments in both the blog and guest book. They were also listed as one of the celebrity’s friends.
One click on their photo and the visitor who came to find out more about the celebrity can find out more informal information about the business and the owner that originally sent them.
This savvy business owner comes away from this gentle nudge to a celebrity social media site inextricably linked to the celebrity because of a few simple posts. Some visitors will likely view the site owner in a different light (for better or worse).
The combination of uses for social media sites is astounding. If there were no marketing potential in social media why do you find record labels, book companies, recording artists, authors and comedians with their own unique social media site? Many of these will also include video streaming to further interest the site visitors.
It is a unique twist to discover a link based on little more than inference (i.e. this celebrity is my friend) and the marketing potential such inference suggests.
Social media sites can become a bit like online play areas, but they can also be presented in an attractive way that is informal enough to be inviting without being so formal as to be detract from the playful nature that is suggested by the term ‘social media’.
If you can develop a popular social media site you will be pleased to see how many links visitors access and how often your blogs are replied to.
It may be advisable to at least do a cursory check on any and all that submit a friends request. You don’t have to know everyone who is on your friends list, but there are some good reasons to do a bit of investigating. Some who ask to be your friend may be a business that is in direct competition with you or it could be individuals who have an agenda that may only become evident through guest book posts.
If you ever become uncomfortable with someone you have welcomed as a friend you need to know that most social media sites allow you to remove a person from your friends list and even ban them from posting on your social media page.
This may be important to know if you ever see material that is offensive or derogatory.
Social media can be an important marketing tool. Make sure to monitor your social media site and proceed responsibly.
Scott Lindsay is a web developer and entrepreneur. He is the founder of HighPowerSites and many other web projects. Get your own website online in just 5 minutes with HighPowerSites.com at: http://www.highpowersites.com Start your own ebook business with BooksWealth at: http://www.bookswealth.com
I came across an ezine recently that encouraged visitors to visit a celebrity social media site for an interview that was particularly compelling. Prior to posting the ezine the owner also posted several appropriate comments in both the blog and guest book. They were also listed as one of the celebrity’s friends.
One click on their photo and the visitor who came to find out more about the celebrity can find out more informal information about the business and the owner that originally sent them.
This savvy business owner comes away from this gentle nudge to a celebrity social media site inextricably linked to the celebrity because of a few simple posts. Some visitors will likely view the site owner in a different light (for better or worse).
The combination of uses for social media sites is astounding. If there were no marketing potential in social media why do you find record labels, book companies, recording artists, authors and comedians with their own unique social media site? Many of these will also include video streaming to further interest the site visitors.
It is a unique twist to discover a link based on little more than inference (i.e. this celebrity is my friend) and the marketing potential such inference suggests.
Social media sites can become a bit like online play areas, but they can also be presented in an attractive way that is informal enough to be inviting without being so formal as to be detract from the playful nature that is suggested by the term ‘social media’.
If you can develop a popular social media site you will be pleased to see how many links visitors access and how often your blogs are replied to.
It may be advisable to at least do a cursory check on any and all that submit a friends request. You don’t have to know everyone who is on your friends list, but there are some good reasons to do a bit of investigating. Some who ask to be your friend may be a business that is in direct competition with you or it could be individuals who have an agenda that may only become evident through guest book posts.
If you ever become uncomfortable with someone you have welcomed as a friend you need to know that most social media sites allow you to remove a person from your friends list and even ban them from posting on your social media page.
This may be important to know if you ever see material that is offensive or derogatory.
Social media can be an important marketing tool. Make sure to monitor your social media site and proceed responsibly.
Scott Lindsay is a web developer and entrepreneur. He is the founder of HighPowerSites and many other web projects. Get your own website online in just 5 minutes with HighPowerSites.com at: http://www.highpowersites.com Start your own ebook business with BooksWealth at: http://www.bookswealth.com
Targeted Social Networking - Ways to Create More Money in Social Networking
There are many web sites on the World Wide Web. Some of the web sites are more famous than the others. The web sites which receive the highest web visitors are the highest gross earners of the web each year. This is some thing really important to note. Almost all of the social networking web sites get lots and lots of visits each year. All these web sites have many web visitors and members. As a result almost all of these web sites are included in the top few gross earners of the web.
There is a lot of effort behind this success though. Social networking web sites today act as a coffee lounge or the tea house of the past. Life today is very busy. The internet lounges and social networking web sites today keep you in touch with your friends. Social networking web sites help you in staying in touch with lots of people. Earlier, people used to spend time with their neighbors and friends. Now it is very much probably that you may not find time to see your neighbor, but you may be able to communicate to people who are living thousands of miles away, through social networking web sites.
If you want to create more money through social networking, you need to make sure that your social networking web site has all the state of the art facility. In this regard you need to keep a close look at your competitors. Keep an eye on their activities. Be creative and try to create some new methods of selling your idea. Try to be different and innovative. In this way you will get the attention of more people and will be able to make more money through social networking.
There is a lot of effort behind this success though. Social networking web sites today act as a coffee lounge or the tea house of the past. Life today is very busy. The internet lounges and social networking web sites today keep you in touch with your friends. Social networking web sites help you in staying in touch with lots of people. Earlier, people used to spend time with their neighbors and friends. Now it is very much probably that you may not find time to see your neighbor, but you may be able to communicate to people who are living thousands of miles away, through social networking web sites.
If you want to create more money through social networking, you need to make sure that your social networking web site has all the state of the art facility. In this regard you need to keep a close look at your competitors. Keep an eye on their activities. Be creative and try to create some new methods of selling your idea. Try to be different and innovative. In this way you will get the attention of more people and will be able to make more money through social networking.
The Variations Of Myspace Backgrounds Available
Myspace is the best online community, where a lot of individuals get to interact for free. Through this community, friends are made and there are opportunities to meet many people. So when it comes to a profile, there will be millions of users looking at it. Yes, there are millions of users on this web site. So, the question is whether you want to make yours look any different from the others?
There are two things that will make your profile very attractive. One is the content and the other is the presentation. It is always important to make the appearance of the profile look good, so that people will be impressed with it. The whole idea of a community site is to make friends, so why compromise on that? There is no limit to the number of Myspace backgrounds available.
The themes are large in number, ranging from animated backgrounds to scenic backgrounds. There is a lot of scope with the creativity in this. Almost every theme would have been thought of and every color used. There are plenty of backgrounds that are very simple in theme as well as the colors. These are for the people who do not really indulge in being creative.
Myspace backgrounds will offer services to any kind of individual. Tastes differ, and there could be people interested only in love themes. For these diehard fans of love, there are exciting hearts and love themes available. There are also varieties provided by the backgrounds. Though the themes are all categorized, under the themes there will be various options.
For example, a love background will have various options in the form of colors as well as shapes and sizes. There are graphics used to a large extent as well as simple designs. For nature lovers, there are nature backgrounds and the list goes on. All one has to do is access the Myspace backgrounds web pages and browse through the options.
They are also free to use, and the user only has to enter the code of each background and customize it to their needs. Using Myspace backgrounds is creative, as it will reflect upon your personality. It will speak of the way you are taking interest in the presentation of the profile.
All you need is a couple of hours, where you can go through all the categories listed at http://www.killacodes.com/ and pick the one Myspace Background you think is best.
There are two things that will make your profile very attractive. One is the content and the other is the presentation. It is always important to make the appearance of the profile look good, so that people will be impressed with it. The whole idea of a community site is to make friends, so why compromise on that? There is no limit to the number of Myspace backgrounds available.
The themes are large in number, ranging from animated backgrounds to scenic backgrounds. There is a lot of scope with the creativity in this. Almost every theme would have been thought of and every color used. There are plenty of backgrounds that are very simple in theme as well as the colors. These are for the people who do not really indulge in being creative.
Myspace backgrounds will offer services to any kind of individual. Tastes differ, and there could be people interested only in love themes. For these diehard fans of love, there are exciting hearts and love themes available. There are also varieties provided by the backgrounds. Though the themes are all categorized, under the themes there will be various options.
For example, a love background will have various options in the form of colors as well as shapes and sizes. There are graphics used to a large extent as well as simple designs. For nature lovers, there are nature backgrounds and the list goes on. All one has to do is access the Myspace backgrounds web pages and browse through the options.
They are also free to use, and the user only has to enter the code of each background and customize it to their needs. Using Myspace backgrounds is creative, as it will reflect upon your personality. It will speak of the way you are taking interest in the presentation of the profile.
All you need is a couple of hours, where you can go through all the categories listed at http://www.killacodes.com/ and pick the one Myspace Background you think is best.
What Features Would You Like To See On Myspace Layouts?
Myspace is the most popular online community, with more than five million users registered. The number is growing every day. What makes this site so special that it has the largest number of users? They probably offer the best options in terms of profile settings and various others. With this community, there are many Myspace layouts that the users can choose from.
The Myspace layouts are available for free, and the themes vary, as they will have to cater to the needs of various types of people. The layouts will basically give the profile a very unique look, and will thus allow many visitors to take an interest in that. With the layout, the navigation is easy. At the left hand corner you have the photo gallery.
You can put pictures of yourself and create an album too at this point. Right below that are the contact details, and there is the interest column. No other community has such features, as they are plenty as well as innovative to keep the user occupied all the time. On the right side you would have blogs and also a column to write about yourself.
The right side bottom is dedicated to friends, and a column where friends can leave messages. The user can keep exploring a lot, as there is no way that he should be bored. Layouts are of various types too, and they can be chosen from various web sites. Many of the features are available so that people may get more creative.
The most exciting feature one can access through the Myspace layouts is the forums. This is the place you can meet and discuss with as many people as you want. The layouts provide opportunities for the users to express themselves in many ways with the features. Since they can choose a theme of their choice, they will begin taking more interest in developing the profile through these features.
The features will include everything that is needed for a community site. Since it is all about communication with people, forums and blogs are extremely popular. Through this people can express their thoughts to a great extent. By taking some time to check through the types of layouts available, the presentation of the profile could be more interesting.
Finally, the features of the Myspace Layouts have been planned out very well at http://www.killacodes.com/, and the experience is very unique from the rest.
The Myspace layouts are available for free, and the themes vary, as they will have to cater to the needs of various types of people. The layouts will basically give the profile a very unique look, and will thus allow many visitors to take an interest in that. With the layout, the navigation is easy. At the left hand corner you have the photo gallery.
You can put pictures of yourself and create an album too at this point. Right below that are the contact details, and there is the interest column. No other community has such features, as they are plenty as well as innovative to keep the user occupied all the time. On the right side you would have blogs and also a column to write about yourself.
The right side bottom is dedicated to friends, and a column where friends can leave messages. The user can keep exploring a lot, as there is no way that he should be bored. Layouts are of various types too, and they can be chosen from various web sites. Many of the features are available so that people may get more creative.
The most exciting feature one can access through the Myspace layouts is the forums. This is the place you can meet and discuss with as many people as you want. The layouts provide opportunities for the users to express themselves in many ways with the features. Since they can choose a theme of their choice, they will begin taking more interest in developing the profile through these features.
The features will include everything that is needed for a community site. Since it is all about communication with people, forums and blogs are extremely popular. Through this people can express their thoughts to a great extent. By taking some time to check through the types of layouts available, the presentation of the profile could be more interesting.
Finally, the features of the Myspace Layouts have been planned out very well at http://www.killacodes.com/, and the experience is very unique from the rest.
The Purpose Factors
The emergence of social networks has millions of individuals adopting the medium faster than any other previous technology. Relationships are being formed, millions upon millions of conversations are exchanging, thousands of new applications are being added and every week new networks are being released tempting the masses to join for whatever purpose.
The ingrained hype of networks has individuals flocking to the medium but what seems apparent is that many individuals have yet to clearly define their purpose in a network. How you define your purpose in networks defines your destiny. Your perspective on the purpose influences how you invest your time, what networks you will join, use your talents, and the value you create with your relationships.
The purpose of becoming part of social networks starts with you and your life. If asked how you picture your life in a virtual community what image comes into your mind? That image is a metaphor of your purpose. It’s the view of your life in a virtual community that you hold, consciously or unconsciously, in your mind. It’s your description of how your virtual life works and what you expect from it.
People often express their metaphors through physical world expressions, i.e. cloths, cars, house etc, however in the virtual world your metaphors are expressed through network identities, groups, communications and connections to others. Our image in the virtual world attracts affinities to others with common images thus forming connection points which facilitate relations. Consider how most networks are organized. The segmentation of profile identities is driven by a set of category choices which appear to be location, industry, job titles and affiliations. Subsequently we make decisions on which groups to join, what communities to participate in and what people to connect with. Following these affinities we begin to exchange communications that creates yet another data point which begins to shape the interpretation of an individual purpose. Collectively these data points create a pathway of interpretation as to metaphors which shape our virtual life.
The activities in social networks today provide aggregated data as to purpose definitions for operators and marketers. It is from this data that operators create future value propositions which they make assumptions as to functions and features that will attract the masses, drive traffic and ultimately increase their advertising and/or subscription revenue. It is a science of study aimed at influencing the “swarms” with functions and features that provide return for the operators and markets.
The critical shift which will facilitate the emergence of a relationship economy will be when individuals step back from the hype and define their purpose in using social networks to reach individual objectives that have affinities to economic and social gains. A rational purpose for individuals is one defined around a return on their investment in time spent using social networks for individual purposes.
We must begin to ask ourselves what is our purpose in networking and is our investment in social networks creating appropriate returns?
What say you?
Jay is one of the few really deep-thinkers about both the socio-cultural implications of social networking as well as the practical business application across a range of industries and sizes of business. Jay challenges me to “up my game”.” July 21, 2007 Scott Allen, Coauthor, “The Virtual Handshake: Opening Doors and Closing Deals Online”, TheVirtualHandshake.com
Mr. Deragon is consider one of the leading experts in the emerging market of social networking market. He has studied numerous platforms, features, functions and the markets behavior. His analysis and findings conclude that this space has tremendous potential for individuals, companies and entire industries. There is an art and science to social networking that requires constant learning as the market matures. To read more about my discoveries and findings check out my blog.
Mr. Deragon was previously Chairman of XSVoice, a mobile application company that provided technology for live and on demand audio broadcast to mobile devices. see http://www.relationship-economy.com
The ingrained hype of networks has individuals flocking to the medium but what seems apparent is that many individuals have yet to clearly define their purpose in a network. How you define your purpose in networks defines your destiny. Your perspective on the purpose influences how you invest your time, what networks you will join, use your talents, and the value you create with your relationships.
The purpose of becoming part of social networks starts with you and your life. If asked how you picture your life in a virtual community what image comes into your mind? That image is a metaphor of your purpose. It’s the view of your life in a virtual community that you hold, consciously or unconsciously, in your mind. It’s your description of how your virtual life works and what you expect from it.
People often express their metaphors through physical world expressions, i.e. cloths, cars, house etc, however in the virtual world your metaphors are expressed through network identities, groups, communications and connections to others. Our image in the virtual world attracts affinities to others with common images thus forming connection points which facilitate relations. Consider how most networks are organized. The segmentation of profile identities is driven by a set of category choices which appear to be location, industry, job titles and affiliations. Subsequently we make decisions on which groups to join, what communities to participate in and what people to connect with. Following these affinities we begin to exchange communications that creates yet another data point which begins to shape the interpretation of an individual purpose. Collectively these data points create a pathway of interpretation as to metaphors which shape our virtual life.
The activities in social networks today provide aggregated data as to purpose definitions for operators and marketers. It is from this data that operators create future value propositions which they make assumptions as to functions and features that will attract the masses, drive traffic and ultimately increase their advertising and/or subscription revenue. It is a science of study aimed at influencing the “swarms” with functions and features that provide return for the operators and markets.
The critical shift which will facilitate the emergence of a relationship economy will be when individuals step back from the hype and define their purpose in using social networks to reach individual objectives that have affinities to economic and social gains. A rational purpose for individuals is one defined around a return on their investment in time spent using social networks for individual purposes.
We must begin to ask ourselves what is our purpose in networking and is our investment in social networks creating appropriate returns?
What say you?
Jay is one of the few really deep-thinkers about both the socio-cultural implications of social networking as well as the practical business application across a range of industries and sizes of business. Jay challenges me to “up my game”.” July 21, 2007 Scott Allen, Coauthor, “The Virtual Handshake: Opening Doors and Closing Deals Online”, TheVirtualHandshake.com
Mr. Deragon is consider one of the leading experts in the emerging market of social networking market. He has studied numerous platforms, features, functions and the markets behavior. His analysis and findings conclude that this space has tremendous potential for individuals, companies and entire industries. There is an art and science to social networking that requires constant learning as the market matures. To read more about my discoveries and findings check out my blog.
Mr. Deragon was previously Chairman of XSVoice, a mobile application company that provided technology for live and on demand audio broadcast to mobile devices. see http://www.relationship-economy.com
Building Traffic With Social Networking Sites
Social networking sites are designed for people to let each other know about their blogs, websites, and other projects.
The popularity started with MySpace, which was soon overwhelmed with thousands and thousands of users. It's still a great place to promote your site, but there are others to try, too, such as the new Facebook.
A Site to Promote Every Interest
Then there are the sites specializing in a particular category. If you want to promote your band or your new musical compositions, you could join Buzznet. Bebo is aimed at schools and colleges, and Care2 is all about green living.
Photosharing networking sites include Flickr, Fotolog, and Zooomr. Book people will want to see and be seen on LibraryThing or Shelfari. There are sites for people who have dating websites they need to popularize; XING is a site for business networking; and Sermo is for physicians. There are sites where you can meet others in communications, blogging, online journaling, and all kinds of technology.
How to Join and Work These Sites
I suggest getting involved with two or three sites: one specializing in your niche, and the other a more general site such as StumbleUpon, Technorati, del.icio.us, Squidoo, or Tribe.net.
Keys to bringing in the most traffic to your own personal website:
1) Update your networking site as often as possible. Daily is great.
2) Make your networking space - be it a page, a video, a blog - attractive, creative, original, and professional. (Don't ever post anything without going through Spell Check and proof reading it personally.)
3) Visit the spaces that others have created on the networking site. Leave comments. You never want to trade links, or trade ratings with people - that's against most sites' rules and it's not fair. But honest contact with others on the site is great. In fact, that's what it's all about.
Never join a site that requires payment. The good ones are free.
To join, go to their homepage (Google the name to get their URLs) and register. You'll get a login name and password, and you're ready to go. It's as easy as that. Each site has its own rules and its own tools. Sometimes it takes a little reading to learn how to use their particular tools, but it's well worth it. For instance, to use YouTube you need to know how to shoot a video that views well in that medium.
For tutorials on website building and more articles on commercialization, be sure to check out the do it yourself website design site
Suzann Kale is a technical writer and copy editor. A graduate of Northwestern University, her articles have appeared in national magazines and on the web. She's currently working at http://www.Website-DoItYourself.com, and building her own websites.
The popularity started with MySpace, which was soon overwhelmed with thousands and thousands of users. It's still a great place to promote your site, but there are others to try, too, such as the new Facebook.
A Site to Promote Every Interest
Then there are the sites specializing in a particular category. If you want to promote your band or your new musical compositions, you could join Buzznet. Bebo is aimed at schools and colleges, and Care2 is all about green living.
Photosharing networking sites include Flickr, Fotolog, and Zooomr. Book people will want to see and be seen on LibraryThing or Shelfari. There are sites for people who have dating websites they need to popularize; XING is a site for business networking; and Sermo is for physicians. There are sites where you can meet others in communications, blogging, online journaling, and all kinds of technology.
How to Join and Work These Sites
I suggest getting involved with two or three sites: one specializing in your niche, and the other a more general site such as StumbleUpon, Technorati, del.icio.us, Squidoo, or Tribe.net.
Keys to bringing in the most traffic to your own personal website:
1) Update your networking site as often as possible. Daily is great.
2) Make your networking space - be it a page, a video, a blog - attractive, creative, original, and professional. (Don't ever post anything without going through Spell Check and proof reading it personally.)
3) Visit the spaces that others have created on the networking site. Leave comments. You never want to trade links, or trade ratings with people - that's against most sites' rules and it's not fair. But honest contact with others on the site is great. In fact, that's what it's all about.
Never join a site that requires payment. The good ones are free.
To join, go to their homepage (Google the name to get their URLs) and register. You'll get a login name and password, and you're ready to go. It's as easy as that. Each site has its own rules and its own tools. Sometimes it takes a little reading to learn how to use their particular tools, but it's well worth it. For instance, to use YouTube you need to know how to shoot a video that views well in that medium.
For tutorials on website building and more articles on commercialization, be sure to check out the do it yourself website design site
Suzann Kale is a technical writer and copy editor. A graduate of Northwestern University, her articles have appeared in national magazines and on the web. She's currently working at http://www.Website-DoItYourself.com, and building her own websites.
Profitable Social Networking - 8 Key Ways to Get Started With Social Networking
There are eight key ways to get on the road to profitable social networking. Through this article, you are provided an overview of these eight key ways to profitable social networking.
One. First of all, profitable social networking depends upon your ability to become involved at a popular social networking site. Are you ready to become involved?
Two. In this regard, get feedback and advice from other individuals. Ask your friends and neighbors what they think and are doing.
Three. This next step of profitable social networking is setting up your appropriate and attractive page at a social networking site. You want to attract visitors.
Four. You will want to make sure that your profitable social networking efforts are coordinated with all of your other promotional campaigns. Coordinated marketing is the key to success.
Five. You want to continually review the steps that you've taken in regard to profitable social networking to make sure that they remain effective.
Six. Through your profitable social networking efforts, you will want to develop a relationship with other strategic partners. This can be very beneficial to your efforts in social networking.
Seven. You will want to make sure that you are active at social networking sites. Profitable social networking depends upon the amount of time that you devote to this exercise.
Eight. Finally, there are some consultants that can provide you with professional advice when it comes to social networking in this day and age.
You have these eight ways for getting started with social networking. It is now up to you to make it happen.
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One. First of all, profitable social networking depends upon your ability to become involved at a popular social networking site. Are you ready to become involved?
Two. In this regard, get feedback and advice from other individuals. Ask your friends and neighbors what they think and are doing.
Three. This next step of profitable social networking is setting up your appropriate and attractive page at a social networking site. You want to attract visitors.
Four. You will want to make sure that your profitable social networking efforts are coordinated with all of your other promotional campaigns. Coordinated marketing is the key to success.
Five. You want to continually review the steps that you've taken in regard to profitable social networking to make sure that they remain effective.
Six. Through your profitable social networking efforts, you will want to develop a relationship with other strategic partners. This can be very beneficial to your efforts in social networking.
Seven. You will want to make sure that you are active at social networking sites. Profitable social networking depends upon the amount of time that you devote to this exercise.
Eight. Finally, there are some consultants that can provide you with professional advice when it comes to social networking in this day and age.
You have these eight ways for getting started with social networking. It is now up to you to make it happen.
Want to learn more about it? Download the free ebook, Steps to Article Marketing Success.
visit:http://www.secretsofim.com/7Steps.htm
Do you want to learn how to build a massive list fast? Email List Building visit:http://www.secrets-of-internet-success.com/listbuilding.htm
Advanced Strategies To Get Web Site Traffic Using Myspace
To have your site flourish you need to get web site traffic. The amount and quality of traffic you get to your web site will dictate how profitable your business will be. One needs to be constantly searching for new ways to find more effective strategies to promote your products and get web site traffic. One of these strategies to get web site traffic is to make use of Myspace. Below are some advanced strategies to get web site traffic using Myspace.
Get Web Site Traffic - Myspace Strategy #1
Optimize your Myspace profile by making use of keywords ans search phrases that target your niche. Add lots of keyword-rich content throughout your Myspace blog and about section. Add your keywords as anchor text on links back to your web site.
Get Web Site Traffic - Myspace Strategy #2
Brighten up your Myspace profile. Add colors and images that reflect your product. Giving your profile a new look will help it stand out and gain more attention. Don't over do it and make your text hard to read, or users will soon leave your site.
Get Web Site Traffic - Myspace Strategy #3
Possibly the most popular means to boost your Myspace popularity and therefore get web site traffic is to add lots of friends. Share you're myspace profile with your friends. Take part and contribute in groups that are centered on your niche. Start your own niche group for even more exposure.
Get Web Site Traffic - Myspace Strategy #4
Exchange links with other myspace users. Building backlinks in this manner will offer mutual benefits. Make a daily habit to request link exchanges from other Myspace profiles that complement yours.
Get Web Site Traffic - Myspace Strategy #5
Make your Myspace profile a top resource of related web sites. Encourage others to bookmark your profile on authority sites like digg, del.icio.us, StumbleUpon and others.
Want to learn more? Click here: Get Web Site Traffic
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Jeremiah O'Connell of http://Niche-Marketing-Success.com is a full time Internet marketer who has published many articles and ebooks on successful niche marketing.
Get Web Site Traffic - Myspace Strategy #1
Optimize your Myspace profile by making use of keywords ans search phrases that target your niche. Add lots of keyword-rich content throughout your Myspace blog and about section. Add your keywords as anchor text on links back to your web site.
Get Web Site Traffic - Myspace Strategy #2
Brighten up your Myspace profile. Add colors and images that reflect your product. Giving your profile a new look will help it stand out and gain more attention. Don't over do it and make your text hard to read, or users will soon leave your site.
Get Web Site Traffic - Myspace Strategy #3
Possibly the most popular means to boost your Myspace popularity and therefore get web site traffic is to add lots of friends. Share you're myspace profile with your friends. Take part and contribute in groups that are centered on your niche. Start your own niche group for even more exposure.
Get Web Site Traffic - Myspace Strategy #4
Exchange links with other myspace users. Building backlinks in this manner will offer mutual benefits. Make a daily habit to request link exchanges from other Myspace profiles that complement yours.
Get Web Site Traffic - Myspace Strategy #5
Make your Myspace profile a top resource of related web sites. Encourage others to bookmark your profile on authority sites like digg, del.icio.us, StumbleUpon and others.
Want to learn more? Click here: Get Web Site Traffic
Do you want to profit online fast? Click here: Profit Online
Jeremiah O'Connell of http://Niche-Marketing-Success.com is a full time Internet marketer who has published many articles and ebooks on successful niche marketing.
Markets Shift Quickly
The Relationship Economy creates shifts. There are numerous “shifts” happening all around us, some big and some small as well as those under currents of shifts developing. Much, if not all, of the shifts are being perpetuated by technological advances, both in the technology itself as well as the users adaptation to it.
The shifts are cutting across all industries and have the potential of accelerating further change in personal as well as professional settings. These shifts are global in nature, technology is a global force not isolated to anyone country or region.
The shift are forcing a different view of strategy, one that requires alternative thinking to past paradigms of change.
The big will have a different kind of bigness and the small will become central nodes to bigness. The new economy will shift to the middle space where adaption and innovation are faster than the very big and the very small.
Change happens when multiple factors converge together and create a new system or dynamic which serves custoemrs better than the previous system. Systemic shifts can happen gradually or all of a sudden when the driving factors converge together, shift happen.
Shifts are happening in the follow categories of market and user centric social networks:
Advertising are looking for new methods and models to reach target audiences.
Marketing : Brands are looking for and adopting new channels for marketing.
Technology: Technological enhancements are accelerating faster than the average user can keep up.
Communications: New mediums and an increases in communications.
Industry specific initiatives: Many brands and entire industries are running to the social networking mediums to improve customer loyalty and brand awareness.
Media : Many media companies are just now recognizing the influence of social networking on traditional media methods.
Financial: New methods and models are being developed to create economics out of personal branding, services and products offered.
Telecommunications: Social networking mobile applications are proliferating the decks of mobile handsets globally.
Your World: More adults are jumping into and learning the value attributes of social networking, the learning curve is steep.
You: Directly and indirectly you are being influenced by these dynamics.
All of these dynamics collectively are pointing to the potential of significant disruption for those unprepared or unaware. The impact of these dynamics will create strategic shifts for all business models and means. The old strategies are no longer relevant, the new strategies are dynamic and emerging moment by moment. However there is a macro landscape of strategic issues that provide the basis of thinking, or rethinking about business and personal advances.The big will have a different kind of bigness.
The Relationship Economy encourages the middle space. It supplies technology to nurture mid-sized wonders. Being able to grasp these dynamics is critical to effective strategic thinking. These dynamics are shifting weekly and in the past changing business dynamics occurred two to three times a year at most. The dynamics cut across all dimensions of life as we’ve known it and new dimensions and a new reality is forming before our eyes.
What say you?
Jay is one of the few really deep-thinkers about both the socio-cultural implications of social networking as well as the practical business application across a range of industries and sizes of business. Jay challenges me to “up my game”. July 21, 2007 Scott Allen, Coauthor, “The Virtual Handshake: Opening Doors and Closing Deals Online”, http://www.TheVirtualHandshake.com
Mr. Deragon is consider one of the leading experts in the emerging market of social networking market. He has studied numerous platforms, features, functions and the markets behavior. His analysis and findings conclude that this space has tremendous potential for individuals, companies and entire industries. There is an art and science to social networking that requires constant learning as the market matures. To read more about my discoveries and findings check out my blog.
Mr. Deragon was previously Chairman of XSVoice, a mobile application company that provided technology for live and on demand audio broadcast to mobile devices. see http://www.relationship-economy.com
The shifts are cutting across all industries and have the potential of accelerating further change in personal as well as professional settings. These shifts are global in nature, technology is a global force not isolated to anyone country or region.
The shift are forcing a different view of strategy, one that requires alternative thinking to past paradigms of change.
The big will have a different kind of bigness and the small will become central nodes to bigness. The new economy will shift to the middle space where adaption and innovation are faster than the very big and the very small.
Change happens when multiple factors converge together and create a new system or dynamic which serves custoemrs better than the previous system. Systemic shifts can happen gradually or all of a sudden when the driving factors converge together, shift happen.
Shifts are happening in the follow categories of market and user centric social networks:
Advertising are looking for new methods and models to reach target audiences.
Marketing : Brands are looking for and adopting new channels for marketing.
Technology: Technological enhancements are accelerating faster than the average user can keep up.
Communications: New mediums and an increases in communications.
Industry specific initiatives: Many brands and entire industries are running to the social networking mediums to improve customer loyalty and brand awareness.
Media : Many media companies are just now recognizing the influence of social networking on traditional media methods.
Financial: New methods and models are being developed to create economics out of personal branding, services and products offered.
Telecommunications: Social networking mobile applications are proliferating the decks of mobile handsets globally.
Your World: More adults are jumping into and learning the value attributes of social networking, the learning curve is steep.
You: Directly and indirectly you are being influenced by these dynamics.
All of these dynamics collectively are pointing to the potential of significant disruption for those unprepared or unaware. The impact of these dynamics will create strategic shifts for all business models and means. The old strategies are no longer relevant, the new strategies are dynamic and emerging moment by moment. However there is a macro landscape of strategic issues that provide the basis of thinking, or rethinking about business and personal advances.The big will have a different kind of bigness.
The Relationship Economy encourages the middle space. It supplies technology to nurture mid-sized wonders. Being able to grasp these dynamics is critical to effective strategic thinking. These dynamics are shifting weekly and in the past changing business dynamics occurred two to three times a year at most. The dynamics cut across all dimensions of life as we’ve known it and new dimensions and a new reality is forming before our eyes.
What say you?
Jay is one of the few really deep-thinkers about both the socio-cultural implications of social networking as well as the practical business application across a range of industries and sizes of business. Jay challenges me to “up my game”. July 21, 2007 Scott Allen, Coauthor, “The Virtual Handshake: Opening Doors and Closing Deals Online”, http://www.TheVirtualHandshake.com
Mr. Deragon is consider one of the leading experts in the emerging market of social networking market. He has studied numerous platforms, features, functions and the markets behavior. His analysis and findings conclude that this space has tremendous potential for individuals, companies and entire industries. There is an art and science to social networking that requires constant learning as the market matures. To read more about my discoveries and findings check out my blog.
Mr. Deragon was previously Chairman of XSVoice, a mobile application company that provided technology for live and on demand audio broadcast to mobile devices. see http://www.relationship-economy.com
When is Now, What Say You?
The noise and actions that lead to convergence is heating up fast. Just consider the last thirty days of announcements: Google, Facebook, Linkedin, MSN, IBM and others ( I can hardly keep up anymore). Soon it won't matter which existing network you think is better rather value will be created by how you manage your network. As more and more closed systems open, it begins to interact more directly with other existing systems, and therefore acquires all the value of those systems. Soon we will all be overwhelmed with an abundance of value proposition in which you'll need to decide how and what to use in your network to meet your personal and professional aims. You will soon become your own aggregator of networks, of relationships, of information, of knowledge and last but not least, of VALUE
Technology provides the means, relationships provide the value.
The Relationship Economy is now, not when, being built by individuals who learn how to maximize the value of relationships by optimizing technology. We’ll need to forget what we’ve been using and think “how” to adapt to the convergence of means which enables us to maximize value. We need to ReThink our methods and ReShape the means so we can individually and collectively capture the most value.
Here are seven things to consider and help you start thinking and planning for “your” network:.
1) Which networks do you want fed to your network? Which has your interest, value, the best collection of individuals and the content which match who you are? etc. etc.
2) Which networks represent your interest geographically, by industry and by topic? Which blogs represent the same categories of interest? etc. etc.
3) What will be the rules of your network? Standards for connections? RSS feeds in and out? etc. etc.
4) What image and brand do you want your network to project? Think hard and long on this one. Lots to consider as you build your value proposition to the global market.
5) What mediums do you want in your network? Video, audio, pictures, etc. What Network Channels will be available that interest you most both personally and professionally?
6) What do you specifically want to accomplish with your network? Start with this end in mind and build towards it. Again, lots to think about.
7) Your network is an economic factory. How do you produce quality and quantity effectively?
The list can go on and on but this is a start for you to begin to Rethink your vision, mission strategy and tools for your network. Soon we’ll have a personal planning guide, materials, technology and access to experts who can help you plan your “Link to Your World“.
Are you ready? What is your plan? How will you adapt? How will you “Link to Your World?”
When is Now: Shift Happens, What say you?
Jay is one of the few really deep-thinkers about both the socio-cultural implications of social networking as well as the practical business application across a range of industries and sizes of business. Jay challenges me to “up my game”.” July 21, 2007 Scott Allen, Coauthor, “The Virtual Handshake: Opening Doors and Closing Deals Online”, TheVirtualHandshake.com
Mr. Deragon is consider one of the leading experts in the emerging market of social networking market. He has studied numerous platforms, features, functions and the markets behavior. His analysis and findings conclude that this space has tremendous potential for individuals, companies and entire industries. There is an art and science to social networking that requires constant learning as the market matures. To read more about my discoveries and findings check out my blog.
Mr. Deragon was previously Chairman of XSVoice, a mobile application company that provided technology for live and on demand audio broadcast to mobile devices. see http://www.relationship-economy.com
Technology provides the means, relationships provide the value.
The Relationship Economy is now, not when, being built by individuals who learn how to maximize the value of relationships by optimizing technology. We’ll need to forget what we’ve been using and think “how” to adapt to the convergence of means which enables us to maximize value. We need to ReThink our methods and ReShape the means so we can individually and collectively capture the most value.
Here are seven things to consider and help you start thinking and planning for “your” network:.
1) Which networks do you want fed to your network? Which has your interest, value, the best collection of individuals and the content which match who you are? etc. etc.
2) Which networks represent your interest geographically, by industry and by topic? Which blogs represent the same categories of interest? etc. etc.
3) What will be the rules of your network? Standards for connections? RSS feeds in and out? etc. etc.
4) What image and brand do you want your network to project? Think hard and long on this one. Lots to consider as you build your value proposition to the global market.
5) What mediums do you want in your network? Video, audio, pictures, etc. What Network Channels will be available that interest you most both personally and professionally?
6) What do you specifically want to accomplish with your network? Start with this end in mind and build towards it. Again, lots to think about.
7) Your network is an economic factory. How do you produce quality and quantity effectively?
The list can go on and on but this is a start for you to begin to Rethink your vision, mission strategy and tools for your network. Soon we’ll have a personal planning guide, materials, technology and access to experts who can help you plan your “Link to Your World“.
Are you ready? What is your plan? How will you adapt? How will you “Link to Your World?”
When is Now: Shift Happens, What say you?
Jay is one of the few really deep-thinkers about both the socio-cultural implications of social networking as well as the practical business application across a range of industries and sizes of business. Jay challenges me to “up my game”.” July 21, 2007 Scott Allen, Coauthor, “The Virtual Handshake: Opening Doors and Closing Deals Online”, TheVirtualHandshake.com
Mr. Deragon is consider one of the leading experts in the emerging market of social networking market. He has studied numerous platforms, features, functions and the markets behavior. His analysis and findings conclude that this space has tremendous potential for individuals, companies and entire industries. There is an art and science to social networking that requires constant learning as the market matures. To read more about my discoveries and findings check out my blog.
Mr. Deragon was previously Chairman of XSVoice, a mobile application company that provided technology for live and on demand audio broadcast to mobile devices. see http://www.relationship-economy.com
Removing Malware - Know it First Before it Impacts You
In order to go about removing malware, you first will need to know what it is. Basically, it's a malicious piece of software that has been designed for no other intention than to damage or spy on your computer without your knowledge. There are several different types of malware that you will want to remove from your computer.
Removing malware from your computer should include removing the following:
1. Adware is something that will show pop up ads for products and is more annoying than harmful.
2. A virus, trojan or worm is also considered to be a form of malware.
3. Ransome ware is meant to lock up your computer so that it can extort money from you.
4. Spyware monitors and records all of your keyboard actions, Internet activity and personal details.
You will know that it is time for removing malware whenever your computer slows down a lot. Your computer may also act erratic and be unstable.
Removing malware is important because you can easily get it from an unknown email that you do not scan before opening; a web site where it is hidden in the code; from file sharing because the other person has hidden it in their files and from sharing files via instant messaging. Malaware software is hard to remove, many of them will reinstall themselves and hide within windows system files, pretending to be good system file.
Besides simply removing malware, there are also ways in which you can prevent being infected by it in the first place. You can use such things as Internet Securities Software, a firewall and Windows update.
You should use a good Internet securities application for removing malware from your computer. This is easy to do and can even be done automatically.
Removing malware is even more important if you want to visit any form of adult content. This is because a lot of the people who go to these sites do not have any morals.
Beside installing Internet Securities Software, Firewall or Window update, the best defense for removing Malware comes from user. Be alert when surfing on net, visit trusted sites, avoid file sharing, avoid opening attachments from strangers. Even if you have got attachments from known person, call them and confirm the delivery. Avoid download music or games from not trusted sites. Religiously scan your computer and take regular backup. These precautions ensure you will keep your system in check and avoid attacks from internet hackers or virus getting installed on your system.
http://www.spywareantivirus.info
Removing malware from your computer should include removing the following:
1. Adware is something that will show pop up ads for products and is more annoying than harmful.
2. A virus, trojan or worm is also considered to be a form of malware.
3. Ransome ware is meant to lock up your computer so that it can extort money from you.
4. Spyware monitors and records all of your keyboard actions, Internet activity and personal details.
You will know that it is time for removing malware whenever your computer slows down a lot. Your computer may also act erratic and be unstable.
Removing malware is important because you can easily get it from an unknown email that you do not scan before opening; a web site where it is hidden in the code; from file sharing because the other person has hidden it in their files and from sharing files via instant messaging. Malaware software is hard to remove, many of them will reinstall themselves and hide within windows system files, pretending to be good system file.
Besides simply removing malware, there are also ways in which you can prevent being infected by it in the first place. You can use such things as Internet Securities Software, a firewall and Windows update.
You should use a good Internet securities application for removing malware from your computer. This is easy to do and can even be done automatically.
Removing malware is even more important if you want to visit any form of adult content. This is because a lot of the people who go to these sites do not have any morals.
Beside installing Internet Securities Software, Firewall or Window update, the best defense for removing Malware comes from user. Be alert when surfing on net, visit trusted sites, avoid file sharing, avoid opening attachments from strangers. Even if you have got attachments from known person, call them and confirm the delivery. Avoid download music or games from not trusted sites. Religiously scan your computer and take regular backup. These precautions ensure you will keep your system in check and avoid attacks from internet hackers or virus getting installed on your system.
http://www.spywareantivirus.info
SpareWare Blocker Security - 8 Steps To Prevention
1. Protective Software
There is a wide variety of protective software available, such as adware removers, antivirus tools, keypatrol agents, spyware blockers and so on. These are effective only if put to good use.
2. Computer Responsibility
Your computer is your responsibility, you should make yourself a list of things to verify before you surf the Internet. Once connected, it is too late to realize that your system is not up to the challenge. If your system is not checked, you are vulnerable to the attacks, you could pay a severe price.
3. Purchase Good Tool
You need to purchase good tools for the job. It is acceptable to try free tools to evaluate their quality but once you have found a good tool, purchase it and put it to work. One of the biggest problems for the computer owners is the fact that they simply refuses to take the time to read about their new tool. They would like to buy it, install it and never think about it again. You need to take the time to educate yourself on the functioning of any tool you buy.
4. New Viruses And Trojans
The number of new viruses and Trojans is now increasing every day by a few hundred. Our virus labs receives hundreds of new samples a day. The large majority are quiet and anonymous like termites, often doing much damage before they are detected. Your computer is your responsibility. If your system is not checked, you are vulnerable to the attacks.
5. Qualified Programmers
Generally software is well written by qualified programmers. Professionally written software will include all the instructions that you need to obtain the best performance of the tool. Remember you are putting all your information at risk when you connect to the Internet.
6. Software Purchasing
Once you are confident that the software you are purchasing is of the highest quality, then take your time and read all the documentation provided. Once you have done this, and only then, install the software. Make sure to add the tool to your list of daily maintenance.
7.Antivirus Updates
Check your antivirus for updates. Regularly run your antivirus. If at any time your antivirus locates a virus, you need to update your antivirus, disconnect from the Internet and do a full scan of your computer with the updated antivirus. Always make sure your antivirus is actively protecting your computer. Clean your computer cache and your temporary files.
8. Update your adware remover.
Run your adware remover. You truly need all the functions of the software, not just a portion of the functions, (as in freeware). and is usually the case with Trial Version software. Update your firewall and check the settings. Some clever hackers can change the settings of your computer, therefore putting you at risk.
We cannot totally protect ourselves against the perils of the Internet but we can at least make sure that we do all that we can. Take the proper precautions and you too can have a safe journey on the Internet.
Author:William McRand
William McRand is deeply involved in Internet Marketing (Affiliate Programs). He has taken his love of marketing, developing web sites and blogs to the top in his marketing business, that offers assistance to other would be marketers.
There is a wide variety of protective software available, such as adware removers, antivirus tools, keypatrol agents, spyware blockers and so on. These are effective only if put to good use.
2. Computer Responsibility
Your computer is your responsibility, you should make yourself a list of things to verify before you surf the Internet. Once connected, it is too late to realize that your system is not up to the challenge. If your system is not checked, you are vulnerable to the attacks, you could pay a severe price.
3. Purchase Good Tool
You need to purchase good tools for the job. It is acceptable to try free tools to evaluate their quality but once you have found a good tool, purchase it and put it to work. One of the biggest problems for the computer owners is the fact that they simply refuses to take the time to read about their new tool. They would like to buy it, install it and never think about it again. You need to take the time to educate yourself on the functioning of any tool you buy.
4. New Viruses And Trojans
The number of new viruses and Trojans is now increasing every day by a few hundred. Our virus labs receives hundreds of new samples a day. The large majority are quiet and anonymous like termites, often doing much damage before they are detected. Your computer is your responsibility. If your system is not checked, you are vulnerable to the attacks.
5. Qualified Programmers
Generally software is well written by qualified programmers. Professionally written software will include all the instructions that you need to obtain the best performance of the tool. Remember you are putting all your information at risk when you connect to the Internet.
6. Software Purchasing
Once you are confident that the software you are purchasing is of the highest quality, then take your time and read all the documentation provided. Once you have done this, and only then, install the software. Make sure to add the tool to your list of daily maintenance.
7.Antivirus Updates
Check your antivirus for updates. Regularly run your antivirus. If at any time your antivirus locates a virus, you need to update your antivirus, disconnect from the Internet and do a full scan of your computer with the updated antivirus. Always make sure your antivirus is actively protecting your computer. Clean your computer cache and your temporary files.
8. Update your adware remover.
Run your adware remover. You truly need all the functions of the software, not just a portion of the functions, (as in freeware). and is usually the case with Trial Version software. Update your firewall and check the settings. Some clever hackers can change the settings of your computer, therefore putting you at risk.
We cannot totally protect ourselves against the perils of the Internet but we can at least make sure that we do all that we can. Take the proper precautions and you too can have a safe journey on the Internet.
Author:William McRand
William McRand is deeply involved in Internet Marketing (Affiliate Programs). He has taken his love of marketing, developing web sites and blogs to the top in his marketing business, that offers assistance to other would be marketers.
Spam Email Control - How To Control Or Get Rid Of Spam Email On Your PC?
The term spam is used for a number of things these days but this article is about how to get rid of email spam so it is a good idea to first defines what email spam is and then explains how to get rid of it on your PC.
Email spam which is also known as bulk or junk e-mail relates to unsolicited, unwanted, irrelevant, or inappropriate emails, especially commercial advertising emails that you receive and is often sent in its thousands or millions from the sender.
If you receive spam email it usually indicates that you have supplied your email address to someone who may have then sold or passed it on to others. You may also just be unlucky and receive a spam email as a result of the sender automatically generating likely email addresses.
Some basic steps you can take to avoid receiving spam emails are:
1. Never give your email address to those people or organisations you do not trust.
2. Never open email spam and definitely never reply to email spam or use any unsubscribe type option in the email, as all this does is confirm that your email address works and therefore you are likely to be sent more spam emails.
3. Set your email program like Microsoft Outlook Express to not display the “Preview Panel” (See Outlook Express Menu item View then Layout…) because just opening a spam email might be enough to send information back to the sender that your email address is valid. For example if the email contains an image, fetching this image when the email is open may be enough to let the sender know you viewed the email and so your email address works.
You could also set up an extra email address that you only use when you register with websites or forums. If this email address then starts receiving spam you could stop using that address and set up another one for that purpose. Your main email address is only then given to friends, family and work etc. In this way you main email address is less likely to get spam emails.
If you start receiving spam emails and wish to keep your current email address, you will need to scan your incoming emails for spam with some spam control software.
Spam control software must be easy to install and must detect and quarantine any spam emails. The spam email detection method used by the software must give low false positive spam email detections i.e. this software should only occasionally detect valid email as spam.
Spam emails detected by such software are usually placed in a spam email folder in your email program such as Outlook. If you want to you can then look at the list of emails in this folder to ensure that they are valid emails (remembering item 3 above) before you then use the spam control software to delete all the spam emails in that folder.
If you follow the above you should have a relatively easy time regarding spam emails.
If you use either Outlook or Outlook Express and want to know about specific Spam Control software suitable for use with these mail programs, then take a look at the information at http://www.ClickDigitalProducts.com/featured/software/paretologic-spam-controls-software.html
From Click Digital Products Webmaster at http://ClickDigitalProducts.com a website aimed at helping in the Digital World we all live in.
Email spam which is also known as bulk or junk e-mail relates to unsolicited, unwanted, irrelevant, or inappropriate emails, especially commercial advertising emails that you receive and is often sent in its thousands or millions from the sender.
If you receive spam email it usually indicates that you have supplied your email address to someone who may have then sold or passed it on to others. You may also just be unlucky and receive a spam email as a result of the sender automatically generating likely email addresses.
Some basic steps you can take to avoid receiving spam emails are:
1. Never give your email address to those people or organisations you do not trust.
2. Never open email spam and definitely never reply to email spam or use any unsubscribe type option in the email, as all this does is confirm that your email address works and therefore you are likely to be sent more spam emails.
3. Set your email program like Microsoft Outlook Express to not display the “Preview Panel” (See Outlook Express Menu item View then Layout…) because just opening a spam email might be enough to send information back to the sender that your email address is valid. For example if the email contains an image, fetching this image when the email is open may be enough to let the sender know you viewed the email and so your email address works.
You could also set up an extra email address that you only use when you register with websites or forums. If this email address then starts receiving spam you could stop using that address and set up another one for that purpose. Your main email address is only then given to friends, family and work etc. In this way you main email address is less likely to get spam emails.
If you start receiving spam emails and wish to keep your current email address, you will need to scan your incoming emails for spam with some spam control software.
Spam control software must be easy to install and must detect and quarantine any spam emails. The spam email detection method used by the software must give low false positive spam email detections i.e. this software should only occasionally detect valid email as spam.
Spam emails detected by such software are usually placed in a spam email folder in your email program such as Outlook. If you want to you can then look at the list of emails in this folder to ensure that they are valid emails (remembering item 3 above) before you then use the spam control software to delete all the spam emails in that folder.
If you follow the above you should have a relatively easy time regarding spam emails.
If you use either Outlook or Outlook Express and want to know about specific Spam Control software suitable for use with these mail programs, then take a look at the information at http://www.ClickDigitalProducts.com/featured/software/paretologic-spam-controls-software.html
From Click Digital Products Webmaster at http://ClickDigitalProducts.com a website aimed at helping in the Digital World we all live in.
Fighting Spam - Is It A Loosing Battle?
In June this year, Neo from WebProWorld started a very interesting discussion on spam. Although his post mainly revolved around forum spam, he did touch a very actual topic. Spam is not only limited to one medium only, spam is a much bigger problem than most people realise. We have to deal with forum spam, search engine spam, e-mail form spam, guest book spam (for those who still use guest books on their websites), article spam (yes article syndication can also turn into annoying spam), IRC spam, blog spam, comment spam, ebook spam, affiliate network spam, mobile phone spam, and of course the infamous unsolicited junk e-mails. I am sure I missed a couple, but I think you get the picture, spam has infiltrated almost every digital form of communication. No wonder people become pessimistic about fighting spam.
Some interesting reasoning came to light during this discussion on WebProWorld. One thing that sticks out its head in every discussion about spam is the apathetic approach towards spam. The attitude of “spam has always been a problem and will always be, live with it, accept the problem, you cannot change it, nor can you fix it”. There is no merit in any of these statements, so lets take a closer look at them and I will show you why. “Spam has always been a problem”. Really? Spam started to become a problem when people discovered its marketing potential. Spam wasn’t a problem in the early days of the Web, we allowed it to become a problem by accepting the problem. Yes people got punished back then, but the spam volumes increased so much that it became impossible to punish every single spammer. Companies seem to be more concerned about treating the symptoms (with spam filters) than attacking the root of the problem. The right statement would be: “Spam has always been allowed to be a problem.”
“Spam will always be a problem”. Do we know for certain? Spam may eventually cause the collapse of the e-mail communication system and how do something remain a problem if the infrastructure is gone? If you believe that spam will always be a problem, then you obviously believe that whatever replaces e-mail will also fall victim to spam. Probably, but the creators of a new communication infrastructure will be complete idiots if they allow history to repeat itself. Spam has become a problem because of crippling legislation and in certain cases a total lack of legislation. How can we battle spam if legislation allows spammers to spam you until you tell them to stop? Its like allowing murderers to kill you until you tell them to stop. Can you see how ridiculous our current spam legislation is, spam will always be a problem, as long as we allow useless laws to regulate it.
“Live with it, accept the problem, you cannot change spam, nor can you fix it”. People change, they adapt to their environment. Our kids are growing up with spam, so it will have a far smaller effect on them than it had on us. Those of us who grew up with commercials and ads displayed during our favourite TV shows, have developed a kind of blindness to these ads. Our children will also develop spam blindness over time, they will not respond to spam as easily as we do. It is a matter of education and removing the ignorance. Spam only works because people continue to respond to them.
According to an article by Michael Specter, Damn Spam The losing war on junk e-mail, spammers usually need to send a million e-mails to get fifteen positive responses, for the average direct-mail campaign, the response rate is three thousand per million. With a response rate as little as that you can easily see where spam could be heading if we can limit the response rate to zero. There will be no sense in sending spam anymore. People need to realize what is counted as a response and what they can do to limit accidental responses. Yes, simply by opening the e-mail already counts as a response in many cases.
Should we accept spam, should we live with it? Well you can easily ask, should we accept serious crimes like murder, rape and armed robbery? Just think what would happen if we had the same attitude towards these wrongdoings, crimes forbidden by civil law. What is civil law, it is actually common sense. We know it is wrong to steal money from someone else, but we are willing to live with a system where it is acceptable for other people to waste our money. That is exactly what spam is.
Conventional advertising demands an investment from the advertiser, making it an unattractive medium for cheap unsolicited bulk advertising. However in the case of spam, the consumer ends up paying for the advertising. Some spammers do not even pay a penny for sending these batches of spam, they have bot networks doing the work for them. These bot networks consist of consumer PC’s infected with malware. The one consumer (the sender) unknowingly pays to send the spam and the other consumer (the recipient) unknowingly pays to receive the spam. So the consumer coughs up on both sides of the channel.
Brad Taylor, Gmail anti-spam engineer, sees the battle against spam as a war. One side eventually gets tired and anti-spam authorities cannot allow themselves to get tired in this struggle against spam. Sometimes the spammers get tired of trying to fool the spam filters and eventually give up, but only for a short space of time. During this rest period they regroup to find a loophole in the filtering system. Once they discover a way around it, they start spamming again. Stock market spam is a classic example of this roller coaster ride. Stock market spam was quiet for some time and suddenly they started popping up like weed via PDF attachments.
Spammers will always try to circumvent the system. Does this mean we should give up trying to beat them at their own game? Absolutely no, spammers annoy us with their unsolicited junk, so if we have means to our disposal to annoy them too, why not use it? The war against spam is far from over, the battle against spam is far from lost, I say bring it on.
Some interesting reasoning came to light during this discussion on WebProWorld. One thing that sticks out its head in every discussion about spam is the apathetic approach towards spam. The attitude of “spam has always been a problem and will always be, live with it, accept the problem, you cannot change it, nor can you fix it”. There is no merit in any of these statements, so lets take a closer look at them and I will show you why. “Spam has always been a problem”. Really? Spam started to become a problem when people discovered its marketing potential. Spam wasn’t a problem in the early days of the Web, we allowed it to become a problem by accepting the problem. Yes people got punished back then, but the spam volumes increased so much that it became impossible to punish every single spammer. Companies seem to be more concerned about treating the symptoms (with spam filters) than attacking the root of the problem. The right statement would be: “Spam has always been allowed to be a problem.”
“Spam will always be a problem”. Do we know for certain? Spam may eventually cause the collapse of the e-mail communication system and how do something remain a problem if the infrastructure is gone? If you believe that spam will always be a problem, then you obviously believe that whatever replaces e-mail will also fall victim to spam. Probably, but the creators of a new communication infrastructure will be complete idiots if they allow history to repeat itself. Spam has become a problem because of crippling legislation and in certain cases a total lack of legislation. How can we battle spam if legislation allows spammers to spam you until you tell them to stop? Its like allowing murderers to kill you until you tell them to stop. Can you see how ridiculous our current spam legislation is, spam will always be a problem, as long as we allow useless laws to regulate it.
“Live with it, accept the problem, you cannot change spam, nor can you fix it”. People change, they adapt to their environment. Our kids are growing up with spam, so it will have a far smaller effect on them than it had on us. Those of us who grew up with commercials and ads displayed during our favourite TV shows, have developed a kind of blindness to these ads. Our children will also develop spam blindness over time, they will not respond to spam as easily as we do. It is a matter of education and removing the ignorance. Spam only works because people continue to respond to them.
According to an article by Michael Specter, Damn Spam The losing war on junk e-mail, spammers usually need to send a million e-mails to get fifteen positive responses, for the average direct-mail campaign, the response rate is three thousand per million. With a response rate as little as that you can easily see where spam could be heading if we can limit the response rate to zero. There will be no sense in sending spam anymore. People need to realize what is counted as a response and what they can do to limit accidental responses. Yes, simply by opening the e-mail already counts as a response in many cases.
Should we accept spam, should we live with it? Well you can easily ask, should we accept serious crimes like murder, rape and armed robbery? Just think what would happen if we had the same attitude towards these wrongdoings, crimes forbidden by civil law. What is civil law, it is actually common sense. We know it is wrong to steal money from someone else, but we are willing to live with a system where it is acceptable for other people to waste our money. That is exactly what spam is.
Conventional advertising demands an investment from the advertiser, making it an unattractive medium for cheap unsolicited bulk advertising. However in the case of spam, the consumer ends up paying for the advertising. Some spammers do not even pay a penny for sending these batches of spam, they have bot networks doing the work for them. These bot networks consist of consumer PC’s infected with malware. The one consumer (the sender) unknowingly pays to send the spam and the other consumer (the recipient) unknowingly pays to receive the spam. So the consumer coughs up on both sides of the channel.
Brad Taylor, Gmail anti-spam engineer, sees the battle against spam as a war. One side eventually gets tired and anti-spam authorities cannot allow themselves to get tired in this struggle against spam. Sometimes the spammers get tired of trying to fool the spam filters and eventually give up, but only for a short space of time. During this rest period they regroup to find a loophole in the filtering system. Once they discover a way around it, they start spamming again. Stock market spam is a classic example of this roller coaster ride. Stock market spam was quiet for some time and suddenly they started popping up like weed via PDF attachments.
Spammers will always try to circumvent the system. Does this mean we should give up trying to beat them at their own game? Absolutely no, spammers annoy us with their unsolicited junk, so if we have means to our disposal to annoy them too, why not use it? The war against spam is far from over, the battle against spam is far from lost, I say bring it on.
Spyware Software - The Top 3 Choices For Your System
In this present age of information, practically everything is on the computer. Personal records, bank accounts, business data…there is almost nothing that you cannot find on the computer. Some people's lives actually revolve around computers, so much so that a deleted file can cause serious damage.
Because of the high importance of data in this age, there has to be an efficient protection system to guard this data from malicious programs like spyware. There are actually quite a number of anti-spyware software available for you to choose from. But in order to protect your information, you must know which anti-spyware software will actually work.
We have conducted a survey on the Internet, and we have located the top three anti-spyware software available today. This is what we found out about them.
1. Ad-Aware
Many users chose Ad-Aware because of its extensive spyware database. A good anti-spyware software would have to be able to identify all kinds of spyware in order to keep your computer safe, and Ad-Aware does this efficiently because of its large database.
The Ad-Aware anti-spyware software has two versions. One is the Lite version which is free. This version is able to locate spyware and infected files within your system, but instead of deleting them, the Lite version just keeps them in quarantine. If you want to be able to delete the spyware totally, the Pro version can do that for you.
Some of the complaints people have about Ad-Aware are its interface which is not so user-friendly, and its price which is quite steep for many people. In addition, you are not able to schedule scans on Ad-Aware. You would have to do it manually, and this is somewhat a burden to a lot of busy people.
2. Spybot Search and Destroy
This anti-spyware software is probably the most popular of all, mainly because it is free. Anyone who has an Internet connection can download it.
However, when it comes to effectiveness, this will not top the list as there are many lacking features. It does not have adequate customer support, it cannot detect some of the newer spyware, updates are irregular, and like Ad-Aware, scheduled scans are not available. And these are just a few of its limitations.
Still, most people think its shortcomings are forgivable because after all, it is free, and we can safely say that among all the free anti-spyware software, Spybot Search and Destroy is the best one.
3. Spyware Doctor
This anti-spyware software is quite new but has already been commended by several spyware experts. It has a huge database, its interface is very user-friendly, customer support is excellent. The only thing about Spyware Doctor is that there are a still a few bugs that haven’t been worked out. But an improved version is scheduled to be released soon, so let's be on the lookout for that
Because of the high importance of data in this age, there has to be an efficient protection system to guard this data from malicious programs like spyware. There are actually quite a number of anti-spyware software available for you to choose from. But in order to protect your information, you must know which anti-spyware software will actually work.
We have conducted a survey on the Internet, and we have located the top three anti-spyware software available today. This is what we found out about them.
1. Ad-Aware
Many users chose Ad-Aware because of its extensive spyware database. A good anti-spyware software would have to be able to identify all kinds of spyware in order to keep your computer safe, and Ad-Aware does this efficiently because of its large database.
The Ad-Aware anti-spyware software has two versions. One is the Lite version which is free. This version is able to locate spyware and infected files within your system, but instead of deleting them, the Lite version just keeps them in quarantine. If you want to be able to delete the spyware totally, the Pro version can do that for you.
Some of the complaints people have about Ad-Aware are its interface which is not so user-friendly, and its price which is quite steep for many people. In addition, you are not able to schedule scans on Ad-Aware. You would have to do it manually, and this is somewhat a burden to a lot of busy people.
2. Spybot Search and Destroy
This anti-spyware software is probably the most popular of all, mainly because it is free. Anyone who has an Internet connection can download it.
However, when it comes to effectiveness, this will not top the list as there are many lacking features. It does not have adequate customer support, it cannot detect some of the newer spyware, updates are irregular, and like Ad-Aware, scheduled scans are not available. And these are just a few of its limitations.
Still, most people think its shortcomings are forgivable because after all, it is free, and we can safely say that among all the free anti-spyware software, Spybot Search and Destroy is the best one.
3. Spyware Doctor
This anti-spyware software is quite new but has already been commended by several spyware experts. It has a huge database, its interface is very user-friendly, customer support is excellent. The only thing about Spyware Doctor is that there are a still a few bugs that haven’t been worked out. But an improved version is scheduled to be released soon, so let's be on the lookout for that
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