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Is Underground Cash Secret a Scam?

2009-08-24T19:07:00.000-07:00

Fortunately I did not sign up for the full price of $50. Just the $18 second chance offer.

Perhaps you have received e-mail telling you:

"Congratulations- You already have $660.00 Commissions Coming.GUARANTEED".
and
"You ALREADY have 155,692 Pre-Enrolleesand 44 Paid Members in YOUR TEAM...

Signed up and have not received any confirmation from Underground Cash Secret or my sponsor Michael Vincent. Have sent him 3 e-mails asking for his help.

What did happen was a "bait and switch" during signup. You are offered a website to market e-books. Actually looked good and I signed up. Cost me $67. Although I did get a website, it delivered less than promised. That is, I should get 3 products to sell, but only received the capability to market one. It seems that they are still working on providing the promised capabilities.

I am not providing any links to the sites. Would not want anyone to even consider signing up based on my referral.

Any feedback?

Is GoToBullion Good or Bad?

2009-06-15T19:22:00.000-07:00

Been getting behind with my blog. Couple of reasons. Took a trans-Atlantic cruise that lasted almost 3 weeks. Was a nice get-a-way. Been trying very hard to make my latest venture into Internet affiliate marketing work. So far no banana. I will explain.

Before starting, if anyone besides me reads this, I would really appreciate feedback. Good or bad. I can take it.

Found a program that seems really promising and it appeals to me. Signed up with GoToBullion on whick launched on Feb. 26. I was in way up front. It purports to be a program for both marketers and non-marketers. I fit into the second category by the fact that I have not been successful marketing GoToBullion. As a "non-marketer", I am not accruing the promised results.

The program is quite complicated. Best I can do here is give a brief overview with the understanding that there is more to the program. The briefest summary is that for $29.99 per month you earn Discount Travel Certificates and accrue gold bullion. There is a whole spiel about how one should acquire gold bullion at today's prices, because the value is going to go up dramatically due to the world economic conditions.

The way to earn gold bullion has a very complicated formula. Won't even try to fully explain it here. Seems the complicated formula is not working to my benefit. To acquire gold you must recruit others and/or have 'positions' assigned to you. In order to earn gold at the first level you must have 12 positions. I know, you say "What the..". Seems the only positions I am getting are those I purchase. That is done with the monthly membership fee and Travel Packages you can purchase. At this rate it will take me a year of $29.99 monthly membership fees to earn .03 oz. of gold bullion. Tha is about $30. Doesn't sound promising. Oh yes, I will have 12 travel certificates and no wish to go anywhere. Maybe I can give them away.

As I said, I am in the role of 'non-marketer', not by choice, but because my recruiting efforts have produced nothing. Here is what I have tried:

First tried Google adwords. Hod 50,000+ impressions. No results and had to stop because of the expense.
Belong to 2 networking sites, Direct Matches and AdlandPro. Have upgraded. Published classified ads and blogs. Sent e-mails to other members.
Tried a few surfing sites, WebBizInsider being the primary. Upgraded and paid for advertising. Have had many 1,000s exposures. No results. Will have to cut back on the expense.
Purchased membership in ListJoe which allows me to send 500 e-mails every 3 days. 1,000s of e-mails and site ads with no results. ListJoe costs $66.00 for six months. Will have to give it up.
Currently using Global NPN auto-responders. Have loaded 1,000s of double optin leads. No results. This costs $19.95 per month. Will be able to use this if I try other affiliate programs.
Even trying Twitter. Still no results.
Some other one-off advertising programs have been tried without success.

Seems bananas are hard to come by.

If something doesn't start working, am going to have to cut back to the bone on expenses. Worst case, admit defeat and quit.

Joe Frain

Internet Explorer 8 - Just not ready

2009-04-21T13:18:00.000-07:00

Seems like everywhere you go on the Internet there is a promo for IE8.

Wait!!!!! Don't download IE8 unless you have the time to install it, find out that it does not deliver on its promises and then uninstall it.

I tried IE8 for a few days hoping I could get it working correctly. That is, it claims it will speed up your session and provide more security. I found that most pages I looked at did not fully load or if they did it was very slowly and possibly with errors. The compatibility mode seems to be a placebo. There was no before and after difference discernible when surfing the Internet.

It seems Microsoft is continuing beta testing on us without calling it beta testing. How will we be able to know when IE8 is ready to use with the functionality Microsoft claims it has? It will be a while before I try it again. Will look for independent positive reviews from users before downloading.

When Googling for answers every registry cleaner asserts it will fix your IE8 problems. I had Max Registry Cleaner so I ran it. No improvement. Ran a test cleanup from the RegCure web site. RegCure claimed it found several hundred errors. In order to remove them you must purchase the program. Did that and it cost me $30. Ran it and fixed the errors. IE8 did not run any better. Too late, lesson learned (again).

One thing worked properly. I was able to uninstall IE8 and revert back to IE7. Please be aware that the uninstall procedure varies between XP and Vista. Fortunately I found help by Googling 'uninstall IE8'.

Regards,
Joe Frain

I Screwed Up

2009-04-20T19:24:00.000-07:00

Well, I screwed up. Heard some time ago that you should not unsubscribe from unsolicited e-mail. It just confirms your e-mail id.

Was getting too many unsolicited e-mails and without thinking I tried to unsubscribe. in order to clean up my inbox. Well, a week later I am receiving 4 times as much junk e-mail. That is not to mention e-mails about oll the millions of dollars I have won or inherited.

Today I received an e-mal from the absolute worst scam on the Internet. It was a death threat. To read about it go to http://www.blogcatalog.com/search.frame.php?term=death+threat+scam&id=1f9df8c45ae313a93af3cd1eeec18894 . Scroll down and read it. I received it word for word.

It seems to start with my genealogy web site. Have tried another tactic. Went to http://www.searchenginegenie.com/Dangerous-user-agents.htm and copied the latest dangerous user agents to my robots.txt file. Too soon to tell if it will work. Hope something works. My web site and e-mail id have been out there for years. Have made many family contacts and have used the id for most of my personal correspondence. Changing it will be a very last resort.

Should anyone read this besides me, contact me by leaving a comment and share your ideas with me.

Joe Frain
mynameis@addr.com

GateWay2Hits just launched.

2009-04-15T16:27:00.000-07:00

Keep in mind, this blog is mostly for my consumption, but I don't mind if
others stumble across it. If you do, leave a comment. I can take it.
This is somewhat long, but it is about my experience with GateWay2Hits
since Nov. 5, 2008.

I won't get rich with GW2H, but should come out ok. By that I mean, I did not
spend much on promotion and the one time entry fee is $29.95. It launched on
April 8 and few days later I have covered my costs.

Hooray!!!!

My matrix has 1,500+ downline. Only about 30 are my direct referrals. The
sign up rate has slowed down to a trickle. Expect that a few others in my matrix
of 1,500+ to sign up and I should make a very small profit. At this point only
45 in my matrix has signed up and only 4 are my referrals with one buying a
re-ntry.

One wonders if the pay processors GW2H has made available are part of the
problem. One choice is AlertPay and they don't take credit cards.
That is another story having to do with MasterCard and Visa putting the screws
on some Internet pay processors.

SolidTrustPay is the second pay processor. Knowing about the AlertPay
problems, I signed up with STP prior to launch. That was a forgettable
experience. In order to be able to use a credit card you must send them a
copy of your latest statement and physically sign an agreement form and send it
back to them. That seemed to be of no avail when I paid for GW2H.
Had to fill out all my information again, just did not have to send in my
invoice and signed agreement.

I can see why some would just forget it for the GW2H experience, especially
if they see that they don't have enough referral commissions to cover their cost
and that there is not much in web site promotion tools .

I notice that signups are members that joined the matrix within the first few
weeks of pre-launch. They have a vested interest in GW2H. I suspect
that the last 20,000 of the 30,000+ that joined the GW2H may not see value in
paying the one time $29.95 fee. In fact, support at GW2H sent an e-mail
out that many were PPC ad clickers and that they click on opportunities that can
be joined free. They typically don't pay to become members. See my comments to come about what you get when you pay.

I get a notice periodically that someone has joined my matrix. A couple
were my own direct referrals, however, they have not signed up. I sent
them a 'ata boy', but that is all I can do.

Not sure yet if the advertising provided by GW2H will be effective. For the
entry fee you get a "block ad" for 90 days with Top Global Services. GW2H allows
additional re-entries to your matrix for a one time fee of $29.95. For each, you
get another TBS block ad. When you re-enter as your own referral, you get
a direct referral commission of $10 and a bonus commission of $1. This lowers t
he cost of your re-entry.

Not sure if re-entry improves your chances for additional spillover entries to
your matrix. At this point, all I see is that, after 90 days, there is no more
available from GW2H except to check in every once in a while to see if your
matrix is growing and subscribing new members.

GW2H pre-launch advertising about their product and
income opportunity sounded great. I expected The Budweiser
Team and it appears I got a donkey and cart. Sort of like a "one trick
pony".

There is virtually no communication from support. Would
hope that they would say if anything else is planned.

There is a second trick. the script for the url
tracker that is offered does not work, at least not when I tried it.

Now that GW2H has launched, you would think they would
provide updated promotional materials.

I am at a loss on how to promote GW2H. Joining a matrix is not a lure,
especially at $29.95, and the advertising vehicle is not easy for me to support.

My guess is, that after those of us that filled our matrix during pre-launch
will do as I am sure I will do. Pay our $29.95, get some commissions and when
they run out, go on to other programs.

The benefits and regular cost of Top Global Services, as they state them:

-------------------------------------------------------------

Large Block Ads

Place your image within the best viewable zone on our Block Ad page!

Your Block Ad will be visible for 1 year

Upload your own picture/image!

The most clicked Block Ads are listed on the Top 10
page and will receive additional clicks by being on that page!

Each box ( 10 X 10 pixel) costs only 100.00 USD!

You can buy as many boxes as you wish!

---------------------------------------------------------------

Top Global Services launched 3 days before Gateway2Hits on 04/05/09. It
is new to the Internet. Their FAQ and 'About Us' pages are trying to trade
on someone else's success with this concept a few years ago. I guess they have to try.
What else can be done when there is no track record or any testimonials available.

At this point I can't see investing in something costing that much for an ad
vehicle that doesn't impress me. Can't see how my ad will be out there for
others to see. Then if it is, who will browse the pixel ads looking for,
whatever....

Want to see what a 'block ad' is? Go to:
http://gateway2hits.com/default.php?id=166 and click on BLOCK AD. For
reference, mine is 10 to the right and 4 from the bottom. My picture image is a
pinwheel. Hover your cursor on it to see my ad.

Excuse the repeated use of the 'I' word, but 'I' am relating my experience
and opinions.

Will update this later, either to confirm what I have said or to indicate
whether my opinions have changed.

Later....

Joe Frain

Surfing for Credits

2009-01-29T18:06:00.000-08:00

Hi,

Just a teeny rant.

I have touched on this before and said I was not sure if manual TE's are effective. Seems like a lot of time consuming surfing to get 1,000's of impressions with what appears to be no return.

I will continue to surf on a couple of sites to look for the clicks that may be few and far between. I mean, if no one looks you can't make a referral.

Since I have to surf to some extent, there is one thing I dislike very much. Maybe someone having a surfing site will see this.

When a pop-up or a drop-down form covers the message, I quit checking out the site to see if it is something I could use. I just accrue my credits and wait for the next site. Sometimes I think both the advertiser and I lose out.

Joe

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A Milestone Reached

2009-01-24T12:55:00.000-08:00

Before I continue, I want to remind you that this is a personal blog of my Internet marketing experiences. See 'My Internet Marketing Experience' on the left. I don't mind sharing them with others, should they find their way here. Who knows, I may get a visitor that will help me with my Internet marketing efforts.

I probably don't have to say this but, you may click on any hot link to chech out GateWay2Hits and/or Viral Co-op.

After almost seven months of learning, experimenting, working long hours with the goal to earn money on the Internet, I reached a milestone. Received my first commission check from Viral Co-op.

So far Viral Co-op is showing promise. I advertise my URL for GateWay2Hits with them. It is providing hits and now income. The hits are logged and reported by GateWay2Hits. Unfortunately, the origin of a conversion is not availablel. The number of conversions for GateWay2Hits is slowing down. Is it co-incidental that the day I signed up with Viral Co-op, I also got 2 GateWay2Hits conversions?

Gateway2Hits is working well for me, too. Since early November I have been working on my 3X10 forced matrix with much spillover. I now have 780 members in my downline, reaching the 10th level. Upon launch in early March I expect to receive between $500 to $1,000 in commissions if my matrix does not grow any larger. Still have a month and a half to work on it and also expect to get growth from my downline members and spillover.

As they say at Viral Co-op, "Keep the Snowball Rolling".

To your Internet marketing success.....

Joe

This Provoked Some Thought

2009-01-23T11:26:00.000-08:00

One of my projects is GateWay2Hits. It has been successful for me to this point. See prior blog posts.

One feature I like is that it tracks my hits. Today I checked and found that there were seven hits so far. Will get more as the day goes on. Depending on when I surf, network and send e-mails, I get 50 to 300 hits per day.
They were from:

AdlandPro
DirectMatches

ListJoe

WebBizInsider

TrafficSwarm

CreditAdsDepot

My co-op ad with GateWay2Hits

I got 1 sign up for GateWay2Hits. The problem is, I can't tell where the sign up was obtained. That would be good information in order to know what is working.
I know, I should try to find an ad tracking site. Tried one a couple of months ago and it went out of business. Don't want to do that to another one. :) :) :)

When I surf I know I get impressions from the surf sites, but rarely do I get a click on the site. ListJoe is where I send 500+ e-mails every 3 days. AdlandPro and DirectMatches are Networking sites which I work. GateWay2Hits offers the co-op advertising plan where they rotate my URL along with their own and other member's URLs.

Interesting, but no banana.

To your continued Internet marketing success....

Joe

This inexpensive advertising is KILLING IT.

2009-01-21T17:23:00.000-08:00

Hello Fellow Internet Marketer,

You've got to check this out. It's a seriously effective and
inexpensive way to drive traffic to your web site and get more
prospects and sales.

The only thing is... you have to do it now since the very nature
of this makes it really LIMITED (you'll see what I mean).

For less than .14 per day, you can get an ever-increasing
snowball of visitors to your site, and they aren't just junk
visitors who never buy.

Instead of me trying to explain, go here and see what this is
all about and how it works.

http://www.viralcoop.com/r/joefrain

I think you'll be impressed at the genius of this like I was.
It's almost too easy. Especially for being so inexpensive!

Joseph Frain

Change of Direction

2009-01-15T18:02:00.000-08:00

Here is a progress report on my web experience.
Not bragging or complaining. Just the facts.

After about 7 months online trying to earn income with affiliate relationships I have to admit that I am in the 95% that have trouble becoming successful. Am now evaluating what I have been doing and try some different tactics.

Just trying to get someone to view this blog is tough. I pit it in a signature of many of my e-mails. Have set it as a personal page on networking sites. No response. If you have found me, read through and leave a comment. Good or bad, I can handle it.

First, I am finding that traffic exchanges are not effective (for only me?). Most, if not all members, surf to earn credits so that their page will be surfed. No one seems to click on the ad pages as they surf. Of the 1,000s I have seen while surfing, I haven’t click very many.

I have earned thousands of credits surfing, purchased credits, purchased downline and tried an upgraded membership. Cannot attribute any clicks to WebBizInsider or Traffic Swarm.. They provide 1,000s of impressions through my efforts, both free and purchased. The effort to get impressions is huge and the payoff is nil.

ISOR is much the same. Purchased advertising to no avail. Their impressions and clicks are tracked so there is no guesswork in this. They do offer other functions that are pretty good. Free auto-responders, list builders, free web page, free advertising and more free functions. You may like it for that and I plan to keep my membership. After all, I purchased the upgrade for reasonable one-time fee.

Have tried a couple of other traffic exchanges, but it is not possible to support more than a couple of surfing sites. Again. Too much time without any payoff, Surfers look for whatever time period is necessary and go to the next web page. Even me.

Will drop EarthFriendlyBiz. It requires that you belong to a number of traffic exchanges with upgrades to make it work. By now, you know how I feel about traffic exchanges. There is not enough time.
Have posted free classifieds and banners on several sites. They are ignored, even by me. I think there are a couple more like that I have. Will drop them , too.

My proof is the dozen or so sites I have promoted. No sale. Some are even free.

My switch will be incremental. First, I will keep my memberships in WebBizInsider and Traffic Swarm. Then I will decrease my surfing efforts to give me more time with AdlandPro. Who knows, someone may click and convert somewhere, sometime.

Second, I am going to stop my subscriptions to MonsterList and GDI. Can’t track any clicks to them either. Purchased downline so I could e-mail members. Nothing. Had a couple of e-mail problems with GDI. Not worth the effort to resolve. No one takes ownership of issues that span more than one entity. Fingers point in all directions. Will examine some other relationships in more detail, as well, and eliminate non-contributors.

Third, I have joined AdlandPro. They have more functionality than any one marketer can use. There are many free and paid options. Going to use the money gained from deleted memberships to finance an ad for GateWay2Hits. Will select the functions I need to utilize AdlandPro to my advantage. If they prove effective, I will invest more in advertising. Effective will be defined by whether I get any sign ups for GateWay2Hits or not.

AdlandPro will require a significant effort since I plan to use their networking function. They have 10s of thousands of members and so far they seem to be very active. That is a whole lot of potential leads!

My purpose here is not to refer you to AdlandPro, but if you think it may have the functionality you need to promote your products, click on the banner.

Get Linked from 16,000 + sites with one click.

Oh heck, look at GateWay2Hits, as well. It is the one bright light I have encountered. See a prior blog about its promise.

Good luck with your Internet marketing efforts . Check back later to see if my Internet life has improved.

Joe

New - The Network Garage

2008-12-13T16:11:00.000-08:00

The Network Garage
The Marketer’s Social Network with a Twist
Income Opportunity Made Simple

TNG Pro is in PRELAUNCH!!!

Join free and look around. See what is offered. It looks like a great networking opportunity for Internet marketers. I took the step and you may want to seriously consider taking the step yourself.

From the member’s page:

Upgrade to PRO ASAP to grab your spot in the TNG Company Matrix! Cost: $37.50 One Time LIFETIME Fee The longer you wait, more PRO members jump ahead of you

We are a program built for the future for all our members.

In TNG Pro you pay a ONE TIME, Lifetime Membership Fee of $37.50 - That's IT! No Autoships, No Monthly Fee! The FASTER you upgrade, the FASTER you get placed in to the TNG Pro Company Forced Matrix!

The TNG Pro Division of All-Teamed-Up has over $1,500 in the bonus section if you UPGRADE to Pro Member!

As a PRO member you gain access to the TNG Social Network, a Social Network For Marketers!

You Earn 7 Ways when you become a pro member with our fantastic INCOME OPPORTUNITY Structure!

TNG Pro is a "Total Teamwork" concept. That means that it's not just you and your personal referrals building your income BUT you and ALL of the TNG Pro members working together to help EVERY pro member build an on-going income!

Once you have upgraded to Pro member status, you will gain access to the TNG Bonus section where you will receive a LIFTIME MEMBERSHIP to our SOCIAL NETWORK, a Network designed for networkers and meeting others with like-minded goals! You will be amazed at how easy it is to find someone to increase your income leverage and market anything you want online!

Upload Videos, Audios, Pictures, talk with others via web cam, create forums, blogs and clubs, plus MUCH MORE! AND MAKE MONEY DOING IT!

There is a lot more to the member;s page. This should give you enough information for you to decide if you want to take a look. Gain access by clicking the Post Heading or the banner.

GateWay2Hits is in Pre-launch

2008-12-07T18:52:00.000-08:00

GateWay2Hits is proving to be a great opportunity. While it is in pre-launch, you are given time to work on your downline. Upon launch you get payments from everyone you refer that upgrades, all re-entry referrals and for a lesser amount, all the members in your matrix. It is a 3 x 10 forced matrix. Upgrade is a very affordable one time cost of $29.95.

I am not the most prolific in recruiting members, but my downline has reached the 10th level thanks to others that are as excited about GateWay2Hits as me and spillover.

There is a lot of time prior to launch. Join me now and start building your downline. Fill your first level with 3 referrals and you are off and running. Start working on the next level of 9 and build you potential income. Your first level benefits by getting spillover from you. Work on the next level, and so on.

I'm in, how about you? Click the banner..... See if I am right.

ListJoe.com

2008-11-25T18:56:00.000-08:00

ListJoe

Love the name. Sounds like a good advertising medium. Just joined. (see date of blog post). Examined the site functionality and did a modest upgrade. I always say, if it makes me money, I will upgrade even more if possible.

The major benefits provided by ListJoe are:

* Massive, free email advertising in four quick and easy steps.
* Promote multiple list builders with one link
* Email advertising traffic exchange; earn credits by reading emails which you can use for free solo ds
* Reach 3 thousand prospects every 3 days.
* Email 100 people free in 5 minues

The first thing that appeals to me is gaining the ability to e-mail thousands of prospects. The few lists I have are small and getting tired. ListJoe promises randomly selected prospects for you to mail to. That provides a lot of diverity. Many new eyes.

ListJoe provides a fair commission for referrals. To help you, ListJoe provides one of the better collection of promotional material I have seen.

So new at this, have not looked at the capability to promote multiple list builders. Sounds promising. Having several list builders must be better than only one.

It is necessary that you realize you will be getting e-mail from other ListJoe members. After 2 days, that does not seem like a deal breaker. They keep track of the number of e-mails sent to each of the members and maintain a count of how many are received each day per member. Yesterday, that count was 37. I can handle that.

Will give ListJoe a shot and will get back here with an update later.

Click on a banner.

The Truth About Silver

2008-11-23T13:24:00.000-08:00

Here is an opportunity I found that met my criteria for an internet business . I feel that I can recommend it and that it can be valuable to anyone that joins based upon my recommendation.

Why is SILVER important for you, and your family? Watch the SHOCKING video on the presentation page. When you are done, you will want to start accumulating silver as a part of your investment portfolio.

Silver is a precious metal. In today's financial environment, it will be one of the few things that will hold its value and possibly increase in value.

Earn and save. Fill a 2 x 2 forced matrix to earn silver dollars. You can choose $25 cash instead, but silver is the better investment. A '2 x 2' is the QUICKEST moving matrix that there is! This can be filled through YOUR efforts, OR Your Sponsors efforts!

Start today and build towards your future. Check this tremendous program out at:

The Truth About Silver web site.

Here is to your continued good luck.

Web Surfing for the Vision Impaired

2008-11-17T16:08:00.000-08:00

(That’s me.)

Am really getting into surfing sites. Started off with about a dozen. It wasn't long before I found out I could not support them all. Not enough time in the day to do the required surfing to get ad impressions.

Reduced my list to WebBizInsider, Traffic Swarm, Traffic Gold Rush and Solo Ads. That is not finite. Will shop around to see if there is something better.

Traffic Swarm is easy. It is free. Click on an ad and you can get 1 to 4 credits for your own ad impressions. Would not want to swear to it but I may have gotten 5 or 6 credits on occasion. Ad packages are available for sale.

WebBizInsider is getting most of my time. It is free, but ad packages and upgrades are available. You get 1 impression for each ad you view while surfing. You can view ads sent via e-mail and they are worth 5 credits. You can receive e-mail ads from other members. They usually assign a number of credits you can earn by clicking on their url. You can purchase downline so you can send your own e-mails. Based upon some ad tracking I have available, you get a lot of clicks. Can't tell how many converted. I have invested a few dollars for some downline and some ad credits to help with e-mail campaigns.

Traffic Gold Rush is kind of out of favor with me. As an upgraded member you only get .5 credit for each ad viewed. Plan on terminating a subscription that is due Jan. 3.

Solo ads sends you ads to view via e-mail. Click on the URL included and get 1 credit. Once you accumulate enough credits you can use them to send your own ad in e-mails. The more credits you accumulate, the more e-mails you can send. There are fee-based ad packages available. I have spent a few dollars here, as well.

I am going to have to look into ad tracking next. I get many ad and banner impressions on the traffic exchanges. Since my conversion rate on my products is still low, I suspect traffic exchanges are not the best way to promote. My thinking is that most surfers are interested in accumulating credits for their own ads and aren’t looking all that hard for new products.

The following are some notes about some of the things I encounter as I surf. Advertisers, check it out. You may find you are losing potential leads.

Due to time constraints my surfing is limited to just 3 sites, sometimes only 2. Some problems are due to my impaired vision. What is suggested is that I miss checking out some opportunities due to web page design. I suspect there are many others that are vision impaired, as well, and some of the advertisers are missing prospects. There are just a handful of design features that could be changed and would improve the advertisers chances to sign up more leads and prospects.

It is easy to build a web page that many vision impaired can deal with.

While we are not all blind or near blind, larger and darker text would help. Some text and backgrounds are not compatible. A page stuffed full of content inherently means it has small print and icons compounded with text colorazation against incompatible backgrounds. Not worth examining. A real turn off is light text against a light background.

Next some ads not related to the above. While surfing some ads don't load or load very slowly. Banners are blank or not easily read.

A personal dislike is for pop-ups that cover up the ad . They request you blindly sign up for something left to your imagination. I don't even bother. Some will allow you to close the window, but that is an imposition.

One rule advertisers should follow is to test their site and ensure that it produces desired results. No use wasting time and perhaps money on something that doesn't work.

From some of the material I read, a traffic exchange ad should be simple and get directly to the point. I can 'see' that because I don't waste my time reading long dissertations. I need to get to the next ad to see if it might be something I need.

There is probably more, but I suspect many of you may not get this far into my blog. Oh well, maybe next time.

GateWay2Hits - Looking Good

2008-11-13T14:25:00.000-08:00

Here I am, less than a week later. This is working out really well. See previous blog for introduction to GateWay2Hits.

Took advantage of their offer for co-advertising. For $9.97 they rotate my referral URL with their advertising. It has gotten me some signups. This is important when trying to fill a 3 X 10 matrix. Of course, one of the great benefits of joining GateWay2Hits is that their advertising provides spillover that adds to your downline matrix.

Other than the $9.95 mentioned, I have not spent anything on promotion yet. Am using Traffic Swarm, WebBizInsider, Solo Ads and DirectMatches to generate clicks and, hopefully, conversions. GateWay2Hits provides a report to show whare your referral page gets clicked. All 4 of my promotion sites are producing clicks. Still an estimated couple of months to launch. Looking forward to adding many more members to my matrix It sure is fun to see so many e-mails coming in with the subject line saying 'Your GateWay2Hits matrix is growing'.

Hmmm.... should I consider some additional inexpensive advertising? Can I get enough additional referrals to pay for the costs? One thing is a fact. I spend a lot of time on my free promotins. Could not possibly add more manual traffic exchanges.

As a member, I have access to a more detailed page describing their products. In order to provide additional information in my recruiting efforts I have created a web page using GateWay2Hits web page information. The purpose is to provide a link rather than re-writing the text in my advertising efforts. It can be viewed at: http://tinyurl.com/GateWay2Hits-JF .

Until later........

GateWay2Hits - New Pre-Launch

2008-11-09T10:59:00.000-08:00

Good looking opportunity

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LeadsLeap Helps you Build your Business

2008-11-03T09:12:00.000-08:00

This is truly the most viral leads generating system on the internet.

Free advertising is the first reason for joining. You have access to a blog that provides you with many techniques and methodologies to assist you with getting into internet marketing. learn how to earn an income to set you free from the humdrum life suffered by those that are still looking for a way to become one of the 3% that are successful on the internet.

Check Online Business Tips in the left hand column. These are blog posts by LeadsLeap. Check them out and see if you don't agree this is a very good reason t become a member.

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Another Internet Marketing Experience

2008-10-30T18:29:00.000-07:00

Well, still looking for the way to Internet riches. Really believed that My Power Mall was a lock. This is not a knock to My Power Mall, only my experience with it. If anyone reads this post and would like to comment, I would appreciate hearing how I could have done better without a big promotion budget.

Have been promoting it as my number 1 product for 3 months. To this point I have tried several promotional techniques... traffic exchanges, solo ads, networking sites, etc. Have had many impressions for text ads and banners, but no sign ups.

The concept is simple and that appealed to me. Sign up for free and never have to pay to continue or upgrade. One requirement was that you get your own free mall and purchase something once a month. Not hard. There was a wide variety of stores to buy from. I was partial to computer products, especially printer cartridges. There is not a stated minimum purchase.

Earn money by getting rebates on everything you purchase. Also, earn money by giving away free malls and getting a small piece of your down line's purchase. Bottom line, no one wanted a free Internet mall.

This is not a sales pitch. I just terminated my relationship with My Power Mall. Not so much because I did not like it. It did not cost me anything except that by promoting it, it took clicks away from my other Internet products. For instance, I signed up for Respondoo. You can place URLs in their search engine, display text ads and banners, and more. You can have multiple ads for each. You are provided statistics about the number of impressions and clicks you get. My Power Mall received many clicks, but only served to syphon clicks from my other sites.

Will let you know if I feel good about a product relationship and about any new product I sign up for that looks promising. Along the way I hope to gain experience in promotional techniques and how to build lead lists. Not necessarily in that order.

Joe

Where I am with SpiderWebMarketing

2008-10-18T18:54:00.000-07:00

Since this is my first post about how I am faring in the internet marketing community, it is appropriate I should start with my first effort, the SpiderWeb Marketing System. Please consider my introductory remarks to the left, indicating I am in the 95% percentile of those that are not too successful and have skill sets or lack of such that goes with that category.

I started with SpiderWeb Marketing (SW) in June of 2008 and am engaged with it, still. My biggest obstacles were the usual. No leads and small budget. If you don't read their splash page and listen to their video carefully, you may think you are guaranteed to generate leads with little or no effort. I received a message from a young lady in DirectMatches that had just joined SpiderWeb. Her question to me, as an SW member, asked how does she get leads. Sounded as if she expected it to happen automatically. She is probably not the only one.

They have videos that help you set up Google and Yahoo ad campaigns. Tried that and the number of leads generated did not justify the expenditure. They also help set you up on networking sites, 2 of which were considered income generators. To this point, not for me. Zenzuu has not paid anything to anybody from what I hear. Wowzza, much the same, but that is another story.

Other income streams are still a question mark for me. Global Domains International (GDI) has not earned anything for me, mostly because I can't generate many leads that convert to SW members. When they do, they don't seem to get past the 7 day free trial. I am trying to help them. When I send a welcome e-mail, I tell them what a great bargain and tool GDI is for them to use with the SW system. Not much response that I can see.

It appears that I am the only SW member on the planet that can't install Tax Advantage on my PC. Worked with their support and can't get an activeX module to work. I don't have any problems with activeX in any other applications I have installed. ???? Since the object of SW is to generate income through applications that require fees and or monthly subscriptions, that is an income stream I can't participate in.

Wowzza was set up as an income stream. It required a subscription fee that was somewhat high. SW just dropped it from the income streams. Most likely because not many SW members signed up. None of my referrals got past the free look. Wowzza figures aren't available. A real problem is that there is no way on Wowzza to see if you have a downline or forced matrix members. Can't determine if you earned money or contact your downline.

The customized blog sounded like a great concept and would become a good income stream. It has not materialized.

I know, I know, SW says they are in beta and if you have a problem with that then you have the option to drop out. Launch is supposed to be near.

Commission Junction and AdSense can't be considered an income stream within SW, since there is no automated blog to apply them to. I have used them on a couple of my websites and this blog.

Bottom line (maybe), I don't ever expect to get much out of SW except some leads. The leads that I have generated take a look at SW, but don't seem to sign up for any thing that will cost them money. I believe many expect this free system to earn them multiple streams of income without investment on their part. When they find out that it costs money to make money with the SW system, they go on to something different. We are all within the 95%. I am sure there are some that make money, especially those that can afford to sign up for the SW Black Widow program.

Comments welcome. Positive or negative or even commiserating. Help me get out of the 95%.

The $28.20 Bill Creator

2008-10-09T18:56:00.000-07:00

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The Best Online Mall on the Internet

2008-08-31T18:34:00.000-07:00

This post is no longer relevant
This is definitely a great way to go if you like shopping online. You set up your own personal mall that is for you only. Buy what you normally buy and get discounts and rebates. Your mall is set up for you free and there is never a cost to you except for what you buy.

If you are looking for an additional affiliate relationship, this would be a great addition to your portfolio. Get referral fees and commissions on what your downline buys. This affiliate comes with full back office support and marketing tools.

Go here to get started: http://www.mynameisjoe.addr.com