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Making Money With Craigslist

Harry — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 07:43:06 +0000

Lot of people are making money online with CPA advertisements. To make money using CPA, you need a person to take some action. When does a person take any action? A person will take some action only if he needs it. What if you find such people and know their needs? You are bound to make money with such people because they will take some action on it for sure.

Confused? Let me make it simple for you. On your CPA network, you have an offer where people can get easy loans. You get paid when the person submits his name and other contact details to get a loan for buying new house. Now your challenge is to find people who are looking to buy a new house and need some loan. This is not easy. So the best job here would be let people know about your services and let them come to you. They need a loan and would fill up your form because its free and you make money.

Placing advertisements on the Internet is an easy way to inform people about your services. There are plenty of websites which allow you to place your ads for free but a clear winner by a huge margin is Craigslist. Craigslist has HUGE traffic and lot of people from the US hang around this website for getting jobs, selling things, offering services, finding friends etc. So how about placing an ad here? Sounds easy!! But there are a few challenges here. First, you need to talk to your affiliate manager and ask him if the network allows Craigslist traffic. Second, your ads need to stick on the Craigslist network. Lot of people flag such advertisements due to which they are taken off in a flash. People who manage to stick their ads on Craigslist make millions of dollars per year. This is not a joke. I personally know a few guys who are Craigslist heroes. They have clear understanding of how to use this network and make tons of cash.

I would recommend all my readers to try this method as this is one of the best way to get maximum conversion rates. Try and sell a product here or just convince people to join a dating website by posting an ad in the 'Singles' section. For those who are really finding it difficult to stick their ads on Craigslist, I would recommend an e-Book by a close friend of mine. He charges just $7 for the e-Book but trust me it will help you make hundreds of dollars if not millions to start with. I usually do not promote e-Books but this one has helped me personally to make money from Craigslist. Use it and do let me know of your ads and income with Craigslist.

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Stop Bothering about Yahoo Search Engine Now

Harry — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 16:27:10 +0000

I am sure that you don't expect such a post title from an Internet Marketer. Every person owning with websites should definitely bother about search engines and website rankings. If you are serious about your website sales and traffic then you should stop optimizing your website for Yahoo and start optimizing it for Bing. As per the new 10-year, $275 million agreement, Microsoft's new search engine Bing will power Yahoo's search engine. Also, Yahoo's search marketing (YSM) will be replaced by Microsoft AdCenter.

So if your site ranks pretty high on Yahoo and is nowhere to be found on Bing then start expecting much lower traffic in coming days. Also, you need not look after your campaigns on two different accounts. You will have one advertising account which will serve Yahoo and Bing.

This is really good news for people who have websites ranking pretty high on Bing. For people who do not have high ranking sites on Bing, here are a few optimization tips. I am sharing these tips based on my personal experience with Bing:

Keywords in Title and URL - Its easy to rank high on Bing if you have you have your keywords in your title and URL.
Domain Age - Bing usually ranks websites with old domains a bit high as compared to new domains.
Outbound Links - Unlike Google, Bing likes it if your page has lot of Outbound links.
Back links - Of course, this one is the most vital part of SEO. Good quality back links will help you in Bing and every other search engine.

I personally will lose a bit on this because I have a few websites ranking no.1 on Yahoo Search for "Buy Keyword" and "Buy keyword Online" phrase. Looks like I need to spend some time playing around with Bing now? How about you?

Need Inspiration? Watch this Video

Harry — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 04:17:25 +0000

Books, Speeches, Videos, Movies, People...I really get inspired and motivated by such things. Do you? Well, I know people who would just ignore such things and say 'Its not my cup of tea' but there are others who would try and get things moving till they are achieved. Here is a perfect example of how trying hard will make you achieve your goal.

Chance To Get into Personal Interview Directly For MTV Roadies 7

Harry — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 06:12:21 +0000

If you follow my blog, you might have seen that I have become a fan of MTV Roadies since MTV Roadies 5. I followed MTV Roadies 5 and 6 right from the beginning and will try to do the same for MTV Roadies 7 as well. This time its called MTV Roadies 7 Wild Safari. MTV Roadies is quiet popular and thousands of people register to become a Roadie. All contestants go through a Group Discussion out of which a few are selected. These selected people have to ride a bike and once they clear that round, they have to go through a final personal interview with Raghu, Rajiv, Nikhil or any of the MTV Roadies crew.

This time you have a chance to directly fo to the personal interview round without going through the Group Discussion. If you are really interested in participating in MTV Roadies 7 then this is what you need to do.

Click MTV Roadies 7 Jump The Q link to open up a form
Fill in your details
Fill in email addresses and Mobile phone nos. of 7 of your friends.
Click Submit

Doing this will enable your chance to get in to MTV Roadies 7 personal interview while all your 7 friends get a Rs 500 gift voucher from Fastrack. I think is a win-win situation for all of you and one should take part in this one for sure. Keep coming back or subscribe to this blog for more MTV Roadies information.

For people who don't know much about how these interviews happen, here is a small video of the persanal interview:

Nigeran Scammers are on eBay now

Harry — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 15:58:34 +0000

We all are aware of the emails we get where someone is ready to give you a share of multimillion dollars. The Nigerians have gone one step ahead and have started scamming people on eBay now. I haven't read about this anywhere but a couple of Nigerians tried to scam me on eBay.

I list my items on eBay and ship them with Doba Dropshipping service. I have always had good luck with mobile phones and hence I continue to sell them on eBay. Recently, I was selling a Nokia N96 and as usual I got an email saying that my item has been sold. I really did not bother to see the buyer details as I was more busy with other stuff. The buyer sent me a message on eBay asking how soon will the phone be delivered to him. I replied saying that the phone will be delivered to him within 7 days after the payment has been made. The very next day, I got an email which was quiet interesting. Here is the email:

Dear Harshad Ghodke,

Send Us Proof of Shipping.

At PayPal comfirmation. We inform you again that the payment sent from Kara Michael has not yet reflected in your account due to our terms and policy to confirm shipping from you before transaction is completed. This condition is only in use for eBay purchase, if you receive this email on direct payment option please do contact our management.

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Details of Transaction
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Seller's I.D: XXXXX (Removed)

Seller's Email: admin@harry-inc.com

Transaction Date: August 17, 2009

Tr ansaction ID: 6D694274EY338931K

Case #: PP-091-962-222

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What to Do Next
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You are to send shipping tracking number to us for verification, so as to secure Buyers purchase as well as your's. Fund has been deducted from (Kara Michael) and will be credited into your PayPal account (admin@harry-inc.com) immediately after shipment is confirmed by our management as eBay/PayPal terms to verify Intl. shipping before transactions, due to Buyer's undelivery reports.

Below is the requested shipping details....

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Buyer's Shipping Address:
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MR. OLAOLU MICHAEL,
BLOCK 37 FLAT 4,
GOWON ESTATE,
IPAJA,
LAGOS STATE,
NIGERIA.

23401.

Status:

Confirmed?

BUYER SHIPPING OPTIONS :

ATTENTION! Only PayPal is eligible to information on Tracking Number, do not send the tracking number to the buyer after shipment until you have your account credited. This terms is to secure and to assure you a better safe transaction with the Buyer.

Do not hesitate to reply to this email. This mailbox is monitored and you will receive response as soon as we receive your message.

Thank you for using paypal ® . We look forward serving your online auction payment needs in the future..

Sincerely,
Thomas Green
Paypal Customer Care

PayPal Email ID PP205

Thank you for using PayPal!
The PayPal Team

I was bit surprised because this is not the way eBay and Paypal works. I thought maybe this is a new method where the payment stays with Paypal and is only transferred when the item has been shipped but I was not totally convinced. I thought lets reply to that email and BANG the scammer was caught. The email showed that it has come from service@paypal.com but when I tried to reply to it, the real email address was 'onlineupdate@indiana.usa.com <onlineupdate@indiana.usa.com>'. I did some research on this email address and saw that it was in list of fraud email senders. A few days later the buyer again contacted me asking me to send the phone to Nigeria as her husband is there. I immediately replied to her saying that the phone has been sold out of eBay.

A couple of days ago, same thing happened. I immediately replied to the buyer saying that I do not sell or ship to Nigeria.

If you come across such scammers, please do not send the products. Of course, many sellers won't ship products to Nigeria but anyone can use these tricks and fool you.

Mafia Wars on FaceBook

Harry — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:30:19 +0000

Iam gonna kill that person who introduced me to this FaceBook application called Mafia Wars. This thing is addictive and you will want to get on your computer to do some jobs and kicks someone butt whenever you get a chance. I am still a newbie in this game and if you are planning to start with this or are looking for some tips then here they are:

1. Start as a Maniac. All you want is more and more energy. As a maniac you get to refill your energy quicker.

2. Keep doing jobs. If you have enough energy, then concentrate on doing more jobs and ignore all the fights.

3. Avoid sending gifts to others. I made this mistake by sending loads of gifts and now I am short of those items myself

4. Use all your skill points on energy. Once you master a job, you will be rewarded with a skill point. Make sure that you use this skill points only to increase your energy and nothing else. You need energy and nothing else to complete jobs.

5. I am not sure about this but for me it makes no sense in buying any property other than the Mafia Mike's Bar. This has the highest ROI but needs more Mafias in your group. I keep increasing my Mafia family and buy Mafia Mike's to make sure that I have a steady income.

6. Don't bother fighting. If at all you wanna fight, then fight with a low level mafia or someone who has a very small family.

You will find loads of information on this game online. I have my FaceBook link on the contact us page of this blog. Add me and we can make some money and kill other Mafias together

Comment Spam on Reputed SEO Blog

Harry — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 07:57:28 +0000

Many people nowadays are using blog comments for link building. I have seen affiliate managers recommend me to do comment spamming which is quiet shocking. I personally believe that comment spamming can help you for a small amount of time but do not expect to make millions out of it. I keep talking to lot of self proclaimed SEOs about link building and how do they go about it. Almost every one of them talks about thousands of directory submissions and posting hundreds of comments on blogs with PR.

I am not sure how many of you are aware of this but most of the blogs have a 'No Follow' on their blogs comment section. This means your link in the comments section is worth nothing as the search engine bots will not follow it or consider it as a back link. I think search engines like Yahoo and Bing still ignore 'Do Follow' but I am sure they would be planning to deal with this.

So life has become a bit more difficult with all the comment spam bloggers and websites get everyday. Its really difficult to know what comment is a spam and which one is genuine. I have had tough times figuring that out and you will find some spam comments in my blog as well. I thought those or not spam so they still stay on my blog.

While going through an interesting article on a quite reputed blog, I found comments spam on it. Now this for sure is spam as the commentator has linked back to Poker and Phentermine sites. Here is the link and screenshot for it:

Link: http://www.searchenginejournal.com/how-to-track-online-marketing-roi-using-cost-per-action/899/

If you see the comments, they are not relevant to the blog post and is 100% spam. Why would someone let such spam comments be on their blog? Search Engine Journal is quiet a reputable website which has interesting information on SEO, SEM, Web 2.0 etc. and keeping such SPAM on their blog is a definite NO NO.

So how many SEOs have such problems on their own websites? Do share in comments.

Be Careful with what you do online

Harry — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 05:01:07 +0000

No matter who you are, you need to make sure that whatever you are writing on social networks, chats, emails on your blog or anywhere does not get you in trouble. Talking to someone over chat or on any social networking site is as good as talking to that person in real. Many tend to forget these small things and end up getting in trouble.

I remember a friend discussing with me on how he was unhappy with his job and would write all bad stuff about the company on his blog. This actually made no sense to me. You might leave that particular organization and get another job but what is the kind of impression you are creating about yourself. Before hiring you, the new organization would think a thousand times. What if this person bad mouths our organization in public? Lets not take a risk, lets not hire him!! I personally feel its better to shut up and move on.

One girl lost her job because of what she posted on her FaceBook status. The image below explains everything.

No one knows whether the girl was serious or just wanted to gain some attention. But if everything up here is true then she has lost her new job just be cause she got too excited and talked about it on FaceBook. How do you deal with Social Networks? Are you very careful about what you post or you just keep posting whatever comes to your mind?

Tips on Getting Approved with CPA Networks

Harry — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 15:19:51 +0000

Lot of people are making money with CPA offers. Even I am making money with such offers and I tell people on how to go about it. I see people get all excited about this thing and rush towards signing up with CPA networks. Getting approved by CPA networks is NOT easy. There are lot of frauds and spammers on the Internet and the CPA network has to let people in after knowing a few things about them. Obviously, no one would like to do business with someone who does not know what he is doing or whether is for real. In this post I will write about how to to approach a CPA network.

First, you need to know what is CPA. CPA stands for Cost Per Action or Cost Per Acquisition. In simple language, CPA means you get paid when someone visits your site and takes some action. The action can be a purchase or submission of some information like an email address, zip code or credit card information. Such information is collected by companies for marketing purposes. In return, you get some free samples, prizes or products.

A CPA network has all these offers from various advertisers. The CPA network acts as the agent between us publishers and the advertisers. By becoming a publisher for a CPA network, we get a permission to promote offers and make money. This means the first and most important thing to make money with CPA networks is to get approved by the CPA network. Lot of people treat these application forms like free email service sign up forms and end up getting disapproved. One should take a good look at the application form and fill it with proper care and understanding. Here are some points that you need to understand before applying for a CPA network.

Most of the CPA offers are limited to US, UK and Canada. While applying, make sure that you provide the URL of your website which has a maximum of visitors from any of these countries.
A website like celebrity news has a lesser chance of getting approved compared to a site built around a product. So try and submit a website which has more information on a particular product or products.
While applying, use your domain specific email address. Something like yourname@yourbusiness.com sounds good and looks genuine.
Try and use reference of some person/blog/site you have been following. This helps because the affiliate network knows what you are trying to do and where do you come from.
If you don't look for promoting offers through emails, then don't check the option that says promotion by email. Affiliate Networks are strict on email marketing and will have a close check on you. I have seen people get in trouble with email marketing. Don't do it if you don't know the legal aspects of email marketing. You might get disapproved, if youa re not able to answer questions on email marketing.
Most Important - You will always find a section (text box) where you can add comments or more info while submitting your form. Make use of this box, do not ever leave it blank. This is very important for someone who is not in the United States or Canada as publishers outside these countries don't get approved so easily. This box can be used to explain on what do you know about Internet Marketing, mention about your experience with PPC, SEO etc. Most importantly, mention about other networks who have approved you. This will help you get approved for sure.

Most of you will still get disapproved due to various reasons. Don't just cry over it. Most of the affiliate networks want to talk to you over the phone. Once you get the not approved email, just pick up the phone and speak to someone in their office. Explain them what you are planning to do and how are you going to do it. Every person needs a start and if this is your start then tell them so. Be honest with whatever you say and you will be approved. Once approved, do let me know if any of my points above helped you.

How Simple Stats Help Me Make More Money Online

Harry — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:09:12 +0000

You have been trying very hard to make money online but you always end up making a few dollars or cents here and there. This happens with everyone so don't feel that you are the only one who is not able to make it. Making Money Online can be fun but what is the fun part? The fun part comes when you see your stats and how much money you have made at the end of the month. I have had fun in my online money making journey and I write about my success and failures here on this blog. You will find various methods, tricks and tips on how to make money online everywhere on the Internet. Not all of them will work for you...but do you really know what is working for you? I have seen in a couple of cases where people have ignored what is really working for them and diverted their attention towards something that is working for their friend. I was such a person few years ago. Things started changing for me after I started keeping track of everything I earned and spent online. At the beginning, it was money spent from my day job salary to money flowing in from paypal, direct deposits and what not. I had no clue of what was happening. The only thing I knew was that the money is coming in. This could be the BIGGEST mistake you are making if you are making money online.

The money I make online doubled the day I started keeping track and stats of things. These things helped me make more money online

First, I started keeping my incomes separate. I stopped using any money from my day job income for online expense like advertising, hosting etc.
I started keeping a track of my income. I have an excel sheet which I fill in after every 15 days. My target is to beat last months record and I have been achieving it till date. I have all my sites listed in this sheet with the sources of income.
My stats help in telling me where I am making more money. Many people would say that if you are generating more income from site A and less income from site B then start working more on site A to increase the income. I never follow this. In such a scenario, I would compare my site A with site B, see what is the difference and start more work on site B. At the end of the next month I see site B income quiet close to site A income. Thus, increasing my overall income.
Stats have always helped me to keep targets and achieve them. I have always failed to achieve most of my targets and I am still working hard to achieve them. I know I will never reach my targets because they always keep moving further away
At the end of the day, my current month's income compared to last month's income makes me feel happy and makes me more aggressive the next month.

Simple things like this often get ignored which impact in a major way. So have you been keeping track of your online income?