By Steve Guttridge

Bum Marketer? I had a friend asked me that when she stumbled across my blog.

What exactly is bum marketing she asked?

Bum marketing is based on some simple methods used to generate an income. While it’s true you can earn online without much knowledge of marketing, like with any other business your going to want to maximize your efforts and invest in your education.

I want everyone to know the main purpose of this blog  is to teach people how to earn online and work from home.

I have never been more content since I’ve been able to work and do it from home. It’s been pretty cool!!
I created this blog to give me a place to connect with my readers and those on my contact lists on a higher level.

So, I’m a Draftsman by trade turned stay at home marketer. Working in affiliate promotions, creating digital products, and targeting offline businesses. Ranking high in the  search engines for highly searched keywords along with keeping up with the latest marketing trends.

Advertising results are directly proportionate to ones efforts and all it takes is some time, effort and following those who have already figured it out. I hope you Decide to stick around and check out some articles. The First couple posts will take you through article marketing and are the exact methods I used when first started marketing online.

As they say, “the proof is in the pudding” Below is a couple screen shots of a site I created that’s getting first page ranking’s using Bum marketing Techniques. Of course you will have to purchased the domain name and pay a monthly fee for hosting, But, if your looking to get serious about things, these minor necessities won’t be an issue. You can pick up a targeted domain name for around 10 bucks, and pay around the same per month to have your domain hosted.

Building Outdoor Storage is a domain I purchased back in feb. of 2010,  http://buildingoutdoorstorage.com.  It’s a search phrase that Google says gets  2,900 searches/month. I was able to get a first page ranking in a very short  time. Currently bouncing around from 1st, 2nd and 3rd position.

When you see the adds on the right hand side of this screen shot, that means people are paying for the search phrase “building outdoor storage”, Actually Google says if you want that position you’ll have to pay up to $2.22/click. (this is how much you would have to pay each time someone clicks on your ad). The highlighted add on the left is called an organic listing and the ads on the right are paid google adwords listings. You can very well pay for your site to get first page rankings, but why do that when you can learn how to get there for free, over and over.

Creating residual income takes time. It does not matter what method it is you are using.

Do not enter into any business thinking that you put down $200 and within six months you will create a large long term income. You have to give it some time.

It is not your fault you probably think you can create a long term residual income quickly and easily with Internet Marketing. Internet Marketing is built on dreams and financial hopes.

You hear all the testimonials of people making huge amounts of money quickly with a company and you think it is easy and anyone can jump right in and do it. The truth is these testimonials are the exceptions and not the rule.

One thing true of marketing; Your results will be directly proportional to your advertising efforts. When you hear of people who make lots of money quickly you are hearing stories of exceptionally productive people and not your average mom or dad.

Marketing Business Facts – Do It the Bum Marketing Way

One of the quickest and easiest way to earn on the internet is the Bum Marketing way. Bum Marketing is based around some simple ideas; the main idea being you can make money online using  free methods.

In a nutshell, to get rolling, you get a free Blogger blog from Blogger, or a free Word Press blog from Word Press, and then you open an account at clickbank and find an e-book with high gravity to promote.

First open a free account at Clickbank.

Next, open a free account at Ezine Articles.

(upper right hand corner)

Now, write a 300-500 word article that has to do with the product you are promoting from Click Bank.

[ To give yourself the best chance at getting your articles read, P.A.W.S (Persuasive Article Writing Secrets). This is an easy to understand audio series and e-book. ]

Things will start clicking once you get going. Decide what blog platform you want to use (I use Word Press). Create your blog with totally different content than you use in any of your articles.

Ezine Articles have a resource box at the bottom of the page that will point to your blog address or domain name.

[ Learn the mechanics of article marketing at the website]   Make Money on the Internet

Search for a good title for your article by going to the site called Google AdWords keyword tool.

Next,  you will see a white box that say “Find keywords”

Get an idea by typing in the title phrase of the article you have in mind. Once you put your keywords in, it will give you a whole list of similar keywords along with the search volume.

(using Tinnitus Cure as an example)

You will want to find a keyword with low advertiser competition with at least 500 monthly global searches/mo, 1,000 or more if possible. Make sure your using the broad search option located under match type.

To make sure people are paying to for the keyword phrase you choose, go to the google search bar and type in your title (using tinnitus as an example).

Make sure you type in the phrase in quotes “tinnitus”. Once the page comes up, if you see ads on the right hand side, that means people are paying for that search phrase.

You can do many things to help promote your products better, but for the sake of Bum Marketing, you can get rolling for free with 3 free programs; WordPress, Clickbank, and Ezine Articles.

How To Quickly & Easily Generate Huge Amounts of Backlinks With Simple Push-Button Software That Will Help Your Websites Reach Page 1 On Google, Yahoo and MSN, On Complete Autopilot!

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What is a Domain Name?

Your website has a unique address called an IP address. The domain name–in essence, is the IP address with a naming convention. It is far easier for people to remember a name instead of a bunch of numbers.

Creating A Domain Name

Many people new to the Internet and to the Internet Business, do not realize the importance of a Domain Name, they just think they can put up any creative name and people will come. If you’re lucky, that may be true, but in truth, your creativity should incorporate the following tips:

When creating a domain name, you should keep in mind the following tips:

• 1. If it is possible, go with a “.com” extension. This is the most common, and easier for people to remember. In case no .com is available, opt. for a .net, or .org.

• 2. The name itself — Do not use dashes or numbers in your domain name–it is hard for people to remember, unless it is central to the theme of your site.

• 3. Keep your name as compact as possible — the fewer words in the naming/description of your website will makes it easier for people to remember your site name, and that is definitely what you want.

Protecting Your Domain Name

Once you have your domain name, and your website is flourishing — you must protect your domain.

So how do you protect your domain? At the end of the year, the registrar will send you a notice that your domain name is about to expire. Inadvertently, you may be thinking, that they just want your money, and they can darn well wait til the date it is due to get your money! Well, I wouldn’t do that. There is a very legitimate process called “drop catching”– that can easily destroy all your hard work in one instance.

Drop Catching

Drop catching is a legal process by which people can quickly grab domain names that have expired and use the link to create a website consisting of advertisements — or worse yet, resell them to make a profit off of your hard earned traffic. So, it is wise that you do not wait til the last minute to pay your registration. You do not want to log-in to your site, to find an error, or find out that suddenly you are no longer in business.

The rules of the ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers), gives domain registrars 45 days after the expiration date to notify the website owner that their domain name is going to be dropped from the registry. After the 45 days, you have a 30 day grace period, then your domain is up for grabs. However ..

Some domain services have created an auction process for expired names, such as GoDaddy.com, that begins the auctioning of domain names in as little of 30 days after the expiration date, to prospective buyers. However, GoDaddy.com does state to the prospective buyer in the auction process, that the original owners still have the option of reclaiming their name.

What’s in a name? If it’s a domain name, it can be your future online. So choose wisely, and protect what you worked, or have been working for — a business online.

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So does website color really matter?

Different colors can effect our moods, and having a website with colors that compliment each other would be ideal. I think this is one thing everyone building blogs and websites would agree on.

On the other hand, how many people really take the time to figure it out?

Many experts say there is a Science behind color choice and putting the right combination of colors together can make a difference on the over all effectiveness of the website.

Knowing what colors look good together is not my area of expertise, and I surely don’t understand the psychology on how colors effect us. But, thanks to some handy tools out there, anyone can become the expert. These tools do it for you!

The video below will explain these helpful tools.

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By Daegan Smith

Every now and again you should decide to remove the curtain and share something that is literally priceless and personal – The realization of a goal achieved.

When I started this home business stuff my FIRST big goal was to earn enough to pay for my younger brother to go to college. Turned out he didn’t need me for that, getting a virtual full ride to MIT, so we decided to embark on a special trip and I recorded videos to share that priceless experience.

There was one person puzzled by why I shared this, he said “I don’t understand the lesson I’m supposed to learn except for the fact you can afford a trip like this and I can’t.” And that’s completely opposite of why I shared these videos.

Let me explain…

First off, sometimes I’m not always trying to teach. These videos are just something I really wanted to share with the group. No, I’m not trying to say “look at how great I am,” it’s actually the opposite message I’m trying to convey. Simply…

If I, just some guy, can commit to and realize these personal dreams so can anyone, but more importantly, and probably something most people missed is…

The importance of celebration. Never EVER forget to do it.

If you’ve been watching the historic moments in the current Olympics you’ve seen Michael Phelps break world record after world record. You’ve also seen Usain Bolt do the same.

After each new milestone they’ve reached, if you’ve watched closely you’ve seen them celebrate. Now the debate on TV is “is this celebration over the top?” My take is absolutely NOT. You break several world records and, in my opinion, you have permission to celebrate till the cows come home.

What people misunderstand is they think this celebration is “showing off”.

It’s not, it’s personal, and it’s simply a physical manifestation of the excitement dreams worked on countless hours while no one is looking once achieved creates. It’s a release of “good” energy.

In fact, one thing I’ve done, is I’ve taken news clipping of these guys celebrating and plastered them on my wall and written on them “Never EVER Forget To Celebrate!”

I want to share in that energy because I know it’ll help me reach my own new heights.

If you’re building a dream, a part of that vision on the other end of the tunnel better be you celebrating your success.

The mistake I see most people make is they don’t celebrate the small stuff. If you’ve never gotten a lead and you get your first one throw your arms up in the air and scream “HURRAHH!!!”

And do this every step of the way and you’ll find yourself having a ton more fun, getting to the next goal quicker and with more excitement than the previous, and you’ll soon find yourself surpassing anything and everything you ever thought possible.

If you’re fresh out of the gates, one thing you’ll also notice is that both Usain Bolt and Michael Phelps had a game plan. This is essential to setting the path to creating your own version of greatness. We all need a success to model and here’s where to get your game plane for creating life changing experiences in your home business.

Daegan Smith is an expert online marketer, trainer, and teacher.

Head here to http://GetYourFreeDVDBootCamp.com to discover the three simple steps to making more than a full time income in your online home business now.

Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Daegan_Smith

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By Steve Guttridge

Thanks for stopping by the site. Always good to visit with friends. There is a great deal of info here to help you in your business and Internet endeavors. One of my objectives has been to to help other people earn online, and when they do I will be a trusted source of information. Feel free to contact me by leaving a comment in the contact area above. Always interested in another viewpoint. Mention if there is something you would like to see referenced and I will see what I can do. Enjoy your visit.

As an affiliate marketer, I get to see the value in bum marketing. It is a foolproof method of generating income on the web, and requires very little knowledge of marketing to participate.

The bum marketing method has been around for quite awhile – also called article marketing!, Travis Sago (the original bum marketer) is know to have coined the phrase “BUM Marketing”. Simply writing articles, then putting those articles in front of a Starving crowd. A lot of people are earning daily using the free methods that bum marketing offers. The Link below will take you to the website I first used to start bum marketing. Put the methods to work and your guaranteed to start bringing in some sales.

Here’s How You Can Generate Cash From the Internet at Will

“Bum Marketing Method”

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By Daegan Smith

Sometimes I’ll stay up late at night to watch a show called “Poker After Dark”

where the world top poker players play a week, long winner takes all, tournament.

I like this show because it’s a little like business.

Poker, if you boil it down, is basically a game of calculated risks – so is your business.

Difference is, in poker, luck plays a part so you can’t always win. Where in business, you can always win if you play your cards right.

Well, the reason I’m so entertained by this show is, I like to see who loses and why.

Because it works the same way in business, you just see the effects more exaggerated, and faster at the poker table.

It always comes down to two types:

1. The rogue who doesn’t take calculated risks and is playing on pure luck – for this person, there is no help.

2. The calling station, the person who doesn’t believe that the other player might have the winning hand and is driven by impulse to SEE it.

For the second type, there’s some hope.

See this person loses because they bet every hand to the end – just to SEE. They’re easily duped, their cash stack goes away quickly, and they’re out of the game.

Unfortunately, the home business arena is plagued with “callers” that don’t know what they are – they all want to see.

Here’s what I mean:

(HINT: avoid these types yourself for accelerated success in your business)

Sometimes I’ll check to see what people who, for whatever odd reason, decide to unsubscribe from my valuable tips and strategies say on the way out – guess what?

It always says “show me”.

I know because they’ll leave comments like “If your stuff is so good why don’t you just give it to me and when I make some money I’ll pay you out of my profits.”

That’s a caller’s mentality. And callers always lose. So…

I’m happy to see them go.

These types always lose because they want you to prove it to them first, they want magic, and then they’ll believe.

To all you “callers” out there,

I’m sorry to burst your bubble, that’s not the way THIS world works. Let me ask you something I want you to think deeply about.

Do you know anyone who’s successful that has the M.O. “Let me see if this works and if it does I’ll pay you?”

I don’t.

Successful entrepreneurs simply don’t think like that, but know who does?

Employees – people that want a job. Nothing wrong with wanting a job, all I’m saying is don’t confuse starting a business with a job.

They’re different animals living on different planets.

If you NEED money, which is something I hear a lot from “callers” on the way out.

The immediate solution is simple. Get a job.

Far less risk, you’re gonna get paid for your hours, and there’s always demand. Problem solved.

If you want to be successful in your home business, but you’re waiting for someone to go out and earn your first commission check for you so you can “see” the proof, you’re going to live a long frustrating life.

Look…

If I could place an ad and tell the vendor I’ll pay you if “it” works don’t you think I’d do it?

If I could get trained by someone who’s got experience and is in a place where I wanna go and didn’t have to pay unless “it” worked, don’t you think I would?

Did you catch the word by the way? “It”

When you take the “calling station” stance you’re playing passively. You’re letting the world call the shots for you. Nothing is ever your responsibility and that a world is for mediocre individuals – not you or I.

Entrepreneurs would do it the other way if it was possible, but in this world, you can’t be successful as a “calling station”, successful people get it.

They realize that it isn’t going to change for them, and so…

They adapt. They take the steps to grow. They take on the responsibility and make calculated risks because they see two things:

They see the opportunity in it.

They see that it’s the path to wealth and happiness.

And play along…

You can’t have it both ways. You can be a free loader and get by, that’s fine – you’re not a bad person for it.

Or…

You can step up and play the way winners play and reap the rewards.

“Calling Stations” and free loaders want magic – they want some force to come into their life and change it while they sit back and watch.

They’ll never say that to you straight up, but they know that’s what they’re really “hoping” for.

Then they wait to “SEE” when the magic is going to happen.

By doing that, they never give magic a chance to come into play.

Magic is there and available to them, but…

You don’t grow a large organization in your business by waiting to see what happens. You believe it’s going to happen. You go make it happen. Then you inspire others with your passion and drive.

That’s where magic lives.

You see the opportunity. You take it at all costs. And in that, magic comes into your life.

Play the game to win or play to “see” the winner beat you and “call” – it’s up to you.

Daegan Smith is an expert online marketer, trainer, and teacher.

Head here to http://GetYourFreeDVDBootCamp.com to discover the three simple steps to making more than a full time income in your online home business now.

Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Daegan_Smith

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by: Janice Jenkins
I often get this question from business owners, especially from those who are just starting: how do I sell my business? In particular, how can a business owner acquire the techniques to be better at selling what they have?

Many business owners, although they are very good at what they do, they often fall short in the selling category. In fact, many would rank selling as their weakest point in the many entrepreneurial skills they have. They might be great with coming up with ideas such as having brochure printing for their ads; and accomplishing the daily tasks involved in running a business. But all will agree that the marketing part is one of the most difficult things to do.

But for all those business owners feeling this way (whether you have a small food stall or a reputable brochure printing company), do not worry. There are millions of you out there. Take heart because even though marketing is truly difficult, it is not impossible. Selling your business to your target clients is very challenging indeed; but when you are able to harness the technique, you can very well sell anything even to the littlest thing available in your product line.

As selling and marketing is an art, there are many ways that can help you accomplish it and get the results you want. But you have to start at the very beginning when selling – concentrate on your image. This means having the reputation that you can be proud of. Your target clients need to have a positive impression of you and your business before you can even sell anything to them.

Many experts in fact highly recommend this one. If you want to be better at selling then, you need to focus your energies on providing your target clients with a good reputation. No amount of selling and marketing can help your business without a credible reputation in your niche. There is really no substitute to having a good name in the industry without any taint of disgrace and jaded customers.

However, having and keeping a good reputation entails hard work. It is not like you just have to sleep on it and tomorrow you will have one for your business. And it also does not mean that when you have a good reputation you can just sit back and relax. You need to really work on it.

So how do you gain credibility? There are 4 C’s you need to be aware of:

Competence

You need to know everything there is to know about your business. You need to be an expert in what you do. This is competence at the very core. By becoming an expert, you are most likely to gain clients as they would be looking for your solutions every time for their problems.

Confidence

As you know very well what your business can do, you will have confidence to market your product or services because you believe in them. The more confident you are, the more likely that your customers will think the same way you do.

Commitment

As a business owner, you got to have commitment as you are the first sales agent of your products and services. Who else would sell your business for you? Selling and marketing is a necessity to having a business. So it would be wise for you to be committed and stay that way to your business.

Character

If you want to stay in business for a very long time, you need to inculcate virtues that your customers would be looking for – honesty, integrity and a sense of fairness in all your transactions.

When you have all these C’s, it would be much easier for you to stand by your products and services which in turn, make it less stressful for you to sell and market your business.

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By Steve Guttridge

Creating an animated .gif file is pretty easy. You can do this with two free programs, the first being Paint.net and the second being unFREEz.

Download  Paint.net

Download Unfreeze

First open paint.net

In the upper left you will see a folder, click on it and find the file you want to work with.  Your file will appear in the center.

Paint.net lets you do many things to your photo, but for now we will resize and make it animated.

To re-size, go to Image, then click on re-size.

Re-size to 150×150

Next, go to file, then Save As…   make sure you save the file as a .GIF file extension.

(Save your files to the desktop)

Now you will see a configuration screen, click OK on the bottom right corner.

Repeat these steps for however many photos you want.

Next, open Unfreeze

Drag the files from your desktop and drop them into the frames window.

You can set the frame delay to any amount of time between frames that you want.

Once your .gif files are in the frame window, click on Make animated GIF and save the file to the desired directory.

That’s it!

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By Ghyslain Lefevbvre

Being able to brand yourself is extremely important for today’s entrepreneur. It is also very difficult to do. In order to be a successful online business owner, the branding part of your business could mean the difference between people choosing to do business with you or someone else. Think about it, if a prospect is thinking about starting a business and he/she has an option to see you and get to know you vs. the other option of not seeing or knowing anything about the other entrepreneur, which one will they choose!

There are many examples we could use to explain some of the branding out there but let’s use these. In the MLM world, you have a main name like Herbalife. Herbalife, for a MLM does a good job of branding and advertise themselves to the world. If you ask a soccer fan if they heard of Herbalife, they will answer immediately yes,” they are the sponsor for the L.A. Galaxy”. Looking at another MLM, we have Melaleuca, company with very good products but ask anyone you know and chances are they won’t know who they are because they are not out there doing anything to promote the brand.

In the restaurant industry, if you think of McDonald, you think hamburger, Denny’s you think breakfast, Starbucks, you think coffee, Wal-mart, you think save money. What all these companies have in common, they know who they are, they make sure they are very good at it and that is what they advertise and focus on. It took a trial an error period for each company but they figured out and now they are the leaders in their field.

Before you start branding yourself, you must remember this. Whatever you choose to do to brand about yourself, it will follow you for life. You may or may not remember Rich Jerk. His methods, at the time were very unorthodox but they worked. He was almost insulting people on his website if they weren’t going to buy his products. His methods were very successful but only for a short period of time. Now, for Rich jerk to rebrand himself, it would be very difficult and timely.

So how do you brand yourself in your online business? First let’s define Branding. “The marketing practice of creating a name, symbol or design that identifies and differentiates a product from other products”
So let’s start with this. Try this little exercise. Take a look at your promotional materials or services. Do they say things like?

* Best service
* in business since 1291 B.C.
* newest technology
* best trained
* fastest delivery
* friendly smiles
* we do it right the first time
* professional service

As you brand yourself to your online business customers, keep in mind all of this. These are just starter steps but extremely important to build a trust between you and your possible business partners.

So how do you decide on your Brand? Ask yourself these questions. Do you cater to a specific group of people? Are you expert in addressing a specific issue? Do you guarantee your work? Finally, there is one thing in your business that no one else can duplicate – YOU! So don’t be afraid to give your business or practice a little personality. If you are in a very competitive industry, it may difficult so you may need to plan your branding very cautiously and find something unique about you…

To conclude, branding is very important for the success of your business but it can also be very difficult. Take your time, because the difference between you and your competitors is YOU.

If you would like more info on how you could start and build your online business, please visit our website. To find a business opportunity, also visit our website.

Ghyslain Lefebvre is an expert online business entrepreneur who helps people start and achieve what they are worth. If you would like more info on how you could start and build your own business working from home, please visit or http://7figureincomethisyear.com/ or get what you are worth

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By Jonathan D Scott

Article traffic is one of the best ways to get quality highly targeted traffic. No only will you benefit from being listed in the most viewed category you can also make it to the most published article category too. But more on that later. Lets get right to it. I will list out 7 secrets that done correctly will help you dominate the article directories and get lots of traffic.

1. Top Copy – Of course you need to have something relevant and intriguing to say. Write from the heart but do not ramble. Get to the point fast and offer value. Sometimes you want to offer information you would normally charge for.

2. Organize Your Article – The way you layout your article is actually very important. You want to make your article readable by the skimmers. Most people have short attention spans even when they want to learn something. Make your article stick out. Use bullet points and start new lines for important sections, words, or sentences.

3. Wondering Eyes – Now everyone has wondering eyes. So take advantage of this trait. Use Bold, italic, and if allowed small pictures or emotion icons. Highlight words through out your article that tell their own story. Your skimmers will see these words and get the picture. Your main goal is to get the reader all the way through the article to your resource box and clicking your links to find out more.

4. Keywords Are Key – Do a little keyword research. Write your article using the keywords you find and sprinkle them through out your article. Place the keyword in the title, body, and resource box. Definitely use the keyword as an anchor text in your resource box.

5. Internal Back linking – The large article directories have hundreds of thousands and some millions of article in their database. This creates a whole lot of back link opportunity for you. Your goal is to get into the categories that will deliver the most article traffic to your article then your website. Most of the large article directories have categories such as most viewed article and most published. These tends to be difficult to get into but the pay off is sweet. More on that later.

6. Generate Article Traffic – In order to get into those special categories you need people to come view your article. This is where your back linking skills come into play. But I would first start by telling all of your friends that you have a great article that they should go and view. You can republish your article where ever you would like to get some back links generated for your article. You want to pick places where you can generate views of your article. One great place is social networking sites. Especially ones that allow you to have a blog.

7. Faster Approval – Online you will here a lot of people say take action. But taking action sometimes takes time. Well we all know time is money. So to help get that money you will want to take advantage of the faster approval methods these article directories give you. Most of these options cost money. If you can afford it, do it. its worth it. The faster you are approved the faster you can get working on your traffic and the faster you get paid.

Article traffic is your ticket to lots of visitors to your website. Want more dirty details? Check out the Article Traffic website and video that will give you more insight into these 7 secrets to article traffic domination.

Visit the site and click here: Article Traffic.

Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Jonathan_D_Scott

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