Wednesday, January 2, 2008

Come visit the brand new Murphy NC 28906 social networking community In late December 2007, I created a new social networking site for Murphy NC 28906 on Ning.com. If you live in, visit, or want to know more about Murphy, NC, come join us at the Murphy NC 28906 social networking site. You can customize your profile, write a blog, discuss topics related to Murphy, NC in our forum, meet and get to know fellow residents, upload photos, and much more -- all for free! Anyone living in, visiting, or wanting to know more about Murphy, NC is welcome. Come join us today. 2:48:14 PM    comment []

Tuesday, August 28, 2007

New Web Master designs on CafePress It has been a very long time since I've been able to upload any new designs to my John Dilbeck's Shirts, Mugs, and Hats store at CafePress. Over the last few days, I created a dozen or so new designs and I'll be adding them to the store over the next few days, as I can. I thought it was appropriate to add some new designs to the Computers and Internet section. There are several designs in the WebMaster products, including the newest. Sometimes I see Webmaster as one word and sometimes as two. "Web Master" offers a new take on the design and it's now available on a number of products including clothing, tiles, stickers, magnets, buttons, mugs, steins, and probably a few I can't think of right now. Web Master Show the world that you control at least a portion of the World Wide Web, or give your favorite nerd a gift proclaiming her (or his) technical prowess. These products are available now. Act on your dream! JD 2:05:52 AM    comment []

Sunday, May 7, 2006

Get a free affiliate marketing suite at LinkScout Context: LinkScout, affiliate marketing, free advertising, search engine, link exchange, affiliate programs You can get a free affiliate marketing suite at LinkScout. Why? The main reason I recommend this site is because you can easily add your affiliate programs, network marketing programs, websites, blogs, lenses, forums, affiliate sites and links, and more, and advertise just one URL. You can build a site here for free, but it is well worth the $10 per month or $79 per year (as of May 5, 2006), to have a paid Associate membership. You can read about the extra benefits of an Associate membership and decide for yourself how valuable this could be to you in terms of saving both time and money. I've had a free membership for about two years and it's been tucked away in the back of my mind for when I was ready to upgrade and get serious about marketing both their services and my products and services. I'll be talking more about LinkScout as I learn to use it more effectively. If you want to sell more online, it is well worth investing $10 per month to centralize your advertising. If you are involved in affiliate marketing or mlm, you should sign up for your free membership today. 2:02:49 PM    comment []

Thursday, May 4, 2006

Free and Paid Classified Advertising at Adpost Context: classified advertising, advertising, marketing, affiliate programs, Site Build It I've been spending some time over the last few weeks getting ready for doing some major advertising to drive more sales to the merchants with whom I've affiliated. Lots of online marketers use online classified ads to market their products and services, and I'm no exception. I learned of Adpost a few days ago and posted a new ad to their site. Initially, I planned to post a free ad, but three of the upgrades were inexpensive enough that I posted a paid ad. Why? For only $9.99, I was able to get priority ranking for the ad. It also extended the life of the ad from 30 days with two 30 day renewals to up to 180 days with five renewals at no extra charge. A half-year of advertising for $10 is a no-brainer, to me. I posted the ad in the Business Products and Services category. There are 26 subcategories and my ad applies to all of them. So, after a bit of thinking, I posted to the Marketing / Sales subcategory. I paid another $9.99 to extend the ad to the other 25 subcategories. My geographical area is North Carolina, Other, because I live in a very rural part of the state. I wanted to advertise to a wider audience, so I paid another $9.99 to extend the ad to all geographical regions in the United States. So, now, for less than $30, I am advertising Site Build It! for a half-year to a wide audience, that is targeted to people looking for Business Products and Services. But, as you've heard on many TV infomercials, "That's Not All!" When the ad was submitted and paid for, several new options became available. Now, I have My Personal Adpost with a simple URL that lists all my active ads. While there is only one ad on the page today, there will be many more as I have time to create and submit them. It will be easy to advertise this one page and show multiple ads in one fell swoop. My Personal Adpost comes with a manager - free - with tips on how to use it to promote my offers. It is suggested that I put the URL on my business cards, letterheads, flyers, brochures, signature files when posting on other sites, email signatures, websites, and blogs. In the manager, you can name your Personal Adpost, add text to the upper-right area of the page, and, optionally, limit it to display only ads in one category or country. But that's not all! (grin) Once my ad was accepted and posted to the site, I was given the option to create a new thread in the Business Products and Services Forum. I started the Any questions about Site Build It? thread to discuss the SBI service. (I just checked on this forum thread, May 4, 2006, and it is missing. Why?) That's a lot of service for less than $30 and an hour's work. Since Sitesell's 5 Pillar Affiliate Program pays so well, if I only make one sale per year with this ad, it will still be profitable. If I make more than one sale, I'll promote Adpost Classifieds heavily, both online and offline. Of course, I'll link to My Personal Adpost at http://johndilbeck.adpost.org to make it easy for offline advertising. If you are looking for a great place to post your online advertising, I recommend Adpost. It's free to set up your own account and to start advertising today. What are you waiting on? You are invited to comment on this article. 6:19:58 AM    comment []

Thursday, February 16, 2006

Who "owns" your zip code? What? You mean someone may own my zip code? How? Don't be concerned. It's not what you may be thinking. Dan Nickerson has created a remarkable GeoAfilliate Marketing concept and has created several websites to make it work. With most affiliate marketing, an individual joins a merchant's program and then promotes the merchant's products using an individualized affiliate code. Dan introduces a different way of doing affiliate marketing with Got-Zip.com. Instead of promoting a merchant's products with your individual code, you just send them to Got-Zip.com. Dan handles joining the various affiliate programs, approximately 100 at this time, and the site maanages your commissions based on the zip code in which the visitor/purchaser lives. When you go to the site, you tell it your zip code and a cookie is placed on your computer to remember it. That's it. From then on, when you visit Got-Zip.com and make a purchase, the person who "owns" your zip code (and/or county or state) will get a part of the commission from that transaction. If nobody "owns" the zip code, county, or state, the unclaimed commission is put into a reserve pool and is shared by all the folks who own other territories. How do you "own" a zip code? There are three ways. Well, actually, there are six ways, depending upon where you live. You can "own" a zip code by paying an annual fee. If you live in the zip code you purchased, you are considered a resident. Otherwise, you are considered a prospector. A prospector, who lives outside a territory, can purchase the area. However, if a resident comes along later, the resident can also purchase the area and they will share commissions on any purchases made by residents of the area. However, if a resident buys a territory first, prospectors are locked out and the resident gets the full share of the commissions. Zip codes are "sold" on an annual basis. Counties and States are sold based on a monthly subscription. At this time, all the states are taken, but there are still many counties and zip codes available. I don't know if this will stall out or take off and fly. However, I've read all the posts in the forum that go back over a year and Dan appears to be honest and hardworking. He has some very innovative ideas. Based on my evaluation, and gut-feeling, I "bought" my 28906 zip code and Cherokee County, NC. I probably would have bought North Carolina, but someone beat me to it. If you decide you want to be a part of this, you should be aware that it will take some time before your investment will pay off in profits unless you can generate sales to people living in your territory. If you just purchase a territory and wait for others to do the work, it may take a long time to profit. One good thing is that nobody so far has lost any money by trying it. In the past, if someone cancelled their subscription, all their payments were refunded. Now, they have a territory auction to give others a chance to purchase your territory from you. What happens if you live in a sparsely-populated rural county, as I do. Is it fair to pay the same price for that zip code or county as someone else would pay for a territory in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, or another territory with many more people and prospective customers? It depends on several factors. Are you a resident or a prospector? How much local promotion are you going to do? Do you have traffic funnels you can use to direct people living in your territory to Got-Zip.com? Depending upon your personal marketing initiative and creativity, you may be able to make more sales in a smaller area than someone else can generate in a more-populated area. You get your share of the commissions on sales in your territory. What I didn't realize at first, and which makes this more attractive in my opinion, is that you also get an equal share of the commissions on sales in territories that have not been claimed. But, I don't believe you can depend upon that to earn a profit. It may offset some of your investment, but you need to generate sales from residents in your territory to make this really profitable for you. And, you may also earn from others' promotional efforts. Perhaps a customer sees advertising from one of the other territory owners and they make a purchase. If they live in your territory, you'll get the commission (or at least your part of it). The same holds true if someone living in another territory sees your advertising and makes a purchase. The "owner" of that territory will profit from your promotional efforts. The easy part of this is that you don't have to use affiliate codes to earn from it. All participants just send folks to Got-Zip.com and the site's software and administrators sort the commissions by zip code. If you type in the Got-Zip.com URL, don't forget the hyphen. If you want to be a part of this, you should take a long-term view on your participation. You will not earn massive profits in a short time with no work. I'm going to be watching this site and this new concept of GeoAffiliate Marketing to see how it works. I invite you to visit Got-Zip.com and make a purchase from one of our many merchants. Who knows, I may make a commission off your purchase. Or maybe someone else will. But, you'll still be buying products you like from vendors you trust and will not pay any more by going to Got-Zip.com to find the merchant and click on their link. We'll appreciate your business! 2:32:30 AM    comment []

Monday, January 2, 2006

Site Build It! Two-for-one sale ends January 3, 2006 at midnight. This is my final reminder of the Site Build It! Buy-one-get-one-free special sale. SBI is a bargain at any time. Until midnight on January 3, 2006, it is an extra-special bargain. If you're not ready to buy your SBI site, you may be interested in reading the book that started it all. Make Your Site Sell! is an ebook with over 1000 pages of outstanding information. It is by far the best $30 I first invested in my online marketing business. After buying MYSS, studying it, and putting what I learned into action, I finally started earning money through affiliate marketing. So far, the only better investment has been Site Build It!. I use the SBI method, tools, and resources every day as I expand my network of websites, blogs, forums, and lenses, even on sites hosted elsewhere. You're probably not interested in building a network of sites. I don't blame you a bit. If my brain were wired differently and I could concentrate on just one topic, I'd probably be much better off, but it's not the way I am. If you have a particular subject in which you are interested, SBI offers a step-by-step method to identify your niche, build your site, and eventually monetize it. It will save you time, energy, and money, and you will have a better site with a better chance of earning a decent income with it. You may not be able to replace a full-time job, but perhaps you can earn a few hundred dollars per month with it. I highly recommend Site Build It! and I'll be developing more SBI sites later this year. Don't miss this special sale. Share the purchase with a friend. You keep one site and sell the other to your friend. Each of you can get your own site for half-price until tomorrow night. Or, buy one and give one away. Or, keep both for yourself. You don't have to activate the second site for several months. If you do this now, where can you be a year from now? 4:01:06 AM    comment []

NOC Regional Notices NOC Regional Notices are coming in January! All affiliates in a 100-mile radius of new merchants will now get a special notice of the new merchant, the merchant's offers, and more. These notices will make it much easier for affiliates to promote the special offers as they are published. The merchants gain local promotion of their special offers in a timely manner. Note: Applies only to the U.S. at this time. We will roll out additional parts of the world as programming is completed. 3:10:27 AM    comment []

Sunday, January 1, 2006

I want to help you promote your business and get more customers in 2006. If you own a business, you already know that all businesses need new customers. Two months ago, a new online service was introduced with the purpose of making it easy for merchants and business owners to offer special discount offers to attract new customers (or reward existing customers). Not only is it easy to do, but it costs absolutely nothing to register your business and create your special offers. You, as a business owner or manager, can decide what kind of offer you want to make. You can offer a percentage discount on the next purchase. Offer a special price or a freebie. Buy one, get one free. Buy one, get another at half price. Buy lunch and get a free beverage. $500 off at closing when you buy a new home. Whatever kind of offer that works for both you and your customers or clients. You know all about these kinds of offers. So do your customers and potential customers. And your competition. What's the catch? There isn't one. You can advertise for free and set all the conditions of the offer. All we ask is that you pay a bounty for each coupon that is redeemed by a paying customer. And, to top it off, you decide how much you're willing to pay for that customer to redeem the coupon. It's entirely up to you. You advertise free and pay only for results. How much are you willing to pay to acquire a new customer? How much are you willing to pay to get new business from your existing customers? What is the lifetime value of a new customer for your business? How much are you paying to acquire a customer now? Are you willing to try something new where you control the offer and the amount you're willing to pay, and to pay only when someone actually purchases from you? You don't have to pay for advertising and hope it works. You don't have to pay when someone clicks your advertising link. You pay only when someone actually redeems your coupon and makes a purchase from you. Guaranteed results. When you create an offer, won't you think about making your expiration date at least a year from now? That way, more people will get a chance to try your offer, you'll have less administrative efforts in renewing the offer, our affiliates (thousands of them) will have an easier time promoting your offer, and we'll all save time and effort in promoting your business. Of course, if an expiration date a year from now doesn't suit you or your offer, you're free to set the offer and the expiration date to exactly what you want. That's one of the beauties of this new service. We're working hard to promote you. I'm asking you to give us a try. If it doesn't result in new business for you, it won't cost you a penny - just a few minutes of your time. I'm also asking you to make an offer that is exclusive to our service. How many people promote your coupon when you advertise in your newspaper? We are ready to actively promote your offer. Since you're saving money by not paying for advertising that doesn't work, we'd like to ask you to make a offer that is better than your usual offer. You'll benefit and so will your new customers. I want to promote your business. If you go to http://ShowYourCoupon.com you can see our service in action. To register your business and start creating your special offers, go to http://merchant-info.showyourcoupon.com and sign up for free. I'll syndicate your coupon at http://SyndicateYourAd.com and to other websites, weblogs, and other venues -- all at no extra cost to you. Try us, please. You have nothing to lose, and the potential of attracting new paying customers at a cost you set. Remember, no customers, no cost. Register your business for free and make your offer to new prospective customers. I want your business and I'm willing to work to help you promote your business and make more sales. Your coupon will be actively promoted at SyndicateYourAd.com and many other sites that are fed from that weblog. Sign up today. (This service does not accept offers for business opportunities. We are happy, however, to help you promote your products and services.) Thank you, and I look forward to promoting your business. I hope you have a wonderful 2006. John L. Dilbeck Dilbeck Marketing Murphy, NC 3:29:48 PM    comment []

Tuesday, December 20, 2005

Site Build It! Buy 1 Get 1 Free Special - Expires December 25, 2005 Site Build It! just keeps getting better and better. Recently, the great folks at Sitesell have been busy adding more and more new features to Site Build It! For example, they added the ability to blog an entire site, called RSS It!, and it's done behind the scenes. Every time I add a new page, or update an existing one, it is automatically blogged and the RSS file is updated. I don't have to do anything, this just gets done automatically. In the last couple of weeks, RSS It! was improved with the addition of Blog It!, which offers the capability to blog about anything I want and have it included in the RSS file, and also on a blog page that is fully capable of being indexed by the search engines. I previously developed a way to show my blogs on my SBI site, but that used javascript and those pages were not indexed by the search engines. How much did it cost to get these new features added to my Site Build It! account? Not one penny. Nothing. Nada. That's something else I like about Ken Evoy. He and his team are constantly adding new features and improving the ones that are already integrated in SBI. They don't nickle-and-dime you to death, either. You know what you're getting with this company. An SBI account costs approximately $300 (USD) for a year of full access to the entire SBI system, including the outstanding, members-only forum. Pay once, use it for the next year -- simple. From now until midnight Christmas day, December 25, 2005, Ken is sweetening the deal. Buy one SBI site, get one free. See the details at Site Build It's home page. Click the holiday sale icon. If you've been planning to start your SBI website, now's the best time to purchase. Two for one deals only come around now and then. Don't miss this one. You don't want to wake up on December 26th thinking, "I wish I had." 1:25:42 AM    comment []

Friday, December 16, 2005

Are you a lensmaster? Here's why you should consider becoming one. Squidoo opened their public beta testing a few days ago, and during this period, you can become a lensmaster and claim up to 20 lenses of your very own. What's a lens? Basically, it's an outpointing web page on a particular topic. What topic? That's up to you. What do you know about and love to write about. See if the topic is available. If not, find another page name and try again. Write about yourself, your business, your hobby, the organization for which you volunteer, your family, your town or community. Write about what interests you. This is a free service, and you may even make some money with your lenses. Now, the main money-making module is Amazon.com and you can sell any of the products Amazon sells from your lens. There is full information about how the commission cooperative splits the commissions on the site. After the beta period is over, you'll be able to claim as many lenses as you want. However, remember that frequency of updating your lens may possibly be one of the criteria that determines the lens rank, so you may not want more than you can comfortably handle. Yes, this is a beta period and there have been some glitches. I've lost some descriptions as I was writing them, and now and then I lose contact with the system, but it has been remarkably easy to use, overall. I've claimed and published my limit of lenses during the beta test. If you want, you can visit any of my 20 lenses: 21st Century Webhosting Act On Your Dream! Blog Feed Syndication Broadband Data Communications Business Cards Cell Phones and Accessories Cherokee County, NC Discount Coupons Domain Name Registration and Hosting Favorite Travel Destinations Georgia Drag Racing Internet Access - Dial-up and Broadband Murphy, NC 28906 Napoleon Hill, author of Think and Grow Rich Play Music Promotional Products Real Estate Agents, Brokers and Developers Residual Income Gazette Site Build It, a revolution in website design, hosting, and promotion from Ken Evoy and Sitesell Success Cooperative Custom T-Shirts Western North Carolina If you are interested in publishing information about something in which you are interested, you may want to go to Squidoo.com and see for yourself. 6:15:59 AM    comment []

Tuesday, December 6, 2005

Initializing categories at ISucceedByHelpingYouSucceed.com A few days ago, I made the decision to move all my blogs powered by Blogger off their free storage at Blogspot.com. Over the weekend, I was busy rethinking what I want to do with my blogs, how I want to power them, where I want them hosted, and how to syndicate them for maximum readership. This post is to announce a new website I just created to help me with those aims, and, also, to create the new categories I'll be using here. In subsequent postings, all will be posted to the home page, and some will also be posted to the appropriate category. It will take another week or two to make things work as well as they were before Blogger started blocking my blogs. Things happen, we make changes, time goes on. (Context Tag: Act On Your Dream, I succeed by helping you succeed) 8:05:43 AM    comment []

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