The late to the party Microsoft search engine team tries again. The Live search site was a clone of Google and did not provide much in terms of search results. It did it’s job, but lacked a little when compared to Google or Yahoo. With Bing Microsoft takes on Google with a fresh site with promise. The Bing search engine tries to organize your search by all related subjects. For example if you were looking for travel information for New York it would show up in Bing like a guide book. You would get flight information hotles and attractions. This is a clever feature that just might make the people at Goolge a little crazy. If you vist the site which will be going live on June 3rd you can watch a video of how their search works. The site might convert many user from Google.

The news is out the new Palm Pre is coming to Bell Canada. This is the only other mobile phone network that has been confirmed for the new smart phone. The new Palm Pre is said to be a real challenge to Apple’s iPhone.

The features that are included can seriously make this the next big smart phone. With the ability to multi task and slide out keyboard, business people are going to love the productivity of this unit. There are many things that you can do with the iPhone to run a business on the go, but the Palm Pre looks like a better option. With built in Wi-Fi and fantastic looking web browser that you can actually use. There are some many cool features on this phone from the camera to the live TV option. The details have not come out like price and what plans are going to be available. If it’s priced like the iPhone or lower then Palm might have a big hit on their hands.

A new money making packages came to my attention. This system is called Crazy Internet Millions.  The site claims that an Internet millionaire is giving
away his training kit and it won’t cost you a dime!

I am not sure what is in the kit or to many details at this point, but from what I have read it looks interesting. In the next few days I will sign up for this system and see what it’s all about. If anyone has joined the Crazy Internet Millions program please let me know.

Site is found here!

Is it just me or do you find Oprah interviews by Skype to be annoying. At first it stated with just a few interviews that seemed as a good idea to be connected with Skype. Then it started to look like Oprah was getting paid to Skype. The truth is Oprah is getting paid to Skype. You would think that a quality show like the Oprah show would rather have better video quality and sound. The way it looks now  is that the Oprah show rather see the money from eBay’s Skype service. Well let’s see if Oprah get’s over using Skype and moves on to Twitter.

Here is here first Twitter message “HI TWITTERS . THANK YOU FOR A WARM WELCOME. FEELING REALLY 21st CENTURY.”

If you want to make money online then you need a presence. Many readers of this blog already have a hosting account and are set up to do business online. If you are thinking of setting a site up or if you want to change hosting providers then www.eleven2.com might be the best little hosting secret out there. With web site hosting you want a company that is going to be there if you need them. The have great top 10 list of reasons why you should get hosting with them. The most important is the relationships they foster with their clients. When you host a business site you want to deal with a company that can fix a problem quickly. The eleven2 staff is on call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.

Here is their take on service “each and every one of us have iPhones, BlackBerries, Palm-enabled phones, or some type of computer phone that will alert us if something’s wrong no matter if we’re sleeping, eating, or working. So, rest assured, we’re always in the know”.

With the bigger hosting providers you never know who you are going to get for your tech support. With a company like eleven2 you will deal with less people and build working relationship. If you are in need of space then try eleven2 and support the smaller web hosting companies out there. The best part of dealing with this company is that your tech support calls are not outsourced. You get real answers in a language you can understand. Don’t go daddy go eleven2.

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Thanks to Brett for this code.

The way I have been advertising most of my affiliate offers has been through pay per click advertising. There are advantages to using ppc that you can not get from any other type of advertising.

When you create a campaign you can target the people most likely to buy your product or service. The ability to target your potential buyers, with keywords narrows the traffic to your site. This in mind I wanted to try other types of advertising. The cost of advertising on mainstream media was not an option. What I came up with was to advertise in the local area with a postcard. The cost was small and I had the software to design a nice looking layout for one of my landing pages.

The first step was to pick an offer and create a postcard that would drive traffic to a landing page. With Microsoft’s digital image program I designed the postcard. Once I had a mock up of my postcard I printed it onto 4×6 photo paper. The result was amazing a nice post card with little cost. The next step was figuring out how to print 100 copies at a good rate. It would have cost too much to print it out on my printer. With a quick search I found that Costco would print 4×6 pictures for about $0.15 a print. This was a great rate compared to some of the local print shops or online companies. With the final design saved all I had to do was upload my picture to Costco and pick up the order the next day.

With a 100 postcards in hand I had to figure out where I was going to distribute the advertising. Since the product I am promoting is a bit upscale I picked a better neighborhood in town. With no experience in flyer delivery I set off to drop my first postcard advertising campaign. Stay tuned for my results.

THOUSANDS of people are earning 10x the average US income, working out of their houses!

It’s true many people are making full time incomes from home, just like I do. In my last post I mentioned the freedom I have working from home. It is so simple to get started that I am surprised more people are not working from home. Every now and then I find out about a great way for my readers to make money online. The other day I was very excited to discover a new way that helped people make money online very easily. The Internet Cash System is the perfect way for a rookie to get started online. It costs nothing to get started all you need to do is submit your email address to access free information. Then you will have access to the Internet Cash System and can be making money online instead of working a dead end job.

Visit the Internet Cash Sytem to get your free report.

The weather in Southern Ontario is fantastic. As a dot com business owner I am able to enjoy the great weather, and work from anywhere. All I need is Wi-Fi for my laptop and I am in business. When most people were stuck in traffic coming home from their dead end jobs, I was enjoying my afternoon at a local park.

If you do not have an online business and want the dot com lifestyle you need to take some action. There are many posts on this site with ideas to make money online. There are also services listed that can help you quickly learn to make money. The information on this site and others can make a difference in your ability to make money online. The only way to succeed is to take action. If you really want to quit your job and make money from home make it happen. If you do not have a business then make this your day to start. Write down a plan and set goals. Then get going and make your dreams come true. If you have any questions please let me know. Leave a comment and I will try answer as many questions as I can.

If you sell on eBay then here is a great site to source items for sale. The site Bidaroo is an auction site for charity that sells items at 90% less then retail. You can score some great items and make money reselling your finds. In order for you to make money you must know what that item sells for on eBay.

The site also requires that you buy tokens to bid, but when you sign up you get some free tokens. Once you have a set price go ahead and bid and try to win the item. This is a fun site and in the end you help charity.

Visit Bidaroo Here!

The one thing that most affiliate marketers do on a constant basis is to come up with new ideas. It can be difficult sometimes to come up with something new. With so many offers available through the affiliate networks where does one begin? The easy way is to pick up ideas from the media. When I watch TV I look for new ideas that might work with some of the offers that I have available on the networks. This is a great way to find a niche. The other method I like to use is magazines. When I wait for appointments I try to go through as many magazines as I can. One idea that I found turned out to be a real winner. If I had not found it in the magazine I would never had thought of this on my own. When you are out try to listen to what other people are talking about or shopping for. You find many unique ideas this way. As an affiliate marketer you need to practice tuning your senses. You never know where the next great idea is going to come from. With so many messages being delivered to us everyday, you need to figure out how to monetize. Even with my eBay sales I try to pick up new ideas and find products that would do well at auction. Keeping track of all these ideas is important to succeed. When I find a new idea I write it down in a little notebook, or make a note in my cell phone. At the end of the week I go through all these ideas and try to figure out which one is going to work. Once I have a list of ideas that sound promising it’s a matter of setting up a landing page and getting the right offers to match the idea. It amazing to see the sales on an idea that seemed a little odd, but it happens. You never know what is going to work.