Online Business

So everyone reads about these schemes: "Buy this book/course/dvd and you can start making money today". Do you really believe that?

I just finished an interview with Mark Anastasi, author of The Laptop Millionaire. He is the real deal - he has done it (and continues to) and now he is teaching others how to do the same thing.

The interview is broken into two pieces:

1. How Mark Went from Homeless to Being a Millionaire (all 32 tactics)
2. How You Can Make Money Online (learn how to get started)

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As you begin marketing with email, you'll see this expression: opt-in rate. Essentially, it is the conversion rate of site visitors who choose to subscribe, or opt-in, to your email list.

Learn more about opt-in and opt-in rates.

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A well built squeeze page will dramatically boost your opt-in rate to your newsletter subscription. It is a form of a landing page and focuses on converting site visitors into subscribers. Building your subscriber list will improve your email marketing campaigns.

Learn more about squeeze pages.

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I just completed the review of The Laptop Millionaire by Mark Anastasi. And it is really good. While there is a bit of the squeeze page approach to some of the testimonials, the approaches and tools he recommends are solid. And he isn't trying to sell anything - except the fact that this can really be done.

Check out the full review: The Laptop Millionaire

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Thinking about taking your offline business online? It can be a scary transition but when you consider all the benefits, it is all worth it.

There may be more reasons to take action than you realize.

Check out: 9 Reasons to Put Your Offline Company Online

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In this post, I want to clarify a few key blogging terms.

Trackback: refers to the comment style pingback that notifies a blog owner that their post has been mentioned.

RSS: Is a syndication format for sharing new content published on a blog.

Learn more about business blogging and how to increase blog traffic.

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Blogging is great. But it quickly loses its appeal if no one is reading your well crafted posts. I just completed this huge set of 15 free ideas for getting more blog traffic.

Check out the full piece: 15 Free Ways to Increase Blog Traffic

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So you need to choose a domain name. You have learned what a domain name registrar is. But just what is the domain name registry?

It's worth taking a few minutes to understand the terms and how the domain name business works. Then you'll be better equipped to run your online business.

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So you have an idea for an app? Now what?

Check out this new interview with Chad Mureta: The Basics of Creating an App Business and learn How to Create an App Business and learn just what you need to know to get started.

Chad is the author of App Empire - a how to guide for building profitable apps.

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We are thrilled to announce the winners of the 2012 Readers' Choice Award on Online Business. We had four categories this year: web hosting, email marketing, outsourcing and Wordpress themes.

Check out the full winners gallery.

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