Blog Upp

Blog Upp is a new blog promotion service, and it's the easiest one of the lot. You don't have to register or go through a rigorous approval process or put a bunch of code on your blog. You just type in your URL, a simple piece of code is generated for you, and you get a widget like the one at the bottom of the post.

If you look in my sidebar you will see that I also use Feedburner, which of course has the advantage of being a subscription service. But when adding Feedburner components to a blog, I reckon on it taking a lot of time. I use Blog Rush on some blogs, but they rejected this one, and I'm not certain why. I give them a link because they do allow me to use their service on some of my other blogs, but...go figure.

I liked how easy Blog Upp was to use. And I like that you don't have to register. This puts them way up on my list, along with Feedjit. They provide a useful tool and make it easy for a person to use it. What could be nicer?

Here is the Blog Upp widget. Also, look for it in my sidebar.

Traffic Digger

This completely free, viral traffic system allows you to promote one of your programs. Then you can promote your Traffic Digger URL on a traffic exchange. As always, I recommend Start Xchange, one of the most user-friendly exchanges out there. But there is no limit to the number of traffic exchanges you can sign up for and promote your Traffic Digger URL (or just about anything else) on. Traffic Tornado gives you a great list of traffic exchanges to pick and choose from. You can also promote your Traffic Digger URL on Google adwords or other PPC programs, thus potentially building your Traffic Digger downline AND promoting your product.

Click the banners below to sign up for Traffic Digger, and then click the Traffic Tornado banner to get started with some excellent traffic exchanges. May I recommend Start Xchange, Max Traffic Pro, Magnify Traffic and Traffic Swarm as great starting places.

I wish you happy and successful promoting and am committed to finding you the best free and cheap resources to help you on your way.

Web Hosting: Host Monster

You may be wanting to start a website for your new affiliate business or personal page. There are free web hosts, but if you want to have more control and not have all of your pages with links advertising your web host, you need a real domain host. I do use Host Monster for many of my sites, and it is very good at only $6.95 per month. You can add unlimited domains and your first domain is free for life. You can also join their free affiliate program and get $65 commission on every new customer that comes to them through your link. Very cool! Yes, I will stick with Host Monster.

However, there is one complaint that I have about Host Monster, and that complaint involves their Web Page Wizard. Page Wizard is better than many WYSIWYG design programs, but my overall rating of it is two out of five vacuums. In other words, it sucks. However, I do not have the funds at this time to buy either Dream Weaver or pay a web designer, and I really didn't care for Front Page, although I may give it another shot.

Here are the things that I don't like about Page Wizard.

You can't go in and change the HTML. It won't save. You can change the page HTML from file manager, but it won't transfer to Page Wizard.

Page Wizard does not support Javascript. Come the hell into the 21st century already!

In spite of the half-assed nature of Page Wizard, Host Monster is an excellent hosting company. Click the banner to check them out.

List Joe, the Super List Builder

While everything that I said about My List Network in this previous post still holds true, I've found an easy-to-use list builder that I like even better, and that list builder is List Joe. List Joe is free to join and there are upgraded accounts available. As well as being able to email hundreds of people once a week on a free account, you are given access to a great downline builder that comes with the benefit of giving you access to even more great list builders. There is really nothing that I've found that's quite as easy or user-friendly as List Joe. The member's area is packed with marketing tools including suggestions for E-zine ads, safelist advertising, PPC ads and so much more. Did I mention that it's FREE for all these great tools? This is not a trial price--you can be a free member for as long as you want, or you can upgrade anytime.

I find that I really like using My List Network and List Joe together. Whether you are new to list building or a seasoned netrepreneur, they are a winning combination!

Click the button below to join me in utilizing the greatest list building tool on the Internet.

Ubiee

Ubiee is a new kind of marketing program known as Contributional Marketing. It is a product based Project operation for creating awareness for a cleaner Environment and peace projects. Click here to view Ubiee's seven pledges. Each participant contributes either a one-time or monthly payment of 11 Euro and works to promote the project. The participants in the group earn stipends from their participation.

Ubiee provides several technical solutions including web hosting and email as well as a unique product called the Power Pill which helps automobile engines burn cleaner.

Like MLM, you benefit by getting people to sign up. Unlike MLM, everyone gets an equal share of the profits.
You can also buy ad space on Ubiee's pages.

Ubiee is very different. Click on the links to find out more.

WAH Watchdog

Thinking of trying out a work from home opportunity? Great--but don't do it without consulting WAH Watchdog first. This online consumer protection site rates work-from-home programs based on participants' experience, not on advertising dollars from the work at home programs. You do not have to give your email address in order to get this information, and you are not tracked. WAH Watchdog will never contact you unless you opt to receive emails from them or become one of their affiliates (at no cost to you) and spread the word about their service. Check out The Rich Jerk and 245 other popular work from home opportunities. Get ratings read the words of real people who tried these programs for themselves. All at no cost to you and no risk of having your inbox glutted with Spam. What could be better? Just click the banner below and get all the essential details for yourself.

Viral Marketing with My List Network

According to Wikipedia:

Viral marketing and viral advertising refer to marketing techniques that use preexisting social networks to produce increases in brand awareness, through self-replicating viral processes, analogous to the spread of pathological and computer viruses. It can be word-of-mouth delivered or enhanced by the network effects of the Internet.[1] Viral marketing is a marketing phenomenon that facilitates and encourages people to pass along a marketing message voluntarily.[2] Viral promotions may take the form of video clips, interactive Flash games, advergames, ebooks, brandable software, images, or even text messages.

It is claimed that a satisfied customer tells an average of three people about a product or service he/she likes, and eleven people about a product or service which he/she did not like.[3] Viral marketing is based on this natural human behavior.

I am testing My List Network, a viral marketing program which is designed to help marketers build their lists without mass e-mailing. People in the MLN Network agree to download the desktop application. Participants voluntarily receive messages from other MLN members and are able to send messages of their own. It is free to join and there are three levels of upgraded membership.
Like traffic exchanges, viral marketing programs are great for promoting work from home and affiliate opportunities and products, not so good for promoting your own artistic or creative ventures. The reason I stress this is because more than one broke creative type (like myself) has tried using these forms of free advertising for such products and, take it from someone who found out for themselves, you are doomed to dismal failure advertising such ventures in this fashion. For ventures of this nature it's better to do a search for something such as "book promotion" or look to niche publications and websites to promote your product.
If you are new to e-commerce and looking for a work-from-home affiliate opportunity or opportunities, it's also good to sign up for a program such as My List Network. And the good thing is, your inbox won't be Spammed because the program is self-contained. The messages are stored on MLN's own server, not in your computer's memory. In all honesty, I was a little leery at first, but MLN's software does not contain spyware or adware. I have experienced zero unwanted pop-ups. It really is safe and you can opt out any time. You have my word that this is a real, honest program and not a sleazy scheme to infect your computer or Spam your inbox. As an entrepreneur attempting to build an honest, lucrative self-made cyber-empire, my reputation is very important to me and I wouldn't risk it just to get a few sign-ups. If I don't believe in the product, I'm not going to promote it. But although I just started with MLN, I can say that all my initial fears were alleviated and I'm very favorably impressed thus far.
Click the banner to check it out and get started with MLN. I'm certain that whatever level of internet entrepreneurship you are currently at, whether a beginner seeking their niche or a seasoned marketer, MLN will be able to help you attain your goals.

Start Xchange and Jerky Direct = A Winning Combination

You may or may not have heard of traffic exchanges for advertising by now. They are good for helping you get sign-ups for MLM programs and business-related e-books, not so good if you are promoting a product such as arts and crafts or a fiction book. I really got bogged down figuring out which ones were worthwhile, so I stopped using them for several months. But the first one that I came back to is Start Xchange, which in my opinion is the best of the traffic exchanges. And when you are part of Start Xchange, you have the option to join a team, which can give you a real advantage.
When you are on a team it is an incentive to surf at least a little bit daily because then your entire team can win great prizes such as free hits for your pages and banners. And this time I'm launching a double assault by joining the SuccessJerky team.
What is the SuccessJerky team, you may ask? Well, it is comprised of affiliates of Jerky Direct, which should actually be called Jerky and More because they have a fine line of nutritional supplements and health and beauty aids as well. If you like jerky, being an affiliate of Jerky Direct is completely painless. You do have to agree to receive a monthly shipment of jerky, but it's only $12 for 2 big packages of a far superior product than you can buy in the grocery store. This jerky is delicious, easy to chew, and with the exception of the Fajita style, contains no added MSG. None of the varieties contain any preservatives. And if you're a vegetarian or simply don't care for jerky, you can choose to have a shipment of equally tasty fruit leather instead. So if you're someone who enjoys a tasty, healthy snack, why not get it delivered right to your door and have a chance to make money marketing it too? After all, it's easy to sell something that you believe in! Just click this link to see all the wonderful products offered by Jerky Direct. My son loves this jerky so much that it's spoiled him--he refuses to eat any other and hates the fact that when our shipment arrives every month, I insist on taking a bag for myself!
Of course you don't have to sign up to be a Jerky Direct affiliate or join the SuccessJerky or any other team, you can simply sign up for Start Xchange and promote your own product(s). It's free to join. Click the banner below and check it out today!