Real Online Money Making http://realonlinemoneymaking.com Tips For Making Money Online Sat, 30 May 2009 21:33:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 en hourly 1 The Truth and History of eCommerce http://realonlinemoneymaking.com/131 http://realonlinemoneymaking.com/131#comments Sat, 30 May 2009 21:33:25 +0000 admin http://realonlinemoneymaking.com/?p=131 You might not realize it, but the history of e commerce started before the first Internet connection.

Things started happening in the 1960s, over 40 years ago, that were crucial steps along the way bringing us to the level of e commerce we have today.

EDI – Electronic Data Interchange

First, the EDI was developed in the 60s. This is a set of standards for electronic transactions and the exchange of business information. Even with this development, many companies still couldn’t do business electronically with each other because there were different EDI formats.

But in 1984, one EDI, the ASC X12, became the standard for transferring large amounts of transactions, and was adapted quickly by those institutions who wanted to do business electronically.

Web Browsers

Eight years later in 1992, the first point and click web browser was developed, called Mosaic.

Then the first downloadable browser, Netscape, was developed based on Mosaic, and this gave people with Internet access the ability to participate in electronic commerce. This was really the first step in the history of e commerce that lead to the widespread e commerce usage we see today.

High Speed Internet

DSL or high-speed Internet let more users take advantage of e commerce with more convenience, with the holiday season of 1998 setting a record of the most e commerce sales until that point. Online sales for AOL during that 10-week Christmas season topped 1 billion.

A New Operating System

Red Hat Linux was developed, giving computer users a choice.

No longer was Windows the only option, consumers could opt for reliable and open-sourced Linux, instead. Now that there was competition, Windows began expanding its ability to handle e commerce.

Napster, Yahoo! eBay, Amazon

Napster was founded in 1999, and even though it started out as a way for users to share music files for free, its development was an important step in the history of e commerce.

As it became more and more popular, consumers had a say in what they hoped to get from such a site, and e commerce and the entire industry, in general.

Then, in 2000, AOL and Time Warner merged, combining a completely new online company with an old and established traditional company.

By then, Yahoo, eBay and Amazon.com were popular sites, their names synonymous with Internet use and e commerce.

Hackers attached each of these sites in 2000, demonstrating the need for higher Internet security, particularly where e commerce was concerned.

In the history of e commerce, this started the push for secure ordering and more secure browser interfaces.

eComerce Today

Traditional companies started adapting for e commerce, and now almost every major retail player has an online presence where it’s easy and convenient to order electronically, like Sears, Wal-Mart and Borders bookstores.

In 2001, business-to-business transactions alone accounted for $700 billion dollars changing hands.

With more people discovering the convenience of shopping from home than ever, it’s clear that the history of e commerce isn’t a closed book, but will continue to change as online shopping becomes more and more popular.

]]> http://realonlinemoneymaking.com/131/feed 1 Are You Ready To Change Your Marketing Approach? http://realonlinemoneymaking.com/124 http://realonlinemoneymaking.com/124#comments Fri, 29 May 2009 22:17:37 +0000 admin http://realonlinemoneymaking.com/?p=124 Textbook marketing approaches can go a long way toward building product sales and images.

They can be just good enough to get noticed, but they might not produce the results you’re after.

If you’re ready to go beyond what you learned in school or even by trial and error, there is an area of study worth paying attention to.

That area of study?

The real secret to marketing success lies in understanding human beings.

People are complex creatures that are often compelled to believe they are ruled by their minds, logic and reason. To an extent, this is true. People, however, are also highly motivated by influences that are much less black and white in nature.

They will purchase products and take particular actions if they are appealed to on an emotional or want-based level. Tap into both areas with a marketing campaign and the results can stagger.

Learning how to successfully market in a manner that falls outside the traditional box is not necessarily easy. There are ways to learn the ropes and gain insight from those who have mastered the art of making a decent product one that people will not pass by.

If you are ready to change your marketing approach and take campaigns beyond expectations, human nature and the forces that influence it should be your focus of study.

Article from CentralizedBusiness.com.

Claude Hopkins writes more about this in his chapter called Psychology.

]]> http://realonlinemoneymaking.com/124/feed 0 Emotional Selling Works http://realonlinemoneymaking.com/109 http://realonlinemoneymaking.com/109#comments Thu, 28 May 2009 22:14:12 +0000 admin http://realonlinemoneymaking.com/?p=109 People mainly use emotion to make a buying decision.

That’s how come you see your aunt’s kitchen cupboard full of a certain brand of catfood, and maybe she does’nt even have a cat!

Yep, she might win that cool million by sending in all those lables.

  • Purchase a particular brand of cereal and your children will think you’re the best parent ever.
  • Use a specific shaving product and you’ll exude sex appeal.
  • Shop at a certain store and you’ll enjoy the lifestyle of your dreams.

Logic dictates that these things simply are not so, but marketing campaigns that work are built around these concepts. People buy into them and prove it with their expenditures of choice all the time.

Why is it that these marketing campaigns work even for average products when more reasonable, straightforward and traditional methods might fall short?

The simple fact of the matter is that marketing campaigns that appeal to people on an emotional, or subconscious, level can have a huge impact. When they are successful, logic may tell consumers one thing, but their emotions will drive them forward to act any way.

People are simply wired to respond to certain cues. When the triggers for these cues are tripped through marketing campaigns or other efforts, people will act.

The secrets of marketing successfully in this manner are not necessarily easy to learn. If they were, every product out there would be a top seller.

When the right lessons are studied, however, marketing campaigns can bowl over the competition thanks to the power of emotional appeals.

Article by CentralizedBusiness.com.

]]> http://realonlinemoneymaking.com/109/feed 0 What If Everything You Have Been Taught About Internet Marketing Is Wrong? http://realonlinemoneymaking.com/113 http://realonlinemoneymaking.com/113#comments Thu, 28 May 2009 07:30:30 +0000 admin http://realonlinemoneymaking.com/?p=113 This video reminds of an article I posted years ago called Sins Of The Internet Marketing Godfathers.


Yes I know, May 17th 2009 is done and dusted for sure, but you can still see what’s going on here.

]]> http://realonlinemoneymaking.com/113/feed 0 What Secrets Do The Big Boys Have That You Don’t? http://realonlinemoneymaking.com/99 http://realonlinemoneymaking.com/99#comments Thu, 28 May 2009 06:07:22 +0000 admin http://realonlinemoneymaking.com/?p=99 Have you ever stopped to consider how it is certain companies manage to climb from the bottom to the very top without ever looking back?

Are their products or services that much better than the competition or do they have a secret others might not know about?

Chances are it’s the latter and not the former that drive the successful companies that top your list of the best of the best.

The big boys not only have huge marketing budgets, they know how to wield every penny they spend on advertising to get consumers to keep coming back for more.

Pay attention to commercials for the next big Hollywood blockbuster

The trailers shown will generally do several things.

  • First off, of course, they will show off the major stars whose images have been carefully packaged to attract attention.
  • Secondly, they will make certain to fire off the very best scenes that appeal to viewers on an emotional level.

It is a simple fact emotions sell.

When campaigns manage to reach people in the emotional sphere, people react. They will make purchases. They will watch movies. They will spend their money.

Appealing to emotions through marketing is not necessarily an easy undertaking to get the hang of. When the right approach is taken and carefully cultivated, the results will be noticeable.

The big boys in industry, in Hollywood and on Madison Avenue know how to get the job done. With practice and the right lead, you can enjoy similar results.

Article by CentralizedBusiness.com.

]]> http://realonlinemoneymaking.com/99/feed 0 Multiple Part Time Income Streams from Affiliate Commissions http://realonlinemoneymaking.com/91 http://realonlinemoneymaking.com/91#comments Mon, 18 May 2009 00:09:40 +0000 selfpublisher http://realonlinemoneymaking.com/?p=91 So you work a regular job, but when the money runs out each month there are still bills to pay, and you think affiliate marketing commissions probably won’t amount to enough to make the work worth your while.

This might be true, right in the beginning. But like any new venture, sometimes things start slowly and then pick up speed when you have a little experience and confidence with what you’re doing.

Start Part Time

The beauty of earning affiliate commissions is that you can start part time. You can keep that job so there’s no risk to you if it doesn’t work out (though there’s no reason that it shouldn’t).

If you can just carve out a little bit of time to get started, and to put some effort into it, what may start small can become an extra chunk of income each month without you having to find a second part-time job or take on more overtime at work.

Patience

If you set up a website and market just one product, even if you’re doing everything right, you won’t make thousands of dollars the first month (at least, it’s not likely).

But if you continue with web site promotion, add valid and interesting content to your site, get the word out about your site, get your site ranked well in the search engines, that one program can see you earning affiliate commissions that might surprise you, for so little work.

But if you market several different affiliate programs on that website that keeps growing and getting more visitors, each one will earn you money, and you’ll end up with several income streams made up of affiliate marketing commissions from different sources.

Multiple Income Sources

It’s not uncommon for affiliate marketers to start out with one website and expand to several more quite quickly, with some people actually owning dozens of websites, each focused on a specific niche and type of products.

The more you earn, the more can invest back into growing your affiliate marketing commissions, the more visitors you’ll get, and the more you’ll earn. It becomes a nice little circle of income that there’s no reason you can’t take advantage of.

Affiliate Networks

A great way to earn several different affiliate commissions is to use one of the many affiliate networks available today. You sign up with one network, choose a merchant, get all of your affiliate marketing materials and links in one place, and then you get paid all of your commissions from the network.

Affiliate networks are great because you can find many merchants all in one place. Many of these networks have excellent tools so you can track statistics, clicks, how many people purchased and what percentage of clicks that came from each individual link. This allows you to track which promotions work best.

You can adjust your efforts based on those performance reports, to earn more commissions and sales. It’s simple to get started making affiliate marketing commissions with just a little time, knowledge and effort.

Article source: WebTipsPro.com

]]> http://realonlinemoneymaking.com/91/feed 0 How To Predict e-Business Marketing Trends http://realonlinemoneymaking.com/83 http://realonlinemoneymaking.com/83#comments Sun, 17 May 2009 01:39:26 +0000 selfpublisher http://realonlinemoneymaking.com/?p=83 If it is your goal to increase your business over the next year, then it is imperative that you focus on ebusiness marketing trends.

In order to predict what the coming ebusiness trends will be, you need to simply listen to your customers. The first thing you need to know is who your target market is and how to reach them.

Teenagers

In order to predict what the ebusiness market has in store for the future, take a look at today’s teenagers. Here are a few things you will see:

  • Ipods loaded with music.
  • Cell phones that seem to be used for text messages more often than calls.
  • Wireless laptops that can connect to the internet anywhere.

Of course, what you specifically are looking for are online marketing trends. Therefore, take a look at what today’s youth are doing on their computers. They are probably:

Everything that these kids are doing is sending a message to ebusiness owners. It is simply up to you to listen. These kids are creating their own web experiences. They’re creating networks between people all over the world.

In doing this, they are eliminating all that is irreverent to them and hanging onto only what they consider to be significant.

Participate

What are most important are the media and tools that these kids are using in order to do this. If you want to market to today’s and tomorrow’s audience, you’ve got to become a part of the network which they’ve created. This network is a web of trust which they have wrapped themselves in.

By becoming a part of it, you too can be trusted by them and open your business to them. Only by examining today’s youth can you plan for the ebusiness marketing trends of the future.

Building Trust

In order to build trust and a large customer base, you need to build trust within your target audience.

People are becoming increasingly less tolerant of messages and advertisements that they are not interested in. That is why it is so important that you know your target audience and know what their interests are. In order to better know your audience, you must know the following:

  • Where they are coming from.
  • The specific web pages that they view.
  • The links that they click on.

In order to reach the audience of tomorrow, it is important that you take advantage of all of the tools that the internet has to offer. These include:

  • Viral content.
  • Internet video.
  • Mobile media.
  • RSS feeds.
  • .. and many others.

Viral marketing is a cheap way to increase your web traffic as it is basically getting others to do the legwork for you. RSS feeds are a great way to popularize your blog and get more visitors. You can even make videos in order to promote your business.

The better you have learned about and planned for ebusiness marketing trends, the more successful your ebusiness will be.

Article source: WebTipsPro.com

]]> http://realonlinemoneymaking.com/83/feed 0 List Of Social Networking Sites For Internet Marketers http://realonlinemoneymaking.com/68 http://realonlinemoneymaking.com/68#comments Fri, 15 May 2009 21:56:23 +0000 admin http://realonlinemoneymaking.com/?p=68 When you think of social networking sites, there are some obvious candidates that may immediately come to mind. It may be surprising to know how many different social networking sites are actually out there.

Here is a basic list of social networking sites online, but this list is by no means exhaustive.

Adult and Dating

These are social networking sites that focus on dating and relationships.

Blogging

These are social networking sites that either center completely around communicating through blogging, or put a large emphasis on the concept of blogging.

General Social Networking

These are the core of the social networking concept, with names like MySpace, Flickr, YouTube and Facebook leading the pack.

International Social Networking

These sites are especially popular in international countries, or are intended to cater to residents of a specific country. Friendster, for example, is a worldwide social networking site but it is especially popular in countries other than the United States. Biip, on the other hand, is a social networking site designed for the Norwegian community.

Niche Interests

These are social networking sites that are geared toward certain interests like music lovers, bibliophiles, coffee enthusiasts or pop culture.

Social Media

These sites specialize in sharing media and news with other members of the community.

Younger Generation

These are social networking sites that are best suited for younger generations and students.

Each one of these sites can be a good solid way to drive targeted traffic to your articles or your website. Before you ask, yes, you have to be careful not to do and outright sales pitch on your post. But with a little thinking on your part you will be able to make a useful post that is directed to your target market, without coming across as spam.

Some of the sites will not lend themselves to this marketing strategy, unless you are very creative in your post. Consequently you will find yourself being banned and your post being deleted if you violate the terms of service of those and others reflected on this list of social networking sites.

Article source: WebTipsPro.com

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]]> http://realonlinemoneymaking.com/68/feed 0 10 Inspirational Self Improvement Quotes http://realonlinemoneymaking.com/77 http://realonlinemoneymaking.com/77#comments Fri, 15 May 2009 13:33:58 +0000 selfpublisher http://realonlinemoneymaking.com/?p=77 It might take a little coffee or probably a few rounds of beer or any other booze you could get your hands on when it comes to relaxing after a hard day’s work.

Well, yeah I’m guilty about that one as well, unless I’m caught dead wearing a lampshade over my head after a few rounds of vodka… half-naked!

Okay, bad example and I apologize to everyone reading this after getting nightmares about me in that state of drunken stupor.

Just don’t ask how it happened, please.

But what’s really interesting is that how do people go through the usual part of life when faced with vein-popping stress? I mean, the new age thing like Zen or yoga is one of the good things and it actually works.

Is there room for the intellectual side of people who can actually smell the roses-in-a-can while on the move? It kind of had me thinking that there really must be something in this ‘mind-over-matter’ thing.

Humor Is The Best Medicine

Humor is indeed the best medicine there is. I mean anyone can pay good money to listen to a comedian just to make you wet your pants after laughing so hard.

Despite of what’s been happening, and to those who has gone though the ordeal, it’s better to just laugh while facing the troubles with a clear mind than anger with a clouded vision. One of my favorite celebrities of all time may have to be Woody Allen.

Now this is one guy who gives you the in-your-face bluntness that he pulls out with gusto, even without even trying. You can talk just about anything with a man, and he’s bound to mock the subject and you’ll end up laughing rather than being upset about it.

Woody Allen has this to say:

1.

“Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons.” It sounds good to me, I mean the practicality of all things does involve money but it doesn’t have to take an arm and a leg to get it.

2.

“I believe there is something out there watching us. Unfortunately, it’s the government.” ‘Nuff said.

3.

“There are worse things in life than death. Have you ever spent an evening with an insurance salesman?” This happens to be one of the classic ones. I mean the issue about life’s little problems isn’t all that bad, until ‘he’ shows up.

Sure, relationships can get complicated, or does have its complications that probably any author about relationships is bound to discover it soon. We follow what our heart desires, unless you’re talking about the heart as in the heart that pump blood throughout your body.

4.

“Love is the answer, but while you’re waiting for the answer, sex raises some pretty interesting questions.” And if you want more, just keep on asking!

5.

“A fast word about oral contraception. I asked a girl to go to bed with me, she said ‘no’.” It sounds, ‘practical’, I think.

And when it comes to everyday life, he really knows how to make the best out of every possible scenario, and it doesn’t involve a lawsuit if he strikes a nerve.

6.

“Basically my wife was immature. I’d be at home in the bath and she’d come in and sink my boats.” I never had a boat in my bathtub before. Just staring at it while soaking in hot water makes me seasick already.

7.

“I am not afraid of death, I just don’t want to be there when it happens.” If it rains, it pours.

8.

“I am thankful for laughter, except when milk comes out of my nose.” It could get worse when you’re guzzling on beer… or mouthwash, and it happened to me once!

9.

“If you want to make God laugh, tell him about your plans.” At least he doesn’t smite us with lightning, and I’m thankful for that.

And despite of what may happen to all of us in the next ten, twenty, or even thirty years, I guess we all have to see things in a different kind of light and not just perspective.

I can’t seem to imagine life without any piece of wisdom that could guide us. Whether we’re religious or not, it takes more courage to accept your fears and learn how to deal with them is all that matters when it comes to even just getting along.

And to sum things up, here is the last nugget of wisdom to go by… however, whenever, and wherever we may be.

10.

“The talent for being happy is appreciating and liking what you have, instead of what you don’t have.”

]]> http://realonlinemoneymaking.com/77/feed 0 Internet Marketing With Article Marketing http://realonlinemoneymaking.com/64 http://realonlinemoneymaking.com/64#comments Fri, 15 May 2009 11:33:55 +0000 admin http://realonlinemoneymaking.com/?p=64 If you are serious about internet marketing, and increasing traffic to your website by any means necessary, one of the avenues well worth considering is that of article marketing.

Article marketing involves using content that is keyword rich, informal and easy to access to draw potential customers and visitors into your website. There are numerous benefits associated with using internet marketing through the act of article marketing, five of which are outlined in detail below.

1 - Through article marketing you are providing additional avenues for potential customers and other visitors to find your website because you are creating additional links to your website on highly trafficked websites. The more avenues there are for potential visitors to find you, the more likely you are to be found.

2 – Through article marketing, you are building inbound links to your website. These inbound links are one-way links, which makes them the most advantageous type of linking for search engines like Google to follow. If your search engine page rank matters to you, then creating these inbound links is an important part of marketing your website, and article marketing can allow you to achieve this quickly and effectively.

3 - Article marketing allows you to build a name for yourself. Most article syndication websites have biography sections where you can share information about yourself and your niche. By writing informative articles that people actually want to read, you are establishing a name for yourself as an authority on whatever subject you are writing about.

4 - Article marketing is free, which is one of the best benefits. You are getting your content out there, spreading the word about your website to the world, and it does not cost you a dime. By putting your content out there, you are building powerfully on your traffic potential, and submitting your content to article directories will not cost you anything but some of your time when putting your articles together to submit.

5 - Article marketing allows you to make excellent use of keywords, because you are writing about something that relates to your website. When you create links and get your name out there in content that is rich with relevant keywords, it will increase the SEO capabilities of your site, and allow you to build a powerful correlation between the information that you are offering in your article, and the capabilities of your website. Customers will have one of those eureka moments when they realize that they can travel to your site for more of the same excellent information, and this is an outstanding way to draw in new visitors from a highly respected source for information.

There are numerous other benefits associated with internet marketing through article marketing, but these should jump start your thinking processes when it comes to crafting articles to bring new visitors to your website. If you are serious about internet marketing, writing articles for syndication for the purpose of article marketing is certainly an advantageous way for you to go.

Article source: WebTipsPro.com

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