I’m Excited To Announce A Money Dummy Blog Contest

“Twitter Re-Tweeter of The Week”

What is the Re-Tweeter of The Week Contest?  It’s really simple. You win something worth $300, and you get your Twitter account promoted by me!

Basically over the past few months I have had many people re-tweet my tweets, and I have thanked them all each and every time.

This contest is my way to say Thank You and give back to all my re-tweeters!

We all benefit when you participate… which I’ll get into more in a second!

Who Can Enter?

All you need to do is re-tweet ant tweet I post on twitter.  If you following me all ready then your ready to go!

If not then you can at @JohnAguiar

Now this is what you have to do…

First, read what I Tweet, and if my tweet…

helped you in anyway
taught you something
made you think
made you laugh
or even if it pissed you off

All YOU do is…Just Re-Tweet it…That’s It!

Now to be eligible you have to re-tweet with @JohnAguiar

A copy past job without the RT @JohnAguiar WILL NOT count!  This keeps everything fare for everyone, and make it easier for me to track who is Re-Tweeting.

The contest will run from Mon-Sun and Every Monday I will post here the Top 5 Re-Tweeters for that week.

I know, I know it all sounds great…but!

Now you want to know why you would want to be part of the contest…so let’s talk about what YOU get for participating.

First if you are the Re-Tweeter of The Week you will win a FULL version of Camtasia Studio Screen Recorder Software cost $299 see for yourself

If you d ANY video marketing then you know what Camtasia Studio is.  If you don’t then CS is Camtasia Studio is “a complete professional solution for recording, editing and sharing high-quality screen video on the Web. With the power of interactive Camtasia Studio videos, you can deliver high-quality content, to even your most remote audience” learn more

Understand, this is the full version, not a trial offer!

You will also get posted on the Monday blog post with the results of the Top 5 re-tweeters for the week with your twitter name shown.

What Does That Do For Me You Ask?

I push my blog post to…

My Blog Readers
15 Social Sites
32 Bookmarking Sites

Also Posted to my 31,000 + Twitter Followers and that’s growing at over 1500 a day!

That’s FREE Promotion for Your Twitter Page!

You can’t beat that…Right?

You Send Positivity -You Get Positivity Back!  Law of Attraction Working For You!

Oh yea..and I’m super awesome so your twitter friends will love you for introducing me!  ?

Good Luck To Everyone..I’ll see you Next Monday!

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Make Money Online Using Outsourcing

One of the difficulties in succeeding online is keeping up with everything you need to do to be successful at making money online.

You want to be active online, you want to keep your site or blog updated, you want to talk to more prospects, you want to update your Twitter and Facebook pages, you want to keep your office organized,  etc.

It Can All Get A Little Overwhelming!

The good news, is that the Internet offers you lots of resources to help outsource your troubles.

You Don’t Have To Do It All Yourself

I recommend the following services as good places to post your project needs.  Posting in these online project marketplaces can help you attract qualified help at great prices.

Also the best thing is, that sites like Rentacoder.com they become the middle main keeping both parties from being ripped off.

You pay them, they hold it till both parties agree the project was done correctly, once approved the money goes to the person who did the work.

These “virtual assistants” and short-term contractors can often cost much less than you think because they attract a worldwide audience of part-time workers.  To keep your cost down, you will see the best value comes from workers in India, Romania, china.

The downside? Communication is a lot harder.  Trying to explain your idea or what you need to someone that uses English as their second language can be very hard..lol I know first hand.

So you can stay in state and save your self the aggravation or go out of the country to save your self money.

Where Can You Find People Online To Help?

You can engage full-time professionals and agencies, too, but the part-timers active on many of these sites are often just looking for extra income (or live in places with much lower costs of living).  They pass that cost savings on to you and free you from long term commitments, too.

Elance.com and Buyerzone.com
Both of these marketplaces offer services from all kinds of contractors, from administrative help to web designers to engineers to designers to transcriptionists to lawyers to telephone installation.

Getafreelancer.com and Rentacoder.com
These two services specialize more in technical help, so if you have a web production project, they can help you find affordable help worldwide.

“I used Rentacoder to find a great web designer/coder from the UK to help me put together this blog.”

DigitalPoint Forums
This forum is a great place to find pretty much any help you need, coders, web designers, admin help etc..

Also great resource for newbie bloggers or site owners looking for people to advertise on your site.

Craigslist.org
Yes.. I said Craigs..lol   It’s not just for porn ?

First..if you are not using Craigs to promote your business or product yet, then you need to start..Now!  Even with all the changes, Craigs is still an inexpensive place to promote your business and if you don’t want to post yourself you can use one of the previous sites to find Craigs poster services.

Most cities covered by Craigs List offer a section called “Gigs”  Here you can post short-term projects of any sort. This can be especially useful for projects that require local, in-person help (like moving your office or posting flyers around town).

Use these sites to find people that you can hand off the small tedious everyday tasks that are important to your business, but don’t need your personal touch to get done.

When you are trying to make money online, your time because that much more important, so use it wisely.

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Make Money Online With Time Management

When you start your own home business, one of the skills you need to be successful is  time management.

Without the right time management system, you will be running around like trying to do 10 things at once and never get any of them finished.

If you want your home business to run as efficiently, and make money online then time management is a must.

Stop Wasting Valuable Time

Good time management skills involves a few things, prioritise,managing interruptions,and the big one.. avoiding procrastination. But time management really starts with having a plan of action that lists the tasks you are hoping to complete each day …aka the to do list.

Each night I write up my next day’s action list outlining the things I  want to achieve your tasks on a daily basis. Time management training will always speak of the importance of planning your

work and working your plan.

One cool thing I use instead of sticky notes is called Stickies, it’s a desktop app that puts sticies on your desktop…very cool and keeps things neat..lol

Stickies Free Download

Start A List and Use Your List

Here are some key points for getting into the habit of writing a list.

Remember the 80/20 principle 80% of things on your time management list will produce 20% of the results and 20% of the list will produce 80% of the results. A key element of time management training is to always remember this rule and work on the tasks produce the most results and make you money online.

Get yourself in to the habit of writing a list every day, try to write the list at the same time daily so as it forms a habit and leave the list on yur keyboard to make sure it’s the first thing you see the following day.

As hard as it may be at first, but be persistant and stay on task, and you and your business will be successful.

Not As Simple As You Think

Many home business owners make the mistake of thinking time management is something that is easy to accomplish from the jump. Unless you are amazingly gifted at multitasking and are an expert at allocating tasks to every minute of every day, “I’m not either of these ?”  home business time management is going to take some getting used to.

The good news is once you start and stay on it daily for a few weeks it will become and habbit and a part of your everyday business.

Manage Your Time To Make Money Online

When you work for yourself, you have to do everything from business setup and marketing to making calls etc..

Knowing how much time to schedule for each “job” is critical. When you work for someone else, you wont make money if your online playing solitaire on the computer and surfing the Web at your leisure ”I know this alll to well lol”

It’s YOUR  business, every moment that is not dedicated to the operation and success of it is money and opportunity wasted.

Avoid Time Management Pitfalls

There are a number of time management pitfalls that almost every new home business owner falls in to. Make sure you avoid the most common mistakes:

Not completing the most important tasks of the day first thing in the morning.

Not having a list for each and every business day.

Over-scheduling to the point that it is impossible to stay on track

Putting off the more difficult tasks and focusing on tasks that come easily.

Allowing personal calls to interrupt your daily time management schedule.  “set your work time and don’t let personal time intterupt”

Sliding from Internet tasks and surfing web pages for personal use.  “you know who you are..:)”

Be realistic with your time management and try your best to set a start time and finish time for each task.

Another thing I do to keep me on point is to reward myself for completing tasks.  “I get a DD Ice Coffe once I finish my morning calls”

Bottom line:  make a list, work your list, complete hardest things first, reward yourself…Rince and Repeat Each Day!

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Ok today I am going to vent a little bit.

See I’m new to the blogging world and I have been slowly learning a lot from numerous top bloggers out there and believe me I am very appreciative.

But the problem I ran into last week was because I was taking a top blogger for his word, and followed his advice, which was BS!

I followed his advice on the Social Spark and promoting their crap thru CPC, and how much money you can make and how it wasn’t worth his  time to make up to $500 a day to invest his time, etc..

He talked about using Twitter marketing services like RevTwt to put out your link.

Now here are the issues

Social Spark sucks ass they are sooo tight on click qualifying that you will never make any real money.

I had over 800 “invalid clicks” with only 17 “possible qualifying clicks” that was before they canceled my link without telling me.  So I continued to pay for clicks thru RevTwt.. not cool!

Also I got this email from SP a week after my links were magically gone “We truly appreciate your enthusiasm! However, we have noted that you obtained many clicks for your CPC Opportunities from an outside marketing platform, http://revtwt.com which is in violation of our Terms Of Service sect. 3.8.”

The issue with this is,, you remember that top blogger?  He specifically said he used Revtwt and other Twitter marketing sites to promote his links..hmmm maybe the blogger and SP should review TOS and the post BEFORE it goes out?

This was all a complete waste of my time and money, because I chose to trust the “top blogger” and thought he was talking about his true efforts not a paid post.

So I contacted revtwt and explained my problem and I was refunded the remainder of my money within the hour.

They have been great!

Now this is NOT a promotion of revtwt, this is just me telling you that I was happy with there service and customer service and that I would work with them again.

End of the day I wasted money, time and lost respect for a blogger I had been following for the past 6 mnths.

Live and learn people, and when you read a post, ask yourself is he talking from experience or is it just  a really well written paid post

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Blogging is a great tool to make money online thru sharing training, tips, and information with the visitors of your site.

Your Blog As Your Customer Service Center

Hi, How Can I Help You?

This is what you need to thing when blogging, this is where customer service becomes more and more important to you and your business. Be useful and helpful, share information freely, also this is where you can deal with any question or complaints.

The better the information you share, the more your business will grow, and the more money you make online. People are looking for fresh information on a ongoing basis, so why not it be from you?

The more useful tips they get, the more money they make online. Blogging will fulfill this need better than any other medium. It is like a personal diary of the blogger, where you shares your internet marketing information every day.

You will benefit once you make yourself available thru your blog. By sharing honest information about you and your business you visitors will respect you that much more, and in turn make you more money online.

The Daily Blogging Gives Fresh Kicks

The daily blogging is a strong sign, that you as an online home business owner care about your readers and work hard to get them fresh stream of info. It is a strong brand builder, and a sign of your commitment.

Staying consistent with your blog will keep your visitors coming back faster, this will keep you and your online business in the for front of their memory.

The Look Of  Your Blog Can Be Customized Easily

The blog must have a unique and different look to be able to build up the brand. The modern technology makes that easy. You can also easily change the template, just to make it look fresh and a new.

Be a little different with your design, now don’t go to crazy here, you still want to keep it easy for visitors to find the information they want.

Being unique with your logo and design will make it easier if you want to build a brand name.

The Optimized Blog Posts Build Backlinks

As a daily blogger you are like the information middle man who follows what happens online, pick the most useful topics and write about them.

The better your content the more people will want to link to your blog.

That means brand building and  nice targeted traffic. This is a beautiful thing!

Combine Your Blogging With Your Email Marketing

You can easily combine your email marketing and list building by setting up a Newsletter form on your blog. This way your visitors will have another way to get new information from you.

Once they are signed up to your newsletter you can then blend your email marketing into the newsletter subscribers.

Use your blog to stand out from everyone else online, use it to build your brand and follower base which will make your more money online.

Be Helpful, Be Your Own Customer Service Center….Hi, How Can I Help You?!

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There are few a few core techniques to market and grow your online business and make money online.

There are many many ways to build your online business, but if you start with these core techniques you will be well on your way to more visitors, more sales, more money.

Ok enough chit chat let’s get to it…

Start A Word Press Blog and Host It Yourself

Using Word Press blogging platform and hosting it yourself to have full freedom.

Many home business owners make the mistake of using a free blog at either Blogger or Word Press which limits your control of your blog.

Word Press is a fantastic blogging platform because of all of the plug-ins and automation they make possible for you. You can make your blog do and act any way you want with the 1000’s of plug-ins available.

You never run the risk of having it canceled for any reason if you host it yourself and you can promote any home business opportunity you want to.

Target Keyword Phrases In Your Blog Posts

This allows you to create traffic for your online business around the keyword list that you build. The key to making this work for your online business is learning basic search engine optimization.

Now this doesn’t mean you should stuff each post with random fills, make sure it fits the posts topic.

Another great tip is to try to use you main keywords in your post titles too.

Write Short Blog Posts

Many bloggers think that blog posts have to be long in order to be successful.

Instead target one main point and keep your blog posts at 200 and 300 words. That way you can create more posts. This allows you to target more keyword phrases and ultimately derive more traffic from them.

Social Bookmark All Your Blog Posts

This way people can find and read your posts if they’re distributed throughout the internet.

This means getting them in social networking sites such as Twitter and Face Book and social directories such as Buzz, Digg, Stumbleupon, etc.

These also serve as search engine bait and can create search engine traffic from the directories themselves.

If you use Firefox this add on makes bookmarking simple shareholic.com

Short Blog Articles For Article Marketing

Most article directories want articles of 400 words or more.

You can take you smaller blog posts and combine them to make it unique and longer.

Then submit it to a handful of the top article directories including Ezine Articles and Go Articles.

Authors are allowed to include a small biography at the bottom of the article and this is a great place to put a link back to your about me blog page.

If you are using a signature file at the end of article, remember to use your most relevant keywords as your anchor text for your link so that you can improve your SEO rankings

Also it is better to link back to a page or post on your blog instead of just the main blog url, this shows Google that your sharing actual content, not just your site url.

These are proven techniques to drive traffic to your blog and start making money online.

To Your Online Success
John Paul

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