These editions are growing faster than I am!  Seriously though… we’ve got some great information for you this week.  It’s actually good to see the number of submissions drop off.  This is probably happening for a couple of reasons – vacations, good weather, laziness, “they” know that ”we” won’t publish their crap.

…and trust me, some people submit real crap.  Others like to submit, and love the link to their site but do not approve the trackback — which helps this site out.  If the trackback isn’t approved, sorry – we will delete the submission.

Mo ‘n Robs (mostly Rob) Blog Carnival Picks Carol Bentley presents a simple action improves your business and home life posted at Carol Bentley. Dr. Joe Capista presents Success in Business is a Conscious Choice posted at The Success Triangle, saying, “Have you ever notice how some people seem to excel in everything they do? They tend to prosper while others barely get by. It appears as though this select group has the Midas’ touch and has the ability to attract success and prosperity. Learn how to develop your own Midas’ touch.” Hendry Lee presents Building a Long-Term Blogging Business: Essential Blogging Skills Every Blogger Should Have (Part 4) posted at Blog Building University, saying, “Blogging may be simple, but it isn’t easy. It requires skills. Not only on the topic you blog about, but also on various activities related to blogging. What are the skills you need to build a successful blog?” Jim Trent presents 10 Myths About Google Page Rank Busted posted at Domain Name Blog Kenton Newby presents Blog Carnival Strategies – 5 Tips for Getting the Most From Your Blog Carnival Submissions posted at KentonNewby.com. WOW it was hard to pick the best posts, every post this week was really, really good! I really urge you to go through all of them — there are only 26 (my blog reader has more site than 26 and I manage to read all sites daily). I know you will not regret this weeks edition!

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The rest of the submissions for Edition 20 of the Internet Business Blog Carnival…

• Not really a MMO/IM article, but if you like gadgets then Adrian presents Nokia in cut throat competiton but surviving as topper posted at letmedefine.
• Bozidar Spirovski presents Rules for good Corporate Web Presence posted at Information Security Short Takes.
• Although we prefer something that is readable, this post has about 231 Diggs, so something must be right.  George L Smyth presents One Minute How-To – How To Create Something That Goes Viral Online posted at George L Smyth, saying, “David Meerman Scott explains the most important element when trying to get your business’ message out.”
• James Lee presents Massive Action TO COMPLETION! posted at Online Business Freedom.
• John W. Furst presents Email Feedback Loops And Some Internet History posted at E-Biz Booster Blog, saying, “Create a feedback loop and make sure you can rely on Email for even very important things.”
• Kathleen Gage presents Internet Marketing – What’s stopping your success? posted at Street Smarts Marketing & Promotions, saying, “Success for an online business requires a solid foundation. Your foundation needs to include specific systems. One system is that which will build a responsive opt-in subscriber list. Without a solid list you will face insurmountable obstacles to your success. Learn reasons why many people don’t build a list and what can be done about it.”
• LIVING OFF DIVIDENDS presents How To Start Multiple Businesses posted at LIVING OFF DIVIDENDS & PASSIVE INCOME.
• Matthew Paulson presents Grow Your Business with a Virtual Assistant posted at American Entrepreneurship.
• Melanie presents What Indiana Jones Teaches Us about PR posted at Rembrandt’s PR and Writing Blog for Startup Success, saying, “Learn PR tips from an action figure!”
• Robert Phillips presents Broken Windows, Broken Business posted at CYBERCA$HOLOGY.
• Robert Phillips presents Rules for Renegades posted at CYBERCA$HOLOGY.
• SEO Genius presents Marketing Articles | Marketing and Advertising posted at SEO Tutorials – SEO Tips and Tricks – Marketing Articles, saying, “Market and advertise your website, increase the popularity and increase earnings!”
• The Money Moose presents How To Effectively Comment On High PR DoFollow/CommentLuv Blogs For Backlinks posted at Blog Badly.
• The Shark Investor presents No Buzz = No Business posted at The Shark Investor.
• The Life Less Traveled presents How to Start Your Dream Company, Founders of Fred Flare Share Their Story posted at The Life Less Traveled, saying, “Move to NYC, start your dream company, work your butt off, have lots of fun, do what you love. Chris Bick, 1/2 of the design duo behind the super fun empire known as www.fredflare.com (Keith Carollo makes up the other half), gives us the inside scoop of how the pair created their dream company. Like all great American entrepreneurial stories, Chris and Keith’s plan started out small (they sold their first design, disposable coasters, off the back of a bicycle in SoHo) and hit a lot of bumps along the way (the coasters didn’t sell well, people thought they were bathroom tiles). fred flare has since evolved into a collage of all things cute and cool–toys and stationary, interviews with up and coming designers and musicians, travel guides to iconic and kitschy locales–glued together by the founders’ enthusiasm, hard work and and eye for fun. Ready to get inspired? Read on to find out how Chris Bick and Keith Carollo created their dream company, and how you can, too!”
• Tim Grice presents How To Build A Successful Online Business posted at Tim Grice.blogspot.com.
• havoc21392 presents Outsourcing is a Gold mine . Nearly 150$ in a day. | The Neotrepreneur posted at The Neotrepreneur.
• Terry Dean presents 10 Internet Marketing Rules to Live By posted at Integrity Business Blog by Terry Dean.
• Terry Dean presents What If Its Not Working? posted at Integrity Business Blog by Terry Dean.
• Terry Dean presents Internet Scams posted at Integrity Business Blog by Terry Dean.

 

 

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Internet Business Blog Carnival – Edition 20

I was out surfing the blogosphere to see who is up to what.  There was an interesting post over at Richard Lees’ website entitled A Radically New Internet Business Model.  This is, in my opinion, one of this best posts.  You see, both Richard and I came from the school of hard knocks… we spent THOUSANDS on junk the gurus were spitting out only to end up further in the hole.

Today Richard is doing much better — and I probably could, if I’d get off my butt and do something.  But I’m happy where I am and enjoy what I’m doing so I’m not in a rush to get to the finish line.

If I can add to what Richard has already said:

• JUST FRIGGIN DO IT!  You WILL NOT get anywhere buying e-book after e-book, system after system if you DO NOT put anything into action.

That’s it.  That is my sage advice to you if you are starting an internet business, or if this is something you want to do. 

When you hear or read about some guru making 6-figures and you can too – keep in mind that they’ve been doing it for YEARS.  They’ve built up massive lists of people (probably like you) that buy everything that they dish out.  I still get oodles of e-mails from these gurus promising me that I can also make 6-figures if I follow their advice.

It’s ALL CRAP if you don’t put anything you have learned into action.

Can I say it a few more time?

ACTION – ACTION – ACTION – ACTION

Actions really do speak louder than words.

Here are a few more resources to help you:

• http://richardlee.com/?p=218
• http://dotcommogul.net/affiliate-marketing/can-you-pass-this-test/ - presents an excellent discussion on right/left brain PLUS the master blueprint needed to succeed in internet business, where others have failed.  Hint – there is NO BLUEPRINT.  I think you’ll like his blog - language on some posts is more adult, but it’s a fun read.

Google Page Rank

You know, Google Page Rank does weird things for a site.  First, it REALLY helps bring in money because many sites want to be listed on yours due to the page rank spillover effect but it also brings unwanted attention.

Ever since my PR hit 4 in 3 months, the amount of SPAM I get in comments has TRIPLED.

Guh… if I were not so damn lazy, I’d follow the links through and get the users banned on the social networks they are abusing.  Maybe tomorrow.

45n5.com – TOP 100 Blogs

Wow.  We must be doing something right!  I will take all the credit, because Robert joined just recently.  But if you peruse the list you will notice that we are sitting at a respectable 132 — we were around the 300 mark before!

Actually I need to correct my statement – YOU LOVE US that’s why we’re where we are on that list.  THANK YOU!!!

Hmmm… I thought I had more to say today.  Guess not.

Do YOU have anything to say?  I’d love to hear from you, instead of constantly seeing the number of visitors climb but no interaction.  I know some of you come back here reguarly!

Talk to me baby!

 

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Random Thoughts on Internet Business

Hi,

You all know that the number of links to your site counts when gaining rankings in Google, but did you also know that the older a site is that is linking to yours the better it is for you also?

The thought goes something like this:

If your blog gets a link from a domain that’s been around 5 or 10 years the link will (all things being equal) count more than the same link from a newer site.

Source: http://www.blogstorm.co.uk/why-linkbait-is-a-long-term-strategy/

Link baiting sounds really dirty – but all this really is is a simple process: commenting on other blogs results in links back to your blog AND in turn visitors that visit the site where you’ve placed a comment on are very likely to visit your site.

When you release some linkbait and your article gets hundreds of links from blogs around the world you are very unlikely to see your rankings shoot up. This is because the links are brand new and take some time to gain trust and also because the sites that are linking to you are quite new and they need time to build trust.

Link baiting is not a short term strategy, this is long term and something you need to be doing on an ongoing basis.

One way to start is by visiting some of your favourite sites.  See a post that is interesting?  Submit a well thought comment on it.  Perhaps visit that sites blog roll and follow it to other sites and keep doing the same.

You can not build 10,000 links in one day doing this – instead make this as a part of your traffic process.

I regularly comment on blogs on my blog roll, but I also comment on other blogs that are interesting or I will mention them in a post — this triggers a trackback to the site and in turn spreads some love to me when the SE visits that site and finds me (provided the site has NO FOLLOW turned OFF via plug-in).

Using this technique accounts for approx. 25% of the visitors to my site and as I review my stats in detail I quickly notice that many of those 25% — as high as 80% or 90% of visitors come back.  In terms of actual numbers, 25% is about 30-40 visitors — but those are potentially visitors that may never have found me otherwise.

I also highly recommend the site mentioned in this post, there is some great SEO information there that I am certain you can benefit from!

Regards,

Mohamed

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