ListBuilding.com

Well, I decided to take a training plunge into ListBuilding.com training course with Tellman Knudson and Shawn Casey. It cost me $1995 and had a 6 week money back guarantee. Well after 4 weeks, I decided to get a refund because the material that they were giving was nothing like they promised and they were releasing the information very very slowly. Don’t get me wrong, there are was some good information in the program, but it just seems like they are holding back information that they have that actually makes them their money.

Listbuilding.com has teleseminars each week with gurus that are okay, but nothing really new, and last week during a 90 minute call, I listened to a sales pitch from another guru for 30 minutes. They actually wanted me to buy into another $1995 program while in the midst of theirs? No Thanks. Isn’t that what I am paying you for?

Now, I tried to get money back and no response from their team after 5 days. How irritating. I was sure they would be responsive but nothing so far. I just had to vent and voice my opinion. If anything changes, I will update you on this post.

ListBuilding.com BUZZ Score 2.5 of 10

Here is some more information from around the web on ListBuilding.com …… You can decide for yourself.

Squeeze Page: What Is It And Why It Is A Must For Your Online … - A squeeze page is a an online marketing tool which allows you to grow a list of potential customers who are giving you open permission to keep them informed. If you do any kind of online business or you are a professional online …

My-Virtual-Receptionist - “You’re About To Learn ‘Secrets’. That Most People Will. Never Know About- How To Really. MAXIMIZE the Power. & Affordability of. Using a VIRTUAL RECEPTIONIST…” “Give us 14 minutes over one week, and we’ll show you how an Online …

Hub Pages Late(nt) Information - I’ve been living under a bushel basket for the past few months due to the ListBuilding.com launch. And as I do when I”m busy, I’ll see a piece of mail that I have to read, but… I have no time. So, I flag that puppy in Outlook and wait …

A Disturbance in the Force: Internet Marketing History in the Making - In the world of Listbuilding, it’s as if Yahoo and Google decided to work together on a search engine: Internet Marketing Master Shawn Casey and his student, Listbuilding Jedi Tellman Knudson, are bringing their “forces” together to …

Only 3 Reasons Why you should build a list? - I have been thinking about listbuilding lately, and that’s probably because of all the hype, and I don’t mean hype in a negative way, regarding Tellman Knudson and Shawn Casey’s listbuilding coaching program. Is the money in the list? …

ListBuilding.com Is Live! - Unless you’ve been hiding out somewhere, you probably know about all the cool stuff we’ve been doing over at ListBuilding.com. We started by giving you all the cool free stuff you need to get your list up and running. …

List Pros Coaching Program Bonus - Edition #164. I’d like to preface this edition by saying this… List building is the most important component of most online business models. It works for all industries, all niches, and in most cases your LIST is the most valuable asset …

The art of the >>squeeze - Welcome back. This is a continuation of the previous email on list-building, so if you missed that one, it’s posted in the archive. Now, as promised in the last issue, we’re going to talk a bit about squeeze pages, and how we’ve used …

A list is not a bucket… - Last week, we did a series on a “new” way of thinking about link-building. I mention that because we’re going to continue with some of the ideas I introduced there. You can catch up on that series in the archives you missed it. …

Free is for MEEE!!! - “There is no such thing as a free lunch.” “What’s the catch?” “Waiting for the other shoe to drop.” OK, my little IMing friends, let’s talk about free. These are some thoughts and feelings I’ve heard many people express when …

Great List Building Resource - Internet marketing superstars Shawn Casey and Tellman Knudson have released a new series of video tutorials, resources, tips, and articles about list building. Best of all, it’s completely free! List building is one aspect of internet …

Simple List Building Videos Will Change Your Business! - Welcome to the blog! To get started, I would say check out this powerful list building program, absolutely free (seriously!) at http://www.listbuilding.com. Enjoy!

How To Build A Money Making List - Two of the most prolific list builders in internet marketing have combined their talents to come up with an innovative website: ListBuilding.com. Tellman Knudson and Shawn Casey created an amazing new free resource to instruct you on …

How do I do Google Marketing?  This is a question that I hear quite a bit.  These days, if you are not on Google, you just haven’t hit the big time yet.   Well, that is the way it seems anyway.

I recently read an ebook called GetGoogleAdsFree.

The book claims that a New York professional man got more than one million worth of Google’s PPC ads free of cost. It went on to say that he did not get them illicitly and that Google in fact did not mind.  To be completely honest with you, you get free Google adwords PPC ads. Google a lot of funds through Adwords and its related program, Adsense.   What would happen if every one quickly had a way to get these PPC ads for free?  So what are they talking roughly speaking?

The writer of the , GetGoogleAdsFree, knows that you cannot get free Google Adwords PPC ads.  Although the title is a bit misleading, I really enjoyed the book and the google mareting concept of what the author was trying to get across.  It essentially talks about strategies that allow you to do thousands and thousand of advertising on google or any other search engine and have others foot the bill for you by selling ad spots on your website to other companies.  It is not a foreign concept, but it was good to see the process in action.  Learning from other people’s experiences and successes is very crucial in online marketing because it changes everyday and you have to rely on other people’s stories to help you get to the top.  I would recommend the book.  Check out the website HERE.

GetGoogelAdsFree BUZZ Score 7.9 of 10

I was browsing around the web and found some information about Google.  Here is some of the recent news on Google from all over the web.

Alexa Rank, Google PR and Social Marketing - What do Alexa Ranking, Google PR and Social Marketing have to do with each other?More than you think and maybe less as well.

How Link Popularity Affects Your Google Ranking - You need to know what link popularity is, why it is so important, and how Google evaluates it (over 50% of all search engine traffic comes from Google, and if you can rise to the top of Google, you will rise to the top of all the other …

Google PageRank and Your Google Juice - Google PageRank, The Bottom Line. PotPieGirl, I know you have all the links to the SEO tracking apps I use because you bought my social marketing ebook , why not take some screen shots now, and then on July 1st screen shot the same …

Google, Facebook in stalemate over social data - Google Inc.’s online communities have little traction in the United States, but the search leader continues to seek a spot in the social-networking hierarchy. First, it must contend with Facebook, the No. 2 online hangout behind MySpace …

Comment on Google Double or Indented Listings by Google Double or … - Source: google indented listings […]

I was looking around the net today and found some information about the Stompernet launch that is going on today. It seems to be getting quite a lot of activity. Here is some of the news from around the web today.

2 hours until StomperNet opens up - Andy Jenkins is heads down getting ready for the launch, but he wanted to share some interesting stats with you and THANK YOU for your interest in Going Natural 3. Straight from Andy:. FACT: The Original StomperNet launch analytics …

Product Launches Don’t Work - Part 3 - Note: This is Part 3 of a Series. If you missed Parts 1 and 2, you can get them on the StomperBlog. Welcome back. We’ve been talking this week about the “Blueprint” videos that Jeff Walker’s released so far as part of his re-launch of …

A Free SEO Tool From StomperNet, Competition From A Cow and Advice … - Three quick updates for you today, starting with a way cool video and tool from StomperNet’s latest Going Natural 3.0 launch series of videos (if you haven’t opted in to get these free videos, go do it now - you’re missing out!). …

StomperNet Andy Jenkins & Me Going Natural 3 - Today is the launch of the next range of Going Natural Videos. Going Natural 3 Video 1. StomperNet co-founder Brad Fallon’s Wedding Favors site was DUMPED from Google. That’s HALF his traffic, HALF his sales, and HALF his entire …

On May 15th, Jeff Johnson is supposed to be launching the Underground Training Lab Success Coaching Series. It sounds like it is going to be pretty explosive. I think that a lot of internet marketing gurus are really starting to let loose

on the information. I am not sure if he will release all of his secrets, but he should be pretty liberal on the information. I know that I am excited about it.

He will be going over the tactics that he has used to train many of the top internet marketers like Yanik Read the rest of this entry »

Magnetic Sponsoring: Being in this networking game myself, I know that there is a huge difference and a movement of change in how the business is run. The internet has obviously changed things and it really makes me excited for the future. But how do you put all of the pieces together? Mike Dillard’s Magnetic Sponsoring system one of the ways to get going. Does it work, or is it just crap? Read the rest of this entry »

For the mother of a new baby, blogging is likely to be
the last thing on her mind. Taking care of an infant is an
almost incredible amount of work, and between
changing diapers and putting the final touches on the
nursery, it seems unrealistic to imagine that there would
be time left over for any mother to blog. However, a
growing number of new moms are joining the
blogosphere to share their experiences during this
exciting time of life. There is a whole range of benefits
that new mothers can reap from blogging, and the
spectrum covers everything from getting through the
night to helping distant relatives feel closer.

Among the reasons why, for a mom dealing with the
hassles and triumphs of a baby, blogging is a great idea,
is that having a blog about motherhood is a great way to
blow off some steam. Babies often have very erratic
sleep patterns that leave parents up at odd hours of the
night, and sometimes the best way to fill those hours is
on the internet. Many new moms turn to television to
help them weather these dawn vigils, but by blogging
through the night moms can turn what feels like a
somewhat depressing situation into an actively positive
and productive one.

Another reason why new moms often find blogging
very satisfying is that it helps them to be a part of a
community. For moms who are not able to successfully
juggle a full social life with the very tough demands of
taking care of a new baby, blogging can be a great way
to stave off the isolation that sometimes comes with this
stage of life. A baby requires constant attention, and it
can be difficult to attend social gatherings or events
when you are responsible for an infant. Luckily, the
blogosphere is full of other moms in the same situation,
and by chatting with them it is possible to overcome
some of the loneliness that many new mothers are
surprised to encounter.

Of course, for a mom with an adorable new baby,
blogging can be as much about celebration as it is about
necessity. Having a blog about living with a new child
can give mothers the chance to reflect on how powerful
and warm the sensation of motherhood is, and
sometimes sharing the triumphs of this unique time can
make them even sweeter. A blog is a great way to keep
friends and family updated with news about your baby’s
first words or first steps, and with new technology it is
easier than ever to make photos and video clips a part of
your blog, so you can give far-away relatives the chance
to feel much more involved in your child’s life.

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The term Blogging Tory refers to any one of the many
authors affiliated with the conservative Canadian
community known as The Blogging Tories. Today,
there are over a hundred and fifty text-based blogs
associated with the group, and there are new Blogging
Tories every day. The Tories stand as an inspiring
example of a successful online community where the
ever-increasing numbers of affiliated members enjoy a
fertile environment for discussion and debate about the
ideas that shape the face of Canada.

The majority of Tory bloggers do make political events
and topics the focus of their blogs, but not all of the
content that a Blogging Tory creates and publishes is
overtly related to the movements of the Canadian
parliament or the prime minister. Although the
community members were brought together by a shared
conservative viewpoint, the fact that not all of the
postings on all of the member’s blogs focus on political
topics is one of the most exciting things about the
Blogging Tories. On any given day, the main website’s
blogroll may feature postings about Olympic medalists,
a James Bond film festival in Quebec, or a comical
personal experience with a telemarketer. The idea that
having a political affiliation in common makes it
possible to have a fruitful discussion about other kinds
of topics has interesting implications for how online
communities are established and how they grow.

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For first time bloggers, a free blogging web site is a
great way to get started in the blogosphere. Popular
blogging web sites like blogger and eponym allow users
to set up and host a blog without paying any fees at all.
This encourages people to start blogging, because the
fact that one of these sites can provide you with all of
the tools that you need to get your blog up and running
without spending any money means that you have
nothing to lose by starting a blog. The fact that it is so
easy to find a way to blog for free is one of the reasons
why so many people who have never had any other kind
of web presence before find themselves drawn to
blogging.

By signing up with a free blogging web site, you may
find it easier to get listed in search engines that you
would if you were starting your own blog from scratch.
For example, google runs the free blog hosting site
blogspot and crawls its pages very often looking for
updates, so if you have your site hosted by blogspot you
are almost guaranteed to be listed on google’s blog
search engine. This easy access to search engines can
take some of the work out of promoting your blog, and
can help you gain a following with a minimum of
marketing effort.

If your blog attracts a large readership, you may want to
consider moving your site. Many people feel that being
hosted by a free blogging web site gives a blog a kind of
amateur flavor that is fine for a new member of the
blogosphere, but is not appropriate for a high-profile
blog. Having your own domain can help you make your
blog feel professional, and finding a company that will
host your domain is not difficult or expensive. Once
your blog takes off, you will probably be able to sell
enough advertising space to be able to afford to buy a
domain and pay for a hosting package, and still have
money left over. However, it does not make sense in
most cases to invest in these glossy luxuries before you
have a sizable readership.

Starting your blog on a free blogging web site is a great
way to build a following before you spend any money
on your blog. If and when your blog becomes popular
and you are ready to take the next step and purchase
your own domain, your readers will follow you to your
new home. The fact that it is possible to use a free blog
host like blogspost, blogger, or eponym as a kind of
incubator for your blog is great news for bloggers
everywhere.

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Joining an established blogging site like live journal or
blogger has plenty of advantages, especially for the blog
novice. Sites that host a lot of different blogs often have
very useful tutorials about building and updating your
blog, and you are likely to encounter a very user-
friendly software interface at an established blogging
site. In addition, these sites provide a kind of instant
community of fellow bloggers who can provide advice,
insight, and feedback. These established sites often
keep directories of their members, which can be great
news for your traffic logs because it means that other
bloggers on the site will find out about your pages.

However, there are also some downsides to linking up
with a large blogging site. By posting within the
established templates of a site like blogger, you run the
risk of having your blog look and feel like everybody
else’s. The blogging movement is very much about the
creation of distinctive sites and the development of
individual voices, so it makes plenty of sense that many
bloggers would shy away from the cookie-cutter look
and feel that these blogging sites often promote. Many
bloggers feel that the content of a blog is what makes it
distinctive, not the look of the blog, but many members
of the blogging community feel that the visual impact
of a blog should match the originality of the writing.

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Choosing which blogging platform to use is one of the
most important decisions that you can make as a
blogger. The right platform can make blogging a
breeze, and the wrong platform can make blogging a
chore. Because the program that you use to blog with is
such a powerful part of your blogging experience, it is
well worth putting in the time to find a platform that
provides your ideal balance between a user-friendly
interface and a flexible framework that allows you to
make your blog look and feel unique. Finding the right
platform isn’t always easy, but with a little bit of
contemplation and a little bit of research, you will be on
your way to finding the perfect blogging platform.

Deciding what your priorities are in terms of ease of use
versus customization. Most highly customizable
blogging platforms, like moveable type, are a bit more
difficult to use than very automated platforms like
wordpress. If you are new to blogs and to internet
technology, you might want to sacrifice the ability to
create a custom background design or to integrate a
unique font into your template in order to find a
program that will be easy for you to use. On the other
hand, if you are a veteran web designer with knowledge
of html or javascript, you will probably find the
limitations of a user-friendly platform to be frustrating.

There is no such thing as a blogging platform that is
objectively the best platform, because every blogger has
unique needs. The blogging movement is very much
about individuality, so it makes plenty of sense that
there would be many different platforms available that
are designed to meet the needs of different kinds of
individuals undertaking different kinds of projects. This
diversity is a good thing, because it means that you will
almost certainly be able to find a program that suits
your level of technical aptitude.

However, the fact that no two bloggers need the same
thing from a blogging platform can make your search
for the right platform a bit tricky. When you are reading
reviews of different platforms, try to keep your
priorities in mind and do your best to take into account
the position that the reviewer is coming from. For
example, a negative review written by an accomplished
software designer who complains that a popular
platform is too limited may tell you that the platform in
question is ideal for a beginning blogger. There is no
such thing as the perfect platform for everybody, so
instead of looking for the “best” platform, look for the
best platform for your specific criteria.

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