How to Retire Today - A Simple Formula for True Wealth

By Garrett B. Gunderson

All too often people today are delaying their dreams for some future called retirement. They are contributing to 401(k)'s faithfully, yet not even working in the field they really want to be in. These people have fallen prey to the myth that "life will be better when I retire". What they're really doing is missing out on the rich memories and wealthy life available to them today.

Instead of locking up your money and investing in things you have limited knowledge or control over, why not start by investing in yourself? Why not invest in your own financial education, and become empowered about the many ways to invest? Why not invest in yourself and utilize your own expertise and develop your own abilities, rather than always be dependent on someone or something else that you have no control over?

This is how you minimize risk and maximize fulfillment. What would it take to live the life you want today? If you feel like you do not have the resources, what about your 401(k) or retirement accounts? Can you outperform on your own by investing in your passion and gifts in alignment with your values? With a little help, I am very confident that you can.

Ask yourself: What would it look like to fund your dream and build your life as if YOU were your own greatest asset (not your house or your retirement plan)? This is the business of YOU. How could you increase your individual wealth as if YOU were a valuable stock? What difference could you make in the world? How can you contribute and create value in a way that is consistent with enjoying your life today, rather than chronically deferring your happiness? Where do you have more control of what happens in your life in the business of YOU, or with a 401(k) and the hoax that it represents for uneducated investors?

If you are currently invested in areas that you don't understand-STOP! You are cheating yourself and your chances of getting caught up in a scam or fraud are much higher. Instead, use the money to invest in your own ability to be productive. You may think you do not have the time, but it's all about priorities. A little time now, can make a big difference later.

Think about this... How much time do you waste on a weekly basis? Could you commit to 10 minutes a day, 5 days a week for a year? What if you knew that this relatively small time commitment would transform your life?

The basic investing formula that most people have traditionally relied on in the past has resulted in failure. Money times rate times time (Money x Rate x Time) is limited at best. Handing money over to people you don't know, with complete uncertainty of the outcome, or how it will benefit you now and in the future, has lead millions to financial catastrophe. You can do better. Here are just a few ways how:

1- Find something you have interest in at a minimum, but hopefully passion in.
2- Spend time and money cultivating your ability in the area of interest you have chosen.
3- Donate your time and knowledge to people in order to build your ability to deliver value.
4- Get feedback from those you have served and capture their testimonials.
5- Consider starting a "fun" part-time or full-time business by:

a. Partnering with an existing business

b. Contracting with businesses as an independent contractor

c. Setting up ways to educate others in your field of expertise and charge them for that education (seminars, materials, CD's, DVD's, website, etc.)

d. Find or create a job within a firm that utilizes your unique expertise, abilities, and interests.

e. Work as an apprentice and study those that have gone down a similar path.

f. Consider network marketing that has a product or service that genuinely aligns with you.

Putting these simple suggestions into play will allow you to begin building your own valuable investment portfolio within yourself. It will allow you to live in a state of surety and happiness versus hoping that the stock market increases or that your financial advisor it doing the 'right thing' with your money. This simple "Retire Today" formula will give you complete control of your financial life, and allow you to do what you love - all at the same time.

Garrett B. Gunderson is a self-made multi-millionaire who has launched nearly two dozen companies. His latest book, Killing Sacred Cows: Overcoming the Financial Myths that are Destroying Your Prosperity (Greenleaf Book Group, July 2008), debunks conventional wisdom in the areas of personal finance and retirement planning.

To find out more about Garrett or how you can duplicate his astounding success, get the free investors guide at: http://GarrettBGunderson.com

Garrett Gunderson Helps us Figure Out if Your 401(k) is a Scam or Fraud?

The financial industry has done a tremendous job of getting companies and individuals alike to heavily rely on 401(k) plans. But are you being sold a fraud or even a scam? Once you've seen the facts, you may agree that this is the case...

Ask yourself, why do certain sectors of the financial industry push 401(k)'s so much? Take a guess. According to financial expert, Garrett Gunderson, (who helped provide much of the information in the article) it may be that they get your money, the government's money (the money that would have been paid in taxes), AND they have the rules on their side to hold on to it for a very, very long time! This is what Garrett sometimes calls the "401(k) Hoax".

Even if your employer offers an irresistible "matching" program [where they match your contribution to your 401(k)], it's still not that great of a deal. Why? The stipulations and rules for how and when you use that money make it difficult at best to ever utilize your money.

Some people use the logic that at least they're saving SOMETHING, no matter how ineffective, for their retirement. Unfortunately, due to a lack of management and knowledge, people are hemorrhaging in these plans and it impacts their overall well-being, attitude, and is putting hard earned money at risk.

Below are some strong alternatives, but first let's look at some of the specific reasons why Garrett suggests that 401(k)s are usually a poor investment strategy for most people, and (more importantly) what to look for instead.

Here are our thoughts:

1. Poor liquidity - 401(k) investment money is so tied up with penalties and restrictions so numerous that it is very difficult to navigate them should you ever require access to the money. There may be ways to loan on part of the money or even certain stipulations for hardships, but overall there is very limited access to money along the way before those restrictions are lifted.

2. Your money is market dependent. - The performance of your funds becomes dependent upon market factors, which means that you have to be okay with losses in the investment if the market does not cooperate. Many times there are limited selections of funds to choose from. Most participants do not change the original allocation and therefore are not managing risks properly.

Do you have any control over what the market will do? Do you know what your investments allocations are and what type of stocks or bonds are in the funds that you have chosen? If not, then what you are doing is more like gambling, a fraud, or a scam, than investing.

3. Administrative fees - 401(k)s are subject to various administrative fees in addition to expense ratios and 12-b1 fees (for marketing expenses) for the funds your dollars are invested in. This is something that most people, and even many financial professionals, ignore. "Hidden" fees often substantially derail your projections and currently there is a minimal amount accountability when it comes to administration fees.

These fees are an all too often an unseen expense since you are not writing the check to pay them. Typically they are automatically being taken out of the account with you even realizing it! Ten thousand dollars invested for 30 years, at a 10 percent interest rate, would hypothetically grow to $174,494. If we add just two percent in fees it only grows to $100,627. That is almost a $75,000 difference!

4. Tax-free vs. tax-deferred - If you don't like paying taxes today, why would you want to pay even more in the future? The tax deferral aspect of 401(k)s, which is touted as a great boon, is actually a primary factor contributing to why most retirees let the money sit, even during their retirement years, for fear of triggering tax consequences. This may be the biggest scam or myth of all because if you just have to pay the taxes at a later date how is it a real tax advantage?

Think of it this way, when you defer things in your life: working out, getting gas in your car, a commitment you make to someone - how does that end up working out for you? If you merely defer taxes, that does not necessarily save anything- it merely defers it.

5. Higher tax bracket upon withdrawal - The general financial advice given in main stream media often fails to take into consideration the possibility of you being in a higher tax bracket during your retirement years than you were when you put the money into your 401(k). If you have achieved any measure of success accumulating money in your retirement plans, you would usually be in a higher tax bracket at retirement, which means that you'll be paying a lot more to Uncle Sam when it comes time to pay the taxes on your 401 (k) savings.

However, for some reason, most advisors project that you will be in a lower tax bracket, which doesn't make much sense. It's illogical to project healthy returns on a qualified plan while also simultaneously projecting that you'll be in a lower tax bracket at retirement.

There is always the chance that the government might lower taxes or you will have more deductions in the future, but do you want to count on that happening? Another consideration is if you are at an age where your kids are a tax deduction today, bu they may not be tax deductible when you pull the money out of the plan and have to pay the taxes.

These are just a few of the many issues surrounding 401(k)s and qualified plans in general. I could certainly keep pointing out even more limitations, but it comes down something more basic: YOU. Your investments should be about you-not just the future you, but you in the present as well. Are you building a nest egg and net worth at the expense of your current production and cash flow? Are you living an ideal life not only financially, but also by doing what you love, taking vacations, spending time with the people you love to be around, and creating time to take care of your health?

The difference between the Business of You vs. mindlessly funding a 401(k) is that the former is exhilarating and profitable, while the latter is uninspiring and uncertain. The bottom line is that there is a lot more risk involved in investing in 401(k)s than many people realize. YOU are a much better investment.

The truth is that you can save for your future AND have fun, AND be in control of your finances, AND increase your current cash flow. I've seen first hand that investing in YOU is always a smarter idea than investing in a 401(k). While writing this article, Garrett Gunderson and I discussed it, and you may be surprised to find out that we've never met someone who is truly rich because they invested in a 401 (K).

Without exception, all of the rich people we know made their money by investing in themselves and following their passions. If you're like most people, however, then you've been taught that you have to settle for less now in order to make it big in the future.

That is a destructive myth that leads to a mediocre and unsatisfying life NOW and LATER. Don't fall for this scam because it's promises are a fraud! Don't buy into the hoax that someone else knows better how to manage your life and money than you do!

To find out more about how to invest in yourself or out perform your 401(k) plan, check out Garrett's Best Selling Book here...

How to Double Your Classified Ad Web Traffic 10 Minutes or Less

Everyone knows that classified ads are a proven source of targeted web traffic and of people who actually buy products. But most people don’t know the most effective way to get ads to more than double the amount of sizzling web traffic they are sending to your web page or affiliate site.

Imagine getting 2, 3 or even 5 times as much web traffic to your affiliate marketing site or your home page. What would that do for your online profits and exposure?

Here is a powerful tip about how to double your classified ad web traffic in 10 minutes or less (and usually get higher quality of traffic too).

Before posting your promotion on a site like Craigslist, Backpage, or Oogle do the following:

1) Decide what the top 3 benefits of your product or service are and write them down. These will be your bullet points.

2) Think of a powerful headline that includes your #1 benefit to the customer and what is in it for them if they visit your website.

3) Find a picture that can be used in your ad to make it exciting and enticing. Usually pictures with people are the best.

4) Use your photo editor to add a headline and bullet points to the photo making it look professional.

5) Upload the picture ad to your hosting account.

6) Use HTML code to display the picture as a hyperlink for your advertisement.

Now you’ll have what is called an ‘Image Ad’. Statistically, you’ll double (or more) your targeted classified ad web traffic – which means more online profits and customers for your business.

Be sure to include the words ‘Click Here’ at the bottom of your ad so that readers know that your advertisement is ‘Clickable’, and post on a regular basis.

Click Here to see an example of an ad that I use to promote my site http://MassiveMarketingSystem.com and the Free Video Tutorials we give away there...

Affiliate Marketing Tips – 5 Top Traffic Generators

Affiliate marketing is about 1 thing: Generating as much high quality web traffic as possible. This can be pretty easy if you have $10,000 to spend on Google Adwords and other top pay per click sites, but what should you do if you’re on a budget?

Here are 5 affiliate marketing tips guaranteed to generate targeted web traffic:

1) Use free classified sites. This is fairly obvious but using sites like Craigslist, Backpage, and Kijiji gets web traffic. A trick to maximize your results is to use ‘Picture Ads’ that are clickable. It will more than double your responses.

2) Article Marketing is king. Articles such as this one can generate loads and load of quality traffic. In fact, I read a forum survey on the Warrior Forum that asked people for their top 3 traffic sources. Article marketing was the #1 response and was in nearly every marketer’s top 3.

3) Video Marketing. Well done videos can generate massive amounts of targeted traffic and may be the most viral traffic generation method used by affiliate marketers. (Along with free reports) I have a friend who used free software to spend 5 minutes making and posting a 2 minute video. He has gotten over 1000 hits per month since he posted it 9 months ago. How’s that for web traffic generation?

4) Micro Blogging is the next wave. Micro Blogging sites such as Twitter, Brightkite, Plurk, etc. have become an online obsession. Using these tools effectively can drive traffic to your site on demand. If done correctly, this can bring you hundreds of hits per day with almost no effort.

5) Ezine advertising is as targeted as it gets. Ezines are online newsletters and magazines that can get your message in front of TONS of targeted readers with very little (or no) cost. This can bring in quality and quantity traffic in bunches. If you need help finding ezines in your niche market this is my favorite ezine resource. It cost a little bit, but saves SO much time and money!

If you use these 5 top traffic generators for your affiliate marketing programs, you will inevitably see results and grow your profits. There are dozens more ideas available, but pick a few methods and master them first to see the best results on your bottom line!

If you want to know more, check out this very affordable affiliate marketing training program.

How to Target Your Audience on Twitter

Every marketer knows that finding your target audience is the key to making money both online and offline. It's easy to get off of the trail and find yourself lost and far away from the people that you should be communicating with...

Even if you have the best marketing materials, message, and product- but you’re talking to the wrong people- then you’re throwing your money away. (Think selling ice to Eskimos) So the trick is finding people who are interested in what you have to offer, and then communicating with them in a way that makes them want to buy from you.

Microblogging, and Twitter in particular, is a great format for getting your message in front of people, but how do you find people who are interested in what you are selling? Certainly trying the ‘shotgun approach’ might work, but I’m going to give you 2 tips that will exponentially help you find your target audience on Twitter.

The first way is to seek them out using the ‘Search’ feature on the bottom of the page. This feature lets you search for a keyword or keyword phrase that would indicate that someone is in your target market. For example, if I want to find people who are deeply in debt because I sell credit repair then I might search ‘Bad Credit’ or ‘My Credit Sucks’ or even ‘Credit Card Bills’. These types of searches will bring up recent posts of people who are talking about their credit or their bills. You simply follow them (maybe send them a message if you feel they are a good prospect) and hopefully they will follow you back.

The second method is to let them find you. To do this you need to post as often as possible on Twitter and use keywords that they may be searching to find. Now you must put yourself in the minds of your target audience and think about what they might be searching for on Twitter. Words like ‘Debt Solutions’, ‘Credit Repair’, or ‘Credit Help’ might be good to include in your Tweets to gather some of those coveted followers.

If you use these two techniques on a consistent basis you will grow your target audience on Twitter and have followers who you can help. There is nothing better than someone who really needs your services when you are looking to increase your online profits!

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The Mindset of a Successful Online Marketer

If you want to be a successful online marketer then the #1 thing that you must have is the “Marketing Mindset”. Most people might mistake this for the ‘Sales Mindset’ that is A-B-C which stands for “Always Be Closing”.

Marketing is very different than sales and if I had to choose to be a good marketer or a good salesman, I’d be a good marketer every day of the week.

The difference is that if you are a good marketer and set up the sale properly, you don’t have to sell at all – you simply take orders because the buyer already knows that he wants to buy from you. However, if you have bad marketing, even the best salesperson may have trouble because he’s talking to the wrong customer or someone who isn’t very interested.

Marketing is about understanding your target market and talking to that specific group in a way that will help them see why they should buy your product, service, personality, etc. This means that you must understand your prospect’s wants, needs, fears, and desires. If you know these key parts of their mental make up, then you can write, talk to, and direct them in a way that ignites their emotions and gets them to take action.

This is where the mindset of a successful online marketer is critical. How well can you understand your potential customer and craft a message that will appeal to them? How can you speak to them in terms that will allow them to understand how your product or service will take away their pain? Can you talk specifically enough to them that they will be nodding their head in agreement throughout your entire presentation?

The mindset of a successful online marketer is knowing how to be inside of the mind of your customer. If you can do this then you’ll never have to ‘close the sale’ again – you simply fulfill order requests.

No Limits to Human Love...

EDITOR'S NOTE: This is a little off of the topic, but I ran across it (again) 2 nights ago anf think it's well worth sharing.

Anytime that I lose faith in humanity or our ability to love one another I watch this video and my faith is renewed. If you haven't read this story or seen the video then you need to take 5 minutes to read this post and watch the video. My bet is that you'll probably be shedding 'good tears' before it's over...

(I copied the following from this website because I think it tells the story better than other sites I've seen)

I try to be a good father. Give my kids mulligans. Work nights to pay For their text messaging. Take them to swimsuit shoots.

But compared with Dick Hoyt, I suck.

Eighty-five times he's pushed his disabled son, Rick, 26.2 miles in Marathons. Eight times he's not only pushed him 26.2 miles in a Wheelchair but also towed him 2.4 miles in a dinghy while swimming and Pedaled him 112 miles in a seat on the handlebars--all in the same day.

Dick's also pulled him cross-country skiing, taken him on his back Mountain climbing and once hauled him across the U.S. On a bike. Makes Taking your son bowling look a little lame, right?

And what has Rick done for his father? Not much--except save his life.
This love story began in Winchester , Mass. , 43 years ago, when Rick Was strangled by the umbilical cord during birth, leaving him Brain-damaged and unable to control his limbs.

"He'll be a vegetable the rest of his life;'' Dick says doctors told him And his wife, Judy, when Rick was nine months old. ``Put him in an Institution.''

But the Hoyts weren't buying it. They noticed the way Rick's eyes Followed them around the room. When Rick was 11 they took him to the Engineering department at Tufts University and asked if there was Anything to help the boy communicate. ``No way,'' Dick says he was told. ``There's nothing going on in his brain.''

"Tell him a joke,'' Dick countered. They did. Rick laughed. Turns out a Lot was going on in his brain. Rigged up with a computer that allowed Him to control the cursor by touching a switch with the side of his Head, Rick was finally able to communicate. First words? ``Go Bruins!'' And after a high school classmate was paralyzed in an accident and the School organized a charity run for him, Rick pecked out, ``Dad, I want To do that.''

Yeah, right. How was Dick, a self-described ``porker'' who never ran More than a mile at a time, going to push his son five miles? Still, he Tried. ``Then it was me who was handicapped,'' Dick says. ``I was sore For two weeks.''

That day changed Rick's life. ``Dad,'' he typed, ``when we were running, It felt like I wasn't disabled anymore!''

And that sentence changed Dick's life. He became obsessed with giving Rick that feeling as often as he could. He got into such hard-belly Shape that he and Rick were ready to try the 1979 Boston Marathon.

``No way,'' Dick was told by a race official. The Hoyts weren't quite a Single runner, and they weren't quite a wheelchair competitor. For a few Years Dick and Rick just joined the massive field and ran anyway, then They found a way to get into the race Officially: In 1983 they ran another marathon so fast they made the Qualifying time for Boston the following year.

Then somebody said, ``Hey, Dick, why not a triathlon?''

How's a guy who never learned to swim and hadn't ridden a bike since he Was six going to haul his 110-pound kid through a triathlon? Still, Dick Tried.

Now they've done 212 triathlons, including four grueling 15-hour Ironmans in Hawaii . It must be a buzzkill to be a 25-year-old stud Getting passed by an old guy towing a grown man in a dinghy, don't you Think?

Hey, Dick, why not see how you'd do on your own? ``No way,'' he says. Dick does it purely for ``the awesome feeling'' he gets seeing Rick with A cantaloupe smile as they run, swim and ride together.

This year, at ages 65 and 43, Dick and Rick finished their 24th Boston Marathon, in 5,083rd place out of more than 20,000 starters. Their best Time? Two hours, 40 minutes in 1992--only 35 minutes off the world Record, which, in case you don't keep track of these things, happens to Be held by a guy who was not pushing another man in a wheelchair at the Time.

``No question about it,'' Rick types. ``My dad is the Father of the Century.''

And Dick got something else out of all this too. Two years ago he had a Mild heart attack during a race. Doctors found that one of his arteries Was 95% clogged. ``If you hadn't been in such great shape,'' One doctor told him, ``you probably would've died 15 years ago.'' So, in a way, Dick and Rick saved each other's life.

Rick, who has his own apartment (he gets home care) and works in Boston, and Dick, retired from the military and living in Holland, Mass. , always find ways to be together. They give speeches around the country and compete in some backbreaking race every weekend, including this Father's Day.

That night, Rick will buy his dad dinner, but the thing he really wants to give him is a gift he can never buy.

``The thing I'd most like,'' Rick types, ``is that my dad sit in the chair and I push him once.''

And the video is below....

Get Started Making Money with Internet Marketing in 3 Days

So, you are looking for a way to get started making money with internet marketing, eh? The paths you could take are vast and there are many ways to create profits online, but here is the fastest way that I know to begin making cash online quickly.

With this method you can make money online quickly with no website and only a little bit of know how…

This is called ‘Bum Marketing’ and can yield results within minutes. The process is to find a product that you want to promote through an affiliate marketing program and begin sending traffic to the site. If you don’t know what you want to promote, visit sites like Clickbank, $7 Secrets, or Commission Junction and view their available products and services.

When you sign up for an affiliate program you will be assigned a link to your own tracking sales page. You then use your internet marketing skills to begin getting people to your affiliate page any way that you know is possible. When people buy the affiliate product that you are promoting you will begin making money right away.

WARNING: Working with a site like Clickbank, you will not get your money right away. You need to build up enough for them to send you a check initially, so if you need money tomorrow then this isn’t the way. However, many of the products on the $7 Secrets site and it’s marketplace put money in your pocket immediately. This is the very fastest way to fill up your paypal or bank account in real time online.

On a final note, there are tons of articles on how to promote your sites (I’ve written a few myself) but some ideas for driving traffic to your affiliate links are Forum Marketing, Article Marketing, Blogging, Free Classified Ads, Pay Per Click, and Video Marketing for starters. One of the best places to find great information for online success is: The Internet Marketing Center

Get Free Ezine Advertising – “Affiliate Marketing Secrets” Series

Do you use Ezine Advertising as a source of web traffic for your affiliate marketing business yet? If not, it’s time to see what you’ve been missing and how you can use this valuable resource completely free.

Most people pass on Ezine Advertising because they think that it is too costly and risky an investment. Nothing could be further from the truth. Most Ezines are very affordable to advertise in, and they have proven to get more targeted traffic than most other methods available.

You can always pay for Ezine Advertising, but the affiliate marketing secret that I’m going to reveal today is how to get advertising without spending a penny out of your pocket. Most Ezines are always looking for high quality, original content to keep their readers happy. If you can provide this content, you’ll be their new best friend.

To do this you need to contact the owner of an Ezine and see if they are looking for content or will accept articles. If so, then find out what types of articles they desire for their readers and write something that will work.

As with most articles, be sure to ask the Ezine editor to include your website link or other contact information at the bottom of the article so that you can get traffic. If your article is good and the editor uses it in his next publication you will be getting massive free ezine advertising for your affiliate marketing links.

Try this a few times with different editors and you’ll soon have a whole truck load of free web traffic flooding your site and filling up your wallet.

INSIDER TIP: To find the best Ezines for your articles visit the Ezine Directory.

Internet Marketing Basics – How to Make Money

If you’re new to making money online then it’s very important that you learn internet marketing basics as quickly as possible. Understanding how things work and the fundamentals to creating profits with the internet isn’t rocket science, but doing it wrong can be frustrating and lead to wanting to bungee jump without a chord.

There are 3 key elements to internet marketing basics that will allow you to make money online as quickly as possible. Each of these will explode your level of profits exponentially, and learning all 3 is like a license to print money.

1) Getting targeted web traffic is your number one priority. Very simply put, no targeted visitors = no sales = no profits. There are dozens of ways to get people to your site, but it is important to find a consistent sources of web traffic to begin making money.

2) Your website must convert traffic into leads or sales. Many people put up a website just to say that they have a website – that is completely pointless. Would you buy a car if it didn’t run or purchase food that you couldn’t eat? The whole point of a website is to get you more customers and eventually create more profits. If your site doesn’t convert traffic into customers or online profits then you are leaving money on the table.

3) You must have an automated follow up system. Email is the most powerful, low cost marketing medium ever created and one of the most overlooked internet marketing basics. If done properly email follow up can increase your online business profits by 10 fold or more. So having a proper follow up system on your side is essential to maxing out your customers and your bottom line.

If you follow these 3 internet marketing basics, you will be on your way to creating a foundation for success. Each of them has many nuances which I discuss in other articles here on my blog. Each basic principle can create online profits, but when used in combination, these 3 elements will skyrocket your bank account and your fun!

If you're ready to begin making money online right now then CLICK HERE to see more...

How to Maximize MicroBlogging to Make Money Online

Microblogging sites such as Twitter, BrightKide, and Xanga have taken the internet by storm and will soon change the way that most people communicate with their friends, peers, and customers. This constant communication is the perfect marketing tool and top business minds are already figuring out how to maximize microblogging to make money online.

The first thing to understand if you want to use microblogging to make internet profits is that is can be very time consuming if you don’t get leverage. There are dozens of sites that are microblogging communities, and trying to build a relationship with potential clients on each site could be a huge black hole for your time.

The key to maximizing microblogging sites for making money online is to use tools that will allow you to post on multiple sites simultaneously. One of my favorite sites is called ping.fm, and it allows me to post on over a dozen blogs, statuses, and microblogs with the push of a single button. The initial set up requires a little time because you have to create accounts for each of the sites that you want to post upon, but the effort is well worth the result.

You can also specify if you want to post only to blogs, microblogs, or statuses (such as MySpace or Facebook), so you have control as to how your postings show up. This kind of leverage can be fantastic if you want to let people get to know you, or promote your videos, articles, blog entires, etc. to large groups of people.

Ordinarily it would take you hours just to post one promotional item on all of these sites, but now you can do it from your cell phone on the run. Maximizing microblogging to make money online is all about leverage and getting your promotional messages in front of as many people as possible. Try it out and watch your profits grow.

For more ideas, follow me on Twitter.

Video Marketing Basics Part 2 – Increasing Results

If you’ve used the tips in video marketing basics part 1, then you’ve probably already realized that creating a video and promoting properly can make all of the difference between success and failure.

These are a few more video success secrets that help your online profits grow:
Video Marketing Basics Tip #4: Make the video interesting or add something to arouse curiosity. A simple video of you talking about how great your product or service is for the customer isn’t going to work. It’s boring and no one will watch it. Add music, humor, or something shocking to keep people interested. Also if you have your video end before some sort of exciting ending, and then make people visit your site to see the rest of the video, you’re results will skyrocket.

Video Marketing Basics Tip #5: Use the same video several times to maximize your efforts. With video editing software, it is super easy to modify your video and make it longer, shorter, or slightly different so that the video hosting site doesn’t recognize it as the same video. This allows you to post the video multiple times with different descriptions, keywords, and titles for maximum exposure.

Video Marketing Basics Tip #6: To get search high search engine rankings keep your title, tags, and description consistent. If you have a set of keywords that you want to rank highly for on search engines, then be sure to use those keywords in the tags, description, and title. This will give Google, Yahoo, MSN, etc. a clear idea of the words for which to rank your video highly.

Getting your advertisement found, watched, and enjoyed is over half of the battle of online promoting. If you follow these 3 video marketing basics in a short time you will begin smashing your competition and increasing your sales volume exponentially.

For more in depth tips, check out the free video tutorials at: http://MassiveMarketingSystem.com

Video Marketing Basics – What You Need to Know - Part 1

Currently video marketing is one of the most used and most powerful forms of online advertising available, so it is important that you know the video marketing basics to maximize your efforts online.

These video marketing basics are what you need to know in order to make some minor tweaks that will get you much better results. I’ve learned these from some top pros and from my own failures and successes, so I know that they work:

Video Marketing Basics Tip #1: Use a hyperlink in your description to increase your web traffic. Most video hosting sites contain a ‘Description Box’ where you can tell people what your video is about. Rather than just asking people to visit your site, include (and refer to) a link to your site in the description box. Also be sure to start your link with http:// so that the link will be clickable.

Video Marketing Basics Tip #2: Search Engines can ‘watch’ your video so they use the description box and the ‘Tags’ for each video to determine where it will pop up when people search online. This means that you need to choose your ‘key words’ for each description box carefully, and make sure that they are attracting the customers that you want.

Video Marketing Basics Tip #3: Using programs such as iMovie (Mac) or Windows Movie Maker, always have a title page and a credits page with your website address at the beginning and especially the end of your movie. Many times your viewers want to visit your site but end up writing it down wrong or mis-spelling it. This means that you’ve missed a potential customer and potential online profits from your video promotions.

If you implement these video marketing basics into your internet campaigns you will begin to see higher and higher success with driving traffic and promoting your products. This medium is only going to get bigger and better, so learning the ropes to successful use of video will pay huge dividends in the future.