Article Marketing for Long Term Success Online

Article marketing in my opinion should be used to create long term income streams online. It cannot and should not be used to create fast income.

You see, article marketing is a cumulative thing. If you submit 100 articles this month and 100 articles each month for 5 months, and you end with 600 articles online in 6 months, in which month do you think you will get the most traffic?

The 6th month, of course. That is just the way it is. You cannot force 6 month results in 1 month. Sure, you could write 600 articles in one month (not sure if that is humanly possible, although I have written 20-30 in one day, for several days in a row, not sure if I could do it for 30 days straight). But then you still wouldn’t get the full result in the first month.

You see, if you write an article today and submit it today, if you do it right, you should have traffic for, get this, not just this month, not just next month – but for years.

That’s right – years.

So if you are doing something today that has years worth of results in it, you cannot expect it to give you all of that value today.

So what to do? First, you have to have patience. Second, decide how many articles you want to have online in one year. Divide that number by 250 (the approximate number of working days in a year). That is how many articles you need to write everyday.

Then set aside the time to do it.

That is the hardest part, just writing the articles, just having the discipline to write the articles, day in and day out.

Do you want to learn more about how I do it? I have just completed my brand new guide to article marketing success, ‘Your Article Writing and Promotion Guide‘

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High Rankings on Search Engines Via Article Submissions

Article submissions offer a very popular method of achieving high rankings with search engines. Authors write original articles and submit them to article submission sites on the Internet. An article submission site is a repository of articles where authors can submit their articles and where publishers can find articles to reprint on their own websites. Typically, both the submission and the reuse are free of charge, and the articles are called “free-reprint articles” because of this characteristic.

What does the publisher get?

The publisher gets to use free and legitimate content on his website without paying a single cent. A publisher can use many articles from multiple sites to target a particular niche or industry. The publisher’s site gains popularity if it delivers relevant articles.

What does the author of the article get?

In return for the free use of the article, the publisher must include a short profile about the author with links to the author’s website. Each time an article is published, the author gets another inbound link to his site. In effect, the author gets one-way, non-reciprocal links from a site that has related content article. The author becomes recognized as an expert in the field if enough publisher sites use his article.

So how does this lead to higher rankings on search engines?

Search engines today take the popularity of a site as a big factor in determining rankings. A big component of popularity is the number of inbound links. The more links that are pointed to a site that are all coming from sites with related content, the higher the popularity of that target website. With enough
inbound links, a boost in search engine rankings for the website will follow.

So where do authors submit their articles?

There are hundreds of article submission sites out there. A good starting point for authors can be found at
articledigger.com/article-directories.aspx articledigger.com/article-directories.aspx where a good-sized listing of article submission sites are maintained. The key is to write very good articles, and submit these to as many relevant article submission sites as possible. If you want higher rankings with the search engines for your website, start submitting your articles today.

Shai Lagrosa owns and manages ArticleDigger.com, a newly-launched free reprint article directory. If you want to harness the power of article submissions to achieve high rankings in search engines, start submitting your articles today. Visit articledigger.com articledigger.com today.

Screenwriting Competition: Beverly Hills Cop (1984) Deconstructed

From our deconstruction of hundreds of Hollywood blockbusters at www.clickok.co.uk/

The Hero’s Journey is the template upon which the vast majority of successful stories and Hollywood blockbusters are based upon. In fact, ALL of the Hollywood movies we have deconstructed are based on this template.

Understanding this template is a priority for story or screenwriters.

The Hero’s Journey:

a) Attempts to tap into unconscious expectations the audience has regarding what a story is and how it should be told.

b) Gives the writer more structural elements than simply three or four acts, plot points, mid point and so on.

c) Interpreted metaphorically, laterally and symbolically, allows an infinite number of varied stories to be created.

and more…

Sample Movie Deconstructed: Beverly Hills Cop (1984)

FADE IN: context; Detroit ; working class neighbourhoods.

Hero’s character and capabilities: Axel pretends to be a crook selling contraband.

Hero in his Ordinary World: in the police station.

Hero’s status: other cops follow him around seek his attention.

Meeting the Interdictor: Inspector Todd.

Foreshadow of the Interdiction: Todd warns Axel.

Meeting the Herald / Foreshadow of the Journey: Axel meets Mikey; the bonds.

Hero and Mikey’s backstory: Axel and Mikey playing pool. References to the Supernatural Aid: Jenny Summers.

Developing the relationship between Hero and Herald: Mikey took the fall for Axel; Mikey loves Axel.

Meeting the Antagonist’s Lieutenant: Zack turns up.

Unbearable Antagonism: Zack kills Mikey.

Interdiction: Foley’s boss warns Axel not to interfere with the investigation.

Breaking the Interdiction: Axel goes to Beverly Hills.

Crossing into the First Threshold: Axel in Beverly Hills.

New World and strange creatures of the First Threshold: the strange characters of Beverly Hills .

Hero is a fish out of water in the First Threshold: the bag in the front seat sequence.

Threshold Guardian: the hotel is full; getting a room in the hotel.

Meeting Allies: Serge.

Meeting the Supernatural Aid: Jenny Summers.

Discussing the coming Journey: Axel asks Jenny about Mikey.

Mentor guides the hero toward the Antagonist: Jenny guides Axel toward Victor Maitland.

Threshold Guardian to the Antagonist and his Lieutenant: Victor’s secretary.

Meeting the Antagonist and his lieutenant: Axel walks into Victor’s office.

Physical Separation: Axel gets thrown out of the window.

Journey to the World of the Transformation: the police arrest Axel.

Entering the New World of the Transformation: “this is the cleanest police car in the world; the nice police station; the clean cell…”

Meeting the Shape Shifter: Taggart punches Axel.

Meeting Other Allies: Bogomil makes Taggart apologize. Referencing the Journey: Bogomil discusses Victor Maitland and the Interdiction; Billy Rosewood takes Axel to the cell.

Saved by the Mentor / Encouraged toward the Trials: Jenny bails out Axel.

Mentor reveals back story of the Antagonist: Jenny tells Axel about Victor Maitland.

Hero already a master of the First Threshold: Axel orders room service; comfortable in the expensive hotel.

Trial 1: evading Taggart and Rosewood with the free meal and the bananas.

Trial 2: Finding the coffee grounds and seeing the bonds unloaded.

Developing the challenges of the Allies: the anti - banana disguise sequence; Taggart is uptight; Rosewood doesn’t stand up for himself.

Warnings of Trial 3: Jennie won’t bail Axel out again.

Journey to Trial 3: Axel commands the security guard.

Developing the character and challenges of allies: Taggart and Rosewood waiting sequence.

Trial 3: Axel takes control and checks Victor Maitland’s crate.

Developing the character and challenges of allies: Rosewood tells Taggart he eats a lot of red meat.

Trial 3 [intercut part 2]: Axel gets some communication…

Hero and Ally relationships developed: Axel jumps in Taggart and Rosewood’s car. They go to a strip joint.

Seizing the Sword: Axel prevents the robbery in the strip joint; wins the trust of Taggart and Rosewood.

Near Death Experience and Allies Inner Challenge: the super cop story doesn’t wash; Bogomil plays by the book; Taggart and Rosewood are off the case.

Reward: the new team; “look man, I ain’t falling for no banana in the tailpipe…”

Threshold Guardian to the Atonement with the Father: the maitre de at the restaurant; pretending to have an STD.

Atonement with the Father: Alex gate crashes Victor’s lunch; overpowers Zack.

Apotheosis: Alex tells Bogomil about the coffee grounds and that he suspects Maitland.

Ultimate Boon: Synergy: all the Beverly Hills Cops are on Axel′s side now…Bogomil understands the meaning of the coffee grounds.

Refusal of the Return: Bogomil argues that Axel doesn’t have the information to issue a search warrant.

Warned away form the Final Confrontation: the Chief wants Axel outta here.

Magic Flight: Rosewood told to escort Axel to the city limits.

Ally conquering his inner challenge: Rosewood argues Axel’s case; he begins to stand up for himself.

Foreshadow of the Final Conflict: Victor Maitland interrogates Jenny.

Rescue from Without: Axel convinces Rosewood to take him to the warehouse.

Convergence: Axel., Rosewood, Jennie and Serge together in the art gallery.

Border of the Return Crossing: Axel et al outside the warehouse.

Crossing the Return Threshold: inside the warehouse; finding the drugs.

Pushed towards the Final Confrontation: Axel gets caught.

Antagonist reveals himself: Maitland confronts Axel and Jenny.

Pushing the Ally Transformation and setting up the Final Conflict: Jenny put in the car Rosewood has to act alone and rescue Axel..

Antagonist’s lieutenant reveals himself: Zack reveals that he “popped his little buddy…”

Ally overcomes Inner Challenge: Rosewood rescues Axel; commands Taggart to meet him.

Convergence: Taggart et al find out that Rosewood et al are at Maitland’s house.

Warning against the Final Confrontation: Taggart warns Axel and Rosewood not to enter Maitland’s house.

Master of the Two Worlds: Axel, Taggart and Rosewood enter Maitland’s house; Rosewood reveals his new self; Maitland and Zack defeated; rescue Jenny; Bogomil comes on side [see Final Confrontation ].

Freedom to Live: Bogomil overcome shis Inner Challenge [confronts the Chief with a super cop story; doesn't play by the book]. Taggart is relaxed enough to go for a drink. Medals: the robes.

Learn more…

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188 Stage Hero’s Journey (Monomyth): The Cave is a Metaphor

The Hero’s Journey (Monomyth) is the template upon which the vast majority of successful stories and Hollywood blockbusters are based upon. In fact, ALL of the hundreds of Hollywood movies we have deconstructed (see URL below) are based on this 188 stage template.

Understanding this template is a priority for story or screenwriters. This is the template you must master if you are to succeed in the craft.

[The terminology is most often metaphoric and applies to all successful stories and screenplays, from The Godfather (1972) to Brokeback Mountain (2006) to Annie Hall (1977) to Lord of the Rings (2003) to Drugstore Cowboy (1989) to Thelma and Louise (1991) to Apocaplyse Now (1979)].

THERE IS ONLY ONE STORY

THE HERO′S JOURNEY:

a) Attempts to tap into unconscious expectations the audience has regarding what a story is and how it should be told.

b) Gives the writer more structural elements than simply three or four acts, plot points, mid point and so on.

c) Gives you a tangible process for building and releasing dissonance (establishing and achieving catharses, of which there are usually four).

d) Gives you a universal structural template upon which you can superimpose your situational story. This is why stories such as Alien (1979), Gladiator (2000), Midnight Cowboy (1969), American Beauty (1999), The Graduate (1967) and many others (all deconstructed at the URL below) appear to be different but are all constructed, almost sequence by sequence, in the same way.

and more…

ABRIDGED TIP(S):

*****Descent into the Cave*****

The Hero et al descend into a Cave. The Cave is a metaphor for a sub-domain within the First Threshold. In When Harry met Sally (1989), Harry meets Sally in the airport (a sub-domain of New York City).

Descent can be interpreted in many ways - the Hero can physically and mentally descend, he can go deeper in the sense of involvement or familiarisation. In Dances with Wolves (1990), Fort Hayes is initially unwelcoming and alien. But John Dunbar makes it his home.

Certain characteristics are noticeable:

Dark and Unknown. The descent is often dark and the Hero et al seem as if they are travelling into the unknown or unexpected. Anything could happen here.

Pull Down. The Hero et al have no choice but to descend; something forces them there. In The Matrix (1999), Neo literarily falls form the pod.

Resistance. There may be resistances.

Foreboding. Phrases like “I don’t like the look of this″ are common.

Warnings. Phrases like “don′t go there” are common.

Learn more…

WRITE THAT SCREENPLAY!

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Copywriting Judo: How To Use Your Competition’s Product Or Service To Sell Yours

If you’d like to know how to use your competition’s own products and services against them — while adding an extra layer of persuasion to your sales letters and ads — then this article will show you how.

Look, as much as you may not want to acknowledge them, you have competition. If you don’t, if you somehow found a virgin market nobody else on the planet knows about, then you will some day and this will apply then.

But the point here is you have competition. We all do. And one of the things most of are tempted to do in our ads is ignore them and act like they don’t exist.

Sometimes that’s a good idea but, as you will see, you can also use the existence of your competition to your advantage in your copy.

How?

Simple: You acknowledge them…and then invalidate them.

In other words, you come right on out and tell them about your competition…followed by why they should choose you over them.

For example, here’s a piece of copy from an ad running right now teaching people about street-fighting:

“You’d be much better off learning ‘tournament’ based martial arts – like Brazilian jiu-jitsu, karate, tae-kwon-do or even boxing. Where you’ll have a referee and lots of ‘rules′ to make sure you don’t injure yourself or anyone else…”

In this case, the ad completely invalidates the competition for people who want to learn hard-core fighting, and not just “martial arts” or other sports-related fighting skills.

And if you really want to add some power to your copy…boldly tell your readers to compare you to the competition. You can use it in your body copy and even in your guarantee by saying something like:

“Try our widget. If you don’t think it absolutely blows away the widgets sold by Company X, return it for a full and immediate refund…”

Do you see how this works?

You are actually using the weight and strength of your competition’s product or service against themselves.

Instead of trying to pretend you have no competition, you actually come right on out and declare they exist…and then spin it into yet another reason for people to buy from you.

Ben Settle is a direct response copywriter and author of “The Copywriter’s Cheat Sheet” — which contains over 300 pages of advanced copywriting secrets and rare swipe file ads not easily found anywhere else. You can

Public Speaking - Enliven Your Speech By Preparing, Not Practicing

Every now and then, I have a dream where I’m about to go on stage to play the lead in a musical and I don’t know my part, my lines, my songs or even what musical I’m singing in. It’s a terrifying feeling, and I’m so relieved when I wake up.

Perhaps you’ve had a similar dream, or shall we say, nightmare. There is something truly terrifying about being in the spotlight, to have something be expected of you, and not knowing what the heck to do.

That’s why so many public speaking experts will tell you that in order to feel anxiety-free and full of confidence when speaking, you need to practice, practice, practice your speech over and over. And then practice some more. These experts are trying to keep you from the nightmare of being in the spotlight while being unprepared. And while their intentions are good, their advice may not be.

But there are some serious disadvantages to this practice, practice, practice approach, especially if you’re new to public speaking:

— Your speech can become a robotic recitation.

—You can become so bored with your own speech that you don’t have much fun communicating it, and your audience doesn’t have any fun listening to it.

—You try so hard to have your speech come out of your mouth just so that when something unexpected happens, like you forget a certain phrase or fact, or a busboy drops a tray of glasses, you freak out and lose your composure.

—But most importantly, you are too focused on “performing” your speech rather than connecting with your audience.

Speaking is about communicating, not performing. If in your desire to do well you over-practice to the point that you lose the conversational feel of your speech, you may entertain and inform your audience, but you won’t engage them.

Let your speech be a conversation, a co-created experience between you and your audience. Create enough space and room to play within your speech that you are able to respond to what’s happening between you and your audience moment by moment. Because remember, even though you may be the only one talking, there is still a conversation going on. There is always a constant exchange of energy, attention and even information between you and your audience.

So, be prepared and a little practiced before you speak your speech. By this I mean know your material well enough to have an impassioned conversation about it. Be clear on what it is you want to say without needing to say it exactly the same way every time. Yes, you want to have a structure to your speech, a beginning, middle and end that includes the points you want to make as well as stories, statistics and anecdotes. But within this structure should be a lot of flexibility and room for spontaneity.

Am I saying you don’t need to practice? No way. You definitely need to practice what you’ve prepared. Practice by taking each section of your speech and letting yourself just talk about it easily and conversationally. Then, practice it in its entirety while imaging that you are talking to friend and telling him or her all about it. Play with your speech in this way until you feel comfortable with its structure and content, but not to the point where each word and phrase is cast in steel.

Preparing and practicing in this way will keep you and your speech fresh, fluid and fun for both you and your audience.

If you’d like some more tips on how to prepare your speech so that you can feel confident and enjoy every moment of your speaking experience, sign up for my free monthly e-zine, Becoming Fearless here: unconditionalconfidence.com unconditionalconfidence.com

You can also learn the three power tools for creating a magnetic connection with your audience on the unconditionalconfidence.com/engage.html “Engage Your Audience″ CD.

Nancy Tierney teaches entrepreneurs how to speak in public with confidence, ease and their own kind of charisma. You can discover how to be completely confident any time you are expressing yourself in any way by going to: unconditionalconfidence.com unconditionalconfidence.com

The Self Publishing Deception

The biggest deception on demand publishers present is that your book will be “made available at over 25,000 bookstores worldwide.” They give writers, who are unfamiliar with the industry, a false sense of success. Everyone wants their books inside Borders or Barnes and Noble…but it’s just not possible. Let me explain why.

Print-On-Demand (or Publish-On-Demand) books are printed as little as 1 book at a time. This means their unit price to print and buy is higher per book. Example. My novel, In The Blood, spans over 330 pages. Because of its length the unit price per book is around $7. Incidentally, the longer the book, the more you pay for each unit; the shorter the book, the less you pay. Following me so far?

That’s just the publishing. Now, there is a shipping fee for each unit…actually, there is a double charge on every shipping for each unit (printed book). When all the necessary fees are applied, the total cost to print and ship one book to anyone is about $13. A pretty shocking revelation considering that the retail price of the book is set at $14.97, which is the thriller markets cap for a softbound book. Anything over that would price the book out of the market.

Bookstores want a 55% discount off the retail price, sometimes 65%. Let’s say they want 55. The book costs about $15. That’s an $8.25 discount which means that the bookstore wants to purchase it for $6.75 per book. Well, it costs the publisher $13 so they would be losing $7.25 plus profits every time bookstore owners placed an order. On top of that, for some strange reason, Borders and Barnes and Noble thinks they’re in the business to make money. So they want profits on top of the $6.75.

Typically, bookstores want to make about a 5 to 1 ratio on all book sales. That means, if your book costs $1 to purchase from the publisher, they want $5 for each book. If it costs $2 to purchase, they want $10. Whatever leftover is divided between the publisher, the agent (if you have one) and the author…the author getting significantly less. Makes you nauseous, doesn’t it?

A book that is printed at $13 doesn’t stand a chance, seeing that there is NO way for the anyone to profit. If the bookstore purchased the book, even in bulk, they would be losing more money than they’ve earned. So where’s all this talk about being “made available at over 25,000 bookstores worldwide” coming from? Dishonest publishers who know the market, know it’s not possible, but also know that YOU don’t know either of these! So sad.

What that statement simply means is that your book will be placed in the catalogue that all bookstores purchase from (The Ingram Book Group, for example), making them “available” for order. But no bookstore in their right mind will make the gamble, even if the book has bestselling potential. Now, you have a few success stories but they are a vast minority.

The purpose of me exposing this myth isn’t to discourage self publishing, but to encourage you to approach it with realistic expectations. Use the self published book to gain attention from targeted audiences (the scope of that topic is another article). If you are already self published, you’ll do much better doing direct sales to customers than to try and get shelf space. If your book is any good, it will sell. You just have to be imaginative and sell outside of the box.

Phon has made it a habit of writing engaging novels, with lots of energy, and unforgetable characters that keeps the pages turning. Preorder his latest book “Seer” today for 50% off at thebookspecialist.com thebookspecialist.comSince the care of the bonsai′s root system is essential to ensure the survival of the bonsai tree.

Write Possibilities

We writers are a powerful lot. We control time. We dictate actions. We control destinies.

We can make two completely opposite people fall in love with each other, and we can create family feuds that can last for centuries.

We can make our heroine travel back in time to rescue her soulmate, and we can give the most villainous person the punishment she deserves.

We can take our characters to the most exotic places and give them their own adventures.

Simply put, we writers can create our own possibilities. In our world, nothing is impossible.

Try creating your own possibilities using the given prompts below.

There are 4 givens: theme, setting, character and key object. Randomly pick 1 from each and use these to start off your piece.

Themes: deception, irony, love lost, infidelity, rejection

Characters: chemist, divorced woman, doctor, teacher, singer

Key object: yellow bag, pen, knife, shoe, fuse box

Settings: space colony, gym, park, lab, retirement home

Here are a few examples using the above prompts:

Write a story about love lost, with a doctor as the main character and a shoe as the key object. Set your story in a park.

Write a story about infidelity, with a chemist as the main character and a pen as the key object. Set your story in a gym.

Write a story about deception, with a singer as the main character and a yellow bag as the key object. Set your story in a space colony.

Write a story about rejection, with a divorced woman as the main character, and a knife as the key object. Set your story in a retirement home.

Write a story about irony, with a teacher as the main character and a fuse box as the key object. Set your story in a lab.

Mix and match the themes, characters, key objects and settings. You can come up with more than 30 possibilities just using the ones already given.

Write stories… write your possibilities!

About The Author

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Shery is the creator of WriteSparks! - a software that generates over *10 million* Story Sparkers for Writers. Download WriteSparks! Lite for free - writesparks.com” target=”_new writesparks.com

Multiplying Sales As A Writer

Often, time is an enemy of writers. Sales seem slow and
checks too small. How does one make the most of their
effort? Here are some tips that will multiply your sales.

1. Companies accepting manuscripts from freelancers offer
copies of their writing guidelines and sample copies.
Assume there’s a reason for them. Study them. The Internet
will save you much postage and time from when I started.
Study their web sites as well. What do they tell you about
the publication’s readers?

2. Think ahead. Lead times for publication are rarely
short. Writers’ guidelines often teach Christmas is in
July. Lead times can be shorter for the Internet. Learn
what they are. Submit accordingly.

3. Take advantage of your research. Write more than one
manuscript for the same effort. This adds to your
productivity. Interviewing a camp director? Write a
feature article on how to select a camp for more than one
market. Write a filler article. Write an article on
finding work at a camp.

4. Resell the same manuscript multiple times. My record
for off-line publication with one manuscript is
seventeen reprints. It is easy to surpass this on the web.

5. Resell to editors. Once you sell to a company, send
another query or manuscript to its editor. Some companies
may buy from you for each issue, others will buy only once
every so many months. Learn what they want before you
submit. Learn this from studying their publication before
you query. If they like what you do, keep them happy.

6. Use query letters whenever possible. When an editor has
OK′d a query letter first you usually succeed at selling
the manuscript . This saves valuable time! Kill fees are
more often offered if article results from a query letter
as well.

Take a look at your sales. What has worked for you? How
can you multiply your sales? Brainstorm more ideas. Making more money per manuscript is possible.

Author info: L. C. Peterson is a freelance writer and web
site marketer. The writer’s personal web site is
lcpeterson.com. lcpeterson.com. More publishing tips can be found
at publishingebooks.com. publishingebooks.com.

How To Generate Income Using The Power Of Article Writing

There are many free methods of advertising on the internet that are not very effective, but writing and distributing articles is a surefire way to get your website noticed and a great way to generate income online

When it comes to writing articles you do not have to be an expert writer, you merely need to put down in print your views or experiences. Think of it like writing an essay at school. For those who feel they really cannot do this, then there is the option of hiring a ghost writer. PLR articles are another option, but remember everyone is looking for new and fresh content so it is advisable to write your own.

If writing does not come easy, it is advisable to persist until it does, because you will be rewarded handsomely for submitting unique content. It is like anything in life, the more you practice it the easier it becomes. Article writing is a great example of how to use the internet to generate an income. To see the effect of writing and distributing original articles you need to be consistent and try and submit one to two articles a week to as many article directories as possible. Build a name for yourself as an expert in your field.

You have the option of submitting manually to the article directories and there are forums that accept articles too, or you can purchase a directory submitter to do the job for you.

The object of writing and submitting articles is to draw attention to your website, so be sure to complete the Author’s Resource Box carefully, with your name, copyright clause and of course your website address, so that anyone who reads your article can then go on to view your website. An interesting exercise that you can do here is create a Google Alert with your name, as you use in the Resource Box, and you will be amazed to see where your articles turn up.

By submitting articles you will be building up back-links to your website and this will help with your page ranking as well. Choose your keywords carefully and be sure to place them strategically in your article without spamming. Do not turn your article into an obvious sales letter otherwise you will find some directories will reject your article.

From the Article Directories and Article Forums, ezine owners select articles to publish in their ezines and should your article be selected this will give your website great exposure. By consistently submitting your unique articles you will also gain recognition from the article directories and more and more webmasters will subscribe to the RSS feeds to automatically alert them of your newly published article.

What to write about can be a stumbling block to many. Sit quietly and think about what you have learnt or achieved and how that information could be of value to others, if you simply turned it into an article and distributed it. It is said that by helping others you help yourself and you will be rewarded with increased targeted traffic resulting in an income generating website.

Cynthia Minnaar, works from home online generating income from the web with cyns-home-biz.com Proven Legitimate Online Business Opportunities
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