3 Minute Learning: March 01, 2009

Thursday, March 05, 2009

March 09 3ML Briefcase

ARTICLES on PRODUCTIVITY

Below you will find summaries from the unique 3ML Briefcase. Over the first 2 weeks of every month, summaries for all 32 articles appearing in the current month’s online magazine are presented. Articles rotate every day with 4 new articles appearing in the respective subject areas (leadership, business and management, marketing and productivity). Click here to go to the 3 Minute Learning home page.
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How to Drive More Traffic to Your Website
Alex Rich

Nearly every email you read these days is filled with hype or requests from the sender that we follow a link to the senders' offer. Once we arrive at his or her website we have the distinct pleasure of paying for the potential benefits he or she is advertising. Here's the insanity: According to the latest statistics from the US Department of Commerce, less than 5% of all online businesses earn $150 to $500 a month from their Internet marketing!

Make Pay-Per-Click Work for You
George Collins

When you first decide to market a program, whether it is a network marketing program, MLM, top tier program, your product or another affiliate product, the initial tasks you have to do is develop a landing page, some pay-per-click ads and one or more auto-responders.

4 Ebay Selling Strategies: How to Build Your Ebay Business
Chris Malta and Robin Cowie

Selling on eBay is a great opportunity for any e-commerce entrepreneur. But making a steady, livable income via eBay isn't just a matter of throwing a few products up for auction. In fact, of the more than 200 million registered eBay users, only a little over a million make a part-or full-time living.

Online Privacy and Security
George Meszaros

The right to privacy is a serious issue for all online travelers. No formal law exists within cyberspace and Internet users can find recourse only through the applicable laws of their own government. It is your responsibility to ensure the privacy of your web site visitors. You have to create a transactional or interactive environment that protects the privacy of your customers.

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Wednesday, March 04, 2009

March 09 3ML Briefcase

ARTICLES for MARKETING

6 Steps to Creating a Successful E-book
Caroline Melberg

The biggest mistake that "wannabe" e-book publishers make is to first write a book on the subject that they would probably be interested in. Then they try to hustle up a market from a related niche and persuade them, without much success, that they too should have the same interests in buying the book. Needless to say, this is not the best introduction into the world of e-book publishing.

Back Links: How to Get Them, How to Use Them
David Bain

Back links (also backlinks or inbound links) are links found in other websites that when clicked will direct the visitor to your site. They are the opposite of "forward links" which are links in your website that direct your visitors to another site.

E-Marketing 101: Exploring the Power of Online Email Marketing Services
Gary San

Whether you're new to email marketing or a veteran, online email marketing services can help you streamline your email marketing campaigns and get the word out on your goods and services. As long as you can power up your computer and get access to the Internet, you can manage your permission-based email marketing campaigns 24/7, anywhere in the world. Still not convinced? Keep reading.

Facebook Ads and Your Marketing Budget
Dirk Wagner I

As with any pay-per-click program, you should be very wary of spending too much money too fast. Let's think about the negatives of setting an early high budget per day with a new advertisement:
>> You have no idea if your offer will convert or not
>> You have no idea if there is more demand for your offer then you anticipated
>> You have no idea what will happen whatsoever

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Tuesday, March 03, 2009

March 09 3ML Briefcase

ARTICLES for BUSINESS and MANAGEMENT

7 Tips for Starting a Business Franchise
Gabriel Adams

Starting a franchise is one of the easier ways to get into the entrepreneurial world. By getting a franchise, you immediately have name recognition, cooperative marketing, bulk purchasing power and training and management expertise. These are advantages that solo entrepreneurs would only be able to enjoy after years of hard work.

Affiliate Marketing Scams
Blake Evans

Making money from home is such a powerful and persistent desire that it can almost be considered an American dream. And, believe it or not, millions of Americans are achieving that dream. But there are others who get frustrated because they get drawn into scams. One of the most prominent schemes can be found in the affiliate marketing world.

Home Based Business Or A Work at Home Job
Kirk Bannerman

OK, so you're going to work at home and now you suddenly realize that you have a very fundamental choice to make. Once you have made the decision to work at home (either by choice or out of necessity) you are faced with the decision as to whether to pursue a work at home job or to start a home-based business. That may sound like a minor distinction but the differences can be quite significant.

Get Rich Quick Schemes Overload
Daniel Gebura

Surfing the Internet for business opportunities can result in finding companies that offer big money within short period of time at minimum effort, no skill or any previous experience required. They also persuade people that failure is absolutely impossible using their system. It sounds really attractive and that's why some people impulsively sign up for those offers. Soon it’s realized they became yet another victim of so-called GET-RICH-QUICK SCHEME.

Monday, March 02, 2009

March 09 Briefcase

ARTICLES for LEADERSHIP

Articles for Inspiration
Steve Goodier

TABLE of CONTENTS
1. LOOKING FOR DIAMONDS
2. RICHES OF THE HEART
3. BACK TO BASICS
4. EVERYTHING CAN BE DIFFERENT
5. BEAUTY SECRET
6. YOUR GREATEST TREASURE

An Attitude Change Is the Biggest Change You Will Ever Make
Gary M. Miller

You may have heard it said that an attitude change is easy. All you have to do is change everything about yourself. As crazy as it seems, it's the truth. A change in your attitude will eventually involve everything about you. It's easy and yet the fact that you have to keep at it day after day is what makes it really hard. An attitude change requires a long term perseverance that few people have. That's why it is the biggest change you will ever make.

Demand Prosperity and Abundance!
Wendy Betterini

One major stumbling block many people experience when attempting to attract more prosperity and abundance into their lives is the perception that they must wait for some power greater to give the go-ahead. It's very common to feel this way!

Self-Management is Critical for Handling Problems
Julie Fuimano, RN, MBA, CSAC

There are probably thousands of examples of moments when you think “What would make someone do that?” It is at this very moment when we reach a fork in the road and quite often, we get stuck. The stuck point is the assumption that the person knows better. This is the expectation. You have an expectation for how an employee should behave, how things should function, even how you should be and what you should do.