Affiliate Marketing for Beginners – How To Get Started
You have probably heard of the term “Affiliate Marketing” or “Internet Marketing”, but did not know what it was referring to. Simply put, affiliate marketing is selling someone else’s product or service and receiving a commission upon a successful sale. The beauty of affiliate marketing is that anyone can participate. With initial start-up costs very [...]
Can I Make Money With Affiliate Marketing?
You may have heard the phrase “Affiliate Marketing” floating around everyone’s vocabulary these days, and wondered what they are talking about. In it’s simplest form, affiliate marketing is selling someone else’s product or service for a commission. That’s it. Now, before you run right out and look for affiliate programs to start marketing and making [...]
Update on Apple’s Entry Into Online Movies
As was widely expected, Chief Executive Steve Jobs announced Apple’s entry into the online movie rental business today. What was a surprise, however, was that he managed to form alliances with all six major movie studios, including rival Sony Pictures and Universal, which stopped showing NBC Universal TV shows on Apple’s iTunes Store last fall. Millions of people [...]
Is MySpace Watching Out For Your Kids?
Apparently, MySpace and the attorney generals of 49 states are teaming together in an attempt to help protect underage children from online sexual predators. At first glance, this sounds like a promising collaboration between the government and private industry. However, when you read about their proposed plan, it’s almost silly. New York Times – The [...]
Joke – A Christmas Divorce
A man in Phoenix calls his son in New York the day before Christmas and says,’ I hate to ruin your day, but I have to tell you that your mother and I are divorcing; forty-five years of misery is enough. ‘Pop, what are you talking about?’ the son screams. We can’t stand the sight [...]
Netflix to Remove Streaming Limits on Internet Movie Viewing
Here’s a Netflix service that I only recently discovered while I was adding more movies to my movie queue. Originally, Netflix users were allowed to watch selected movies online, but they limited the viewing time to about 17 hours per month. Now, Netflix is expected to announce on Monday, January 14, 2008, that all rental [...]
Blogging 101 – Choosing a Theme and Widgets
In Part 1of my Blogging 101 guide, I gave a brief overview of how I would like to tackle the creation of my first blog. Now it’s time to get my hands dirty and begin to give the blog a good look and feel. Since this is an experiment in creating my first blog, I [...]
British Say No to Microsoft Vista and Office 2007 in Schools
It appears that the British Educational Communications and Technology Agency (Becta) is advising against upgrading to Windows Vista and Microsoft Office 2007. They feel that the upgrade would increase costs and cause potential incompatibility problems. “Our advice is to be sure there is a strong business case for upgrading to these products as the costs are [...]
Web Hosts for your WordPress Blog
WordPress is an extremely friendly and easy-to-use blogging system. Depending on your needs and computer skills, there are a couple of methods you can use to setup your blog, and some factors you should consider before you launch your WordPress blog. Method #1 – Free WordPress Blog Think about these questions: Would you like to use [...]
Host Gator Web Hosting Review
HostGator – Web Hosting Provider Webpage: HostGator.com Owner: Brent Oxley Date Founded: October 2002 Data Centers: Dallas, Texas Phone Number: 1-866-964-2867 Plans Offered: Shared, Reseller, and Dedicated Accounts Support Offered By: 24/7 Phone, Live Internet Chat, and Ticket Service About the Company: Host Gator is a privately held web hosting provider that has been in business [...]