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** ISSUE #276 **
February 9th, 2004
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Good Day to you and I hope your day is going well so far! :)
Welcome to all our new subscribers this week and I hope you grow
to love us as so many have ... we couldn't do this without you!
I have to be totally honest here... I'm getting burned out. I think I've been burning the candle at both ends for too long. The filters and spam problems don't make things any easier on me. ProBizTips just isn't making the money it used to -- I'm only surviving because of my other side businesses on the net.
It leaves me in a tough situation. I don't want to inundate you with tons of ads which is why I always close down solo ads to the public when I get backlogged. Solo ads always bring a lot of money into ProBizTips, but it's a "catch 22" because then YOU start getting a lot of ads. BUT -- what do I do if PBT stops making enough money for me to keep it going?
I still enjoy publishing, don't get me wrong... but it just gets harder and harder everyday to turn on the computer and get to work.
Does anyone have any advice for me? :)
Please go to the forum and help me out!
Be honest with me! Even if you think I'm being an idiot... let me know!
OK -- enough about me and my problems... :P
There are much bigger problems and something I am volunteering to help with...
It's something a good friend of mine is doing that I hope you'll want to help with, too. You'll get THIRTY wonderful gifts for your support.
Dr. Mani Sivasubramanian, heart surgeon and webmaster of 'Heart Disease Online' has joined an effort to help children with heart birth defects receive medical treatment.
"A Day For Hearts: Congenital Heart Defects Awareness Day" focuses attention on the problem of heart defects in kids. The aim: to spread awareness about the problem and gather support.
Indeed, in a great mix of charity and marketing, Dr. Mani has convinced 30 online marketers to offer some fantastic gifts to anyone visiting the CHD Awareness website and helping tell others about it. Get details at:
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In the meantime ... sit back, relax and enjoy today's issue!
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2 Powerful Ways Your Business Can Succeed Where Others Fail
by Jason Jantzi
Today, the vast majority of Internet businesses fail to make much profit because they don’t follow a workable plan.
With all the money-making products, opportunities, and affiliate programs available on the Internet today, how is it possible that so few people are actually making a profit online?
The surprising answer is that going into business online is so easy and inexpensive, that most people simply don’t bother to do much research to see if their idea and plan have the potential to actually make them money.
Let’s face it, if you had to go out and put a second mortgage on your house in order to borrow enough money to start a traditional “bricks and mortar” business, you’d investigate your idea ahead of time to make sure it had a lot of potential.
And even if you didn’t, the bank would want to see your business plan and financial projections before they would risk their money on your idea.
But not so on the Internet.
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But that’s where the headaches begin. Before you know it, you can sink thousands of dollars and hundreds of hours into a venture that simply never makes you money.
There are only 2 ways to avoid this fate: Luck and Planning.
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Ask Me Anything by Diane Hughes |
I am having a problem with my Ebay business. When I go to relist or go to any of my Ebay bookmarks I get redirected to "www.qksrv.net" then to "adfarm.mediaplex.com".
It seems to be attached to anything I try involving Ebay. I have tried Norton Works, Spyware removal stuff with no luck. I have contacted Ebay which gave me the spyware thing and virus suggestions. If you can find out anything about this I would appreciate it very much. It is totaly ruining my Ebay selling & buying.
Thanks -- Kent Simmons
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Hi, Kent!
This definitely sounds as though you have some type of spyware on your computer. You said you tried some spyware removal apps, but did you try Adaware? The free version is very effective and I use it often.
http://www.lavasoft.nu/
If you did try this, please get back to me and I will continue more research in trying to solve your problem.
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Just as the name implies, ask me anything.
If I don't know the answer, I'll find it. :)
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Ready -- the difference is simply one product.
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An old man lived alone in Idaho. He wanted to spade his potato garden, but it was very hard work. His only son, Bubba, who used to help him, was in prison. The old man wrote a letter to his son and described his predicament.
"Dear Bubba:
I am feeling pretty bad because it looks like I won't be able to plant my potato garden this year. I'm just getting too old to be digging up a garden plot. If you were here, all my troubles would be over. I know you would dig the plot for me.
Love, Dad"
A few days later, he received a letter from his son.
"Dear Dad:
For heaven's sake, Dad, don't dig up that garden. That's where I buried the BODIES.
Love, Bubba"
At 4 a.m. the next morning, FBI agents and local Police showed up and dug up the entire area without finding any bodies. They apologized to the old man and left.
That same day, the old man received another letter from his son.
"Dear Dad:
Go ahead and plant the potatoes now. It's the best I could do under the circumstances.
Love, Bubba"
