ZoloPages lets you grab data from the web such as (yellow pages, superpages, etc.) and saves the result in Microsoft Excel (xls, csv) XML, or Microsoft Outlook format. An open architecture design lets users design templates for any website to be extracted plus users can also access a special repository for ZoloPages templates at www.zolomasks.com. Best of all, ZoloPages is freeware, which means you don’t have to spend a dime - but you can give a donation to the author if you find it useful.

To start grabbing data after installing ZoloPages, simply click File from the menu and select Open a ZoloPage (ZPG). Select the ZoloPage file from the selection and click the Capture button to start grabbing data. It’s so simple to use which I’m sure novice users will appreciate.

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Mass Pay allows you to receive payments with actually no commissions to pay. This is a huge benefit especially if you regularly receive payments through Paypal.

However, there is a catch:

• The person sending you the payment will have to pay the commission. The good news is the commission is only minimal - 2% or a maximum of US$1.00 (one US dollar).
• Next, the person paying must already have the amount sitting in their account in order to pay you through Mass Pay. For instance, if you requested a payment of $1,000, the person making the payment won’t be able to use his credit card to pay you. He must have at least $1,001 in his Paypal account in order to use Mass Pay.
• You must have a Premier or Business account to use Mass Pay.
• You can’t pay more than $10,000 to one person in one transaction. For instance, if you are receiving a payment of $12,000 it has to be done in two payments - one $10,000 and one $2,000 payment or any two payments which would total $12,000 (e.g. $6,000 + $6,000).
• It’s not very easy to use Mass Pay the first time but it’s not hard once you learn the hang of it.

Ben Shaffer made a great video tutorial on how to use Mass Pay in his blog Shmooze With Ben. You can see the video here.

Are you looking for ways to increase your online sales? Whether you are selling a product or a service, this is how you make money. Although there are a number of ways that you can increase your sales, like by offering money saving discounts, you can and should use outsourced article writing to your advantage.

Before focusing on what outsourced articles are and how you can use them to your advantage, it is important to focus on the products or services you are selling. Make sure they are worth the money. If you are selling a product that is either poor in quality or just a bad idea, don’t expect high sales. No one will want to buy it, regardless of how good your internet marketing campaign is.

Next, have a website to sell your products or services on. You can rely on third party websites, but they always charge a fee. This fee will cut into your profits. You may see a free blog as a cheap approach, but many have strict rules and restrictions on the direct selling of products. For the most part, a website is best. Websites tend to look more professional than blogs. This doesn’t mean that you can’t use a blog, but use it to direct traffic to your main website.

When using outsourced articles, you pay another writer to compose them for you. Professional writers will ask questions, as they want to make sure they are doing the job right. It is best to have these questions already answered. How many articles do you need to order? What should be their length? What are the article topics? Do you have specific title ideas or is your writer free to choose? Do you want keywords used?

To have the best luck with outsourced articles, you want them related to the product or service that you are selling. You may not want a straight up written advertisement, but make sure there is a connection. Are you selling a time management software program? If so, order articles that outline the benefits of time management, how to buy time management software, their uses, and what to look for in quality programs.

If you want to increase your website sales with outsourced articles, they need to be keyword articles. The search engines will pick up your website when popular keyword phrases are positioned throughout your articles. This is a nice, easy, and organic way to increase your visitor count. An increase of visitors may lead to an increase in sales.

As for determining what keywords your writer should use, research is required. This is something that you can have your writer do, but it should only take you five minutes at the most. Find a keyword research tool online. Search with a relevant word, such as time management. What specific phrases are internet users searching for? Try to have your writer insert one or two of those phrases at least once in every paragraph.

As a recap, keyword articles can improve your income by generating extra traffic to your website. Similar articles can also be distributed to directories with your website link attached. Although you may not see an increase in sales or profits right away, remember these articles will stay on the Internet for months or even years to come.

There are a lot of reasons that Clickbank has been a successful gateway to internet profitability for so many people. But two big reasons so many find success with the Clickbank system is that it is simple to understand and get started on quickly and everything in the Clickbank system works. It is such a well run Internet Marketing resource that a lot of people have turned to it as a payment gateway rather than PayPal or one of the other more well known funds processing agencies on the web.

Clickbank does an outstanding job of handling third party credit card transactions. It really is a critical park of why their business works because Clickbank lists well over ten thousand products and is used by over one hundred thousand partner affiliates so that kind of marketplace has to handle money reliably and safely to survive. And because everything about Clickbank is digital including all products and the means of delivery, the accountability for handling payments has to be absolutely rock solid dependable and trustworthy.

The ability for any internet marketer to quickly and easily become a Clickbank affiliate is another reason it is such a stunning success. It’s simplistic to select a product from the Clickbank marketplace once you have a free account on the service which you can easily set up on their web site. And once you have that account, Clickbank generates tracking codes so it can tell when you have selected a digital product and started promoting it online. This means with the simple step of creating an account, the door is open for you to sell ten thousand products.

Any marketplace in cyberspace or not relies on the meeting of sellers and buyers. And to be a success, Clickbank also has to make it easy for creators of digital products to sell their goods through their marketplace too. For a seller, there is a fee to get started on Clickbank but considering that by putting their product into this marketer, it could get picked up by an army of 100,000 sellers, a $50 start up fee and a small percentage commission to Clickbank is entirely reasonable.

Now you just get your product into the Clickbank library. You might have to hold your breath to get a sale because you need one sale to get noticed by the marketing software in Clickbank. But once you are listed, the odds are somebody is going to pick up your product and begin to sell it. Clickbank tracks and records those sales scrupulously so other affiliates will start to pay attention as your sales pick up and before long you are making tons of sales being promoted by this sales army you never met and have no idea who they are. You don’t have to know. They are making you rich and getting a handsome commission for themselves in the process. It’s a beautiful partnership between strangers where everybody wins.

Clickbank is a full service marketplace for the seller because you don’t have to find affiliates or even promote your product. Just get it out there and once the momentum of sales picks up, it can snowball into a huge seller for you. The profits roll into your Clickbank account and on your regular distribution cycles you established when you set up the account, Clickbank sends the money to your bank account. It’s just that simple and just that quick.

Wow, how time flies so fast when you’re busy! It’s already been ten days since I’ve last posted an article but it feels like it was just two days ago. As I have expected, most of the jobs that came in this October were pretty much web research and writing-related.

Providing web content has become a steady source of income for us, especially now that most webmasters prefer to outsource their writing needs so they can concentrate on what matters most – sales.

So as of this writing, although I haven’t done the math yet, I am pretty sure that our income projection for the month has already been surpassed.

Earning Money thru Writing

For those of you out there who are home based or who are finding it hard to find jobs in this present period of economic crisis can look up to freelance writing as a great way to earn money online. It is a great income-earner plus you are your own boss. You can work as many hours as you like or not. Freelance writing provides you the opportunity of minting thousands of dollars from the comfort of your own home.

Freelance Writing trends

Freelance Writing jobs

How To Start a Writing Career

If you are a serious freelancer, I recommend you start by creating a resume that highlights your skill set. The resume should tell about your educational qualifications apart from other relevant information so people will know your background. Next, open your favorite browser and type ‘freelance writing’ in any search engine such as Google. I’m sure you will get numerous results. Go to the websites where people buy freelance writing services. Most websites let you create a profile where you can upload your resume for buyers to see. Sign up with several good websites which are popular and have a lot of following. This will increase your chances of finding your first writing job.

Freelance writing is contract based. Once the project is over, a freelancer can move on to the next project. In order to earn money through freelance writing, you have to be very professional and committed to your deliverable. Faltering your deliverables will give negative feedback. This becomes detrimental especially if you want to continue in the same business. Low ratings sent a negative signal to prospective clients. To avoid getting negative reviews or low ratings, perfect your attitude. Your aim should be to achieve the highest rating possible by giving more than what the buyer expects. Bottom line - making money on the internet through freelance writing is easy if you have a balanced approach towards your attitude and technique.

I’ve started with GAF several years ago and to date, I haven’t experienced any problem (whatsoever, in contrast to my experience with another website which I won’t mention here . Indeed freelancing has its ups and downs and sometimes you have to learn the hard way.

Two days ago, I received an email from GetAFreelancer. If you have a profile at GAF, I’m sure you got that email too. I’m posting part of the email here so you’ll know why I’ve chosen to blog this with the above title and why you should register with GAF now.

A SAFE MARKETPLACE

GetAFreelancer.com is owned by a swedish company named Innovate it. The company
is audited by KPMG.

The money we hold for members is mainly sitting on our swedish main bank. So far
no swedish bank needed any outside money from government to survive the ongoing
financial crisis. Swedish Financial Inspection says the swedish banks can continue
without help for another 12 months(minimum) if the market don't improve. There is
also enough assets to survive a recession if needed. Our main bank (Sparbanken
Lidköping) is ranked as number 1 in a solidity test among swedish banks. You can
see the test here(look för Sparbanken Lidköping):

http://di.se/databas/2008/09/27/pix/banksoliditet.pdf

Sparbanken Lidköping has been in business for 174 years.

Innovate it has no loans, no investors demanding money, is profitable and
completely self funded.

Innovate it was started 1999 and survived the "dotcom crash". 

If needed we can afford to lose money and still stay in business for long.

One of the best things about GAF is they have excellent help support thru GetAHelpDesk.com. They respond quickly to inquiries even on Sundays.

They offer multiple withdrawal options including Paypal, Moneybookers, wired transfer and GAF Debit card where you will be issued a Mastercard debit card after your application is approved so you can withdraw your hard-earned cash wherever you are in the world. Just look for an ATM with the Mastercard logo.

If you don’t have a profile with them yet, go to GetAFreelancer and click the Sign Up link. It’s absolutely FREE.

Let’s face it – entrepreneurs wear a lot of hats. But there are times when a budding entrepreneur has to evaluate the positive and the negative side of wearing all the hats against outsourcing.

With outsourcing, you are able to free up your time to concentrate on more important and higher priority tasks. The drawback - outsourcing costs money.

So when is the right time to outsource? I’d say NOW!

With the current economic downturn, your business won’t survive let alone prosper if you’re spending your time doing jobs that don’t really contribute to growing your business. Moreover, there is a considerable amount of chance that what you are doing right now is not even your expertise, so you are losing a very good amount of money because tasks take longer to finish and are more infuriating to do.

What should you outsource? I’d say A LOT!

1. First, operational and management tasks demand a lot of time but are very important – especially bookkeeping and accounting, which are core components of running a business smoothly. There are a lot of service providers on the Internet who are expert in these matters so outsourcing your bookkeeping and accounting tasks as soon as possible is a must. Here is one good reason WHY you should and HOW you should.
2. Outsource your website content needs if you are thinking of putting up your own website or if you already have one. Whether you have a brick and mortar business or an e-store, outsourcing the design, programming, web content and/or marketing aspects is a priority. Besides, there is a one hundred percent probability that you won’t be able to do all of these by yourself. This will usually be a one-time fee, unless you will have a need to constantly update your website. Bite the bullet and hire an expert. Get it done right at the least possible time and stand out from the rest. Let your online presence be felt.
3. Next, outsource tasks that would take you a lifetime to accomplish but will take an expert one day. Avoid biting off more than what you can chew. Getting bogged down in tasks that can waste your time will cost you dearly. Find an expert in the field, build a relationship, let him do it quickly and accurately and pay him so you can concentrate on what matters most – sales.
4. Lastly, outsource simple tasks even if they are a central part of your trade. I have several clients who outsource their email management so they can just attend to more important correspondence and reading the most vital emails. This may sound a little bit risky. But if you build a strong business relationship with a provider, it’s an extremely effective way to save time. Hire a VA (virtual assistant) that can take care of other core essential tasks and let ‘em sign a non-disclosure agreement.

Remember, even if you own a small business or running a huge enterprise, one thing that you should be focused on is sales. Everything else comes next.

Wouldn’t you be saving a lot if you outsource to, say, the Philippines where you can pay someone $500 a month to work for 10 hours a day, than hire a local employee for $10/hour working at only 8 hours a day for the same task and same quality of work?

Bottom line – outsourcing costs money and there is risk associated with it. But hey, you need money to earn money, right? Like a good entrepreneur that you are, you need to take calculated risks. Find a way to do it and outsource as quickly as possible and make your business succeed.

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As we all know, the world changed drastically on Sept. 11, 2001, when the twin towers of the World Trade Center fell.

This year, on the eve of Sept. 11, the twin towers of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac crumbled. Then, on Sept. 15, Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch disappeared. Actually, that was a triple-tower collapse if you count AIG.

In a few years, the biggest pair of towers will collapse: Social Security and Medicare. Even today, they’re looking shaky. How many ground zeros can we as people, a nation, and a world withstand before we admit something is very wrong with our global financial systems? What will it take to wake us up?

Government Can’t Fix It

Personally, I believe the biggest it’s a problem that so many Americans are looking to this year’s presidential candidates, Barack Obama and John McCain, to save our financial system. How did we become so financially weak that we surrender our economic independence to politicians? Where does it say in the Constitution that the government should solve our financial problems?

And why have so many people throughout the world come to expect financial life-support from their political leaders? It seems most people will vote for anyone who promises a chicken in every pot and a guaranteed mortgage payment.

We’re in the midst of a problem neither candidate can solve: A lack of comprehensive financial education in our school systems. What else explains the economic blunders committed by our political and financial leaders? Or why so many consumers are in debt up to their eyeballs? Or why millions of people expect a quick government fix of some kind?

Under Water

A few months ago, a friend of mine from Hawaii asked me if I wanted to buy his new powerboat with twin motors. Apparently, in late 2007, he purchased it brand new for approximately $85,000. His plan was to refinance his house when it appreciated in value and use the difference to pay for the boat.

Failing to obtain new financing, he called to ask me if I would buy the boat from him — just take over the payments and it was mine. I passed, and the bank eventually repossessed his boat. Later, his wife called to tell me he’s now having problems making his mortgage payments. Apparently, my friend planned to pay for his house the same way he planned on paying for the boat, by refinancing his debt.

I mention this story because it illustrates the problem Obama or McCain face: Limited financial education and diminished financial common sense. Apparently, my and the nation’s business leaders all went to same school of finance.

A Cynical Aside

If you want to know why the towers of American capitalism are crumbling, I recommend reading “The Creature from Jekyll Island” by G. Edward Griffin. It’s not an easy book to find, but once you start reading it’s to put down. In fact, in many ways it’s a murder mystery about the financial “murder” of the middle class.

A very important lesson in the book is how political leaders use financial spin to deceive the public. The very, very rich use the system to legally steal from the rest of us by appealing to our sense of patriotism. When our leaders say, “We’re bailing out Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac because we want to protect the American people,” they really mean “We’re saving our rich friends.”

All the bankers and politicians have to do is wave the red, white, and blue, play a few bars of “Yankee Doodle,” and the masses get teary-eyed and pledge greater allegiance to legalized robbery. Yes, it’s true that ignorance is bliss — but ignorance is also expensive, and it cost us our freedom.

Freedom at Peril

A bailout can be different things. First, printing more money is a kind of bailout that leads to higher inflation. Rather than protecting people, it makes life for the poor and middle class more expensive. The other kind of bailout is protection for our rich and incompetent friends. If you or I fail at business, we fail. If we cheat and fail, we go to jail. But if you’re rich and politically connected, your incompetence may be protected by a government bailout.

As a former Marine and a Vietnam War veteran, it saddens me to see some of the freedoms I thought I went to war to protect being stolen from us by bankers and politicians. Unfortunately, few Americans know the difference between the words “nationalize” and “socialize.” Socialize means we turn more of our personal powers over to Big Brother, not free enterprise. It means we as a people grow weaker and need a higher power — the same power that got us into this mess — to protect us.

In short, when the towers of Fannie, Freddie, Merrill, Lehman, and AIG came crashing down, more came down than just money. What we’re losing is the very freedom this country was founded on, and what most of the world yearns for. Posted on Yahoo! Finance.

Robert Kiyosaki Predicts Lehman, Government Bailouts

There was a time when the internet was used only for research. As the popularity of the internet grew, so did the way that it was used. Today, millions, in fact billions, of individuals rely on the internet for entertainment. If you are one of those individuals, there is a good chance that you have heard of YouTube before. YouTube is an online video website that allows website visitors to view homemade videos and much more, but that is not all that you can do with YouTube. If you wish, you could also make and share your own video which is an ideal way to start your Video Marketing.

Making your own video? That sounds like fun doesn’t it? A large number of internet users, ones of all different ages, are making the decision to make their own videos. Many of these videos are used to share information with others, showcase a favorite scene from one of their favorite television shows, express their beliefs, or just make a comedy video. If you are interested in making your own video, whatever the purpose of that video is, you are advised to start thinking about video ideas.

Start thinking about video ideas? Yes. That is what you will need to do. Unfortunately, too many individuals read too much into making online videos. This does not necessarily involve their video content, but how the video will be made and uploaded to the system. If you are planning on making a video for YouTube, you can relax and worry about other things. This is because the uploading process, used by YouTube, is probably one of the easiest one that you will find online.

Of course, the first step will be to make your video. To do this, you will need a standard video recording device. These devices most commonly include camcorders and webcams. As previously mentioned, you can make just about any type of video that you want. However, it is important to remember that your video will be seen by thousands of internet users, at the least. Make sure your video will be appropriate. If you plan on putting any graphic materials or foul language in your video it may be a good idea to make note of it in the video’s title. Later on, you should be able to make this title.

When making your video, it is also important to note that YouTube has a number of limitations. Those limitations include the length of your video and the size of your video’s file. YouTube currently requires that your video be no more than ten minutes in length. It is also required that your videos be less than 100MB, in size. However, aside from their other rules, stipulated in their terms of use agreement, there are no other restrictions. This means that you can create as many videos as you want to. In fact, if you would like to make a video that is longer than ten minutes, you can do so by making it a two part video.

With YouTube, you must be able to save your video using a moving making software program. There are a number of different programs that you can use, such as MovieMaker and IMovie. These programs can easily be obtained, but most computers, especially newer ones, already have the software programs installed. Once you open your video on your computer, with one of the previously mentioned software programs, you should be able to edit and save your video. Of course, you do not have to edit if, if you do not want to.

To upload your video to YouTube, you must first sign up to be a member, if you haven’t already. It is free to sign up for a membership. The signup process is just used to attach your information to your videos and keep track of all of them, especially if you decide to upload more than one. Once you signup for YouTube, you should see an option that will allow you to create or upload your own videos. You will need to follow those directions. Depending on the type of internet connection your have, your videos could be uploaded and ready for viewing in as little as a few minutes.

Follow these links for more info about Video Marketing

On the other hand, the introduction of the Internet and E-commerce brought revolutionary changes in the business community. Although its arrival just paved the way for fiercer competition among online entrepreneurs and widen the indefinite number of competitors, it provided an opportunity for individuals who want to start their own business in a cost-efficient manner. It is relatively true; since you are not required to maintain a physical structure, hire more employees, and more paper works. The cost is not as expensive as starting a conventional business, yet the return of investment is higher—you can have your capital returned even just within a few months if you are capable of doing so.

Internet marketing does not only provide convenience in terms of commercial activities but also gave freedom to Internet marketers in terms of running their business at their own discretion. Starting your online business means you are the boss, do whatever you want to do, and work in your most convenient time and attire. Freedom is one of the reasons why there are thousands of individuals who prefer a career on the Internet marketing industry.

The success or failure of your Internet marketing career is dependent on what you learn about the basics of this lucrative industry. Just like getting a real estate broker license, you need to learn the basics of Internet marketing to ensure your success as an online entrepreneur. Although there are hundreds of basics that you need to learn, there are several things that you need to learn first prior to the start of your online business.

One of which is website promotion, a fast-emerging model that has been considered to redefine the traditional promotion methods on Internet marketing. Due to technological innovation, there are repeated shifts in terms of client from one brand or product to another. Thus, as an Internet marketer, you need to accomplish the maximum quantity of prospective clients in a short period of time so that you can get started with your business and acclimatize quickly to the fast-paced online marketplace.

What is Internet marketing? It means that you need to have your own website that will serve as your “propaganda” in providing portfolio information to your target market, details on the products and services you are offering, and contact details in case your site visitors are convinced that they really need your product and services. In addition, your website promotion may characterize supplementary information such as dealer and partnership networks, accreditation from some reputable Internet-based business organizations, documentations, free trial, online processing of Internet-placed orders, delivery services, and interactive customer care service.

website promotion is also about defining a website that is well-developed and could be marketed on the Internet. Some of the characteristics/features of such website are as follows:

• It must have an well-organized information processing. All information requested by site visitors (email newsletter, regularly-posted updates, product information and others) must be incorporated to your website.

• It must be visible on the Internet. You can achieve this through high search engine result rankings that are commonly attributed to the site’s SEO (search engine optimization) and popular keywords included as part of the website’s content. Increased visibility will help you accumulate potential leads and eventually build a triumphant online business.

• It must be reputable. Keep in mind that your website is your “alter-ego” on the Internet. The good reputation of your website can be established through registering it in its own domain name and giving it a professional look.

Website promotion is one thing that you must not neglect if you want to see your Internet marketing business grow and achieve success. This promotional tool is essential so that you will not lose your way on the indefinite world of Internet marketing.