Archiv for September 21st, 2007


published: September 21st, 2007

Do You Know What Bum Marketing Is?

People just getting into the field of marketing are not always ideal for affiliate marketing. Many believe they can make money on the Web simply and easily, but this isn’t always true. So what do you do?
You need to start creating a steady and regular flow of money so you can learn more about affiliate marketing, and then consider it a full-time hobby. How you do that is through the Bum Marketing program.

Here is how it works, in a very simplified way:
You write an article on a topic that has a lot of potential in a niche market What you want is that article listed in Google or with other popular search engines. Wait for a buyer to read your article, and hopefully you had the sense to place a link (embedded affiliate link) into your article, so the reader clicks through. You make money.

Some describe it in terms of article marketing, because it works in much the same way. You write articles, embed your affiliate links in them and wait for things to happen. For Bum Marketing to work however, you have to follow some important principles.There are a few secrets to Bum Marketing.

First, you can’t simply write an article about ANYTHING. You have to find a hot niche market. You also want to find keyword phrases to accompany that market, ones that do not have too much competition, because if they do you will have a harder time getting people to click through your links.

When you find your niche, your keyword phrases, you write (or hire someone to write) great articles, SEO optimize it and submit it.The people making money using Bum Marketing are the ones selecting profitable keywords and connecting with people interested in buying whatever it is they promote or sell.

Whether it’s your own product or an affiliate product, it all works the same way. Here is a key idea you have to realize to win. Bum Marketing does not cost you a penny. How many marketing programs and gurus show you how to make money without telling you that you have to spend tons of money in the process? You guessed it, zero. More tomorrow.

published: September 21st, 2007

Debt Sucks Regardless Where You Live

Debt sucks and I don’t endorse going into debt, but it’s so easy because they make it that way. I have used my credit card and abused it over the years because they made it so attractive that I wanted to use it. When it came to supplying the equipment for my cosmetology course and yes I used my card and yes I went into debt and I just kept getting deeper.

I have told you before that they make it way too easy and I went so deep into debt and had no clue which way to get debt help and I was at my wits end because they kept calling and calling and I actually didn’t know which way to turn and it seemed like they were calling me 45/7, yes I know there aren’t that many hours, but that is how it seemed to me. From everything I have heard it’s much worse in England though so thank God I only have to deal with the states.

Since I don’t live in England I had no clue what an IVA is, but recently I have learned it’s an “Individual Voluntary Arrangement” and it can be very involved, but a lot of Brits opt for it because they can pay a set amount that is affordable to them monthly and it’s for a period of 5 years usually.

If you prefer you can opt for a consolidation loan and then you can lump everything together and pay a manageable amount each month instead of paying so many different loan companies or credit companies every month which is what most people do and I would have liked to have done , but it was not an option for me at the time.

However this could prove to be a lot longer term and may not to be a good option for you because things are so much different over there than here so make sure you speak to an expert and don’t try to go it alone and make sure you try and get a lower interest rate. From everything I have heard about taxes over there it makes me very happy that I live in the states even though our tax system sucks also.