| 2009 Rank (2008) | Name (Company) | Net Worth | Change From 2008 |
| #1 (#3) | William Gates III (Microsoft) | $40.0 billion | -$18.0 billion |
| #4 (#14) | Larry Ellison (Oracle) | $22.5 billion | -$2.5 billion |
| #17 (#65) | Michael Bloomberg (Bloomberg) | $16 billion | +$5 billion |
| #29 (#40) | Michael Dell (Dell) | $12.3 billion | -$4.1 billion |
| #26 (#32) | Sergey Brin (Google) | $12 billion | -$6.7 billion |
| #26 (#33) | Larry Page (Google) | $11 billion | -$4 billion |
| #29 (#43) | Steven Ballmer (Microsoft) | $11 billion | -$4 billion |
| #32 (#41) | Paul Allen (Microsoft) | $10.5 billion | -$5.5 billion |
| #68 (#110) | Jeffrey Bezos (Amazon) | $6.8 billion | -$1.4 billion |
| #119 (#142) | Eric Schmidt (Google) | $4.4 billion | -$2.2 billion |
| #132 (#109) | Rupert Murdoch (News Corp.) | $4 billion | -$4.3 billion |
| #146 (#87) | Charles Ergen (EchoStar) | $3.9 billion | -$5.6 billion |
| #156 (#120) | Pierre Omidyar (Ebay) | $3.6 billion | -$4.4 billion |
| #178 (#189) | Steven Jobs (Apple) | $3.4 billion | -$2 billion |
| #196 (#236) | John Sall (SAS Institute) | $3.1 billion | -$1.3 billion |
| #205 (#277) | George Lucas (LucasArts) | $3.0 billion | -$0.9 billion |
| #246 (#288) | Gordon Moore (Intel) | $2.6 billion | -$1.1 billion |
| #261 (#462) | David Sun (Kingston Technologies) | $2.5 billion | 0 |
| #261 (#462) | John Tu (Kingston Technologies) | $2.5 billion | 0 |
| #296 (#446) | Mark Cuban (Broadcast.com) | $2.3 billion | -$0.3 billion |
| #296 (#307) | Ray Dolby (Dolby) | $2.3 billion | -$1.2 billion |
| #397 (#286) | Jeffrey Skoll (Ebay) | $1.8 billion | -$1.8 billion |
| #430 (#503) | William Randolph Hearst III (Media, Kleiner Perkins) | $1.7 billion | -$0.7 billion |
| #468 (#652) | Thomas Siebel (Siebel Systems) | $1.5 billion | -$0.4 billion |
| #522 (#605) | Andreas von Bechtolsheim (Sun, Google investor) | $1.4 billion | -$0.6 billion |
| #522 (#533) | Omid Kordestani (Google) | $1.4 billion | -$0.8 billion |
| #559 (#652) | Henry Samueli (Broadcom) | $1.3 billion | -$0.6 billion |
| #559 (#462) | Craig McCaw (McCaw Cellular) | $1.3 billion | -$1.2 billion |
| #559 (#743) | Irwin Jacobs (Qualcomm) | $1.3 billion | -$0.3 billion |
| #559 (#785) | Todd Wagner (Broadcast.com) | $1.3 billion | -$0.2 billion |
| #601 (#707) | L. John Doerr (Kleiner Perkins) | $1.2 billion | -$0.5 billion |
| #601 (#677) | Henry Nicholas III (Broadcom) | $1.2 billion | -$0.6 billion |
| #601 (#461) | David Filo (Yahoo) | $1.2 billion | -$1.3 billion |
| #647 (#785) | Vinod Khosla (Kleiner Perkins) | $1.1 billion | -$0.4 billion |
| #701 (#137) | Sumner Redstone (Viacom) | $1 billion | -$5.8 billion |
| #701 (#897) | Scott Cook (Intuit) | $1 billion | -$0.3 billion |
| #701 (#897) | David Duffield (PeopleSoft) | $1 billion | -$0.3 billion |
| #701 (#897) | Barry Diller (IAC) | $1 billion | -$0.3 billion |
| #701 (#847) | Richard Egan (EMC) | $1 billion | -$0.4 billion |
| #701 (#785) | Theodore Waitt (Gateway) | $1 billion | -$0.5 billion |
| 40 names | Totals | $203.4 billion | -$81.5 billion |
Wednesday, 23 December 2009
The 2009 List Of Tech Billionaires And How Much They Lost
Forbes released its list of the world’s billionaires and it looks like the U.S. tech billionaires took a pretty hefty hit from the economic crisis. The 40 tech billionaires we identified on the list collectively lost $81.5 billion compared to their standing in last year’s list. That is a drop in the bucket compared to the $1.4 trillion in net worth that disappeared from the entire Forbes’ list, which also saw the total number of billionaires drop to 793 from 1,125, the first year-to-year decrease since 2003.
I Create Millions
"I Create Millions: How You Can Manifest Your Millions with 87 Specific Money Mastery Methods"
This book will definitely give you some "awesome" ideas that, if put into use, will help you to reap more than you have ever imagined in your life. So, here's your chance to discover the secrets that wealthy people actually use to increase the flow of money into their lives.
Believe me. I feel for you, and me too ... ;o) We don't know what we've been missing... I don't know about you, but I have always wondered why these "so-called" secrets weren't taught in our school systems, while we were growing up. If they had been, we would all be looking at life with a different perspective.
Implementing even one or two of these secrets will change your life for the better, if you are still looking for like most are, to be wealthy/to live life without any financial worries.
Christopher Westra's "I Create Millions - How You Can Manifest Your Millions with 87 Specific Money Mastery Methods" is a compilation of wealth-making ideas and I like his 30-day challenge: "Take The 30 Day Challenge and You Can Begin Money Flow by... Just 30 Days From Today! This is the 30 Day Challenge. I'll pay you double your money back if in 30 Days you don't receive all six of the benefits below. Feel Richer and More Abundant ... Enjoy Your Life and Relationships More ... Expand Your Vision of What is Possible for You ... Increase Your Passive Income ... Feel More Confident in Your Money Skills ... Think of (at least) Twenty Ways to Increase Your Money Flow ... Yes, not just one benefit, but all six, or I will pay you! ... I'll send you a personal check - guaranteed." You just can't beat that ... ;o)
Here's a sampling for you:
About Christopher Westra...............................................................................................7
Introduction to the Money Mastery Methods...................................................................9
Method 1. The Manifesting Envelope...........................................................................11
Method 2. The Art of Leaving Money Around...............................................................13
Method 3. Writing On Money........................................................................................15
Method 4. Let Your Expenses Work For You................................................................17
Method 5. Creating an Abundance Check....................................................................20
Method 6. The Money Downpour Visualization.............................................................21
Method 7. Forming New Money Habits of Mind............................................................23
Method 8. Always Carry Cash.......................................................................................25
Method 9. Buy the Best for Yourself.............................................................................27
Method 10. Create Money Opportunities, not Money Emergencies..............................29
If you want to be wealthy, why not follow the examples set by those that truly are wealthy. Here's your chance.
Note that Christopher Westra has also put out a FREE version of this particular book, which includes 34 of the 87 Money Mastery Methods. The problem is that after reading it, you will want all 87 ... ;o)
Download FREE version here: I Create Millions
Tuesday, 22 December 2009
How to Make Money by Writing and Selling your Own Ebook
Have you ever thought about writing an ebook to make some extra money online? Selling an ebook is an excellent way to get some extra income, since you get to keep most of the revenue, there’s no shipping involved, and creating one is very simple. In this post I’m going to cover the steps that I took to make money by writing and selling an ebook.
Step 1: Pick your Topic and the Keywords you Will Target:
There is a really good reason why I put picking the keywords and the topic in the same step. The #1 reason why my ebook was a success is the fact that I picked keywords with little competition. This allowed me to pay little for advertising through Google Adwords,
Obviously, you want to pick a topic that you know a lot about or can research about. I know this is probably the hardest step. It took me a while to come up with my topic. Try to think about the things that you enjoy doing, skills that you may have that not everyone does. Think about things that some of your friends or family members might call you about because they need help or have a question.
You must pick a topic that does not have too much competition and you must ask yourself whether people are willing to pay for the information you are offering. You can go to http://www.goodkeywords.com and download their software that will help you find out how many people are searching your topic. You can use http://www.overture.com to find out how much people are willing to pay for the information, by finding out how much advertisers are willing to pay for ads about that topic.
Step 2: Create the eBook and Website:
It is not the purpose of this article to teach how to create a website or an ebook. I’m assuming you know how to create a web page. An ebook is nothing more than a PDF document, so you can create your book in Microsoft Word and then turn the document into a PDF file.
Step 3: Get a Clickbank Account:
Clickbank is the company that takes care of charging your customers for the ebook. All you have to do is add a link on your web page where visitors would click once they are ready to make the purchase. Clickbank then takes a small percentage of each sale and sends you a check. Once you have signed up with Clickbank and have set up your account, you can add the link to your web page that will allow your visitors to purchase your ebook.
Step 4: Get an Account with Google Adwords:
Google Adwords, in case you don’t know, is the service that allows people to pay Google to have their ads show up on the right side of a search page that is related to the product or service people are advertising. Google charges you every time a person clicks on your ad. The amount you get charged depends on competition. It depends on what other advertisers are willing to pay to have their ad show up instead of yours for the specific keywords or phrases.
Step 5: Promote your Site With Articles:
Google Adwords is great, but you obviously don’t want to depend on ads that you pay for, for traffic. You want your website to start showing up in the regular search engine pages. A great way to do this is to get a lot of sites to link to yours. Writing articles and submitting them to article directories is an awesome way to do this. When you write an article, you put a link to your website in the about section in the bottom. You’ll quickly notice that submitting an article to one directory causes other directories to pick up your article and all of a sudden, you’ll have a bunch of sites that have posted your article and are now linking to your website.
Step 6: Add a Blog to your Ebook Site if Possible:
Just in case you have no experience promoting a website, let me tell you that content is the most important thing that you need to focus on to get search engines to like you. If you have a one-page site that functions only as a sales letter, it’s hard to get the search engines to send people your way.
If you have a topic that you can write a lot about without giving too much of your ebook away, then a blog is the perfect way to add content to your website and make it valuable to people.
Conclusion:
It only took me about a month to write my 55-page ebook and now I’m constantly making money while I do nothing. This experience showed me how it really is possible to make money online. All you have to do is provide something useful.
Source: http://articlescience.net/
Step 1: Pick your Topic and the Keywords you Will Target:
There is a really good reason why I put picking the keywords and the topic in the same step. The #1 reason why my ebook was a success is the fact that I picked keywords with little competition. This allowed me to pay little for advertising through Google Adwords,
Obviously, you want to pick a topic that you know a lot about or can research about. I know this is probably the hardest step. It took me a while to come up with my topic. Try to think about the things that you enjoy doing, skills that you may have that not everyone does. Think about things that some of your friends or family members might call you about because they need help or have a question.
You must pick a topic that does not have too much competition and you must ask yourself whether people are willing to pay for the information you are offering. You can go to http://www.goodkeywords.com and download their software that will help you find out how many people are searching your topic. You can use http://www.overture.com to find out how much people are willing to pay for the information, by finding out how much advertisers are willing to pay for ads about that topic.
Step 2: Create the eBook and Website:
It is not the purpose of this article to teach how to create a website or an ebook. I’m assuming you know how to create a web page. An ebook is nothing more than a PDF document, so you can create your book in Microsoft Word and then turn the document into a PDF file.
Step 3: Get a Clickbank Account:
Clickbank is the company that takes care of charging your customers for the ebook. All you have to do is add a link on your web page where visitors would click once they are ready to make the purchase. Clickbank then takes a small percentage of each sale and sends you a check. Once you have signed up with Clickbank and have set up your account, you can add the link to your web page that will allow your visitors to purchase your ebook.
Step 4: Get an Account with Google Adwords:
Google Adwords, in case you don’t know, is the service that allows people to pay Google to have their ads show up on the right side of a search page that is related to the product or service people are advertising. Google charges you every time a person clicks on your ad. The amount you get charged depends on competition. It depends on what other advertisers are willing to pay to have their ad show up instead of yours for the specific keywords or phrases.
Step 5: Promote your Site With Articles:
Google Adwords is great, but you obviously don’t want to depend on ads that you pay for, for traffic. You want your website to start showing up in the regular search engine pages. A great way to do this is to get a lot of sites to link to yours. Writing articles and submitting them to article directories is an awesome way to do this. When you write an article, you put a link to your website in the about section in the bottom. You’ll quickly notice that submitting an article to one directory causes other directories to pick up your article and all of a sudden, you’ll have a bunch of sites that have posted your article and are now linking to your website.
Step 6: Add a Blog to your Ebook Site if Possible:
Just in case you have no experience promoting a website, let me tell you that content is the most important thing that you need to focus on to get search engines to like you. If you have a one-page site that functions only as a sales letter, it’s hard to get the search engines to send people your way.
If you have a topic that you can write a lot about without giving too much of your ebook away, then a blog is the perfect way to add content to your website and make it valuable to people.
Conclusion:
It only took me about a month to write my 55-page ebook and now I’m constantly making money while I do nothing. This experience showed me how it really is possible to make money online. All you have to do is provide something useful.
Source: http://articlescience.net/
Monday, 21 December 2009
Deadly Business Mistake
Are You Making This Deadly Business Mistake?
A deadly business mistake that I see many people making, especially bloggers and online entrepreneurs.
The Internet is certainly erupting with opportunities. All it takes is an idea and passion to build a website around it, and in a matter of months you could have a real business on your hands.
Curiously, the abundance of opportunities is also what leads many bloggers and entrepreneurs to fail. How come? Because they end up trying to pursue too many of them at the same time.
I have seen it over and over again (and even stepped there myself). The guy creates a site or blog, and after a while the traffic and revenues become decent. He figures that if he creates 5 more similar websites, his traffic and revenues will multiply proportionally.
Wrong.
By creating 5 similar websites he will be diluting the amount of attention and care that each site receives. More often than not he will end up with 5 mediocre websites, each earning some revenues, but with no potential to become a business.
If you want to create a real business out of your blog or website you will need to focus ALL your energies and attention on it. Lack of focus is one of the deadliest mistakes that a blogger or entrepreneur can make.
At this point you might be wondering: "But I have seen bloggers with several successful blogs, and entrepreneurs with several successful companies, how do you explain that?"
It is simple, they all started with a single blog or company, and focused 100% of their energies on that, until it reached a point where it could walk alone. For a blog, this would be a point where you have a large and loyal audience, so that you can keep it going by writing content only (which shouldn't take more than 2 hours per day, and could even be outsourced). For a company, this would be a point where the owner can have managers or employees taking care of the operational work, while he steps back and only worries about key strategical decisions.
Once you reach that point you could start a second project without the risk of losing your focus. The problem is that most people start second and third projects way before their first one is complete.
If you are in this situation, do something to fix it. Analyze all your websites and find the one that has the highest potential of becoming a real business. Then get rid of the others (either by selling them or by putting them on hold), and focus all your energies on the chosen website.
It is a tough strategical decision, but in the long term it will pay off.
"Focus is vital"
Source: www.dailyblogtips.com/
A deadly business mistake that I see many people making, especially bloggers and online entrepreneurs.
The Internet is certainly erupting with opportunities. All it takes is an idea and passion to build a website around it, and in a matter of months you could have a real business on your hands.
Curiously, the abundance of opportunities is also what leads many bloggers and entrepreneurs to fail. How come? Because they end up trying to pursue too many of them at the same time.
I have seen it over and over again (and even stepped there myself). The guy creates a site or blog, and after a while the traffic and revenues become decent. He figures that if he creates 5 more similar websites, his traffic and revenues will multiply proportionally.
Wrong.
By creating 5 similar websites he will be diluting the amount of attention and care that each site receives. More often than not he will end up with 5 mediocre websites, each earning some revenues, but with no potential to become a business.
If you want to create a real business out of your blog or website you will need to focus ALL your energies and attention on it. Lack of focus is one of the deadliest mistakes that a blogger or entrepreneur can make.
At this point you might be wondering: "But I have seen bloggers with several successful blogs, and entrepreneurs with several successful companies, how do you explain that?"
It is simple, they all started with a single blog or company, and focused 100% of their energies on that, until it reached a point where it could walk alone. For a blog, this would be a point where you have a large and loyal audience, so that you can keep it going by writing content only (which shouldn't take more than 2 hours per day, and could even be outsourced). For a company, this would be a point where the owner can have managers or employees taking care of the operational work, while he steps back and only worries about key strategical decisions.
Once you reach that point you could start a second project without the risk of losing your focus. The problem is that most people start second and third projects way before their first one is complete.
If you are in this situation, do something to fix it. Analyze all your websites and find the one that has the highest potential of becoming a real business. Then get rid of the others (either by selling them or by putting them on hold), and focus all your energies on the chosen website.
It is a tough strategical decision, but in the long term it will pay off.
"Focus is vital"
Source: www.dailyblogtips.com/
Wednesday, 16 December 2009
Make Money Online
Make Money Online (Without Spending a Dime)
Even with no product and no Web site, you can get paid for what and who you know
From Scott Allen, former About.com Guide
Making money online used to pretty much require you to have your own Web site, products to sell and some marketing savvy. But a new generation of dot-coms have arisen that will pay you for what you know and who you know without you having to be a web designer or a marketing genius.
But it's hard to tell hype from the real deal. I did a search on "make money online" and "making money online", and much of the information out there is just promoting various infoproducts, mostly about Internet marketing. I see why people sometimes ask, "Is anyone making money online besides Internet marketing experts?"
So I put together a list of business opportunities with legitimate companies that:
• Pay cash, not just points towards rewards or a chance to win money
• Don't require you to have your own Web domain or your own products
• Don't involve any hard-selling
• Aren't just promoting more Internet marketing
• Give a good return on your time investment
In the interest of objectivity, none of the links below are affiliate links, and none of them have paid or provided any other consideration for their presence here. These are legitimate companies with business models that allow you to get paid for a wide range of activities.
Help friends find better jobs.
Sites like ReferEarns, Zyoin, Who Do You Know For Dough?, Bohire and WiseStepp connect employers with prospective employees, many of whom are already employed and not actively job-hunting, via networking - the people who know these qualified candidates. Rewards for referring a candidate who gets hired range from $50 on up to several thousand dollars - not chump change. If you know a lot of job-seekers (and who doesn't these days?), this is a great way to break into the recruiting business with no overhead.
Connect suppliers with buyers.
Referral fees are a common practice in business, but they haven't been used much in online networking sites because there was no way to track them. Sites like Salesconx, InnerSell and uRefer now provide that. Vendors set the referral fees they're willing to pay (and for what), and when the transaction happens, you get paid. uRefer also allows merchants to set up referral programs for introductions and meetings, as well as transactions.
Write.
A growing number of sites will pay for your articles or blog posts. Associated Content and Helium will "pay for performance" based on page views for just about anything you want to write about. Articles on specific topics they're looking for can earn direct payments up to about $200. The rates are probably low for established writers, but if you're trying to break into the field and have time on your hands, they're a great way to start. Also, a lot of companies are looking for part-time bloggers. They may pay per post or on a steady contract. Our Weblogs Guide posts blogging jobs weekly in the forum.
Start your own blog.
You don't have to have your own Web site, or install blogging software, or even figure out how to set up the advertising. At Blogger you can set up a blog for free in less than five minutes without knowing a thing about web design, and Blogger even automates setting up Google AdSense so you can make money off your blog by displaying ads and getting paid when people click on the ads. To make even more money from it, set up an affiliate program (see below) for books, music, etc., and insert your affiliate links whenever you refer to those items. You'll have to get a lot of traffic to become a six-figure blogger, but pick an interesting topic, write well, tell all your friends, and you're off to a good start.
Create topical resource hubs.
Are you an expert on a particular niche topic? Can you put together an overview of the topic and assemble some of the best resources on the topic from around the web? Then you can create topical hubs and get paid through sites like Squidoo, HugPages and Google Knol. Payments are based on a combination of ad revenue and affiliate fees. You'll get higher rates doing it on your own, but these sites have a built-in supply of traffic and tools to make content creation easier.
Advertise other people's products.
If you already have a Web site or a blog, look for vendors that offer related but non-competing products and see if they have an affiliate program. Stick to familiar products and brands - they're easier to sell. To promote those products:
• Place simple text or graphical ads in appropriate places on your site
• Include links to purchase products you review or recommend in a blog, discussion forum or mailing list you control
• Create a dedicated sales page or Web site to promote a particular product
They all work - it just depends on how much time you have to spend on it and your level of expertise with Web design and marketing.
Microstock photography.
You don't have to be a professional photographer to sell your photos for money. People are constantly in need of stock photography for websites, presentations, brochures and so on, and are willing to pay for the right image. People generally search for images on stock photography sites by keywords, not by photographer, so you have the same chance as anyone else of having your image picked. Just be careful that you don't have images of trademarked brands, copyrighted art or people's faces that are readily identifiable (unless you have a model release), but just about anything else is fair game, and I promise - you'd be amazed what people need pictures of, so don't make any assumptions. If it's a decent photo, upload it. Some sites to get you started include Fotolia, ShutterStock, Dreamstime and iStockphoto. The great thing about this is that it's truly "set it and forget it".
The above list is by no means comprehensive, but it highlights some of the new and interesting ways to make money online without investing any money, without having a product of your own, and without having expert sales and marketing skills. Most of all, unlike taking surveys or getting paid to read e-mail, the potential return on your time investment is substantial.
Source: About.com Entrepreneurs
Even with no product and no Web site, you can get paid for what and who you know
From Scott Allen, former About.com Guide
Making money online used to pretty much require you to have your own Web site, products to sell and some marketing savvy. But a new generation of dot-coms have arisen that will pay you for what you know and who you know without you having to be a web designer or a marketing genius.
But it's hard to tell hype from the real deal. I did a search on "make money online" and "making money online", and much of the information out there is just promoting various infoproducts, mostly about Internet marketing. I see why people sometimes ask, "Is anyone making money online besides Internet marketing experts?"
So I put together a list of business opportunities with legitimate companies that:
• Pay cash, not just points towards rewards or a chance to win money
• Don't require you to have your own Web domain or your own products
• Don't involve any hard-selling
• Aren't just promoting more Internet marketing
• Give a good return on your time investment
In the interest of objectivity, none of the links below are affiliate links, and none of them have paid or provided any other consideration for their presence here. These are legitimate companies with business models that allow you to get paid for a wide range of activities.
Help friends find better jobs.
Sites like ReferEarns, Zyoin, Who Do You Know For Dough?, Bohire and WiseStepp connect employers with prospective employees, many of whom are already employed and not actively job-hunting, via networking - the people who know these qualified candidates. Rewards for referring a candidate who gets hired range from $50 on up to several thousand dollars - not chump change. If you know a lot of job-seekers (and who doesn't these days?), this is a great way to break into the recruiting business with no overhead.
Connect suppliers with buyers.
Referral fees are a common practice in business, but they haven't been used much in online networking sites because there was no way to track them. Sites like Salesconx, InnerSell and uRefer now provide that. Vendors set the referral fees they're willing to pay (and for what), and when the transaction happens, you get paid. uRefer also allows merchants to set up referral programs for introductions and meetings, as well as transactions.
Write.
A growing number of sites will pay for your articles or blog posts. Associated Content and Helium will "pay for performance" based on page views for just about anything you want to write about. Articles on specific topics they're looking for can earn direct payments up to about $200. The rates are probably low for established writers, but if you're trying to break into the field and have time on your hands, they're a great way to start. Also, a lot of companies are looking for part-time bloggers. They may pay per post or on a steady contract. Our Weblogs Guide posts blogging jobs weekly in the forum.
Start your own blog.
You don't have to have your own Web site, or install blogging software, or even figure out how to set up the advertising. At Blogger you can set up a blog for free in less than five minutes without knowing a thing about web design, and Blogger even automates setting up Google AdSense so you can make money off your blog by displaying ads and getting paid when people click on the ads. To make even more money from it, set up an affiliate program (see below) for books, music, etc., and insert your affiliate links whenever you refer to those items. You'll have to get a lot of traffic to become a six-figure blogger, but pick an interesting topic, write well, tell all your friends, and you're off to a good start.
Create topical resource hubs.
Are you an expert on a particular niche topic? Can you put together an overview of the topic and assemble some of the best resources on the topic from around the web? Then you can create topical hubs and get paid through sites like Squidoo, HugPages and Google Knol. Payments are based on a combination of ad revenue and affiliate fees. You'll get higher rates doing it on your own, but these sites have a built-in supply of traffic and tools to make content creation easier.
Advertise other people's products.
If you already have a Web site or a blog, look for vendors that offer related but non-competing products and see if they have an affiliate program. Stick to familiar products and brands - they're easier to sell. To promote those products:
• Place simple text or graphical ads in appropriate places on your site
• Include links to purchase products you review or recommend in a blog, discussion forum or mailing list you control
• Create a dedicated sales page or Web site to promote a particular product
They all work - it just depends on how much time you have to spend on it and your level of expertise with Web design and marketing.
Microstock photography.
You don't have to be a professional photographer to sell your photos for money. People are constantly in need of stock photography for websites, presentations, brochures and so on, and are willing to pay for the right image. People generally search for images on stock photography sites by keywords, not by photographer, so you have the same chance as anyone else of having your image picked. Just be careful that you don't have images of trademarked brands, copyrighted art or people's faces that are readily identifiable (unless you have a model release), but just about anything else is fair game, and I promise - you'd be amazed what people need pictures of, so don't make any assumptions. If it's a decent photo, upload it. Some sites to get you started include Fotolia, ShutterStock, Dreamstime and iStockphoto. The great thing about this is that it's truly "set it and forget it".
The above list is by no means comprehensive, but it highlights some of the new and interesting ways to make money online without investing any money, without having a product of your own, and without having expert sales and marketing skills. Most of all, unlike taking surveys or getting paid to read e-mail, the potential return on your time investment is substantial.
Source: About.com Entrepreneurs
Thursday, 3 December 2009
Adsense Traffic Guide
"You're About To Learn The Secrets To Flood Your Sites With A Hurricane of Targeted Visitors and Pump Up Your AdSense Paychecks Into The 5 Figure Range!"
You're about to discover the strategies of getting web traffic to your site:
How to getting listed on Google (very important!)
How to getting listed on Yahoo
How to use "Gateway pages"
How to getting traffic from blogs & forums
How to getting traffic from articles
How to use newsletters
How to getting traffic from MySpace
Viral marketing techniques
AdSense arbitrage
How to getting traffic from offline sources
And much more!!!
Download free ebook here: http://rapidshare.com/files/25558927/Adsensetrafficguide.rar
http://www.myoutofcontrolteen.com/files/traffic.pdf
Wednesday, 2 December 2009
Cameron Johnson 卡麦隆 23岁商业天才网络致富
23岁商业天才网络致富 17岁抢走eBay 100万美元生意
把专业业务外包，寻找大公司不能顾及的缝隙市场，小小创业家23岁白手赚进千万人民币资产。
You are fired！（你被开除了！）”这是一句美国电视观众再熟悉不过的话，美国地产大亨、拥有500亿美元财富的富豪唐纳·川普(DonaldJ. Trump)创办了美国知名竞赛节目《学徒》 (The Apprentice，也有翻译成《飞黄腾达》)，这是他经常在电视屏幕上做出的无情判决。
《学徒》是川普出钱创办的一个大型商业选秀节目，通过电视节目，这个地产大亨海选出候选人，在自己公司里当总裁，之后，他常常冷冰冰将参赛人淘汰出局。然而真实世界里，他却不会对一个23岁年轻人如此傲慢。早在8岁时，这个年轻人就敢大声对川普说：“我会是你的接班人！”他的名字叫做“卡麦隆”，如今只有23岁的他，居然10年内创立了12家公司，累积了近1000万元人民币的财富，就连《时代》（Times）杂志、《新闻周刊》等国际媒体都曾报道他年轻创业的成功故事。他是美国名副其实的“生意小子”。
6岁就开始做销售员
卡麦隆出生美国维吉尼亚州的一个只有30万人口的乡下小城，他的父亲也不是什么大企业家。从6岁开始，他就曾经挨家挨户推销自家农场种的西红柿，“我更喜欢人们说，我不买！”卡麦隆说，他从小看着父亲销售汽车长大，很早就知道第一次拒绝才是销售的开始，“当客户拒绝，你再一直追问下去，才会知道他们真正要什么，过程就像解谜一样。”卡麦隆说。而他最大的能耐，就是在这解谜过程中，用创意找到商机。
8岁那年，他替自己争取到被川普注意的机会。1992年年底，卡麦隆迷上电影“小鬼当家二”的场景，想亲眼看看电影中的关键场景广场饭店（Plaza Hotel）里用来拍摄影片的套房，在那之前，这个男孩从没到过曼哈顿，他爸爸开出交换条件：“只要你这学期每一科都拿A，我就带你去纽约。”卡麦隆做到了。
同时，他还做了另一件事——写信给饭店主人川普，他在信中告诉川普，他跟家人将在下个月到纽约一游，“我非常非常想看到拍摄电影用的那间套房。”当他们真正抵达饭店后，饭店的柜台人员绕过他的父母，蹲下来对他说，“川普先生为你准备了几样礼物。”她拿出电影主角用的同型录音机等礼物送给卡麦隆，还告诉他，川普先生已经帮他安排了一位采购专员，在明天早上FAO Schwarz玩具专卖店开门营业之前，带他进行一趟私人采购之旅，之后，主动帮他的房间升等级，安排他住进电影中被当成场景的那间套房。
一走进房间，卡麦隆马上拿着从玩具店带回来的便条纸写信给川普：“谢谢你的礼物，请拭目以待，因为我打算成为第二个川普！”
12岁赚进第一个5万美元
纽约的经验，给了卡麦隆更大的梦想，第二年，卡麦隆的父母买了一台计算机和打印机给他，拿到计算机的第一个晚上，他用计算机印出各式各样的贺卡，很快的，他在自己房间成立了一家公司，取了一个非常好记的名字：“Cheers and Tears Printing Company（欢笑和泪水印刷公司）”。
靠着母亲给他的50美元现金和计算机、打印机，他开始踏上创业之路，从街坊邻居的生意开始做起。这一年，他9岁。贺卡生意让他赚了不到600美元。但接下来的第三年，他却在一年内赚进人生的第一个5万美元。
当时（豆豆布偶BeanieBaby）在学校里非常热门，这种玩偶用塑料颗粒取代泡绵而大红，他用贺卡生意赚来的100美元买下妹妹手中的一批豆豆布偶试试市场反应，最后竟通过eBay网站，卖出1000美元的高价。
卡麦隆的算盘打得很精，豆豆布偶在市场上的卖价是每个5美元～20美元，较稀有的豆豆布偶甚至要50美元，可是经销商拿到的价格却是每个2.5美元，换句话说，即使是最差状况，他都还有一倍的价差可赚。他开始动脑筋想成为豆豆布偶的经销商。如果对方发现他是小学生，恐怕不会出货给他，但他搜集资料之后发现，只要有信用卡就能成为经销商，他被好几家银行拒绝后，终于拿到自己的信用卡，卡车运来他订购的2000个豆豆布偶。
同时，卡麦隆通过自己的印刷公司网站发掘潜在客户，加上在eBay网站上大力宣传自己的豆豆布偶生意，才一个月，他就已经卖掉了2000个豆豆布偶。为了行销，他还买下豆豆布偶量贩网的网址（www.beaniewholesale.com）让别人更容易搜寻到他的网站，一年多时间，在他上七年级之前，已经赚进了5万美元的利润。这段时间也让卡麦隆学到创业的第一个概念：“从你了解的市场和产品开始做起。”卡麦隆说。
但这个时候，他仍在学校上课，用什么时间跑生意、处理公司业务？他对本刊记者解释，白天他跟一般的学生作息一样，早上8点上课，下午3点半下课，4点半到5点半到球场踢一个小时的足球，吃完晚餐后，从晚上9点到午夜的时间，就是他经营公司的时间，“我都是通过电子邮件和网络做生意。”
中学后从小买卖过渡到大生意
靠着网络，升上中学之后，他开始做更复杂的生意。这时候，他开始学习创业的第二堂课，“小规模经营，谨慎控制开支。”1998年时，他成功开设一家提供过滤垃圾邮件服务的网站。
“我的公司通常是一人公司。”他解释，他的方法就是把业务外包给其他专业人员。当时他只是个中学生，在网络上找到值得信任的程序设计师也不是件容易事，但是卡麦隆从上网寻找开始，先从做过他要的程序项目设计师下手，他找到一位住在佛罗里达的程序设计师，向对方解释他要的功能后，对方报价，结果卡麦隆总共花了4500美元建起整个网站。
网站上线后，因为是免费服务，推出一年后就累积了1万名用户，握有用户之后，他聘请一家网络广告公司做代理商，当广告公司卖出广告之后，他才付出35％的营收做佣金。“我没有把资源用来盲目地扩张。”他没有再花钱扩大市占率，而是想办法从这1万名用户身上挖出更多价值，他引进购物网站亚马逊的广告，结果到1999年时，只要一年付180美元频宽费用，这个自动运转的网站，一年就为他赚进1.5万美元。
随着网络产业发展，卡麦隆创立的公司规模越来越大，越来越复杂。“你怎么学会会计、法律和网络技术？”他回答：“我直接聘请律师和工程师，直接跟他们学习。”聘雇这些人在他的新生意里，占去了大部分的成本。
“学会问问题，非常重要。”他分析自己的用人经验，每次要聘用一个人之前，不管这个问题他知不知道答案，他都会问各式各样的问题，直到他完全了解为止。
这些专业人士也是他做生意的导师，例如律师经常提醒他要签订什么样的合约、做什么样的准备，才不会惹上麻烦，像申请网址之前，要先查自己申请的网址有没有被申请为注册商标，以免惹上官司。
因为有专业人士教他的实战经验，1999年福特汽车告他侵权时，最后也只能以和解收场。当时，福特刚成立一个名为“领先汽车集团”的子公司，卡麦隆正忙着投资网址获利，他马上买下相关的3个网址。结果在他16岁那一年，福特寄出律师函要他赔偿3000美元外加自愿放弃这三个网址，否则法院见。卡麦隆马上通过律师反击，证明福特当时忘了把领先汽车集团的名字申请商标，还强势地说，如果告上法院，他也将会对福特提出诉讼，“到时候将演变成戴维和哥利亚巨人的大战，对福特的媒体形象恐怕不利。”当时他才16岁，一年半后，福特同意和解。
17岁抢走eBay100万美元生意
当创业规模逐渐变大，“如何应变”是他创业学的第三课。2000年网络泡沫，他那年17岁，许多公司纷纷倒闭，原本靠网络广告获利的商业模式不再可行，卡麦隆也把所有网站都结束，重新发掘新机会。2003年，他看见一个eBay无法跨进的新市场“礼券”，他评估，这是一个价值400亿美元的市场，每个美国人手上都多少有几张自己用不到的礼券等着被换成现金，如果在eBay上拍卖，一张礼券要抽走15％。于是，他只收eBay一半的费用，要开发全美国的礼券市场。
一般网站要在全美打开知名度，光行销费用就要花掉数百万，卡麦隆却用自己的创业经历当免费的行销素材。他花1.5万美元请公关公司执行一个为期三个月的媒体宣传活动，因为经历特殊，连《时代》杂志都来采访，六个星期后，网站开始营运的第一周，就吸引10万人上站。只有两个人运作的网站，一天营业额却有1.5万美元，赚进人生的第一个百万美元。就像卡麦隆一样，成名之前，川普也是擅长以小博大的创业家，而川普代表的是过去，卡麦隆代表的是如今。
(来源：全球商业经典)
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九岁开始创业的美国神童创业家
把专业业务外包，寻找大公司不能顾及的缝隙市场，小小创业家23岁白手赚进千万人民币资产。
You are fired！（你被开除了！）”这是一句美国电视观众再熟悉不过的话，美国地产大亨、拥有500亿美元财富的富豪唐纳·川普(DonaldJ. Trump)创办了美国知名竞赛节目《学徒》 (The Apprentice，也有翻译成《飞黄腾达》)，这是他经常在电视屏幕上做出的无情判决。
《学徒》是川普出钱创办的一个大型商业选秀节目，通过电视节目，这个地产大亨海选出候选人，在自己公司里当总裁，之后，他常常冷冰冰将参赛人淘汰出局。然而真实世界里，他却不会对一个23岁年轻人如此傲慢。早在8岁时，这个年轻人就敢大声对川普说：“我会是你的接班人！”他的名字叫做“卡麦隆”，如今只有23岁的他，居然10年内创立了12家公司，累积了近1000万元人民币的财富，就连《时代》（Times）杂志、《新闻周刊》等国际媒体都曾报道他年轻创业的成功故事。他是美国名副其实的“生意小子”。
6岁就开始做销售员
卡麦隆出生美国维吉尼亚州的一个只有30万人口的乡下小城，他的父亲也不是什么大企业家。从6岁开始，他就曾经挨家挨户推销自家农场种的西红柿，“我更喜欢人们说，我不买！”卡麦隆说，他从小看着父亲销售汽车长大，很早就知道第一次拒绝才是销售的开始，“当客户拒绝，你再一直追问下去，才会知道他们真正要什么，过程就像解谜一样。”卡麦隆说。而他最大的能耐，就是在这解谜过程中，用创意找到商机。
8岁那年，他替自己争取到被川普注意的机会。1992年年底，卡麦隆迷上电影“小鬼当家二”的场景，想亲眼看看电影中的关键场景广场饭店（Plaza Hotel）里用来拍摄影片的套房，在那之前，这个男孩从没到过曼哈顿，他爸爸开出交换条件：“只要你这学期每一科都拿A，我就带你去纽约。”卡麦隆做到了。
同时，他还做了另一件事——写信给饭店主人川普，他在信中告诉川普，他跟家人将在下个月到纽约一游，“我非常非常想看到拍摄电影用的那间套房。”当他们真正抵达饭店后，饭店的柜台人员绕过他的父母，蹲下来对他说，“川普先生为你准备了几样礼物。”她拿出电影主角用的同型录音机等礼物送给卡麦隆，还告诉他，川普先生已经帮他安排了一位采购专员，在明天早上FAO Schwarz玩具专卖店开门营业之前，带他进行一趟私人采购之旅，之后，主动帮他的房间升等级，安排他住进电影中被当成场景的那间套房。
一走进房间，卡麦隆马上拿着从玩具店带回来的便条纸写信给川普：“谢谢你的礼物，请拭目以待，因为我打算成为第二个川普！”
12岁赚进第一个5万美元
纽约的经验，给了卡麦隆更大的梦想，第二年，卡麦隆的父母买了一台计算机和打印机给他，拿到计算机的第一个晚上，他用计算机印出各式各样的贺卡，很快的，他在自己房间成立了一家公司，取了一个非常好记的名字：“Cheers and Tears Printing Company（欢笑和泪水印刷公司）”。
靠着母亲给他的50美元现金和计算机、打印机，他开始踏上创业之路，从街坊邻居的生意开始做起。这一年，他9岁。贺卡生意让他赚了不到600美元。但接下来的第三年，他却在一年内赚进人生的第一个5万美元。
当时（豆豆布偶BeanieBaby）在学校里非常热门，这种玩偶用塑料颗粒取代泡绵而大红，他用贺卡生意赚来的100美元买下妹妹手中的一批豆豆布偶试试市场反应，最后竟通过eBay网站，卖出1000美元的高价。
卡麦隆的算盘打得很精，豆豆布偶在市场上的卖价是每个5美元～20美元，较稀有的豆豆布偶甚至要50美元，可是经销商拿到的价格却是每个2.5美元，换句话说，即使是最差状况，他都还有一倍的价差可赚。他开始动脑筋想成为豆豆布偶的经销商。如果对方发现他是小学生，恐怕不会出货给他，但他搜集资料之后发现，只要有信用卡就能成为经销商，他被好几家银行拒绝后，终于拿到自己的信用卡，卡车运来他订购的2000个豆豆布偶。
同时，卡麦隆通过自己的印刷公司网站发掘潜在客户，加上在eBay网站上大力宣传自己的豆豆布偶生意，才一个月，他就已经卖掉了2000个豆豆布偶。为了行销，他还买下豆豆布偶量贩网的网址（www.beaniewholesale.com）让别人更容易搜寻到他的网站，一年多时间，在他上七年级之前，已经赚进了5万美元的利润。这段时间也让卡麦隆学到创业的第一个概念：“从你了解的市场和产品开始做起。”卡麦隆说。
但这个时候，他仍在学校上课，用什么时间跑生意、处理公司业务？他对本刊记者解释，白天他跟一般的学生作息一样，早上8点上课，下午3点半下课，4点半到5点半到球场踢一个小时的足球，吃完晚餐后，从晚上9点到午夜的时间，就是他经营公司的时间，“我都是通过电子邮件和网络做生意。”
中学后从小买卖过渡到大生意
靠着网络，升上中学之后，他开始做更复杂的生意。这时候，他开始学习创业的第二堂课，“小规模经营，谨慎控制开支。”1998年时，他成功开设一家提供过滤垃圾邮件服务的网站。
“我的公司通常是一人公司。”他解释，他的方法就是把业务外包给其他专业人员。当时他只是个中学生，在网络上找到值得信任的程序设计师也不是件容易事，但是卡麦隆从上网寻找开始，先从做过他要的程序项目设计师下手，他找到一位住在佛罗里达的程序设计师，向对方解释他要的功能后，对方报价，结果卡麦隆总共花了4500美元建起整个网站。
网站上线后，因为是免费服务，推出一年后就累积了1万名用户，握有用户之后，他聘请一家网络广告公司做代理商，当广告公司卖出广告之后，他才付出35％的营收做佣金。“我没有把资源用来盲目地扩张。”他没有再花钱扩大市占率，而是想办法从这1万名用户身上挖出更多价值，他引进购物网站亚马逊的广告，结果到1999年时，只要一年付180美元频宽费用，这个自动运转的网站，一年就为他赚进1.5万美元。
随着网络产业发展，卡麦隆创立的公司规模越来越大，越来越复杂。“你怎么学会会计、法律和网络技术？”他回答：“我直接聘请律师和工程师，直接跟他们学习。”聘雇这些人在他的新生意里，占去了大部分的成本。
“学会问问题，非常重要。”他分析自己的用人经验，每次要聘用一个人之前，不管这个问题他知不知道答案，他都会问各式各样的问题，直到他完全了解为止。
这些专业人士也是他做生意的导师，例如律师经常提醒他要签订什么样的合约、做什么样的准备，才不会惹上麻烦，像申请网址之前，要先查自己申请的网址有没有被申请为注册商标，以免惹上官司。
因为有专业人士教他的实战经验，1999年福特汽车告他侵权时，最后也只能以和解收场。当时，福特刚成立一个名为“领先汽车集团”的子公司，卡麦隆正忙着投资网址获利，他马上买下相关的3个网址。结果在他16岁那一年，福特寄出律师函要他赔偿3000美元外加自愿放弃这三个网址，否则法院见。卡麦隆马上通过律师反击，证明福特当时忘了把领先汽车集团的名字申请商标，还强势地说，如果告上法院，他也将会对福特提出诉讼，“到时候将演变成戴维和哥利亚巨人的大战，对福特的媒体形象恐怕不利。”当时他才16岁，一年半后，福特同意和解。
17岁抢走eBay100万美元生意
当创业规模逐渐变大，“如何应变”是他创业学的第三课。2000年网络泡沫，他那年17岁，许多公司纷纷倒闭，原本靠网络广告获利的商业模式不再可行，卡麦隆也把所有网站都结束，重新发掘新机会。2003年，他看见一个eBay无法跨进的新市场“礼券”，他评估，这是一个价值400亿美元的市场，每个美国人手上都多少有几张自己用不到的礼券等着被换成现金，如果在eBay上拍卖，一张礼券要抽走15％。于是，他只收eBay一半的费用，要开发全美国的礼券市场。
一般网站要在全美打开知名度，光行销费用就要花掉数百万，卡麦隆却用自己的创业经历当免费的行销素材。他花1.5万美元请公关公司执行一个为期三个月的媒体宣传活动，因为经历特殊，连《时代》杂志都来采访，六个星期后，网站开始营运的第一周，就吸引10万人上站。只有两个人运作的网站，一天营业额却有1.5万美元，赚进人生的第一个百万美元。就像卡麦隆一样，成名之前，川普也是擅长以小博大的创业家，而川普代表的是过去，卡麦隆代表的是如今。
(来源：全球商业经典)
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Tuesday, 1 December 2009
Google PageRank
Understanding Google PageRank, and how you can actually create PageRank within your websites!
What is Google PageRank? It is an algorithm created by the founders of Google to estimate the importance of webpages. The basic idea behind the PageRank algorithm is the fact that a link (also called hyperlink or backlink) from page A to page B can be seen as a vote of trust from page A to page B. The higher the number of links pointing to a page, the higher its PageRank, and the higher its rankings inside Google's search results.
One detail that you need to keep in mind is that each link has a specific value, which is determined by the PageRank of the page where the link is located divided by the total number of outgoing links on that page. For instance, if a page has a PageRank value of 8 and 4 outgoing links, each of those links will pass 2 points of "link juice" (the calculations on the algorithm are more complex, but this is the basic idea).
Most people focus on getting external links to increase their PageRank, but they forget that internal links also pass link juice, and this is how you can create PageRank within your websites.
Now let me use a simple example to illustrate the concept. Suppose that you just created a website with one page only, the homepage. At this point your website has a PageRank of 0, because it is not even indexed by Google. You then convince a friend to link to your website. The page where the link is placed has a PageRank of 10 and 2 outgoing links, so your website is receiving 5 points of link juice from that link.
The actual PageRank of your website will be 4.25, or 5 x 0.85. This happens because Google applies a damping factor of 0.85 when it makes PageRank calculations (this is necessary else the PageRank of two pages linking to each other would grow to infinite). If you then proceed to create a second page on your website, linking to it from the homepage, that second page will have a PageRank of 3.61 (4.25 from the link it got from your homepage, multiplied by 0.85).
And there you go. By adding a second page to your site your managed to actually create PageRank. The cool thing is that when you link that second page to the homepage, they will be sending link juice to each other, back and forth, until the damping factor kills the effect.
Now don't worry if you haven't followed the maths. The takeaway message is: every time Google indexes a new page from your website, the total PageRank within your website will also increase. Getting external links is obviously essential to having a high PageRank, but increasing the number of pages that Google indexes from your site can also help, and most people neglect this.
Finally, if you want to monitor how many pages Google is indexing from your website, simply search for "site:yourdomain.com" on Google.
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