the plot thickens

My son who has a blog at UltimateCollegeSuccess.com just posted how he intends to, through some unknowing

Silky - the killer watch dog!

subterfuge, swipe my new Grado headphones and replace them with an inferior model on his next trip home. Of course, now that his dastardly plan has been exposed, I will be on my guard (for those times at which I sleep at my computer, which is often, I will instruct my loyal dog, Silky (right), to guard them)!  If he thinks he can get past her, he is sadly mistaken.

Just to think… I helped him get his start in the online marketing world… helped promote his ebook (available here Gheesh… that’s gratitude for ‘ya.

Well, he’s still in college, and that’s something. He’s also showing some talent at writing… damn he’s good. But there’s no way I’m letting those headphones out of my sight.

There’s a SR-1000 model??? If I only knew…

i got myself the grado sr-225 headphones

SR-225's audiophile quality headphones

My son got a pair of Grado SR-125 headphones. I have to say they are sweet. I tried them. I liked them.

The sounds that came out of those phones were true audiophile sounds – separation and placement of each instrument enhanced

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twitter is going to die

Twitter is going to die according to Eric Karjaluoto. I tend to agree (it’s my contrarian nature .

http://www.ideasonideas.com/2008/12/twitter-is-going-to-die/

In this pull-back, depression economy do we really, seriously think we will have the time to waste?

I’ve stated to friends that twitter is the icon of superficial web 2.0.

ebay and how it started

eBay was created in September 1995,

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3 free website marketing ideas

Online marketing is not cheap. You can spend thousands of dollars on Pay Per Click (Google Adwords) and thousands of site-targetted dollars (AdBrite), and you can spend thousands just buying text links from individual sites.

Trust me, I’ve spent thousands on advertising.

However, my favorite form of marketing is the free kind. Anything free I like, especially if it helps my websites make more money without increasing my advertising costs.

Here are three easy and quick ways to market your website at no additional cost.

1. Free Business Cards

Free business cards are a staple in my advertising arsenal. You can leave them everywhere and give them to anyone. The best part is, they are free! Use them where you want, when you want, and as often as possible. That is the motto I live

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how to get instant targeted traffic without paying for it

Traffic is the life-blood of your Internet business.

No traffic, no business.

So how do you get traffic?

With joint ventures and affiliates you’re relying on someone else to get you the traffic.

Your business (and the size of your bank account) is in their hands.

With hocus pocus SEO techniques, you’ve got to stay a step ahead of the search engines.

Good luck.

With pay-per-click, you’re p-a-y-i-n-g.

Through the nose.

Forever and ever.

Ouch.

What if you can get INSTANT targeted traffic to every single one of your sites, courtesy of the search engines?

No, not Adwords.

You NEVER ever have to pay for this traffic.

http://newslink.gsnatch.net

There is a whole world of buyers out there looking for what you have to offer.

And you don’t need to pay Google (or anyone) for them to beat a path to your website.

Think about it… you can actually earn 5 or 6 figures a year without spending a cent on advertising.

This means you can start earning NOW, without an investment.

And you can do this whether you have your own products, or you’re an affiliate.

Doesn’t matter.

What does matter is that YOU get the traffic you need to make your living online
NOW, starting today.

http://newslink.gsnatch.net

-Dave

P.S. No matter how much you’re currently spending on Adwords, it’s too much.

Why
PAY for traffic when you can get the same traffic for…
nada…
zip…
zero…
zilch…
diddly-squat…
and don’t forget…
F*R*E*E?

http://newslink.gsnatch.net

P.P.S. Not paying for Adwords? Scrounging for traffic where ever you can find it?

Stop wasting your time on the latest SEO voodoo, and stop chasing affiliates. Get your own steady stream of traffic NOW.
http://newslink.gsnatch.net

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