Good morning, fellow lensmasters.
I had hoped I would not have to make this announcement/request, but the time has come where I have to.
I need to find a sponsor for this community to cover the costs, or I may have to look for a buyer.
Since last September, my business has taken a real hit and I'm in a cashflow crunch right now.
Since I re-opened this community a few months ago, I've been paying Ning.com $25 per month to be able to post commercial links on the community and to control the ad…
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Added by John Dilbeck on September 17, 2009 at 7:15am —
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I just realized that I haven't updated any of
my lenses in awhile.
Part of the reason is that I'm busy planning a new marketing site to promote local businesses in Murphy, NC, and it's taking a lot of time.
Part of the reason is that I'm seeing other lensmasters who have been having problems with their lenses after publishing an update and tripping one of Squidoo's filters. I think this has been resolved now, but it s…
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Added by John Dilbeck on February 23, 2009 at 10:53am —
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Originally promised months ago, the new
TripleClicks store opened on January 5, 2009, and looks very promising.
I've provided some information about the new store on my Squidoo lens:
SFI Marketing Group Store - TripleClicks
I've started a discussion about the new store on my primary blog:…
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Added by John Dilbeck on January 9, 2009 at 11:27am —
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On my affiliate marketing blog, I just posted a new item:
Is Squidoo a part of your marketing mix?
You're invited to come and comment on your experiences with marketing using Squidoo. Please be sure to link to your Squidoo lensmaster profile page in the comment to get a few more visitors.
Act on your dream!
JD
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Added by John Dilbeck on December 17, 2008 at 7:45pm —
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Sitesell has announced their annual buy-one, get-one-free holiday special. This is the very best time to purchase a subscription to Site Build It!
Learn more:
Site Build It! - The best time of the year to buy
Act on your dream!
JD
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Added by John Dilbeck on December 14, 2008 at 7:35pm —
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John Merrick and Soren Jordansen have just released Instant Banner Creator. I reviewed it today. Did I give it a
Thumbs Up or a
Thumbs Down?
Learn more:
Instant Banner Creator Review
Act on your dream!
JD
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Added by John Dilbeck on December 14, 2008 at 7:30pm —
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Gery Carson, CEO of SFI Marketing Group, announced the opening date for the new store and the changes to the compensation plan and marketing system for the company.
Learn more:
SFI announces opening date for new store
Act on your dream!
JD
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Added by John Dilbeck on December 14, 2008 at 7:28pm —
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On my primary blog, I posted a rambling item called
Are you chasing your tail?
One of the things that got me to thinking about this is noticing how many people are scattered in their marketing efforts. I've been that way, myself, but I have plans for much more systematic marketing in 2009 and beyond.
I hope you'll take a look at that post and add your comments either here or…
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Added by John Dilbeck on December 13, 2008 at 10:00pm —
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In a previous post on another of my blogs, I wrote about adding subscribe forms on our Squidoo lenses:
Squidoo module request - Sign-up forms for Aweber mailing lists
Last week, Lewis Smile added a comment to the post and told me
my dream was answered.…
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Added by John Dilbeck on November 13, 2008 at 2:53pm —
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I'm guessing that the answer to this question is yes, since you're here on a social networking community.
I don't try to be active - or even have an account - on all the best social networking sites, but I do like to keep busy on a dozen or so of them.
Each of us has different areas of interest, so the sites I'm most interested in may leave you cold, and vice versa.
I'm on a slow dial-up line, so video doesn't interest me and audio is more trouble than it's worth.
By contrast, my daughter wh…
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Added by John Dilbeck on September 1, 2008 at 3:52pm —
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In early 2000, Ken Evoy released the first edition of his Affiliate Masters Course. It was almost immediately recognized as one of the best sources of training for anyone interested in affiliate marketing who wanted to stand out above the crowd of competing affiliates.
The Affiliate Masters Course and Ken's ebook,
Make Your Site Sell! were both instrumental in my affiliate marketing success.
Way back then, the Affiliate…
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Added by John Dilbeck on September 1, 2008 at 7:34am —
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While watching the weather this morning, I was reminded of how hurricanes can disrupt the lives of hundreds of thousands of people, and I hope you're not one of them.
If you are in the path of Gustav, I hope you remain safe and dry. Take care of yourself and your family. People are much more important than "stuff."
All the best,
JD
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Added by John Dilbeck on September 1, 2008 at 7:25am —
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Due to some family issues, I wasn't nearly as active online in August as I usually have been.
Things have gone from
terrible to just
bad and look like they may continue to improve over time.
So, I'm turning my attention back to marketing and intend to dive back into work with a passion.
If I've missed any of your emails, messages, or other contacts, please remind me.
Act on your dream!
JD
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Added by John Dilbeck on September 1, 2008 at 7:20am —
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Do you want to get started in social networking, but don’t have the time or expertise needed to do it yourself? Now, you don’t have to. You can have your lenses built and promoted and then transferred to you, all in a couple of weeks or so.
Tiffany Dow and Lewis Smile - experts on Squidoo - are
now at your service.
Learn more by reading…
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Added by John Dilbeck on August 26, 2008 at 4:30am —
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Aussie Sire, one of the readers of my new primary blog,
21st Century Affiliate Marketing, asked the question,
Is Squidoo another blogging platform?
At first, I was stumped when considering how to answer the question. Then, I did my best to answer the question and provide links to more information.
One of…
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Added by John Dilbeck on August 18, 2008 at 8:18am —
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I started blogging on my
Marketing With Squidoo blog a few days ago. It is hosted by
SquidTop.com and they are building a nice little community of Squidoo lensmasters there.
This morning, I went exploring for blogs that I would want to read on a regular basis and discovered
Victoria Neely’s Squidoo Diary.
I've been cr…
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Added by John Dilbeck on August 8, 2008 at 7:11am —
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Ray White recently announced an update to the
Private Success Team system that is used to build downlines in SFI Marketing Group and his Soaring4Traffic traffic exchange.
Essentially, all you have to do is promote your Private Success Team sign-up page and visitors can sign up to use the system, under your sponsorship.
Even if you're already an SFI affiliate or a member of Soaring4Traffic, you're welcome to join us a…
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Added by John Dilbeck on July 31, 2008 at 1:18am —
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I've been thinking a lot about Twitter.com lately. I've been trying to tweet more often, but I don't really want to say anything unless I think it may be useful for the people who follow me.
When Squidoo added a feature that lets us tweet when we update a lens, I started using that as judiciously as I could. I certainly don't tweet every time I update a lens. I do try to tweet the release of a new lens, however.
Then, I learned about…
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Added by John Dilbeck on July 22, 2008 at 6:41am —
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July 4th is a rather special day for me. Fifty-six years ago, my parents brought their newborn, first child home on Independence Day and my Dad promptly nicknamed me Firecracker.
Mom said no, and that was it.
I just created a lens that celebrates our nation's birthday and tells a little about my story. I just published it, so it may not be visible until tomorrow.
Come visit
Independence Day Firecracker.
Of cour…
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Added by John Dilbeck on July 4, 2008 at 2:17pm —
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I don't know how I managed to overlook several popular social networking sites that may be helpful in helping you spread the word about your interests.
Today, I added entries so you can add links to your profiles on Ryze.com, MySpace.com, and FriendFeed.com.
All are voluntary.
If you can think of an important site I've overlooked, please let me know.
Act on your dream!
JD
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Added by John Dilbeck on July 3, 2008 at 5:08am —
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