Check out what I saw earlier today on Delicious.com. As you know bookmarking can get your site initially seen and indexed by the search engines. Some sites still do pass some link power to your sites as well but mostly the use of these social bookmarking services for seo link juice is dead.

But they still hold very intriguing possibilities for getting direct visitors and more exposure.

Quick secret: last I checked the delicious rss feed gives FOLLOWED links. So it is worth getting links here and reaching the front page of the site like this spam google wave site did has its own direct visitors and traffic benefits.

Check out what happened because I documented it on this video. Also, I go into my own speculation as to how this spam site got to the front page and more importantly how you can copy what they did for your sites to get this prime placement and exposure.

Don’t spam though. Only promote quality sites which are ready for prime-time. The pages/sites you promote on the online bookmarking site services should give out quality info or training.

Grab your potential front page spot. This is the software which could help you.

Click here to get front page

Obviously, only use this software on quality articles and info. Don’t promote spammy sites like the one in the video.

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Yesterday you and I talked about the conversation I had with my friend Bryant on exiting the corporate rat race part 1.

Many people I talk to want to quit their job and would love nothing more than to “fire their boss”.

Unfortunately, like most things in life, when you don’t have a plan and no proven, systematic blueprint for how to successfully exit your job you don’t break the cycle.

And you end up either having to get your job back or take a new job within 30 to 60 days.

One of the biggest problems is the culture in America where we save less than 1% or even a negative amount of our income every month.

The last statistic I saw said the average American would be bankrupt within 45 days of losing their job.  With the current economic recession we’re in right now that number may be under 30 days.

So what do you do?  I promised you some specific tips yesterday so now I’m going to get into those.

The first, best and easiest way to exit your job is to make an offer to your boss.  I’m going to assume you have a good relationship with your boss or at the very least your job performance is rated very highly.

In other words your company likes the work you do and you’re bringing in more profits than the salary you cost them.

The easiest way to exit your job is to go to your boss and tell him you want to become a contract consultant.  Basically, you’ll be a general contractor working out of your house or whereever you choose providing the same functions and services you do right now in your job.

And you want to explain why it’s good for the company so your boss and the final decision maker will me much more likely to accept your offer.  Because as a contractor you don’t get any benefits nor do you take up space in one of their cubes.

So even if they’re paying you the exact same salary they save lots of money by not having to cover all of the fringe benefits.

Explain it to them in the ways it benefits them and you’re far more likely to get what you want. Basic negotiating 101.

Now of course you may want to negotiate a lesser salary in exchange for lesser hours because if you’re still working the same amount of hours your gains have only been minimal by exiting your job.

Two of the biggest savings are your morning and afternoon drive commute time, lunch drivetime, and pop-in interruptions from coworkers coming into your cubicle.

Depending on your company your boss and/or the final decision-maker/company owner may reject this arrangement.

Another option you have is to do work for the company’s clients on your own time.  Of course, I’m talking about complementary work.

The company is going to be very unlikely to approve your work for their clients when its work they’re doing and would take money out of the company’s coffers.

But maybe your company offers accounting services to its clients and you want to tackle some of the basic legal issues for those clients.  Or you’re going to provide compliance services based on the accounting work your company is providing.

This scenario would be a win-win for you and your company.  Because you get to provide a complementary service which doesn’t take anything away from what the company is providing to the client.

And the client will further love your former company because they are getting more value as well.

The possibilities for this type of arrangement are virtually infinite.

Just make sure you clear this with your company because you don’t want any kind of legal entanglements or noncompete issues to a rise.

The whole goal is to keep your income steady.  Any kind of injunction or legal entanglements will definitely hurt your goal of steady income (and could take you into a big negative with legal expenses).

Another option you can attempt if the first two don’t work is to contact competitors of the current company you work for and tell them what you’ve been doing for your current company and offer them option one.  Offer to be a contractor consultant for them.

Another good option if none of those is workable is to maintain your job and start putting your services out there for hire.  You can post on places like Craigslist.org, tell your professional contacts and local contacts you’re taking on new clients, and put feelers out for some side client work.

Once you have some client income your schedule is going to get loaded working a full-time job and doing client work.

At this point you can then decide how long to keep your job or go ahead and exit your job once you have those billable hours to an income level comfortable for you.

There are some other tactics you could test but those are quite a few to get you started and get your creative mind working.

I’ll definitely have more updates on this topic soon.

Leave your comments about any successful transitions you’ve done out of a job or techniques and tactics my article has triggered for you.  I’ll look forward to the collaboration of helping you on your entrepreneurial journey.

Originally posted 2008-11-12 09:13:55. Republished by Old Post Promoter

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I wrote the initial piece last Thursday about the power of tribes in your business. And then I found some new info.

A big part of Seth’s message in the book tribes was about challenging the status quo come with being a leader, and being a first or early adopter of new business models.

Because of this you going to make some mistakes and some of the new things you test now will fall flat.  But these failures will lead you closer to success and maybe the thing which ensures your organization survives while others and industry parish and go into bankruptcy.

Here’s a good example:

I just saw this article where there’s a startup airline attempting as pay-as-you-go model. There borrowing the idea from cell phone companies and targeting a very specific market.

This is what Seth is talking about in his book…leading industries into new business models. Also, a good sign is one “industry competitor” says it’s “Airtime’s fares are a gimmick that can’t be sustained.”

So it’s clearly being challenged and mocked by the management of the industry who wants to protect the status quo, to fight change.

I don’t know if this new business model will work for them but if you never take any risks you never get any rewards. That much I’m certain of.

Startup Airline goes to pay by minute model

Weigh in with your opinions in the comments.

Originally posted 2009-01-12 09:13:49. Republished by Old Post Promoter

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It’s come to my attention there’s been some lack of activity and some questions about using social media and TaggZilla specifically.

I’ve been thinking about ways to best address this in the most efficient manner to give you the best bang for your buck… the overall best value.

An opportunity has arisen to work with one of the trainers I’ve learned a ton from despite being an advanced social media user myself.

His name is Simon Ford and he’s written an extensive social traffic book which talks about all the various aspects of social media including:

– Using the top 3 sites Twitter, Facebook, YouTube to send your traffic stats soaring like the national deficit

– Using the top 3 article marketing sites to drive up your credibility and blast your search engine rankings through the roof

– How your overall social media strategy should be structured and how to implement it effectively

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– How to syndicate all your best quality content out to your entire network with one click of a button

– How to do Facebook the right way keeping your account open. (Without this the FB police may kill your account).

– Google friend connect stealth tactics to make your site a vibrant community. As you know engaged communities trust you more and therefore buy more stuff from you.

As you probably know there are so many different parts of social media including:

• Blogs,
• Web 2.0 properties like squidoo and YouTube,
• Micro-blogging sites like Twitter and Jaiku,
• Podcasts sites,
• RSS and blog directories
• and on and on.

The social traffic book addresses your overall strategy and gives you clarity on how to implement it, without having to spend nine to 10 hours per day manually sending stuff out. And of course what sites to focus on so you can achieve maximum productivity in minimum time spent.

The TaggZilla social media mastery webinar series will be four weeks long. We’ll go over together specific pieces of the book each week and shall put those into practice to get results.

You’ll also see examples of how I’ve done it and I’ll report to you the results I’ve gotten so we can learn together.

I want to place an emphasis also on using it for lead generation and especially local leads if you have a localized business. It’ll be four weeks long with plenty of Q&A and maybe even a bonus week or two depending on what you want and how the class progresses.

It starts next Thursday, June 18 at 5 p.m. Eastern US time.  I’ll send you the webinar link and details when you join the e-mail notification list to be part of the insiders club and be a part of this free participatory and interactive social mastery webinar series.

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Since this is free and participatory I want to keep it small.

I want to keep this exclusive, about 10 people, because I’ll be giving my best stuff and results from what I’m actually doing. So I’m looking for committed people to be part of this.

So what is the commitment you must make to be part of the insiders club?

You must be willing to set aside at least 2 hours per week to attend the webinar which will usually be 30 to 60 minutes, to take the actions talked about on the webinar, and to read the piece of the book required for that week.

Depending on how fast you work and read you may need to set aside 3 to 4 hours per week for the next four weeks.  This is a small price to pay for the insight and actual real-world experience you’ll gain as well as having real-time access to ask me and other group members questions to overcome sticking points you’re reaching.

I may take 20 but I’m really targeting 10 highly committed individuals who want to make a go of this, increase their business, and become profitable social media experts.

If you think you’re one of the chosen 10 enter your e-mail below and I’ll send you details about next week’s intro to the webinar series. Remember it’s free. The only cost is the committment of time you make to master these skills.

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Leave any comments on other things you want covered in the series. I look forward to seeing you there.

Originally posted 2009-06-11 14:36:44. Republished by Old Post Promoter

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