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As the New York Times detailed yesterday the Chinese government is activating legislation that may give problems to the possible Microsoft Yahoo purchase. The new Chinese law would "give Chinese regulators authority to examine foreign mergers when they involve acquisitions of Chinese companies or foreign businesses investing in Chinese companies’ operations. Beijing could also consider […]

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OK so do we really need yet another social bookmarking online community (aka a Digg Clone)? At Franklin Spirko we decided that yes indeed we do and hence the launch of HatedOrLoved.com
The reasoning was simple, there are so many sites like Digg, Mixx, etc that utilize a community approach to share news, stories and just […]

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American Express has a program called "Open" that provides services, advice and a sense of community to their small business customers.  You have probably seen it advertised on TV.  Now some jerk inside AMEX just sent a communication to all Open members stating,
"Don't Waste Money on a So-Called SEO Specialist"
Now clearly this dolt must have […]

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I have been doing a lot of posting for PayPerPost lately and it has as always let me blog about very cool stuff all while making some extra money.  What I love about PayPerPost is the way they are helping so many people make money.  To me the money I earn buys me some new […]

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There are a lot of internet marketers out there that work really hard to build websites that produce money day in and day out.  In fact more today then ever.  I myself have income from many different projects even some of my early "failures" over time turned around and spit out some cash on occasion.
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A lot of people seem to believe that SEO is about nothing more then getting a web page to rank well for high traffic terms on Google and the other major search engines.  Back in the dawn of SEO that was pretty much the case and anyone that could do it consistently was quickly able […]

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I blogged over a week ago that layoffs were coming for Yahoo and today they have occurred.  In fact the total layoffs have been announced at 1000 people.
What I found interesting is this article from Search Engine Watch that has 4 very positive things for marketers to see in this adjustment.  They are….
1. Search marketers […]

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If you read this blog then you know I am a hard core internet marketer but that doesn't mean that I don't know the value of high quality business mailing lists, targeted telemarketing lists and accurate consumer lists.  In fact when I worked with Sage Telecom we did millions of direct mail pieces per month […]

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OK, right off the bat I am going to fess up and admit that this post is mostly me venting about my trip to Best Buy at lunch time today.  I have unfortunately broken the last two cases I purchased for my Blackberry and stopped by Best Buy during lunch to see what I could […]

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Mostly I discuss internet marketing techniques here at Comtech News but that doesn't mean that I don't see the value in off line marketing techniques.  One great way is to us direct mail in the form of post cards to get your message to your prospects.  Well if you want to give this method a […]

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Any good business that is going to make it must have a revenue model for the owners itself.  Shocking?    Of course not anyone knows that so as I am looking at a new pretty cool get paid to blog site I am also asking how are these guys going to make a buck?    […]

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So what exactly are frying pods of fire, well it ain't what that link points to that's for sure.  For the moment at least they are a secret, something that is used as a tool to gain an answer to something else.  Is this a sill post, sure looks like it right?
It isn't there is […]

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Originally I was going to do a video course on all of this showing how to do it step by step and sell it for say 19-29 dollars.  I still will if enough people commit in advance to buying it and I think it would help a lot of less technical people get it all […]

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We talk a lot here at Comtech News about online marketing, SEO and other Internet Marketing techniques.  We have never really spent much time discussing gold old fashioned branding.  To be fair about it, this blog is about technical stuff and we come at most subjects from that vantage point.  Yet recently I was reviewing […]

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I built my early sales career as a young man in Dallas - Fort Worth Texas in the technology sales arena.  From the early through the late 90s I spent a lot of time at Business Mixers, Chamber of Commerce Meetings and other places where professionals gathered.  During that time I learned a lot […]

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