Day 31! I can’t believe I made it to the end.  I have been participating in the Ultimate Blog Challenge with my friends Michele Scism and Michelle Schaeffer.  I never dreamed I would finished.  I’m just not disciplined enough, I told myself.  But I really wanted to do this and just see how far I made it.  Well – I made it to the end! Now to be completely honest with you, I didn’t blog every day.  I missed six days total, but I did make up a couple of those days, but posting twice in one day.  Like I’m doing now.

Anyway, I wanted to highlight my success and some of the more visited blog posts from the 31 Days of the Ultimate Blog Challenge.  During the challenge, I increased my blog visitors by 130%!  And I increased my lists by approximately 85%.  I really became much more aware of writing blog posts and sharing all the information in my head that I sometimes think others already know.  I met some incredible new online friends and hope to stay in touch with.  And I have the great accomplishment of finishing the challenge.  Now I have a library of blog posts that I can re-purpose into other informational resources for my online community.

Here are my top five most read blog posts from the Ultimate Blog Challenge.

1. Five Ways To Use LinkedIn To Build Your Visibility
2. Do You Have Any Backlinks?
3. Using Twitter to Grow Your Business
4. Secrets to Building A Successful WordPress Website Revealed!
5. New Online Business Directory

If you are trying to run an online business, you will find that the longer you are in business, the more often you will need resources that can make your life easier. And of course, online security resources should be at the top of your list. Are you consistently setting up new profiles in social media sites and struggling to remember all your passwords?  How about filling out forms, applications, surveys, or other forms online, it can become very time-consuming.   And it’s not a wise idea to keep the same password for all your sites. There is a solution to all of your problems. It’s called Roboform.

Roboform is a piece of software that you can download and install on your computer which allows you to keep your passwords safe, and stores the information you need for online forms. Once you have this installed, completing online forms will be a breeze! Each time you need to fill out your name, address, etc., it will fill in the information for you with a simple click of the mouse.  While it may take some time initially filling in all the information, setting your passwords and online information for safety is well worth the time that will be saved from your busy schedule.

There are many reasons you may find beneficial from the features offered in this software such as

• Safely manage all your passwords in one secure location
• Help to generate hacker-proof passwords
  
• Prevent Identity Theft
• Save you time
• Super easy to download and use

There are also versions of Roboform for iPhone, Android and different Internet browsers like Chrome and Firefox.  So if you are looking for a way to ensure your online security, this might be a system for you.  There’s a 30-day free trial available, so give it a try!

I love my iPhone!  I knew I would before I even got it.  It has SO many functions that enable me to manage my business when I’m away from the office.  Being the “social media diva” that I am, I’m always checking in on Facebook, HootSuite, Foursquare and my WordPress blog using my iPhone.  However, I was struggling to send emails from my iPhone while I was away on business trips or even at a meeting in town.  It was driving me crazy.  I could receive them just fine, but when I tried to reply, it just gave me error messages.

So I finally contact AT&T and they helped me out and I wanted to share the solution for anyone having problems sending emails from their iPhone.

What I didn’t realize was that when I was in my office and I tried to send an email, it was picking up my WiFi and sending it just fine through my email provider Outgoing Mail Server SMTP. (psst. if you don’t know what SMTP or WiFi is, you probably won’t understand much in this post, sorry )   However, when I was away from the office it was still looking for my WiFi and trying to connect. Thus the errors.

The simple solution was to set up the outgoing server to use the AT&T Outgoing Mail Server.  All I had to do was type in cwmx.com as my Host Name and leave everything else blank.  Next I turned off all the other Outgoing Servers so that this will be the only one used to send my emails, no matter where I was sending if from.  And Voila!  It’s working like a charm.  I had struggled with his for a couple of months and all I had to do was make one small change in my settings.

I hope this post will save you some time if you are having trouble sending emails from your iPhone.

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Facebook is always making changes to the look and functionality of our pages.  The most recent changes have affected the way custom tabs look.  They deceased the width of the page to 520 px, so that the sidebar could be prominent on each tab.  Which I think is a good change. Your personalized information on the sidebar will now show on every tab on your fan page, so visitors won’t have to look for your links or phone numbers.

Another change that is in the process is the removal of any application that you might have added through Applications and placed them in the Boxes Tab.  They could still be located in your boxes tab or you might have moved them to your sidebar, on your personal profile page.  This video will show you how to bookmark them, based on Facebook’s instructions,  for located them in the future.

Hope this little video helps you better understand some of the Facebook changes.

As most of us know by now, Facebook is a great place to connect with friends, family and perspective clients.  We share information with each other, post photos and videos and links to information that we think our Facebook friends will enjoy.  But your spam is not welcome on my Facebook Wall!

I tolerated it for a while and would just Remove the post from my Wall.  But then it kept coming more frequently.  I appreciate that lots of people enjoy playing games on Facebook and that’s great for them, but I don’t.  So when someone wants me to give them a pig for their Farm, I don’t even know what that means!

Now it seems that my wall is the new place for people to put up their advertising videos and links for products and services.  What’s that about?  Typically you have to pay a lot of money to post an advertisement somewhere, but these people think that it’s OK to just drop by my personal wall and dump their ads there.  Well, it’s not OK.  Especially on my personal wall.  I have conversations there with friends and family.  And because I have an online business I put links, blog posts and videos there of my stuff and other things I think are useful – but hey, it’s my wall!

So spammers, look out.  I’m ready to start “taking names and kicking _ _ _ ” as my dear friend The Colonel always says! Well, not really because I’m not the violent type!   But…I would appreciate you not using my wall to schlep your stuff.

Thanks for letting me blow off steam!  Now back to work.

More and more people are finding their way online in search of ways to make money for themselves and their families. Many people don’t have a lot of money to start a business with. Some people are looking for a business to start so they can quit their day job, while others are just looking for ways to bring in a little extra cash to make things go a smoother with their finances.

Finding legitimate money making opportunities online can be tough if you don’t know what to look for. There are companies and individuals who make a killing from new beginners by selling them bogus information and ideas for online business opportunities. Researching, asking questions, finding testimonials, and common sense will help you weed out the bad from the legitimate ones.

One such legitimate online business opportunity is buying what is known as Private Label Resell Rights Products.  These products usually come in the form of digital downloaded information products such as reports and articles, as well as software programs. How it works is that a freelance writer or software programmer will do some research and create a product. They will then sell it to others who are looking for inventory with certain terms attached. Private Label Rights means that you buy the product as is, and need to change the Title, the e-cover design, and 20-30% of the written report to make it your own product which you then put your name on as author. It then becomes your product. When you sell it, you get all the money for the product and your name begins to spread around the internet.

If you decide to buy software, many times you may not have the knowledge to change anything, but you have the option to add more to the product or set a price that you would like to make for that product. You will want to make sure you do some research to see if other people are selling similar products and determine the prices they are selling at. You do not necessarily have to charge less, just around the same price to stay competitive.

There are many places you can purchase Private Label Resell Rights products. You can find other internet marketers selling them on their sites, classified ads, Google Adwords, in forums, on Facebook or Twitter,  and maybe even on eBay or other auction sites. There are also memberships sites that are set up that offer a fresh supply of information products and software you can download, change and re-sell. Often times, this option is cheaper for those sellers who want to put out a large steady collection of products.

Each product you purchase will come with a list of what you are able to do with the product. Each creator will have their own set of rules. Be sure you read and follow the rules as given or you could find yourself regretting your decision to purchase the product or even losing money on the deal. Once in awhile you can get lucky and find writers who have created a product where they allow you to do whatever you want with the product once you buy it. These may be a little more expensive but often worthwhile in the end.

If you are just starting out with a Private Label Resell Rights business, you may not have a ton of money to waste on trying this product or that, especially if you don’t write and need to pay a ghostwriter to make changes to your product. The best thing to do is join a membership site like http://resell-rights-weekly.com/ This site is free to join and gives you hundreds of dollars worth of products you can use to build your own business.

I have just been with some of the most amazing internet marketing folks for the last four days in Atlanta.  We were involved in the Niche Affiliate Marketing System (NAMS) workshop and heard some incredible speakers.  But now it’s time to get back to business and start using some of the information I learned. 

One of the most beneficial sessions that I attended at NAMS was on copywriting.  Now as you can tell from my blog posts, I’m not the most eloquent writer on the planet.   I write mostly the way I speak and try not to let my southern roots come through…too much.  Now everyone will get to benefit from my friends Karon Thackston and Chris Cobb because they are holding a Free Copywriting 101 workshop beginning September 1st.  This workshop is a continuation of what I got to enjoy at NAMS, but it’s 10 hours worth of content – for Free!  You will learn about writing blogs, press releases, articles, landing pages and a ton more.  And most of it’s for beginners.  But why don’t I just let them tell you about it?  Click on the video below.

Like Karon said, Don’t Wait – Get Signed Up now and here’s the link again for you.

Online Copywriting 101

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Understanding keywords and how they affect our website has been a mystery to many online marketers.  Now the secrets to keyword research has been revealed in a 90-minute audio recording from some of the top internet marketers in the country.

In this downloadable recording, the four-member panel made up of Lynn Terry, Dan Morris, Suzanne Meyers and Karon Thackston discuss:

• why keywords are so important
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• how keywords are the foundation of your search engine optimization
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Some people want money – that’s their goal.

Others live to make an impact.

Dr. Mani falls into the second category. But because of his passion to help others, he’s made a ton of money. In fact,
through his Internet marketing efforts, he’s raised more than $137,000 for his foundation that has performed open
heart operations on more than 70 children.

He’s one of the most respected men online. He was named one of Seth Godin’s 99 Purple Cows for innovative and
remarkable marketing, and Fast Company magazine profiled his philanthropy-fueled approach to business. And he’s
consistently ranked in the top 50 Internet marketing specialists at Gurudaq.com.

Really, all he wants to do is save kids’ lives.

And I think you’ll want to help, especially after you read this.

In just a few days, the NAMS4Kids Joint Venture Giveaway launches. All the proceeds from the front end of this effort
go to Dr. Mani’s CHD Foundation.

You can help! And you can profit from this as well.

But most of all, you will experience that feeling of saving a child’s life by participating in NAMS4Kids JV Giveaway.

But before I describe what’s in it for you, read this story from Dr. Mani about one of the 70 children so far saved
through the efforts of Dr. Mani:

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On the sands of a beach on Rameswaram, in the southern tip of India, a mother holds her little boy, and stares out at
the sea.

The shiny surface of a fishing boat ashore mirrors the strain and anguish on her young face as she glances at him with deep concern. The boys lips are blue. So is his tongue. And his fingers and toes.

His blood cannot carry enough oxygen because he was born with a complex heart defect called Tetralogy of Fallot.
Untreated, it will soon be fatal. And his parents know this.

So she weeps softly, her tears mingling with the salty waters of the Indian Ocean. Far away, on another continent,
her husband is struggling to earn enough money to save his son’s life.

But he’s running out of time. Azhar has been falling sick more often lately. He gets fainting spells and needs to be
rushed to hospital frequently. The doctors tell him operation is urgent.

When our team of videographers visited Azhar’s village to record his story as part of a documentary film about
congenital heart disease, his sad tale touched the heart of the assistant director. He called that night, with an
impassioned request to help.

Thanks to the generosity and support of wonderful people all around the world, the Dr.Mani Children Heart Foundation has money available to help the little boy. A month later, he was recovering from his complex operation at India’s finest heart hospital, the Narayana Hrudayalaya Institute in Bangalore.

His treatment was fully sponsored from donations you made – to help a child live.

Thank you from my heart.

http://nams.ws/chd2

Dr. Mani Sivasubramanian

Chennai, India

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The Niche Affiliate Marketing System workshops have adopted Dr. Mani’s foundation by supporting his cause. In January, 2010, at NAMS3, we raised more than $1600 from the people in the room which resulted in surgery for one child in India.

The students at NAMS saved a life.

If you’ve ever thought about participating in a JV Giveaway to get great products to drive your business, now’s the
time.

This one is truly different.

David Perdew at NAMS4Kids has called in some favors from a whole bunch of top online marketers and convinced them all to give you TONS of free products and services at no cost to you.

But of course, we’d take a donation from you for Dr. Mani’s foundation. Our goal is to raise $10,000 in 72
hours.

You will receive:

-ebooks

-scripts

-memberships

-private label rights products

-self-improvement products

And much more.

You name it, it’s there.

This opened at 10 a.m. ET on Friday, Aug. 20th.
Sign up now to get in first.

http://nams4kids.com/go/219

P.S. – You may be wondering, “what’s the catch?” well, there ISN’T one.

This is my way of saying thank you for visiting my blog, and I hope that you will make lots of money selling and
using those products.

Are you on the road to success? Today my road is a long one, I have my monthly eWomenNetwork luncheon where I get to spend a few hours with some old friends and meet new ones.  We’ll get to know more about each others business so that we can all help each other.

Then I’ll take off down the road a “piece” (that’s southern talk) to the Niche Affiliate Marketing System  Workshop in Atlanta.  And there I’ll get to re-connect with some great Internet Marketers and online business professionals.  This is my second trip to this workshop and I have to same it’s one of the best I’ve ever attended.

There will be three days full of great training, but the sidebar conversations are what really makes this such a great event.  There are lots of joint venture partnerships made during these little conversations and lots of money made.  Gosh, I even made enough money to pay for my trip, before I left.  I was an affiliate of the workshop and two people signed up under my link and then the workshop creator, David Perdew and I did a little joint venture and we both pocketed a nice little amount!  And now I’m involved in a great joint venture with Dr. Mani to help save kids with heart defects.  You can join me by clicking on Dr. Mani.

So I’ll ask again, are you on the road to success?  You don’t have to really travel anywhere to be on the road to success.  But you definitely have to know where you are going!  I’ll be posting from the workshop and tweeting, so if you’re not following me on Twitter and Facebook, I hope you will.