Bench mark, bench mark and benchmark that is all there is to it.  Businesses that run offline and online do it and so should you.  Start ut by determining how many links your competitor has.  Are you coming up with 1200, 200, 50?  At least this will give you some idea as to how you muct build a link campaign to the sie you run.

Secondly what is their keyword and meta tag list?  You can find ths out by right clicking on their site and reviewing their meta tags, descriptions, and keywords.  I am not saying that you should copy these word for word as that would not do you any good if they are not relevant to your site!  However, take a look and see what they are using and how they integrate these keywords into their descriptions, entries and page layout.

Now move on and take a look at their site layout.  Is it crowded? Is it simple?  What kind of media are they using such as photo’s, video or audio?  Begin to integrate similar features into your site without losing your site identity.  Combine this with link building campaigns and you may be surprised to see your page rank climb during the next Google rating!

As long as you sell something that can be shipped you can easily pay a small fee to sites like Shopzilla to present your website as a result for a product search.  Many web surfers use these sites to hone done decently priced items.  The best part is that it can be cheaper than ppc and the buyers often times are at the end of the buying cycle… meaning they are more prepared to make an actual purchase.

Start by checking out the fees on sites like Price Grabber, Shopzilla, Price Watch etc select one that has a combination of low price and high search volume.  You can easily determine the visitor volume by looking at the website stats on Alexa.  Be certain that your item has a fairly specific description set up the campaign and start tracking.

You may be pleasantly surprised to find highly targeted leads continually trickling through your website for less than the cost of an average pay per click campaign.  Continually track the number of visitors and purchases created from the campaign and tweak you descriptions and products as necessary.  Enjoy the new sales and savings!

So how can you flip your fear into something productive?  Instead of waiting around for your job to get outsourced start outsourcing some of your own tasks.  The easiest and fastest way to do this is by hiring on a personal assistant.  Now what the heck can you do with one of those and how can you afford it?

I am glad you asked.  First and foremost if you run an internet business you can take the tasks you like least and have your virtual assistant take care of it.  If you are not into writing or researching then outsource it!  You will be happy to know that many people that apply for virtual assistant positions have bachelors and masters degrees and are perfectly capable of generating excellent blog content.

Aside from business based tasks, many virtual assistants are happy to schedule appointments for you, call the cable company, send out flowers and invitations to gatherings etc.  Imagine the time and energy you can save if you outsource the mundane stuff in order to get down to what you actually enjoy!

Now for the big question can you afford it?  What if you could outsource your tasks for $4 an hour?  Hey that is pretty cheap especially if you are using the assistant for business tasks that bring a return on your investment!  Even if the tasks are not business based the time you will free up will be well worth it.  If you muster up the courage to outsource yourself check out www.elance.com and www.ymii.com for some excellent sources of inexpensive outsourcing.

I was recently reading the 4 hour work week and I was reminded that 20% of my work produces 80% of my results!  I know it sort of seems crazy however when you think about it it makes sense.  The best traffic I generate comes from blog commenting, article writing, and blog carnivals however this is only about 20% of the work I put into running this blog.

Eighty percent of the time I am researching new blog topics and how to info in order to continue to grow.  The thing is a little less research and a lot more action would equal a traffic boom.  How much more time would you have to be effective if you could cut out 80% of the fat?  Even better how much could you business improve if your 20% expanded?

Start out by combining similar processes, so write your blog posts at once to produce more, submit multiple blog entries to carnivals and write out batches of blog comments at a time.  Stay away from web browsing, phone calls and instant messaging while you are completing your tasks and watch how easy it is to enhance your results!

Anna Goldsmith presents Five Tips for a Successful Freelance Writing Career | Copyblogger posted at Copyblogger.

Anya Portnik presents The Sales Apprentice: Sales training tips from the hit TV show, part X posted at Gavin Ingham.

Mohamed Bhimji presents 8 Strategies To Handle Negative People In Your Life Or On Your Blog | Internet Business Opportunities | oibo dot org posted at Internet Business Opportunities.

Mohamed Bhimji presents 10 Best Ways To Enhance Your Creativityposted at Internet Business Opportunities.

Anya Portnik presents Selling is simple posted at Gavin Ingham.

Jose DeJesus MD presents Successful Business Networking posted atPhysician Entrepreneur.

Mohamed Bhimji presents Important Rules For Website Design posted atInternet Business Opportunities.

James Lee presents The Profitable Power of the Zeigarnik Effect posted atOnline Business Freedom.

Robert Phillips presents Broken Windows, Broken Business posted atCYBERCA$HOLOGY.

Kenton Newby presents Blog Carnival Strategies - 5 Tips for Getting the Most From Your Blog Carnival Submissions posted at KentonNewby.com.

Adam presents Science of Getting Rich – Part 1 (Summary) posted at Let Us Grow.

James Lee presents Massive Action… TO COMPLETION! posted at Online Business Freedom.

Mark Russell presents Marko’s Quest For The Ultimate Wordpress Themeposted at MarkDRussell.com.

Mark Russell presents SEO Wordpress Themes | Internet Marketing | Mark D. Russell posted at MarkDRussell.com.

Diego Norte presents Buying Product Rights posted at Internet Business 101.

Milan presents Make Money: Paid For Blogging Post Online posted atMiLan’s Blog: Make Money Online, saying, “List of services”

Robert Benjamin presents The Future Of The Web is Web 3.0 posted atInternet Business Opportunities.

Diego Norte presents Company Or J.O.B.? posted at Internet Business 101.

Anya Portnik presents Why tenacity and persistence are essential for sales success posted at Gavin Ingham.

Cindy King presents Cross-Cultural Communication Tool posted at Get International Clients, saying, “A wonderful widget. All your foreign visitor has to do is click on a flag. A new page will open with a complete translation of your page into the language that the flag represents.”

James Lee presents The Power of True Storytelling posted at Online Business Freedom.

Cindy King presents Where To Fit Your Marketing Pipeline Into Your International Lead Generation Plan posted at Get International Clients, saying, “Let us look at two different aspects of your international sales system. Your lead generation system in order to increase international business. You international marketing pipeline to feed your lead generation system.”

Carl Ringwall presents Get More Backlinks By Sharing Your Posts posted at Data SystemsPlus.

Prashant K Shukla presents SEO and Meta Tags | My Smart SEO posted atPrashant K Shukla, saying, “SEO and Meta Tags - Meta Tags play significant role in SEO and if we take utmost care in building these tags, result would be the perfect optimization of our website.”

Prashant K Shukla presents Role of Meta Title Tag in SEO | My Smart SEOposted at Prashant K Shukla, saying, “Meta tags are the blocks which contain information about the contents of your web page and they exist into the head area of your web page. They are basically meant to communicate with the search engine. The Meta Keywords Tag and Meta Description Tag also need to be taken care of and optimized equally in addition to that of Meta Title Tag to secure a place at the top of the search engines and in convincing a search engine that your site’s contents are more relevant than that of your competitor’s.”

Prashant K Shukla presents Site Indexing - Great Eight Tips | My Smart SEO posted at Prashant K Shukla, saying, “Site Indexing - The most effective SEO technique is to index the pages of new website. There are lot of important issues, one should take care. We are providing a simple guide steps to help you in this regard.”

Prashant K Shukla presents Search Engines or Web Directories | My Smart SEO posted at Prashant K Shukla, saying, “Submitting your site to major search engines and good rank directories help increasing the traffic and good placement in SERP (Search Engine Result Pages).”

Robert Phillips presents How to Create an Audio Product Practically for Free posted at CYBERCA$HOLOGY.

Anya Portnik presents How to use email when prospecting posted at Gavin Ingham.

Carl Ringwall presents I Heartily Endorse 3WayLinks To Get Backlinks- Why: posted at Data SystemsPlus.

Carl Ringwall presents How Useful are Automated Social Bookmarking Tools? posted at Data SystemsPlus.

Carl Ringwall presents Create A WordPress Membership Pay Site [E-Course] posted at Data SystemsPlus.

Jack S. Keifer presents Why Do You REALLY Want An Internet Business?posted at Jack S. Keifer.

Anya Portnik presents What one thing do you wish that you’d known when you started out in sales? posted at Gavin Ingham.

James Lee presents The Unexpected Benefit of Taking Things Personallyposted at Online Business Freedom.

Mark Russell presents A Magazine Style Plugin For Wordpress Postsposted at MarkDRussell.com.

Cindy King presents European PowerAge 137 - A European Marketers Blog List posted at Cindy King.

Woman Tribune presents Mind Your Own Business Girls: Business Coaching, Education & Empowerment for Woman Entrepreneurs posted at Woman Tribune, saying, “Earn a six figure income working just a few hours a week. Join Mind Your Own Business Girls for business coaching, education & empowerment for woman entrepreneurs.”

Christopher Johnson presents Making Money With Amazon.com posted atCoffeeBreakEarnings.com, saying, “Making Money With Amazon.com Affiliate Sales”

ryan valen presents Home Based Jobs May Just be the One for You posted at Academia-Research blog everything about how to write a good paper., saying, “The home serves as a good refuge for any person. In this place, you can do everything you want, become any person you would like to be and now, work according to your convenience.”

John Szram presents Start Building Your Mailing List Today posted atInternet Business Blog By John Szram.

John Szram presents How I Made Money By Accident! posted at Internet Business Blog By John Szram.

Tammy Powell presents An Email Marketing System for Driving Affiliate Product Sales posted at Enlightened Wealth Institute student Tammy Powell.

ryan valen presents Your Decision to Get Freelance Writing Work posted at Academia-Research blog everything about how to write a good paper., saying, “Freelance jobs always encompass a great deal in conveniences. For most people, their lifestyle can be sacrificed in order to get a good paying job.”

Ed Rivis presents Strategic Writing & Content Creation. posted at Ed Rivis, saying, “Strategic writing and content creation.”

Carol Bentley presents Copywriting: a celebration gift posted at Carol Bentley, saying, “Copywriting: A celebration gift”

Roger Smith presents See Your Way To Network Marketing Success posted at Magnetic Leadership Marketing.

Diego Norte presents Make A Wish posted at Internet Business 101.

Carl Ringwall presents Improve Your Conversion Rates With Split Testingposted at Data SystemsPlus.

Ed Rivis presents How to increase sales by 300%. posted at Ed Rivis, saying, “How to increase sales by 300%”

Social D presents Social Marketing Traffic Experiment Updated Results Video posted at Social Networking Bookmark Domination.

Eric Brown presents WHAT IS SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION posted atSEO TIPS 4 U Blog.

Bryan presents Will You Remember Your Next Big Idea? posted at The Capitalist Guide Blog.

Kenton Newby presents Tips for Creating the Ideal Business posted atKentonNewby.com.

Ed Rivis presents The 7 Biggest Web Money-making Secrets posted at Ed Rivis, saying, “The 7 biggest web money making secrets”

havoc21392 presents Outsourcing is a Gold mine . Nearly 150$ in a day. | The Neotrepreneur posted at The Neotrepreneur.

John Tan presents 5 Characteristics Of A Good Make Money Online Nicheposted at Make Money Online, saying, “Discover How The 5 Characteristics Of A Good Make Money online Niche”

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So what happens when life gets the better of you and you fall of track? Simple, get back on the horse and get moving!  So what do we have on today’s agenda?  Continual process improvement.

I recently accepted a new position at a large firm and I have been charged with the task of over hauling a program that operates like a dinosaur.  I got to thinking at how little internet business owners complete this task in running their business.

One of the best things you can do is show a friend what your daily tasks consist of.  The reason being, often times a fresh eye can give you some of the best process improvement suggestions.  It is hard to think outside the box when your business operates inside of it.

Take it easy and look to enhance one process at a time.  Jot down the suggestions you get and begin to refine your processes.   As you go through each one you will begin to stream line you operations.

The last and most important piece of the puzzle is to make sure you enjoy what you do.  It is no fun if you have lost your passion.  In fact, the quality of the work produced will plummet.  Keep your eye on the ball and success will come around the bend!

Welcome to the June 21, 2008 edition of Work at Home in Your Pajamas.

Mohamed Bhimji presents Help! My WordPress Has Been Hacked! | Internet Business Opportunities | oibo dot org posted at Internet Business Opportunities.

Kathleen Gage presents Blogging is so simple virtually anyone can do it posted at Street Smarts Marketing & Promotions, saying, “Blogging is one of the easiest points of entry to Internet Marketing. If you can write a shopping list, if you can journal, if you can write a letter to a friend or business associate, you can blog.
The key though is to simply get started. And once you begin, get in the habit of blogging at least three times a week. You can actually schedule time into your day to blog.
There are so many incredible benefits to blogging; visibility, credibility; opportunity to express your opinion, opportunity to create a dialogue where none existed; a chance to be heard; you can use a blog to write your next book, and more.”

Prashant K Shukla presents Role of Meta Title Tag in SEO | My Smart SEO posted at Prashant K Shukla, saying, “Meta tags are the blocks which contain information about the contents of your web page and they exist into the head area of your web page. They are basically meant to communicate with the search engine. The Meta Keywords Tag and Meta Description Tag also need to be taken care of and optimized equally in addition to that of Meta Title Tag to secure a place at the top of the search engines and in convincing a search engine that your site’s contents are more relevant than that of your competitor’s.”

Patti Blevins presents Home Based Business Opportunity to Work At Home - Auto-Suggestion is Changing Lives posted at pattiblevins.com.

Mohamed Bhimji presents Are You Desperately Trying To Sell Online? posted at Internet Business Opportunities.

Robert Phillips presents A New Traffic Strategy? posted at CYBERCA$HOLOGY.

Jack S. Keifer presents A Competition Free Internet Business? posted at Jack S. Keifer.

Patti Blevins presents Home Based Business Opportunity to Work At Home: Please, Please, Please?Watch and Read! posted at pattiblevins.com.

Tim Gary presents Your Mental Nooks and Crannies Hold the Keys to Success posted at Internet Success Bites.

Robert Phillips presents Internet Automation posted at CYBERCA$HOLOGY.

Mark Russell presents Clickbank ?Thank You? Page Security with PHP posted at MarkDRussell.com.

James Lee presents A Blackout at UPS Causes Pandemonium posted at Online Business Freedom.

James DeLelys presents WORDSBlog » MONEY ONLINE posted at Author James DeLelys.

BlogMeTheMoney presents Adsense Alternatives: Part 1 of 4 posted at Blog Me The Money, saying, “Adsense is a popular monetization tool and a good one at that. But it should not be your only one. This 4 part series attempts to introduce many other advertising networks.”

Blogging Trutyhs presents All About Blogs Blogging Blog History Common Blog Terminlogies posted at Making Money Online, saying, “A weblog (the word was coined by Jorn Barger in 1997) is a log or record or collection of stuffs like personal opinions, links to different websites, and written advice.”

Liz presents Growing your business - when is it time to bring someone else onboard? posted at Nitro Marketing Blog, saying, “As a small business owner, how do you know when it’s time to bring in help?”

Randy Rhodes presents Protected: Testing Processes Using Muvar posted at Internet Business Blog.

Carol Bentley presents How informative are your sales letters. . . posted at Carol Bentley, saying, “How informative are your sales letters?”

Ed Rivis presents Public admission. I’m guilty. posted at Ed Rivis, saying, “Public admission. I’m guilty.”

Anne Burlinson presents Recession is not always bad? for internet marketing, that is posted at eTrade Mom.

Brian Terry presents How Inverse Paranoia Can Help You Build A Successful Website posted at Big Selling Website Design.

Cindy King presents The Phases Of Cultural Communication You Go Through To Increase International Sales posted at Cindy King, saying, “There are three different phases of cultural communication involved in international internet sales. Most internet businesses go through three different stages of cultural communication to get more international clients.”

Carl Ringwall presents Set Up WordPress Pay-Per-Post With iSubscribe posted at Data SystemsPlus.

Kathleen Gage presents Internet marketing is all about luck….or is it? posted at Street Smarts Marketing & Promotions, saying, “In the last few days I have had conversations with more than one person about their frustration with not selling their products from their website. Their frustration stemmed from the fact they sent out one message, put a product up on their site to sell, or made a blog posting and the flood gates of sales didn’t miraculously open up.

I’ve got news for anyone who thinks sales are going to happen with one contact with their market…IT AIN’T GONNA HAPPEN.

The fact is the process of selling online or driving sales to a consulting business or a brick and mortar business is just that, a process. Learn a process that works.”

Roger Smith presents You Inc… Branding Yourself As An Expert In MLM posted at Magnetic Leadership Marketing.

Brian Terry presents Become A Genius Website Designer posted at Big Selling Website Design.

Cindy King presents Write A Better International Website posted at Cindy King, saying, “One of the the things you need to do when communicating with any prospects or clients is to think about what they want and need to hear from you. You need to look at your business offer, communication or message from their point of view.”

Riggie Freyer presents Online List Building Tools to Build Your List posted at Internet Business for Beginners | Internet Home Based Business.

Izzportal presents Work From Home posted at IzzportaL.com, saying, “Working From Home”

Don Morrison presents A Prime Formula For Generating Online Income? Ads + eBooks! posted at dondmorrison.com, saying, “Always have a permanent link
back to your Blog by using the
Google “Ping” tool described at
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Download 300+ new, free, and original eBooks at
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Eric presents Growing Money posted at Make Money Blog, saying, “Tips on making money, avoiding scams, growing money, and overcoming poverty.”

Dr. Joe Capista presents Why can’t I achieve my goals? posted at The Success Triangle, saying, “If you want what you say you do, you have to set goals. It’s not that difficult and the results will amaze you. Get a blank book. On each page write down your goals in a specific category and date it.
Not only should you write your goals down, you must review them morning and night. Write your primary goals on a 3 x 5 card to make the review time more targeted. Doing this will keep you on target with what you want.”

Woman Tribune presents ScratchBack: Because the PayPal Donation Button is Ugly posted at Woman Tribune.

Kathleen Gage presents Why most training programs don’t work and what you can do about it! posted at Street Smarts Marketing & Promotions, saying, “Have you ever talked to someone who took a training course and complained because the course “just didn’t work”? Or maybe you took a class, but didn’t feel you got much out of it. Was it that the course was no good or maybe you had some part in why you got so little value out of the money and time invested?

I contend there are always two sides to the story. Primary reasons why training courses, whether they be teleseminars, webinars or events where trainer and participants are all in the same room, don’t work are varied.”

Cindy King presents Book Review - Landing Page Optimization posted at Cindy King, saying, “to get good sales you need a good landing page. even the greatest product in the world will go nowhere if your landing page is not great. this book will get you to the level you need to be at.”

BlogMeTheMoney presents 42 Adsense Ready Wordpress Themes Optimized For Monetization posted at Blog Me The Money.

Brian Terry presents 6 Hot Tips For Successful Split Testing posted at Big Selling Website Design.

Brendan Brewster presents Blogging is a massive mistake posted at Not Just Another Internet Business Success Journey, saying, “To blog or not to blog. Only you can decide! You can read 1000’s of articles about it and spend $100k on useless products OR just believe in yourself and commit your time to whatever business model you choose. There is nothing really wrong with blogging as you will read in these two related articles. What is wrong is the way some marketers promote blogging as the road to quick riches.”

Adrian Loncarovich presents GoalEnforcer Goal Setting article posted at GoalEnforcer, saying, “Adrian Loncarovich is the co-author of GoalEnforcer, a visual goal setting software that can be used to break your goals into sub-goals and track your progress. More details about GoalEnforcer can be found at www.goalenforcer.com/ A free version of the software is being offered at www.goalenforcer.com/demodownload.html”

Stefan Töpfer presents THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG » Blog Archive » Small Business Lists – Start-Up on a Shoestring posted at The Small Business Blog, saying, “A selection of business ideas that can be started with almost zero capital”

Ian Richardson presents More proof on the way on building backlinks posted at Make Everything EzyAs123, saying, “This article demonstrates the techniques to generate backlinks”

Kurt Schmitt presents article Marketing Success posted at Free Website Traffic Tips.

BlogMeTheMoney presents Powering Up Your Blog With These 26 Power Lists/Rankings posted at Blog Me The Money.

Marcus Hochstadt presents Why I Do Not Use FeedBurner posted at Marcus Hochstadt, saying, “It seems as if the majority of bloggers use FeedBurner to distribute and track the use of their RSS feeds. Marcus Hochstadt has his reasons for NOT using FeedBurner though.”

Christopher Johnson presents Making Money Online posted at christopheraaronjohnson.net.

Roger Smith presents Hey…Network Marketers - Stop Wasting Money Buying Leads! posted at Magnetic Leadership Marketing.

Heather Johnson presents Top 5 Characteristics of a Thriving Telecommuter posted at Cash The Checks.

Martin Russell presents Long Copy Vs Short Copy - The Final Say. posted at Word of Mouth Marketing.

Kenton Newby presents One Simple Question to Guide Your Online Business Success posted at KentonNewby.com.

Mark McWilliams presents Incredible FREE Internet Marketing Graphics Package posted at Mark-McWilliams.com.

Mark McWilliams presents So What Internet Marketing Experts Visit Your Blog? posted at Mark-McWilliams.com.

Melody Campbell presents Blogging Resources posted at The Small Business Guru Blog, saying, “This post is a list of some of my favorite resources for creating my blogging strategy. One of the most important tips that I have implemented is a 30 day Promotional Plan for posting and promoting my blog. Success comes in consistency! No more “orphaned” blogs!”

Steve Faber presents - The Best Home Based Business Opportunities For a Bad Economy posted at Home Based Business Success.

Pamela Baggarley presents How to Create High Profit Margin Products posted at Big Selling Website Design.

Mark McWilliams presents To Plugin Or Not To Plugin, That Is The Question? posted at Mark-McWilliams.com.

Mark McWilliams presents Have You Registered YourName.com Yet? posted at Mark-McWilliams.com.

Kevin presents 101 Internet Traffic Generation Strategies - Part 1 posted at Trafficteria.com Blog Optimization.

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What you will want to do is second guess anything that you take for granted as being evident.  Why the heck would you do this?  Well the issue is, many times we assume something is fact or evident when in fact that is not the case.  Take the extra few minutes to test these assumptions to see if they hold their weight.  Perhaps Google has wiped out many of your article links as duplicate content, or maybe your ad copy needs tweaking.

Any time you bump into an issue throw this step into your problem solving methods and I guarantee you will come out wiser.  In fact, you may begin to drop many of your assumptions - remember that old saying … never assume.  Well you get the point on that!

Many times a marketer has a closed perception of what marketing issues are and what prevents us from surpassing them.  Now I have not yet completed the book, but I wanted to pass on a few tips while I continue.  The first is always look at the other party as rational even when it seems they are not?  If you put out an excellent product and your traffic is good but you are not getting sales then your consumers are irrational right?  Wrong!  Assume, that they are logical and see where that leads you.  You may be surprised to find some solutions you would never have thought of.

The other tip is to look at a problem through the eyes of enhancement. Instead of looking at what needs to be removed take a look at what could be improved.  As a consumer what would the ideal product be?  Create a list, often times enhancements can be made using what you already have.  Looking at the problem this way will also help you look at the whole picture rather than just a piece of the issue.  Stay tuned for the title of the book and more tips and tricks to help you leap those marketing hurdles.

If you would not run things the same way then why not change it so that in six months you can look back with certainty that things are moving in the right direction.  As a beginner, attempting to create a path to success can be a tricky one wrought with errors.  Luckily for us, the longer you run the business, the better you should be as you will be seasoned with time.

Use this theory to keep yourself in check every few weeks.  If you find you are lagging in article writing, blog posting or product creation, think about where you will be in six months and make the move to better the business.  The more you stay on top of things the sweeter and greater your success will be.  Good luck!