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The truth about Internet Marketing "Gurus" and their business

http://www.theverge.com/2012/5/10/29...online-monster

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tke71709 May 11th, 2012 06:00 PM

A More Comprehensive Glossary of Online Business Terms

The below is an extract of what I've posted in our VIP Lounge:

Glossary of Online Business Terms

Affiliate – A person or business who sells products and services on behalf of merchants. The merchant provides a code, known as an affiliate link, which the affiliate then places on their website. It enables the merchant to track

Clinton May 15th, 2012 06:00 PM

Precise website content is becoming critical

An interesting article about planned Google changes here:
http://googleblog.blogspot.co.uk/201...hings-not.html

Categories: Running Website Businesses Technical Issues

akirk May 17th, 2012 06:00 PM

When does the sales process begin?

In traditional business there are a number of strategies that conclude with a sale:
- build the business for growth

akirk May 19th, 2012 06:00 PM

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A More Comprehensive Glossary of Online Business Terms

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Published on May 15th, 2012 06:27 AM

The below is an extract of what I've posted in our VIP Lounge:

Glossary of Online Business Terms

Affiliate – A person or business who sells products and services on behalf of merchants. The merchant provides a code, known as an affiliate link, which the affiliate then places on their website. It enables the merchant to track ...

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How To Monetize Free Content

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Published on March 27th, 2012 09:41 AM

I'm a big believer of giving content away for free - all of the material on experienced-people.co.uk is free as is information on most other sites I own.

But free has its problems. ...

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LBO for website acquisition

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Published on March 21st, 2012 04:14 AM

Alasdair, under the capital structure irrelevance principle, the return of a business isn't affected by how that business is financed ...whether that's via equity or debt. The weighted ...

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FlippingPlanet merging with Experienced-People

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Published on March 16th, 2012 09:07 AM

MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT: Merger of FlippingPlanet and Experienced-People

1. FlippingPlanet.com (FP) is a forum that was started a few months after this one (EP), in 2010. It is owned by two of our longer standing members, meathead1234 (Thomas Smale) ...

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Copyright violations, where do you draw the line?

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Published on March 6th, 2012 10:19 AM

Michael, sorry to hear about the copying problems, but it's not surprising. Copying is rife on the internet and only getting worse. It doesn't help that over the last decade the business models that have thrived don't place much ...

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What to look out for when buying turnkey websites

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Published on February 29th, 2012 07:43 AM

As crabfoot says, a turnkey site can get you access to a program you might otherwise not have access to. Turnkeys also remove all the headache of choosing a theme, tweaking it, adding content such as embedding youtube ...

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A detailed review of Adbrite

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Published on January 13th, 2012 05:11 PM

I'm working on some reviews of the top alternatives to Adsense.

A sample below. You need to have access to the VIP Lounge to read the full thread.

Adbrite
Program name: AdBrite
URL address: http://www.adbrite.com/
Country: US
Ad types:
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How To Transfer A Site You've Just Bought

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Published on January 5th, 2012 06:08 PM

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You've bought the site. Do you transfer it or do you leave it where it is? And if you do want to transfer it, where do you start?

To Transfer Or Not To Transfer, that's the question

If the seller recommends his hosting company highly, the history shows they've treated him well, the site has had little to no downtime (check using Netcraft), support questions were answered promptly and efficiently, and the charges are reasonable, there is the temptation to stay put.

The status quo implies

- no stress of moving. For some sites you'll have to move not just files and pages but databases and programs - can be tricky.

- dealing with the devil the site knows. While another hosting company ...

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How To Get Funding If You're A Startup - Impressing Angel Investors

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Published on October 14th, 2011 06:50 AM

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Business angels are experienced business professionals who bring not only capital but experience, knowledge and contacts. Unlike ...

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Quick ways to weed out the junk in Flippa: scanning the titles

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Published on September 26th, 2011 04:03 AM

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I've been doing this for years. Here are a few quick tips on what I do. It's somewhat ruthless, but then the proportion of scammers, chancers and clueless crooks in Flippa requires ruthless. You may miss one or two good sites, but I prefer that to losing ...

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Guest Posters Wanted

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Published on August 7th, 2011 03:48 AM

I'm inviting guest bloggers to post on this site. Here are the details.

Previously I did not allow linkbacks from blog posts made ...

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What attracts buyers to a site and what makes them bid higher?

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Published on August 1st, 2011 04:20 PM

An extract from a VIP Lounge thread:

30 things that make a site more appealing to the buyer and increase the selling price.

[*] prime real estate i.e. good ...

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Can you teach someone to be good at Due Diligence?

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Published on February 15th, 2011 10:17 AM

After writing tons on the subject, doing numerous DD jobs, discussing DD on forums etc., I must admit I think that there's no substitute for knowledge, an instinctive skill for digging and a suspicious mind.
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New Users: Your account here will expire if not used

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Published on February 1st, 2011 05:50 AM

If you're a new user to this site, welcome. We hope to see you in threads and to chat with you soon.

Users who've registered but never use their account will usually get a warning message before their account is deleted*(see update ...

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Would you like to get a regular update email from me?

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Published on August 19th, 2010 05:32 AM

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Travis (tvanslooten) suggested something to me by PM and I thought I'd sound the members out first.

Have a look at the thread and answer ...

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Get The Right Price For Your Website

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Published on August 11th, 2010 07:11 AM Number of Views: 615

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Tips on Selling Websites

There are numerous ebooks and blogs on how to increase the price you get when you sell your site. Unfortunately, most of them are targeted at the low-end $100 sites. Top tips tend to be on

- What day to list your site on
- How long to list for
- How to "bump" your listing thread to get more people seeing it
- How starting the bidding at $1 will attract more people to your auction
etc.

The main ...

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NEW: Use These Forums To Sell Your Services

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Published on July 22nd, 2010 05:45 PM Number of Views: 495

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Whoa, whoa!

OK, it's not a fundamental shift in how this forum operates, but more of a balancing of what we currently offer. Those who provide due diligence service are listed here. I'm now announcing a similar facility for members who sell ...

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Flippa keeps quiet about security breach compromising user accounts

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Published on July 20th, 2010 06:24 AM

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Word on the street is that Flippa got hacked (headsup, Flipfilter) about a week ago. Nice image of the Flippa admin screen at the is-hacked.com link. The alleged sequence of events is

1. Flippa Got Hacked (no big deal in itself) ...

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Creative way of finding sites and blogs for sale

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Published on July 19th, 2010 09:36 AM

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Finding Sites To Buy

There've been threads that the usual marketplaces are filled with dross.

So where do you go to find better sites? To find opportunities that aren't easily packaged up for you and placed in the most obvious ...

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Tracking Down and Recovering Money From A Scammer

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Published on June 15th, 2010 05:41 PM

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Been duped by someone whom you paid via Paypal for purchase of a site?

Paypal isn't much help but this may prove a useful read:

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