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Vol. 3, Issue 35.

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IN THIS ISSUE

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=> Editors Note
=> Smart Promotion Tip
=> Article of the Month
=> Ebook Contest
=> Webmaster Corner
=> Smart Software
=> Contact Information

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Editors Note.
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Dear subscribers,

Welcome again to a new edition of "SmartPromotion
Newsletter". Good to have you here again.

This is the last issue of the year, so I would like to take
the time to wish you all the best for the coming Holidays.

May the year 2003 be packed with good health for you
and your family members, and may your business get
lots of visitors, subscribers... and sales! :-)

Talking about web site traffic...

No matter how many visitors you currently get to your
web site, you can always use more, right?

This because the more tragetted traffic you can send
to your site, the more chance to produce extra sales.

It's a proven fact.

Now, the best targetted traffic to your web site comes
from your affiliates, or from people who personally
recommend your products or services.

But traffic coming from the search engines comes
close second. It's simple... Search engine traffic is
tightly targeted traffic.

People who went to a search engine have found your
web site because they were searching for what you're
offering -if you have the right keywords on your page
of course...

The big problem is getting a good listing in the search
engines.

It's difficult to get a top listing, but it can be done... and
this without any false playing...

Lucky for you, Chuck McCullough, an expert at getting a
top 10 spot, is sharing his knowledge. Chuck wrote a
FREE Ebook called; "Search Engine Primer".

As usual, since this Ebook comes FREE, it points you
to a longer pay-for version. But don't let that put you off!

The information in the free Ebook is really valuable,
and quite in-depth. Very useful stuff.

Chuck explains why search engines are just about
the best source of traffic you can get... you know it's
targeted to whatever you're selling, and the traffic is
FREE!

PLUS: You can also obtain a customized copy of the
Ebook, with your own affiliate links. It's all easy to set
up, and full details are on the first page.

==> You can download Chuck's Ebook from here:
http://www.ebooks-made-easy.com/seprimer.htm

(This is an .exe file, and it's only 383 KB in size.)

Note: There's no point in downloading this Ebook
unless you're serious about learning to generate
more traffic...

... but don't worry, Chuck will show you how to...

Good luck!

Dirk Dupon
mailto:editor@ebooks-made-easy.com

PS: Chuck also offers you a FREE 4-Day "Web Site
Traffic System Email Course".

You'll find out what you need to know about getting
serious traffic to your web site. This email course
gives you practical, useful tips on how to get more
traffic to your website. It's that simple...

==> Click below, and sign up when you see the
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And while you're there, why not join Chuck's affiliate
program. It is 2-tier, and pays out very well.

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Smart Promotion Tip
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Give your Ezine a FREE spam check...

Do you know if your Ezine or autoresponder messages
get through to your subscribers or leads?

The anti-spam measures that large ISP's and important
free email hosts (like Hotmail and Yahoo! Mail) undertake
hurts us; good marketers.

You can now use the FREE "SpamCheck" Tool to make
sure that your emails are less likely to be considered spam
by ISPs, by Yahoo! Mail andHotmail (which tosses you into
their Junk folders) and even by individual filters set up by
an ever-growing number of recipients around the world.

Here's how it works...

STEP 1: Copy-and-paste your subject, but start your
subject with the word "TEST" (without the quotes, in
UPPER CASE) so that we know this is a test e-mail.
(If the subject does NOT start with TEST, we'll assume
it's REAL spam and delete it).

Here's a sample subject...

TESTFlower-Lovers Ezine #007: Peonies for the Yukon

STEP 2: Copy-and-paste the rest of your e-zine and simply
send it, exactly the way you would send it to your recipient,
to this email address...
mailto:spamcheck-weirdsite@sitesell.net

You'll get a report back (in seconds, perhaps a few minutes
if volume is heavy) telling you how good or bad your email
is, from a spam-detector's point of view.

You will receive a full, free report of all corrections that
you should make to your zine, in order to stay out of the
junk folders.

It does NOT, of course, actually comment on WHAT you
write -- first, it's not that smart. And second, the actual
content is YOUR business! ;-)

SpamChecker is just one feature of the E-zine MailOut
tool, which itself is merely one part of the entire system
of "Site Build It!" tools... guaranteed to make any small
business succeed online... in a tenth of the time... at
a tenth of price.

For more information about "Site Build It!", please see...
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Write. SpamCheck. Revise. Send. Sleep soundly.

It's as simple as that :-)

Click below for a full, bona fide, SBI! review. This page
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Article of the Month
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"Why You Should Only Follow One "Guru" At A Time!"

By Michael Green

If you are out there trying to make money via Internet
Marketing then you are not by any means alone.

There are now tens-of-thousands of folks working
part-time, trying to generate enough income to leave
their 9-5 and live off their online income for good.

But sadly, for most of these people, the reality is that
they will probably scrape by month-by-month, earning
the odd commission check, but never really breaking
thru' to the "Online Big Time"!

Now as someone who has been fortunate enough to
translate that ultimate dream of making enough money
'while I sleep', to give up my day job (if I chose to), I've
been troubled about why others work just as hard as
me (or harder) online - but never seem to make it to
the holy grail of internet profits.

So eventually I conducted a piece of research using
the responses from people who have taken my
internet marketing mini-course.

And the results were most revealing...

TOO MANY EXPERTS - TOO LITTLE TIME!

Something that I had long suspected and have even
experienced for myself, turns out to be absolutely true.

There is a lot of excellent help and advice available
out there for online marketers.

In fact you don't need to look very far and you'll soon
be stumbling across internet marketing experts that'll
tell you much about important subjects like:

> product creation

> autoresponders

> opt-in lists

> follow-up marketing

> choosing the right pricing

> running affiliate programs

> and so on...and so forth...

BUT, confusingly each and every one of these "experts"
sets themselves up to be an authoritative "guru".

And now suddenly (for the average Joe trying to make a
good living online) the marketplace in advice is
overcrowded and *very* confusing.

Sure, a lot of the available information seems to be
very good, but where should you start and who should
you believe?

Worse still... one expert seems to be contradicting the
next and everyone is SHOUTING so loud that you just
don't know what to do for the best (or first).

And the result of all this?

COMPLETE PARALYSIS!

Your online work lacks direction. One minute you're
following guru "A", next you're dipping into guru "B's"
advice, but then an email pops through from guru "S"
and what they have to say looks simply irresistible.

Suddenly you are being pulled in so many directions
that you just can't think where to start!

ONE "GURU" AT A TIME PLEASE!

So what should you be doing to build your own
successful online business?

For me (and for those who I have tutored), the answer
has been to select one 'all round expert' to follow.

Find a marketing "guru" who you feel comfortable
with. Someone who you've read a little about and
believe can educate you in the rights and wrongs
of online product creation and marketing.

Most importantly, take a look at the writing style of
the "guru" you are thinking of learning from.

And ask yourself?

> Is this a writing style that I can understand?

> Does this "guru" have a natural ability to put a
lot of information across to me in a clear and
readable fashion?

And most importantly of all...

> Has this so called "guru" really done this for
themselves?Or to put it another way - do they know
what they're talking about?

NOW FOCUS ON THIS ONE PERSON UNTIL YOU'VE
ACHIEVED ONLINE SUCCESS

Having answered the above questions and chosen
your expert - *follow them* until you have become
successful yourself.

If you've chosen wisely, then having purchased some
of your gurus information, they won't mind when you
come back to ask the occasional direct question.

For example, I frequently receive emails like:

"Michael, I read what you said about XYZ, but could
you point me in the right direction to achieve this
other important challenge?"

Follow a knowledgeable expert and they won't mind
sharing a little extra information with you.

But, best of all if you concentrate on one person's
advice at a time, you are far more likely to make a
success of your own online business - if only
because you won't waste loads of your time trying
out a little bit from everyone, and being pulled in so
many directions that you end up achieving nothing.

To your online marketing success!

Michael Green,
Developer of the "Create & Sell Products Online" toolkit.
http://www.ebooks-made-easy.com/createandsell.htm

You can now develop your own online business by
following Michael's step-by step advice. Michael has
created a toolkit for anyone wanting to create their
own successful online business.

Michael's own range of online products are in the
top 10 on ClickBank's marketplace, proving that he
is a top online marketer himself.

His latest toolkit shows you exactly how to follow in
his footsteps, to create your own online business.

==> Find out more here:
http://www.ebooks-made-easy.com/createandsell.htm

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Ebook Contest
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The winner of last months Ebook contest is Jason
Anderson. Congratulations, Jason, you should have
received a copy of "Online Basics" already.

If you didn't win this time, you can still get a copy of
excellent Ebook at our special discount offer right here:
http://www.ebooks-made-easy.com/basics

NEW CONTEST!

This month you can win a copy of "Autopilot Income
Streams".

Click the link below to go to the web site, and let me
know the name of the author of the Ebook :
http://www.ebooks-made-easy.com/ais

Please submit your correct answer via this link only:
mailto:contest@ebooks-made-easy.com?subject=SP_book_contest

Good luck!

Note: The winner will be announced here next month,
so don't leave yet :-)

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Webmaster Corner
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Smart Software
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Contact Information
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Publisher: Dirk Dupon

Email: mailto:webmaster@smart-web-promotion.com
WWW: http://www.smart-web-promotion.com
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