On Friday January 22, 2010 at 3:00 EST I am going to produce a podcast interview with a leading information marketing expert, a man that I greatly admire and someone who gave me the final piece of the puzzle to initiate my own information product marketing buisness. Yes, he had no idea, most ‘go-givers’ sow increase into others with the ease of taking their next breath.

Doug Champigny is a successful Internet marketer and he has a down to earth manner in which you actually learn what he is teaching. So what does all of this have to do with you and your success? Doug will spend enlighten all of us how to build a profitable business in four simple steps.

1. Get Started: Install your blog, select the “correct’ plugins, integrate your blog with Web 2.0, set up your e-courses, your e-zines and knowing when to use each.

2. Get Your Products Online: Info products, understand master resell rights and PLR.

3. Get Traffic: Leverage article marketing, podcasting,video marketing and social media.

4. Get Affiliate Commissions: How to choose the right affiliate programs, building residual commissions, promoting affiliate products and BIG JV launches.

All this will serve as a primer to a new tele-seminar that Doug is launching in February titled “and you are going to gain an inside track on some truly important strategies to make 2010 a year of success in your online ventures. I am thrilled to be able to bring this interview to you.

Here is the link to my podcast show page:

The Internet Business Blueprint Podcast

Doug Champigny, a full-time Internet marketer, Affiliate Marketer, E-Zine Publisher, mentor and speaker, is often called a super-promoter because he’s an expert in creating wealth online and teaching others to do the same. A 25-year veteran of the marketing and advertising industries before coming online, Doug has worked online full-time since 1997.

If you want to take advantage of a special Discounted Tuition click this link:

PowerStart 2010 Internet Marketing Crash Course!

I encourage you to take  advantage of this rare opportunity to hear from a true master and join us on the show. We will have the phones lines open for your questions and have a few bonuses for those of you who take action and ask Doug a question or two.

I am here to help you succeed!

On Thursday January 21, 2010 Traffic Exchange expert and author Jon Olson owner of ‘I Love Hits‘ and “SWAT Traffic‘ will join us to discuss traffic exchanges and how to utilize them to build a thriving Internet business. Jon’s sites are ranked among the leading manual traffic exchanges. Perhaps Jon is best known for his authorship of “The Pizza Plan,” a book that details how a former pizza store manager created a thriving internet business resulting in a full-time income and complete time and lifestyle freedom starting with a budget of $70 per month.

Join us for a discussion of the traffic exchange industry and a lively discussion with topics including:

1. The five biggest mis-conceptions about traffic exchanges

2. Discover what may be the best kept secret for creating meaningful web traffic

3. Learn the two biggest mistakes that most people make when utilizing traffic exchanges

4. Discover the two things you must do to profit using traffic exchanges

5. What is new for 2010 in the traffic exchange niche

I will be taking your call and Jon will answer your questions live and everyone who calls in or ask a question will receive a special set of tools to help you grow your business. It promises to be a fun and informative show, so feel free to join in.

Grab a Free Copy of Jon Olson’s Book Here:  ”The Pizza Plan”

I have several great guest coming on the show in the coming weeks so stay tuned. Here is the show page:

The Internet Business Blueprint Podcast

The Internet Business Blueprint Podcast broadcast Monday, Wednesday and Friday check the show page for the time upcoming programs will be presented. Past episodes can be accessed by visiting the show page at http://www.JamesHolmesRadio.com

I am here to help you succeed!

I wanted to share the code for a neat little Word Press Plugin that will help with SEO for your blog. As you may know, when you set up your site you have the option to name your site with or without the ‘www’ identifier. So as an example you can say AskJamesHolmes.com or www.AskJamesHolmes.com either way your visitors will arrive at your site. However, this can create an unfavorable result for the search engines.

Tim Linden is the creator of StartXchange which is a manual traffic exchange that he created 9 years ago when he was 15 years young. Tim is a very talented and soft spoken guy who seems to come up with an endless list of great tools to enrich your online experience and create leverage if you are an Internet marketer.

I was reviewing my Google Analytics for this blog a few days ago and found that my data was available under the ‘non-www’ address and non existent when the ‘www’ was entered, which got me thinking. I had heard Tim make a casual reference to this plug in a week or two ago and yesterday was able to get the code from him. So guess what I am doing today?

The plug in uses a 301 Moved Permanently redirect so that the search engines will index your content using the correct variable in your URL.

The download is free and there is nothing to buy, so grab it and use it on all of your sites.

Here is a ZIP file containing the plug in code: Tim Linden Pro www Plugin

Feel free to leave a comment and if you like the plugin share this post with your friends.

I am here to help you succeed!

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As I look back at 2009 and evaluate the impact social media has had on my business it is pretty amazing. I have made new friends, established new business relationships and met some of the most creative and action oriented people online. By virtue of my Internet Business Blueprint podcast, I have been able to interview Gary Vaynerchuk, Perry Belcher, Com Mirza, Rob Hannley and many other entrepreneurs.

One of the aspects I love most is how a small random act can lead to a new friendship, a business idea or the viral distribution of information. I have many personal examples of this and I want to highlight one as an example of how this occurs.

A few weeks ago I was following my weekly ritual of watching ‘Sunday Morning on CBS,” I have done this for years! One of the featured segments was on iPhone apps and I suggested to my wife that they should have included Joel Comm’s iFart. A few minutes later, there it is prominently featured. Having gotten to know Joel on a personal level this year – that was pretty cool.

So I fired off a quick tweet as illustrated in the screen shot below and just like that Joel and many of Joel’s followers who missed the story became aware of it in an instant and could now log onto the CBS website and watch a video of the segmented. Could this have happened five years ago?

The following is taken from Joel Comm’s blog post November 16, 2009 and illustrates how social media can leverage a message to the point that it takes on a life all it own.

Taken From: JoelComm.com

“Nearly one year after the release of iFart, the app continues to sell like clockwork.

I believe that iFart is also the most-referenced app in iPhone history.

It seems like every week one media outlet or another is referring to it.

A Google search for iFart now turns up 106,000 results.

Yesterday morning, I was greeted by a tweet from my friend James Holmes.

I love it when the media talks about iFart. It’s a marketer’s dream.

Sure enough, CBS did a great piece on mobile phone applications, and iFart was demonstrated in the segment!

You’ll want to go about four minutes into the video to see iFart.

Watch CBS News Videos Online

Besides the obvious fun and games, here’s what is interesting about the CBS piece.

The 15-second appearance on the CBS Sunday show did more to increase sales of iFart than the four-minute piece on iFart that aired on Jon Stewart’s The Daily Show back in July of this year!

Could it be that The Daily Show viewers already owned iFart? Or could it be that a bunch of college-aged slackers don’t have a dime to spend on anything?

Regardless, the CBS piece was very good and it demonstrates just how big the app business is.

By the way, our next app should be BIGGER than iFart. Stay tuned…

I share this story with you to illustrate a simple point. I see so many marketers active on social sites like Twitter, Facebook and others who go out of their way attempting to force their message on the market. Sadly, they are missing the point… If you are engaged and authentic, if you seek to share what you find interesting about your market, your business, your personal interest and the interest of your social friends… your message will be heard in a natural way without you forcing it. Who knows, it may even go viral.

I am here to help you succeed!

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I have been both a client and paid affiliate of AWeber for more than two years. Aweber is in my opinion is the best autoreponder for the needs of the broadest number of Internet marketers. The links contained in this post are my personal affiliate links and they provide you with a $1 trail to the AWeber service suite.

I like to share relevant post to introduce new resources and strategies to add value and help you succeed online. Today, I am pleased to introduce you to this excellent post by Justin Premick from Aweber in addition to a video that will allow you to see the power of AWebers new tool set. Please be sure to leave a comment and let me know if this provided vale for you.

Get Your Trail Here: Aweber $1 Trial

Posted by Justin Premick

“New Web Form Generator? But AWeber already has a web form generator…”

Sure we do. And it’s helped marketers create hundreds of thousands of opt-in forms that you’ll find on websites in countless industries.

At the time we released it, the web form tool was cutting edge, and it’s stood up well over time.

But it wasn’t perfect.

It didn’t output the prettiest HTML. And while you could certainly customize that HTML to fit the look of your website, you had to do so outside of AWeber, rather than styling it before you got the form HTML, and you had to do so without any templates.

We knew we could create something better. So we did.

To prove it, here’s a video, and a list of reasons why you’re going to love our new Web Form Generator.

Web Form Templates

You may not be a web designer, but you still want a web form that looks like it was made by one.

So we’re launching the new Web Form Generator with a slew of templates to help you build great-looking forms with one click of your mouse. Currently there are about 25 template “families,” each available in a variety of colors and styles (and we’ll keep adding more).

Advanced Design Tools

Want to customize a template to make it yours? Or build your own one-of-a-kind stylish opt-in form from scratch?

The new Web Form Generator gives you the same sort of powerful design customization that you’d typically find in web design software.

You’ll drag and drop. You’ll point and click. You’ll have complete control over the feel of your forms, and you’ll make better-looking ones than ever before.

Better Popover and Lightbox Animation

Do you use “hover” style forms (like our lightbox ones) to grab visitors’ attention and lift your opt-ins?

You’ll love the updated animations used for these new forms; we’ve ditched the Windows95-looking blue bars at the top and smoothed out the fading and sliding motions.

Dynamic Thank You Pages

Want to use video on your thank you pages to increase confirmed opt-ins, but don’t have the time or equipment to make it happen?

Use our video thank you pages to provide precise instructions to each new subscriber on how to confirm.

We’ll even show them exactly what your confirm email looks like in their specific email program (Gmail, AOL, Yahoo, Hotmail, Outlook, Mac Mail, etc).

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Are You Ready to Try AWeber? Aweber $1 Trial

Until now, you had to be a bit of a designer to create high level custom capture forms within AWeber. As the video attest, things have changed and I could not be more pleased. I have previously discussed the importance of building a list using a premium autoresponder service – it is the worst place to try to get by with a free service. I recommend that you take AWeber for a test drive and continue to focus on creating traffic that results in opt in subscribers to your list.

I wish for you every blessing on your journey to Internet business mastery.

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I have been partnering with Russell Brunson creator of the Micro Continuity Program for the past several months and I have to tell you, Russell is an amazingly gifted person and he has a heart to help others succeed and is very open when sharing what really works in online marketing. In March 2009, Russell made a presentation at a live event that the attendees paid $2,500 each to attend. It was a six hour session and those who attended and took action benefited by creating successful businesses online rapidly with little or no money.

Russell has semi-retired from his business, more on that later. He has decided to go out with a splash by giving away the recording of the entire six hour session pre-loaded on an mp3 player, he is giving it away for free with no strings attached. You will only have to pay shipping and handling of $9.95 and you keep the mp3 player, it’s yours and the content will make you a ton of money as long as you take action.

Get Your mp3 Player Here: Micro Continuity Free mp3

This video will provide you with an idea of Russell’s no nonsense, practical training style and get a overview of the Micro Continuity process.

Watch this Content Rich Video Here: 51 Minute Content Video

If you have any immediate questions feel free to contact me directly as I look forward to visiting with you personally. In addition to the exceptional six hours content on your new mp3 player, I will work personally with you to help you set up a profitable online business.

I have found that the material and training that I have purchased from Russell Brunson in the past has been of high value and extremely actionable. I am an affiliate of Micro Continuity and all of the programs in Russell’s “The Second Tier” affiliate suite.

I am always looking for the best new training resources and eager to share them with my readers. If you have discovered an exceptional training resource let me know. I am on a mission of continual self improvement.

Have a blessed journey!

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Kevin E. Houchin, Esq

If you missed the Webinar conducted by Joel Comm and Kevin Houchin, Esq on November 9th or if you stepped away from the session with lingering questions, you have an opportunity today to get your questions answered on the Internet Business Blueprint Podcast today.

The new FTC rules go into affect on December 1, 2009 and they will directly impact the design of your webpages, blog post, and sales pages. It really doesn’t matter if you are product creator and owner or an affiliate marketer, if you use endorsements or testimonials you must understand these changes and know how to market within the guidelines.

Kevin E. Houchin, Esq is my favorite type of person, a multi-talented, renaissance man who follows his passions in the practice of law, author, coach, teacher, marketer, designer, and artist. Kevin is principal of Houchin & Associates, P.C. , a copyright, trademark, arts & entertainment, business development, and branding firm located in Fort Collins, Colorado.

Books by Kevin E. Houchin, ESQ:

“Fuel the Spark: 5 Guiding Values for Success in Law & Life”
“Fuel the Spark: 5 Guiding Values for Success in Law School & Beyond”

If you would like to learn more and get all of the details for the FTC Tool Box program click here:

Is your site compliant?
Don’t risk it. Get The FTC Toolkit now! (I’m an affiliate)

I am actively promoting this program as an affiliate because I truly believe that Joel and Kevin are making this a very easy transition to ensure compliance without investing thousands in legal fees!

Have a blessed day!

James

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I have spent time over the past few weeks studying the new FTC Rules that relate to Internet Marketers. I even managed to interview Mr. Kevin Houchin, Esq. the attorney for Internet Marketer Extraordinaire Joel Comm on my podcast a couple of weeks ago.

Listen to the reply here: Internet Business Blueprint Podcast

If you heard the interview you will note that Kevin discussed a free webinar that he and Joel Comm would be hosting to address the primary questions that have arisen from the publication of these rules. In addition, the two have put together a set of tools to help you ensure that your websites, blogs, and sales pages are compliant.

These changes will impact everyone who markets online and specifically addresses income claims, testimonials, affiliate endorsement and actions related to these elements of marketing. One important point to note is that both the owners of companies and their affiliate are liable for the content that appears on their websites, blogs, and sales pages.

For example: “Even 100% TRUTHFUL testimonials and endorsements could result in a Federal case against you for DECEPTIVE advertising.”

Joel Comm and Kevin Houchin are hosting a free Webinar on Monday November 9th from 8-9 PM EST and I would strongly urge you to claim a seat to learn what you need to do to remain complaint.

Here is the link to sign up for the Free Webinar: SITE Compliant FTC Webinar

I would be interested in hearing your thoughts on this topic. The more I have learned about the far reaching impact and responsibility the more I realize that this is an issue that should be taken seriously. I have read blog post from many leading Internet Marketers and ask for your feedback and take on the changes which take effect on December 1, 2009.

Let’s engage in a conversation on this here!

I would love to read your feedback concerning this issue whether you see this as a BIG deal or not of much concern. Post a comment and share your thoughts.

Have a blessed day!

James

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Don’t risk it. Get The FTC Toolkit now! (I’m an affiliate)

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Today, I was joined by Com Mirza on the Internet Business Blueprint podcast. Com is a Serial Entrepreneur, Author, Consultant, Social Media Addict, Blogger, Networker, Video Addict, And The Lemonade Boy. He can be found on Twitter.com as (@TheLemonadeBoy). For the last 7 years Com Mirza has been actively involved in starting technology companies from scratch, building up the subscriber and revenue bases and selling them off to venture capitalists and companies. With a portfolio of over 20 Internet companies and partnerships with some of the greatest Internet entrepreneurs com is committed to starting, building and selling more companies and spends a majority of his time on his ventures.

Com Mirza

Com is also a part time author and has written 3 books, Mental Steroids, Bitten By Success, and Dreamer Businessman Humanitarian. In his spare time he likes to hang with his family, read like crazy, network with intelligent successful people, inspire people, teach, consult, challenge himself, help change the world, study personal development, peak performance, brain science, psychology, and business like crazy.

We covered a variety of subjects related to entrepreneurship and social media, you can hear the replay at http://www.JamesHolmesRadio.com (it is worth your time invested).

Here are a few notes from our conversation today:

Com on Failure

1. Have a personal support structure

2. Have a firm commitment to what you are pursuing

3. Access your personal support structure to create life balance

Com Recommends there ‘must have” social profiles

1. Twitter

2. Facebook

3. You Tube

4. Linked In

5. MySpace (although losing market share and mind share)

The Internet Business Blueprint podcast is a daily program designed to help anyone interested in Internet based entrepreneurship. Proving coaching, resources, and tools designed to help you establish and grow a thriving Internet based business. Guest and topics will focus on topics relevant to Internet marketers, network marketers, direct sellers and affiliate marketing professionals.

I would love to read your feedback after hearing the interview. Also, Com provides his personal contact information at the end for anyone who would like to learn how to turn lemons into lemonade!

Have a blessed day!

James

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