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Hi Everyone
Today I discovered Kiva, a marvellous method of helping people in other countries who are helping themselves. You can lend amounts as low as $25, making it possible for most people in western countries to help.
It is the world’s first person-to-person micro-lending website, empowering individuals to lend directly to unique entrepreneurs around the globe
Kiva’s mission is to connect people through lending for the sake of alleviating poverty.
http://www.kiva.org/app.php?page=businesses
The people you see on Kiva’s site are real individuals in need of funding – not marketing material. Read the rest of this entry »
Last Friday I heard about the World Internet Summit, which was being held in Melbourne for the three days, Sep 11th to 13th & I suddenly decided I would attend. I believe this is one of the best decisions I have ever made as the event can only be described as an internet marketers’ dream.
        Some of the speakers in Melbourne
There were no less than eleven internationally acclaimed and very, very successful internet entrepreneurs talking to us, all willingly sharing some of their best techniques and giving us tantalizing insights into what we could learn if we could become a student or protégé.
                    More of the speakers at the internet summit
It was a great opportunity to meet with other like minded folk, to discuss all the different areas of internet marketing that we have chosen and also to get new ideas, as these were generously exchanged.
                Some of the attendees and speakers
That’s me in the bottom left hand corner with Steven Essa. The fellow in the centre is Brett McFall, who along with Tom Hua, puts on this event several times every year in different countries. I was able to get a few words with Brett on the last day. (Click on the speaker icon if you can’t hear the audio).
Best wishes
Trish
What is Twitter?
Firstly, Twitter is a free service that allows users to publish short messages (called “tweets”) that are read by “followers” – people who choose to subscribe to your messages and have them delivered to their own Twitter home pages.
After you sign up, you join in by answering the question “What are you doing?” on the home page in 140 characters or less. The small number of characters allowed forces you to be concise and to the point. The home page is also where you read all the tweets written by the people you are following and you can reply to these if you want to.
When I first heard about twitter, I didn’t see any use for it, rather thought it would be a waste of time to read what other people are saying about themselves, their families, how they feel, what they’re wearing and whatever else they think is important, then I realised that Twitter was about forming relationships, just as all social networking tools were. So do I use it now? Yes I do, my twitter name is plfbus – I am still new to it, but am getting the idea now.
Is Twitter for you?
I’d say, think about why you might want to use it. Here are some of the different reasons I can think of and there will be a whole lot more that will occur to you I’m sure:
- to share common interests & ask questions of experts
- to follow the links to good resources & special offers
- to get feedback about other people’s experience with anything from a purchased program to how to get the baby to sleep
- to meet people in a special niche or just people generally
- to keep up with news, opinion and happenings in your field
- to get news of updates to programs you run
- to get general news, like from CNN
- because there’s buzz about it
- to keep people in your personal life updated
- to build business contacts
Thanks to Twitter I’ve been able to learn from, get to know better and have online conversations with many people I hadn’t heard about before. Give it a go – if it’s not for you, just delete your account.
Merry Christmas to all my Readers
To join in with the spirit of Christmas I want to share these titles with you and hope there will be something there you’ll find useful.
In the general category there are the following subjects:
- 10 Surefire Ways To Cut Down On Your Grocery Bill
- How To Generate Quick Cash In An Emergency
- Calling Wine Lovers Everywhere!
- Circulation Problems in the Lower Body
- 4 Steps to Permanent Weight Loss
- Perfect handbook for imperfect dog owners
- Pet Medical Recorder
For Internet Marketing Newbies:
- 21 Income Streams- Multiple Ways to Make Money Online
- Blogging On Steroids
- Super Affiliate Report
- Copywriting Automator
- Cool Easy Link Cloaker
- Free Traffic Secrets
- How To Make A Million Dollars With Joint Ventures
To claim any or all of them, please complete the form below with your first name and a valid email address.
You will be sent an email containing a confirmation link. Click on that and you will then receive another email with the link to the download page.
Wishing you all a safe and happy Christmas and a prosperous New Year
Trish
