Hi ,

Welcome to this issue of e*Vision!
Volume IV - Issue 2004-03-23
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The e*Vision ezine is specifically focused on the online
marketing of information products. We hope you find the
information presented in The e*Vision ezine valuable,
and that it helps bring you online success.
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Hi ,

Just this past week I have completed negotiations to bring
you a special deal on a BRAND NEW Audio and Video Learning
System that will be announced to the public over the next
few weeks.
 
It's been created by a very good friend, and long time
marketing success story, Paul Barrs.
 
As an existing subscriber of mine, I wanted to bring you in
on a very *time limited* new-release special offer. It will
save you $100.00 and could help you make an Online income
of $50,000 - $100,000.00 this year!
 
Sound Interesting?
 
Paul has an *urgent* audio postcard waiting for you which
will explain all.
 
Click below (make sure your speakers are turned on).
 
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I want to keep this exclusive for my "preferred
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hands!) so, I've reserved a special "discount code"
especially for you. Use it today, and you'll save a huge
chunk of change.
 
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, your Coupon Code Number is "351246".
 
You will find the information on this page:
 
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The clock is ticking.
 
You've got just FIVE DAYS to review this ground breaking
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PS. This offer will expire in less than a week. Be sure to
listen to it immediately.
 
http://www.paulbarrs.com/qpp.cgi?adminid=13&id=480&pid=477

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Affiliate Alternative; Google Adsense - by Sharon Housley
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The Rise and Fall of Affiliate Programs Affiliate programs
were once a great source of online revenue, a savvy webmaster
with an eye for marketing could easily parley a site into a
money making machine with a little luck and effort. However,
the evolution and growth of the Internet has hampered the
growth of fortune making affiliate programs. Constant search
engine algorithm changes, along with the search engine's
clear distaste for sites participating in affiliate programs;
have made it a little more difficult to earn a healthy
affiliate revenue. An influx in the use of software programs
that terminate cookie tracking and privacy programs that
prevent webmasters from tracking referrers, have also
hindered the affiliate sales channel. While it is still
possible to make money through affiliate marketing, other
alternatives ought to be considered.

A Healthy Alternative or Supplement Google's Adsense program
allows approved websites to dynamically serve Google's pay-
per-click Adword results. This has become a popular
alternative and an effective revenue sharing program for
webmasters. Google's spider parses the adserving website
and serves ads that relate to the website's content. While
the Google's Adsense program still has some issues, they
are making efforts to improve it.

The website maintenance related to Adsense is very easy
and requires very little effort. Webmasters need only to
insert javascript into the webpage or website template.
The javascript calls the ad from Google and will ensure
that ads are served each time a visitor goes to the webpage.
If the visitor clicks one of the Adsense ads served to the
website, the website owner is credited for the referral.
The implementation, while simple, has its drawbacks.
Google dictates the format of the ads. Webmasters can
select from a handful of preformatted text boxes that
lack creativity. A recent improvement allows webmasters
to modify the ad boxes to resemble the website's color
scheme. Still, a far cry from some of the creative ads
webmasters are accustom to.

The example below reflects how the color scheme can be
modified to match the look of the website, but the ads
physically don't fit well into the overall website design.
sample modified to match sites color scheme:
http://www.hospital-software.com (scroll to the bottom)
Google determines the content of the ads that are shown/
Sometimes the ads are poorly targeted, and of no interest
to the website visitors.

sample of poorly targeted ads:
http://www.real-estate-supply.com

Adwords can be a great addition to a website, and when
well matched to the content the revenue stream from Google
is consistent and effortless.

sample of effective Adsense program:
http://www.police-supplies.com (scroll to the bottom)
http://www.small-business-software.net (scroll to the bottom)

Not that the Google Adsense program is not without its
Problems as the reporting provided by Google is lacking.
Google has not implemented any way to track multiple
sites that serve ads; they simply show the number of
ads served, the percentage of clicks received, and the
revenue earned each day. Google does not disclose the
amount of the revenue they share, what percentage of
the revenue they earn and what someone can expect to
receive for each click. Webmasters with multiple sites
will have difficulty determining which websites are
producing the money in the Adsense program.

With affiliate programs many webmasters implement a new
browser launch with each click off the site, Adsense
removes the visitor from the website and there is not
currently an option to launch the visitor into another
browser.

Early on Google implemented a filtering system that
allowed webmasters to prevent a specific domain's ads
from being served on the website. Ad blocking meant
that webmasters could prevent their competitors ads
from being dynamically served on their website.

Overall, adwords are great supplements to websites where
affiliate programs are either not performing or when
affiliate programs don't exist that target the sites
content.

Give it a Try Implementing and maintaing Google Adsense
program on a content site requires very little effort
and can often bring a steady stream of additional
revenue for webmasters. Consider supplementing content
and see what happens.


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Sharon Housley manages marketing for NotePage, Inc.
http://www.notepage.net a company specializing in
alphanumeric paging, SMS wireless messaging software
solutions. Sharon also manages the Software Marketing
Resource at http://www.softwaremarketingresource.com
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I've gotta tell you about a crazy piece of software that
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Take a closer look at http://www.i-ticker.com
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No portion of this publication may be reproduced
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Any contributed information contained herein.

I hope you've enjoyed this issue of the e*Vision ezine.
Please let me know if you have any questions, suggestions
or requests.

All the Best, until next time!

Tom Hua - Editor & Publisher
tom@UStoday.net
Hitech United Australia Pty Ltd
380 Johnston Street, Abbotsford, Victoria 3067, Australia
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