Articles by Mike Collins

1) Make Money Importing And Exporting As You Travel
running an import agency is a great money maker and you can even do it from the comfort of your own home on a part time basis. Obviously there are a few things you need to know before you can begin making money. You must fully understand the role of an import agent so you can truly decide if it's what you would like to do. An import agent acts as a go between, introducing foreign sellers and home... » read more

2) Seven Winning Ways With Fruit Machines
Playing fruit machines, whether in Las Vegas, you local funfair or your local bar usually results in you being the loser. Now you can tip the odds in your favor by following these seven simple tips to winning. You may not win every time but this will help to tip the odds greatly in your favor. 1. Always play at the right time: Playing at the right time is probably the most important factor in... » read more

3) Develop Your Own Super Memory
The main thing you have to do to develop a photographic memory is to learn how to retain information in a manner which makes it easy to recall. Then you will be able to recall every number, name, date or fascinating fact you ever heard or read. Learning is most effective if you study for periods of 20 to 40 minutes interspersed by regular 5 minute breaks. Then spend a couple of minutes reviewing what... » read more

4) The Secrets To Successful Networking
You must first decide who can help you achieve your goals and set up a networking meeting with the right people. You will very soon make the connections you need in order to get what you want. This may appear to be a little mercenary, but you must do this if you wish to succeed, list ball you friends, colleagues and business associates. Add notes to the list as to how they can help you realize your... » read more

5) Sky Rocket Your Confidence With These Easy To Follow Tips
always start by doing the things you are good at. Having a friendly conversation with a neighbor, playing a computer game or perhaps sorting the household accounts. Focus on the things you can do well, and congratulate yourself along the way. For example, I'm really glad I had that little chat with Bill, he was feeling a bit down and it's really cheered him up, I've foiled that alien invasion and saved... » read more

6) How To Improve Your Converversational Skills
The key to comfortable conversation is to relax. relax consciously by breathing slowly and concentrate on keeping eye contact with whoever is speaking at the moment.This serves to show your interest and your willingness to participate in the conversation, which pleases the other person who then feels involved with you, as they are now aware that they have got your attention. When you feel comfortable... » read more

7) Using Stress In The Work Place To Your Advantage
Planning you day and setting yourself small realistic daily goals is the first step towards making stress work for you instead of against you. It can be very helpful to look for small satisfactions during the course of your working day, achieving small goals and giving your self a pat on the back in the process can really change your day and have the effect of easing the workload, rather than just... » read more

8) Link Building Using Web Directories and Social Bookmarking
What is a web directory? A web directory is a collection of links broken down into relevant categories. Think Yahoo and their directory, or the Open Directory Project and even the Google Directory. At its most basic level, a web directory is a collection of bookmarks made available to the public. In other cases, like Yahoo, it is a professional resource for people actively looking for information. To... » read more

9) Seven Secret Steps, Taking You to Google #1 in Only Two Weeks
Anyone, and I mean anyone who has an online business now or is planning to start one in the future has to market their business in order to get the unique visits and convert them into sales. It stands to reason that if you don't get the sales you will go bust and your business will have failed miserably. This is regardless of the fact that you probably have the 'Greatest Business' the internet has ever... » read more

10) Utilizing Business Networking Sites to Promote Your Business
Joining a business networking site is paramount in promoting your business to like minded people, and although you can initially join for free I would advise you to take out a paid monthly subscription. Serach out the best and foremost business networking site online at the moment. It will enable you to build a massive network of like minded business types who you can promote your business to and in... » read more

11) Building Your List, The Art of Effective Email Capture
When ever you purchase a product online you no doubt had to surrender your name and email details in order to do so, and as such your details are now on a list. So, why would they want your details and what use will they make of them now and in the future. But let's look at your reasons for email capture, how you should do it, why you should do it, what system you should use, and when and how to follow... » read more

12) Articles, What to Write, Where and How to Post Them
The most essential step any business owner can take is to get your business recognized on the Internet, it may be your new business, it may be your current business; it doesn't matter. What does matter is that you become a household name, 'Brand Recognition'. To achieve this you need to start letting everyone know you exist. And the most efficient way to get that recognition is by writing and submitting... » read more

13) The Importance of Search Engine Optimization
There's so much rubbish spouted online regarding search engine optimization, why you should do it and how much people can charge you to optimize your site. I suggest; if you are building your own site, optimize it yourself, if you are having your site built by a tech company ensure they optimize your site for you at the time of construction, this will save you so much time, and for the time it takes... » read more

14) Free Advertising How It Should Be, And Not What You Expect
Free advertising has, until now, appeared for the most part, worse than useless. Put plainly, it simply doesn't work. It seems that even though the vast majority of available free advertising is viable, it will only be of value to you provided you are prepared to spend the extra time needed to make it work. Traditionally, if you utilize free advertising you must be prepared for the extra effort on... » read more

15) Search Sub Engine Revolutionises Free Online Advertising
Which ever way you look at it, the Internet has made an enormous impact on the World we live in, no more so than in the World of business. The Internet has gone from being originally an armed forces communications system, to a useless toy for geeks and finally to a worldwide sales and entertainment medium where you can purchase just about anything you can imagine. But if you're not one of the many... » read more

16) Are Search Sub Engines Changing The Face Of Free Advertising
It's always been a bit of a bugbear with me that all is never as it seems when it comes to so called free advertising. Having purchased and used various programs throughout the past four years I find it totally frustrating that very few of these programs live up to the hype on the sales page, and although truth isn't something you would expect to find online, it would make a pleasant change if just one... » read more

17) This Unique Discovery Relegates SEO To The History Books
Like vast amounts, maybe millions of website owners out there I have been trying with all the normal systems to enhance my search engine position and finally reach the prized first result for my business and its content. I am positive I am not on my own when I say that it is almost impossible to reach anywhere near the #1 result using the top search engine and I often feel as though I am rapidly getting... » read more

18) Discover Free Advertising and Promoting Your Business on a Small Budget
Advertising on the Web at one time relied almost completely on marketing by email. It was a very dollar friendly advertising method and ruled supreme for quite a long time. But as things and people progressed it was edged out beyond its uses and the result was spam. The fact is it rose to such an levels that governments throughout the world rushed to pass new laws outlawing many forms of email marketing... » read more

19) Free Advertising, The Complete Method I Used To Reach Google Ranked Number One Within Two Weeks
Reaching number one with the search engines used to be a distant dream for me. Many other businesses I have started, have failed miserably simply because I was unable to gain a position anywhere near the top with any search engines and so failed to drive any real visitors to my business. Recently I have managed to achieve this enviable position with both Google and Yahoo and the resulting traffic has... » read more

20) Utilising A Search Sub Engine To Promote Your Online Business
Online marketing, website promotion, traffic generation, whatever term you use to describe your advertising methods can be very cost inhibitive and in most instances a complete waste of your advertising dollar and your valuable time. So it is reasonable to assume that if you are involved in trading online that you will require above anything else, a cash friendly method of generating unique hits to your... » read more

21) Never Ending Struggle To Find Quality Free Advertising
I think lots, if not everyone of us have been in this position. Only a couple of nights ago I was helping my daughter with her after school work and as we often do we were browsing the Web to help with the studies and to hide my total lack of knowledge on the subject. For years now the Web has been a God send when guiding my offspring to complete their studies. It must be that the children are being... » read more

22) Accelerating Your Online Business Growth Using The Very Latest Free Advertising Methods
Free advertising goes hand in hand with the Internet. If you search Google for the term Free Advertising you will find some 288 million results. That's not just confusing, thats totally mind boggling. Where do you start, and more to the point how do you figure out which ones work and which don't. You try a few, you waste lots of time and energy and before long you stand the chance of being burned out... » read more

23) Discover Cost Free Advertising And Promoting Your Website On A Non Existent Budget
Advertising on the Net used to be all about email marketing. This was a very effective advertising medium and ruled supreme for many years. But as is the way of things and people it was pushed beyond its uses and the result was spam. The fact is it rose to such an extent that governments throughout the world actually passed legislation outlawing many forms of email marketing and the businesses operating... » read more

24) Free Advertising Using Search Sub Engine
Everyone and anyone involved in any form of online trading always commences each project by searching for free methods to drive traffic to their site and the latest method of driving truly targeted traffic is the Search Sub Engine and in particular Rotata. Search Sub Engines are the very latest form of free traffic suppliers, it's a very simple and familiar system to use and doesn't rely purely on... » read more

25) Free Advertising Finally Rises To A Whole New Level
The world and his wife are continually searching for new and innovative ways to advertise their businesses for free, so why does everyone still try the old ways when they know they quite clearly do not work. Email campaigns, FFA pages, click exchanges, traffic exchanges, buying traffic, free banner ads, come on you people, you know this is all a complete waste of time, yet you continue to do it. You... » read more

26) Search Sub Engine The Future Of Free Advertising
Free advertising methods on the Internet have taken a definite downturn in recent years and until now there has really been nothing in place that is effective, targeted and actually delivers on the promise of driving traffic to your website or business. We have all tried FFA pages and many business owners still use them regularly, but I ask you, why. Why would you continue wasting your time and your... » read more

27) Finding Cost Free Advertising And Promoting Your Website On A Small Budget
Promoting your website on the Internet used to be all about marketing by email. This was a very cost effective promotional medium and reigned supreme for many years. But as things and people progressed it was pushed beyond its useful boundaries and the result was spam. In fact it rose to such an extent that ruling bodies around the globe actually passed legislation outlawing many forms of email marketing... » read more

28) Free Advertising, Search Sub Engines And Your Marketing Dollar
Online advertising campaigns can be, and quite often are, expensive and innefective unless you have what can only be described as a mega advertising budget. Unfortunately for most of us, we don't possess such vast amounts of cash that we can comfortably throw at our advertising campaigns. So, it's of paramount importance that we squeeze every single cents worth from every dollar we spend. With... » read more

29) Search Sub Engine, The Essential Free Marketing Tool For Professionals And Newbies Alike
You've no doubt heard the term, familiarity breeds contempt. And I suppose you may be wandering where this fits in with your internet marketing and the results you either, do or don't achieve. With regards to Internet marketing, the opposite of the term, familiarity breeds contempt, is more like the norm. Most people, you probably included, and I have also been guilty of this, seek out one or maybe two... » read more

30) For Once Free Advertising Finally Delivers
I'm sure we are all familiar with the phrase ' the best things in life are free' It may apply to loads of wonderful experiences but it certainly doesn't apply to free advertising, at least not Online. That is until now, the best things online are now free and the best of all is the Search Sub Engine. What's that you said, a Search Sub Engine, what is it and how will it drive free targeted traffic to... » read more

31) Utilizing A Search Sub Engine's Free Advertising To Build Your MLM Downline
You've found the perfect business opportunity, it has a great product and the payment system is the best you have yet seen, you go ahead and enrole, you receive all the usual bumph and suddenly you find that you can't seem to move with it. You have approached your fiends and family as all Networkers should, some have taken you up on your offer, some haven't. You haven't got a list to promote to and now... » read more

32) Free Advertising Without The Spam
At the time of writing, I did a quick search of Google for free advertising and the results where amazing, 352,000,000, three hundred and fifty two million. So, where would you start and how could you be sure that you were going to get results without all the usual spam that follows. The simple answer is, you can't. There is no way that you can even try to use any of the advertising on offer without the... » read more

33) Using A Search Sub Engine To Promote Your MLM
Online marketing, website promotion, traffic generation, whatever term you use to describe your advertising methods can be very costly and in most instances a complete waste of your advertising dollar and your valuable time. So it is reasonable to assume that if you are involved in trading online that you will require above anything else, a cost effective method of obtaining unique visits to your... » read more

34) Search Sub Engine, The Essential Marketing Tool For Professionals And Newbies Alike
You've no doubt heard the term, familiarity breeds contempt. And I suppose you may be wandering where this fits in with your Internet marketing and the results you either, do or don't achieve. With regards to Internet marketing, the opposite of the term, familiarity breeds contempt, is more like the norm. Most people, you probably included, and I have also been guilty of this, seek out one or maybe two... » read more

35) Search Sub Engines And Your Marketing Dollar
Online advertising campaigns can be, and quite often are, expensive and ineffective unless you have what can only be described as a mega advertising budget. Unfortunately for most of us, we don't possess such vast amounts of cash that we can comfortably throw at our advertising campaigns. So, it's of paramount importance that we squeeze every single cents worth from every dollar we spend. With... » read more

36) Marketing Techniques Using Search Sub Engines
Using a brand new and different type of advertising medium for the first time can often seem a little daunting and even occasionally cause people to actually shy away from what could be an excellent addition to their marketing portfolio. The search sub engine is one such brand new method of advertising your website, affiliate scheme, mlm, and blog. It's a relatively simple process to list your... » read more

37) Using A Search Sub Engine To Promote Your Online Business
Online marketing, website promotion, traffic generation, whatever terms you use to describe your advertising techniques can be very costly and in most instances a complete waste of your advertising budget and your valuable time. So it stands to reason that if you are involved in trading online that you will require above anything else, a cost effective method of generating unique visits to your website... » read more

38) Advertising Breakthrough, Internet's First Search Sub Engine Goes Live
The long awaited launch of the Internet's very first search sub engine is upon us and from midnight GMT on March 7th 2007 you will have a fantastic, new, and innovative way to advertise your website regardless of the size your advertising budget or the current popularity of your website or product. The search sub engine is about to set new standards of Internet marketing with the innovative method it... » read more

39) Advertising Your Website Or Promoting Your Affiliate Scheme
Discover the one thing the Internet millionaires don't know about and you will have found the golden fleece of online marketing A brand new shining example of how to finally get your site seen and finally make some serious money from your products or affiliate scheme They said it couldn't be done, all the so called gurus assured me it was impossible, it wont work. Well, the proof is in the pudding... » read more

40) Its Not Often That Changes Apply To Everyone, This Is One Of Those Rare Occasions
Every now and then something comes along that is destined to have a profound effect on our lives, and in this instance the way we use the Internet. You are fortunate to be able to witness this fundamental change and be in the enviable position to make the best possible use of this advance notification from the outset. The way we use the Internet has changed very little since its original conception.... » read more