“Think of this as the 2.0 version of our 2008 Internet Summit,” said Ken Smikle, President of Target Market News. “We added marketing to the title because we’re putting an emphasis on how the Internet and digital platforms reach the $800 billion African American consumer market. With the boom in social media, there needs to be more dialogue on how marketers continue to explore and use the hundreds of targeted digital media platforms available to remain competitive. The financial opportunities are too great to ignore — especially in this economic climate.”
For more information, see http://www.targetmarketnews.com/NetSummitNov09Info.htm

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The other day, I saw this and thought I would take a picture…. “Twitter Over Capacity”  wow.  What an amazing site…

But it does not surprise me since I can see Oprah tweeting, CNN tweeting about news stories and more…

How can they monetize this though?  Not exactly sure, but check this out…

Twitter Over Capacity

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Too many people these days may see the capitalistic shortfalls of men like Madoff….  Guys who rob, steal, and cheat.  However, in my eyes, his LOVE of money became the root of his evil  There is the other side of life with money, which shows that money can help one acquire the things that make his mind, body, and soul better.  Once these three are better, and in good and equal proportion, he or she is able to live his or her life to the fullest.  Agree or disagree?  Grab the book and let’s comment and talk about it!  The Science of Getting Rich by Wallace D. Wattles

Chapter 1

The opening paragraph may be enough to scare the average person away… but truth may reign.  It says, “Whatever may be said in praise of poverty, the fact remains that it is not possible to live a really complete or successful life unless one is rich.  No man can rise to his greatest possible height in talent or soul development unless he has plenty of mone; for to unfold the soul and to develop talent, he must have many things to use, and he cannot have these things unless he has money to buy them with. ”

Well, Money –>  Gets Things —>  Which helps to develop the mind, body, and soul.  VERY basic, and once you really assess it… believable. 

READ the full article here:  http://www.blackatlanta.com/home/?option=com_content&view=article&id=1455:the-science-of-getting-rich-chapter-1-review-and-reflections&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=124

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Google Shows MLK Love

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African Americans in Birmingham, AL will soon have BlackBirmingham.com as a source for News, Business, Entertainment, Events, and more!  The Birmingham-based website will focus on Birmingham, while using the success of its sister site in Atlanta, GA, BlackAtlanta.com.

BlackAtlanta.com is an award-winning website that has done advertising and promotional campaigns for small to super-sized corporations.  Representatives for BlackAtlanta.com advise that BlackBirmingham.com will be recruiting local talent to run and manage the site’s activities.

For the full article, click here

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The Charlotte-based website will focus on Charlotte, while using the success of its sister site in Atlanta, GA, BlackAtlanta.com.

BlackAtlanta.com is an award-winning website that has done advertising and promotional campaigns for small to super-sized corporations.  Representatives for BlackAtlanta.com advise that BlackCharlotte.com will be recruiting local talent to run and manage the site’s activities.

BlackCharlotte.com is an online property developed by BlackAtlanta.com & BlackInternetMarketing.com Owners!  Congrats to the team!

For the full article, click here

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In my post, Internet Marketing: Bringing Friends, Family, and $ Within Fewer Degrees, I explain how I met my cousin Kelvin on the internet. 

Many of you also know how I like to market weight loss products.  Although I did not utilize metabolic fat burners or metabolism boosters, sometimes, these are great options for some people to get their weight loss fire started. 

Tune in to the END of this post…. I will have some special suggestions for MEN readers, WOMEN readers… and yes… EVERY READER!

Well, as I describe how I met my cousin Kelvin in that article, I was reminded of our reuniting visit.  Kelvin posted the following picture on his Facebook profile…..  I was a tub of lard!  The holidays have been rough on my waist line… so this was incentive to start my workouts even harder!

This was almost 4 years ago….

Kelvin (left) Brandon (Right)

This was last summer…. and about 50 lbs lighter

Summer 2008: Kelvin (left) Brandon (Right)

Now… To Jump Start Your Weight Loss… I have something for EVERYONE!

1. 

Week10 Weight Loss

EVERYBODY:  My weight loss ebook.  Just plain old common sense on how I lost the weight with no drugs or medical intervention.  Just plain old fashioned hard work.  $7 for my story.  Let it inspire you to lose your weight.

• Learn where to match Your Body Type to your diet and workout plan
• Understand How to Get Free Exercise Charts Outlining Your Workout
• Learn how the number “3500″ is your key to weight loss or gain
• Understand the importance of Diet, Exercise, & Will Power in your weight loss plan
• Learn with mathematical certainty how calorie counts work to your weight loss favor
• How Drinking COLD water helps you burn more calories
• Learn that eating lots of small meals HELPS you lose weight

Go here now to get more information on my ebook!

2.  The MEN:  South Beach Acai…. Ok Ok Ok… That is a good one for Men and Women…. But I could not leave the fellas out!  In fact, a good friend of mine jump started his weight loss with South Beach Acai!  ( I can’t say he has abs of steel… yet) LOL, but hey, what can I say?  I did not either!

3.  The WOMEN:  Top Celebrity Trainer, Valerie Waters … (Trained beauties like Cindy Crawford and J-Lo!)  has a HOT Diamond Club to get you sexy slim Fast!  Click here

She is also the inventor of:  The VAL SLIDE!

Well, Thanks for checking out this post. 

Kelvin… Thanks for my Post Holiday Wake up call!

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We welcome you to CLICK HERE to go and join our Membership site.  Normally $12.99… but you get in for a 14 day trial of $4.99!

Here are some example titles that you will be able to download, use, and make money from!

CLICK HERE to go to join the BlackInternetMarketing.com Membership site.  Only $12.99 per month!

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SEO Traffic Sources

Analytics and determining all facets of what they mean are an integral part of improving web site experience and action conversions!  For non-commercial statistical packages, AWSTATS and Google Analytics are a regular and daily recipient of visits from me. 

I like AWSTATS, because it compiles its report based on server logs.  Google Analytics is a great swag also, even though it is estimated that 5-10% of site visits are not recorded accurately if site visitors have Javascript disabled.  Well, here or there, stats and analytics can vary across packages… even commercial!

At any rate, without getting too granular, the purpose of this post is to mention that you can do BASIC things such as Search Engine Optimization to increase organic positioning in Search Engines and thus, increase traffic! 

As you can see in the image above, the Blue Section Represents Search Engine Traffic to this blog.  I always try to optimize:

• Meta Keywords & Descriptions
• Title Tags
• Keyword Density

as any extra hits to the site, represents a possible new supporter or eventually customer…

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Some gurus for blogs, debate whether or not one should monetize before getting lots of anchor articles and content.  However, along the way, one must consider the fact that they still have a few bills to pay to break even.  With that consideration, we look to help people monetize their blogs and websites and show the following experiment. 

As can be seen in the following image, we customized our blog postings to show Google Adsense before and after blog posts. 

Pre and Post Blog Post Monetization

Adsense Click-Through Rate

• the Pre-article placement was important as we got no-click throughs for the Post-article placement.
• The high click through rate should still be compared to BOUNCE RATE… meaning that we want to monetize the click through, but also want our number of page views per visitor to be high. 

We will continue to look at this monetization.  We also believe that the second slot, after the article is an important placement, as blog readers, once they find a good article, read it to the end. 

What do you think about this strategy?  Have you used it and does it work for you?  Comment below

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