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Update (14 Oct 08)

Only three days to go and this is the last chance I’ll get to post before I leave so I just want to say a quick thank you to all the peeps at Stompernet (you guys make SEO a doddle) and, if you’re attending the Focus Seminar event this weekend, challenge me to a backgammon five-pointer.  If you win, I’ll agree to do a promo to my list without an affiliate link (assuming you have a suitable product).  Feeling lucky?

Update (23 Sep 08)

I’ve been advised that there are less than 40 places remaining.  If you haven’t yet booked your ticket and plan to attend, go to www.focusmarketingseminars.com.and register ASAP.

Focus Marketing Seminar UK | London, UK | October 17-19, 2008

For the third year in a row I will be attending the UK edition of the Focus Marketing Seminar.

“So what?”, you may ask.

Well, I believe this is a good opportunity to discuss the relevance of seminars to aspiring internet entrepreneurs, and whether “offline” events should be considered an essential opportunity, or a dire waste of time and money.

For once - you’ll be pleased to hear - I’m not to going to (more…)

I don’t want to appear rude, but I’m beginning to think that Stompernet are starting to lose it.

No, this isn’t one of those, “Guru X must have gone crazy because his product is so awesome and cheap and you should go and buy it now before he sobers up and starts charging millions of dollars” type of messages.

I’m seriously beginning to think they’ve just got a bit carried away with the whole thing.

Before you read on, (more…)

One of the perks of reviewing internet marketing and home business related info-products, is that I gain exposure to ideas that, ordinarily, I wouldn’t give the time of day.

Take, for example, the “domain brokering” industry. Previously, my knowledge of the concept was limited to a basic assumption that this was about buying domains low and then selling them high. Not that I’d ever given it a great deal of thought but, on the surface, this sounded like a lot of work, for little profit.

However, after reading “Domain Profit Guide” by Paul Gunter and Andy Shorten, I discovered that my presumptions were a long way from the truth. (more…)