The past few weeks have been extremely fun and busy at My Wizard Ads, so this is a bit late in coming. However, I’m only going to leave you with a tantalizing bit of “news.”

There is an exciting new service that I will be lucky enough to preview (should be this evening). Of course, I will do my own due diligence to ensure it is a service that will deliver.

This new service (has the potential) for everyone to use (and is much needed) – from the website or blog owner to the affiliate marketer.

Keep your fingers crossed because even sight unseen, I’m excited! We shall see soon!

The other night I was watching the end of one show which lead into (obviously) the next. It was an “intervention” documentary and, frankly, after about five minutes or so I just had to turn the channel. However, those first five minutes were definitely eye-opening!

The segment of the show I watched featured an older man (family man) who was so far gone on pain killers and the like that he actually believed AND SENT information from emails we all tend to receive. You know (hopefully) the ones I’m talking about:

o The President of Country X is going into exile and needs your help stashing his billions. All you need to do is send your banking information so he can hide his money. Then when he’s safely out of the country, and collects, he’ll give you a nice fat bonus for having helped him out.

o You’ve Won! Somehow, though you never actually entered any contest anywhere, you are the grand recipient of a million dollars. All you need do is… well read the above.

The thing is… this guy BELIEVED all this! He’d already lost over $600,000 and was STILL doing it.

Of course the devastation on his family was tragic, and watching the guy was heart-wrenching. So that’s when I turned the channel. (I can only hope that putting the guy into rehab worked.)

But having watched even the small portion that I did served a purpose, at least for me. There are way too many scams out there, and even more people willing to believe just about anything.

Should you find a program that sounds legitimate, exciting or even just too good to be true, you do have resources at your disposal:
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As the year winds down, it’s time to start thinking and planning and implementing for the New Year. Ask yourself, “Wouldn’t it be great to actually be an info marketing wizard?!”

Let’s start your New Year out right, shall we? So much plain crap circulates around the net about making money online. The sad truth is that too many people actually believe it.

So let’s take a look at just three (3) – there are plenty more, trust me – myths you need to rethink:
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As you travel cyberspace it’s likely you’ve already encountered many possible ideas, products, programs, and suggestions on ways to make money using your internet connection. Most are too good to be true and it’s your job to weed fact from fiction. However, the FTC does have a few tips to help you determine “is it for real?”

In fact, during a trip to our local library yesterday, I picked up a handy single page guide from the Federal Trade Commission. This tiny guide discusses multi-level marketing. MLM, which is also called network marketing or matrix marketing, is a “way of selling goods and services through distributors.” The term “downline” is associated with MLM and is typically two or more tiers of individuals under one person.

You do need to know what the laws are within your own state (United States) or even country. When a business is built solidly around your need to recruit others to make the major portion of your income (versus the “product or service”) that’s when you step into the murky waters of “pyramiding.”

The pitfall of pyramids is
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It’s very hard to say this, but it does need saying. If your success online is a big fat zip, then the problem may be that you do not know what to choose – there are so many great sounding things out there, each promising the moon. These pages are carefully constructed to make you want in, and want in now.

The problem is, have you chosen the right one?

If you are new to being online, everything looks like it has potential; each appears to be “the one” so you hurry up and join.

The problem also is that had you taken just 24 hours to really investigate, you may ultimately have decided, “Nah, that’s not for me, I’ll keep looking.”

Very few people do there homework in the rush for those overnight riches that so many are promising you to be just a click away.

Take a hard look at today’s post over at Online Internet Marketing Strategies, it’s called Think Last Place Is A Bad Spot To Be In Think Again.

Read the message underneath the video very carefully. The gurus of today spent years building their reputations – for good or evil – and many others are not who you think they think they are…

I often marvel how seemingly on a whim, program owners recommend to their (often newbie) marketers to choose solo ads. Some may call them “standalone ads,” but in my industry we call them solos.

The trouble lies in that the newbie (and often the veteran) marketer hasn’t a clue how to write a compelling ad in the first place. They try to cram everything into a small space, leaving no room for the reader’s imagination and nullifying the sole purpose to advertising… to get the click to the website. Your website is your salesperson – the website should be geared strongly enough to close the sale for you.

Allow me, at this point, to digress just a bit and start with, the problem lies in that the program selections of some aren’t worth the time or trouble TO advertise.

In a heedless rush to “make that instant money online” people do tend to choose that which is not good for them. For money making downline, up 1, list needing programs, too often the new marketer has no list, no practice at writing, and no understanding that regardless of what that fancy page tells you, you are not going to get rich overnight.

Okay maybe, just maybe 1% of you might, but for the vast majority the slog is about to begin.

Which means you need training. You need to develop your writing skills. You need to understand what belongs in your ad and what doesn’t. And I do have just the resource for you.

On any solo page (and here’s a place to start), on the My Wizard Ads website, at the very top of the page I post an entirely free resource that teaches anyone willing to commit 25 minutes of their time, the way to learn how to write effective advertisements.

These 8 tapes, each about 2-3 minutes long, are designed to teach you the art of solo ad writing. And, with just a bit of imagination, you can take these same principles and apply them to a regular “classified” ezine ad.

I have much, much more to say, but let’s just start with that most basic of free resources talked about above. Teaching yourself will not only save you headaches, but also safeguard your wallet.

Please DO take the time to head on over to how to write an effective solo ad.

Til next time!