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FTC Advertising Guidelines are SERIOUS!

Frank Kern says, “the new FTC advertising guidelines released DIRECTLY AFFECT YOU!” So the Social Media Marketer, the affiliate marketer, small business owner and network marketer are IMPACTED by this ruling. Make sure you understand it.

I unfortunately understand this first hand. A well known network marketing company, Seasilver, got themselves in trouble with marketing claims and ultimately got themselves shut down by the FTC. This action by the FTC or lack of actions on Seasilver’s part to get compliant ultimately evaporated the business itself and my livelihood, as well as tens of thousands of people at that time. Not following the FTC advertising guidelines can RUIN business and lives!

Frank Kern recently was blogging about What it’s like to sued by the FTC and FTC Declares Shenanigans On All Kinds Of Stuff!

Now I experienced one level of running afoul of the FTC by way of the company I was a independent sales rep for the company that got themselves in trouble. Frank Kern himself was sued by the FTC. That is a whole OTHER level of a nightmare.

Here’s a piece of what Frank wrote about being sued by the FTC:

But here’s the point: IT DOESN’T MATTER. I believe that once the FTC even thinks you’re a bad guy, you’re screwed. You can technically even be “right” and still get into trouble.

The FTC is the FTC. Your best course of action is to try to be obnoxiously compliant with their regulations. If you get on their bad side, YOU WILL NOT WIN.

So you definitely need to take the time between now and December 1, 2009 to UNDERSTAND what you can and cannot do or use when it comes to your marketing. Get compliant. Plain & simple! Who wants to give an EXTRA $11,000 to the government? Or more? Be smart.

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So many people on Twitter have been asking me what is Quansite? Or what is the “secret society of the Quan”?

What is a “QuanSite”?

I’m really honored to share this with you. Quansite is coming October 13, 2009 to the general public.

Quansite, is the rebirth of the social media marketing platform I’ve been using for over a year called Blogi360 that the Social Networking Lifestyle website runs on. It’s a new media online marketing software and website hosting…plus so much more.

This Quansite system has been an integral piece to my social media marketing platform. I’m using it to build my website here as well has my Home Fitness Revolution site. Since early 2008, I’ve been using Blogi360 to run my sites.  This social media marketing platform is the backbone, the social hub of my social media marketing.

The masterminds behind Quansite are Coach Deb and JP Micek on Twitter their handles are @CoachDeb and @JPMicek. They built a fantastic social media hub to build your personal brand around or develop an entire sales tool around a new product, or even build out an exclusive community membership site. The array of social site building system tools is really for the serious business, not the casual dabbler in affiliate marketing. Quansite is designed for building a PROFIT-full business!

After much thought behind the decision of deciding on Quansite as the name, they said recently that “the Quan” in Quansite was inspired by the movie, Jerry Maguire. You know the movie. You remember the scene with Cuba Gooding Jr. don’t you? It’s all about the Quan! All the money, all the love…come on, I know someone knows that scene by heart!

If you need a refresher, here’s a collection of clips from the movie about “The Quan” (avert your eyes if you don’t want to see the scene where they are in the shower):

It’s ALL ABOUT “The Quan”

Here’s a great video where Coach Deb is talking about the Quansite Revolution:

What really impressed me, was a few weeks ago, Coach Deb was on a live broadcast with Mike Filsaime. And this is a guy whose story really doesn’t need to be told. Mike was more than impressed by the power of what is at your fingertips with Quansite. As simple as a push of a button.  The Quansite release will radically change the way people do business and use social media for business profits!

Now you can have this same powerful social media marketing engine doing the majority of the online marketing and social media work for you too with Quansite. I believe will be an incredible asset to your social media marketing projects. Provide the content: podcast, blog post, video and Quansite will do the rest.

JP Micek calls it “automagically”. LOL Man, I think that’ll end up in the dictionary one day. Automagically.

Without question, if you’re at all active on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, or any other social media site you’re going to be hearing a lot about this “Quansite Revolution“ in the weeks and months ahead.

Okay, okay…so:

What Is The Quansite Revolution?

Simply put, Quansite is an entire website marketing social media marketing system. Quansite is far more than just a blog platform; it’s a completely new social media marketing system that includes UNLIMITED sales pages, UNLIMITED squeeze pages, one time offers pages, your blog pages. That also includes video and audio streaming, social power bookmarking, video uploading as well as video and podcast distribution and all backed by a full tech team so you don’t have to worry about it.

Imagine that…

Never worry about having to find the latest plug-in to stop Wordpress spam or how do you undo the damage done to your blog with the latest plug-in. It’s worry free with Quansite.

Quansite does a lot of the WORK for you. I estimate that the Quan Site system saves me about 7-12 hours of work for me each and every week. And I’m probably STILL underestimating that number. What’s even more exciting is all the new stuff that Quansite is going to be released in the months ahead. The power that is working for me…has been optimized to maximize your exposure! JP Micek and Coach Deb Micek said on a recent video conference that they have even more things planned that will be coming on top of what’s coming by the end of the year! I can’t wait to find out what those are!

For me the BIG bonuses of Quansite/Blogi360 is I don’t have to be a techie or an expert on Wordpress! If you use Wordpress, Quansite blows it out of the water and in my opinion makes it obsolete!

Quansite saves you from tasks you shouldn’t be focused on as an affiliate marketer, network marketer, or small business like social bookmarking, SEO, where to find video hosting, etc etc.

Your focus should be on more important things…and Quan Site give you that time freedom and the arsenal to maximize your exposure and your bottom line!

Dump the time-wasting stuff forever and spend your time on those activities that produce the Quan! You’re up and running in minutes with Quansite.

JP & Deb are releasing Quansite to general public October 13th!

Check it out and see if want to Join the Quansite Revolution and be a “Secret Society of the Quan” Insider before you get left behind! I’ll be posting more information as I get it from them Deb and JP.

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Do you have a great social media marketing tip or tutorial about building business through social networking that you’d like to share with other people interested in building a presence through social media and social networking? If so, the Social Networking Lifestyle is looking for guest authors (and regular contributors) to create some incredibly valuable articles for the community.

You don’t have to be a blogger or have a website to write something. All you need is to want to share some information that will help other people live the life they want to.

Of course, you’ll also gain the exposure of our passionate and ever growing audience. You could even become a regular writer here.

It’s easy to submit an article to be published.

Just write up your article (between 400 and 1200 words is best), include a photo suggestion from the flickr Creative Commons pool and include a 1-2 sentence bio with a link to your website or blog if you wish.

Please take a look around the blog, and make sure you understand what the social networking lifestyle is about. Social Networking Lifestyle covers the social media marketing and social networking lifestyle for work/business, entrepreneurship, freelancing, work-life balance, and whatever it takes to help you achieve your ideal lifestyle through social media and networking online.

If you’re curious whether we would be interested in your article about a particular topic, feel free to send a one paragraph pitch about your story.

I can’t guarantee every submission will be published. I’m looking for the highest quality and most helpful content (I don’t even publish all the articles I write myself). Also, your article must be unique and cannot have been published elsewhere.

Thanks for taking the time to read this and I look forward to your submission!

~Timothy Carter

Send submissions to timothy[at]socialnetworkinglifestyle.com

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Are you tired of making a sale or two from affiliate programs or the hype for that hot new affiliate business doesn’t make big money for you? A TRUE residual income affiliate program is RARE. Building a home based residual income is truly the ultimate opportunity to build a solid stream of passive income for those of us not selling records, starring on TV shows or writing books. BUT…

There are literally hundreds of thousands of affiliate programs that claim they will give you the opportunity to earn residual income with ease. But when you are marketing a product that really isn’t consumable, consistently used or has a high reorder rate with enough money paid out from it that it’s worth the effort to gain new customers and fellow affiliates. So really, a residual income affiliate program is so rare you’re more likely to find a two-legged walking laptop!

Building a residual income stream from an affiliate program is virtually non-existent. Until I found Blogi360‘s residual income opportunity.

Blog i360 is one of my 3 residual income business streams while the others are fitness and nutrition network marketing. Blogi360 is the only affiliate marketing.

Actually, in over a decade of building home residual income and network marketing combined with affiliate marketing, I have found THE only real option of a residual income affiliate program and that is found with Blogi360. The residual income stream that is possible with Blogi360 affiliate program really is something that exceeds expectation, over delivers on the product’s impact for your business, which is impressive in its own right, and provides a true residual income opportunity vehicle that has a 100% monthly reorder rate with very rare attrition…which means more MONEY over the long term.

How is that possible? Read on…

Blog i360 provides people with an incredible platform to run their blog on. With a powerful array of tools that do much of the marketing work for you with the simple push of a button and develops into a search engine monster to rank your website/blog high on Google, Yahoo, etc. So your business, blog, product, opportunity gets the exposure it deserves. It is the easiest of all blog platforms to use, build, promote and grow.

In the 21st century, having a high performing blog is a MUST to do business, to build your product brand, to share the latest announcements for your residual income opportunity, and grow your personal brand as you continue to develop your network marketing residual income business. A blog is essential today and will become even more valuable to have in the months and years ahead doing business. Having the ability to maximize your time promoting your latest updates, product news, without having to be a techie on running your blog or submitting it to the top social networking sites is possible with Blogi360’s powerful blog platform.

You can start your own Blogi360 blog for just ONE DOLLAR ! Talk about an AWESOME offer for people to
experience the power of what this product will give their blogging and social media marketing.

So not only do you have a product that really ANY network marketer, home business builder needs and uses on a monthly basis, but will pay you residual income commissions for the people that you sign up!

The BLOG i360 Promotion Partnership Program is unlike any other residual income affiliate program available on the Web. It has three levels of residual commissions to reward partners so if you’re a real go-getter, you’re going to be VERY happy.

PLUS – you have the opportunity to make shorter-term BIG commissions too! When you promote and make sales on the *Tribal Seduction* or *Pushbutton Persuasion* home study programs, you can add another a serious cash infusion. The Tribal Seduction program sells as an automatic OTO (One-Time-Offer)
during the signup process. And it’s also available at it’s regular retail investment along with other business boosting courses.

*You will receive 20% to 25% ongoing, residual commissions of every BLOG i360™ membership you sell – as long as your referral stays a member!

*You will receive an additional 20% to 25% commission on each and every sale of the Tribal Seduction™ home study program your clients purchase.

*You will get an added 5% to 8% ongoing, residual commission from every BLOG i360™ membership that a member of my 2nd tier down line sells.

I won’t let the REST of the amazing ways Blogi360 will impact your business, your ability to build multiple residual income streams out of the bag…I’ll just let you learn more about it!

If you have the desire to not just make money online, but to create the cash flow that will support the LIFESTYLE you want — then you’re in the right place!

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A high traffic blog is really an important piece of your social media networking success. Prime examples are that are people like Darren Rowse of Problogger, Chris Brogan with his site, and Brian Clark of Copyblogger. The foundation of their success in social media is because they create quality content on their blog.

Build A High Traffic Blog Without Killing Yourself

Recently, entrepreneurial thought leader, Tim Ferriss of the 4 Hour Work Week fame, was recorded on video sharing on a wide range of topics, from posting frequency to blogging tools and community building. What I love the most about this 50 minute video was that he is sharing from experience in building his blog over the last couple of years. This is well worth the time to watch it. I’d love to read your feedback on what you learn from this.

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Problogger’s Darren Rowse is always being asked how to utilize blogging to grow business.

Below are 13 tips Darren shared on his blog that he tries to educate businesses and people who want to use blogging in their marketing game plan…and ultimately, learn to use their blog effectively!

1. Listen First, Blog Later

2. Know what you want to achieve

3. Be Useful

4. Be Personal and Professional

5. Don’t Be Afraid to Sell, but Don’t be too Salesy

6. Link, Link, Link

7. Establish a Rhythm of Posting

8. Avoid Ads

9. Determine your Comment Moderation Policy

10. Be Interactive

11. Integrate Your Blog with your Website

12. Finding Readers by Leveraging Your Existing Profile and Network

13. Mix it Up

To read this post in it’s entirely, you can head to Problogger and read, 13 Tips for Marketing Your Business With Your Blog. Take some notes or print it out. Good stuff!

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Welcome to the New Media Marketplace with the BLOG i360 system!

Ready To Unleash The Power Of Blogs in Your Business?

It’s been simmering below the surface for years and now this power shift has finally boiled over into simultaneous national recognition.

Like Goliath being slain with a lowly slingshot, the mainstream media (in the form of Dan Rather) came to the undeniable realization that they were no longer in control of information.

Within 30-minutes of that now infamous TV special on “60-Minutes II” broadcast bloggers were digging into the facts and questioning the validity of what had just been presented by the 42-year broadcast veteran. In less than one week, CBS admitted it could “no longer vouch” for the memos. And just weeks after the election, Rather announced his retirement and the blogosphere won another victory.

No matter what your political affiliation is, this incident is one very public example of the power of blogging. Blogging is quickly accelerating into a steeping, sloping growth curve of popularity and application. ABC News selected Bloggers as “People of the Year”, and Merriam-Webster declared “blog” its “word of the year.”

Putting the power of blogs to work for your business can have more an impact than you can imagine…and it’s easier than you might think.

It puts the power of information and the impact of influence in the hands of the “average Joe”. It makes instant publishing a reality regardless of your technical skill level. And it’s a business growth tool that the savvy small business owner can no longer afford to ignore.

The world’s oldest, most effective form of communication and marketing on steroids!

So why is blogging gaining popularity so quickly?  What’s the attraction?  And why is it so darn powerful?

The answer is quite simple when you consider history and human nature.

Blogging is an unstoppable technological force that exponentially multiplies the world’s oldest, most favorite, and most trusted form of information sharing — word of mouth.

Think about it.  Who do you trust the most to give you advice, recommendations, and information about opportunities, purchases, or choices?

If you’re like the vast majority of people, it’s the opinion of someone you know and trust. Someone who you feel is just like you. That type of trust comes from personal communication, social interaction, and the joining together of like-minded individuals.

Blogs and the blogging community deliver all that — and more.

Now is the time to master business blogging and put it to use for you! Do it before other proactive business owners step into your ideal niche and muscle you out of this primetime opportunity.

You can learn more about blogs and business blogging in particular at Blogi360

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