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New Membership Level at OnlineBizU.com -- Charter Pro Membership

I've created a brand new membership category at OnlineBizU.com, the Pro Membership.

This membership gives you exclusive access to the Automated Marketing Pro service. Automated Marketing Pro lets you set your income goals, your marketing goals, and then create your marketing strategies. Best of all, you receive a step-by-step outline the step-by-step process you should follow to implement the perfect marketing plan for your business.

And, you also get the following with this membership:

• 1:1 Accountability Partner: Weekly goal check-in every Friday via an online accountability form. I review every form that is submitted and give you feedback on your goals and accomplishments. Get weekly individual feedback on your progress.
• Open office hours access: Offered once a month on the third Thursday of the month 3-5 PM, U.S. Central (Chicago) time. Get your marketing and business questions answered on first come, first served basis. You can set an appointment, so there's no phone call jockeying involved.
• Member JV Forum: Seeking Joint Venture or Strategic Alliances? Share what you're seeking, and recruit JV and SA partners from this forum.
• And all the benefits of our basic membership, as well!

Best of all, if you join at our charter member rate of $57/month between now and Sept.7, you also get the following Quick Action bonuses:

For the first 10 new Pro Members ONLY -- Get a 20-minute 1:1 Marketing Strategy consultation with Donna.  Discuss any online marketing strategy you desire in this time frame.

For the first 25 new Pro Members Only -- Wordpress SEO Made Simple -- Download 10 training videos outlining how to optimize your Wordpress blog for the search engines.

For the first 100 new Pro Members -- 101 Traffic Tips Report ebook and 350 Social Media Tactics in 7 Reports, including Twitter, YouTube, StumbleUpon, Yahoo Answers, Digg, Linkedin, and Squidoo

If you're already an OnlineBizU.com member and want to upgrade, visit the OnlineBizU.com Member Discussion Forum to get your special upgrade price and link.

Can't wait to join? Subscribe now at:

http://www.OnlineBizU.com/ProCharterMembership.htm

Getting links from video and article submissions

Q:  I'm writing and submitting lots of articles and submitting videos to build links, but I'm only gaining a small fraction of that in links that are found by Google or Yahoo... Why is that?

Dan Hatcher
DanHatcher.com

A:  Hi Dan--

You may be submitting to video sites or article sites that have "no follow" links, i.e. the site is set up so that you don't get any linking credit in the search engines when you create a link back to your site.  Without more details about where you are submitting, it's difficult for me to say.

However, here's one thing you can do -- make sure that in the title, keyword and description features of each article and video site that you are using several keyword phrases by which you want to be found in the search engines.

And, in your resource (bio) box for your articles, be sure to include two hyperlinks -- one to link to your call to action, and the other as a keyword link back to your site.  In other words, if you want to get found on the first page of Google for the search phrase "Austin soccer," for example, you would need to include that phrase as a hyperlink in your resource box, and the hyperlink needs to connect to the appropriate page of your site.

And, here's a great online tutorial to help you with SEO and video:
http://techcrunch.com/2010/03/10/video-seo-top-google-search/

"People don't think in bullet points. They think in stories." Doug Lipman

Tweepi

Tweepi

I've been searching for a simple tool that lets me unfollow Twitter peeps who aren't following me. Why would you want to do this? Many are spammers or are just creepy or deadbeat users. And, with Twitter, I'm primarily interested in only keeping people on my list who value a reciprocal relationship.

Tweepi allows you to unfollow those who do not follow you back, 40 users at a time. All you have to do is allow Tweepi to connect to your Twitter account, and you can see exactly who those folks are. You can customize the info provided on these people to help you make an informed decision about whether they stay or go. Just be careful not to unfollow someone you would prefer to continue to follow (like someone who's famous or whose Tweets are relevant and interesting to you).

Tweepi also offers the option of adding more followers through their Geeky Follow feature, which is a simple utility for quickly following quality Tweeples based on their activity patterns. In other words, the most common way to find and add people with the same interests as you on Twitter is to find a popular

Twitterer under your topic and add people that follow these known users or communities. This tool attempts to help you filter these people - the geeky way, with numbers in a table - based on their activity and sociability.

Slim down your Twitter followers here.

"Life begets life. Energy becomes energy. It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich." Sarah Bernhardt

Labor Day Celebrations

Many of us in the U.S. are looking forward to a long holiday weekend, Labor Day weekend. For the first time in about 10 years, Eric will have this holiday off, and it's the first time we'll be able to enjoy it as a couple. I'm actually taking Friday off, as well, for a 4-day weekend. We don't really have any plans to do anything other than to hang out around the house and perhaps catch up on movie watching. We did our big grocery store trip last weekend, which means that we have everything we need for to cook out this weekend (I hope!). Eric can't wait to put on his Grillmaster hat and start the outdoor grill! :)

Happy Labor Day!