http://www.bizoppsblog.com Avoid the scams, find out which Business Opportunities actually work Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:53:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Apologies to anybody who visited this blog over the past 24 hours as it was not working correctly. On doing a little detective work behind the scenes I found that for some unknown reason the database decided to empty itself which took the blog down for just over a day. Luckily I ... http://www.bizoppsblog.com/230/unexpected-24-hour-downtime/ This weekend just gone I spent down in Heathrow at the Focus Marketing UK Seminar which was organised by Pat Lovell and Sean Roach. I had a great weekend, despite a couple of low points - what kind of hotel closes their bar at 1am? I've just added a full review of ... http://www.bizoppsblog.com/224/new-review-of-the-heathrow-seminar/ Read through a few posts on this blog and you will soon discover that I like to attend a couple of internet marketing seminars a year. I really enjoy getting away for a few days to a hotel and mixing with other marketers. Although me and countless other marketers take seminar attendance ... http://www.bizoppsblog.com/215/what-to-expect-at-your-first-internet-marketing-seminar/ With only a few weeks to go, Pat Lovell and Sean Roach have finally announced who will be speaking at their UK seminar. The list so far is as follows: Armand Morin Les Eveneshen Adam Ginsberg Debra Thompson Roedl Alan Forrest Smith Mike Koenigs Brett McFall Dr. Mike Woo Ming Brian Kosobucki They've promised 14 speakers in total so please keep ... http://www.bizoppsblog.com/204/speakers-and-venue-announced-for-the-focus-marketing-seminars-uk-event/ A popular topic for discussion last year was the Lazy Lay System from "Bill Stratford". I've yet to be convinced that Stratford exists but that's not really important. What is important is: does the Lazy Lay System work? From November 2007 to June 2008 I tested the system and found that, despite some ... http://www.bizoppsblog.com/200/lazy-lay-system-results-from-the-new-season/ As somebody who has spent the last couple of years examining opportunities arising from expired domains, I feel confident that I can point out the glaring inaccuracies in Ewen Chia's $97 product which he has named "Expired Domain Empire". Domain name trading has become a bit of a hot topic recently ... http://www.bizoppsblog.com/191/the-un-truth-about-expired-domain-names-by-ewen-chia/ I've confirmed my train tickets for the trip to London to attend the UK Focus Marketing Event in October. The sales page hasn't been released yet but my ticket was purchased last October and I am raring to go. [Addition 22/08/08: A new page has been uploaded where you can see video ... http://www.bizoppsblog.com/187/the-uk-focus-marketing-seminar-countdown-begins/ The dates for the Focus Marketing Seminars UK Event have been released, but it is believed that many of the initial reports are incorrect. Several bloggers are reporting the event as beginning on Wednesday the 15th of October and running for 3 days, finishing on Friday the 17th of October. However, as ... http://www.bizoppsblog.com/184/the-focus-marketing-seminars-uk-event-october-2008-details-finally-released/ I just got confirmation today that I won an auction for a superb domain name - ben.me It was the end of what seemed like a very long saga. Back in June I first registered for the dot me "Landrush" at DomainMonster. This was basically a pre-launch where you could order the ... http://www.bizoppsblog.com/177/my-new-domain-name-benme/ This last week I decided I wanted to get entry into a conference room which was only available by signing up for a traffic exchange called "S.W.A.T. Traffic" and paying a monthly fee. I'm brand new to traffic exchanges so I'm learning as I go along but as I get 750 ... http://www.bizoppsblog.com/175/swat-traffic-exchange/