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Capital Punishment: How Money And Power Reshapes Societies

In a capitalist system, money is inextricably linked with power – the more money you have, the greater influence you wield.

In particular, purchasing power can become political power when the wealthy use their resources to assume positions in the corridors of influence through attending elite private schools, exclusive social clubs, or networking events where they can form connections with other monied interests.

The wealthy can also attain political control by either bankrolling those already in power who hold opinions favourable to them, by using expensive PR and marketing campaigns to shift public opinion in ways which suit their interests, or by forming pressure groups to influence politicians directly, among any number of other methods.

There are many different names given to this phenomenon – corporate lobbying, nepotism, corruption, cronyism, ‘the old boys club’, bribery, sleaze – and lots more, but all of these terms describe the same behaviour.

Namely, those with substantial levels of wealth are able to leverage these resources to shape societies in ways which fit their interests.

A prime example of this comes in the examples of the Koch brothers and the Mercer family.

Charles and David Koch are American billionaires and the primary owners of the second largest privately held company in the United States.

Since 1953, they, their family members, and several other extraordinarily wealthy donors have spent many hundreds of millions of dollars (probably even several billion dollars) on setting up think tanks and political action committees to pursue the Koch brothers’ political agenda of deregulation, low taxation, reduced environmental protections, and more.

Meanwhile, the Mercer family have also been major funders of right-wing publications and think tanks in the USA such as Breitbart News, the Heritage Foundation, and the Cato Institute – among scores of others.

On the other side of the political spectrum, the Hungarian billionaire George Soros founded the Open Societies Foundation and is thought to have donated over $32 billion to this organisation since its inception. Due to the Open Societies Foundation’s support and aid for refugees seeking asylum in Western nations, along with its lobbying for pathways to citizenship for illegal immigrants in the USA and other countries, George Soros has become a villainous figure for much of the European and American right-wing.

‘The Strong Will Do What They Have The Power To Do, And The Weak Will Accept What They Must Accept’ – Thucydides, The Melian Dialogue

The theme of those with financial power using it politically to further their own interests is sometimes combined with military power.

Consider the example of the United Fruit Company. Before WW2, the United Fruit Company was able to establish highly lucrative operations throughout Latin America due to the dictators of these nations guaranteeing them an advantageous business environment through such measures as repressing labour rights, offering tax incentives, and providing land grants.

Then, in 1944 United Fruit began experiencing difficulties in Guatemala – one of their most important bases. The Guatemalan President, Jorge Ubico, a dictator closely aligned with US interests and an enthusiastic supporter of the United Fruit Company, was deposed in a popular uprising.

Over the next 10 years, several of the Presidents to follow Ubico enacted land reform measures which returned vast swathes of land owned by United Fruit back to the Guatemalan people.

By 1954, the United Fruit Company had seen enough, and heavily lobbied the American government to take action. Partly due to the fact that several of US President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s staff had ties to United Fruit, they were only too happy to oblige.

As a result, the CIA orchestrated a successful coup in Guatemala which deposed the elected President and installed another dictator who was more amenable to American interests. What followed was four decades of brutal civil war between Guatemala’s dispossessed poor and a succession of US-backed dictators, which left 200,000 civilians dead.

In March 1999, US President Bill Clinton finally apologised to the Guatemalan government for the atrocities committed by the American-backed dictatorships, saying that ‘for the United States it is important I state clearly that the support for military forces and intelligence units which engaged in violence and widespread repression was wrong.’

However, Guatemala was by no means an isolated case. The trail of destruction and bloodshed which the United Fruit Company – together with their powerful allies in government and in the military – left across a series of Latin American states is almost staggering in its scale.

Not So Long Ago, Not So Far From Home

Examples of corporate interests becoming political and military interests too are by no means confined to little-considered Latin American states in long-gone decades.

For instance, over several years in the late-1960s to mid-1970s, individuals from the British security services, senior ranks of the military, and well-connected political circles, covertly plotted to overthrow Harold Wilson, the elected Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and install in his place a coalition government of their choosing.

To most, such a conspiracy sounds extraordinary, but confirmation came from MI5 whistleblower Peter Wright, who outlined the plot in his book Spycatcher, which on its release in 1987 was banned from publication in England.

Others who have verified accounts of the plot against Wilson include Hugh Cudlipp, the former editor of the Daily Mirror, and the former intelligence officer Brian Crozier.

It is thought that the conspirators had a specific individual in mind to lead this unelected government – none other than Lord Mountbatten, a relative of both the Queen and Prince Phillip.

As Patrick Sawer, a Senior News Reporter at the Daily Telegraph has written:

Lord Mountbatten came dangerously close to leading a cabal of industrialists, generals and tycoons plotting a coup against an elected Labour government… The 1968 plot was designed to replace Prime Minister Harold Wilson with a coalition government to bring the country together, during what Mountbatten and the conspirators regarded as a time of national crisis.

These events were featured in Season 3 Episode 5 of the TV series The Crown, which was appropriately titled ‘Coup’.

A similar plot was hatched in the USA in 1933.

After the election of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who had pledged to abandon the gold standard and enact a raft of left-wing economic policies which became known as the ‘New Deal’, magnates behind huge corporations such as Chase Bank, Standard Oil, General Motors, Goodyear, Dupont, Heinz, and others, conspired to recruit a private army of up to half a million military veterans to overthrow Roosevelt’s government and install a fascist leadership in his place.

This became known as the ‘Business Plot’, and the conspirators approached Major General Smedley Butler – a 34 year veteran of the US Marine Corps, who at the time was the most decorated marine in US history – to lead their private army.

However, Butler had become disillusioned by his experience in the US military, and not only did he refuse to participate in the plot, he testified about it before the United States House of Representatives in 1934.

Despite Congress concluding that they were ‘able to verify all the pertinent statements made by General Butler’, no-one was ever prosecuted, nor were any of the main figures accused of involvement in the plot called to testify before Congress.

Shortly after, in 1935, Smedley Butler released a book entitled War Is A Racket – the summary of which reads:

War is a racket. It always has been. It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives. A racket is best described, I believe, as something that is not what it seems to the majority of the people. Only a small ‘inside’ group knows what it is about. It is conducted for the benefit of the very few, at the expense of the very many. Out of war a few people make huge fortunes.

More recently, the sequence of events which saw Dick Cheney be Chairman and CEO of the American oil company Halliburton between 1995 and 2000, then become United States Vice-President in 2001, followed by Halliburton then receiving a $7 billion contract in the run-up to the Iraq war which only they were allowed to bid on, is unlikely to be coincidental.

Furthermore, in his autobiography, the former Labour Home Secretary Robin Cook wrote about the overly close relationship that the British defence company BAE Systems enjoyed with the highest echelons of the UK government, and how they would benefit from this cosy connection.

Cook stated that ‘The chairman of BAE appeared to have the key to the garden door to Number 10. Certainly, I never knew Number 10 to come up with any decision that would be incommoding to BAE.’

As a final note, in 2006 an arms deal between BAE Systems and the Saudi Arabian rulers was being investigated by the UK’s serious fraud office for possible corruption, but following pressure from Sir Sherard Cowper-Coles, a former British Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, the investigation was dropped.

Five years later, Sir Sherard Cowper-Coles was appointed International Business Development Director for BAE.

COVID-19 And The Brave New World

It has been well documented that during the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, many billionaires have increased their wealth while most ordinary people have seen their incomes decline or their jobs disappear completely.

For example, the BBC reported that ‘billionaires have seen their fortunes hit record highs during the pandemic’ while also noting that ‘a World Bank report showed extreme poverty is set to rise this year for the first time in more than two decades’.

Meanwhile, USA Today stated that ‘the COVID-19 pandemic has triggered an economic crisis of a magnitude not seen since the Great Depression’, before continuing to say that ‘over a roughly seven-month period starting in mid-March, America’s 614 billionaires grew their net worth by a collective $931 billion.’

In truth, income inequality across much of the world had been rising for decades before the emergence of COVID-19, and in recent years the populations of many countries had reacted to these increased inequities by supporting a range of populist politicians who portrayed themselves as ‘outsiders’ railing against a corrupt ‘establishment’.

In the UK, the foremost figure to play this role was Nigel Farage, while others such as Jeremy Corbyn and Boris Johnson depicted themselves as brave combatants fighting against an out of touch and uncaring political elite. It is also not difficult to interpret the victory of the Leave campaign in the 2016 Brexit referendum as a vote against the British political establishment by those who had felt marginalised, ignored, and undervalued by mainstream politicians for a number of years.

In other countries, this wave of populism found its figureheads through individuals such as Donald Trump in the USA, Marine Le Pen in France, Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil, Sebastian Kurz in Austria, Narendra Modi in India, Geert Wilders in the Netherlands, Beppe Grillo and Matteo Salvini in Italy, Recep Erdogan in Turkey, Viktor Orban in Hungary, Rodrigo Duterte in the Philippines, and Volodymyr Zelensky in Ukraine, among others.

As all these populists rose to power even before the substantial upward transfer of wealth from ordinary people to the billionaire class which occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic, the question must now be asked – what will happen next, as people all over the world react to a such a rapid and significant increase in inequality, on top of what they have already experienced?

Where Do We Go From Here?

If public anger rises further due to the existing income and wealth inequalities being deepened still more, then it is not difficult to envisage the wealthy, elite classes becoming spooked and fearful of what may happen to their resources.

As a result of this, it seems logical to suggest that elites will retreat to lavish, heavily guarded enclaves even more than they already have done – perhaps existing in some kind of ‘billionaire city’, where extreme wealth is a prerequisite for entry, and where connections to the world outside are minimal.

A prototype for this kind of settlement can perhaps be seen in the example of Monaco. A Principality with a population of 38,000, one of the conditions for becoming a resident is to open a bank account in Monaco and deposit at least €500,000 in it.

Taxes in Monaco are almost non-existent, and it has the largest police force in the world – both per capita, and per square metre – plus there’s a 24-hour video surveillance system in place which covers the entire surface area of the Principality.

Monaco also has the second-highest GDP per capita in the world, beaten only by Liechtenstein. Interestingly, the only other two nations to have a GDP per capita in excess of $100,000 are Luxembourg and Bermuda, both of which are also regarded as refuges and tax havens for the ultra-wealthy.

The vast majority (i.e. over 75%) of Monaco’s residents are foreign-born, as wealthy individuals (including celebrities such as Lewis Hamilton, Novak Djokovic, Bernie Eccleston, Shirley Bassey, and Bono) move there to enjoy the tax benefits and other lifestyle advantages.

Monaco also has a poverty rate of zero, meaning that none of its population live below the poverty line, while its residents also enjoy the highest life expectancy in the world.

It’s not surprising then, that for these reasons and more, Monaco is known as the “Billionaire’s Playground”.

If public anger at rising levels of inequality continues to increase over time, and is bolstered by the substantial gains that the financial elites have made during a global pandemic which has severely impacted hundreds of millions of people across the world, then it is not difficult to imagine more Monacos being established in all corners of the planet, where the wealthy will flee to in return for guarantees of minimal taxation and heavy security – effectively cutting them off from the discontented world beyond the nation’s borders.

Automation, Disinformation, And Militarisation

In the background to all this, technological change continues at pace.

The rise of the robots means that more and more jobs than ever before are being automated, and scientists predict that in the next few decades alone hundreds of millions of people around the world will have their jobs automated out of existence.

As a response to the vast, incoming tidal wave of job losses and entire career pathways ceasing to exist, some seemingly utopian policies such as a four-day workweek and a Universal Basic Income (UBI) have been suggested by a range of academics, politicians, and businesspeople from a wide variety of political schools of thought.

The specified goal is to ensure that the huge numbers of people who will see their job roles either diminish or disappear completely due to automation shall be given the basic resources needed to survive and craft a meaningful life for themselves.

However, given what we know about the propensity for monied groups to either campaign against policies which do not fit their best interests, to flock to parts of the world which will not pursue those policies, or even to engage militarily against the ordinary working populations, why should we be so sure that the business and financial elites will not flex every bit of muscle they have to guarantee that they and they alone benefit from the enormous gains in productivity which automation will provide?

What are the chances that, instead of embracing UBI and the four-day workweek, these elites use every tool in their armoury to keep as much as possible of the added value generated by automation for themselves, at the expense of the general population?

Some methods the elites could use include passive measures, such as lobbying politicians, funding think tanks, or creating UBI and four-day workweek trials which are ‘set up to fail’, so they can then be used as ‘evidence’ to shape public discourse.

More active measures could also be used by the elites to protect and enhance their advantages. As we have seen, using military means to accomplish this has not been beyond them before, so it should be assumed that it is something they may be willing to do again.

This conflict between the interests of the general population and the interests of elites when it comes to the issues of automation and technological advancement, and of how this scientific progress could be used to benefit either group (or both), was addressed by Bill Joy, the Founder of Sun Microsystems, in an article he wrote entitled ‘Why The Future Doesn’t Need Us’.

In it, he stated that:

Control over large systems of machines will be in the hands of a tiny elite-just as it is today, but with two differences. Due to improved techniques the elite will have greater control over the masses; and because human work will no longer be necessary the masses will be superfluous, a useless burden on the system.

If the elite is ruthless they may simply decide to exterminate the mass of humanity. If they are humane they may use propaganda or other psychological or biological techniques to reduce the birth rate until the mass of humanity becomes extinct, leaving the world to the elite.

Or, if the elite consists of soft-hearted liberals, they may decide to play the role of good shepherds to the rest of the human race. They will see to it that everyone’s physical needs are satisfied, that all children are raised under psychologically hygienic conditions, that everyone has a wholesome hobby to keep him busy.

‘Power Concedes Nothing Without A Demand. It Never Did And It Never Will’ – Frederick Douglass

At this point, it is more than ever worth remembering the example of the Industrial Revolution, which began in the 18th Century.

As machines and mechanical tools revolutionised factories and how goods were produced, vast increases in productivity were attained, and the GDP of industrialising countries rose sharply. However, at this time working in a factory was no easy task. Workdays could be up to 16 hours long, workweeks usually involved working on 6 days out of the 7, and child labour was common.

Over the following decades, as the ordinary workers better understood the enormous added value their endeavours had a part in producing, they began to demand a fairer share of this additional value, so they could work less hours in better conditions and receive higher wages for it.

It took time, but their efforts were successful.

For example, in the UK a series of ‘Factory Acts’ was passed, which gradually reduced working hours, improved working conditions, and limited the amount of hours children could work.

Eventually, across much of the world (though by no means all of it), the 40-hour workweek became the standard schedule, while child labour was greatly reduced or banned outright, and legislation passed to ensure workers had adequate conditions and protections while doing the job.

Now, as we approach the age of automation which some have described as being like another Industrial Revolution, it is likely we will again see the same debates regarding working hours, wage levels, and employment terms which dominated the original Industrial Revolution.

Accompanying them this time will be discussions around other issues such as UBI, the 4-day workweek, and many more.

The outcome of this coming age of automation will be uncertain for some time to come, but it is important to note that whatever your feelings on this issue, or however interested or disinterested you may be in these topics, you will almost certainly be affected by them in the not too distant future.

Therefore, it is perhaps best to engage yourself in these matters, before they engage themselves with you.

How Can I Make Money During This Recession?

How can I make money? That is a common question during this recession. But people like to make extra money or better money in the best of times. But during a recession, it is a serious matter indeed. I was born in 1932 which was the worst year of the depression. As I remember so was the next year and the next. It really didn’t end until the economy of WWII started to kick in. Nobody knows when this one will end even though it is “officially” over. With the deficits maybe never.

To answer the question, “How can I make money?” I have tried to break it down in to a few general categories as follow:

Find a Job

The immediate way to gain or increase income is to get a job, or a better job, or an extra job. I notice on sad stories on TV that many have two or three jobs. These are usually low-paying jobs that don’t quite bring in the bacon. Usually the person lost a good high-paying job and then had to take what he or she could find to support the family and to pay off all those bills created when times were “good.”

If you need a job learn this: Most all jobs are obtained through contacts. So to answer your question, “How can I make money?” then renew your contacts and make new contacts. For example you might call an old friend and tell him that you are out of work. Ask if he knows where you might find a job. Ask if he can help you. Then till him to let others know you are out of work and would appreciate any help he might give you. Ask if he knows a person who might be able to help you.

I am not going into the details of obtaining a job but I will list some thoughts on the matter:

1.You need an appointment for a job interview. Say you write a note to a manager you know in a local company. Ask for an interview. In your letter give some details of your educational details and employment background but mainly say how you think you could help the company if you were employed. Always give a phone number where you can be reached. Ask in your letter for the person to call you at the number for further discussion and to set up an appointment.

2.Have a resume. That is were the nitty-gritty goes. But be careful what you write. Don’t put things in there that would not be discussed in a business-like interview. Keep your religion and political activities out of the resume. Also, your hobbies are not that interesting. The purpose of a resume is to focus on the job you are trying to obtain. If you are looking for work in more than one area, then you need more than one resume. Give your vita (birth date, etc.) and contact information, the job you are applying for, the experience you have in that area, your education, any publications and activities in organizations that support your request.

3.Even if you go to an interview for a construction worker, dress like you are going to church right after the interview. Make sure you are shaved if you are a man, have your shoes polished, and that your tie is straight, not gaudy, and that you shake hands with a firm but not too-strong grip, and that you have a big smile on your face.

4.During the interview, listen carefully to what is being said. Pickup on things you can elaborate on. Avoid areas that are not of interest to the interviewer. Be enthusiastic but not overly so.

5.Ask for the job. Don’t start off asking about the salary before you get the job. Even then wait for the offer before you respond.

There are many resources to help you improve your chances of obtaining a better-paying job. Go to your library and search the net. Resume formats are readily available. Also don’t neglect employment services in your areas including resources your church or club might have available. Spread your wings!

Start a Local Business

Many new businesses are started during recessions. People are desperate to get something going. The self-reliant rely on there own skills or expertise.

There are many resources to help you get started in a new business. First start by talking to your banker. Ask him if he knows of business start-up opportunities in your area. Are there business that you might be able to take over?

Go to your local colleges and university and talk to people who are assigned to help small businesses. Talk to your Chamber of Commerce and local business clubs. Most important, talk to other business owners. Tell them that you are thinking of starting a business and ask for pit-falls to watch for, how to get financing, how to choose a location, what local business cost are, how he got started, what help he received on start-up, and let him do most of the talking. Who does he know that could help you?

Once you have decided which business you would like to start, write a business plan. Your local resources will help you prepare it. Some colleges and organizations offer classes to help you get going. These are usually taught by retired business people who know what they are talking about. One you have your plan, have your banker look it over. Ask your banker for help with financing. The Small Business Administration may insure your loan. To get such a loan, start with your banker.

In your business plan, state the objectives of your business in regard to your suppliers, your customers, and the community. Describe what you plan to provide to your customers including good service. Your business plan should not only discuss products, manufacturing, and financing but also how you are going to promote your business. After all is said and done, you must get customers in your door. After you get things going, you may want to offer products and services on the Internet but don’t get the cart before the horse.

Work at Home Using Online Sources

The question, “How can I make money?” is loved by Internet gurus. They make millions every year by providing get-rich-quick schemes that don’t work. Most all Internet marketers I know have been scammed in this way. But scams are rampant in all kinds of businesses so you must be vigilant. You can always check out a program on the Internet if you think it is scam. Just remember that if you put “Is the Joe Blow plan a scam,” Joe Blow himself will be in there still, trying to sway you. Look for an independent review who link does not lead to Joe Blow’s landing page because the writer is an affiliate of Joe Blow.

Remember that if you are going to be an Internet marketer that Joe Blow is your competition, not your friend. He will bleed you dry. He first give you a gift. That puts you on his mailing list. Then he sells you his scheme. You find the scheme does not work. He sells you additional products that are sure to work but don’t. Then he offers to mentor you on a personal until he has your last penny.

Although many folks go into Internet marketing, most fail. The reason is that it takes training to become an Internet or affiliate marketer. The process is free for the most part. You need a web page and an affiliate link. Free methods of marketing are available but most marketers use article writing. You can get your affiliate links by the dozens at no charge at Click-Bank, Commission Junction and other such sites. It’s all about traffic and pre-selling. Here is the process in a nutshell:

1.You decide what areas or markets to enter based on your knowledge and experience.

2.You make sure the markets you select are producing income to Internet marketers. To do this, you find keywords that people are searching for by using a keyword tool of which there are several good ones on the Internet. You see how much advertising is paid out for each keyword, how many visitors there are, and how much competition there is.

3.You choose products to promote. You make up an information page on the keyword subject. You do not try to sell on this page. You just try to warm the reader up so he will click on your affiliate link. If the keyword is “fishing for trout,” then you must give relevant information on fly fishing. You put your link at the end of the article. It might say, “Click Here for information on great fishing lures that I use myself.”

4.You write an article about fishing and in your resource box you link to your web page. You promote your article on your blog and on social sites and in emails.

5.You give something away on your web page. To get the free item the reader leaves his or her first name and email address. You use a code from Aweber or such that provides the free product, and then sends scheduled emails to the reader about fishing. You suggest your products in your emails.

It takes more training then I have given you here, but you have the idea.

Conclusion

This article is too short to give definitive answers to the question, “How can I earn money,” but I hope I have given you an idea of things you can pursue.

Good Hunting!

Fly Old Glory!

Make Money Online

In today’s economy a lot of people are wondering how to make money online. The secrets to making money online are the same as making money in the “real world”: Hard work, creativity, innovation and knowledge. The Internet is the real world, it just has some aspects that allow a person of lesser means compete with people with much deeper pockets. That is its biggest draw.

Hard Work

Perhaps the biggest myth to making money online is that you don’t have to work hard. This is far from the case. In fact, in the beginning you might be working harder than you are now. Most people who succeed online do so by working very hard work at whatever project they are doing online. They did not just put up a website and sit back and wait for checks to flow in. They worked hard to get their businesses off the ground and were rewarded for it. A person who wants to make money online will have to commit several hours a day at least and lots of sweat equity to the project. If you’re not prepared to work hard forget about making money online. You have a chance to make a good deal of money online but you do have to earn it.

Creativity

The people who make the most money online are those who come up with new ideas and concepts. Whether it’s SEO marketing, blogging, selling through Twitter whatever somebody had to create it. The biggest fortunes will be made by those who are willing to create something new and work hard at it. This has been the case in the “real world” for some time. It was Bill Gates who decided the PC need a new operating system Now he can give away billions and not miss it. The same creativity takes place now on the Internet.

Innovation

After the creators the people who make the most money online are the innovators. These can be those who come with a new idea or those who have the courage to try and implement a new idea. If an innovator sees something new that looks like a big money maker they try it, they adapt it and they start doing it. In many cases innovators simply take somebody else’s idea and run with it. Next time you see a really great money making idea don’t just try to figure out how you can get in on it. Instead, try to figure out how to do it better. That will make you an innovator. It was Henry Ford who realized cars could be made efficiently with an assembly line process. That innovation changed the way cars are built.

Knowledge

The old saying that knowledge is power has never been truer. The online world is all about knowledge; those who have the most knowledge will succeed online. That means learn as much about your business or product as you can. Read, do research online, talk to others in the business, or develop a mentor relationship with a more experienced marketer. Do whatever it takes to get more knowledge and you make money online.

5 Strategies to Earn Money on the Internet

With so many new on-line business chances, it’s tricky to filter the audience. Maybe your venture capital is quite tiny. Since you are at present working outside, you may have minimal period for you to begin out your organization at the beginning. Probably you are interested in an internet business that isn’t hard to control and will not require too much worry. If every one of these pertains to a situation, subsequently attempting to sell an eBook could be right for you personally.

Thousands of people earn extra money by purchasing eBooks or enjoying full time business at home. E-books can be purchased wherever you get on the web, covering a wide array of subjects, ranging from cooking into decor in your home and economic information. With internet charge card processing, they are simple to buy and can be readily read and downloaded. The great thing about the eBook business is you do not possess an inventory you may keep up with, no overhead for generating eBooks (if you don’t spend your time writing eBooks) and that you also don’t have transportation troubles.

The selling of e-books has a lot of benefits within the sale of physical items along with even the supply of numerous solutions. You may avoid spending money and time by giving e books twenty-four hours per day, 7 days a week, and automate your own business to suit you. Start hunting on the web for eBook opportunities today and that means you’re able to achieve your aims as speedily as you possibly can.

We will explore five ways to produce money on the internet by offering eBooks.

1.Let the others sell e-books

Yet another way to create money on the internet through e-books is always to let the others sell e-books. You can provide rights or commissions into eBooks and aid others create new on-line organizations. When you help others generate income online, you’ll even receive rewards. E-books are easy to market to their intentions and can be readily sent to many others for sale. Inch. Teach others to market eBooks.

2.Boost E Books through different online tools

Once you opt to offer some e books, it is the right time to promote them. For any new internet organization, you wish to start with an excellent site and an effective sales presentation. Without these, you will not be able to change traffic to paying customers, which means that your audience will be in vain. In the event you are not really a writer, employ a professional sales writer to create a backup for you. After, when you offer e-books such as spicy cakes, the money is worth it! If you promote numerous eBooks, then don’t forget to set up a presentation for every single respective book. This provides you with a much-increased impact on search engines like Google and assist you to target your own readers.

3. Choose and opt for that appeal you

The real key to good results would be to develop a solid firm when selling the products which interest you. Do you want to simply help others throughout financing or allow them to get out of the debt? Sale of e-books linked to fund. Do you like to produce crafts? Market electronic books. Are you really an expert fisherman? Provide information on fishing in books. This listing has been moving on, so you may earn money online and perform something that you really like!

4. Read e-books

You must completely understand the goods you market. If you really don’t write your own eBook, make sure to see the eBook you provided. This can permit one to answer consumer requirements, compose effective sales demonstrations, and provide readers with information concerning eBooks. Attempting to sell matters, you think will be much simpler, and you also ought to ensure the caliber of the situations you present would be your idea. If you blindly sell somebody else’s e-book without reading, it will hinder your capability to generate money on the web. Once you’ve set up your site, commence sending all your webpages for the main search engine. This can be done through the search engine marketing promotion corporation or you can do it yourself. Then look for opportunities for pay-per-click search engines and that means that you can target traffic. Pay per click permits you to choose and choose which keywords to target. Your site will only appear in search results if you employ those specific keywords and phrases. You can cover a little charge for each click; however, a lot of your customers will soon be enthusiastic about your goods. Other efficient types of on-line advertisements include press announcements, Magazine advertisements (or newsletters), classified ads, auctions, and shopping centers. You may publish your own e-book, hire somebody to compose a letter or sign a deal with a business which delivers the right to market eBooks. If you utilize electronic guides from different companies, this will help you save you headaches and time. You can even choose an e-book to promote. Then you can certainly only offer to the people who are interested.

5. Purchase of Ad-On merchandise to profit e-book clients

After you begin selling eBooks and creating a customer base, you could promote. You can offer products in your e-books via affiliate hyperlinks. Or, you may be offering a fresh e-book to an earlier purchased customer. In the event you want to offer you a service apart from the purchase of electronic books, you may use an electronic publication to get a buyer base. Then you can present your primary service.

Need to Make Money on the Internet – Call for Caution!

Before anyone could achieve in this life, one will need to pass through the process of learning. This learning process can turn out to be either smooth or rough. I want to use this medium to tell people of my experience on the need to make money on-line.

My paid job is nothing to write home about because I hardly pay my house rent and settle the utility bills. We cannot feed well in the house not to talk of my children school fees which is begging to be paid.

I was totally dejected and frustrated! My wife had just recovered from a major surgical operation not long ago and this happening to me. I was just thinking of relocating to the suburb when I noticed a tiny advert in a local newspaper with title “Learn How to Make Money on the Internet”.

I sold the Pentium II computer which my children are using with some other items that I can sell and went to subscribe for the e-book. After reading the e-book, I discovered a lot of ways one can make money on the web. Some of the ways are:

Affiliate Marketing

Paid surveys

Pay per click ads

Selling goods and services and many others

I opted for pay per click ads and paid surveys because I felt they require little startup capital. I went to open a domiciliary account, get on-line connection, open Liberty Reserve account and also sign up with three survey sites as well as three pay per click sites. I started doing work on-line and my morale is so high and with one goal in mind, to make money on-line fast.

The pay per click sites I sign up for offered fantastic rewards which ranged from $0.01 to $5 per click but I was limited to get to a certain level before I can redeem my money except I upgrade! The paid survey sites either did not help matter as I also need to upgrade as well.

After much thought, I decided to forgo the paid survey and concentrate on the pay per click sites on which I thought I have generate about $2,678 with $139 to upgrade, €16,700 with €159 to upgrade and $16.79 with $45 to upgrade.

I decided to opt for the least which is $16.79 with $45 to upgrade due to the amount I have in my Liberty Reserve account so that I can reach the minimum payout point of $75 quickly and more clicks of about $25 per day. Then, I went to the upgrade page and selected Liberty Reserve as my upgrade method. I was directed to the checkout page on Liberty Reserve site and after filling in the required information and waiting to be up graded, a message came that the transaction was not successful. To my amazement, when I checked my Liberty Reserve account, my money has been wiped off. I have been scammed! All efforts to trace where my money went proved abortive. But at the end of it all, Liberty Reserve asked me to install a plug-in that will prevent future occurrence as the plug-in will indicate whether I am on a wrong site and that any time I want to transact with Liberty Reserve, I must not open any other website on the same browser.

Remember I told you my situation. I was completely down but I have to forge ahead because I am now more than desperate to make money on the web. This desperation lead me to being scammed again by another person I met at a public café who claimed he wanted to help me.

At the end of it all, I met a good and trustworthy person who put me through. Hurray! It has started to yield and I know very soon I will be a house hold name. We all have to start somewhere and somehow, it is rather unfortunate that many people learn the hard way what not to do on-line and as such give up early enough and never get to experience the joy of on-line success. I want to say here that you should not allow this to discourage you; making money on the web is quite interesting!

Making Money Online – In-Text Keyword Advertising Makes That Message Pop!

It’s been said many times that content is king. This is particularly true on the Internet, where millions of people scramble to and fro for information each day. The most useful, convenient, non-intrusive information delivery systems on the Web are the ones that get the traffic. If your Web site doesn’t make the grade, people will look elsewhere.

The same idea holds true in online marketing and advertising. The Pay Per Click ads you write and the affiliate marketing arrangements you make are only as effective as the content delivered. Once effective ad content exists, the delivery method must be as seamless and relevant to the user’s interests as possible. An exciting way to meet both of these ends is via in-text keyword advertising.

What is in-text keyword advertising? This form of contextual advertising places specific words within the text of a Web page. The word is usually distinguished by a double underline. When a user trains their cursor over the in-text advertising, an in-page window appears with the associated advertisement text. In-text ads for your services appear on sites with related content.

In-text advertising used to be confined to niche sites, such as video game and science portals. Now it is increasingly prevalent, found even in such places as mainstream journalistic Web sites. Some champions of journalistic integrity have criticized this practice on newspaper Web sites, but a growing number of publishers see in-text advertising as a natural extension of advertising techniques used over the years to reach and serve consumers. Considering the current state of newspaper companies, it could be argued that clinging to an outdated notion of integrity and overinflated sense of value to society makes no business sense. When revenue models are considered, online advertising is a must. However, as one reader states regarding the 12/3/07 Businessweek story on in-text ads (“Pitching Between the Lines”), “many companies need advertising, but we don’t need bad ads.” This basic line of reasoning – that better ads serve the public better – should be the credo for any advertising you write or any advertising you host.

Let’s assume you’re ready for the kind of revenue stream in-text advertising can bring through your Web site as a publisher, or through your own ads on relevant sites. Networks like Kontera offer advanced In-Text Advertising solutions. They guarantee the highest degree of relevancy between content, keywords and ads. This equals higher click-through rates and a nice return on your investment (as an advertiser) or conversion rate (as an advertiser or a publisher). Vibrant Media offers IntelliTXT technology, which reads a page and in real-time double-underlines words directly within the content and places sponsored links inside a relevant page’s text. Should the user click on an in-text ad, the site owner will make a commission. Miva MC is another great source for in-text ads that pop. Any InLine ad through Miva MC is 100% user initiated, meaning that a visitor must mouse over the underlined keyword in order to see the advertisement. Ultimately, this leads to a winning equation of added revenue for you without having ads take up too much page real estate. One possible undesirable result in that situation might be that advertising clutter eventually cuts down on page impressions. When it comes to online moneymaking, that is a no-no. Simple in-text links like those available through a program such as My-PayDayLoan are clean and can be highly effective.

Great content keeps readers coming back for more. Great ads that blend with great content can boost your online revenue stream. With in-text keyword advertising, get your message before an interested audience or deliver a highly targeted ad on your own Web site that can net you significant commission per referral. Combine this technique with Pay Per Click advertising and other types of Affiliate Marketing and you are well on your way to mastery of making money online!

Make Money Online By Writing Reviews

Have you ever thought of making money right from your home? No more going to that boring office daily and living a monotonous life that gets on your nerves and leaves no time for you to spend with your family and even no time for yourself. There are ways out there in which you can do exactly that. Just sit in your home and do something you enjoy doing, at the same time getting paid. Though this may sound to be possible just in dreams, many people out there are doing just that in order to make money. One of the many ways they do this is by writing reviews. A product review is a report of how satisfying a particular product or service is and is usually given by someone who has used that product or service. It may also include detailed review of the particular features of the product and cover each one separately, giving a even better insight into the product without the need to spend your money on it.

Even better, a product review may contain different parts catering to the good and bad things about the product, better known as the pros and cons. Product ratings are the “points” the reviewer gives to the product based on his or her experience regarding its various features and their value for your money. It is usually given in the form of “stars” and accompany product reviews. Thus product reviews and ratings are a must to read before you buy something online. Anybody’s earnings are valuable to them and they can’t spend them on just anything. To make sure their money is going to the right place, all the customers nowadays prefer to read product reviews and ratings before they buy something online. This is a plus point for those who write reviews. With the increase in the number of products being bought online, the demand of reviews and hence review writers is increasing day by day. You can be assured that once you start writing reviews, you’ll never be without work.

So, are you ready to earn money by writing product reviews, and helping others choose the right place to spend their valuable earnings? If yes, you just need to find out the right place to start sharing your reviews with others. This can be done in several ways. One is to start a new site all by yourselves. This can be a tedious job and is not advisable if you’re not ready to do that much job. Other way is to contribute to an already present site which already has lots of visitors, In this way you can avoid doing the initial job. The last way is to find a freelancing job of writing reviews. This is the simplest one and the most common one too. Just go to Google and search for freelancing sites. Find out the projects that include writing reviews and you’re ready to earn money. This can be a very nice part time job and you’d be helping others too while earning money for yourself too.

Internet Home Business Opportunity – Start to Earn Money With Zero Cost Investment Plan

Would you like to earn more cash with internet home business opportunity?

Blogging is the place where one can easily express his thoughts, wishes and ideas about his interested niche to so many people.

Another platform is named as word press, which is highly accepted by the search engines that continuously presents fresh content on your site, this way you can enjoy the taste of internet home business opportunity.

If you look back last 5-10 years, blog was the only facility for expressing views and ideas but now a days due to recent trend of information technology blog is very powerful tool to earn cool income easily for people like us.

This Internet home business opportunity gives such good returns, that’s why people are getting ready to leave their jobs and join this business to earn more money through blogging.

Now question or doubt will arise in your mind that how this blog will help in generating money for you and even first and most important thing you will feel that you don’t have knowledge about blogging, then how you can take the advantage of this platform.

So answer is you can get the best benefit from this internet home business opportunity and for that you don’t need to learn HTML and other technical languages.

So don’t worry you will earn better returns though you don’t know about this stuff.

Simple way is to create free account on blog sites like blogger.com and you can enjoy bogging there,and it won’t charge any hidden cost so it’s purely free of cost.

One more option to find more blog sites is Google station and it will really help you to drive with numbers of free blog sites.

So what you need is to create your personal blog to go further and it’s very easy.

Once you create your personal blog then you have to do in-depth research on search engine and come out with the target market that will give you best returns and business.

There are various options where you can jump and can easily start like internet marketing, blog marketing, etc but you must have interest and knowledge so it would be easy for you to come with more ideas.

You have to use solid keywords to come out on the top on search engine list and other trick is to keep your blog updated every single time to offer fresh content. You can easily use these tricks to post your blog in very efficient manner.

Last but very important thing is to focus more on blogging by offering affiliate products, this will make you more money.

Blogging is most famous and well known for internet home business opportunities through search engines and will give heavy traffic to your site.

In this way you can see continuous flow of income by promoting your blog and ad on it.

So you don’t need to think more what you need is to take action right from today itself and get the best outcome from your internet home business opportunity through blogging.

Internet Tools to Make Money Online

You have probably heard of people who work from home and make loads of money online. If you wish to be one of the most successful people who work from their homes and make decent incomes then you need to start learning all the legitimate moneymaking ways available on the internet. There are many of these ways to make money, but not all of them can fit your preferences, income brackets of time required that you invest in them.

Many online advertisements will promise you online money for doing very simple tasks, but if you understand how the current society works you will know that nothing comes easy. To earn a decent income online, you will need to invest a lot of time, resources and even some start up fees in your venture.

One common way that people choose to make money online is through selling their ideas through freelancing. Most freelancing websites act as middle people in connecting freelancers with buyers and in turn charge the buyer a certain percentage commission. If you have the skills that buyers need, you will deal with the buyers directly and they will pay you instantly agreed amounts as long as your work meets the requirements. These modes of payment usually include through bank deposits, PayPal, Moneybookers, Escrow or other online secure methods.

There are many jobs available that work from home freelancers can do. These range from simple copy and paste data entry jobs to complicated scientific designs and programming jobs. This is why many freelance sites are referred to as all-inclusive and that everyone who desires to work online or offline as a freelancer has a place in the internet, no matter the area of specialization or career. Other most common jobs are marketing, writing, coding, editing, web design, graphic and multimedia jobs among others. If you have a business running already, or a blog where you enjoy making posts and passing information, your site can also be used to generate income.

You can choose to sell space on your site to advertisers if get enough traffic or signup for other advertisement options like Google’s AdSense. To make money through your website or blog, you may have to employ advanced SEO techniques, proper web design skills and other online marketing tactics. The key to success in this field is attracting more traffic to your website using affiliates or search engine optimization. The challenge most people face in selling ad space in their websites is time. To develop a fully functional website requires a lot of time and research. The designer must be updated in modern web design norms, procedures and tools to ensure that the site stays on top of the competitors’ in website rankings. The site will also need constant updating to make visitors want to come back frequently, it has to be relevant and consistent in terms of content and you must have the visitor in mind when designing the site. This is to make sure that it is friendly and easy to navigate.

Make Money – Let’s Talk About Making Money Online

Today there is no doubt that the way Money Making Online business is being conducted is different than it was just a few years ago. The Internet is playing a large role in that it is now possible for almost anyone to have a online business of their own. Financial stability is the foundation of your success. Working from home is a new technological way in which many individuals have resorted to due to its huge make money benefits. Running a online home business is not an easy, but with the right information, everyone can do it. The rest of you read on………

1. Do you know which products or services you want to offer? You cannot go to the market without the item of sale. Define its unique features and understand it fully.

2. Prepare a list of activities to be done and assign a timeframe for their accomplishment.

3. It good to know and understand your market and your other online business competitors.

4. Make a list of things to be done at home in preparation of the online business at home.

5. The home business is prepared and stocked with the necessary informations in readiness for further action; personal computers, office and digital make money information are core to the functioning of the business.

6. The entrepreneur then calculates how much startup capital is needed, and decides on the funding options for make money from internet.

7. Knowing the risks associated with your online business is important. You had better weigh risks, assumptions versus benefits or gains to see the viability of the business.

8. How much capital do you have to start the business? Capital determines the level of your online business and the starting base. A good capital shows good preparation and high probability of online business growth.

9. Check on the internet support, and their level of participation. If you neglect this, disturbances may let you down, and quit for an online home job.

10. An Internet business can be conducted anywhere in the world where you have Internet access and a computer. This is appealing to people who like to travel and yet would still like to build up a business, because again as long as you can log on line you are in business.

11. Traditional businesses are limited in that they are only open a certain number of hours per day, per week. An Internet business is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a week. It is possible for you to totally automate the process so that you have very little interaction with your customers if you choose to do so.

12. Many people do not have a lot of money to get started and this is where an Internet business can be beneficial as well. In many instances you can start a business for free or for very little money out of your own pocket. Today, it’s not unusual to see a business in a box being offered, where everything you need to make money online is available to you for less than $100 all set up and ready to go.

13. An Internet business is easy to start because it means to see you do not need a product of your own. Different industries such as network marketing, affiliate marketing, private label rights, resell rights, and so on, make it possible for anyone to be in business for themselves without having their own product.

14. There are many ways to start a business. Beside the steps involved, you must assess your inherent ability to run that business. You need to reexamine your talents, a business opportunity and have a business plan for your investment. Starting a home business is the new way to financial freedom.

15. Act Now: never wait till another day

Are you sick of all the hollow promises on how make money on the internet from home? Just one short year ago I retired from the rat race FOREVER with the tremendous help of this incredible, life changing after Online Business Opportunity. This is the benefits of having an make money online Internet business of your own.