June 9th, 2009 Charlie
I received an email from a member of mine that had an interesting question:
“Could you tell me. Should I use my own name or use another name for my home business? Can I tell my name as Jack/Carolyn/Sam or… Charlie? 
:)
Would there any problem if I use another name?”
Thanks for your email. It is a good question. I personally use Charlie Plyler, my real name, for branding, but I think there are quite a few people that use pseudonyms.
Also, there are a number of marketers that use a catchy title. Google these titles and you see the real person behind them.
“Barefoot Executive,” “Bob the Teacher,” “Dr. Mike,” “Mike G,” and “Ask Mr. Video.” They are all very strong marketers.
So I think that you can do it any of the 3 ways: real name, pseudonym, or catchy title. Thank you for your question.
Comments anyone?
Make Today Count,
Charlie Plyler
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May 18th, 2009 Charlie
The headline is completely true. My last day was this past Friday. I left a good job with good people and ownership, but I’ve been wanting to be able to call my own shots for quite a while. After 6 years, I gave a 2 month notice and left on May 15th. I’m still going to do a little consulting there occasionally, but now its on my own time.
You may ask, “In this economy? Why would you do such a thing?” Well, that is a good question, but the down economy is the reason. I have been working online for 9+ years and have been able to make an income with a limited amount of time to work my online business.
With the economy down a bit right now, there are people (maybe even you) that I can help at the same time that I’m building my own business. I have the online experience and I want to make by mark by helping others get their business going. I have 3 projects in the works, but I wanted the first one to be for you.
There are always costs involved when you start you own business, but I have been able to help people get started with very little out of pocket. If you are ready to get started and not spend to ton of money…keep reading.
If you have not already opened an account on Twitter, the time is NOW. Twitter is f.ree and it is the hottest thing going. You can use the traffic that goes there and divert it to your site or affiliate product. Twitter is a social site, but you can mix in a little business along the way. I have made some great contacts on Twitter and you can too.
The more followers that you have following you on Twitter, the more likely it is that people will stop and take a look at you and your site. If you have real information, you can include an affiliate link here and there and people will check it out.
If you had 10,000 followers and sent out just one message per day that had an affiliate link, do you think that you would be able to make a little m.oney from that. Sure you could, but you may wonder how you are going to get the followers.
That is where I come in. I am launching a new site. I will start broadcasting it to the public next week, but my subscribers get a shot right now. I have discounted it heavily for my subscribers. It will be $47 per month, but only $27 for you during the next few days.
The site is Power-Tweeter.com and I actually build your Twitter follower for you. I will add an average of 1000 followers to your account each and every month. In less than a year, you will have over 10K followers. How does that sound?
As an added bonus, any current subscriber that joins, will get f.ree access to my coaching program that launches in the coming weeks.
If you have been on my list for a while, you may have gotten a chance to know me a little bit. I want to help and I’ll give you my honest opinion (even if sometimes you might not like it).
I cannot do everything for you, but I can get you started and try to keep you going in the right direction.
If you have been looking for some help, here it is.
Power-Tweeter.com
Make Today Count,
Charlie Plyler
CharliePlyler.com
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April 27th, 2009 Charlie
How to setup Exit Splash on Your Word Press Blog in Less
than 10 Minutes to Make Money from Your Exit Traffic.
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March 24th, 2009 Charlie
Don’t know how to create your own website?
Are you looking for a way to make money without spending tons of cash?
Heard about making money from Blogs but don’t know where to start?
Want to make money promoting products that surround topics you enjoy?
If you answered yes to any of the questions above, you’ll want in on what we have here for you today.
Creating a successful business doesn’t require that you invest $1000’s or run a website…
The best part of starting an Internet business is you don’t have to invest a lot. In fact with this video series plan, you’ll learn how to spend less than $9 to $10 and a few hours to create your money making blog.
Now…You may have heard of people developing blogs and making great money, but you may not know where to start. Or you already know a thing or two about a blog, but you find it too time consuming.
All that will be solved in the next few minutes…
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Take a minute and visit www.MoreMoneyStreams.com/clickbankblogs. I believe that you will get a ton of great information from the site.
Make Today Count,
Charlie Plyler
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March 17th, 2009 Charlie
You know that you need to start a membership site. Now the work is done for you.
FYI, I’ve seen a lot of programs offered online before, but this could be one of the best to come around in a very long time. Passive, recurring income is what we all want right? Well, this provides it on a silver platter with all the bells and whistles!
Watch the video towards the top of the page:
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I recommend you do this now as I don’t know how long it’ll be up there.
BTW, there could be a feeding frenzy about to hit the market on this, so sprint over there asap.
Make Today Count,
Charlie Plyler
PS - If you feel a sudden rush of excitement while checking this out, it’s ok, that’s normal.
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December 1st, 2008 Charlie
I’m sorry to get this to you so late…but better late than never.
Do you have a passion to be your own boss and become profitable online? Of course you do. Most people just don’t know how to get started.
Carrie Wilkerson has a 3 week boot camp starting on December 4th. This will be an interactive program and she is only allowing 75 people to join her.
Go to here and watch her video to get a feel for who Carrie is and how she can help you grow your business.
I have followed Carrie’s progress over the last several months, and I have been impressed by her energy, focus and determination to build her business by helping other people like you and me.
Take a 5 minutes and watch her video, you’ll be glad that you did.
Go there now.
Make Today Count,
Charlie Plyler
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October 27th, 2008 Charlie
You may have heard someone tell you to do what you have a passion for and the money will always follow. However, I would reverse that and say to you to “follow the money,” instead and you will have what you really love – financial freedom.
To enjoy such financial freedom, you need to follow what people are actually searching for and that is where you will find the money. A profitable market is one that is targeted to a specific niche.
There are many newbies who think that finding a market that is untapped is the way to success, but I beg to differ. Even gurus will have the nerve to tell you that. Well, don’t be fooled by untapped markets because they may have a lot of searches, but no money. In addition, these kinds of market are harder to find. It will be like searching for a needle in a haystack. Find out more at Make money in your niche with Secret Affiliate Code 2.
The way that you profit from a niche market is to have competition, which literally means that there are a lot of people buying and there is a high demand. You will always have room in such a market to claim your cash because you already know that people are waiting to buy and there is always enough to go around.
The question now is what makes a niche market profitable for you?
Find a niche that solves people’s problems. People are always looking for ways to save money, lose weight, improve their lives and make money. These may fall in categories such as making money from home with a home based business, relationships, or health issues.
The most obvious ones are:
1. Getting an ex back
2. Curing Insomnia
3. Lose Belly Fat
4. Saving your marriage
5. Building Muscles
6. Managing Stress
These are a few examples of topics that will allow you to engage in affiliate marketing. There are products already written to cover these topics so you don’t have to create products, but instead market someone else’s product. Most product owners provide marketing materials to help you with your promotions such as email copy, sample articles that you can rewrite, banners, ebook graphics, ad copy, keywords and other valuable resources.
Clickbank and Paydotcom are the two most popular places that you can begin your search. In Clickbank alone, there are over 11,000 products that you can promote and most of them pay commissions between 50% to 75% for each sale you make.
The fact is proven that you really don’t need to have a passion for a particular market. You have to develop a passion in finding out how you can provide a solution for what people are looking for. However, before you offer the solution, you must take an interest in that solution so you can provide unbiased and knowledgeable reviews, articles and suggestions to the prospect. The tactics are explained at Secret Affiliate Code 2 will make you more money online.
Don’t waste your time on brainstorming or looking for trends. If you go to Google.com and do a search for make money, there are almost 100 million listings, which speak volume. The same can be said about losing weight. A search for that keyword phrase produced almost 7 million listings. The competition may seem fierce and you may be wondering how you can get a piece of the pie. Well, people search using different phrases, so the key is to find the phrase that is not as competitive. For example, “lose weight with atkins diet“, produced 955,000 without quotes and 36 competing organic listings with quotes. Do you see the vast difference and how you can capitalize on that difference?
Using the strategy of finding keyword phrases that are much more defined is the answer to creating a profitable online business.
Let’s recap:
Most people are searching for ways to make money, save money and improve their lives. If you start with this premise to find a solution to their problems, you will be able to find a profitable niche and be successful with your online marketing prospect. Go find your niche now.
Find out more about niche business market with secret affiliate code 2 at the Affiliate Earning Lens here at How to use Secret Affiliate Code 2.
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September 27th, 2008 Charlie
Don’t you hate it when an affiliate marketer claims to be this super hero by showing tons of daily dollars earned from a trumped up clickbank screen shot and there is no truth to it? It happens all the time and the innocent newbie does not catch on to it because it all appears real.
Do your own research when you want to begin promoting a product as an affiliate. In my experience, honesty is the best policy because it will all catch up to you if you are not truthful. You will fare much better if you are.
So you want to become an affiliate marketer, but don’t know where to start or you may be intimidated by those who make those big claims. What do you do to stand apart from the competition and create a niche for yourself. Learn more about making money online at Best Affiliate Marketing.
Well, you first need to do extensive research on the market that you are interested in. Find out what people are searching for.
I would even go as far as to say find something that will give you a sense of giving back. For example, let us say that your interest is in autism and you would like to provide an informational product to people who may have just heard that their child has autism and don’t know enough about this problem.
You have a sense of pride when you do research and find information and present it to those people who are searching for answers. Can you imagine the feeling of a mother or father who just found out this terrible news and goes online to see what they can find about autism and finds your blog, squidoo page or domain?
And on top of that, they find the exact information they were looking for and it comes from you. Even though you are selling a product, it still gives you a feeling of doing a good deed.
If you start out with this in mind, you will end up choosing the right product to promote. If you go into this with just money in mind, you will lose your way and your soul.
Touching people’s life should be the motive of all affiliates, but it isn’t always the case. You can be different.
To get more information at Best Affiliate Marketing.
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August 24th, 2008 Charlie
Your own Internet Marketing Course will give you the financial edge that other online marketers are talking about or experiencing. It’s hard to make money at a constant rate online unless you actually have your own products to sell. Within this article you will find three ways to create you own Internet marketing course if you chose this is right for you.
Product Creation Method #1 - The Power of Private Label Rights
Private Label Rights (PLR) are all the rage right now online. In short, PLR means taking an existing product or item for which you have purchased the PLR rights, make it your own product and sell it. PLR rights basically mean “The Rights to Label it as your Own”. The only problem is that almost anyone can access these, either free or usually at a low fee, and so many of them become less valuable. Although, assuming you can obtain the private label rights to a lesser known product, this might just be an excellent cash cow. A simple solution would be to hire another individual, have them alter the packaging by creating your own name, logo, graphics, and promote it for immediate profit.
Product Creation Method #2 – Create Videos
In case you aren’t aware of the trend, online videos are becoming more popular and more widely-used. The same goes for courses that are marketed online. Videos allow your customers to follow along as you provide detailed instructions. A different but terrific way to utilize video is by making instructional videos around a product for which you are an affiliate. Once you’ve created the videos for an affiliate product, offer them free as a reward for purchasing through your affiliate link.
The power of videos provides far more weight in the sales process than do regular written reports.
Product Creation Method #3 - Do Interviews and Record the Audio
I personally prefer this method because even if you’re new at whatever you do, you can still get instant credibility. Furthermore, this method is not used by as much people as PLR for example so you’ll be able to stand out more. The main advantage is that many marketers will trade a half hour or even an hour of their time because you’re giving them free promotion. Just approach them and ask for an interview. Tell them you will be including an audio recording of it in an upcoming product you plan to promote heavily. It also doesn’t hurt to briefly tell them about some of your marketing plans so they know you’re serious and won’t waste their time. An offer to promote a product or service of theirs in your interview or course will usually guarantee their cooperation. It’s as easy as recording the interview and adding some “packaging” and you’re set. Rinse and repeat with other marketers and ensure you have some exclusive and valuable information and you have yourself an Internet Marketing Course.
There are a plethora of other things under the umbrella of product creation that you can use to make money on the Internet, including developing a template of one kind or another, authoring an e-book, or creating graphics. You can read more about these on Online Marketing for Beginners. When you are finished making your own Internet marketing course, ensure that you look for affiliates who will promote it for you. Then just cash the checks and don’t forget to send me some money!
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July 22nd, 2008 Charlie
While on vacation in Myrtle Beach, I decided to take my two sons to the new Hard Rock Park. Since the park is new, there was very little information available on it, so I’m giving you my honest review. I did go to HardRockPark.com and looked at attractions and directions. Even there, I felt the info was limited.
This review is being written by someone that loves thrill rides. We have been to many of the major parks in recent years, (Disney World, several Six Flags, Universal Studios and Busch Gardens). My sons and I go for the rides and rarely go to the shows.
I knew right away, this trip was going to be a little different. The park is located in between two churches, and next to Medieval Times (a dinner show). From different areas in the park, you can see the Beach Church and other things outside the park, so you don’t get that “immersed” feeling.
We arrived at 5 PM on a Tuesday, there were very few cars in the parking lot. We paid the $10 for parking and were directed to our parking place by at least 6 people. After paying the $45 per person admission fee, we entered a very clean plaza and was very impressed with the cleanliness of the park. I did not notice even one thing out of place during the visit. Also every employee (crew member) was very friendly and helpful.
Those were the highlights of the trip. The park itself is some what small. It is currently a 55 acre park and compared to an average Six Flags at over 200 acres, Hard Rock Park seems small.
The park has 50 rides and attractions. The showcase ride, is a coaster called Led Zeppelin - The Ride. This coaster sends you 15 stories high, 65 mph, and loops 6 times - all set to Led Zeppelin’s “Whole Lotta Love.” We went straight to this ride to kick-off the evening. There was no wait and walked straight into the “pre-show.’ It was about a 5 minute video on the band and then we were able to get on the ride. The ride itself was better than average. I would compare it to The Incredible Hulk at Universal Studios in Orlando. We did ride the ride a second time and my two teenagers were terriblely bored having to watch the video again before we rode again. We might have tried a third time later in the evening, but the video kept us away.
The next thrill ride was a very tame one called “Maximum RPM!” The best part of this ride was karaoke in the que. Several participants did a very good job, but my ears are still ringing from one guy’s attempt.
We then ate at Great Meals Diner (a 50s style dinner) where a quartet was performing acapella. One of the members of the group looked and sounded just like Sanjaya Malakar from American Idol.
It did not take long to make the loop after that. We hopped on a 3D dark ride, the Swings and another tame coaster. We made a second loop and tried the Arcade and Garage Jam which was a lot of fun. After that my sons were ready to go and I looked at my watch and it was not even 8PM. The park stays open until 11PM on that night with fireworks at 10PM, but I could not convince them to stay for that.
So if you are looking for a bunch of thrill rides this park may not be for you. What was surprising, there were plenty kiddie rides and attractions. Lots and lots of kiddie rides. Most notable: Reggae River Falls, a playground/water ride tribute to Bob Marley; London Cab Ride, a whirligig ride in a classic English automobile replica; Garage Jam!, a multilevel playground complete with hundreds of foam balls among other things. For families with young kids, let them bring their swim suit. There are several places to get wet.
We did not attend any of the shows, but there was plenty of great music around the park. I’m told that when it gets dark, the atmosphere changes and you get a “City Walk” type feel. Might be a good place to take a date, but a little pricey for that.
GRADES
Cleanliness: A+
Staff: A+
Thrill Rides: B-
Enough Rides: C
Value IMO: B-
I’ll keep you posted on the rest of the Myrtle Beach trip if anything warrants.
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