Associate Programs Newsletter #497

Don your Kevlar and helmets, Google’s changing the game again and it’s about to get rough.
    
Just when you thought that you had worked out how to get the top rankings, Google has gone and changed the rules again. The integration of the Google Maps, now called Google Places, results into the top ranking spots has destroyed many a website’s traffic.
    
In the last month, I have seen the way these listings look, change at least 5 times in my city. I’m sure you have too. But what can you do? They hold all the Aces.
    
Fear not, there are steps you can follow to get better ranking results.


CONTENTS:

     1. How To Unleash the Power of Google Places
     2. My Week - Facebook Scams
     3. Thought for Today - Get Started
     4. Cool Site - Screentoaster


1) How To Unleash the Power of Google Places

I’ve been testing a method that can improve your Google Places listings and where they rank. Affiliates who understand how to take advantage of these listings to turn local traffic into affiliate sales are making good money without having to compete with everyone online, just those people in their local area.

In this week’s review, learn how I improved the Places impressions of a local site by 400% in just 3 days. And all I did was follow some simple directions.

Discover my secret weapon… click on this link now!


2. My Week - Facebook Scams

I started this week at a run. So much to do, so little time. In other words, life is normal again. The floods have almost subsided but there are still a lot of people with nothing and it’s going to take months for many of them, and their businesses, to get back on their feet again.

My inordinate amount of time on Facebook is paying off and I’m really starting to see some results out of my marketing. It’s an interesting place and it holds vast wealth for affiliates and businesses alike.

The only thing that worries me is the number of people advocating Black Hat techniques for using Facebook. Funnily enough, no one seems to have pointed the finger at them and call them what they are... scam artists.

You can’t buy a profile and pretend to be someone you’re not and call it ethical. You’re just lying to yourself. Worse still, these people stand on stage at conferences and are proud of themselves.

Anyway, that's just my thoughts on it,

Brad Hauck


3) Thought for Today - Get Started

“The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready.” - Henry David Thoreau.


4) Cool Site - Screentoaster

Record your own screen movies on any computer directly through your browser. And better still, it costs nothing...

http://www.screentoaster.com