I live in Michigan, US where we have pretty cold winters. This is the time of year that I do most of my reading since it’s too cold for many of the things I normally to outdoors. That’s probably why it was right at one year ago that I posted ‘The Extreme Ezine Recommends Website Magazine‘. I like to think more people visit this blog now so for those that are not aware of Website Magazine I’ll blog about it a little.

Website Magazine is a print and digital magazine focusing on the issue of running a business website. Website Magazine is free for many subscribers. You can get 4 issues a year FREE if you live in the U.S. or Canada. Other countries are $49.00 per year for shipping. There is also an Interactive Digital version accessible online FREE Worldwide. Personally, If I lived outside the US or Canada I would subscribe to the digital version. You could probably print them out yourself cheaper than the shipping cost.

You can sign up for a Website Magazine Professional Membership to receive 12 issues per year for just $44.95. This is the option I choose but I went with the standard complimentary/FREE version for the first couple of years.

Don’t let the cost, or lack there of, mislead you on the quality of the Website Magazine. It’s a professional, top shelf publication that is well worth the time it takes to read. I look forward to each issue and enjoy every single one. It’s nice to have something physical to hold other than a mouse and keyboard every now and then. Request your free subscription to Website Magazine today.

Wouldn’t it be nice if there were a website out there that looks at how the top brands are using social media and how effective their campaigns are? Let me introduce you to ENGAGEMENTdb. ENGAGEMENTdb is developing the first database measuring online engagement for the top brands.

It would be irresponsible, as marketers, to ignore what the top brands are up to. Even though we can  barely comprehend their marketing budgets we can learn a lot by watching what works and learning why. Are they on Linkedin or Facebook? Do they have a blog or a discussion forum? Do they have a YouTube or Flickr presence? Hey, do they Twitter? If they do ENGAGEMENTdb has will not only let you know but will actually give you they links to each and rate how well they are doing. Now you can track favorite companies online. You can even add add your company to the this comprehensive social media database!

You can download the free 2009 ENGAGEMENTdb report (.pdf) and get details on social media efforts of the top brands. For example, see how Starbucks obtained the highest engagement score with just a six person social media team. See the best practices that build brand engagement.

ENGAGEMENTdb is just starting out yet their content is very impressive. ENGAGEMENTdb has no Google PageRank and an Alexa rank of 289597 and I’m certain we will witness a top ranked site emerge very soon. I know they make my bookmarks.

It is nice to get details like this without buying expensive white papers. What do you think? Can we learn from a site like this?

Extreme Ezine subscribers know that Niche Marketing has been of interest to me for a while. I’m always researching various ways and methods to effectively put my niche domains to work. Just today I came across an Opt-in page that impressed me in a couple different ways. I went ahead and joined the list to access the free Micro Niche Finder videos and I’m glad I did.

First of all, the videos in themselves are a product worth having [See A Sample Video Here]. Obviously the videos are designed to promote the product but they offer several eye-opening methods of using niche marketing without buying a thing. Methods such as using article marketing on Ezine Articles with a resource link pointing to a free blogger blog which in-turn drives traffic to a ClickBank affiliate product. How about using Squidoo and Yahoo Answers pointing to your ClickBank affiliate product links? There’s nothing new to these free marketing methods but the videos are so simple it can clear up the whole idea of micro-niche marketing for those new to internet marketing. I recommend at least watching the videos. They can show you how to get started in micro niche marketing without buying niche domains.

The second thing that impressed me with Micro Niche Finder is that James Jones pulled all the stops when setting up this simple sales strategy. The first thing we see when following the sales link is a nicely written squeeze page with an audio message offering five free videos just for opting in (list building). The videos offer something of value to the viewer while also demonstrating effective uses of the product being promoted (generating interest and possible referrals). Access to the videos are on the actual sales page itself (watching the videos is actually part of the sales process). The sales page even incorporates a popup when detecting you’re about to leave the page (increasing conversion rates) offering free copies for your other computers via a physical product mailed to you if purchased now (sense of urgency). Combine all that with a ClickBank affiliate program and I think James Jones has shown us a classic example of internet marketing at it’s best. What do you think?

Along with the free EzineArticles email newsletters and new article email alert service did you know you could sign up for EzineArticles.com Training? You will find four Article Writing Training Series ebooks to download as well as the free EzineArticles.com email training course. I’ve been subscribed for a while and it’s top notch!

Article marketing is a very powerful way of directing targeted traffic to your sites and building back links. The EzineArticles’ email training course will educate and motivate you like not other resource. Get started today – EzineArticles.com Training

Just as a side note, here’s a cool Coffee cup from EzineArticles.com that I received in the mail a while back. I didn’t order it, or even ask for it, EzineArticles.com just sent it to a bunch of us as a ‘Thank You‘. How cool is that?

You can see my author’s Bio here.

Are Decent Dot Coms Still Available? Most of us would prefer a dot-com domain over another extension. There are exceptions of course such as exotic extensions like .TV and .MOBI but for the most part we prefer a .COM.  As a ‘part two‘ to my post back in October ‘Searching For The Perfect Domain Name‘ I have listed several free online tools you can use to find your perfect domain.

Free Online Domain Name Tools

• Instant Domain Search is a free service that instantly checks .com, .net, and .org domain name availability as you type.
• NameTumbler lets you search for and check up to 500 domains at a time.
• It looks like Yahoo! domains uses this same service as DomainTools’ Domain Suggestion Tool
• Search for 3, 4 , 5 or 6 letter random domain names at Domain Name Soup
• The NameBoy Domain Name Generator is similar to the one by DomainTools but with different results.
• Domain Exposer is a very fast and easy domain name search tool.

Get Paid
Are you good at finding great domain names? Get paid to do it at PickyDomains.Com by becomming a contributor.

Protect Your Find
Protect your brand with DomainTools’ Domain Typo Generator. I used it to find that ExtremEzine.com/ (missing an ‘e’) and ExtremeEzines.com (plural) are already registered by other people – bummer. ):

HURRY - Grab these up: Feel free to register these if you like. While playing around, I mean researching I found that FreeBloggerTools.com and TopBlogTools.com were available at the time of this post. Please leave a comment below if you take one or both so I can cross them out.

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I read tons of ebooks. I guess I should rephrase that to I skim tons of ebooks. Most ebooks aren’t worth the effort it took to download it. I rarely find an ebook that impresses me so much that I go out of my way to recommend it, even a free one. I just finished one of the exceptions. In fact, this ebook by Soren Jordansen was so impressive I actually printed it out and I never do that.

It’s called, “Internet Marketing Success Formula” and it’s the most detailed step by step guide that I’ve seen yet. This guide is much more than a tips and resource ebook. Soren has really out done himself with this product. I’m sure he could easily sell this guide at a premium and it would sell but he has decided to offer it FREE! So grab your free copy now. It comes with 4 Bonus Ebooks that I haven’t even looked at yet.

Just yesterday we decided to give away five free classic ebooks. I couldn’t help but feel the collection was missing something. There is only one single book I’ve read more than five times. It’s How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie. It’s hands down the best self-help book I’ve ever read – other than the Bible .  And it was written in 1936. I decided to see if I could find it in ebook format and was happy to not only find it but find it everywhere free. So I’m adding it to our collection, passing it on to you for your personal use. Download Here (.zip – Right click and save as)

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In recent past we gave these away to our subscribers. We no longer run the website that offered these classics but I feel they were written to be read. I’m giving these away, for now, to our site visitors as a thank you. I’m not even going to require you to subscribe but I would appreciate it if you would consider becoming a subscriber. Simply enter your email in the form at the top right of any page. One more thing, I received these books a few years ago when I purchased a website template. The ebooks came with it. I can not, and wouldn’t anyway, claim the rights or ownership of any of them. Therefore I can not offer any type of resale rights or permissions. Feel free to download them for your personal use. Thank you for visiting…

Think & Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill

In a few minutes, you are about to come into possession of a philosophy which can be transmuted into material wealth, or to bring you peace of mind, understanding, and spiritual harmony.

This book explains how to recognize and apply the principles that can help you achieve your goals in life. It teaches that happiness is being in alignment with the principles of nature .

The book states that the only way to wealth is to cultivate the right ideas about the right things and then hold on to them. Various techniques for developing the mental faculties and ideas about wealth creation are fully explained for easy understanding.

You, who read this book, will get most out of it by putting into practice the powerful Master Mind principle described in the book. Download Here (.zip – Right click and save as)

Science Of Getting Rich by Wallace Wattles

“You have the right to be Rich. There is nothing wrong with Getting Rich. It is not possible to live a really complete or successful life unless one is rich. To understand the science of getting rich is therefore the most essential of all knowledge.”.

Science of Getting Rich is A Towering Book That Introduces a New Science and Philosophy of Getting Rich. It is a pragmatic approach to the law of wealth and how any one applying the principles can create riches for himself.

The book provides fundamental laws governing the forces of wealth and how one can tap it for personal success. In a well-laid out sequence, the issue of riches both in terms of money and psychological impression are explored.

The author also takes the reader into a new ideal of how to create affluence for oneself. Download Here (.zip – Right click and save as)

As A Man Thinketh by James Allen

As A Man Thinketh is a powerful philosophy that will make you achieve perfection through the purity of thought. More than that this book will help you transform your thoughts into concrete actions that will result in the achievement of anything that you deeply desire in your heart.

As a Man Thinketh by James Allen propounds that a man is his dream. He goes on to explain that what a man thinks about is what he becomes.

In the book, readers are introduced to effect of thought on circumstances; effect of thought on health and body; thought and purpose; thought factor in achievement; vision and ideals and serenity. Download Here (.zip – Right click and save as)

Acres Of Diamonds by Russell Conwell

Discover the “Acres of Diamonds” That is Within Your Reach With This Powerful Book That Has Made It #1 Bestseller!

Reminiscent of the ancient Aesop, this book teaches lessons with its stories.

The story about Diamonds tells us how we tend to look very far for things we want when they could actually be in our backyard.

Book Excerpt: I have not come to this platform even under these circumstances to recite something to you. I have come to tell you what in God’s sight I believe to be the truth, and if the years of life have been of any value to me in the attainment of common sense, I know I am right; that the men and women sitting here, who found it difficult perhaps to buy a ticket to this lecture or gathering tonight, have within their reach “acres of diamonds,” opportunities to get largely wealthy. Download Here (.zip – Right click and save as)

The Art And Science Of Personal Magnetism
by Theron Q. Dumont

Do you have a personality that attracts or repels? Do you ever wonder why people who are far less physically-attractive than you get swarmed by members of the opposite sex while you were not? Can you attract wealth, power and fame with a super personality?

Wonder no more. Even if you think have the most repulsive personality in this planet, you can develop *Great Personal Magnetism* and attain wealth, fame, love or power.

The Art And Science Of Personal Magnetism is an Explanation of how to exert a powerful, irresistible influence on the reason or will of another. Simple and straightforward yet effective in technique. Download Here (.zip – Right click and save as)