Vol V, Issue 6
Sept 28th 2008

In this issue:

-= Site News =-
-= In The Spotlight =-
-= Featured Articles =-
1. The Battle For Email Deliverability
2. Monetizing Each Other
3. Page Cloaking vs. Link Cloaking
-= Marketing Tip =-
-= Advertising Slogans, Mottos and Taglines Trivia =-
-= Very Funny Video =-
-= This Issue’s Joke =-
-= In a word - Defined =-
-= Famous Quote to Ponder =-

-= Site News =-
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- Domains -

It’s not really site news but I’ve been spending a lot of time moving domains out of Yahoo!s price gouging hands. At  $34.95/year for domain renewals I won’t be doing much business with Yahoo. I’m down to 105 domain so at least it’s not as bad as it would have been a few years ago. See my blog post at Yahoo Price Gouging @ $34.95/year

-= In The Spotlight =-
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- Web 2.0 Name Generator –

A little over a year ago I was messing around on this site and found the perfect social bookmarking domain name. Like any good procrastinator I bought it (them) and did nothing with it. They are: linksorb.com and linkzorb.com

-= Featured Articles =-
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The Battle For Email Deliverability

Monetizing Each Other

Page Cloaking vs. Link Cloaking

-= Marketing Tip =-
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- One Way Back Links From eBay -

Back links are important for your SEO and it doesn’t get much butter than eBay when it comes a free search engine friendly back link…
One Way Back Links From eBay

-= Advertising Slogans, Mottos and Taglines TRIVIA =-
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Do you know your slogans? Answers at the end of this issue.

[1] “We sell more cars than Ford, Chrysler, Chevrolet, and Buick combined”
[2] “The milk chocolate melts in your mouth - not in your hand”
[3] “America’s storyteller”
[4] “Splash it all over”

-= Very Funny Video =-
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Finding these funny videos has to be one of the best parts of writing for the Extreme Ezine. The only problem is that it sets me so far back because it’s so hard to pull away from YouTube. Here’s what I have for this issue…

Weird and Strange News: Online Marketing

-= This Issue’s Joke =-
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This one’s from MakesYouLaugh

Helpful wife

JOKE: A male driver is pulled over by a cop and the following conversation takes place:
Man: What’s the problem officer?
Cop: You were going at least 75 in a 55 zone.
Man: No sir, I was going 65.
Wife: Oh Harry. You were going 80.
(Man gives his wife a dirty look.)
Cop: I’m also going to give you a ticket for your broken tail light.
Man: Broken tail light? I didn’t know about a broken tail light!
Wife: Oh Harry, you’ve known about that tail light for weeks.
(Man gives his wife a dirty look.)
Cop: I’m also going to give you a citation for not wearing your seat belt.
Man: Oh, I just took it off when you were walking up to the car.
Wife: Oh Harry, you never wear your seat belt.
Man: Shut your mouth, woman!
Cop: Ma’am, does your husband always talk to you this way?
Wife: No, only when he’s drunk.

-= In a word - Defined =-
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Permission Marketing

Permission based marketing, if not developed by, was at least popularized by Seth Godin. Author of Permission Marketing, Seth Godin speaks at events on many marketing topics including permission based marketing. Here’s a nice YouTube video worth watching: “All Marketers are Liars” - Seth Godin speaks at Google

-= Famous Quotes to Ponder =-
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“Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.”
~ Napoleon Hill

“We’re obviously going to spend a lot in marketing because we think the product sells itself.”
~ Jim Allchin

“Before everything else, getting ready is the secret of success.”
~ Henry Ford

“You can’t build a reputation on what you are going to do.”
~ Henry Ford

Fun Fact: 1914 Henry Ford cut the work hour from nine to eight hours in order to convert the factory to a three-shift workday.

- Trivia Answers -

[1] “We sell more cars than Ford, Chrysler, Chevrolet, and Buick combined”
[1]  Matchbox

[2]  “The milk chocolate melts in your mouth - not in your hand”
[2]  M&Ms Candy

[3] “America’s storyteller”
[3]   Kodak Cameras

[4] “Splash it all over”
[4]  Brut Aftershave

Fun Facts:

- According to Wikipedia, Matchbox toys were so named because the original models were packed in boxes similar in size and style to boxes of matches.

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Sincerely,
Your online Marketing Advisor,
Brian Hawkins
ExtremeEzine.com