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		<title>Niche Marketing Genius&#8230; Beautiful People Make Beautiful Babies</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 23:36:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>C. A. Simmons</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is there any market that a niche can&#8217;t be carved out of? Apparently not. Online dating site BeautifulPeople.com &#8212; a dating website that only allows attractive people to join based on the uniquely biased vote of its members &#8212; is famous for it&#8217;s ultra-exclusive &#8216;clientèle&#8217; so to speak, and is now providing a forum/sperm bank [...]]]></description>
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<p>Is there any market that a niche can&#8217;t be carved out of? Apparently not.</p>
<p>Online dating site <a href="http://www.beautifulpeople.com" target="_blank">BeautifulPeople.com</a> &#8212; a dating website that only allows attractive people to join based on the uniquely biased vote of its members &#8212; is famous for it&#8217;s ultra-exclusive &#8216;clientèle&#8217; so to speak, and is now providing a forum/sperm bank where one might search for genetic material from beautiful people from around the world.</p>
<blockquote><p>Now, the site is taking further steps in the fight against unattractiveness (at least unattractiveness as gauged by people who dig conventionality) by launching a fertility introduction service that allows both members and non-members to score the stuff that dream babies are made of. According to Managing Director Greg Hodge, “There are no financial benefits for us in doing so — we are simply responding to a demand for attractive donors. Every parent would like their child to be blessed with many fine attributes, attractiveness being one of the most sought after. For a site with members who resemble Brad Pitt, George Clooney and Angelina Jolie you can imagine the demand.”</p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p>Hintze added that initially the service was to be limited to hotties and hotties alone, “But everyone — including ugly people — would like to bring good looking children in to the world, and we can’t be selfish with our attractive gene pool.” How very generous of him. (<a href="http://mashable.com/2010/06/21/beautifulpeople-com-sperm-bank/" target="_blank">via Mashable</a>)</p></blockquote>
<p>This is a brilliant concept. Creating a niche for a specialty market with a built in desire for &#8216;attractive&#8217; babies. People search Craigslist and other online gatherings to search for fertility donors everyday. The genius in this concept is they&#8217;re essentially supplying the demand that almost everyone of their unfortunately infertile customers wants.</p>
<p>Yes! I know there are no financial benefits for the company but they will benefit a ton in the additional publicity and attention. So if for nothing it&#8217;s still one hell of a PR move.</p>
<p>Oh and eugenics maybe? I don&#8217;t think so. People make the decision to mate with people they find attractive every single day&#8230; until now the people in search of donors didn&#8217;t have a cool social way to make it happen.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m interested in hearing what you guys think of this and how you could implement a similar concept in your own business.</p>
<p>Check out the full article over at <a href="http://mashable.com/2010/01/04/beautifulpeople-expels-5000/" target="_blank">Mashable.com &#8211; Dating Site Launches Online Sperm and Egg Bank for “Beautiful People”</a></p>
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		<title>What Is AdWords and How Does it Work?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:01:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>C. A. Simmons</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“What is AdWords, and why should I spend my money on it?” You know if someone asks that question, “What is AdWords” then they are definitely very new to PPC marketing. Because what is AdWords but pretty much the backbone of the entire PPC marketing industry. For a strict definition, AdWords is Google’s flagship advertising [...]]]></description>
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</span>“What is AdWords, and why should I spend my money on it?”  You know if someone asks that question, “What is AdWords” then they are definitely very new to PPC marketing.  Because what is AdWords but pretty much the backbone of the entire PPC marketing industry.  For a strict definition, AdWords is Google’s flagship advertising product and main source of revenue, according to Wikipedia, offering pay-per-click advertising in the search network and site-targeted advertising in the content network.</p>
<p>But more importantly, what is AdWords to you?  It is the chance to really make some money online.  It is easy to get traffic with AdWords, but what you need to make sure that you’re doing is getting the traffic that will make money for you.  After all, when it comes right down to it, with all the guides and information out there, it all boils down to the fact that what is AdWords but another way to make you money.  You just need to know how to go about it.</p>
<p>What is AdWords going to do for your business?  If you handle it right, it can make you a lot of money.  What you need to do is get started correctly for that to work.  One of the most common mistakes people make when starting out with AdWords is to put all their products into one big ad group.  This is wrong – in order to maximize your profit, you need to have a separate ad group for every product you want to promote.  This will let you very specifically target your campaign to the people who you are trying to get to buy your product, which will make the most out of your PPC budgets.</p>
<p>Another common mistake people make when starting out is that they think that they have to compete on the most popular, most expensive keywords to get anywhere.  What AdWords can do is suck out a lot of money in a very short period of time if you go about bidding that way.  For someone just starting out, or someone with a very small budget, it makes sense to buy smart, not popular.  Look for related keywords that are much less expensive, or look for very targeted keywords that, while they offer a smaller market, may be much more targeted and open towards your product.</p>
<p>What AdWords newbies need to understand is that, while it is very possible to make a lot of money online, it is also possible to spend a lot of money with little results if you don’t do it carefully.  When just starting out, move slowly but surely, and don’t get sucked in by the competitive environment.  Make sure that you’re making business decisions that are right for you.</p>
<p>If you want to get serious about PPC marketing and AdWords, <a href="http://www.ppckahuna.com/invite/Circle1ne/">Click HERE</a> Now to claim your $1 FULL ACCESS to <a href="http://www.ppckahuna.com/invite/Circle1ne/">PPCKahuna</a> Now!</p>
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		<title>The Photoshop Anthology FREE Complete Download From Sitepoint</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 11:03:21 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.circleoneconnect.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/the-photoshop-anthology.jpg" rel="shadowbox[sbpost-26];player=img;"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-75" title="the-photoshop-anthology" src="http://www.circleoneconnect.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/the-photoshop-anthology.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="263" /></a>Yesterday I got an email from <a href="http://photoshop.aws.sitepoint.com/">Sitepoint</a> offering me and anyone else the complete <strong>The Photoshop Anthology: 101 Web Design Tips, Tricks &amp; Techniques</strong> as a PDF download absolutely FREE. With that, I decided that I just had to let everyone in on this.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve purchased products from Sitepoint in the past and was thrilled when I received this email (been planning on purchasing it for a while now). Sitepoint&#8217;s products are excellent in quality and content and I highly recommend their products to any designers looking for general tips on web design or full blown tutorials. So if you want to learn more about the Photoshop Anthology get your <a href="http://www.sitepoint.com/launch/f948f3">free copy now</a>!</p>
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