Stay away from MLM

Posted on June 26, 2013 by mktg4thefuture — 1 Comment

It seems that now more than ever before (perhaps because of the accessibility of the internet) people are trying to persuade you to sign up for some type of Multi-Level Marketing “business”. For those of you unfamiliar with MLM; the concept is to sell everyday products and not only get compensated for your sales, but in addition get paid from sales that come from the people you recruit into the company. I have told people before and I will tell people again that it’s simply not worth your time or effort. In addition, it’s not worth losing friends and family members over. Trading in your personal relationship to try to become a successful MLM “professional” is just simply a waste of your time. Stay away from MLM unless it’s your LAST resort to get by. End rant.

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Apple founder Wozniak ‘US is just as bad as communist Russia’

Posted on June 18, 2013 by mktg4thefuture — Leave a comment

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How to claim blog authorship in Google

Posted on June 17, 2013 by mktg4thefuture — 1 Comment

How to claim blog authorship

How to claim authorship on your website or blog. Via Google

Option 1: Link your content to your Google+ profile using a verified email address.

Don’t have an email address on the same domain as your content? Follow the instructions listed in Option 2 below.

Check that you have a email address (for example, levy@wired.com) on the same domain as your content (wired.com).
Make sure that each article or post you publish on that domain has a clear byline identifying you as the author (for example, “By Steven Levy” or “Author: Steven Levy”).
Visit the Authorship page and submit your email address to Google. No matter how many articles or posts you publish on this domain, you only need to do this process once. Your email will appear in the Contributor to section of your Google+ profile. If you want to keep your email private, change the visibility of your link.
To see what author data Google can extract from your page, use the structured data testing tool.

Option 2: Set up authorship by linking your content to your Google+ profile

Create a link to your Google+ profile from your webpage, like this:
```
  <a href="[profile_url]?rel=author">Google</a>
```
Replace [profile_url] with the your Google+ profile URL, like this:
```
  <a href="https://plus.google.com/109412257237874861202?
   rel=author">Google</a>
```
Your link must contain the ?rel=author parameter. If it’s missing, Google won’t be able to associate your content with your Google+ profile.
Add a reciprocal link back from your profile to the site(s) you just updated.
1. Edit the Contributor To section.
2. In the dialog that appears, click Add custom link, and then enter the website URL.
3. If you want, click the drop-down list to specify who can see the link.
4. Click Save.
To see what author data Google can extract from your page, use the structured data testing tool.