I'm an "action" movie nut and the Missus' can attest to that. When I get all
settled down in my favorite chair and armed with my remotes and watch the
latest action flick on DVD, I lose all concept of time and find it is a total escape
from the pressures of today's world.
With the surround sound cranked up and totally engrossed in the movie, a
faraway sound will make me pause the movie. "TURN THAT STUFF DOWN!!"
The wife is standing in the doorway with fists clenched on her hips, "What?
Are you deaf?"
Movie Night!
One night I was watching Bad Boys II with Will Smith and Martin Lawrence.
Half way through the movie I had to pause and think about what the first
movie was about. The original Bad Boys was already an old movie and being
buried by all the new releases that came after it. 
Of all the people that missed the first movie and only watched the second Bad Boys,
I wonder how many will bother to rent or buy a copy and watch the first movie.
I don't think there will be too many because of that new release by Bruce Willis
or that new action-adventure by Claude Van Damme coming out on the weekend.
People are looking forward to the next latest and greatest, not the past.
So, what's that got to do with my Blog or anyone's Blog?
How much effort and time do you put into a post on your Blog? Traffic building
is an ongoing task with Bloggers and also maintaining that traffic at a level you
want it to be at. Just like movie goers, readers want to see an article that will
peak their interest and hold it enough to come back and read your next article.
Firing off a hurried post with weak content, thinking it will be adequate because
you have great articles in your archives is not going to cut it because that first
impression is like the "trailer" to a movie. A reader will view the current article
and see what the Blogger's theme is about and a sample of what is upcoming in
future posts.
In conclusion, this is a fast paced, hectic world we live in and the average time
a person spends reading an article on a blog is short and it is not very likely
that they will spend the time to read past posts. Your current article is what "rates"
your Blog in the minds of your readers



In my last article about "Lists" and Autoresponders I discussed the pros and cons
of building an MLM Affiliate business with leads or prospects.
I get a lot of advise and knowledge from some of the top Bloggers and being busy
with my Biz I don't always get a chance to read what's new or the latest and greatest
traffic building technique. I call it learning from the Masters. In these blogs they have
a subscription form that you fill out and you will be informed be e-mail of new Posts and
updates.
By doing this they are building a "List" of their own. When the opportunity arises they
can send their Autoresponder subscribers, "Affiliate product" offers or ask them to read
a recent post with an "pitch" inserted in the article. There are some people that don't
like being sent advertisements but there are others that jump at the chance at getting
a discounted product that "works" for a popular Blogger. 
An example of this was a recent "competition" between two Bloggers in a race to develop
the most popular site and who could sell their Blog for the most money. They were some
great downloads and products used by both camps to cut out a lot of leg work and
a lot of readers opted to purchase these through discounted prices and the Bloggers
benefited through Affiliate commissions. Some were put up as prizes with a chance to
win some expensive tools for free.
In conclusion, I feel a Blogger has a greater benefit through building a List and having
a sizable subscription base in their Autoresponder, than a Blogger that doesn't use one.
Mainly because of the variety of information and products a Blogger can present instead
of a single product or company information package that an MLM Affiliate has to offer.
In my next post in this series of e-mail campaigns I will write about a website that is
gaining popularity by the day, that can replace my need for an Autoresponder and it's free.






I never had any success with the Global Domains International Affiliate program.
I would sponsor people for the 7 day free trial but they would not upgrade...and it's only
10 bucks a month. I think the problem is the 1 dollar factor. For every member in your
downline you receive a dollar a month as long as they are subscribed. Geez...all that
work to recruit someone and only get a dollar a month. When I was shopping around
looking for programs to build my Home Business, I received autoresponder emails
about the GDI compensation plan explaining the "Power Of One", and how those one
dollar bills can add up very quickly and wondered why they kept "pushing" that topic.
So, I figured it must be an issue with some people. When you look at the compensation
plan, you need 10 people just to break even before you see any profit. Where GDI
has already "glutted" the market, the most signups will be coming from "new" people
entering the online business world and recruiting 10 people as a "newbie" is no
easy task.
After a couple months, I got an invitational email to join 3in7, a GDI downline builder.
"Guaranteed" (There's that word again and it got me suspicious back then) to put 3 people
in your downline in GDI in 7 days. You guessed it; never happened. For some reason I
couldn't get it going and and didn't feel right promoting a program that never fulfilled
their "guarantee" to me.
Out of that debacle, I did learn something from a GDI member that was doing great with
the company and attributed his success to Forum posting. Actually he was a Doctor and
building his GDI business as his time schedule allowed. By posting to 3 or 4 popular
Forums everyday or every two days he was and still is building his downline. The first
3 or 4 months there was nothing happening but then slowly he began getting replies
to the posts he was making on his thread, and interest turned to signups.
As members joined his downline he encouraged them to follow his lead and post on his
threads or start new threads if the Forum allowed it. Essentially, his Forum threads
became downline builders.

I decided to try and duplicate his success by using the same method for my programs.
That was about 4 months ago and strangely, just in the last few days I began getting
some interest and response to my Forum posts also a few signups. Just like the Doc
ordered, his prescription was working.
A word of caution that every Forum has different rules and standards. You must read
the rules and regulations for each category within a Forum to stay "legal". Popular
Forum topics also get good ratings in the Search Engines especially if your content
is fresh and original.
In my next article I will discuss Forum posting and how I found out the hard way that
not all Forums have the same format and rules.