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"Walk Into Any Niche You Choose
And Dominate Instantly Because
You'll Already Know Where The
Money Is At Every Single Turn…
Before You Ever Even Spend A
Dime Of Your Own" ???

These are the types of claims we have been reading in the recent months from several software, promising that you can literally begin to investigate
a number of keywords and track the advertisers whose advertisements are constantly showing up. This type of monitoring is hugely powerful, especially if it's
able to be done in an automated fashion.

Well — if you've seen any of the recent launches for Google Cash Detective, X-Ray Domination, Uncover Profits or Adwords Tycoons, then you already know that most of those programs are out of reach even for some people that are making good money.

X-Ray Domination = $1500
Undercover Profits = $291 per month
Google Cash Detective = $495 plus $97 per month
Adwords Tycoons = $1500

If you've ever wondered how some of the guys in the past year have been turning up some incredibly enormous checks by using the Pay-Per-Clicks, wouldn't you want to know HOW they are doing it?  I know I do! 

What gets more powerful than letting a little robot loose on the Internet to monitor particular keywords and report back ONLY the campaigns that were shown the most every time they were monitored?  This literally gives you a license to piggyback on other people's success that already have a proven selling process for their affiliate website landing page or just their affiliate link.

I have been testing GCD for a couple of months now and can verify this.

I recently received a great offer from JP Schoeffel at www.adspypro.com/ . This software is the was created in the "Better'n'Cheaper" series, where a number of people pay in advance nominal membership fees to create cheaper and better alternatives to software that has been released and which are only available at much higher prices.  He writes that he has received a lot of criticism for this.  JP Schoeffel has long experience in Internet Marketing and has produced some very good marketing materials and tools, such as Niches-In-A-Box and many social bookmarking books and tools. He has also had  a lot of success as an affiliate marketer.  Now I know why!!!

When I finally got around to reading the sales page on www.adspypro.com/ I was happy to see that it works with several other programs - not just Adwords. The price on the page says $67 for the time being, and will continue to rise after the pre-launch period is over.  Rush to get this software, if you have missed out on the others. Receive $20 back from me after the guarantee period has ended, provided you purchase through my link, of course.  The $20 rebate is valid only until June 30th, 2007 and for 500 licenses.

I received my copy today and I am pleased to say that it looks very good.  More to come in the near future on a review of this software and some effective strategies to use with them.

I received Google Cash Detective, GCD, as a surprise bonus last year when I subscribed to a new Adwords management service, which took me months to learn - not because it  was so hard, but because I am so non-technical. The link to GCD arrived about a couple of months ago.  Being the non-techie person that I am, t took me quite some time to learn to install - but once I finally got over my fear and "got it", I realized it wasn't that  difficult, after all to install software and things like a "cron manager" and to create databases. I've been testing it without any detailed instructions on how to find the profitable campaigns.  I have found campaigns and tested new ones but haven't had the instant success that so many people are claiming would be the results of having this. I suppose if someone were to peek over my shoulder and tell me exactly what, when and how to do things, I would learn much faster and be earning much more money with it. 

I also recently received a copy of Adwords Tycoon, which went on sale yesterday and sold out within a few hours of its launch, even after hours of problems with their servers, and learned just very quickly through their tutorials how they find the profitable campaigns, but the price of that software was very high.  These software are very similar to one another, but to be fair, the Adwords Tycoon software gives more info and is more flexible than GCD, but lacks the extended service of transferring your keywords to your Adwords campaigns, a monthly service priced at $97 per month, as mentioned before.

More to come on a comparison of the functionality of these software and the results I am getting.

Google Cash Detective, Adwords Tycoons, XRayDomination, and UnderCover Profits are ALL SOLD OUT.  But you can get www.adspypro.com/ for a limited time at the pre-lauch price of $67 and $20 back from me after the guarantee period has ended, provided you purchase through my link, of course.  The $20 rebate is valid only until June 30th, 2007 and for 500 licenses.

Stay tuned to this blog for an upcoming video on the results I am getting with these software.
 
Angela Wickenberg

In that spirit, Business 2.0 magazine sent senior writer Paul Kaihla and a team of reporters on a quest to find some of the best "best practices" in business today. The companies they interviewed have stumbled upon their own unique methods for doing everything from running meetings and generating product ideas to troubleshooting M&A deals and keeping board directors on their toes.

Following are 25 ideas that are truly gems, broken down into five categories: finance, HR, management, marketing, and R&D.

They're methods that help keep some of the best-run companies, like Procter & Gamble (Research), Google (Research), Southwest Airlines (Research), Microsoft (Research), Intel (Research), and Coke (Research), at the top of their game. You've probably never heard of most of these practices — but you might want to start implementing them tomorrow. 

HEWLETT-PACKARD CEO Mark Hurd loves numbers–and insists that his managers learn to love them too. Since Hurd came onboard last March, one of the key tools he's used to keep pace with rivals is his extreme form of industry benchmarking. Instead of comparing HP's sales and profits with Dell's or IBM's, the company now tracks itself against rivals by every conceivable measure. "We want to make sure we break down every unit and business function," explains Marius Haas, senior strategy officer at HP, "so we can become best in class in each one."

Here's how it works: Imagine a matrix with various business units running down the side (printing, servers, storage, IT services, etc.) and business functions across the top (finance, HR, marketing, R&D, etc.). Now create benchmarks for each of the 72 resulting cells and you have a good idea of how Hurd is managing the $87 billion company. The benchmarks are the best guess of where HP's rivals are going to be in 2007, based on more than a dozen variables, from real estate cost per square foot to operating expenses as a percentage of gross margin.

Before Hurd took over, HP measured itself primarily against IBM, using one very blunt tool: costs as a percentage of revenues. That ignored IBM's higher gross margins and the fact that it has more gross profit to spread around. Hurd's new benchmarking method formed the basis of HP's reorganization effort announced last July, through which HP has promised to save $3 billion by 2008. Already there is key evidence of success: Operating expenses as a percentage of gross margin dropped 2 percent in 2005, helping to fatten profits by $385 million. — E.S.

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I wasn't happy with the quality of the first call.  There were problems with getting on the call, with the webcast and with the recording.  It was also 3 AM for me. So we did another interview, which turned out very well.

A replay of the call with Joe Sugarman will be available at http://StrategyCalls.com after some minor editing.  I'll write a new post, announcing when it is ready later this week.

In the meantime, I hope you're enjoying the Summer!

/Angela Wickenberg

So cool! And what a relief! I hosted the premier Strategy Calls seminar today with Ben Mack. 

The replay is here: http://www.instantteleseminar.com/?eventid=3493947

Joe Sugarman came on the line, too. Ben Mack coached callers right on the line!

BenMack @EbizMom Angela, I'm grateful u had me on! What a treat JOE SUGARMAN… how did u make that happen?

:)))

I think it turned out pretty good.  Ben put me on the spot at the end of the call, though. Listen how I stumble through summarizing the call! LOL!

Here are some of the comments from the listeners on the call:

Stephanie Nan Bell

Hi Angela — I wanted to congratulate you on your with Ben Mack and the apparent good fortune of Joe Sugarman joining the call as well! That should be excellent publicity for you for future calls! Since much of what I do as a Writer, Speaker and Spirit Coach involves prayer — I thought I'd send you one for your new venture:

Dear God — thank you for the blessing of Angela who is so keen to help others and has the courage to step forward with her idea and put it into action. Thank you for making the way clear for Angela and showing her exactly what needs to be done at each step of the way and the best way to do that. Thank you for those that she is helping with these calls and thank you for the guests who will bless us all with their contribution. Thank you also for your grace dear Lord. And so it is.

AMEN.

Blessings to you Angela! And continued good luck and good fortune!

YvonneLyon @EbizMom Thanks for the great call with @BenMack - it was super-educational!

Franca @EbizMom Congrats on the very good call with @benmack. Pretty informative info discussed for the small business owner. Very clear concepts.

JimZaccaria @EbizMom Thanks for hosting the call Will you be putting that on CD to sell, or use as a Bonus? Simple to do about 16 hours ago from web in reply to EbizMom

  Franca @EbizMom Great surprise added bonus to the call - learn how @benmack makes the JV (Joint Venture) smooth moves on Joe Sugarman. Classic! Wow! 

Here are more Tweets on the subject:

SpiritCoach @BenMack-the way u handled that call today made me a believer - and that was after the Too Much Info over the weekend! : ) about 6 hours ago from web in reply to BenMack

SpiritCoach @BenMack-I'm on webcast. Call just started peeps-BenMack on Branding for Solopreneurs http://ping.fm/gmOan about 18 hours ago from Ping.fm in reply to BenMack

SpiritCoach @BenMack-u r a master of persuasion in how u r handling this call! : ) about 18 hours ago from web in reply to BenMack

BenMack @SpiritCoach Thank you for complimenting me! The call was a blast and a gift it was to have the Living Legend Joe Sugarman call from Hawaii about 17 hours ago from web in reply to SpiritCoach

BenMack @lksugarman Miss Sugarman, are you related to Living Legend Joe Sugarman? Is that Y he came on my call this morning b/c your his daughter? about 17 hours ago from web in reply to lksugarman

lksugarman @BenMack no, no relation. He came on yr call because you're unpredictable, profane, and brilliant. Wish I'd been on that call myself. about 17 hours ago from web in reply to BenMack

Thank you everybody!

Angela Wickenberg

I just read through this report and feel that it is a good read and was worth my time.  Truth is always subjective, but when the numbers don't lie, then there is something universal about it as well.

Take your time to download it and read through it.  You might be glad you did.

http://www.theinternetmarketingcure.com/go.php/95784

Apropos types of strategic alliances…

I just love all those free investor newletters that drop into my mail box every day.  Today was no exception. Ann Sosnowski at the Taipan Publishing Group wrote an article about how renegade invesor Carl Icahn was pushing Microsoft and Yahoo together after he starting buying up shares in Yahoo.  She wrote:

*** Also adding to investor optimism is the possibility of another deal between Yahoo Inc. (YHOO:NASDAQ) and Microsoft Corp. (MSFT:NASDAQ).

When Yahoo declined Microsoft’s $44.6 million bid, activist investor Carl Icahn began buying up shares last week.

Carl Icahn is one of the richest men in the world. And he’s the most famous of today’s corporate raiders.

Carl Icahn votes with his money as an activist investor. Money talks. If he takes a substantial holding in your company, you better be concerned.

Ever since he staged a hostile takeover of TWA in 1985, Icahn is known as a ruthless activist investor who will do everything in his power to make you agree with him about how YOUR business is run. Or he’ll wipe you out.

Although Yahoo does have plans in place to repel a hostile takeover, it decided instead to renegotiate around Icahn with Microsoft.

Now Microsoft and Yahoo are in talks again to combat Google Inc. (GOOG:NASDAQ) in the online marketplace. They’re talking alternatives to a complete buyout at this point.

It would be extremely profitable for Yahoo and Microsoft to team up against GOOG. There’s definite value in Yahoo that Microsoft should be able to unlock for investors.

Angela Wickenberg

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Hi - found this great article in Early To Rise - read and get wise!

By Tim Ferriss

I just landed back in CA from a long overdue mini-retirement through London, Scotland, Sardinia, Slovak Republic, Austria, Amsterdam, and Japan.

Some unpleasant surprises awaited me when I checked in on the evil e-mail inbox. Why?

I let them happen.

I always do.

Here are just a few of the goodies that awaited me this time:

• One of our fulfillment companies has been shut down due to the president's death, causing a 20%+ loss in monthly orders and requiring an emergency shift of all Web design and order processing.

• Missed radio and magazine appearances and upset would-be interviewers.

• More than a dozen lost joint-venture partnership opportunities.

It's not that I go out of my way to irritate people - not at all - but I recognize one critical fact: Oftentimes, in order to do the big things, you have to let the small bad things happen. This is a skill we want to cultivate.

What did I get in exchange for temporarily putting on blinders and taking a few glancing blows?

• I followed the Rugby World Cup in Europe and was able to watch the New Zealand All Blacks live, a dream I've had for the last 5 years.

• I was able to shoot every gun I've ever dreamed of firing since brainwashing myself with Commando. Bless the Slovak Republic and their paramilitaries.

• I was able to film a television series pilot in Japan, a lifelong dream and the most fun I've had in months, if not years.

• I met with my Japanese publisher, Seishisha (Tel: 03-5574-8511) and had media interviews in Tokyo, where The 4-Hour Workweek is now #1 in several of the largest chains.

• I took a complete 10-day media fast and felt like I'd had a two-year vacation from computers.

• I attended the Tokyo International Film Festival and hung out with one of my heroes, the producer of the Planet Earth television series.

Once you realize that you can turn off the noise without the world ending, you're liberated in a way that few people ever know.

Just remember: If you don't have attention, you don't have time. Did I have time to check e-mail and voicemail? Sure. It might take 10 minutes. Did I have the attention to risk fishing for crises in those 10 minutes? Not at all.

As tempting as it is to "just check e-mail for one minute," I didn't do it. I know from experience that any problem found in the inbox will linger on the brain for hours or days after you shut down the computer, rendering "free time" useless with preoccupation. It's the worst of states, where you experience neither relaxation nor productivity. Be focused on work or focused on something else, never in between.

Time without attention is worthless, so value attention over time.

Here are a few questions that can help you put on the productivity blinders and put things in perspective. Even when you're not traveling the world, develop the habit of letting small bad things happen. If you don't, you'll never find time for the life-changing big things, whether important tasks or true peak experiences. If you do force the time but puncture it with distractions, you won't have the attention to appreciate it.

• What is the one goal, if completed, that could change everything?

• What is the most urgent thing right now that you feel you "must" or "should" do?

• Can you let the urgent "fail" - even for a day - to get to the next milestone with your potential life-changing tasks?

• What's been on your "to-do" list the longest? Start it first thing in the morning and don't allow interruptions or lunch until you finish.

Will "bad" things happen? Small problems will crop up, yes. A few people will complain and quickly get over it. BUT, the bigger picture items you complete will let you see these for what they are - minutiae and repairable hiccups.

Make this trade a habit. Let the small bad things happen and make the big good things happen.

[Ed. Note: Timothy Ferriss is author of the #1 New York Times best-seller, The 4-Hour Workweek. He is the world's top lifestyle blogger - more than 20 million hits per month - at www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog, which details all of his latest experiments and how-to case studies.]