The Blog of Mark Shilensky

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I’m writing this blog entry for a couple of reasons, but before I get into that, let me talk about how this started…

I’ve run an online business in one capacity or another for almost 9 years.  Having gotten my start in the Internet Marketing (IM) world by building numerous (hundreds and hundreds) of Google AdSense websites and a lot of Affiliate Marketing sites.  If you want to know what that is, search for “Affiliate Marketing” on LifeClassroom.com and you’ll find a whole lot of articles that I’ve written. Read the rest of this entry »

Why You’re Dumb, Sick & Broke…   And How to Get Smart, Healthy & Rich!

If you’re one of the millions of people stressed with money issues, struggling with health challenges, or enduring work that brings you no satisfaction.  Why You’re Dumb, Sick & Broke… And How to Get Smart, Healthy and Rich! is the perfect book for you.  And it’s perfect for those winning the rat race but living like a rat.

In this powerful and groundbreaking book.  Randy Gage reveals the secrets of manifesting health, happiness, and prosperity in your life – but in a way you’ve never experienced before.  He takes the timeless and universal principles of success and applies them to the complexities, challenges, and realities of today’s world.

Why You’re Dumb, Sick & Broke… And How to Get Smart, Healthy and Rich! takes on all of the people, institutions, and beliefs that threaten your health, happiness, and prosperity.  But be Read the rest of this entry »

In sticking to my commitment and intention to keep you updated on different services that are out there…

I would highly recommend that you DO NOT use the autoresponder service provided by iContact.com.  I have been trying for the last 10 days to migrate over one of my smaller lists to their service because they came recommended.  Well, after 10 days, I’ve finally given up and can now tell you honestly not to use this service.

They provide poor customer service and despite any promises or services described by their sales people they don’t deliver as promised. Read the rest of this entry »

Many people on the Internet have seen or heard of the term Affiliate Marketing, like you I’ve always wondered exactly what that is.  More importantly than that how to make the money that everybody seems to claim they make from Affiliate Marketing.

There are a couple of huge benefits to Affiliate Marketing, the biggest one is that you don’t have to create a product to have something to sell.  Once you decide that you want to do this as part of your home-based business package, you can get going immediately by selling other people’s products.

There are experts out there that can teach you how to make in excess of a few thousand dollars a week just to buy being an affiliate for somebody else.

I was going to go into a lot more detail about this, and then I thought about it and felt that the best thing for me to do would be to send you directly to one of the experts.  My good friend Craig Bechta is truly an expert on Affiliate Marketing, his program can teach you step-by-step how to make hundreds or thousands of dollars a week through marketing other people’s products.  Just CLICK HERE and you’ll be taken to the information about his amazing program.

How to Learn Blogging Software by Mark Shilensky

A lot of blogging software is specifically designed to be simple to use, but even the least intimidating blogging program can feel very overwhelming to somebody who has not spent a lot of time learning the ins and outs of different kinds of software. Particularly for newer bloggers, learning how to use the interface of blogging software is the most difficult part of blogging. If you are somebody who feels comfortable expressing themselves in another medium, it may prove to be well worth your time and effort to learn blogging software, but that doesn’t mean that the task will be easy.

The main thing that will help you find success as you learn how to use a new kind of blogging software is to try and take things slowly. Many people get so excited about learning to blog that they try to rush into the thick of it and start exploring the most complicated features of a program right away. This can lead to getting confused and feeling frustrated, and all too many potential bloggers burn out during this stage of the process. If you take your time learning the basics of your blog software program before you move on to more advanced techniques, you will be more likely to retain what you have learned, and to keep feeling positive about your ability to understand the world of blogging.

Outsourcing is the new buzzword in the business community. However, the question of why businesses outsource their business process is still being asked by a lot of people. Surely, outsourcing would create a lot of profit for a business. Besides, why would businesses outsource their business process if they won’t make any money out of it?

Aside from saving a lot of money from outsourcing, companies that want to unburden themselves from heavy workloads caused by the growing demand of their work by the public resort to outsourcing to do the job they should be doing. Businesses today hire outsourcing companies from different countries to do a part of the business process in order to save money on labor and also expand their capabilities.

Since there are a lot of skilled individuals in developing countries with little chance of employment, outsourcing became one of the best industries considered by a lot of talented and skilled individuals in developing countries. In terms of salary, outsourcing provides cheap labor compared to getting your companies work done in-house. For example, in the United States, you would pay a qualified professional about 100 dollars to get the job done. However, outsourcing the job to other Read the rest of this entry »

Does outsourcing works for your advantage or disadvantage?

For a layman (or an individual who understand the concept of outsourcing in a sea-level understanding), outsourcing is a complete waste of time and financial resources, which can end up with unwanted complications. Why assign work to other individuals if you know what will be good for your business? Why delegate the work to outsourcing professionals abroad if you can do much better right at your own territory? You know what is best for your business, and you don’t need other individuals to deal with things that you can handle by yourself, or with the help of in-house personnel.

For a politician, outsourcing will just be a political subject that can be argued on debates within the walls of Congress and newspapers. The issue will serve as a “fortified objection” to take away jobs from your own countrymen, making your business “unpatriotic”. Politician’s sympathy with regards to the outsourcing issue may win him a few votes in the upcoming election, nothing more than that.

However, it is the businessman who will be using the outsourcing process; not the layman, and definitely, not the politician. Thus, outsourcing for businessman is a “modern day boon”. Many Read the rest of this entry »