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	<title>Confessions of a Home-based Business Entrepreneur</title>
	<link>http://www.homebusinessonline.com/blog</link>
	<description>(aka "the secret business lives of Dave and Heidi Perry")</description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 04:47:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Genesis Site New Secret Module&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.homebusinessonline.com/blog/2008/04/21/genesis-site-new-secret-module/index.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 04:47:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heidi</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Our Latest Home Business Activities</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Dave and I went to lunch today with our Genesis Team staff
for a business meeting (away from office interruptions).
During our lunch an executive decision was made.
	MORE BONUSES!
	&#8220;MORE VALUE!&#8221;
	What are we talking about?
	It&#8217;s been quite an eventful time as we&#8217;ve developed the
&#8220;Claim Your Genesis Site&#8221; program.  What started off as a
simple idea has turned into [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p>Dave and I went to lunch today with our Genesis Team staff<br />
for a business meeting (away from office interruptions).<br />
During our lunch an executive decision was made.</p>
	<p>MORE BONUSES!</p>
	<p>&#8220;MORE VALUE!&#8221;</p>
	<p>What are we talking about?</p>
	<p>It&#8217;s been quite an eventful time as we&#8217;ve developed the<br />
&#8220;Claim Your Genesis Site&#8221; program.  What started off as a<br />
simple idea has turned into an exciting project.</p>
	<p><a href="http://www.ClaimYourGenesisSite.com">http://www.ClaimYourGenesisSite.com</a></p>
	<p>As we&#8217;ve developed this new program, we&#8217;ve had to make<br />
some pretty major decisions.</p>
	<p>- Do we simply provide our customers with a basic Genesis<br />
  site using our Genesis System?</p>
	<p>or </p>
	<p>- Do we take take it over the top and provide you with a<br />
  huge value-added system to end all niche opportunities?</p>
	<p>From this email, you will be able to figure out the<br />
direction we chose to go.</p>
	<p>I can&#8217;t go into details here.  The plans we have are<br />
powerful.  Some smart copycat marketers would love to<br />
get their hands on this.</p>
	<p>What I will say is that what&#8217;s coming in the Genesis<br />
System over the next few months will blow every niche<br />
website opportunity out of the water.</p>
	<p>What&#8217;s coming?</p>
	<p>We are developing a new module for the Genesis System.<br />
The module is revolutionary (no one yet has developed<br />
anything like it).</p>
	<p>What makes this module so great?</p>
	<p>It will potentially double, even triple your bottom line<br />
as a Genesis Site owner.  Best of all, it automates the<br />
entire process.</p>
	<p>It&#8217;s that powerful.</p>
	<p>It goes without saying that we are very excited about this<br />
new module.  Once Round 3 closes, there will be a secret<br />
meeting with all Genesis site owners, and they will be<br />
given the nitty-gritty details.</p>
	<p>Genesis site owners will be the first to test the new<br />
module (and the first to make money with it).</p>
	<p>But&#8230;</p>
	<p>In order to put the needed time into this new module, we<br />
have decided to postpone Round 4 until all Genesis site<br />
owners have had a chance to use and test it.</p>
	<p>This may take some time.</p>
	<p>So&#8230;</p>
	<p>If you don&#8217;t want to miss out on this new module and<br />
haven&#8217;t yet claimed a Genesis site, you&#8217;ll need to act<br />
quickly.  Round 3 closes on Thursday.</p>
	<p>It may be quite some time before Round 4 opens.  At this<br />
point, we don&#8217;t know how long it will take and we cannot<br />
make any promises.</p>
	<p>IMPORTANT&#8230;</p>
	<p>The 48-hour sale we talked about in our last email to get<br />
a Genesis site for only $497 ends Tuesday night.  So, if<br />
you want to save $100, go to </p>
	<p><a href="http://www.ClaimYourGenesisSite.com">http://www.ClaimYourGenesisSite.com</a></p>
	<p>no later than Tuesday at midnight (EST).</p>
	<p>Topics are being claimed quickly.  If you need a payment<br />
plan, one is provided after you claim a topic and register.</p>
	<p>Go claim your Genesis site!</p>
	<p><a href="http://www.ClaimYourGenesisSite.com">http://www.ClaimYourGenesisSite.com</a>
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		<title>Why the Auction Ruckus? - Part 2</title>
		<link>http://www.homebusinessonline.com/blog/2007/12/28/why-the-auction-ruckus-part-2/index.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2007 12:17:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heidi</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Our Latest Home Business Activities</category>
	<category>Things That Make Me Go WOW!</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[	This is the second part of the story.  If you haven&#8217;t read the first part yet, you need to read it before reading below in order for it to make sense.  So read the 1st part and then come back to this page to read &#8220;the rest of the story&#8221;:
http://www.homebusinessonline.com/blog/2007/12/27/why-did-the-auction-cause-such-a-ruckus/index.html
	The story continues&#8230;
	When the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p>This is the second part of the story.  If you haven&#8217;t read the first part yet, you need to read it before reading below in order for it to make sense.  So read the 1st part and then come back to this page to read &#8220;the rest of the story&#8221;:<br />
<a href="http://www.homebusinessonline.com/blog/2007/12/27/why-did-the-auction-cause-such-a-ruckus/index.html">http://www.homebusinessonline.com/blog/2007/12/27/why-did-the-auction-cause-such-a-ruckus/index.html</a></p>
	<p>The story continues&#8230;</p>
	<p>When the second bid came in, the first bidder (not one of our subscribers) private messaged us to also express his disappointment that he could not go any higher in his bidding.  He asked if we had any other Genesis sites we would sell to him.</p>
	<p>Light bulb moment!</p>
	<p>We really couldn&#8217;t sell an existing money-making Genesis site that already had good traffic and revenue for any less, </p>
	<p>BUT&#8230;</p>
	<p>Perhaps we could build him a new Genesis site from scratch for a lesser amount.  We would fill it with content that would grow regularly and naturally without him having to lift a finger for the next 8-12 months.  As the site grew each month, his traffic and revenue would increase.  The Reader&#8217;s Digest version? &#8230; He knew it was a great deal, and he paid us $500 on the spot.</p>
	<p>Can I tell you how great it felt to come up with a solution for this guy?  Man, I love those &#8220;light bulb&#8221; moments!</p>
	<p>But the light bulb gets even brighter in this story.</p>
	<p>We still had our struggling, loyal subscriber who was left out in the cold.  We could have made the same offer to him, but we knew he needed more.  He didn&#8217;t have a lot of spare change and needed a huge amount of value for his money.  And, after all, he had been a subscriber for some time.  We wanted to take good care of him.</p>
	<p>So, what did we do?</p>
	<p>We gave him an offer he couldn&#8217;t refuse - the deal of all deals.</p>
	<p>His response?</p>
	<p>He said he had to &#8220;wipe his eyes&#8221; to make sure he was seeing the offer correctly.</p>
	<p>The offer is too sensitive to post publicly.  However, if you&#8217;re a subscriber to our <a href="http://www.homebusinessonline.com/nsl.php">newsletter</a>, watch for our next email entitled &#8220;The Offer.&#8221;</p>
	<p>As a subscriber, you&#8217;ll receive all the nitty-gritty details.</p>
	<p>Dave and Heidi
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		<title>Why Did the Auction Cause Such a Ruckus?</title>
		<link>http://www.homebusinessonline.com/blog/2007/12/27/why-did-the-auction-cause-such-a-ruckus/index.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2007 17:21:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heidi</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Our Latest Home Business Activities</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[	If you read our last blog entry, you know we sold a Genesis website last weekend at auction for $1001.  We were pleased with the outcome, and the winner got a very good deal.  It was a win-win all the way around.
	Or so we thought&#8230;
	The reality is we had no idea this auction [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p>If you read our last blog entry, you know we sold a Genesis website last weekend <a href="http://www.sitepoint.com/marketplace/auction/17608">at auction for $1001</a>.  We were pleased with the outcome, and the winner got a very good deal.  It was a win-win all the way around.</p>
	<p>Or so we thought&#8230;</p>
	<p>The reality is we had no idea this auction would cause such a ruckus.</p>
	<p>A ruckus?</p>
	<p>Yes, although both the winner of the website and Dave and myself were satisfied, two other groups of people were frustrated and&#8230; well&#8230; upset.</p>
	<p>Who were these two groups?</p>
	<p>1) Those who wanted to bid but realized the bidding was out of their league, and<br />
2) The losers of the auction</p>
	<p>What exactly happened?</p>
	<p>Well, first we received an email from one of our subscribers telling us he would have liked to bid on the website, but even the beginning bid was already out of his league.  He went on in a frustrated tone telling us how much we wished he could have afforded such an opportunity.</p>
	<p>Point taken.</p>
	<p>&#8220;What a shame,&#8221; we thought.  This would have been a perfect way for him to begin making money online.  But, how could we possibly have given such a valuable site and script away for anything less.  The website and the secret proprietary script (plus a killer domain) were far too valuable.  I mean, it was already a good deal as it was.</p>
	<p>Nevertheless, Dave and I couldn&#8217;t help but feel badly, almost obligatory, toward this struggling but loyal subscriber.</p>
	<p>If you&#8217;d like to see how this was resolved, stay tuned&#8230;</p>
	<p>(to be continued in the next entry)
</p>
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		<title>One of Our Genesis Sites Sold for $1001</title>
		<link>http://www.homebusinessonline.com/blog/2007/12/27/one-of-our-genesis-sites-sold-for-1001/index.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2007 14:02:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heidi</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Our Latest Home Business Activities</category>
	<category>Things That Make Me Go WOW!</category>
		<guid>http://www.homebusinessonline.com/blog/2007/12/27/one-of-our-genesis-sites-sold-for-1001/index.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	No one has known about our Genesis Network of sites until now.  Our genesis sites are run by a proprietary script we built from scratch.  It has an incredible array of features and methods for getting indexed and remaining indexed for hundreds of keywords. These are little goldmines.  They auto-build naturally, create [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p>No one has known about our Genesis Network of sites until now.  Our genesis sites are run by a proprietary script we built from scratch.  It has an incredible array of features and methods for getting indexed and remaining indexed for hundreds of keywords. These are little goldmines.  They auto-build naturally, create multiple RSS feeds, and have tagging and pinging built in.   It&#8217;s a pretty incredible system.  Not one of our Genesis sites has every been de-indexed.  Cool!  You can understand why we have not let anyone in on this little secret.</p>
	<p>Until now&#8230;</p>
	<p>Our accountant informed us that since we have done so well this year (thanks greatly to our Genesis Network), we&#8217;re going to have a very nice tax bill to pay the first of the year.  Ouch!  After some pretty fast and furious brainstorming, we decided to finally let the cat out of the bag.  We&#8217;re selling a handful of these little goldmines with script that runs and builds them and all.  Pretty gutsy!</p>
	<p>The good news is that the first site we decided to sell has sold for $1001.  Here&#8217;s the auction listing at Sitepoint:<br />
<a href="http://www.sitepoint.com/marketplace/auction/17608">http://www.sitepoint.com/marketplace/auction/17608</a></p>
	<p>A good start.  We&#8217;ll only be selling a handful of these sites.  They are far too valuable.   If you&#8217;d like to have one of these little goldmines with the proprietary script that runs, manages and builds it, join our <a href="http://www.homebusinessonline.com/nsl.php">Home Business Newsletter</a>.  We&#8217;ll keep you informed as soon as we put another up for auction (very soon).</p>
	<p>Heidi
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Give Up - Only Three Feet From Gold</title>
		<link>http://www.homebusinessonline.com/blog/2007/12/07/30/index.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Dec 2007 05:42:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heidi</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Things a Home Business Owner Should Know</category>
		<guid>http://www.homebusinessonline.com/blog/2007/12/07/30/index.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	This came up on the forums in a thread on persistence and not giving up in your business.  It&#8217;s a story I remember reading in Napolean Hill&#8217;s excellent Think and Grow Rich.
	When people are stressed during the holidays and worrying about their finances, I think it&#8217;s a good reminder to keep our business efforts [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p>This came up on the forums in <a href="http://www.homebusinessonline.com/community/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4233">a thread on persistence</a> and not giving up in your business.  It&#8217;s a story I remember reading in Napolean Hill&#8217;s excellent <em>Think and Grow Rich</em>.</p>
	<p>When people are stressed during the holidays and worrying about their finances, I think it&#8217;s a good reminder to keep our business efforts in perspective.  Persistence pays off.  The following story &#8220;Three Feet From Gold&#8221; is a good reminder&#8230;</p>
	<p>&#8212; story&#8212;</p>
	<p>&#8220;There was a man who left home to search for a gold mine. He went into the hills and discovered a very rich vein of ore. He had the gold analyzed to confirm his discovery, and, sure enough, he had unearthed one of the purest veins of gold ever discovered. The man returned home to tell his friends and relatives so that he could borrow the necessary funds to cultivate the mine. He raised the necessary capital and returned to the mine to cultivate his fortune. </p>
	<p>&#8220;The gold began to flow as easily as water, and soon the man had recouped approximately half of his original investment. Then, without warning, the vein ended. The man dug furiously but could not recapture the vein. Finally, he gave up, sold the mine and mining equipment to a junk dealer for scrap, and returned home, broke and a failure. </p>
	<p>&#8220;Before scrapping the equipment, the junk dealer decided to hire a mining expert to study the mine. The expert, upon a detailed survey of the land, revealed that the vein had not dried up but rather shifted three feet to the left because of a fault in the earth. He advised that if the junk dealer were to continue digging in the new direction, he would soon recapture the vein and become fabulously wealthy. </p>
	<p>&#8220;The junk dealer acted on the advice of his mining expert, went on to retap the vein of ore, and became one of the richest people in the United States. Meanwhile, the original miner had to live the remainder of his days with the knowledge that he stopped &#8216;just three feet short&#8217; of the gold.&#8221;</p>
	<p>&#8212;&#8211;</p>
	<p>When finances are looming and your business just doesn&#8217;t seem to be going anywhere.  This is not the time to quit.  This is the time to re-evalute, and if you determine you need to shift your efforts in your business, DO IT!</p>
	<p>Take the attitude that you may be only &#8220;three feet from gold.&#8221;  Don&#8217;t give up.</p>
	<p>Heidi
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		<title>We Finally Have Page Rank! - PR 4</title>
		<link>http://www.homebusinessonline.com/blog/2007/10/29/we-finally-have-page-rank-pr-4/index.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2007 04:26:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heidi</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Things That Make Me Go WOW!</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[	It looks like Google finally had a PR update.  We are showing PR4 now.  Not quite as good as the PR6 we had once upon a time, but we&#8217;ll take it!  Hey, after going from PR6 to PR5 and then being delisted with no PR at all, a PR4 is a welcome [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p>It looks like Google finally had a PR update.  We are showing PR4 now.  Not quite as good as the PR6 we had once upon a time, but we&#8217;ll take it!  Hey, after going from PR6 to PR5 and then being delisted with no PR at all, a PR4 is a welcome sight.</p>
	<p>Actually, from things I&#8217;ve been hearing from other online marketers, there is a huge contigency of websites that have dropped in PR.  Some have dropped from as high as PR10 to PR6.  Ouch!  Some that have dropped have gone from PR7 and 8 to PR5 and 6.  Most have gone from PR6 to PR4 and 5.</p>
	<p>Of course there are also plenty of sites that have had a rise, while others have neither had a drop nor a rise in PR.  Quite a few of our sites dropped by one point.  A handful rose a point or two.</p>
	<p>With that said, it may seem from my posts that I think PR is a big deal, but actually, I really don&#8217;t like to pay much attention to it.  Because of what happened to <a href="http://www.HomeBusinessOnline.com/">HomeBusinessOnline.com</a>, it was more of a curiosity thing for me.  However, what DOES mean something to me is the fact that we were <a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&#038;q=site%3AHomeBusinessOnline.com&#038;btnG=Search">re-indexed in Google&#8217;s SERPs </a>after having been de-indexed for several years.  It made a big impact on our traffic when we were de-indexed.  Dropped dramatically.  Since we&#8217;ve been re-indexed, our traffic has slowly increased again.  So, yes, being <strong>re-indexed</strong> <strong><em>IS</em></strong> a big deal.  The <strong>PR</strong> in and of itself?&#8230; Not really that big of an issue.</p>
	<p>So, now that my curiosity is placated and this whole re-indexing and re-PRing is done, let&#8217;s move on to bigger and better subjects now, shall we?  I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;ll be checking PR for quite some time.  Wastes too much time.  Too many money-making projects in the works to expend my efforts on PR.</p>
	<p>And, after all, I believe it was because we went about our business as if nothing had changed after being de-indexed and continuing the activities on HomeBusinessOnline.com ( putting up new content, etc.) that we were put back in Google&#8217;s SERPs.</p>
	<p>Regardless&#8230; Onward and Upward!</p>
	<p>Let me know in the comments how you fared in this recent Google update?</p>
	<p>Heidi</p>
	<p>related: <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/home+business" rel="tag">home business</a> | <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/google" rel="tag">Google</a> | <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/google+serps" rel="tag">Google SERPs</a> | <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/pr" rel="tag">PR</a> | <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/pr4" rel="tag">PR4</a>
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