On March 24, 2008 | 01:00PM PST/PT Director of Global Feedback Policy at eBay, Brian Burke, announced some devastating news for those of us that sell digital products on eBay. Digital downloads now have to be listed in the classified section, never to bee seen again. Click here for the official announcement

I have to admit, I didn’t even know eBay had a classified section and I am sure many eBay shoppers haven’t seen it either.

 This slap in the face has crippled many online marketers who offer their products as digital downloads.  Fortunately there is an alternative to being thrown into the eBay basement.

The Disc Buddy CD/DVD automated delivery system will process your sales and automatically drop ship your digital products on physical CDs or DVDs, thereby complying with eBay and still being able to sell through auctions and buy now sales.

SO it is not the end of the world if you think outside the box. Take a look at The Disc Buddy and see if you can continue your eBay business without missing a beat.

Deadline is March 31, 2008 so I suggest that you hurry!

www.thediscbuddy.com

Worse case scenario, it will take $1.75 off your bottom line. That is what your out of pocket is for the DVD delivery service. The customer pays shipping depending on the service level and their geographic location.

www.thediscbuddy.com

Every week there seems to be a new giveaway event launching  with promises of thousands of free gifts and the potential to add thousands of people to your list. 

SO how true are all these statements?

I have been a contributor in quite a few giveaways and I admit I have my favorites.

The current EasterJV2008 giveaway is in it’s third successful year. In the four days that it has been live, I managed to gain 200 members to my list. Impressive, not really, worthwhile, you bet.

If you joined every giveaway event as a contributor, you could gain 100-200 listmembers per event, times the 20 or 30 events that take place each year, and with very little effort have a list of 2000 - 3000 - 5000 in one year.

 For someone with thousands and thousands of list members this may not seem like much but for someone without a list and no way to start one, this is a great way to get off the ground.

 My other favorites are the Summer Giveaway, Thanksgiving Giveaway and the 30 days of Christmas.

 I will always contribute to those because I know they will draw big numbers so there is good potential.

Now getting away from the list building, you also have a chance to give away a viral product, report, ebook, etc. with links back to your site or products and with giveaway rights, these could wind up on membership sites where your exposure multiplies.

So do giveaway events really work. My answer is YES with very little effort on your part. Just promote it to your list and give a great gift away then sit back and reap the rewards.

Here is an overview of how simple it is to install and integrate The Disc Buddy Kunaki PayPal CD DVD delivery system 

Software Programs
 Scripts  & Utilities
Video Courses
 Webinars
Music Creations
 Power Point Presentations
 Audio Books
 Tele-Seminars
 Graphics Creations
 Photo Albums
 MRR or Resell Rights Downloads
 Anything Too Large To Download

More information can be found at www.thediscbuddy.com

OK, most of us selling products or information deliver via digital download. What about the other 75%  that back away from the order page because they want something they can hold in their hand.

SO you think 75% is an overinflated estimate. think about the other 90% of internet shoppers or prospects that are not into IM or even know what it means.  Downloads are foreign to them, unzipping, looking for the right program to read something and then having to print it out so they can enjoy it.

Independent studies have shown that in the IM niche alone, sales could increase as much as 25% by offering an alternate delivery method, whether it is in the form of a CD, DVD or printed soft cover or hardcover book. Having that and holding it in your hands ads instant value to the product.

There are still many surfers out there on dial up. Sell them a 600 meg downloadable video course  and see how many are willing to take the risk of downloading that for 18 hours without losing their connection.

For those prospects outside the IM niche, sales can increase up to 65% because they can relate with a book coming hteir way via snail mail. Yes it is hard to believe in this day and age of high speed connectivity that someone will actually wait for something to be mailed to them for the sheer pleasure of holding it in their hands and readint it, (beliee it or not) AWAY from their computer.

 IMers tend to live in front of their computers. The other 90% have a life . . . lol

 SO think about offering an alternative method of delivery. There are some great dropshippers with no minimums which means you can sell one book and they will print one book and ship it directly to your customer.  Imagine that. Checkout www.lulu.com and start printing your ebooks for as little as $6+

Here is a great automation script that will let you sell CDs or DVDs of anything you want (as long as you have rights to sell it). It’s called Disc Buddy Delivery System - www.thediscbuddy.com  

It integrates into your website and automatically sends the order to Kunaki when the customer pays and drops the money directly into your Paypal, 2 Checkout or Google Checkout account.

As long as you have a positive balance with Kunaki,. they will produce, package and ship to your customer’s door generally within 24 hours.

Check it out now!  www.thediscbuddy.com

 Ted

This email is for all www.10-sites-a-month.com customers. This is a public service announcement and no purchase is required. 

PLEASE READ SO YOU DO NOT LOSE YOUR ADSENSE ACCOUNT!!!!

Recently, Google has changed their TOS for adsense publishers.  They are now requiring you to have a privacy policy on any website that displays adsense ads.

For XSitePro users, this will be easy to accommodate. Load your website into XSitePRo and go to the OTHER tab and select PRIVACY STATEMENT. Click the box to include the privacy statement link on your site footer and also include it on your sitemap so Google can find it easily.

Save your changes and publish your site.

The privacy policy  autogenerated by XSitePro is sufficient without editing.

Those of you that do not have XSitePro, consult your HTML editor documentation to see if there is a Privacy Page wizard in your program or you will have to manually create one and add a link to it on every page you are displaying adsense ads.

All new sites offered by www.10-sites-a-month after March 1, 2008 will automatically have this privaacy statement included.

Here are the changes straight from Google if you care to verify!

https://www.google.com/adsense/localized-terms

See Section 1. and reference the last couple sentences.

Here are a few resources for free privacy policies courtesy of Linda Cummings:

1.)  http://www.oecd.org
2.)  http://www.the-dma.org/privacy/creating.shtmlhttp://www.com
3.)  http://www.privacyalliance.org/

No sense paying an attorney!

New sites coming out in a couple days!
To your continued success,

Ted Kopelli

We have been bombarded with this latest trend and transformation of the internet.  Web 2.0 Social sites like MySpace, FaceBook, Hubpages and video sites like YouTube draw immense crowds and the traffic numbers to these sites is staggering.

It has been reported that more and more people are spending more time on the computer and less time watching television or pursuing other recreational activities.

Socializing on the web has become the easiest way for humans to interact with each other. We can hide behind the anonimity of the keyboard and live out our fantasy lives with others around the world.

Then too, there is the entertainment value. Watching YouTube videos for hours of enjoyment can relieve stress and give us an out from our hectic everyday lives.

So what good is all this traffic to those of us with an online business. All the GOO-ROOS are telling us to put up pages and lenses and profiles and such to attract people to us and our websites. Then in the next breath, they say to be really careful how you promote or you could be banned. That right there is telling me that this medium is not for selling and the membership does not want to  be bombarded with sales pitches. So why all the hype?

Now I can see how this might be a viable marketing approach IF these people were looking for information or wanting to buy something but remember, these people are relaxing, socializing and partying online. They don’t intend to buy. They came to hang out. If you start to pitch them, they will report you as a site spammer and you will quickly fade to black.

SO, their traffic is basically worthless to me. I would rather concentrate on building an active list, getting good search engine results amnd linking articles on EzineArticles to my sites to get people that are actually looking for my information and maybe want to buy something too.

SO…Is Web 2.0 the demise of online businesss or do you think social sites can make you improve your income?

To your continued success,

Ted