Wow!  Is this the future of hardcopy books??  I don’t think it will completely replace Barnes and Noble or Amazon but it does add convenience and self-service to the  book industry.  Check it out here in an article in the online version of the Boston Globe.

What will they think of next?  At least the didn’t take away the coffee shop aspect of enjoying a visit to the bookstore but no more browsing before you buy, huh?

Boy, it’s been a week for ‘net news and big changes on the Internet Marketing scene.  Squidoo and Knol and now Google.  The one that has lots of IMers frustrated and quaking is the announcement by Matt Cutts of Google.  Apparently for a year now Google has virtually ignored no follow pages and thus gives rank to any site linked to yours – even those spammy comments on your blog.

Well, this subject is bigger than I can handle so I am going to point you to an excellent discussion on it here: http://ezseonews.com/internet-marketing-tips/ezseo-newlsetter-245/ by Dr. Andy Williams.  He explains it so thoroughly that I’ll leave it tp the experts to sort this one out.

It’s not the end of the world.  But it appears we will just have to watch those comments that could drain the PR “bank” as it were.  As to how to handle the other pages that are ranked like the Policy pages, well, I will be watching the masters and see how they handle it.

For now, I just want to put out the best and not worry about the whole thing.  Good always triumphs over the bad – even if it appears that the bad gets more than its share.

OK.  I have to admit up till now most of what Tony has been teaching in his course was fairly familiar.  I have been following along filling in the blanks as it were, using the course to be my mentor.  You see I know lots about all of Internet Marketing and have written ebooks, articles, designed web pages – all of it.  I guess you can say I just didn’t have a plan.  So the Internet Marketing Kickstart course is just that for me.  And it is excellent for that purpose.

Anyway, Lesson 13 – Lucky 13 has been the best so far for me.  Why?  I am trying to use any “free” means to get traffic to my sites and this lesson was specifically on how to write and distribute viral reports.   Now I have read a dozen reports on viral marketing but never have I learned as much as I did in this 16 pager.  Just the advice on writing titles was worth this month’s membership fee.

If you were wondering if the $27 a month is worth it?  Just remember that you are getting the equivalent of 4 detailed no nonsense reports for the price of one each and every month for a year.

If you haven’t met Tony yet, grab your copy of an interview I did with him recently.  You get it free when you subscribe to this blog.  Right up there to the right >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Anyway, I am off to do this weeks assignment – to write a viral report.  You’ll be the first to get a copy, too.

Wow! Has it been 3+ weeks?  Besides a short vacation and doing overtime with the in-laws, I have been away from the business side of the ‘net.  But I’m back at ready to hit the WWW big time!

Big set back with Tony’s Kickstart Course.  I found out I have a broken link in my sales funnel so I am plugging the leaks.  I am sure I would have seen some clicks by now but when I saw that big boo boo that explains a lot.  That will teach me to not check my loops before I get things running smoothly.  Hey I’m still learning!

Notice:  I am adding Tiffany Dow’s interview to the membership sign up.  Anyone on my list gets that goodie for free!  First it will go to my list then I’ll stick it in the auto responder for newcomers.  So be sure to sign up to get this awesome interview with one of the most professional women I know and am privileged to work with.

Next time I’ll give you the skinny on the Kickstart Course hopefully with some solid numbers for you (I am so embarrassed).