The biggest
problem with using automated article submission software is that most of the
major banks and repositories will not accept submissions that are made with
such software. They require that each submission be made by hand and
individually in order for them to be listed on their sites. One more
shortcut that may be pointed out to you by these not-so-helpful natives is
FFA’s. Usually the native that will be showing you this particular shortcut
owns the FFA page. Oh, wait a
minute. Maybe you don’t know what FFA means. FFA is an acronym that means ‘Free For All’. Whoa! Sounds
like a lot of fun, doesn’t it? It’s not that kind of free for all. An FFA is
usually set up as a link on a website. On this page, anybody who wants to can
put in an advertisement for their website (something like a classified
ad)....supposedly for others to see, be impressed by and visit. That is not
exactly what happens, however. What really
happens is that you have opted in to a list and your inbox is about to fill up
to the point of overflow everyday into the distant future. The only positive
thing that you will get out of this shortcut is one link for search engine
spiders to count and the negative thing you will get is an inbox full of sales
letters for everything from soup to hay. Internet Marketing - Go Well Armed When you earn
your living from your own home, on your personal computer that is connected to
the Internet, you think of yourself as being in a safe place. The bad guys are
all out there in the real world waiting to mug you on your way to a job in the
brick and mortar world, right? Wrong. When you connect
your personal computer to the Internet, you will have just walked into a jungle
that is fraught with dangerous animals and even more dangerous natives. In order to
successfully hold an online job or run your own online business, you need to be
aware of the dangers that await you. That is what we have tried to do in this
book. However, staying
safe, staying on the right side of the law and keeping your job or staying in
business is really up to you. You know there are lions and tigers and bears, oh
my. You know there are sneaky snakes, poisonous plants, cannibals and
unfriendly natives. You know that there are many traps that can set, bait that
can be used to entice you and shortcuts that aren’t really shortcuts that will
lead you to where you want to be. So....as ‘they’
say, “The best offense is a good defense!” Your good defense consists of being
well armed, well prepared and having a plan for success.
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