Virgil R Cook

Cancun is Mexico’s premier resort destination, far outshining the role that Acapulco had once played for North America’s top holiday vacation nation. If images of white sand beaches, clear blue water, jet skiing, scuba diving and lounging by the pool aren’t enough of a draw, add to that image sensational nightclubs with larger than life shows and a plethora of ancient Mayan ruins and you have a sense of what the Cancun experience is all about.

Jutting into the Caribbean Sea, Cancun rests at the very tip of the Yucatan Peninsula on land that was commonly used as refuge for seafaring pirates. The resort town was built in the mid 1970s in close proximity to, and in some cases on top of, prized ancient Mayan ruins. The main drag is a string of beautiful Art Deco and high-rise hotels followed by a series of nightclubs ranging from exclusively posh or fantasy-like industrial to warmer more intimate discotheques with their own local groovy flavor. Regular 24 hour taxi service to and from anywhere in town makes choosing your accommodations almost as simple as booking your flight on cFares! continue reading…

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Mexico has beautiful beaches on both the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean. In this article, we look at two hot spots on the east coast – Playa del Carmen and Cozumel

Playa del Carmen

With one of the prettiest beaches on the Caribbean coast, Playa del Carmen was the hidden gem of Mexico for years and years. About 10 years ago, the word got out and now Playa del Carmen is exploding. If you’re looking for solitude, this isn’t the place with cruise ships and so on packing the place during high season. On the other hand, this is definitely the place if you like a lot of “resort” in your beach vacation.

Playa del Carmen has a lot to offer its visitors. Of course, the beaches are beautiful and I highly recommend you catch the sunrise, which is some of Mother Nature’s finest work. Staying up shouldn’t be a problem since the nightlife in Playa del Carmen is plentiful.

During the day, you can loaf on the beach or head out for some diving in the clear waters of the Caribbean. Should you get tired of the beach, you can head inland for some surprisingly good quality hiking. continue reading…

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OK, forget everything you know about affiliate marketing. The tactics of the past few years just don’t work anymore. You need to adapt and change or perish.

The big lie

Unfortunately, you’ve been led to believe affiliate marketing is easy. This is partially true. It’s far easier than developing, selling and supporting your own product. But that doesn’t mean it’s easy.

The bad news…

To top it off you’ve been given false information. The first thing you’re taught is to pick some great products. Next to pick your keywords carefully. Then buy some keyword ads that send traffic to the product. And just enjoy the commissions. But it doesn’t work.

Don’t bother with keywords

There was a time when this worked. But the competition has shot the price of keywords through the roof. It’s time for a paradigm shift.

A better way continue reading…

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If you are planning a vacation trip to Cancun, hop the ferry across the bay to the small finger-shaped Isla Mujeres. The name means “Island of Women” and there are a number of theories as to how the name came to be but it’s not because of the topless beach. The important thing is that it’s a great place to vacation in the sun.

On Isla Mujeres the atmosphere is much more relaxed and relatively quiet compared to Cancun or Cozumel. The number of tourists is much less than on the mainland.

The city is only about 10 blocks long and five blocks wide so don’t expect a whole lot besides the supermarket and cinema. But the natural sights are what you came for anyway. continue reading…

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Answer this question: What’s the biggest reason millions of people log onto the internet each day? You probably already guessed that it’s to find information. Google alone serves up 400 million searches per day! So what does this mean to you? This quest for information is an opportunity for you to fill a need. And when done correctly, you can get paid for it, too!

Info marketing 101

First, understand that this is the simplest kind of business there is. You develop a product that is nothing more than information. And then sell it to people who want to learn the info in it. Sounds simple enough, right?

How do you make it work?

OK, the concept is simple. However, to succeed you’ve got to provide information people want. So step one is to discover what kind of info people want. How do you do that?

One very simple method is to do a little research. Just go to Yahoo! answers or ask.com and look at the questions being asked there. You want to find something a lot of people are asking about. That people are having trouble solving. Then just give them the answer in your ebook. continue reading…

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It’s undeniable that if you add audio to websites it will increase your results. If you don’t have audio in your arsenal, you’re missing out. Adding it raises your opt-in conversions. It boosts sales, too.

Why does it work?

There’s no real mystery. Most of the web is cold and impersonal. It adds a human touch to your site. And makes people feel they’re dealing with a real person. In short, it makes your site come alive. And people like to interact with things that are alive!

The benefits of audio

Adding audio increases your profits in two ways. You’ll convert more visitors into buyers. Secondly, you will not have to spend as much to make the sales. Instead of having to pay a professional to write you a great sales letter. Just record some audio and add it to your site. Your visitors will respond better to a heart-felt message from you than some fancy copywriting. continue reading…

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Yes affiliate marketing rocks, but it’s really hard to get started. The reason is because there is a lot of competition. In order to survive you have to beat your competition. There’s also a lot of information out there about how to do affiliate marketing, so it can be confusing. Well, here’s on simple thing you can do that will put you ahead of the game.

Video marketing

You can’t deny that video is powerful. People love watching videos and that’s why they’re everywhere. About the only thing that keeps people’s attention anymore is video. So using it in your affiliate promotions is a no-brainer!

Here are a few ideas for creating affiliate videos:

• Record your testimonial
• Do a video walk-through
• Ordering
• Do a preview video continue reading…

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Honestly, everyone making money online has an email list. It’s the number one key to opening the success floodgates. Once you have a list built, you can market to it again and again. It’s like a renewable resource that allows you to make money on demand.

Now you now why. Here’s how:

There are 3 factors in list building you need to consider:

• Your Opt-in Page
• The Incentive
• Your Confirmation Page

The Squeeze Page – The squeeze page is the first thing your visitor is going to see. It’s the page where you ask them for their email address. That’s why it needs to look like a professionally designed page. And it needs to be simple to see how to opt in. And have a clear call to action. continue reading…

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Presell like a pro

If you want to make more money as an affiliate, you must presell.

Before we begin, we need to first define what preselling is. There are two components to it – art & science. And it’s function is to prepare your reader to buy something. Then sending them to the product sales page to make the purchase. If you do it well, it’s completely invisible.

The gist is that you give your reader some useful information. Then send them to the sales page. We’ll get into how to do it correctly in a minute. But before we do, you need to know why it’s so important. Some major benefits of this process: continue reading…

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Everyone knows the number one thing you need to be successful online is traffic to your website. Of course you also need to have a valuable offer for your visitors – a reason for them to transact with you. What you do with the traffic when it gets to your site could be any number of things. So, the critical step is to generate a steady flow of visitors.

Here are some tips for generating website visitors:

Here are a few of the most popular way to get traffic to your site – for free:

• Web 2.0 Sites
• Article Marketing
• Video

OK, so how do they work? continue reading…

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