Further to my previous blog post about Twitter direct messages and the risk you face of compromising the security of your account when you respond to them, here is a report on the LettersFromATory.com blog about how Members of Parliament in the U.K. have been affected by it:
"Several journalists in the parliamentary lobby were... contacted by friends asking why they had claimed to be ”24, female and horny” in direct messages to them via Twitter, and yesterday Harriet Harman told MPs that her account had without her knowledge sent a tweet to a surprised shadow prisons minister Alan Duncan. Ms Harman did not say what was in the bogus message, but sent MPs’ imaginations racing when she told them: ”I wouldn’t ever sent a tweet like that.” And Mr Duncan later wrote on his Twitter page: ”I did get a message in Harriet’s name, so I sent a friendly message back by text. A bit confusing, and all in my first week on Twitter.” According to the Telegraph, the reason for the rash of fake messages was not absolutely clear. One theory was that victims had responded to a tweet apparently coming from an acquaintance’s account and reading ”haha is this you?” Once they responded, spammers were able to access their accounts and use it to send messages advertising questionable sites elsewhere on the web."
Source: LettersFromATory.com
David Hurley
Free Twitter Resources
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Protect Your Online Business From Twitter Direct Messages...
Twitter users beware!Some bad stuff is happening on Twitter right now that could threaten the security of your Twitter account.
The danger lies in Twitter Direct Messages. From now on it is imperative that you avoid clicking on any links that you receive via Direct Message, including DMs from people you know.
If you happen to click a link, avoid logging into your Twitter account from page you land on. From now on it would be better to open a fresh page before logging on to Twitter to prevent hackers from gaining access to your Twitter account.
David Hurley
Best Internet Marketing Strategies
Sunday, February 21, 2010
My PLR Article Service Video Now Up On YouTube!
A guy called Charles who I "met" on the Warrior Forum has just made me this promotional video for my PLR article service...
How much do you think it cost?
It cost just $37 as a WSO (Warrior Special Offer). The usual price for this sort of thing is closer to $300 per 30 seconds. Charles really over delivered by giving me a 50 second video, so I got about $500 worth of video for a steal!
I posted it on YouTube and then embedded it at the top of my Limited Membership PLR Club sales page.
Adding a video marketing aspect to your online promotions will help you to tap into the booming video sector. It will also add to your persuasive power and bring in an extra raft of traffic to your website.
If video is something you've avoided because you lack the technical expertise to do a good job yourself, the good news is that nowadays it is easy to find accredited professional video experts such as Charles who can make a great little promo video for your website at a very reasonable rate.
All you have to do is to download the video and then upload it to your favourite video sharing site and embed it in your webpage. If all that is new to you, don't worry, each operation takes just a few clicks of your mouse.
The whole thing was done and dusted in just four days flat.
Thanks Charles, you did a good job, and I really appreciated the LOW price!
Check out more of what Charles can do at: SellMoreWithVideos.com
David Hurley
Best Internet Marketing Strategies
How much do you think it cost?
It cost just $37 as a WSO (Warrior Special Offer). The usual price for this sort of thing is closer to $300 per 30 seconds. Charles really over delivered by giving me a 50 second video, so I got about $500 worth of video for a steal!
I posted it on YouTube and then embedded it at the top of my Limited Membership PLR Club sales page.
Adding a video marketing aspect to your online promotions will help you to tap into the booming video sector. It will also add to your persuasive power and bring in an extra raft of traffic to your website.
If video is something you've avoided because you lack the technical expertise to do a good job yourself, the good news is that nowadays it is easy to find accredited professional video experts such as Charles who can make a great little promo video for your website at a very reasonable rate.
All you have to do is to download the video and then upload it to your favourite video sharing site and embed it in your webpage. If all that is new to you, don't worry, each operation takes just a few clicks of your mouse.
The whole thing was done and dusted in just four days flat.
Thanks Charles, you did a good job, and I really appreciated the LOW price!
Check out more of what Charles can do at: SellMoreWithVideos.com
David Hurley
Best Internet Marketing Strategies
Monday, February 8, 2010
A Way To Build Your List With Locked E-books
One of the most necessary tools in the web entrepreneur's arsenal is an auto-responder. And email autoresponder enables Internet sellers to stay in contact with their list of clients either by sending out broadcast messages or by preloading a series of letters onto the system and setting them to go out to the list at set times.
Individuals may enroll in an auto responder emailing subscriber list by filling in an opt in form on the website, or by posting an e-mail to the auto responder e-mail address.
Any ambitious online marketer can have an email responder e-mailing system running on his or her website and loaded with a sequence of mail messages comparatively easily with just a few hours of effort.
The toughest part may be writing your own series of letters, but you can start with just a few letters and build up after the system is up and running. Or you could find a high quality plr article service (such as the one I offer) and use those articles instead! ;-)
A larger challenge many entrepreneurs have to deal with is actually persuading their website visitors to fill in the opt-in form and subscribe to their e-mail list.
The usual approach is to feature a complimentary e-book or training course which is delivered to subscribers after they have filled in the opt in form.
The secret to success with this approach is to be sure that the advice you are presenting is specific, unique and compelling. If you are presenting the very same freebie as hundreds of other marketers don't be shocked if your list is not expanding as fast as you'd like it to.
A lot of people tend to be resistant to the idea of giving up their e-mail address even if they are drawn to your offer. One way to respond is to put off the decisive moment when you ask for the prospects details until the prospect feels more emotionally commited to your offer.
This technique of breaking down resistance in advance of asking for e-mail information is more difficult to put in place than simply posting opt in form on your website because you have to set up password-restricted pages, learn how set and deliver client passwords and so on.
For Web marketers who are not comfortable with setting up this type of process themselves, Dan Thompson's Boomerang List Builder (affiliate link) may provide an easy fix.
Boomerang list builder will lock any e-book or PDF file for you and make a .exe file which you upload to your website. Direct your prospects to the .exe file when they want to download your e-book and they will be taken through the steps of accessing a password and retrieving the book - oh, and did I mention that they would be added to your list in the process?
Neat, eh!
Boomerang List Builder (affiliate link) costs $47. So if you want to break down your prospects' resistance to subscribing to your list maybe you should throw Dan Thompson's boomerang at them.
David Hurley
Boomerang List Builder
Individuals may enroll in an auto responder emailing subscriber list by filling in an opt in form on the website, or by posting an e-mail to the auto responder e-mail address.
Any ambitious online marketer can have an email responder e-mailing system running on his or her website and loaded with a sequence of mail messages comparatively easily with just a few hours of effort.
The toughest part may be writing your own series of letters, but you can start with just a few letters and build up after the system is up and running. Or you could find a high quality plr article service (such as the one I offer) and use those articles instead! ;-)
A larger challenge many entrepreneurs have to deal with is actually persuading their website visitors to fill in the opt-in form and subscribe to their e-mail list.
The usual approach is to feature a complimentary e-book or training course which is delivered to subscribers after they have filled in the opt in form.
The secret to success with this approach is to be sure that the advice you are presenting is specific, unique and compelling. If you are presenting the very same freebie as hundreds of other marketers don't be shocked if your list is not expanding as fast as you'd like it to.
A lot of people tend to be resistant to the idea of giving up their e-mail address even if they are drawn to your offer. One way to respond is to put off the decisive moment when you ask for the prospects details until the prospect feels more emotionally commited to your offer.
This technique of breaking down resistance in advance of asking for e-mail information is more difficult to put in place than simply posting opt in form on your website because you have to set up password-restricted pages, learn how set and deliver client passwords and so on.
For Web marketers who are not comfortable with setting up this type of process themselves, Dan Thompson's Boomerang List Builder (affiliate link) may provide an easy fix.
Boomerang list builder will lock any e-book or PDF file for you and make a .exe file which you upload to your website. Direct your prospects to the .exe file when they want to download your e-book and they will be taken through the steps of accessing a password and retrieving the book - oh, and did I mention that they would be added to your list in the process?
Neat, eh!
Boomerang List Builder (affiliate link) costs $47. So if you want to break down your prospects' resistance to subscribing to your list maybe you should throw Dan Thompson's boomerang at them.
David Hurley
Boomerang List Builder
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