Smart Passive Income #261 - Nontraditional Search Engines

Nontraditional Search Engines

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There are other search engines out there ... besides Google ... and some of them are quite powerful ... even when they are not traditional search engines.

Pat discovered four of them: YouTube, Twitter, Facebook and iTunes ...

YouTube shows you

• what people talk about ... get inspired, find new ideas ...
• who else (competitors) is out there ...
• what's missing ... find your very own niche ...

Twitter lets you run search queries, too. Try adding the following (Pat-approved) phrases to your keyword searches:

• need help
• what is
• i hate
• i love
• can't
• bit.ly
• twitpic.com

Facebook ... well, Pat just comments that it works as search engine in a fantastic way ... and it's really great ...

... iTunes shows eBooks and podcasts from your competitors ...

Smart Passive Income #156 - Why Personal Information?

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Why is Pat sharing so much personal information? He wants to connect with his traffic. Ok, sounds reasonable, and is most likely more effective than cold selling ... but, no fear of identity theft?

... in addition he recommends to encourage comments ... so, please, please, please, leave a commen ...

... I will respond (not only because Pat says so) ...

... and you should hook up further, using Facebook and Twitter ...

... and last (but not least) provide mini-transactions by

• entering a name and email into an opt-in form for a newsletter or a free gift
• using polls, surveys and contests