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1. How do I register a domain name?
It may come as a surprise to some people, but registering a domain name is simple and enjoyable. I have several and this is the technique that I find to be the most painless. First go to nameboy and research your title. Simply enter the title you would like and nameboy will check the availibility for you. It will also give you ideas for similar names in the event yours is taken. Always go for the .com extension whenever possible. Or if feasible, you might want to run the gamut and purchase all the extensions, like .net, .org, .mobile, ect. and have them all point to your site. After you find your name, the next step is to set up a hosting account. You really don't want to wait around to do this either because 2 or three days from now, someone else might already have that domain. You also don't want to purchase your domain from anyone except the company you will have hosting your domain. The reason is that it is a serious pain to redirect your domain from the place you purchased it to the hosting site, and a totally unnecessary one at that. I made that mistake once. For an extensive review of top hosting companies, check out http://www.online-toolbox.net. They break it down by price, features, ease of use, ect. and will help you make an educated decision about hosting. When you make up your mind on a hosting company, it is easy to sign up for webhosting and then you will have the option of choosing a domain name. Keep in mind that you have already researched this so you know that yours is available. Then simply follow the steps and you will have your own domain name in minutes. Once you have your domain you will be ready to start building your website and conducting business. I will get into the step by step processes of building and marketing sites in later posts.

2. What I do
I get asked quite a bit how I can help people get set up in their own business and what makes bigskycellular different. So here it is. Anyone can benefit from the bigskycellular.com Opportunity Whether you are just looking to start a side-business for extra income, or you are a seasoned Internet entrepreneur who has already sold thousands of products onilne, our affiliate program is the perfect opportunity for you to "get to the next level." The great thing about this opportunity is that you can essentially sign-up today and start selling the hottest cellular and wireless products on the market immediately! Why choose.bigskycellular.com? We've invested significant time, money, and labor into building the technology that enables you to literally start your own Internet-based wireless store within minutes. Our affiliate program is free to join, so all you need is a computer with Internet access and the drive to succeed. What we give you in return is (1) a generous compensation plan, (2) excellent online support, and (3) all the tools and technology you need to present a professional storefront image to your customers! (1) The Compensation Plan Our generous compensation plan was created to maximize your income earning potential. For cellular phone sales, you get paid on two levels - (1) your direct sales and (2) the sales made by your sub-affiliates (sub-affiliates are people that sign up with us who were referred by you). For other products such as wireless accessories and satellite tv, you earn a commission rate that is among the highest in the industry. Please visit our Compensation Plan page for detailed information about our payout structure and commission rates. (2) High Converting Products Our product selection is very attractive to end consumers - many of the products give the customer free equipment in exchange for a service subscription committment (e.g., cell phones, satellite TV, accessories, etc). This results in a high converting program - and that means more profit for you. The products we offer carry large name brands that are familiar to most U.S. consumers, giving them more confidence in making the decision to buy. In addition to the products themselves, tmiWireless.com is constantly perfecting the art of presentation to the customer. This means we constantly strive to present the products in a simple and direct fashion so that the customer will easily be able to make a purchasing decision. (3) Tools and Technology The technology that drives our affiliate program is the result of more than 5 years of working closely with our affiliates to accomodate their most common and important requirements. You can literally start your new online wireless storefront "out of the box" or, if you already run your own website, you can integrate our products into your website using the tools and links that we provide you. Plus, our co-branding options allow you to personalize your store by displaying your own logo and displaying your company name so customers will feel like they haven't left your website. Can I really succeed with bigskycellular.com? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You can be very successful with our program provided that you are willing to invest your time and energy into building your business. We feel it's important, however, that you understand this is not a "get rich quick" offer. The bottom line is that you will earn money when you make sales. The more sales you make, the more money you make - it's as simple as that. Additionally, you'll earn money when your sub-affiliates make sales (we'll cover this in detail later). This is not an MLM or network marketing business and you aren't being paid to recruit people. Rather, you are going to become a well-trained independent sales representative of tmiWireless.com products and you will earn commissions on all of your sales of products & services. So the answer is YES, you certainly can succeed with our affiliate program if you have the motivation and patience to learn and constantly improve your business. Are there any hidden fees? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- There are no fees whatsoever to join or participate in our affiliate program. There are no quotas or required number of sales to maintain your free membership either. The tmiWireless.com business opportunity is open to anybody in the world (we accept members from any country in the world). You really have nothing to lose, and a lot to gain, by joining us and cashing in on the tremendous wireless industry! Think about it, you get a FREE website, FREE training & support, and unlimited earning potential for a zero investment. All we ask you to invest is your time and effort building your business - you can even start generating income by referring your friends, family, local businesses, or even yourself as a customer!

3. Drastic makeover
Spent the last three days updating the bigsky cellular website. It is now more streamlined and user friendly. The entire scheme and graphics are different and I even have a new logo. In addition to the AT&T plan that I was currently offering, I now offer Verizon, Alltell, Sprint and T-Mobile. Some of the deals I am now offering include a free phone as well as up to a $200.00 mail in rebate. My line of phones has grown to include virtually every make and model of phone there is as well as accessories> Yeah, I've been busy in the last few days. I will be adding a youtube element soon as well. I am extremely excited to have the extra choices on my site and am looking forward to offering my customers so much more than I was previously able to.

4. blackberries
Blackberries are an amazing tool and they just seem to get more fantastic by the day. Let's break down the features and how they can benefit you. AGAR tracking. What this does is connects you to the satellite system in order to allow you to make satellite calls when out of cell phone range, make an emergency 911 call on your behalf if needed, post your coordinates to another location of your choosing and give you real time gps locating. Social networking. This feature allows you to post to facebook, myspace, ect. on the fly. Media Player. This feature allows you to take your favorite tunes and movies with you everywhere. Video recorder. The 3 megapixel video cameras allow you to take excellent video or still pictures. Blackberry Maps. View maps and recieve directions from your blackberry smartphone. Bluetooth for hands free communication. Organizer to keep track of all your data. Touchscreen for easytouch navagation Suretype to make texting easier. Tethered modem. Use your blackberry as your modem. These are in addition to the features you are already used to with your current phone. Isn't it time for an upgrade?

5. Why your own site is so important
When affiliate marketing, one should seriously consider building their own website to promote their wares. One reason, and the most obvious one is that the cookie cutter sites that are prebuilt for you are exactly the same. Pretty hard to get rankings on a site that you can in no way modify. And modify is what you need to do. Linking, hit counters, tracking, rss feeds, and your own verbage can all be included into a site you built yourself that the cookie cutter site cannot due for you. Also, you can put banner ads on your own site but not theirs. A good example is my bigskycellular site I built to promote EDT. All of these things are incorperated into my site and my veretekk account can integrate with some of these features, like my rss feed.

6. serious income potential
The income potential involved in becoming a rep with bigskycellular.com is truly mind boggling. The reason for this is that they pay residuls on so many levels. Which means basically that just by referring this service to people you know you can earn a nice monthly income for life. If you put enough work into marketing the plan in the first stages, you will be sitting very well in a year or two. Everything you do builds on itself. Once people see the success you personally are having, they will ask you how to get started. It's only fifty bucks and they wll get that back on their first sale.

7. Good news
Good news. The EDT website is up and running again now. For the past three days it has been down due to reconfiguration but wer'e back in business again.

8. Coming soon: cell phone accessories
In addition to my line of cell phone plans, phones and ringtones, I am in the middle of negotiating price on cell phone accessories. My site feels a little naked without accessories and I get asked a lot if I have car chargers or bluetooth headsets. It is my intention to offer the best value for your dollar and to earn the most trust I possibly can and I feel it is time to add accessories. While just the basic EDT plan is enough, I truly believe it offers an excellent value, I want to go the extra mile. I want nothing more than for my customers to refer their friends with confidence to Bigskycellular.com because they know they will get treated right.

9. Helping others pays off.
Have you ever had an idea hit you so suddenly that you were amazed that you hadn't thought of it earlier? Today, while talking to a friend, that happened to me. She is trying to break into the movie industry, has plenty of skills and training but just can't quite seem to get her foot in the door. I have been contemplating adding a youtube video to my site but know nothing about video production. While conversing, I mentioned that she should go into business creating professional youtube videos for internet marketers because I feel this is a much needed service. She had no clue what I was talking about. After explaining web 2.0 to her and the importance of having video on a website, she agreed that that was a good idea, something she would pursue. I never mentioned my problem of needing a video or lack of experience in creating one, it just seemed like a good direction for her to take her skills. An hour and a half later, she called me, asking a favor. She said she would like to make a youtube video for my site to help her promote her new business idea. Even though that was not what I had in mind at first, it sounded like a win/win proposal to me. She creates a professional video for free for me and sends traffic to my site to view her creation, and she gets an opportunity to use her craft. Sounds good to me.

10. Cell phone plan/satellite plan
The main reason I became involved with EDT is that they have the unique option to switch between satellite phone and cellular phone. People who only need satellite phone occasionally now have access to satellite phone when they need it without paying for it year round. Sportsmen, military men and women, international travellers and rural copmmunities alike can benefit from this. The way it works, for example, if you knew you were going on a cruise from April 15- April 31 you would simply upgrade to the AGAR satellite trackling and satellite phone capabilities and pay for half of a month of the upgraded service. Living in a rural community myself, having been a prior serviceman and being a dedicated sportsman I got it right away. This is a huge deal. Even though the company is in prelaunch right now and not everything is perfect, a few of us are building our teams and getting geared up. It's gonna be huge.

11. Adding profit to maximize your site.
Sometimes you need to add a second profit generator to your main business. If even one percent of the people who visit your site purchase the second product, that's free traffic that was already at your site. For example, my main business is mlm based cell phone plan. What goes with cell phones? Ringtones. I added a ringtone affiliate link to my site and am picking up a small percentage of the people who are interested in the mlm that way. Most deals don't convert that well in the first place, maybe 2-3 out of a hundred, and the extra few bucks you make from your side business might just be what keeps you in the game.

12. Cell phone industry ... recession proof?
There are few industries today not affected by the recession. The mining industry, construction industry and manufacturing industry have all seen massive slowdowns. New autos just are not selling nor is real estate. Four dollar a gallon gas has taught Americans to be more fuel conscious than ever and maybe not buy that SUV and instead maybe an economic Japanese car. Now the big three automakers are all facing bankruptcy and the millions of people who work in the auto industry are wondering how much longer their job is safe. I know realtors who haven't sold a house in so long that they are forced to look for part time work as their income is drying up. In California, the news now offers tips on how to keep your job in these bad times. Cellular phones have ingrained themselves in our culture so totally that there are people facing foreclosure who are keeping their cellular bill up to date. People are not willing to give up their cell phones in this economy, even though they might be losing everything else. One way you can benefit from this mindset is to affiliate yourself with one of the new affordable mlm based cell phone plans. One such plan, the one that I'm marketing, offers unlimited minutes and texting for $45.00 per month with free roaming and no contracts. This is very appealling due to the fact that people can save money every month on their bill and have the security of not having a contract locking them into a payment they are unsure they can afford in the future. The nice thing about marketing these plans is that they allow you to make money residually whenever someone pays for their monthly service. It doesn't matter wether they bought the phone from you or someone in your downline, you still make a commission. Another thing people are still buying is ringtones, games, wallpaper and ringback tones for their phones. Anything to customize their phone, they are willing to spend a few dollars on. I bet that either you yourself or someone you know has purchased some of these items. There are ways to market these and make a nice side income.

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AOL Press

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Cool Edit

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Fax Check Software

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Alive

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J-Quote

Another secret revealed!. Bill Reid's JQuotes is a simple way to generate Javascript "random quotes" functions in your HTML documents. Just provide the quotes and JQuotes will create the code, paste in your document and you're done.

Spam Eater

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AOL Messenger

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Another great Calculator

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Site Submission Software

We have created this program to give anyone the capability to submit their websites to hundreds of submission resources, automatically. Whether you are a webmaster with multiple domains or a newcomer, this program will make submitting your website an easy process.

Bill Calculator

BillCalc is a small utility that helps you calculate the amount one needs to pay per month to pay off a balance within a user-specified amount of time. Don't have an amortization table available? Get BillCalc. Need more money? Contact your FN distributor!

Home mortgage Calculator

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Search and Replace

This software is dedicated strictly to find words or frazes in multiple files and changing them An absolute must for the Web page developer. Also handy, if you have a portfolio of files that need to personalized for a new recruit

Java Buttons

Hey, how do they do that fancy mouse over stuff! Well, I will tell you and show you how too! Down load this tutorial and sample scripts. This is where I started and look at what I can do now! You can too! Lets make the Internet - Beautiful!

Access Mac disks on your PC

Floppy disk formatter and copier that supports all standard disk types, including DMF and other extended capacity formats, and Macintosh HD. Will also copy most non-DOS MFM disk types.

Submission Wizard

Cad Files Stuffing

A program that will compress, decompress cabinet files. Ie. the .cab files that come with Internet Explorer 4.0 or the ones that reside in your Windows directory. This program is one of a kind, no other on the market, and its FREE!

Make a meta tag

Get your homepage at the TOP of search engines. Using meta tags in your HTML documents will increase your listing rate: your page will go on top of search engines. Instant Meta Tag Generator does it for you. Simply fill the form, copy the code and paste it into your HTML page.

Tagmaster

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Genious 2.0

Genius 2.0 is a collection of GUI-based utilities, designed to enhance Windows 95/98/NT Among many other things, It keeps your ISP from dropping your connection. Extensive help file User-defined global hot keys - hit Ctrl+Shift+M to check your mail! Plus an incredible interface!

Mileage manager

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Time In

Time-IN is a simple, straightforward connection keep alive utility (pings a remote system at interval to defeat connection time-outs.) Runs in the background, minimal impact on system resources, can be operated automatically.

Disk Tool

A simple utility to format disks and do diskcopies. Especially handy if you need to produce a lot of disks for a mailing, demo or limited distribution. I bought a professional version and payed over $300 for the very same thing. I guess I make dumb mistakes too!

MLM Pro

One of the main purposes of MLMPro* is to help you keep track of people. That's basically what contacts are: people and companies that you have contact with. This means that one of the most basic and useful skills you can know is how to use MLMPro* database.

Tree Pad

TreePad is a new way to store personal notes and other information. As it happened very often with me: something interesting came by, and I wanted to write it down, store it somewhere. Where to save it so that I will easily find it again in a few weeks?

Door Bell

Doorbell is a Internet program that tells you who's online at all times, alerting you in real time when friends sign on and continually tells you which are online. A must for the Internetizen who needs to keep in touch, like you!

Network Builder

The NetworkBuilder System teaches you the business one step at a time and is designed to give you day to day control over the vital information that you need to be successful. It will not only teach you the network marketing business, it will help you train you organization to do the same thing.

Web Mole

With Web Mole you can search the Internet using the standards of the search engines like Lycos, Excite, Infoseek, so you gather email addresses of targeted queries. In other words, the same sophistication as a mail house sells addresses via demographics.

FTP Edit

Edit web-pages over FTP quickly and easily. FTPEdit opens up files on a remote computer and lets you edit them in a stream-lined interface. Original and cool, excellent for doing quick updates to your web site. Free to individuals, $30 for commercial use.

Norton

This is a free (really free!) Windows 95 - NT application released and it scans and cleans most viruses. The proper use for this is BEFORE you infect your computer. For example, you download a file, save it to disk, then you can scan it before you run it, if it's infected you can clean it and then run (or discard if you wish)

Web Position

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Post it on your monitor

A little (in)utility for Windows95 that allows your desktop to be littered by sticky post-it like notes, reminding you of an anniversary, of the book you have lent 3 years ago to Bob, or simply to buy some bread for your spouse. Very nice, sits on your tray area. Freeware.

Partition Manager

Partition Manager is a freeware utility, for disk partitioning. It allows you to: Save, restore, and compare MBR Create, delete, and resize partitions Format FAT-16 and FAT-32 file systems Manage Extended DOS partition Print out IDE disk parameters

Web Tutor

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Global and HTML edit

Automatic, fully customizable color-coding of HTML tags. Search and replace text in single files or entire directories. 32-bit application from the ground up and more. Those of you who like the freeware version, try the new shareware HomeSite version 2.0.

PGP Email encryption

Since the time of Julius Caesar, key management has always been the hardest part of cryptography. PGP gives your email complete privacy through encryption. A must if you are corresponding trade secrets to associates via email. I do!

HTML runtime presentation

Would you like to create your own presentations, tutorials, documents, helps, info, newspapers in HTML and after that, distribute them ? The tool you need is HTML Executable. It includes a wizard which compiles a single executable with all your web pages and files.

Whois software

Unix- style "whois"- performs "whois" queries , "host" - looks up the host name of an IP address, or the IP address of a host name , and "finger" - performs "finger" queries functionality under Windows 95 or Windows NT command windows.

Virtual Desktop Manager

The ONLY INTELLIGENT Virtual Desktop Manager - you can TEACH the program PERSISTENT RULES in order to have your desktop really efficient (and good-looking too!). Small, fast and reliable, it might change forever the way you work on your electronic desktop!

Screen Capture Utility

SnagIt is an advanced screen capture utility for Win 95 and Win NT. SnagIt supports capture of user-determined areas of the Windows display. It can save the capture to a variety of graphics file formats, send it to the clipboard or send as an attachment to a (MAPI) mail message.

WSFTP

Transfer files quickly and securely with this supercharged FTP client. Work through firewalls and proxies with drag-and-drop functionality and 128-bit SSL encryption. You can even alter remote images directly from your favorite image editor.