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and the last part of that quote....those who succeed share what they`ve learned.

That`s the whole point of this community, for those who have succeeded to help those who are learning.  The ones who are so busy working are either not efficient enough yet to be truly successful and therefore they do not have the time to help others to succeed or they are stumbling.




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Gina L. Gwozdz, CPA
http://GLGcpa.com
http://TaxTreasures.com

LOL! Good post, Gina :-) People often live their lives by needlepoint cliches and platitudes, yet so often forget to include the rest of the original saying.

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rc

www.qinfosys.com
www.q-business-intelligence.com

This topic never was designed to belittle anyone. It was intended to point out that in the entire thread, the original poster (ThinkingBig) posted only twice, neither of which time did they indicate at all what was useful about their book or topic or anything. They`re a "drive-by" poster, with little interest in building a community, discussing or sharing knowledge, and so forth.

We could have an argument that it`s "because" of what appeared to be belittling that they didn`t post anymore and left the community. If so, then that`s a shame, but I don`t think it`s a persuasive argument. The hyperbole about this is a must-read book, click here!...together with the fact that the poster only has the single topice, and really says nothing about why the book is fantastic, speaks to the self-promotional type of post.

My own statement still holds that if anyone is going to jump up and down about a fantastic tool that will help other entrepreneurs, it`s be useful to have some actual information about that tool, not just a standardized promo piece.

It`s my suspicion that the original poster and bluedogbites are the same person.  Both poster`s websites are from Michigan, both new posters, same style of writing, etc.

Based on the link provided the original poster is an affiliate of the e-book she is trying to promote; thus anyone who purchases the book from the link provided will be helping this poster earn money.  That`s perfectly fine by me if the book is a great resource for whomever purchases it.

It should be noted however, that you can actually become an affiliate without ever purchasing or reading the e-book (http://honestriches.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=34&Itemid=31).  In my opinion the original poster either didn`t read the book or the book isn`t that good (I have not read the book and do not intend on reading it).

The reason I believe this is because the site she claims has a number 1 ranking based on keywords has only two words in her source document "michigan horse".  If you google either one of those two words, separately or together, her site is nowhere to be found. 

If you use one of the freely available page rank checkers (http://www.iwebtool.com/pagerank_checker) you`ll see that she has a page ranking of 4.

In comparison, my website, that I created myself, using no special SEO books or tools, is also a page ranking of 4.  So it makes me wonder if that`s about average as that`s where I would have guessed my page would have fallen.

As many business owners have learned, the point is to do your research before you spend your money based on any product or service, especially if the product is promoted in the fashion that this product has been.

Just in case someone thinks a page ranking of 4 is good, I`ll let everyone know what I did to obtain the same page rank as the original poster.  I used the basic KISS (Keep It Simple Silly) principal:

• Clean website with not a lot of javascript or other code that many browsers and users do not like
• No ads
• Say what you want to say in as few words as possible

That`s it and it`s free.

Best wishes.



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Gina L. Gwozdz, CPA
http://GLGcpa.com
http://TaxTreasures.com

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rc

www.qinfosys.com
www.q-business-intelligence.com