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Beyblade Toys

Beyblade toys are very popular in Japan, the UK and USA. Beyblade-toys.com is Daniels second website which he launched today.

Beyblades is a battle game where spinning tops fight it out in an arena. Known as the bowl arena. I was amazed at how popluar this game is.

Beyblades started in the 1990’s and although it sort of fizzled out in 2006 it has come back with a vengance with the latest series called metal fusion. The beyblade toys are a more recent addition and came as a result of the success of the Magazine and tv series.

Daniel’s first website was www.bakugan-game.net which he made a few months ago. It does not earn him a fortune but is slowly growing in poularity and helps with his pocket money.

If it continues growing as it is then he will be earning more than the UK average wage in less than a year. Not bad for a 12 year old who is writing about the games that he loves and plays on a daily basis.

He has designed both of the sites himself (he is yet to upload the new beyblade  theme) but I think he has done a great job and I am very proud of what he has done and achieved. Beyblade toys can be found in most toy stores as well as on amazon and it is big business.

It goes to show that if anyone wants to make money online then it is possible. Daniel has also created a squidoo page on Percy Jackson whise bookes he has read a number of times. Once agian a very popular subject with loads of searches and something that he is really interested about.

So, if you are wanting to make money online then make a list of your interests search google to find out what the competition is and how many searches are being done for the main keywords, buy a domain name and setup a blog. Easy peasy lemon squeezy.

Check out his beyblade toys website and let me know what you think.

Building Your Own Website

WHY SHOULD I HAVE A WEBSITE

Building your own website is not that difficult these days. There are a number of site building software programs available online and offline. If you can use a wordprocessor then you can build you own website

• The world and his dog is online these days. People buy their road tax online, do their weekly shopping online, Bank online, tax returns, you can even pay your speeding fines online as I recently found out!!!
• Essentially it’s the way the world advertises these days more money is spent on internet advertising than TV now..
• Most households have internet connection either in their home or via their mobile phones.
• With the explosion of the smart phones, blackberry’s and of course the iphone, now in it’s 4^th generation people are now looking up all sorts of information. This new technology allows advertisers to be very specific with the demographics of the prospects or customers they are aiming at. Right down to having adverts appear in specific areas, towns or even streets. Adverts will only show when the smart or iphone user is in a particular location.
• Smart apps will even show you a list of all the bars and restaurants locally to where you are anywhere in the world.

How to have your business appear on a smart phone or iphone?

• You have to register your business on Google places, which is FREE  and add your location Google maps. You DO NOT EVEN NEED A WEBSITE. Add photos of your business.

WHY IS AN ONLINE PRESENCE IMPORTANT

• As I said people will research the place they are coming to before they arrive and if they find details of your place and they like the look of it then they will hunt you out.. Also subconsciously if they have seen a photo of your place and they walk by there is a higher chance of them coming in because it is familiar to them.

WHERE OR HOW DO I START

• There are three options when it comes to building your own website for your online presence.

1. i.     Buy a domain name and setup your own website
2. ii.     Use one of the free website builders (ie yourbusiness.webs.com)
3. iii.     Use the free social network sites.

When building your own website you first buy and register your domain name.

• Namecheap.com
• Godaddy.com

Use the above to find and buy your domain name. Try to use the business name.

Designing – have someone design you your website.

• COST – The cost is between £250 and £1,000 for a basic site depending on what you want it to look like and do.
• You can also use one of the many FREE online web building sites. These are REALLY easy to use just fill in the blanks add some images and you are done. They make their money by placing adverts on your site. You can of course have these removed by paying them for using their site, which costs about £50 – £75 per year.

Alternatively, you can use one of the many free online website builders that enable you to follow a step by step process to create a great looking website by filling in the blanks and adding photos and images.

• Webs.com
• Weebly.com
• webstarts.com
• doodlekit.com

These are a few of the top website creators that you can use to create your very own website easily.

The other option is social networking these are sites like

• Facebook
• Twitter
• Myspace
• Youtube.

You can register your business and invite people to join or follow you.

If you want more information on building your own website then you can contact me on the contact us form.

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In sales we always train people never to prejudge a client or a prospect. You should always treat people the same and don’t be fooled by first impressions.

The mantra don’t pre judge is not just in sales but is with most things. I have been reminded of this recently in my trip here to Perth.

I have been kind of busy with a number of projects and although we had planned to have a holiday and had even booked the flights some time ago I was not looking forward to it.

I love Bali and was wrapped up in what I was doing. then I started hearing the rumours! It is so hot in Perth you cannot breath, there are loads of fires, there is a big drought in Western Australia and watch out for the spiders and snakes..

I was thinking why would anyone want to got to a place that has the only salt water crocodiles in the World, the only poisonous mammal, the most poisonous spiders and snakes and jelly fish with 3 metre tentacles that paralyse you??

So, now my desire to travel there was less than positive. in fact I had already decided that I did not like it and was happy to change the flights and go off to Hong Kong instead.

It was only that although we could change the flight dates or times, we could not change the destination and being a tight old git, I did not want to waste them so with a sulky face and the odd whinge I boarded the plane to Perth.

Well, what a place it is fantastic, hot days and cool evenings perfect. The beaches are safe and clean, there are so many Parks and BBQ areas and walk ways and National Parks it is amazing. The people are fantastic too, so friendly and it is a very multi cultured society too. The lifestyle is amazing, everyone is out and about doing something.

It has definitely given me a slap in the chops when it comes to pre judging. My family and I would mover here in a heart beat, but I don’t think they will have me. especially if they had heard my earlier comments.

That will teach me to talk about and comment on something I have absolutely no knoweldge or expereince of… Or will it?

Daniel, my youngest son, who is 11 has got his first site up and running.

It is www.bakugan-game.net I really do not understand the rules or the game much to Daniels frustration and amusement.

The Game of Bakugan You have a team of brawlers and each have their own bakugan’s then they have bakugan ability cards and bakugan gate cards there are also traps. so complicated and not only that I cannot read the text on the cards.. Old age again!!

I am sure games were not as complicated as this when I was younger. Monopoly, Cluedo and ludo was my staple gaming diet before the onsite of basic video games like bat and ball, pacman and space invaders. Those were the days.

Anyways, the website is a wordpress blog, like most of my sites and Dan has designed the website himself in Artisteer and created the structure and content all himself.

We have added adsens to the site and next we will be adding amazon so he can start making some money.

Most of the pages are already indexed and now I have to teach him how to build backlinks to the site.

I am really proud of what he has done and hope he makes some money from it.

If he keeps on like this and he builds a few more cash generating websites, he could well be earning more money per week than some adults earn.

The beauty of these sites is once they are done there is little else needs doing to them they just grow and keep generating money.

Even if they only make $10 per day, if he can build 10 of those sites over the next 12 months he will be on $100 per day passive income.

Not bad for an 11 year old (he will be 12 then

Any one for a game of Bakugan I know someone who knows all the rules

Bakugan rules