Zoobie Pets Sales Over One Million Dollars

Reed Smoot and his brother JC had a great money making idea that led to creating a line of products called Zoobie Pets that are sold in more than 30 different countries and over 1,000 stores. These brothers noticed that the toddlers in their family liked to carry blankets and pillows with them everywhere they went and so they used that idea to create cute fuzzy zoo animals that each has a blanket inside of it. So toddlers can carry a cute animal toy that is also a pillow and blanket.

Reed, 29, and JC, 26, of Provo, Utah, started the company with Ryan Treft, 26.  They became extremely successful entrepreneurs. The first year of sales for their Zoobie Pets reaped over one million dollars in revenues. Who would know that catering to the toddler community could be so lucrative.

What made them successful?

1. They had a clever product that was unique and appealing.
2. They attended a Toy trade show in 2007 and received orders from over 100 stores as well as signing up several international distributors.
3. They limited their sales to high-end stores like FAO Schwartz and Harrods.
4. They only allowed purchases in container loads so that the distribution system was controlled.
5. They adhered to safety rules in manufacturing their products
6. Reid Smoot actually moved to Shanghai, China to oversee manufacturing of their toys.

These Zoobie Pets sold well last year and are predicted to be very popular Christmas presents for 2008. What a great money making idea by some very young entrepreneurs.

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Facebook Used to Make Money Online

Brian Campbell made $25,000 in 21 days on Facebook

Brian Campbell made an initial claim on his Facebook page that he could make $10,000 in 37 days.

 Well, he surpassed his original claim and made $25,000 in 21 days. He decided to pay it forward and gifted John Chow $10,000. 

So, how do you make money using Facebook?

To begin with, sign up for an account and learn how to use various applications of Facebook to reprint your website blog feed, find and communicate with friends, post videos, provide valuable content to your visitors and provide leadership to anyone who wants to improve their financial condition. 

History of the Development of the Facebook Website

In 2008, Forbes Magazine declared the founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, 24 years-old, the youngest self-made billionaire on earth with an estimated net worth of $1.5 billion U.S. dollars. Described as a young geeky computer programmer, Mark is the mogul who is guiding the extrodinary growth of Facebook.

In 2006, Yahoo offered to buy Facebook for a billion dollars, but Mark Zuckerberg declined. Microsoft then made him an offer of $240 million dollars to gain 1.6% of the company. Based on this information, some analysts came to the conclusion that Facebook is worth $15 Billion dollars. Not all analyst agree on that valuation. 

Mark Zuckerberg is not new to the field of computer programming. He wrote his first software program in the 6th grade. In high school he was approached by both Microsoft and AOL due to a hacking project he was involved in. He decided to go to Harvard University instead. 

He built the original Facebook site in two weeks, while attending Harvard. Within a short period of time, more than 2/3 of the student body at Harvard was using the program. Within four months they had launched the program to over 40 colleges. He expanded Facebook to be used in high schools and then in 2006, he opened it up to the public. 

Facebook now has more than 700 employees, has hired a lawyer, shares more than ten billion photos, has 100-million-plus users and is connecting people with each other like they have never been able to connect before. 

Facebook Helps Entrepreneurs 

It has been said that marketing in 2008 begins with conversations and what better way to have conversations with people than being an active member of the Facebook community? People around the world are using Facebook to connect with each other for social purposes and that provides the ultimate medium to network and share your personal recommendations for a huge variety of products and purposes. What kind of marketing system can you create on Facebook?

Watch the interview with Mark Zuckerberg on 60 Minutes here:

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Offline Advertising Helps 83-year-old To Sell Pearl Jewelry

Entrepreneurs can blossom at any age, even at 83. Wearing what you have to offer is one way that Marian Flake, 83 years young sold her jewelry to her friends at the doctor’s office.

  With so much focus targeted with online marketing, sometimes we forget that offline advertising works well too. Here are some tips to help you advertise your website domain name offline.

1. Go to www.cafepress.com  and have some wearable artwork put on a tee shirt, sweatshirt, baseball cap, coffee cup, clock or many other items.
2. If you don’t have any artistic skills in making up logos for your website, go to www.elance.com and hire a professional graphic designer to make you a logo. Then you can upload it to www.cafepress.com  and order all you want.
3. License plate frames are a great way to advertise to all those people who are sitting in traffic behind you.
4. Put a cool graphic on your car window. Go to to find out what they look like.
5. If you are fortunate enough to have one, put your domain name on your boat.
6. Put a yard sign in your yard, if your neighborhood allows it.
7. Order pens that have your domain name on them.
8. Put your domain name on stationary, magnets, golf balls  and more.
9. Talk to people you see when you are out doing errands. Word of mouth is wonderful.
10. Make an unusual business card  stand out from the normal cards.   

Enhance your entrepreneurial skills by talking about your website offline and by using offline advertising such as the ten offline advertising ideas mentioned here.

Add your unique ideas here in the comments section!

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Passionate Blogging Works

Have you ever wondered why some blogs become wildly successful while other blogs become ghost towns that no one visits?

In a recent interview on Breakfast Television, expert blogger John Chow was asked what is the biggest mistake that new bloggers make when they start blogging. His response was that it is a big mistake to start blogging just for the money. He recommends doing a blog just for fun.

When people start blogging just for the money, they neglect the passionate side of themselves. People like to read good content from others who are passionate about their topic. Choosing something to write about that you feel a lot of passion for basically makes the job, well, not a job. John said, “If you are passionate about it, it’s not really work, is it?”

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Entrepreneur Profit Maker

Salt Lake City, Utah was the host to a large Gem and Jewelry show where hundreds of entrepreneurs gathered to sell their jewelry and gems to eager crowds.

I interviewed one entrepreneur profit maker, Pradeep Pradhan and asked him what he liked about selling his jewelry at the Salt Lake Gem and Jewelry show. In the amatuerish video (I will get better at this), Pradeep tells us about his best money maker.
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PHP helps Ebay Affiliates Earn Big Bucks

PHP has been used to write thousands of programs.  It is a computer language that is stirring things up on the internet. PHP has been used to write a very powerful program that helps EBAY affiliates  to become super star money makers with their websites.

It has never been easier to make money with the EBay Affiliate program. No matter what your web site is offering to people on the internet, you can offer your viewers specific ebay listings that are related to your particular web site. You can do that by using PHP affiliate script that interfaces with the EBay affiliate program. 

Ebay, according to www.alexa.com, is the 18th most visited web site in the world.  With all of that traffic and all of those ebay power sellers, why not show some of their products and start making money on your web site? 

How to use PHPBay to become an Ebay Affilate Super star

• If you aren't a member of ebay or have never used their site, sign up here.
• You will need to sign up to be an ebay affiliate at their web site.
• Download PHPBay to your WordPress or regular web site.
• Upload a few files to your domain.
• Add your affiliate information.
• Each time you want to display ebay products, use one line of coding to do so.

In the WordPress version of PHPbay, you work with one line of code.

You basically just add the name of the type of item you want to display. The only tricky part is to tell the computer what not to display.  With a little practice, this gets easier and easier.

You will find an example of some ebay products that are shown with the words Sony Bravia 46.

Don't let another day go by without adding this feature to your website. Use this coupon code to get a discount on your purchase: 856DC48875

Become an Ebay Affiliate power player now!

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Blogging Expert John Chow to Speak At BlogWorld Expo 2008

One person I'd like to meet at the next BlogWorld Exp (Sept. 19-21, 2008) in Las Vegas is John Chow. Well known for his crazy videos, explosive income growth and personality, he has one of the most successful blogs on the internet and he shares his secrets to success. He actually keeps a log of his monthly income growth and what programs he used to generate that income. 

John is best known for showing the power of blogging when he used his blog as an income case study. He took the johnchow.com from $350 per month to a over $27,000 per month in just one year.

                                  

This is what is posted on his blog:

Total Blog Income for May 2008: 227,705.80 RMB

Despite the difficulties of doing business in China, the blog posted a record high income of 227,705.80 RMB, or 228 times greater than the average monthly income of a Chinese factory worker. The income converts to $32,529.40 USD. Here is the breakdown.

• Private Ad Sales: $16,380.00
• Affiliate Commissions: $9,757.04
• ReviewMe: $3,000.00
• Text Link Ads: $2,036.22
• Kontera: $1,000.00
• TTZ Media: $329.50
• Subscription: $20.00
• FeedBurner: $6.64
• Grand Total: $32,529.40

Sign up now for BlogWorldExpo 2008

Don't forget to take your video camera and take videos.

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Nine Million People in the United States are Millionaires

According to www.cnbc.com, some of the nine million people feel poor.  They are the "middle class" millionaires.  Laurel Touby, a successful internet entrepreneur, who recently sold her website www.mediabistro.com for $23 million could be one of them. She tells CNBC that she is not that rich.

Money Making Idea

She wanted to build a website to include a community for the media where there were job listings, bulletin boards, classes,  and a freelance marketplace.  She raised money for her website by hosting parties where she invited editors, writers, and other content creators.  Her parties went on and on and her contacts grew to thousands. Now, her website is worth $23 million, with an Alexa page ranking  of  5,275 , which means that the number of visitors she gets is within the top 100,000 most popular sites in the world. There are  2,745 websites linking to mediabistro.com.

She sold her website in July of 2007 to Jupiter Media. She called her rich friends to see what they recommended she buy with her newly acquired wealth.  When she was told to invest in a jet, she laughed and thought that if she did that, her money could be gone in an instant.

See how the really rich live

According to CNBC.com, a financial news site,  "In 1985, there were 13 billionaires in the United States and today there are over 1,000 billionaires." CNBC has a special page devoted to videos and information about the investment bankers, hedge fund managers and private equity partners who make up the .001% of our population.  What toys do they play with? Perhaps a Rolls-Royce, Ferrari, or Dusenberg would pacify them? Find out how many cars Tim Durham, a 45 year old financier from Indiana has in his garage.

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