Avoiding Fraud Through Safe Shopping

Written by Jeff Mueller


Avoiding Fraud Through Safe Shopping

Online fraud is an increasing problem that can be avoided. Every year more and more people shop online, and every year seems to bring more ways to trick unsuspecting buyers. This report was written to help protect you as a consumer.

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Some credit companies even offer an online shopping guarantee that ensures you will not be held responsible for any unauthorized charges made online, and some may provide additional warranty, return and/or purchase protection benefits.

If You’re an Internet Marketer, You Should be Blogging

Written by Craig Desorcy


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Wise marketers are incorporating this trend into their marketing scheme. The inexplicable urge to return time and time again is a gold mine to be excavated. After all, isn’t that exactly what a marketer’s goal is? Not only are people drawn to revisit, but search engine robots can’t seem to neglect a site that has regularly updated data. Blogging is a win-win situation that you don’t want to miss out on!

Mark was a smart and money-wise kind of guy. He’d spend hours thinking about how to getrepparttar 108691 most out of his money, and his bank account had a lot to show for his efforts. Mark had been a successful business man for some time, and now he was contemplating an expansion - a virtual expansion that is.

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Blogs, blogs, blogs! Blogs arerepparttar 108697 answer to free advertising inrepparttar 108698 virtual world. Search engines will gather your latest news and broadcast them world-wide while you sit back, fold your arms and smile. Who could keep from smiling when search engines index your site free of charge and heavy traffic is being directed to your virtual doorstep without costing you a penny?

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