Web 2.0 is a web platform for interactive two way “peer to peer” user generated content. It is all about communicating amongst other users and readers to collaborate about topics and particular views in question. So instead of internet users just merely surfing aimlessly around the web without a guide pilot, they are now interacting with other like minded users getting reviews and opinions on subjects of interest.

Web 2.0, is obviously more than the newest flavored buzzword in 2007, it has become the new dominant way to use the Internet. And that is by using audience participation. Web 2.0 is more of an “attitude and thinking shift” instead of a technological term because this phenomenon is not something that you can buy off the shelf or download as an ebook. It is more of a feeling and a different way to conduct the way you use the internet.

An example of how to differentiate Web 2.0 and it’s previous form, we will call it Web 1.0 for arguments sake, is that Web 1.0, although it still allowed for user participation and interaction, was more in forms of surveys or questionnaires with one sided opinions based on multiple choices. The biggest difference with Web 2.0 is it allow users and customers to be able to leave opinions and comments as well as ask questions, rate or review a product or service or even a point of view.

So the greatest advantage of thinking Web 2.0 is that it allows for users to instantly read about, hear and see what other users think about a product or service and get immediate feedback. While the traditional surveys provided information solely back to the marketers or website owners conducting the questionnaires, Web 2.0 interacts and shares real life unbiased opinions and experiences of customers amongst each other. So the middleman, the company or marketing company is essentially eliminated.

Web 2.0 has opened new doors like the “goldrush” days back in the late ’90s where big investment and venture money was thrown around to new web start ups at startling rates. This same type of hype and feeling is now again being spread as Web 2.0 starts a new wave of enterprise. Websites and internet entrepreneurs with idea’s to enhance Web 2.0, has raised millions of dollars from capitalists hoping to cash in on this new wave.

Web 2.0 has suddenly become the “web frontier” all over again. Where previous unknown talents are lining up by the thousands hoping to cash in with their ideas. E-commerce as a result has profited and continues to grow exponentially.

Blogging is now a common and accepted form of communication on the web as various versions of it has been around for quite a while now. Blogs were once thought of as online diary’s to write and record feelings and thoughts about personal lives for the world to read and consume. More recently, blogging has become an excellent vehicle for individuals to make online income, and for a very select few, blogs has become a source for immense wealth.

One marketer who has appeared to of “Cracked the Blogging Code” and has made a fortune via online blog marketing is Rob Benwell. Not too long ago, he revealed his personal secret tips and methods he personally uses in an ebook called “Blogging To The Bank”, which was a very successful seller.

But we all know that nothing remains the same, especially on the internet. We all realize that things move at warp speed and one must keep up and try to stay ahead of the curve to be successful. As time passes, old methods and systems that were once effective become obsolete. New techniques of online marketing must be learned to advance to the next level. This is where Rob Benwell’s brand new, fresh off the internet presses: “Blogging To The Bank 2″ ebook comes into play.

For those who are familiar with Rob Benwell and followed his direction in his original ebook, it is quite possible and probable that you made substantial income with his blog marketing methods.

Rob Benwell’s - Blogging To The Bank

For those who are not familiar with him, here is a bit of a background on Rob:

Back in 2005, like many other marketers, Rob was struggling to make an income online. He had dropped out of college and was heading towards debt. Rob was trying and testing all of the techniques the internet marketing gurus suggested but was not getting anywhere fast. So he gave up… gave up listening that is… and he eventually started using his own ideas and techniques and started making money online marketing with blogs. In early 2006 he shared his new found wealth methods by authoring an a great ebook called Blogging To The Bank. A lot of people followed his lead and eventually got rich from using the techniques. So successful that he spoke at Internet Marketing Legend “Yanik Silver’s” famous Underground Seminar Series where he revealed even more of his underground blog marketing strategies.

But as stated earlier, the methods used in that original ebook are now pretty well obsolete. Most of the techniques that were revealed no longer apply! So this is where a new and improved version of “Blogging To The Bank 2″ comes into play.

Rob, like his previous ebook exposes ground breaking techniques that he has been personally using that work online, right now! Every step is explained in plain understandable English with all of the fluffy filler cut out. I got hold of an advanced early copy of the book, at a much higher price than what he actually sells for now and believe me, it is worth every single cent! Instantly, I was creating new online niche blogs using the same techniques he does and within a few hours they were active and receiving traffic.

Blogging To The Bank 2 teaches you Rob Benwell’s new and improved “step by step” blueprint to creating highly profitable blogs using optimization techniques that work. There is even an extended section on advanced (SEO) Search Engine Optimization Techniques that he personally uses and profits on. Most people think that SEO is a constant moving target and difficult to pinpoint, but Rob explains in an easy to understand format, techniques to blog marketing that anyone can understand and apply.

Blogging To The Bank 2 is highly recommended to anyone wanting to earn online income via blogging.

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SocialMarker is a free to use social bookmarking site that offers a one stop service for submitting your: article, blog or website to over 2 dozen popular social bookmarking sites. SocialMarker is a Firefox plug-in, so using the Firefox browser is required to use this service.

So once you have installed the SocialMarker submission button plugin onto your Firefox browser toolbar, you can use the service whenever you come across an article or site (or your own site of course), that you would like to bookmark. Highlight the text that you want to save and then click to save and bookmark using the SocialMarker button.

Once you have the item saved, you will then be taken to SocialMarker’s website where you will be able to edit the description, title, tags or the URL, etc. Once done, then choose which of the social bookmarking sites you’d like to send the information to (by default, every social bookmark site is chosen, so you will have to de-select the sites you don’t want to submit to) and then hit the submit button for publishing. The site also gives you options of selecting the “Best” or most “Popular” bookmarking sites, or only just the “News” social bookmarking sites.

Registration to each individual social bookmarking site is required. So if you are not a member to these sites already, SocialMarker will visit the individual sites and automatically open each sites login or registration area in an iFrame. Because SocialMarker is required to visit each of these social bookmarking sites individually, the process is not quite automatic and can be time consuming as each site is submitted one by one.

Blogging for income, affiliate income on Wordpress or other blog platforms has gone mainstream. As an example, WordPress is the preferred blog vehicle as it is easy to setup, there are a myriad of themes to furnish your niche market and there are tons of cool plugins to customize and enhance your blog to maximize SEO and affiliate earnings.

PopShops WordPress Plugin For Affiliate Income
So speaking of affiliate income.. what comes to mind is Adsense, Chitka, Kontera etc etc. that will earn you cash to enable you to continue blogging. Well, there is a new option available, PopShops offers a free to download plugin that allows you to earn affiliate income from popular online merchant exchanges.

PopShops allows bloggers to setup an instant widget storefront, directly on their Wordpress blog. Popshops utilizes the latest Web 2.0 technologies such as Ruby-On-Rails and AJAX to bring your blog an instant display of affiliate products related to your particular niche that visitors can click and purchase.

So if you are a Wordpress blogger interested in setting up a popshop widget storefront, apply for the PopShop plugin, install the plugin, then:
1. You can pick from over 24 million products from a variety of affiliate networks.. the most prominent being Commission Junction, Performics, ShareASale. and Linkshare
2. Choose a product that suits your niche
3. Embed the PopShops storefront code into your WP blog

PopShop allows bloggers to make additional income by providing an alternate service for their readers to choose from. If your not using Wordpress, popshops.com also supports other platforms such as: Squidoo, Blogger, Tyepad.

There are three levels of plans offered by PopShops.
- The basic account is totally free
- A Pro account is $5/month
- An Enterprise account is $30/month

See Account details on the signup page.

If you just interested in adding a few shops to your blog or site, choose the Free Basic.

The commissions for any products that are sold is paid directly to you through the merchant service such as Commission Junction, LinkShare etc. After your PopShops account is created, signup for the merchants if you already don’t have an account already and create a new PopShop shop.

Go to Wordpress Plugin for more details and to request the alpha plugin download.

John Reese, the creator of BlogRush, is a well known Internet Marketing expert where the guru’s go to seek advice. He had the first “Million Dollar” Online Internet Marketing sales day selling his “Traffic Secrets” home study marketing program several years back. He introduced the art of the humongous sales page marketing and turned the traditional mail order industry upside down and to a completely new level by selling a $1000 Internet Marketing tutorial program comprised of DVD’s and manuals via a web page and delivered it straight to your home. He set the standard for high ticket internet marketing and many have followed.

Recently, Mr Reese stated he will go back to the original roots of the internet and that free viral information, products and services is the way to go in the new and improved interactive internet in 2007 and beyond. In his free ebook - The Rebirth of Internet Marketing - he claimed that the days of the huge gigabyte sized sales pages were extinct. What would be prominent was short and to the point videos providing instant interaction with website visitors. More namely Web 2.0, social networking using blogs and social bookmarketing orientated marketing.

The Birth Of BlogRush
So his latest creation is no surprise. Blogrush is a viral widget that you encode into your blog. It is a content sharing network that promises to send you free focused web traffic to your niche blog. How? Well the widget you place displays and shares with others, recent posts from your blog via the RSS feed you provide.

The viral concept is unique in itself. Blogrush utilizes an algorithm that fashions a pyramid style, multi-level marketing concept. This is designed so that the more you promote and refer your blogrush code, the more traffic you will get to your blog.

There is an Introductory Video that you can view on the blogrush concept, but the process is pretty straight forward.
- Signup for an account with a valid email. Submit your name, blog Rss feed and choose a category. Place the widget code onto your blog.
- You earn credits everytime the blog page displaying the widget is loaded. So if your blog is visited and loaded 200 times, then your latest post will be displayed and shared 200 times on other blogs who has the blogrush widget.
- Referring others to signup with your blogrush link and they install the widget is when the viral really kicks in. The person that signs up.. say gets 250 visitors to their blog. That means your blog title will be shown an additional 250 times within that category. This is level one and the traffic exponentially explodes as you will receive traffic from ten levels.

Blogrush takes the explosiveness of network or multi-level marketing using free traffic as a vehicle instead of a product. Visitor traffic will depend on how busy your blog is and how many you refer via your link. As the concept is pyramid in nature, it is advised that you get in early.

The cost to join Blogrush is free. John Reese proclaims that he will focus on free viral marketing methods on his income.com blog and his ebook and this certainly is in the right direction.

If your are interested in installing the widget on your own blog - Register Here