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Want to Succeed? Remember Your Creative Side

Success, happiness or any of your goals cannot be defined in a precise formula. You can seek guidance from people, inspiration and knowledge but it is up to you to add a splash of creativity and put it all together to solve that unique problem your facing. In this article we explore what that creativity is, why it is important and how we have come to stop using it.

• In: Productivity and Motivation

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Fresh Store Builder – Amazon Affiliate Stores

My project, Fresh Store Builder, is a complete script for making quality Amazon Affiliate stores. Read on for the history of the script and how I came to launch this project to the public.

• In: Software

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My First Online Earnings – CashWars.com

I came across an old scan of the first cheque I received from an internet endeavour. Here is the image and a bit more information about how I earned it.

• In: Productivity and Motivation

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30 Second Top Tip for New Internet Marketers

A short video with my top tip for new internet marketers. Find out the advice that I wish I knew when I first started my projects on the internet.

• In: Search Engine Optimisation

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The Differences between UK Hosting and USA Hosting Accounts

In this article we take a look at the differences between hosting in the UK and the US. Particularly we look at cost, features and our recommendation for what to choose depending on your circumstances.

• In: Web Development

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What is a Thin Affiliate Site?

In their ever continuing efforts to fight spam, Google coined the phrase thin affiliate to describe a site offering only affiliate links and no value to a user. Being labeled a thin affiliate site will mean very little to no traffic from Google, but what criteria does Google use to filter out these sites, how do they do it and how can you prevent this happening to you?

• In: Search Engine Optimisation

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New Section – Reviews on Training Courses, Books and Resources

A quick announcement about our new section at Pickledshark – we will be reviewing training materials, books and other resources. Read on to find out more and what we will be taking a look at first.

• In: Training, Books and Resources

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What is Multivariate Testing?

To get the most from your website you need to test, tweak and optimize. Traditionally a common way of finding out about changes to your website was to split test – basically serve two different versions of your page and compare the results from each. In this article we take a look at a more in depth method; multivariate testing. Read on to find out how you can implement and use this method of website optmization to improve conversions on your website.

• In: eCommerce

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Why Opportunity is Stealing our Time, Focus and Energy

In every area of our life we have opportunity. Every day a new tool is launched that could change our leaves, a new technology that can make us happier or a new skill that can increase our earnings. In this article we look at why people are overwhelmed by opportunity, hide behind it and most importantly how we can deal with this.

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Backing up on DVDs and CDs? Think Again

Backing up your files can never be spoken about enough. There is nothing worse than losing everything, or even something, important. Find out why DVDs and CDs are no good for backing up and read an introduction to other more reliable methods.

• In: Software

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