Usually, more than one company is competing for the same customer base. Eventually, the customer base is split based on chosen supplier. What is the reason for customer to choose one supplier out of many? All suppliers are competing to satisfy customer’s needs by offering them a certain value. This value is represented as ratio between benefits and price. More benefits for less price gives greater value to the customer. So, the product/service needs either to have bigger benefit for the same price, or lower price for the same benefit, for some company to be chosen as a preferred supplier.

When we come to cost structure, that affects the value delivered, we find many process steps that increase, directly or indirectly, the price of the product. These activities can be value adding or waste activities.

Value Adding Activities

Since customer appreciate greater value that he receives from his supplier, any activity that customer cares about is value adding. Any activity that improves the product appearance, functionality, durability, satisfaction and brand loyalty is value-adding activity.

Also, value-adding activity is any activity that changes the product itself. This can be in any step in raw materials manipulation, production, or adjustments and packing of the product.

Finally, any activity that is done properly from the first time can be considered as value adding. Obviously, failure to achieve activity from the first time does not add to the value of the product.

Waste Activities

Unfortunately, there are many waste activities that are waiting any company during their activities. Wastes are sometimes even difficult to detect, especially in case that proper structure of key business indicators is not implemented. There is a whole range of wastes that can generate in Supply Chain:

Overproduction – This Type of Waste can happen in case of greater production versus demand, or in case of inaccurate forecasting. In some cases overproduction can be justified, like pre-stocking prior to the main sales season.

Unnecessary Inventory – It is true that higher inventory is the protection from uncertainty of demand and from OOS, but too high inventory does not add value. From financial perspectives, high inventory level is capturing the working capital, that can be used for better purpose ( investment, interest, etc. )

Defects can slow down or stop production. Low productivity and scrap are increasing cost per unit produced.

Inappropriate processing due to inadequate technology or design can produce waste.

Waiting of item in the queue to be process does not add value to the customer.

Transport is an important part of operations, but unnecessarily movement of products is not adding value

The optimum price of the product is achieved by proper balancing of activities. Value adding activities should be optimized, while waste activities should be either reduced or eliminated.

Laurus Nobilis has 11 years of experience in FMCG business. In 2007 he has started the www.biz-development.com web site dedicated to development of managerial skills. He also runs www.my-introspective.com a Personal Exploration and Development Guide.

Mainly because list building is one of the vital elements to your Internet marketing success. It can play an important role in increasing your sales, getting repeat targeted traffic to your sites and a perfect vehicle for branding your product or company. Moreover, your list can be a primary source of business relationships which will help you build your online business since these contacts can be the cornerstones of your online marketing.

While I have fulfilled my main ambition of working full-time on the net, I have not as yet achieved my goal of reaching 100,000 subscribers. When I first started, my goal was getting 1,000 subscribers which I quickly passed, then it was 10,000 which was much harder to reach… getting to 100,000 will take much more time and effort but I believe I will get there eventually.

Maybe that number is a bit foolish, mainly because I learned long ago it is not the size of your list that counts, but how responsive it is. Still, it helps to have a goal set for yourself… and a 100k subscriber list is not an unreachable number especially when you’re talking about the Internet. There are probably more than a few pimply faced teenagers out there who have gotten triple that number of subscribers just by placing some silly videos on YouTube.

Many marketers also make the mistake that list building is all about sales and forget that your list is much more than just for monetary gain. It can be the basis for a whole wealth of ideas and interaction that goes well beyond how many sales you can squeeze out of your list. The really savvy marketers use their lists for market research, product development and treat their lists as a knowledge resource they can tap into, time and time again.

Your list building can also be the foundation of your own vibrant online community. A community that’s interactive and a great source of both ideas and business contacts. Probably the best example of this type of community building would be those communities that spring up through the social networking media sites… and Twitter would be a good example of this type of list building.

Invisible List Building

In studying and using lists over the years, some things have really surprised me. As an affiliate marketer I quickly realized most of my list building was invisible! This happened when I was fairly new at the marketing game, I had trouble with one of my site’s web host and I had to move the whole site to a different server and my site was down for several days… but the strange thing was my online sales from this site still kept coming even though my site was down.

I was totally puzzled (I can be rather slow sometimes!) until I realized or rather learnt the marketing power of cookies. Almost all of the affiliate programs I was promoting on my site were using cookies to mark the traffic or clicks coming from my site as my referrals. If anyone of these referrals made a purchase in the next 30, 60, 90 or more days - I would get credit for the sale.

My site was down, but because I had a whole list of cookied buyers lined up to purchase these affiliate products, my sales still kept coming. I was fairly new at this web stuff then and this was a real eye-opener for me. I started joining those affiliate programs that gave me the longest time-frame with their cookies. Most are around 30 days but there are quite a few that will give 365 days. Some affiliate programs such as Ken Evoy’s Site Build It and Marlon Sanders’ products even give you a life-time cookie.

In affiliate marketing using these “cookies” to build up hundreds of lists of “invisible customers” can be a very effective marketing strategy. You might not see these lists, but they’re quietly working for you in the background, bringing in sales even if your site is down or even when you have stopped a particular campaign.

Of course, the key here again, is how targeted is your marketing. You could have a million cookied customers lined up but if they have no real interest in your product - they won’t turn into buying customers. You must get the potential customer who has shown an interest in your product, onto your invisible cookie list. That’s why ranking high in organic search results for your chosen keywords plays a vital role in how much you earn online, especially if you’re into affiliate marketing. Going the PPC (Pay Per Click) route can also work but the profit margins are much closer.

Nor should you ignore building an actual opt-in list of customers to your autoresponder system in this whole process. Many marketers also try to “cookie” their actual opt-in lists as soon as possible in order to boost their sales. Your invisible cookie lists can work in conjunction with your so-called real lists.

Along those same lines, one of my most effective marketing strategies is to use “micro” list building which is building hundreds of small lists of customers for each affiliate product that I promote. In the process of building these lists of potential customers, my first goal is to get these customers “cookied” with my affiliate ID. Then no matter if they buy directly from you or from some other link on the web; you still get credit for the sale.

Another effective marketing technique to use with your lists is to promote a whole group of related brand name products and MAKE SURE you cookie your list with ALL these different products so that no matter which one they eventually choose to purchase, you will still get credit for the sale. This way as a marketer you can come across as a helpful neutral third party pointing out the benefits and disadvantages of each product rather than a pushy salesperson pushing one product at your list. Nobody likes a pushy salesperson, so be a helpful friend instead.

Don’t ignore the effectiveness of these cookies or invisible lists in your online marketing. Used properly they can increase your sales dramatically. You can have hundreds of these invisible cookied lists working for you on the web. When you get down to the actual numbers, a list of 100,000 subscribers can pale in comparison. So next time anyone mentions list building to you, just remember you can always go incognito!

The author is a full-time online marketer who has numerous niche sites. If you want to learn how to make your online marketing much more effective by building your own lists try here: list building Or you can try our popular: list building ecourse Copyright ? 2008 Titus Hoskins. This article may be freely distributed if this resource box stays attached.

HTML stands for Hyper Text Markup Language. This is the most basic code for formatting Web documents and instructing Web browsers on the display of these documents. HTML components are, in many ways, the building blocks of the Web.

It’s not particularly difficult to learn HTML code. In fact I like to say that it’s a lot easier than learning to read and write the English language; this gives people a solid reference point and allows them to feel more comfortable moving forward.

To learn HTML effectively, you simply need to look at the process like learning a new, basic language. It’s all about memorizing a range of alphanumeric codes and understanding how and where to apply these pieces of code.

HTML Tags

HTML tags are the most basic element of the language. Think of a tag like a single command base that is used to define a particular area of your Web page.

Tags are letters and numbers arranged within the greater and lesser symbols on your keyboard. For example, here is a body tag:

< BODY >

This tag tells a browser the main body of your Web page will appear below. The above tag is an opening tag, because it signals the start of the BODY section.

At the end of your page body, you would close this tag, thus signaling to the browser that it is finished reading the Web page body. A closing tag includes the trailing slash character like so:

< / BODY >

So you open a particular tag to mark the start of a new area, effect, or behavior. You then close the tag to indicate the end of this area, effect, or behavior.

This is all really quite simple once you get rolling. Now that you understand how to open and close tags, you just need to learn the HTML that goes inside that tag placements.

There are tags that dictate the start and stop of the document head and body. And there are tags that mark where tables, columns, rows, forms, paragraphs, horizontal lines, images, and links begin and end.

As you learn HTML you will also discover that different tags can be used to begin and end specific behavior for fonts and other elements on your page. Everything in your HTML document starts and stops through the use of tags.

HTML Attributes

You can think of HTML attributes as specific characteristics assigned to a tag. For instance, going back to our body tag above, you may want to use an attribute to create a green page background like so:

< BODY bg=”green” >

Attributes can be added to any HTML tag in an effort to enhance the basic format and display of the provided code. Attributes often are what create bold text, highlighted text background, row and column width and height, and many other specific effects seen on the page.

Now that you have the basic structure of the HTML language in mind, all you need to do is learn the specific HTML variable. Again, this is easier than memorizing the alphabet so you have more than enough brainpower to take care of the task at hand.

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With all this hype we had to do a review in order to find out whether or not owning the Get Google Ads 4 Free Marketing Training Course informational product is worth the money. Below you will find a plethora of information pertaining to the way the system works and whether or not it’s even feasible. There are millions of dollars spent everyday on Google Ads and getting pay per click advertising for free sounds ridiculous. We’ll find out soon enough.

The $87 Million Meaning

Google Ads For Free is hard to believe, but the beginning headline was even worse. We actually felt as though many people probably left at the first site of this, but had they read a little more the meaning would be easier to swallow. According to their website Dr. Jon Cohen has got pay per click advertising for free over the last nine years saving a total of $87 million. Now it’s a little more believable right? Okay, not a good example. Let’s see what else we can find.

Dissecting The Testimonials

When you take a look at the website you’ll find a few testimonials talking about their Get Google Ads Free experience. The first person talks about how she is getting pay per click advertising for free and making $600 a day. Now, if we do the math she is making over $200,000 a year if that is the average everyday. Definitely not $314 million, but something that is possible. Another person talks about making almost two million a year, but he has been online since the 1990s.

What it all comes down to is just looking for the clues and having a realistic thought in mind. Meaning that we do believe pay per click advertising for free is feasible through their product. Why? Well, when you look at the site listen to the little audio on the bottom right hand of the page. They will tell you how the Get Google Ads 4 Free Marketing Training Course informational product just needs to give you one thing to put on your website in order to get Google Ads For Free.

Why Risk-Free Doesn’t Hurt

If someone gives you two months to use a product risk free that should be a no brainer. In eight weeks you could make a lot more then what the information cost in the first place and recoup your investment. Get Google Ads 4 Free Marketing Training Course offers this at the bottom of the page before you join. All you have to do is send a letter in writing and according to their website they won’t even hassle you about it. Why would a company go through all the hassle if something isn’t for real? Just something to think about while you’re looking into getting your pay per click advertising for free.

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You’re Going To Be A Member

Okay, one thing to understand before we even get started is that you will be paying for access to what they have available. The only reason we feel this is important to tell you upfront is because of those data entry typing jobs you see all the time. Where they promise you the world and then it ends up being a list of companies and not the actual jobs. Well, this is definitely not like that, but the upfront membership is which is why we thought you should know ahead of time.

Benefits of Being a Member

As a member their sales page lists several different benefits for you. As part of the Get Cash For Surveys team you’ll enjoy online surveys, online focus groups, phone surveys, product testing all while working online. If by chance you are looking for offline opportunities you’ll find the opportunities to do live focus groups, secret shopper programs, and of course being a mystery restaurant guest.

The Way It Works

The easiest way to put it is that invitations will be sent to you. They go straight to your emails and when you check them they ask if you would like to participate in their survey which will be about blah, blah, blah. There will be a link that takes you straight to the survey and once you’re done the money is then placed into your account. The average time each survey takes is around 10-30 minutes.

Getting Proof

Since survey sites have been bashed for years, it’s great to see the Get Cash For Surveys system have some visuals for all it’s potential prospects. This way you can see exactly how things work before you even think about becoming a member. We believe this to be a major selling point for those of you who are looking to make some extra money through a survey system.

Our Overall Analysis

We understand if you are skeptical, but it might be wise to keep an open mind on the Get Cash For Surveys program. There are several good things we found within the sales page of this program, and while you may be paying an upfront cost, the end result could change your life. Even if you just make $20 or $30 an hour, wouldn’t you be happy with that extra money coming in every week?

Well, if that doesn’t secure a few minutes of your time then this will. We don’t know anything about it, but according to the last paragraph of this sales page we found that if you order, you’ll receive some sort of software that helps you fill out surveys. Pretty interesting stuff. Is it something worth your time? We’ll have to figure that out yourself.

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According to their headline this takes all of 10 seconds to accomplish. Evidently, it will disperse 65,000 keyword phrases that are extremely targeted. Can you imagine such a tool? We really can’t which is why we went on and input our email address to find out the goods on this product. Hopefully it will live up to the hype and give you the benefits you’ve been searching for all along.

Understanding the System

We enjoyed reading over the first section of Armand Morin’s GeoKeyword Generator because it talks about how people tend to use the same tools for keywords day in and day out. Even though free options and ones that don’t take much upfront cost are great financially, they only diminish the purpose of using keyword software. A great question that is asked on the sales page is, why you would use something everyone else is using?

Seriously, it really put a spark in our brains because if everyone is gathering the same keywords, then how are they actually going to benefit you? Did you ever think that this is one of the reasons why some of the Adwords keywords are getting so high even though they shouldn’t be? So what we found the point to be is that Armand Morin’s GeoKeyword Generator reveals a secret to help you prosper in this area.

What’s The Secret?

According to what we read on the sales page it has to do with geographical locations. It doesn’t matter if it’s cities, states, or even countries, after looking at their examples, 87% of the keywords Armand found had some sort of area attached to the term. An interesting find, but we gather it is only the beginning of everything else within the material. Like the fact that Armand Morin’s GeoKeyword Generator teaches you how to make a list of keywords that will cover all the states, cities, and towns that are being searched for everyday.

Our Overall Analysis

This could turn out to be very beneficial for several people, which must be why Armand Morin’s GeoKeyword Generator has become so popular. After you get the reasoning behind everything you’ll be happy to know there is an example of the generator that expands through almost the rest of the sales page. This gives you an inside look of what you can expect from using this system and how it can benefit you in several different ways.

Another aspect we would like to direct you to while reading Armand Morin’s GeoKeyword Generator is the customer support link. You will find this very helpful with various questions and answers. However, if there is something you don’t see an answer to then fill out a support ticket and a reply will be sent. This is something you don’t normally see associated with products like this, so take advantage of it. Hopefully they’ll help you anyway they can so you can make the most informed decision possible.

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What This Information Isn’t About

Many times we come across products that offer the same kinds of information. Evidently, the Four Tier Annihilation Method Marketing Course felt it was important to tell you what they don’t want to discuss. So when you purchase this informational piece you won’t find anything on Google Adwords, Google Adsense, SEO or any sort of regular affiliate marketing.

At first, we thought this was everything, but low and behold there was more. They also don’t use any set up fees, no internet experience, no upfront capital, it’s not complicated and you won’t have to wait a month to see any sort of results. Remember, this is what their landing page is telling us and not us promoting their product. Fortunately, we know many people that would love all those benefits wrapped up into one product.

Money, Money, and More Money

After we found out what isn’t involved, we found ourselves in front of a testimonial from a woman who used to work in a nursery. She showed how she was making $147 per sale and getting about three thousand dollars a day. One thing to note is the snapshot she shows is from May of 2008. This lets you know how recent this has been working and that it’s not five years old where the information may be outdated.

The Best of the Rest

Most of the remaining information on their site talks about how the little people keep making the money for all the top people. There are percentages that explain how 95% of the people who come online to make money and purchase someone’s product end up having no idea what they’re doing. In fact, they share that 1% of the people are ahead of the game, while some of us (4%) are internet savvy and still can’t crack the codes.

Our Overall Analysis

This wasn’t really enough information to get us going, but the more we read the more this product seemed beneficial for you. The Four Tier Annihilation Method Marketing Course offers various modules to get you the experience needed to make money online. The titles range from Ninja Stuff to Foundational Methods leaving you with a plethora of instructional text and videos.

We have always found that video instruction can work much better then text. Why? Well, most people find it easier to understand, but text versions can be misconstrued from time to time. Videos almost take you by the hand and give you the opportunity to take small steps. There is other add-ons available as well, but we’ll let you read the rest over and see if it’s for you. It might just be the missing piece to your puzzle.

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Understanding Google AdWords

One of the first things we noticed is how they want you to understand how Google AdWords works upfront. More importantly is the information they provide talking about the way Google themselves tell you to bid more if you want more traffic. It’s just not something that works everytime. In the end thousands of people are losing money because they jump into AdWords without getting a better knowledge for the system. According to their website the worst part is Google won’t give you the proper information either.

The Ultimate Formula

While they don’t share their secrets with you in the beginning, Google Magic Formula says they have the tools to dismantle the pay per click equation so it will be in your favor instead of Google’s. If you ever wondered how the experts make hundreds or even thousands of dollars everyday, GMF tells us that this is the reason why. This leads us to believe they have a lot of good information to give you.

They offer a great analogy talking about how the Allies didn’t know how to combat their enemies in World War II. However, when the Enigma decoder machine was recovered off one of their U-boats, things changed. All because the code was unscrambled which is the same thing they are doing here. For you history buffs out there it’s an easy way to understand everything about Google.

A Few Questions to Answer

For those of you who use Google AdWords religiously, GMF has a few questions to ask if you scroll down their landing page. Things like whether or not you’ve bumped your bids up a little more without knowing why. Not too confident about your written ad, or if you just had no idea what you were doing, but everyone else said it was a good route to take for more traffic.

Basically GMF explains how they made all the same problems. The only difference is they tracked everything for a specific amount of time before realizing what did and didn’t work. Probably one of the most important questions they ask is why would you want to have to go through all the same trials and tribulations when Google Magic Formula has all the answers right in front of you?

Our Overall Analysis

After reading the entire page it does seem like a great way for everyone to utilize Google AdWords better. Google Magic Formula offers a money back guarantee as well so if you don’t think it works well for you after trying it, you can get a refund. Then of course there will be some of you who don’t want to spend the money on something like this product.

The only thing we can say is that for the price, how long will it take to save that money through your AdWords campaigns? Just something to think about, but we understand the final decision is going to be yours. Good luck. We hope you find the help you need. GMF may be the solution.

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Making Money in the First Week

Many of you who come online to make money need it right now. It may be to make a payment on the car, put money towards the electric bill, or even just have a gallon of gas in the tank to get you by for now. Whatever the reason may be, the Google Assassin Google Adwords Course has suggested they’ve made people money in the first seven days of using this program.

In fact, when you make your way down the sales page, you’ll see a section where he talks about a beta tester using the system. In his first week, he gathered $470. So what if you only made half of this in a week? What would you do with that kind of money? While the answers are probably obvious, it’s important that you figure out a place for it to go. This in a sense creates a goal for you to achieve.

Using Clickbank

As you continue reading about the Google Assassin Google Adwords Course, you’ll find that Clickbank is the main source of income. There will be snapshots shown in front of you with amounts that range from $1,000-$47,000 in a two week pay period. One thing you should keep in mind however is the time frame it will take to learn and implement everything. Be patient, be realistic, and these thousands of dollars could be in your Clickbank account as opposed to your counterparts.

Chris is Just Like You

For some reason it’s hard for people to believe everyday people like them are making money online. It doesn’t matter if you’re going to college, working the graveyard shift, or never knew much about the Internet to begin with, you can still make money online. Why we don’t want to sound like your mom and tell you, “You can accomplish anything you set your mind too.”, the truth of the matter is, you can. You’ll find his story along with others situated within the sales page.

Our Overall Analysis

We actually own a copy of the Day Job Killer and it had terrific information included within its documents. We have know doubt the Google Assassin Google Adwords Course could have the same thing and be beneficial for many people just like you. The only thing is, after reading DJK, it’s imperative you follow everything to a tee. If you don’t, one little minor detail that you skip over could be the reason why you don’t become successful. Like we said before, be patient. When it’s all said and done, you’ll be happy you were.

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Many people end up in the affiliate marketing scene, and if they don’t remember a few things, they’ll never get ahead.

When you are considering getting involved with affiliate marketing, you’ll find that there are quite a few things that you need to remember. The first thing that you will be looking at is your product.

What can you learn when it comes to how desirable the product is Is it something that you would like to keep for yourself? Would you want to give it as a gift to a friend? You’ll find that if you can get a product that really suits you, you’ll find that you can do a great deal to make sure that your work will get the attention you need.

Similarly, you’ll also find that you need to think about how you can get paid. Where is your money coming from, and what will you need to do to get the payment that you need? You’ll find that in order to get the payment that you need for the Gimme My Money Now opportunity, you will be looking at what you can do to direct people to to certain products that will pay you for the links.

One thing that you realize when it comes to the Gimme My Money Now opportunity is that you will discover that you will have 10 year cookies rather than session cookies. This means that anywhere in the span of 10 years on, if someone uses your link to get the site, no matter how long it takes them to make a purchase, even if it is a full decade on, you’ll get the credits for it.

Making money online is actually a great deal more likely than you might think it is. Many people have escaped doing thankless labor for people who don’t appreciate them and find that they can, in many ways, relax and be their own boss. This is a great way to make sure that all of the effort that you put into something comes back directly to you. You’ll find that this can make a huge difference about how happy you are to work, when you realize that all of the work that you are doing comes to benefit you in a very straightforward fashion.

Take the time to really think about what you can do in order to get the life you want, and think about how affiliate marketing can give it to you. This might be one of the most important decisions that you make.

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