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I worked in a Web Development company where I help built websites, Internet Marketing (SEO, SEM, PPC, ecommerce, mailing list, etc).

Now, according to my contract/non-compete, it states I can’t work on a company doing the same thing nor do something similar. Well, this makes no sense to me since, for the past year I’ve been working on projects that constantly got can celled due to clients not paying on time and using outdated technologies. So, in terms of experience for work, I don’t got much of a portfolio to show. Now, here’s the worse part — the company don’t want me to make websites in my own free time as a hobby — basically, I can’t built my own web app or websites making money on the side (mailing list, selling things, affiliates, etc). To them, they’re afraid I’m copying their ideas — but isn’t that stupid since 90% of websites that money do the same thing??? How can you protect that? And if they somehow google my name and link me to a website I’ve built in my freetime, they were planning to acquire it and take legal action for it.

Ok, about two weeks ago, I got laid off due to budget cut…so now I can’t say how much I’ve accomplish at the company due to projects going downhill. And if prospective employers in an interview ask me if I enjoy making websites/programming or running one on my own as a hobby, I can’t show anything since my previous employer did not want me to make websites or money off it as a hobby.

How do I deal with this situation?

I understand your problem, our old company used to do that until we started scratching out that part of the agreement. Stopping a developer from developing didn’t make sense.

Also, we found out many non-compete clauses are not enforceable for many of the reason you state. Even a signed non-compete must have a limit of 6 months, or year maximum.

They cannot stop you from creating your own websites as a hobby as that is not competing. You are not doing it for money. Certainly if you are not following their "style" of web design (look and feel) you should be ok.

Bottom line, check your local yellow pages or government services for free legal counsel and discuss it with them. If you don’t have a copy of the agreement then ask for it from your company - they cannot refuse to allow you to have a copy.

You say that they used outdated technologies, then use this time to use newer technologies and tools. Experiment and broaden your horizons.

Home based business is a Huge and so is Internet.I have tried to find some legtimate business on internet where I can have only $100 earning per month for my studies.Highly oblige for any help.

Family and Friends Financial Hoas legitatmate home based business. They don’t scam you out of money to join a pyramid scheme like most companies

How did you get started? How do you get started with affiliate programs? Has anyone been successful? How long does it take to be successful? What’s the best way to start a low cost online business? Is it a stable way to make money? Does anyone need a partner to help them with their online business?

for recommendation:

http://readbooknow.blogspot.com/2008/09/unofficial-guide-to-starting-business.html

The new lawsuit (PDF) accuses the online giant of some truly seedy advertising activity that falls under the general heading of "syndication fraud."

The case was filed in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey and names Crafts by Veronica as the class representative. Crafts by Veronica has purchased advertising exposure from Yahoo in the past, but now claims that much of that exposure came through spyware, typosquatting, and parked domains—none of which qualify as "popular, high-quality sites" that Yahoo advertisers were promised.

The lawsuit alleges that many of the reported problems have to do with Yahoo’s syndication network, a group of partner companies that take ads from Yahoo and display them on their own sites. Although many of these partners are reputable media companies, several of them are firms like Intermix and Direct Revenue, firms investigated as spyware purveyors by New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer. Why would Yahoo remain in partnership with such companies? It’s simple—the relationship is highly lucrative.

Spyware advertising is far cheaper to offer than pay-per-click advertising on reputable websites, and the lawsuits alleges that Yahoo bills its advertising customers at higher rates, promises them good exposure, but then places ads with spyware providers at a fraction of its usual cost. This results in large profits for Yahoo, but generates few useful leads for the advertiser. The lawsuit describes the practice this way:

"By placing Class Members’ ads into illegal platforms such as spyware programs, Defendants wrongfully collect high search engine advertising fees for ads that are actually shown in contexts that are worth far less, if anything. It is well known that spyware advertising is much cheaper than search engine advertising. … But when Defendants and their Syndication Partners place Class Members’ ads into spyware, they continue to charge Class Members full price for these ads, and pocketing the difference between the high fees Class Members pay and the low cost of providing spyware-delivered advertising."

A second allegation concerns typosquatting web sites, where Yahoo is accused of placing ads. Again, advertisers were promised that their message would be displayed in "popular, high-quality sites" and typosquatted domains can hardly be considered that. Advertisers are still being billed at the same rate, however, as if their ads were appearing on the Washington Post’s website.

"Particularly egregious is that Defendants even charge their advertising customers for ads shown on typosquatting web sites targeting those customers’ own names. Take for example Yahoo’s advertising customer Expedia.com. A user intending to visit the Expedia web site might mistype it as ‘expedai.com.’ At ‘expedai.com,’ the user sees a list of ads provided by Defendants, including an ad for Expedia, along with other customers of Defendants. If the user clicks the Expedia ad, the user is taken to the true Expedia site, which is where he or she wanted to go in the first place—without clicking an Expedia ad—and Expedia has to pay defendants a PPC [pay-per-click] fee."

Finally, the suit alleges that Yahoo places some of its ads in parked domains, which "appear if users incorrectly guess, mis-remember or otherwise mistype a domain name." Such advertising can hardly be considered "targeted," but advertisers are billed as though it were.

The suit claims that most of these activities occurred through Yahoo’s network of affiliates, but that Yahoo was aware of the problems this created. This isn’t the first time that Yahoo has been accused of partnering with dodgy companies, either. Last year, Ben Edelman published a detailed look inside Yahoo’s connections with various alleged spyware providers.

Lawsuits over online advertising have grown in frequency over the last few years as the new medium has become increasingly important. Google recently paid almost US$90 million recently to settle a click fraud case, and Yahoo is now facing several lawsuits accusing it of both click fraud and syndication fraud. Will such cases make buyers more wary about paying large sums for online advertising? Perhaps, but the market is currently booming. These cases do suggest, though, that the digital age still has used for ancient wisdom: caveat emptor.

WAT IS UR ? ABOUT IT

If you have not had any experience with either, then don’t answer. I want specifics on this question not links to other sites or sales pitches and crap like that.

Hi Adam,

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I’m trying to learn more about B2B internet marketing. If I’m a company that wants to work with other businesses online, what might my website look like - how does it work?

Some examples would be great.

Hi Mary J,

Your website must contain answers to pressing problems of that company. It must be simple and easy to find information appealing to that company.

First and foremost, always remember the real reason for which you get into business. It is for one primary reason that MUST be your focus. That reason is to serve a niche market.

If you serve everyone you are too generalized. When you are a generic name, without a brand, you are spread too thin.

For example, I specialize in sales copywriting. I write all kinds of sales letters, ebooks, booklets used as premiums or incentives to encourage customers to renew memberships or to buy more product and I write marketing white papers. I also do article marketing that is one of the most cost effective ways to promote your business online.

When you do B2B Internet marketing, you must learn to "speak" business need talk. To learn what that is, look at the mission statements on the websites of your target market you desire to serve. What is important to that business? You make that business’ goals important to you. You become a personal shopper for that company, looking to find answers to help that business improve business or get more business.

Please go to my website and read some articles there for your marketing needs. It is

http://www.yoursecretwishes.com.

Many people forget to brand their business. Your business must stand out compared with your competitors to be seen in the sea of competition.

Look at my simple website as an example. Your website must engage and interest your market to keep coming back for more.

Keep your solutions before your target. That is another key thing that makes you stand out from your competition.

When you give solutions, people keep coming to you for the answers. That gets you business. A lot of companies use what’s called push marketing. That is an ineffective marketing method today. Social networking works much better than push marketing.

You might also check with Wikipedia about e-commerce. Here’s a link that might help in addition to what I’ve already offered.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-commerce

For any other questions, please contact me via my website information.

Create a great business!
Susan

I’ve been searching around looking for the best way to make extra income online. I’ve read a lot about google adsense, adwords, and affiliate programs. Are these the best way to make money online? And could someone explain exactly how adwords works?… you have to pay per click so how do i Get paid? I’ve heard of many people who make sufficient living off of google alone, of course i’m not going to quit my day job but is this feasable somewhere down the road? Thanks for your input guys!

Adwords and other PPC services are a waste of money until you’re experienced enough to know what you’re doing with them.

Adsense and affiliate programs are better bets for newbies. I make the majority of my online earnings through revenue sharing websites such as HubPages, eHow, and Squidoo that pay you a share of ad revenue and/or affiliate sales. (ebay and Amazon are the best affiliates for beginners.) These have the disadvantage that you don’t get 100%, but the advantage for newbies that it’s much easier to get noticed and build an audience. I have more detailed info about these and other sites here: http://www.writewhatyoulove.com/

It is also possible to make money through blogging (a good source of info about blogging for money is http://www.problogger.net/ ) or building a niche website and running Adsense and/or affiliate programs on it.

You can also make money on websites such as ebay, Etsy, Cafepress, or Zazzle, or find freelance work on websites such as elance or odesk.

I’ve been in business for about 5 years and am expanding into other cities and markets. I need some ideas or companies that can help me beyond doing craigslist ads. I think we are ready for the next level.

https://advertise.myspace.com/login.html

http://www.youtube.com/advertise

http://www.adbrite.com/

https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLogin?service=adwords&cd=null&hl=en-US&ltmpl=adwords&passive=true&ifr=false&alwf=true&continue=https%3A%2F%2Fadwords.google.com%2Fselect%2Fgaiaauth%3Fapt%3DNone%26ugl%3Dtrue

On most of these you can pick the age range, income level, and sex of the person you want to see your ad. Good luck!

I’ve been in business for about 5 years and am expanding into other cities and markets. I need some ideas or companies that can help me beyond doing craigslist ads. I think we are ready for the next level.

https://advertise.myspace.com/login.html

http://www.youtube.com/advertise

http://www.adbrite.com/

https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLogin?service=adwords&cd=null&hl=en-US&ltmpl=adwords&passive=true&ifr=false&alwf=true&continue=https%3A%2F%2Fadwords.google.com%2Fselect%2Fgaiaauth%3Fapt%3DNone%26ugl%3Dtrue

On most of these you can pick the age range, income level, and sex of the person you want to see your ad. Good luck!

I am researching online affiliate marketing. Say I am looking to sell something online. Let’s also say I want to leverage affiliate marketing networks to advertise my product. As the merchant, is it common to have the ability to choose which type of advertising channel you are marketed to or is it more like a shotgun blast across the internet?

Or is it the other way around… do the affiliates choose what is eventually advertised by their site?

In http://www.FlexOffeers.com, as a merchant yes you can determine who joins your program and ultimately represents you online and what type of advertising will be allowed.