Local online marketing seems to be the next biggest thing. I’ve heard Frank Kern talk about it. I’ve heard Jeff Walker talk about it. Now I’ve heard The Challenge Guys talk about it.

So what about it I hear you ask .

There is a massive opportunity right now that you could make tap into as an Online Business Consultant for small businesses. I know it first hand. I work for one and am currently building a website and doing some web development for one. Small Business does not mean low profit earning or a lower income ; it just means less than 100 employees. Don’t be fooled by the definition. It is not a measure of their income.

It seems Google is very interested in the local small to medium businesses.

Quoting Ed Dale

With 29.6 million small businesses in the US alone, providing over half
of the non farm private GDP, they are importantto the search engines.
The search engines want them online!Just as much as users are looking
for more local search results.

Get this! Currently (again using US figures) 46% of them don'thave a
website, that's 13.6 million small businesses needing your help!

<strong>On Wednesday December 1st, at 8pm EDST</strong>, Caro McCourtie will be doing a

<strong>Webinar</strong> where she will be:

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a) Updating you on the <strong>recent Google Places</strong> changes &amp; whatthat means for
you - think <strong>OPPORTUNITY!
</strong>b) Taking you through <strong>a strategy</strong>, that is the <strong>cornerstone</strong>strategy to <strong>
offer local small business clients</strong>.
c) Shows you how <strong>easy it is to get your first client</strong> &amp;the <strong>many ways to
do this</strong> (forget cold calling!).
d) Demonstrates how to <strong>create a Value Package</strong> for a client, and <strong>get your
first $1,500 paycheck - recurring</strong>!
d) Highlights additional strategies to <strong>identify &amp; obtainLocal Business
Clients</strong>. So you find a way that bestsuits you.
e) Show's you how you can make this happen for yourself!

<a href="http://www.challenge.co/blog/OHMWebinar">http://www.challenge.co/blog/OHMWebinar</a>

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It’s not everyday you come across truly remarkable training, internet marketing or otherwise.

Thorough review helps when making a decision. So I signed up for the Immediate Edge. I was surprised by what I found inside.

NOTE: the link to the website is an affiliate link. This means that if you choose to purchase using this link , I will be paid a commission.So why should you trust me or my review of this site then ? — You should consider what I have to say because I signed up to be an affiliate after I went through the content and saw the sheer value it had to offer anyone visiting it. It is a treasure chest of usable information. Of course you don’t have to buy through my link or any other link if you don’t want to . But do read this post and decide for yourself.

If I had to summarize The Immediate Edge for you in a few words , I’d call it   ” a treasure chest of quality usable internet marketing content” . There is so much good info here that anyone can take and apply right away. But of course you don’t care what I think of it, you want to know what the content is. Let’s get to that then shall we.

What you get at the Immediate Edge for that price is access to 3 courses that sell on their own. You get access to the Blueprint Series, the Challenge Plus series and the Immediate Edge Training .

Edge Blueprints

The edge blueprints have been made with one intention in mind. To get to in a position to quit your day job in six months. Of course the usual thing about you implementing it all and the effort you put in will decide everything. These blueprints sound sane enough . I would like to kindly remind everyone that we’re talking about building a business here. This should come as a breath of fresh air for most people.

Currently there are 3 you can apply. You need not apply all at once. Just any one.

1). Sniper Traffic 2). Blog Farms & Content Clusters 3). Flippa

What you see on your left is a screenshot of the blog farm and content clusters mind map. The entire mind map isn’t there of course but you get the point.

Next comes

The Immediate Edge Training Series

This is a module based series. It discusses everything you need to know in order to build a business on the internet.

Finding a Niche ,Market Research ,SEO ,Social Marketing ,Testing and tracking

Finding a niche : using google insights – don’t be fooled by the free tool. Its how you use them that makes a world of a difference. Niche research mind maps , research using websites, magazines, top sites etc.

There is way too much information in there to discuss in detail or even mention in a single blog post. Niche finding is probably the most frustrating part of building websites and apps for profit. This narrows down and makes the process a lot less frustrating.

Challenge Plus

The challenge plus is the continuation of the challenge . There’s nearly 23 months worth of content .

Month 1 : has 6 modules on using Friend Feed. Audio lessons on Product Creation and numerous lectures on product creation. This is just month 1 .

But the challenge plus material is an add on to the challenge material. This is to say that it would be best if you worked on challenge material first before you dive into the challenge plus stuff.

All this isn’t everything.

There still remains the Newsletters Content.

Newsletters

There are around 21 Newsletters . All filled with immediately actionable content like

Newsletter 11

An entire blueprint for setting up a business in a weekend (or less), including a 24 hour action plan. Plus ways to improve your websites, sales letters and emails, and a couple of other sneaky things :)

The above mentioned newsletter is just one of the many found inside.

All this seems unbelievable . I know . Everything I’ve said is a 100% true. But you need to make up your mind about whether you should take them up on this offer.

Why ?

Because right now its only $1. This is for the trial period only.Check it out while you still can . Click on the image on the left to go there.

Note: the trial period is over . But it is still worth the money if you want my opinion. If you’re looking for something to build on challenge.co lessons, then this is the right place. Anyone could use it but it is best if you have some experience.

As always … Good Luck .

P.S. Little hint – you can still access it for $1 . Just try to exit the page and a pop up should appear. If you choose to stay on page, you will be taken to a page where you can choose the $1 trial period.

lynda.com could possibly be the greatest thing since sliced bread.

Rarely does anything get me this excited. No hype people.

For one there are courses similar to the ones on this site I’ve bought for $197 . The $197 courses were rubbish compared to this. This site is a treasure chest of information. In fact its so good you’d probably increase your income by thousands should you apply it. Make no mistake . This is not a sales pitch.

Before you start thinking this as one of those sleazy internet marketing websites (okay okay sheesh lol ) , I would like to assure you it isn’t. The best part is that you could gain access to this treasure chest for $25.

A few of the Courses that you will be getting –

Social Media Marketing with Facebook and Twitter

Google Analytics Essential Training

SEO: Search Engine Optimization Getting Started

Search Engine Optimization (2006)

Flash CS4 Professional: Building Search Engine Friendly Sites

Blogging  : Self-Hosting a WordPress Site

Ecommerce : Product Photography for E-Commerce

and much much more

Imagine every popular web technology explained and you get an idea of what’s available on lynda.com

Click on the Image Below to go there.

<strong>Few others who use lynda.com</strong>

Everyone wishes they had known about these sites .

The cream of internet marketing sites.

Some of them have been around longer than the term internet marketing.

The brilliant ,powerful and usable information available on these sites is simply superb.

The Warrior Forum                                                         http://warriorforum.com

Digital Point Forum                                                         http://forums.digitalpoint.com

Wicked Fire                                                                        http://wickedfire.com

Internet Marketing Forums                                          http://internetmarketingforums.net

V7N Forum                                                                        http://v7n.com/forums

E-Marketing Newsletter                                                 http://emarketing-newsletter.com

IM Newswatch                                                                   http://imnewswatch.com

TED                                                                                       http://ted.com (This isn’t exactly Internet Marketing Alone. But it has Videos by truly remarkable people.)

30 Day Challenge                                                            http://thirtydaychallenge.com

Special Thanks goes out to Daniel Otten ,Tobias Zimmer and others at Warrior Forum for some of the links.