I know this is a very hyped up headline, but folks this is no joke. I got an email from my friend and Internet Marketer Don Shickle the other day and after I read it, I decided to check it out.

When I got to the site he told me about I was shocked. My private info is exposed for the whole world to see. Granted some of it was not true, but enough was there to cause me great concern.

Needless to say, I followed the instructions in Don’s Email and got my name and information off of the site. I think you should consider this and go there yourself. Chances are very good (or should I say bad?) that your on the this site too.

First let me reprint the Email I got from Don so you can sense the enormity and urgency of whats going on.

ATTENTION EVERYONE THIS IS NOT A JOKE!!!!

ATTENTION EVERYONE—There’s a site called www.spokeo.com and it’s an online phone book that has pictures that you have posted on facebook; home phone number, credit score, profession, home value, income , # of children, profession, age, etc.

Remove yourself by the Privacy button on the bottom right on their website. I personally checked it out and just removed my listing . PLEASE COPY & REPOST……

Just in case you cannot find the info on the site, here are the instructions

To remove Name & Phone Listings:

1. Locate the listing you want removed
2. Copy the URL. The URL can be found on the top of your browser and should look something like:

http://www.spokeo.com/search?q=John+Doe#California:1219812367

3. Go to http://www.spokeo.com/privacy
4. Paste the URL from step 2
5. Provide your email address (required to verify that you are not a spammer or automated bot)
6. Check your Inbox for the confirmation email, and click on the provided link to complete removal process
7. The directory listing should be removed immediately

If you are encountering difficulties, please ensure that you read all the instructions, making sure the URL, code and email address verification is correctly entered. Please check your SPAM folder for a message titled Spokeo Directory Removal Confirmation if it does not appear in your inbox.

To remove Email Listings:

Our reverse email search reflects only what is found in public profiles across supported social networks. We do not create, host or alter any of the information you see and as such, cannot make any changes for you. If information such as your name or photo is showing on the Email Search page, you have a profile registered on one of our supported networks, such as MySpace, Twitter or Hi5.

To remove any information associated with your email address, simply find out which social networks you belong to, log in accordingly and remove the content. Some networks allow you to set your profile or photos to “private”, which would also ensure that your information is hidden. Our system periodically refreshes its search results, and will reflect your new privacy settings. Please allow up to 30 days for your changes to appear.

Don Shickle,

And there you have it. As I mentioned, I went to the site and I was listed there. Way too much info about me and some of it was not right either. While there I found about 20 other Pete Bass’ some of them were listed with the same photo but different addresses in different states.

My advice to you is go to Spokeo and find out what they have done with your name.

Onward and Upward,
Pete

How’s that for a headline? But it’s true. My friend Eric Holmlund a well known and respected Internet Marketer is having a 7 day sale to fund a trip to an orphanage in Belize. Eric is a dedicated Christian who not only markets on the Internet, but he also is involved with missions work. I have watched over the last few years as he runs some really special offers for a very short time so he can fund mission trips. Not just for himself, I have seen him do it for other folks too.  Now when Eric does a special fund raiser, he doesn’t just put some junk together, he pulls out all the stops and gives his best. Eric is the kind of guy who is not greedy so when he offers a deal, he goes all the way but only for a very short time.

This time Eric and his Brother in Law Micah are selling rights to one of their flagship products. That’s right I said they are selling the rights.

This is only going to be online for 7 days, so if you’re in a hurry please go and watch this short video: push button easy

My friend Eric will show you a very hot niche business that pulls in sales for him every day. What is so amazing is that it has already made hundreds of thousands of dollars, and he’s going to let YOU sell it and keep all the money! I’ve seen Resale Rights before, but I’ve never seen anything quite like this. He’s literally going to give you a clone of this hot six-figure business.

When you see the video, you’ll understand why this is a truly RARE opportunity.

I suggest going here and grabbing this hot business from him today:

http://xr.com/pushbuttoneasy

Your going to want to get over there quick because this offer is going to be taken OFFLINE in 7 days (or sooner), so be sure to check it out right away!

Onward and Upward,

Pete Bass

How is everyone doing today?

You are probably wondering what I am up to since you may have been directed here by a Tweet.

You see amongst other things, I am an aspiring Internet Marketer. I have been dabbling for a couple of years now, not sure of what I am doing but I have such a desire to find my place in the Web. I desire to make a living here and I want to bring something of great value to those whom I would do business with. This has been part of the reason for my slow ascent into the Internet marketing arena. I am also dead set against spamming or scamming. I want to be know as a marketer of integrity.

One of the ways that I have found to build my own list is by giving away a Free Auto Responder. Yesterday I inserted my first special Email to be sent out to my list of 20 subscribers. So what is the big deal about that? For one thing this is the first time I have inserted an extra Email into my Auto-responder series. My list may be very small but it is kind of exciting to know I have found something that I truly believe is worth “blasting” to my list.

In my last post I talked about MyTVClassifieds and that was what I ended up sending the Email to my list about. Sunday they had a webinar/phone call about the launch (soon, very soon) of MTVC and during the call we were pleasantly surprised to find out that there were going to be 3000 Founder Positions added for quick movers, this prompted me to write the following letter to my list.

It is probably not the best job of copy writing and I know a real pro could make it convert and use more persuasive language and all that but the urgency was there because to be honest with you I believe strongly that MTVC is going to be a really big winner in the very near future.

Here is the letter I sent out to my list with glaring mistakes and all.

Howdy %%FNAMEFriend%%,

I think you will agree that times are tough. The economy really sucks right now and if you are like me, you are trying to either find a way to make some extra money or possibly even a full time income.

I recently came across a no brainer. Or at least I think it is. Even with the worlds financial system being like it is, there are still lots of businesses out there making money and spending money. One of the high costs of doing business is advertising.

What if I could show you something that can bring you in lots of income from local businesses without a lot of effort on your part. I am talking residual income. Month after month, year after year. It is not huge to begin with and it will take time to build up your business, but every month you will receive the money from the new business that you bring in, plus the income from the businesses that paid you last month and the month before and the month before.

Not only will you make recurring income, but the businesses that you provide this service for will thank you immensely for what you are offering to them at such a low price.

Lets face it advertising costs can kill a business but you can do something about it and gain respect and gratitude right where you are living.

Imagine a business that has elements of Craigslist, YouTube and eBay all combined in one place. Also imagine the viral power of all the other Web 2.0 properties out there, like Twitter and Facebook and MySpace. Think of how much money these icons of the Internet produce for someone (not you or me obviously).

Imagine one more thing…

Imagine you are getting paid and sharing in the profits of any one of those sites. Do you think you could live on that much money every month?

You know just a few short years ago no one had even heard of any of these famous sites (with the exception of eBay).

Now hardly anyone hasn’t heard of them. They all started small and erupted into something huge through the power of the World Wide Web and viral marketing.

Today I want to tell you about a new site called MyTVClassifieds.com this new site located at http://www.MyTVClassifieds.com has combined the power of free classified ads like at Craigslist with video like at YouTube and then added in an element of fun with reverse auctions (where the price actually goes down instead of up) like at eBay. Do you think people will visit this site to see how low the price will go or to see classified ads in video? You bet they will.

Do you think a local business would like to advertise a 2 minute video ad on a site like this for less than $15/month? You better believe it.

Right now this is in pre-launch and there are only 3000 founders positions available but they are going fast. I think as I write this to you there about 1500 founder spots left. That’s okay you can still get in after that but you get some nice perks if you join quickly. Those founder spots will probably be gone by Thursday.

You can sign up for free and if you decide to get in on this ground floor opportunity the price is very low. You can actually get about 20 video or banner adds for only $35/month. You can sell those or give them away free to bring a flood of business your way.

Go right now to http://www.MyTVClassifieds.com (use referral number 100700) pretty soon everyone will know about it and be using it. What about you? Are you going to be one of the ones that is using it or one of the ones that is profiting from it?

One last thing. To sign up, you will need my referral number. Just enter 100700 you won’t be sorry that you got in at the start of this awesome opportunity.

Thanks for taking the time to read this letter and thank you for being on my list. I promise to offer you only the best things I can find for you.

God bless you,
Pete Bass

http://www.MyTVClassifieds.com

100700

That was the Email I sent to my list. I have a couple of mentors that I try to run things by before I do them and one of them is Debbie Penner. Debbie lives in Japan and is an Internet coach and my personal trainer in the 10k-challenge where she is teaching a group of 10 students how to make $10,000 a month in 18 Months.  She is training us for free and one of the rules is that we are to use free tools and training to make a few dollars and then we are to reinvest that money into other programs until such time as we are making that goal of $10k per month.

Now don’t tell Debbie that I am cheating by sending my list to a business opportunity that I actually invested $35 of my own money into. My list came to me free, and I did not spam anyone or put out any cash to get those 20 people. It was a just a lot of hard work using techniques that Debbie taught us, and good old fashioned sweat equity. However I really do believe that MyTVClassifieds is going to be a home run and I did not want anyone to miss out on such a great opportunity. That is what prompted me to tell everyone I know and to blog about it with this sense of urgency.

With that in mind, I want you to hurry up and go over there and see for yourself what I am so excited about.  Once you check it out and really take  a really good look at it, I think you will understand that this is an occasion that very seldom comes along and it would be wrong of me to not tell you about it since it is something of great value for both you and those you will share it with. Again, my referral number is 100700 and I appreciate you using my ID when you check it out for yourself.

That’s it for this edition of ‘The View From Here’. Thanks for stopping by. I know your time is important so I hope this has been of value to you. I look forward to finding more good stuff for you, interesting tidbits of information or maybe something to just make you laugh or smile.

God bless you,

Pete

I keep reinventing my blog because I want to make sure I have something of value for my readers. I am interested in several topics as I am sure you can tell by my banner.

Today I want to talk about MLM. I have kind of dipped my toes into the waters of MLM on several occasions but have not found a product or a company that really grabbed my attention until just recently.

Back in June I thought I had found my dream company. Actually it was not the company that was my dream but rather the product they were promoting.  I spent months involved with this MLM that was supposed to launch on July 1ST with a new cell phone technology. Man I wanted that one to work out (I am a gadget freak after all).

Unfortunately, they are still launching next week…  soon… in just a few days… etc. On one of the teleconference calls the promoter said, I have a pile of SIM cards on the desk in front of me and this will be up and running by the end of the weekend Monday at the latest, that was toward the end of August or the beginning of September.  There were many other excuses.

I finally did my due diligence and found out that the company has been through several metamorphoses, lawsuits, etc. and this has been going on for a few years. I got out of that one and they still don’t have the flagship product that they promised, in fact the phone company they were representing backed out of the deal and these guys started saying they had another big player to take the place of the original phone provider. Meanwhile they were billing my credit card and when I asked for a refund they told me that although they did not have phones for sale, they had other products and I had an opportunity to make money selling their other stuff. Well the long and short of it is that I did not want to sell any of their other stuff. I came on board to sell cell phones and when I explained it to my banker, they agreed and I got my money back anyway.

The fact of the matter is that with the economy being like it is and jobs being a scarce commodity at this time, a person needs to create their own income stream. I know that there are many great MLM opportunities out there and it just boils down to finding something that is first of all legitimate and second to find one that fits your personality. Not everyone is into pills, potions and lotions. You can only auto-ship so many products and there are only so many friends and family members that will buy your stuff and then they are saturated too. I am not knocking those things. Some folks are really good at selling them, they know people to sell to and enjoy doing it. I am not one of them.

There are some wonderful, quality products out there and it boils down to finding something that fits your personality and that you believe in. I am from the old school of truly believing in what your selling. That puts passion in your sales and gets others excited about what you are offering them. When buyers see that you really delight in your product, they get your fever too and tell others about what you have. Nothing and I mean nothing beats word of mouth advertising. Add that to the power of the Internet and a person can really make a good living.

Now I have mentioned that I am a gadget nut. Actually I used the word “freak” and I really am.  It is not just gadgets, I like really cool technology too. I try to see the bigger picture and the cool factor when I think about getting involved with a MLM opportunity.

So with that in mind… I recently found something that I think is very promising.

It combines free classified ads with video and throws in an element of fun with reverse auctions (a little something to keep people coming back to see when the the price is right so they can buy the item). It is like melding Craigslist/eBay/YouTube into one. The system is set up to allow you to join and then give away free classified ads in your local hometown (or everywhere, it is the Internet after all). You can sell banners, display ads or video ads to local businesses and grow residual income. You also get overrides on a binary matrix.

Do you have to some work? Yup, if you want to really make money you do, but the work is not too hard, basically all you have to do is to get the word out and let the site sell itself. You can check it out at MyTVClassifieds.com once there explore the site and see what I am so excited about. If you want to get involved just click on the Become A Member button and then put in my referral number which is 100700 if you join up before it goes live on 10/12/2009 they will waive the $35 annual sign up fee.

I am also looking at a couple more opportunities that smack of cool and I will keep you posted after I have checked them out too.

Keep your eyes peeled for more from me. Soon I will be talking about a great program that really helps people get free of life debilitating addictions and it isn’t AA or NA.

I will have a product that will teach you how to start your own Internet business (it is in easy to follow video format). I will be talking about my sordid past and how I overcame it, and I will share my own personal struggles with becoming an Internet Marketer and tell you what I am doing to overcome the barriers that have kept me from succeeding up to now. I will also talk about life in a small town and of course, my faith in Jesus Christ, after all it is He who is changing me daily from what I was to what I am becoming in Him.

Thanks for stopping by and God bless you,

Pete Bass