Mark Hodgetts

@MarkHodgetts (169)

Australia • Age 62

Joined myLot 17 years ago

Writer, SEO consultant, online business operator, email marketer

Mark Hodgetts's Discussions

Great free tools for building professional websites

Mark Hodgetts @MarkHodgetts (169) • Australia 12 Mar 09

The best things in life are free or so they say but I always get a kick out of finding quality free stuff that others pay huge prices for. I found this web design software at Trellian this is free to access and is comparable to...

banner creation

build a website

web design

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Writing for Real Profit

Mark Hodgetts @MarkHodgetts (169) • Australia 12 Mar 09

While reviewing many posts about getting paid for your work, I notice that lots of people here advocate sites like Helium, Associated Content and Shvoong and you can make a little bit of money with these sites - with the emphasis...

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Do you twitter

Mark Hodgetts @MarkHodgetts (169) • Australia 12 Mar 09

OK - I'm hooked. I have Twitter open all the time. This is a great networking tool and you can keep up to date with what others are doing and posting. Do you Twitter and if so how are you using it.

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Victorian Bushfires

Mark Hodgetts @MarkHodgetts (169) • Australia 8 Feb 09

I haven't been directly effected by the Bushfires, living an hour away from the closest one but the efforts of all Victorians involved have been mind blowingly awe inspiring. ON Saturday I could not remain outside - it was...

bushfires

victorian fires

volunteers

Forex Arbitrage

Mark Hodgetts @MarkHodgetts (169) • Australia 9 Jan 09

There is a lot of hype about in relation to Forex trading and on the face of it it may be quite lucrative. I remember years ago being told that 90% of the profits that the Bank I worked for were made in Foreign exchange and the...

forex

forex arbitrage

make money

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scam warning

Mark Hodgetts @MarkHodgetts (169) • Australia 23 Jul 08

With current economic events rapidly spiraling downward, you can expect a glut of over hyped, pyramid ponzi style scams to hit the market offering hope to desperate people. These schemes will be typified generally by making...

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strats versus les paul

Mark Hodgetts @MarkHodgetts (169) • Australia 21 Jan 08

I heard this conversation on an unlikely radio talk show yesterday. I've owned both guitars and currently still own a Stratocaster. the Strat is harder to master, but gives a unique sound, best evoked I think by Mark...

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Collapse! now thats interesting

Mark Hodgetts @MarkHodgetts (169) • Australia 17 Jan 08

Great days cricket As i type Australia are 9/212. With the exception of Gilchrist and Symonds the Australians rolled over and surrendered easily. Great to see. They're more than 100 behind and India are in the driving seat....

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Ritchie Blackmore biography

Mark Hodgetts @MarkHodgetts (169) • Australia 12 Dec 07

I've just finished reading Black Knight - the Ritchie Blackmore story and I have to say that it is a very good read. It fills in plenty of gaps, details his work before Deep Purple and goes some way to explaining the enigma that...

deep purple

hard rock

ritchie blackmore

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Using Traffic Exchanges to Make Money

Mark Hodgetts @MarkHodgetts (169) • Australia 22 Jul 07

Free Traffic Exchanges are a great way to generate traffic, but are often misunderstood and misused by fledgling Internet marketers who think they can surf a few pages and the sales will come rolling in. Let's be perfectly...

free advertising

make money

traffic

The ultimate alternative to Google adsense

Mark Hodgetts @MarkHodgetts (169) • Australia 28 May 07

If you spend any time at all clicking on Google ads you will find that ads fall into two categories. Some people are advertising a product - usually a clickbank product, but sometimes another affiliate program OR the smart ones...

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An interesting alternative to adsense (1)

Mark Hodgetts @MarkHodgetts (169) • Australia 24 May 07

In some of my previous posts I have mentioned that to me putting Google adsense or anything like it (Bidvertiser and many others of the same ilk)is counter productive - here are the reasons. 1)You've had a visitor land on your...

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Money for nothing?

Mark Hodgetts @MarkHodgetts (169) • Australia 21 May 07

There is of course no such thing. You pay a price for every site that you join - and the price in most cases is of course time. In the case of Google adsense the price is not as obvious, but effectively you are giving away a...

I'm about to release my own program

Mark Hodgetts @MarkHodgetts (169) • Australia 6 May 07

Within the next seven days I will be releasing my own free revenue generating program. The program is free to join although it does have a pro option, and will generate income by building multiple downlines in free income...

downline builder

make money

referrals

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Do people actually ever learn? The 12 Daily Pro fiasco

Mark Hodgetts @MarkHodgetts (169) • Australia 29 Apr 07

I am concerned that many people here are looking for a quick easy way to make money. Let me be perfectly blunt it just doesn't happen that way. Yes the Internet can be lucrative for people who are prepared to work hard, be...

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Deep Purple versus Led Zepplin

Mark Hodgetts @MarkHodgetts (169) • Australia 26 Apr 07

In their heyday both these bands were mentioned in the same breath, but as time has gone on Zepplin have assumed mythical status (mainly due to superior management) while Purple although enjoying something of a renaissance have...

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The truth about making money on line

Mark Hodgetts @MarkHodgetts (169) • Australia 25 Apr 07

One little forum post won't necessarily change the world, but it might help clear the fog for a few people and if it saves one person from being scammed its done its job Many people make money on line. Some make a lot. The...

internet marketing

make extra money on line marketing

make money

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Did Steve Morse save Deep Purple?

Mark Hodgetts @MarkHodgetts (169) • Australia 20 Mar 07

When Blackmore quit back in 1994 Purple unaminously chose a guitar player who was anything but a Richie clone. Steve Morse has different musical influences, is a team player and earned his spot by dint of his fabulous...

deep purple

steve morse

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