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If you are embarking on the exciting journey to make money online, one good advice any good Internet Marketer will willingly dispense is never put all your “money making” eggs in one basket. Applying this sacred mantra faithfully, I’ve recently joined and got approved as a RevResponse publisher.

What is RevResponse?
RevResponse is a new B2B Performance Based Publisher Network operated by NetLine Corporation. RevResponse pitches itself as being an alternative or addition to CPM and CPC advertising. Instead of waiting and hoping readers of your blog click on an ad, so that you earn a few cents per click, publishers of RevResponse make money by giving away FREE business resources, trade publications, white papers and podcasts covering more than 30 industries.

What Promotional Tools Are Available?
You can use standard banner ads or a variety of customized widgets on your websites, blogs and even email to promote the free offers and generate leads. You can also create custom text for inclusion in RSS feeds. Here is a sample of the flash widget you can embed on your blogs.

One unique promotional tool which will be given to you when you are approved as a publisher, is a co-branded site, which is where your visitors can browse and download their FREE giveaways. One new feature which is still in beta, you can edit the default Tradepub that were given to you when you joined the program.

How much and how do publishers earn?
Payouts per qualified signup are a minimum of $1.50 per qualified offer with “typical” payouts ranging from $2.00 to $20.00 per action.This is a lot higher than what most publisher networks offer. The minimum payout is $50 with payment options by cheque or paypal, and payments are made 45 days after the end of the month in which the revenue is generated.

RevResponse also has a referral program which you can take advantage of the great earning potential. When you refer new publishers to RevResponse, you will be paid 20% of the earnings that your referral partners generate for the first 6 months of their partnership!

Conclusion
Affiliate marketing is a great way to make money online and no one will argue that giving products away free is much easier then pushing products with sales tactics, hoping your readers will bite. In this regard, RevResponse can be a good monetization program to compliment your current basket of money-makers and can be an alternative to contextual advertising that may have limited earning potential on your sites.

Sign up for RevResponse

On the first Tuesday in November each year, a nation stops whatever it is doing to listen in or watch one of the world’s most famous horse races – the Melbourne Cup - on television. Well, the Australians do not literally come to a standstill in their daily activities on that famous Tuesday but the billing as “the race that stops a nation ” is apt considering the Melbourne Cup is generally regarded as the most prestigious “two-mile” thoroughbred horse race in the world.

Melbourne Cup Day is now an official holiday in the Australian Capital Territory and a day of great excitement and colorful festivity in and outside the racecourse. With its prize money of A$5 million, the Melbourne Cup is Australia’s premier and richest horse race. The Melbourne Cup race may be over in a few minutes, but almost everyone has a stake in this few riveting minutes. Be it the friendly office pools or via the official betting agencies, there’s hardly anyone who doesn’t fancy a flutter and place a bet on Melbourne Cup .

Whether for fun or for real money, the RacingReport.com.au is the site for all the Melbourne Cup odds for you and your Australian friends looking for Melbourne Cup betting .

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I’ve been using wireless broadband connection for a few years and sometimes I would click on the “view available networks” option to discover many unsecured wireless network being detected. Anybody looking for free bandwidth can just tap into these unsecured networks can do so without breaking a sweat and easily utilize it for malicious or illegal activity.

This is a disconcerting trend and I cannot understand why people choose not to secure their wireless networks which range usually extends beyond our homes into a street or a neighboring property. Do they love WiFi so much that they want to share their wireless love all around?

While it is an offence to tap into a wireless network without authorization, owners should put the onus on themselves to take preventive steps to secure their networks from exposing to security risks.

Here I share 4 simple steps of how I secure my wireless network:

1. Chang default settings
The default login user name and password for accessing the router’s web-based configuration menu is commonly set as “admin” and “password” respectively. Make sure to change these default settings the first time you login.

The default name for the router’s service set identifier or SSID usually corresponds to the brand of the router – e.g. “linksys”, “dlink” or “default”. Leaving the factory-set SSID unchanged makes it a more attractive target for would-be hackers. Again, make sure to change the default SSID.

2. Stay invisible
Most (if not all) routers have the option to turn off broadcasting of the SSID. Hackers with “sniffing” software will still be able to sniff out your network but it would at least remain invisible to neighbors and casual passer-by.

3. Set up encryption
Open or unencrypted networks are like houses with wide-open doors. Unencrypted networks are susceptible to snooping – anybody within range can access into.

It is prudent to set up encryption on your wireless network. The newer standards WPA2 and WPA are better secured than WEP which skilled hackers can broke into. Even so, setting up at least WEP is better than no encryption as anyone looking for a free “ride” is likely to choose an open network over encrypted ones.

4. Turn off router when not in use
Switching off the router is the ultimate way to keep out intruders, you can save on electricity costs too. You’ve just got to flick that switch.

The above 4 steps have served to protect my wireless network well so far. Do you take preventive measures to protect your wireless network? How effective or ineffective are the measures you’ve taken?

While the rest of the world (actually just 22 countries) were either still queuing up or already going crazy with their finger print smudges all over their new iPhone 3G, I can only look on with geeky envy as this coveted device will only make its debut here at the end of the year.

In the meantime, I’ll have to be contented that Life is Good and can only console myself by making a reservation of the iPhone 3G with the local telco, Singtel.

Engadget posted the only iPhone 3G review you need to read.

If lady luck didn’t smile on you in any one of the many Market Leverage sponsored contests that took place in June, then you got one more chance to win one of those by-now-familiar fantastic prizes at Super Blogging .

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