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Web News & Tips - Issue #263 $7.00 per month web hosting from MateMedia Web News & Tips Published by MateMedia, Inc. Your Partner on the Web Providing quality Web services at affordable prices since 1995 MateMedia provides the following services: * Small Business Web Hosting (Shared & Managed Dedicated Servers) * Web Design & Development - Custom Web Applications * Database Development & Hosting * Website Maintenance & Webmaster Services * Search Engine Promotion (Optimization & Submission) * E-Commerce - Shopping Carts - Sample Shopping Cart * Domain Name Registration * Domain Name Affiliate Program * Web Hosting Affiliate Program * FREE Website when you order a web hosting account! 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You will need to transfer the domain name to the buyer. 3. Become an Internet Marketer Build your own unique website based on a niche theme that has a sufficient market. Then tie in your content with appropriate affiliate programs and your own as well as other peoples' products and services. To increase commissions and sales, you will need to regularly maintain your site by updating content, increasing targeted traffic, adding appropriate products and services, et cetera. These, then, are just a few ways that you can profit financially from building and maintaining websites. E-mail: spope@yenommarketinginc.com Author's URL: http://www.yenommarketinginc.com/ $7.00 per month web hosting from MateMedia Increase your rank in the search engines! 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