Career Guide that Explores One of the Most Prominent Business Entities in the World

Posted on February 6, 2011 by Tom Antion

I know you are looking for a career guide. Though we don’t have a comprehensive career guide at our site, we have a career guide that specifically explores one of the most prominent business entities in the world and that is Internet marketing. That career guide is available for you to either download or view online at IMTCVA.org, the official website for our school, the Internet Marketing Training Center of Virginia.

Internet marketing is a field that is surrounding you. Every business has an Internet site. Many people make full time livings selling on the Internet from their home or office. At the Internet Marketing Training Center of Virginia, we teach you everything you need to know to start your new career in Internet marketing. You will learn about shopping carts, search engine optimization, blogging and social media. These are the things you need to know in order to either work for yourself out of your home, or to get a job with another company working on their websites, email marketing and ecommerce. With these skills you can also become a consultant for small businesses. Many small business owners desperately need help with their websites and are hiring people like you to manage them.

At our school you can have a legitimate career in as little as six months, the minimum time required by the State of Virginia to complete our training. In just six months to a year, you can have your own part time business. You can have a new career that is highly salable because marketing jobs are not being outsourced like programming and computer jobs, according to the Department of Labor Statistics. Internet marketing is really a field that you might want to check out.

Come over to our site to download the career guide. It’s located on the right side of the home page. You will also see some great success stories of people just like you who are making full time livings on the Internet. Visit us at IMTCVA.org and if you like, talk to one of our admissions counselors. There is no pressure, cost, or obligation.

IMTCVA Is One of Best Online Schools You Could Ever Attend

Posted on February 4, 2011 by Tom Antion

I know you are looking for the best online schools. I am a person who stands behind what I do. I know folks hate it when they see the big ivory towers and they hear, “We stand behind our product.” Who are the “we”? You don’t know who the “we” are.

I am Tom Antion, founder of the Internet Marketing Training Center of Virginia. I am a person who is identified as one of the top Internet marketers in the country. It took me three years to get the Internet Marketing Training Center of Virginia licensed by the State of Virginia and bonded to set us apart from all the Internet scams out there.

I have been teaching Internet marketing for 13 straight years and have made a full time living on the Internet since it started in 1994. This is one of the best online schools you could ever attend. One of the things that make us the best is our curriculum. We update our curriculum weekly at the most, and sometimes daily. A lot of the Internet marketing training out there is old stuff. Following their material could get your website banned and it could keep it low in the rankings because they don’t update it regularly.

We stay right on the cutting edge of what is working on the Internet. We don’t go into the bleeding edge because that can cost you too much money and it uses a lot of untested techniques. Another thing that makes us one of the best online schools is that we test things out before we teach them to you. Then, you can use them for your own legitimate home business. You can also use our methods to work for a company on their websites, email marketing or ecommerce. Additionally you can be a consultant to small businesses. Small business owners woefully need help with their websites. These types of jobs are not being outsourced to cheap labor countries. Marketing jobs are staying right in the top tier countries of the world.

If you would like to check us out, do yourself a favor. Go over to our website at IMTCVA.org where you can get a career guide to see all the types of things we do. You can also read the success stories of other people just like you who are making a full time income in the Internet marketing field.

100% Online College Courses

Posted on February 4, 2011 by Tom Antion

I know you are looking for 100% online college courses, then you’ve come to the right place. At our school, the Internet Marketing Training Center of Virginia, you don’t have to attend anything in person. We offer 100% online college courses.

We understand that you want to study when it is convenient for you. At the Internet Marketing Training Center of Virginia, you have total autonomy to work on your own at your pace. You can work in the evenings, on the weekends, at 4:00 in the morning if you want to. You don’t have to fight traffic or worry about getting to class on time. You can work from your home, from the library, the neighborhood coffee shop — from anywhere you choose. You don’t have to come to Virginia to attend our 100% online college classes. We’ve taught students in 15 countries around the world. As long as you can speak English and have access to the Internet, you can take courses at our school.

You might be wondering what we teach at the Internet Marketing Training Center of Virginia. There’s a career guide at our website, IMTCVA.org, that tells you a little bit about the types of things that we do. Basically we teach people real world techniques that allow them to sell on the Internet. In addition to working for themselves, our students can work for other companies on their websites, marketing, e-mail marketing and e-commerce, or they can be a consultant to small businesses in these areas.

The Internet Marketing Training Center of Virginia is very versatile and it’s 100% online. Our instructors have a minimum of two years real life Internet marketing experience and are actively involved in Internet marketing businesses. You can trust that we are legitimate. We are licensed and certified as a vocational school by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia.

Visit us at http://www.IMTCVA.org to get the career guide. It can help you determine if Internet marketing is right for you.

Successful Internet Marketing – Facebook Fan Page Secrets

Posted on January 28, 2011 by Tom Antion

Everyone is familiar with Facebook and it's business pages.We are going “like crazy” for a few years now to benefit from freebies, information and networking opportunities. Making a Facebook fan or business page is not that hard. But getting people to “like” the page can be a challenge. And then what do you do with your fans once you have them?

Creating a custom page with places to get things for free just by signing up really helps. You can make custom tabs for your business page with the FBML applications, where you can publish an opt-in box, sell items or put sales letters, videos and more that reward visitors for liking the page or just simply networking.

Once you have a number of fans,interact with them regularly by sharing valuable resources with them, asking them for their advice and including them in creative contests or giveaways. Here is a small checklist of “Do's” to take advantage of your page:

Visit the profile of each new fan and welcome them personally.
Offer an additional freebie to an ebook, mp3 or newsletter in that personal welcome message.
Make sure your fans get first dibs on deals, specials and pre-launch sales.
Feature their testimonials, suggestions and input squarely on your page.
Encourage them to advertise their products and services on your page.
Always address them in a personal fashion, not just a “copy and paste” mentality.

These simple secrets to interacting with your business page fans will make your page stand out from the rest, make your fans feel special and important and keep them coming back again and again. Learn why keeping fans coming back will make your business money…

Domain Name: How to Find the Right One For your Business?

Posted on January 21, 2011 by Tom Antion

1.) Identify first what your business provides.
2.) Who does this business serve?
3.) What is your mission statement? Does it mention your business name, your services, your goals?
4.) Identify the words that describe your business

Then you are going to want to do your keyword search with the words you came up with. You need to choose the words that have a lot of hits. The important point in making your online business presence a success and in using keywords is that these ‘keywords' are words that should be in the title of your domain name if at all possible, in your mission statement, in the copy of your website, in your description. By doing that The Search Engines will not have to search as hard and you could be one the first page. I hope you will find a perfect Domain Name for your business.

Work from Home:The Case for Working from Home

Posted on January 17, 2011 by Tom Antion

One of the great advantages of being an Internet marketer is that you can work from virtually any location around the world. You may work for an employer in a towering office building or for yourself in the comfort of your own home. I came across a thought-provoking article about the reasons people give for wanting to work from home and decided to share it with our readers. If you are thinking about asking your employer to let you work remotely from home, this article by Sylvie Fortin offers insight into how to present your case.

Great versus Lousy Reasons to Work from Home

By: Sylvie Fortin

Did you know that many people have lousy reasons for wanting to work from home? Believe it or not, these same people are often the ones who fail as telecommuters. If you want to work from home, have you assessed whether your reasons are lousy or great? If not, take a few moments to see some of the most typical Lousy versus Great Reasons for Working from Home and then decide if you’re on the right track or not.

Lousy Reason #1: I want to stay home with my children.

Great Reason #1: I want to be able to be more reliable and work harder for my employer. I have children, so I am realistic enough to realize that working from home late at night, on weekends, and during holidays will make me a more efficient worker than if I had to miss work because of my children. By staying at home to work, I can make up for lost productivity by working off-shifts.

Lousy Reason #2: I don’t like to commute.

Great Reason #2: I would rather spend an extra 1-2 hours a day working, rather than waste time in traffic. During a typical commute to work, a lot of quality work time gets wasted sitting in traffic, when my time would be better spent doing extra work and meeting tight deadlines.

Lousy Reason #3: I want to make my own hours and work when I feel like it.

Great Reason #3: Standard office hours tend to restrict me. My skills are best utilized outside of the ordinary workday and I am most efficient and focused when I have the freedom to work longer hours than the standard office setting allows.

Lousy Reason #4: I hate working with other people.

Great Reason #4: My personal preference when working is to focus on the task at hand. I find the office setting to be too inefficient for me to truly work to my employer’s advantage.

When co-workers spend time chatting and socializing, it interferes with my ability to concentrate and work to my best ability. Although I enjoy socializing, I would prefer to choose my own social situations and leave my friendships outside of the work environment. This, to me, is the best situation for the employers whom I work with, as I am only billing for time spent physically working on tasks, rather than being paid for time spent around the office.

Lousy Reason #5: I want to make a lot of money.

Great Reason #5: I prefer to be compensated for the value of the work I do, rather than restricted to working an 8-hour day. In order for me to truly explore all my talents and expand my financial status, I recognize that I will need to work on many different projects and work with many different clients. This is my best possible opportunity to expand my skills and explore all the different career paths I would like to pursue.

Lousy Reason #6: I don’t want to work for a dumb boss.

Great Reason #6: In today’s tough economy, working for a single employer is not as secure as it once was believed. Providing my specialized skills to a number of clients at a time allows me to enjoy greater financial stability, because I am less concerned about losing any one particular job.

I do recognize, however, that each of my clients are my bosses. I simply choose to work for many bosses, rather than just one.

Although I have my own business and can choose my clients, I recognize the importance of treating each of my clients with the utmost professionalism and courtesy. This is critical to my success as an independent contractor. Once you have taken a look at your reasons for becoming a telecommuter, you can better determine whether you’re in it for the right reasons. Some people just aren’t made for working from home. There’s no shame in that reality, but it’s best to find that out before you cause yourself all kinds of anguish and heartache. Good luck in whatever you choose to do from wherever you choose to do it!

This article is excerpted from “You Can Work in Your PJs”, a real world guide to telecommuting.

To learn about a legitimate work-from-home business, visit http://imtcva.org/about/.

Making Products For The Web – Self Publishing Your Book

Posted on January 13, 2011 by Tom Antion

No matter what kind of business you have, or whether you haven't started a business before, writing a how-to book based on something you know can make a good income for you or your family. How-to books are easy to write and very much in demand. And contrary to popular belief, you don't have to be signed to a major publishing firm to print and sell books. Self publishing is a the rage. For a very small investment you can have a service such as CreateSpace (owned by Amazon) print your book for you. You can order as little as 1 copy to as many as 10,000. Even if you don't have a website of your own, CreateSpace can advertise your book for you, process the order and even ship the book to your customer… you don't have to do a think. They will send you a check when you sell a book.

This can be great for extra money for you and your family. Or it can elevate you to an expert in your field if you work in a professional atmosphere. A book is a tremendous boost to your life and career. Here at the IMTC, we can show you everything you need to know to market your how-to book for success, or teach you to show others how to do it.

Do You Know About “Toe-full”?

Posted on January 12, 2011 by Tom Antion

Have you ever heard of TOEFL? Pronounced “toe-full”, TOEFL is the acronym for “Test of English as a Foreign Language.” If English is not your native language and you are planning to attend school in the U.S., it’s important that you know about TOEFL. It is frequently required for admission into American institutes of higher education, and is, in fact, a requirement for entrance into IMTC for non-native English speakers.

Here’s what you need to know about TOEFL

TOEFL is a test that measures a student's ability to understand and use the English language in a classroom environment.
The test is administered worldwide by Educational Testing Services (ETS).
The exam is Internet-based (iBT), though paper-based tests (PBT) are used in some remote areas. IMTC requires that non-native English speaking students take the Internet-based (iBT) version.
The test cannot be taken more than once a week.

The test consists of four sections

Reading
Listening
Speaking
Writing

How to register for the test

Download a copy of the TOEFL Information Bulletin from the TOELF website. http://www.ets.org/toefl/ibt/about/bulletin/
Consult the bulletin to determine the closest testing location and when the test will be given.
Carefully follow the instructions for completing and submitting the registration form as outlined in the TOEFL Information Bulletin.

If you are required to take TOELF for admittance into IMTC, register for the test as early as possible. This will help you avoid delays in the admittance process and allow you to begin your Internet marketing training as soon as you are ready.

To download a free career brochure, go to http://imtcva.org/.

Future For 2011

Posted on January 10, 2011 by Tom Antion

Let’s make this a good year, It can be yours! You don’t want to be one of the unemployed people in the U.S. you need to think about the future. The unemployment rate is 6.5% with 10.1 million people jobless, with the total U.S. population being about 301 million people. You can avoid that, have open opportunities to make yourself valuable in every which way possible.

If you have something that you might be selling/managing locally or maybe it is something you might be thinking of starting to do. Make it Nationwide and at least double your profits or more. With alittle knowledge and education at the Internet Marketing Training Center, will help you never forget 2011!