20. June 2008 by Damian Petrini.

Here is a truly amazing video that reveals the transformation of the internet with Web 2.0 and how it impacts all of us online and society as a whole.

Web 2.0 - The Machine is Using Us!

I first saw this video at Early-to-Rise’s 2007 Infomarketing Bootcamp conference during a presentation by Rich Schefren as he touched on the subject of Web 2.0.

This video really resonated with me and I feel that it may resonate quite well with you as well, especially as you venture into the world of Web 2.0 and the rapid changes that continue to occur everyday on the internet.

What are you thoughts on Web 2.0?

– Damian

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9. June 2008 by Damian Petrini.

After receiving the email below I felt that in addition to providing you with some interesting tips on getting more from your painful trips to the gas pump at your local gas station, you can also see how content rich emails can become viral and flood the internet.

This email not only provides some tips on how you can get more from each dollar you are paying out at the gas pump, but also makes a request at the end to start a movement to boycott foreign oil, as well as give a plug to the company that started the email, Kinder Morgan Pipeline. Can you see why that is powerful?

Just imagine how cool it would be to have an email that mentions your company becoming a viral marketing tool that not only shows up in inboxes all over the world, but also gets forwarded again and again!

Do you see the implications on how the concept of this email could help the marketing power of your business? I see many lessons that you can learn from this, but how many lessons you think you can learn from it and tell us about it?

– Go ahead, Post your comment! (I have a prize for the one who can come up with the most learning lessons!!!)

Damian Petrini
Marketing Potential, LLC
http://www.marketingpotential.com
(440) 238-5815

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TIPS ON PUMPING GAS

I don’t know what you guys are paying for gasoline….but here in

California we are also paying higher, up to $3.50 per gallon. But my line of work is in petroleum for about 31 years now, so here are some tricks to get more of your money’s worth for every gallon.

Here at the Kinder Morgan Pipeline where I work in

San Jose, CA we deliver about 4 million gallons in a 24-hour period thru the pipeline. One day is diesel the next day is jet fuel, and gasoline, regular and premium grades. We have 34-storage tanks here with a total capacity of 16,800,000 gallons.

Only buy or fill up your car or truck in the early morning when the ground temperature is still cold. Remember that all service stations have their storage tanks buried below ground. The colder the ground the more dense the gasoline, when it gets warmer gasoline expands, so buying in the afternoon or in the evening….your gallon is not exactly a gallon. In the petroleum business, the specific gravity and the temperature of the gasoline, diesel and jet fuel, ethanol and other petroleum products plays an important role.

A 1-degree rise in temperature is a big deal for this business. But the service stations do not have temperature compensation at the pumps.

When you’re filling up do not squeeze the trigger of the nozzle to a fast mode. If you look you will see that the trigger has three (3) stages: low, middle, and high. In slow mode you should be pumping on low speed, thereby minimizing the vapors that are created while you are pumping. All hoses at the pump have a vapor return. If you are pumping on the fast rate, some other liquid that goes to your tank becomes vapor. Those vapors are being sucked up and back into the underground storage tank so you’re getting less worth for your money.

One of the most important tips is to fill up when your gas tank is HALF FULL or HALF EMPTY. The reason for this is, the more gas you have in your tank the less air occupying its empty space. Gasoline evaporates faster than you can imagine. Gasoline storage tanks have an internal floating roof. This roof serves as zero clearance between the gas and the atmosphere, so it minimizes the evaporation. Unlike service stations, here where I work, every truck that we load is temperature compensated so that every gallon is actually the exact amount.

Another reminder, if there is a gasoline truck pumping into the storage tanks when you stop to buy gas, DO NOT fill up–most likely the gasoline is being stirred up as the gas is being delivered, and you might pick up some f the dirt that normally settles on the bottom. Hope this will help you get the most value for your money.

SHARE THESE TIPS WITH OTHERS!

WHERE TO BUY

USA GAS, THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO KNOW. READ ON

Gas rationing in the 80’s worked even though we grumbled about it. It might even be good for us! The Saudis are boycotting American goods. We should return the favor.

An interesting thought is to boycott their GAS.

Every time you fill up the car, you can avoid putting more money into the coffers of

Saudi Arabia. Just buy from gas companies that don’t import their oil from the Saudis.

Nothing is more frustrating than the feeling that every time I fill-up the tank, I am sending my money to people who are trying to kill me, my family, and my friends.

I thought it might be interesting for you to know which oil companies are the best to buy gas from and which major companies import Middle Eastern oil.

These companies import Middle Eastern oil:

Shell……………………… 205,742,000 barrels
Chevron/Texaco……… 144,332,000 barrels
Exxon /Mobil…………… 130,082,000 barrels
Marathon/Speedway… 117,740,000 barrels
Amoco……………………….62,231,000 barrels

Citgo gas is from South America, from a Dictator who hates Americans. If you do the math at $30/barrel, these imports amount to over $18 BILLION! (oil is now $90 - $100 a barrel

Here are some large companies that do not import Middle Eastern oil:

Sunoco………………0 barrels
Conoco………………0 barrels
Sinclair……………..0 barrels
B P/Phillips…………0 barrels
Hess…………………..0 barrels
ARC0………………..0 barrels

If you go to Sunoco.com, you will get a list of the station locations near you.

All of this information is available from the Department of Energy and each is required to state where they get their oil and how much they are importing.

But to have an impact, we need to reach literally millions of gas buyers. It’s really simple to do.

Now, don’t wimp out at this point…. keep reading and I’ll explain how simple it is to reach millions of people!!

I’m sending this note to about thirty people. If each of you send it to at least ten more (30 x 10 = 300)…and those 300 send it to at least ten more (300 x 10 = 3,000)…and so on, by the time the message reaches the sixth generation of people, we will have reached over THREE MILLION consumers !!!!!!! If those three million get excited and pass this on to ten friends each, then 30 million people will have been contacted!

If it goes one level further, you guessed it…..THREE HUNDRED MILLION PEOPLE!!!

Again, all you have to do is send this to 10 people. How long would all that take?

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18. November 2007 by Damian Petrini.

Many people spend lots of hard earned money on business and marketing courses, seminars, information products, books, audio programs, and other personal development materials. Yet very few of them get the maximum leverage that they could out of the material, nor do they truly earn the windfall profits that they can get from applying the material to their business.

Here are some simple ideas that can you can use to get the most out of any business building material you get your hands on.

1. Listen to audio programs a minimum of seven times.
2. Take notes while actively listening to audio and list actionable tasks and items that can be used and applied to your business.
3. Watch DVDs and video programs a minimum of seven times.
4. Take notes while actively watching video and list actionable tasks and items that can be used and applied to your business.
5. Read printed material a minimum of seven times.
6. Take notes while actively reading printed material and list actionable tasks and items that can be used and applied to your business.
7. Review and re-review material a minimum of once a year, a quarter, or a month.
8. Take each idea or concept, expand upon it, and write a detailed description in your own words and how it applies to your business.
9. Start a mastermind group and discuss material with other in the group.
10. Spend 1 hour a day actively reviewing material.
11. Create test essay questions from the material and complete on a regular
    basis.
12. Get others to quiz you on the material on regular basis.
13. Write articles about the material your have reviewed and share your viewpoint.
14. Review material until memorized.
15. Teach material to others on a regular basis.
16. Improve your reading speed, memory, and comprehensive skills by completing a speed reading and/or memory development course.
17. Listen to business and marketing material on an I-Pod or MP3 player while exercising.
18. Review business and marketing material instead of watching TV.
19. Read business and marketing material while doing cardio exercise.
20. Set aside blocks of time in your daily or weekly work schedule to review business and marketing material.
21. Schedule and prioritize the material that you would like to go through.
22. Analyze material, identify and list each concept, and re-write the meaning of each concept in your own words and how you could apply it to your business.
23. Take each concept you learn, categorize it, and index them into a master book for you to review on an ongoing basis.

Find out how you can maximize each of these methods and learn many more internet marketing strategies by calling (440) 238-5815 or going to http://www.marketingpotential.com/

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26. September 2007 by Damian Petrini.

By Damian Petrini
Marketingpotential.com
August 9th, 2006

In the arena of search engine marketing, getting as many links pointing to your website as possible is a key component in increasing your rankings in Google, Yahoo, and MSN search listings.

Each website that links to your website acts like a vote in a popularity contest, and the one who gets the most votes and popularity is the one who will show up higher in search engine listings.

Ten simple ways that you can increase the number of links that point back to your website:

1. Post Content - Post articles and comments on message boards, discussion rooms, blogs, and include the URL of your website in your article and signature line. Make sure that the content you contribute is meaningful and not just a selfish attempt to plug your website. Provide insightful and valuable content.
2. Press Releases – Submit press releases through online PR sites like PRWeb, PR Newswire, SBWire, or any other of many online PR websites on the web. Make sure you include relevant content and links to your website and related web pages.
3. Write Reviews – Write reviews on eBay, Amazon.com, or any other popular website that allows you to create reviews for products, services, companies, or related topics to your business. When writing reviews some sites will allow you to include your name, business name, website links, and other information you can include in your posting.
4. Create Your Own Blog – Even though there are millions and millions of blogs on the internet, having one of your own won’t hurt. In fact it gives you another opportunity to provide relevant and valuable content to your marketplace and provide you with another opportunity to create links to your website and related webpages on your website.
5. Sell Items on Auction Websites – Listings on websites like eBay, Amazon, Yahoo Auctions, and other auction based or marketplace websites provide you with another opportunity to add links to your website. You can also customize and add links to your website by creating user or seller profiles on each of those websites as well.
6. Reciprocal Links - A really simple way to get links back to your website is to just ask people to add links to their websites in exchange for you linking to their sites. You should try to set up reciprocal links with websites similar to or related to your product, service, or website content.
7. Submit Your URL – There are tons of websites that you can submit your website address to for little or no money. Make sure that you submit your website to all search engines, vendors, clients, related companies, industry publications, online directories, popular blogs, and other types of websites.
8. Online User Groups – User groups such as Yahoo Groups, MSN Groups, and Google Groups give you another chance to not only provide valuable content and maximize group collaboration, but also post links to your website. Depending on the user group settings, you can configure the group website so that all of the postings from group members are made visible to search engines and get indexed in search listings.
9. Testimonials – Give your vendors, strategic alliance partners, and clients testimonials that they can post on their website that includes links back to your website. Then offer them to do the same in return.
10. Community Profiles – Sites like MySpace, Amazon, eBay, Friendster, chat rooms, discussion boards, and YouTube are some of the highest traffic sites and get crawled and indexed by search engines on a regular basis. Most online community type websites allow you to create user profiles and include information like your favorite links, company name and website address, and allow you to post comments to community blogs and postings. Each of these provides you with yet another opportunity to post another link to your website.

Find out how you can maximize each of these methods and learn many more internet marketing strategies by calling (440) 238-5815 or going to www.marketingpotential.com

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26. September 2007 by Damian Petrini.

Jay Abraham is a true marketing genius!

If you read any of my previous blog entries, you probably read that I was fortunate enough to attend Jay Abraham’s “Abraham Factor” Seminar in Anaheim, CA in May 2006.

Prior to attending the event Jay sent thousands of dollars worth of pre attendance grounding materials, and at the seminar he provide three information packed days of the most mind blowing marketing strategies and techniques that I will be able to use for the rest of my business life and use them to earn millions and millions of dollars in ongoing personal income.

When I got back from the seminar, I used several of his marketing strategies to earn half of the $5,000 I paid to attend the seminar.

I look forward to using many more of the hundreds of techniques that I now have at my finger tips to help other businesses dramatically increase their profits and business growth.

Damian

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Damian Petrini
Marketing Potential
http://www.marketingpotential.com

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