NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Comcast Corp has agreed to acquire pioneering Web start-up Plaxo Inc, which was first to turn address books into social networks and laid the foundation for Friendster and Facebook.

Terms were not disclosed. But a source close to the deal said Comcast, the top U.S. cable TV company and No. 2 broadband Internet supplier, is paying from $145 million to $175 million, based on meeting performance targets in the next few years.

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So far in just the first 10 days of May
our renewals are up over 100%.

The reason? gibLink2.0 is up and running.

With Direct Revenue Commissions and
Monthly Global Revenue Sharing Pools
you earn every month!

You can check out all the new features of gibLink2.0 by going to http://www.giblink.com/pdf/gibLink_2_0.pdf.

 Also check out our new community at www.gibLink.com – fast, functional and fun!

At under $1.67 a day it’s one of the best values in business.

URGENT – only 17 days left till May 31st – Act Now to get in May’s Revenue Sharing pool & capture Lifetime Shares!

Questions? Comments? Need help? Please go to www.giblink.com/members and submit a ticket through the Help Desk for any additional assistance.

To learn all about transitioning to the new gibLink2.0 go to http://www.giblink.com/pdf/transition.pdf.

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• Ozine Online Magazine Review I am taking a break from my 6th installment for my internet coaches series to have a little diversion. I am regrouping on the series, and am not sure where it will go after the next post. However this could be part of the internet coaches and mentoring series since......
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• Finally The Blog Is Updated! What Is Next? Well it only took a little over a month, but finally I am up to date with the latest in Word Press blogs.  Now what is next?  This is easy to answer.  I am contemplating a new look to the blog but that probably won't happen until June or July. ......

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New Marketing Website
A new marketing and promotion website is ready to go. gibLink has created a new business model online with Global Revenue Sharing. Now we have a new web site that’s been built just for you. You can use the full name which is www.gibrevshare.com or the shorter name www.gibrs.com . You can add your username to the end of the site and then it’s customized to you and you’re your prospects are tracked and credited to you! IMPORTANT: Be sure to check out the new Global Revenue Sharing tab at the top once you get into the web site.

New Sign-Up & Renewal Options
In addition to our normal quarterly sign-up and renewal option we added a monthly and yearly option. You can renew or sign-up a new member right now under these new options. To see these, just visit your new marketing site www.gibrs.com/YOURUSERNAME and click on “Join gibLink”.

 New Income Calculator
We added a new Income Calculator – now you decide how much monthly income you would like to earn. With our enhanced Global Revenue Sharing pool you’re paid consistently each and every month!

Try it out right now at: www.giblink.com/calculator

 Backoffice Updates
Log into your backoffice and under the Revenue Sharing tab choose Rev Share Summary. This new table tracks all your direct revenue and monthly shares. It also tracks all your referrals and shows when they upgrade to gibLink2.0. Also the Knowledge Base section under the Help Desk tab has been updated with answers to frequently asked questions about gibLink2.0.

 
Marketing and Transition Documents
We have created a document that you can share with new prospects which explains gibLink2.0. It can be found in your backoffice under CP Dashboard.

Also, we have created a document that explains your transition to gibLink2.0. It can also be found in your backoffice under CP Dashboard.

Thank you for taking the time this month to learn about gibLink2.0. There is a lot to learn and this is a big month as we begin a new phase of growth. Our double Direct Revenue Share commissions and new monthly Global Revenue Sharing pool is already creating excitement and we are just getting started. Take the time to look over all the new stuff – it will be very profitable for your future.

To Your Success,
gibLink Marketing Team

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• Free Internet Coaches at WomVegas I felt that the title for this post was appropriate since I am finding free internet coaches at WomVegas. There is more than that, and I believe this site should really get to be quite popular. The main reason is that you can join for free and do and learn......
• gibLink Renewals Up 100% in First 10 Days of May So far in just the first 10 days of May our renewals are up over 100%. The reason? gibLink2.0 is up and running. With Direct Revenue Commissions and Monthly Global Revenue Sharing Pools you earn every month!  You can check out all the new features of gibLink2.0 by going to......
• Social Marketing Group on Searchles Social marketers unite and share leading edge news and ideas on Social Marketing on Searchles. I recently discovered this site and I just found a Digg to it without a whole lot of information so it is probably best that you take the time to see if this is a......

• Passive Income Generator - Get Important Info Dan Weaver's "The 3 Cash Machine" (3CM) is a great Multiple streams of passive income generator. This System is very new and is starting to really take off. The system is completely Free and there never will be a charge for using the 3CM. The splash page videois pretty ingenious......
• Barron's on P2P Lending Barron's has just published an online article on p2p lending.  You need to be a subscriber to read it here: At Last, a Bank of Your Own Here is a brief preview... SO YOU NEED A FEW BUCKS -- NOT DONALD TRUMP money, mind you, but a little mezzanine financing......
• Receiving Dividends from Non-Dividend Stocks If you own 100 shares or more in a company that does not pay dividends but that does trade options, you can still receive income from your stock by writing covered calls. When you write a call, you are selling a derivative (financial contract whose value derives from the value......

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• New gibLink 2.0 Enhancements New Marketing Website A new marketing and promotion website is ready to go. gibLink has created a new business model online with Global Revenue Sharing. Now we have a new web site that's been built just for you. You can use the full name which is www.gibrevshare.com or the shorter......
• My Top 2 Free Advertising Sources For March I am finding that more and more companies are adding free advertising programs for anyone to join. These are web based advertising programs, and ways for you to start promoting your business or opportunity for free. I will be reviewing the ones that I have used and that have great......
• List Builder Pro I just received this email from a trusted source. I know I am always looking for quality leads.  This sounds worth checking into. If you're fed up with building your business one lead or subscriber at a time, then I've got some great news for you! But first ... Here's......

• TCJ Research 10/14-10/15 Polls: Delaware Senate (Christine O'Donnell Gaining on Chris Coons), Pennsylvania Senate, Connecticut Senate, California Senate (Carly Fiorina Pulls Into Lead Over Boxer), California Governor To view the latest TCJ Research Polls, click HERE. To read our full analysis of how and why Republicans will take the Senate, click HERE. Each of the polls use a random sampling of 5o0 Likely Voters  (unless otherwise stated) and has a +/- 5% margin of error (M.o.E).  Poll that don’t......
• 60 Pounds in 12 weeks… 4.4 Pounds in 2 Weeks This being the first weigh-in in two weeks I was a little nervous... Especially since we had spent the 4th on a mini vacation Sonoma and I consumed just a little too much wine. In addition there was a celebratory birthday dinner for a family member thrown in after Sonoma. I have......
• 39 Pounds in 5 Weeks After 5 weeks on the medically assisted weightless program I have lost 39 pounds... This week I lost 5 pounds which is incredible (the results of this diet and program are remarkable and fast.) 5 pounds was 77% of my weekly goal of 6.5 pounds per week. This week even......

Here is a link to the gibLink Weekly inSite of March 26, 2008.

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• Recommended Resources Are you ready to get started with your own hosting for a website or blog?  If you are going to have any sort of business now, having a web presence is one thing you really should be concerned with.  If you know little or nothing about these things then......
• Finally The Blog Is Updated! What Is Next? Well it only took a little over a month, but finally I am up to date with the latest in Word Press blogs.  Now what is next?  This is easy to answer.  I am contemplating a new look to the blog but that probably won't happen until June or July. ......
• New gibLink 2.0 Enhancements New Marketing Website A new marketing and promotion website is ready to go. gibLink has created a new business model online with Global Revenue Sharing. Now we have a new web site that's been built just for you. You can use the full name which is www.gibrevshare.com or the shorter......

• Weight Lost: 47 pounds in 7 weeks... Under 1 Pound Weight Loss This Week After 7 weeks on the medically assisted weightless program JumpStart medicine with Dr. Sean Bourke, I have lost 47 pounds in 52 days. This week I lost 0.6 pounds and achieved only 11.1% of my weekly goal. I highly recommed Jumpstart. I have a special offer for anyone in wanting......
• 53 Pounds in 9 weeks... 4.5 Pounds this Week Wow... back on track!  After 2 weeks of relatively small amounts of weight loss (0.6 pounds and 1.8 pounds) I got back on track with a solid 4.5 pounds this week.  Between my ruptured tendon with the resulting inability to exercise in many of my normal ways and my Dad......
• Forex - EUR/USD weekly outlook: March 14-18 - Stock Markets Review News Sources wrote an interesting post today onHere's a quick excerpt Forex – EUR/USD weekly outlook: March 14-18Stock Markets ReviewForex Pros – The euro retreated from a four-month high against the US dollar last week, before trimming gains after European Union leaders said they had reached an agreement on a......

gibLink weekly inSite

Member Spotlight, News and Articles, Featured Blog, News and more…

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• The Nutronix and Berry Tree Convention Notes This email was sent to me by 3 Star Director Nancy Tessier.  She is awesome. Thanks, Nancy. The Convention was great fun and very exciting! Here are some highlights: Todd Christensen, former NFL tight end for the Oakland Raiders spoke to us.  In 2000, Todd had been diagnosed with PSC,......
• Happy Birthday to My Blog Image via WikipediaWow it is now over two years for this blog, but Rocques Business Information has been around longer. Just two years ago I decided to turn the website into a blog because blogs are so much easier to maintain. Since then I have learned a lot from my......
• gibLink Renewals Up 100% in First 10 Days of May So far in just the first 10 days of May our renewals are up over 100%. The reason? gibLink2.0 is up and running. With Direct Revenue Commissions and Monthly Global Revenue Sharing Pools you earn every month!  You can check out all the new features of gibLink2.0 by going to......

• Using Article Marketing for a Blog One of the most popular things on the Internet today is blogging. In fact, if you notice the trends over the past few years, bloggers have gotten a bit of notoriety and attention even in the news. Bloggers are becoming quite an influential group in the news category and for......
• NASA Tech Briefs Authored by the engineers or scientists who did the work, the briefs span a wide array of fields, including electronics, physical sciences, materials, computer software, mechanics, machinery/automation, manufacturing/fabrication, mathematics/information sciences, and life sciences. NASA Tech Briefs also contains feature articles on successful NASA spinoffs, profiles of NASA tech transfer resources,......
• AT&T National Tournament at Aronimink Golf Club This week in golf featured the AT&T National Tournament, held at Aronimink Golf Club in Newton Square, PA. The defending champion of the tournament was Tiger Woods. The field featured plenty of big names, including Justin Rose, Stuart Appleby, Vijay Singh, Tiger Woods, Ricky Barnes, Boo Weekly, and Rocco Mediate.......

Whether you are an Internet marketer or generalist, turning prospects into buyers is a top priority. Many marketers are continually testing the success of various media and integrated campaigns. One of the most frequently asked questions is the effectiveness of “off-line marketing” as it related to driving traffic and conversions on your website of landing page.

With so many difference across products, services, industries, and price points, its hard to develop a simple yes or no answer when considering whether or not direct mail will drive online traffic for you. The key is to develop a compelling direct mail piece, choosing the right list, and creating an offer that resonates with your target market. Also, consider the following:

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• 5 Months Into BuddyPress... Maybe I am dragging my feet in jumping on the BuddyPress addition to my blogs because at this time I am not sure that my blog needs BuddyPress. However there are a lot of blogs out there with readers in the thousands. Perhaps if you are not ready to use......
• Three Ways To Drive Traffic To Your Blog Fact: Blogs Need Daily Traffic Attention Readers: When you show me the traffic then it won't be long before you can show me the money! Do you believe it? Without traffic who is looking at your blog or website? Are happy just sharing among your inner circle? Is it time......
• Twitter Report~1 I have been a member of Twitter for quite some time now, but I am not a Twitter expert. I do not even have that many followers, and I have never used my Twitter account to send someone an email asking them to go to a website to buy something.......

• Guiding Principles On Link Building For Small Australian Businesses   Building backlinks is definitely a significant element of search engine optimization, as well as developing your own on-line label no matter where you might be and whether you’re big or small. No matter if you have a brand new accounting firm in Perth, or one of the local fish......
• The Truth Is Told - Learn How To Make Money Despite The Economy! How do you survive in this financial crisis, you may be asking? Have you been laid off, lost your job, downsized, or just fired? Before I share with you the secret to making money even during hard times, I would like to share this story with you. Last week, I......
• Why Big Companies Are Blogging? There are still some old school business people out there that consider the whole idea of blogging for their business rather ridiculous. Unfortunately for these people, they will never understand that the world is changing and blogging is a whole lot more than just a bunch of people in their......

Most would agree that the internet is still in its infancy and thatits full potential has yet to be realized. Giblink is a new businesscommunity that has decided not to wait for that potential to berealized, instead developing a unique social, and business network.

Now there are other social networking sites such as Facebook orMySpace that have drawn plenty of attention for their ability to bringmillions of viewers and generate billions of dollars in revenue.Giblink also generates millions of dollars in ad revenue but where theyare unique is in their willingness so share the revenue the companygenerates with its members. To date, this makes it a truly uniqueconcept.

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• Free Internet Coaches at WomVegas I felt that the title for this post was appropriate since I am finding free internet coaches at WomVegas. There is more than that, and I believe this site should really get to be quite popular. The main reason is that you can join for free and do and learn......
• gibLink Renewals Up 100% in First 10 Days of May So far in just the first 10 days of May our renewals are up over 100%. The reason? gibLink2.0 is up and running. With Direct Revenue Commissions and Monthly Global Revenue Sharing Pools you earn every month!  You can check out all the new features of gibLink2.0 by going to......
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• Is Gold A Bargain At $950/Oz! I'm finally back in the US! Last week, I heard Dr. Marc Faber, of GloomBoomDoom fame, on CNBC India. While gold is currently at a whopping $973/Oz, on that day gold had briefly touched $950/Oz for the first time ever. Dr. Faber said two things that were very interesting: 1.......

gibLink weekly inSite January 14, 2008

Member Spotlight, Featured Blog, News and more…

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• An Introduction to GibLine and GibLink I joined GibLine and GibLink on October 20 because 3 people I know are making extra income with it.  Those 3 people have sponsored people into it, and so far I have not sponsored anyone into it.  I am anxious to see if GibLine does what it says and that......
• Using Offline Marketing to Grow Your Online Business Whether you are an Internet marketer or generalist, turning prospects into buyers is a top priority. Many marketers are continually testing the success of various media and integrated campaigns. One of the most frequently asked questions is the effectiveness of "off-line marketing" as it related to driving traffic and conversions......
• Mentor of the Week~Marla Maples Welcome To Your Mentors Club Mentor of the Week... Marla Maples Join the Mentors Club Now to get the interview. Actress, Motivator Interviewed on 08/14/09 Actress, radio and television host, spiritual motivator, producer and — most importantly — mom, are a few of the titles you could place on Marla......

• Lending Club Reviewed Over the last 18 months, I've spent more than a few words on peer-to-peer lending. Most of that has been about the first to market Prosper. Readers have occasionally asked me about Lending Club. I couldn't give them my opinion for a few reasons. Lending Club launched the site as......
• Tweetie will change to "Twitter for iPhone" Twitter Acquires Tweetie. The application won the 2009 Apple Design Award. We're thrilled to announce that we've entered into an agreement with Atebits (aka Loren Brichter) to acquire Tweetie, a leading iPhone Twitter client. Tweetie will be renamed Twitter for iPhone and made free (currently $2.99) in the iTunes AppStore......
• Raise Update (part 2) The time was right for a talk with the boss man today and I have to say that the initial reaction seemed quite positive. I didn't particularly go after any specific numbers, but I should find out tomorrow how much the gap is going to close between what I could......