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How to Really Get Things Accomplished!

Categories: Online Business
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Published on: January 1, 2012

What’s the #1 obstacle when you are running an online business?

 

Distraction

When you have an online task you’re trying to complete, just stay focused. I know you’ve heard it before but I’ll repeat it again. Have you ever went online to look something up or had a simple task to do and went off on a tangent? I know I have. It usually happens when I’m searching for something and another idea pops into my head. I’ll just take a minute to check this out and get right back to what I was doing. A half hour later, I’m asking myself “now where was I”?

The web is a vast storehouse of everything you can think of and everything you’ve probably never thought of and it’s easy to get sidetracked.  This happens to everyone, not just you. It even happens to seasoned internet marketers. So what’s the solution to get the things done you need to do? Write them down.

It may seem kind of simple, but keep a small pad and pencil right there by the computer and write a short list before you even go online of what you need to do. This will keep you focused and get the task done. If, like me, something pops into your head just write it down and take care of it after the task at hand.

 

Procrastination

Don’t confuse distraction with procrastination. That’s a whole different animal. Procrastination usually happens with a big task you need to get accomplished.  A few months ago I had a huge business task I needed to get done and actually found myself an hour later cleaning out my computer and internet files and hadn’t even started the task. Now THAT’S procrastination!

For a larger job, you’ll need a tablet and not a pad! How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time. Before even beginning, jot down the steps you’re going to need to take to start on the project. Work a bit at a time and before you know it a good portion will be done.

The last large project I can remember I had to do was setting up this blog. So many things to consider, like installing the script on the server, the format, the audience, the sidebar, widgets, plugins and everything else I’d need. I actually put it off for weeks, setting it up in my head and doing the list. One bite at a time – and it started to take shape.

The Distraction -  Make a short list of what you need to do that day or that session and cross them off as completed. 

The Elephant - Come up with that great idea, develop it, write down the steps, put each step into action, keep looking at the overall picture to make sure all the parts are fitting until it’s done.

These two simple things should help you get much more accomplished in a shorter amount of time.

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Affiliate Marketing – Is it really worth it?

Categories: Online Business
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Published on: August 25, 2011

What a day. I was out all day and just arrived home and returned a few calls, made supper and sat down to kick back and relax in front of the tube. Nothing but snow – No Cable!

Yes, I paid the bill.

Actually, I only paid half the bill. Where I live they charge a month in advance. I refuse to pay in advance, so I always pay for the month I'm using it, but It did cross my mind they may be trying to make a point.

Now, I've had Vonage phone service since 2006 and you guessed it  – VOIP. When I saw the little red light flashing on my router, jeez, the phone's out too.

So I grabbed the cell and called the cable company. Service outage, it should be back on shortly.

What did people DO before cable TV and the Internet? Got closer to family and actually talked, maybe played games? So I decided to write a post. I can write it but can't post it.

 

On to the meat of my post – Affiliate Marketing.

Is it worth joining some affiliate network or going it on your own in a niche? In my experience, it's worth joining an affiliate program if you find a good one. What constitutes a good affiliate program? Well, you could look over this blog and find the best ;-) 

I've already done the work in finding and checking them for you. Other than that, when you find one you think is for you, do a little research:

 

How long has the company been in business?

How solid is their company according to the Better Business Bureau?

How do they pay? (online transfer – PayPal or another online payment processor is best) vs a mailed check

How is their history of paying their affiliates on time?

 

For a company like Clickbank or Amazon, does the product you're thinking of promoting have lots of charge-backs or are the customers generally satisfied?

Does the sales page look nice and is something you’d buy from? How long has the product or promo been going on?

 

Do a little research now and save yourself trouble later by knowing the affiliate program you're thinking of joining has a good track record.

 

If you want to take the easy route and know you're joining a top notch program, have a look at the Business and Products review page at the top of this blog. I’m always adding to it. You may also want to have a look at the new advertising page I’m working on. The advertising I’m bringing you here really works. You will get signups and build any business you have.

 

Ok. My little red router light just turned to green…

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Do you have the Golden Touch?

Copywriting. The fine art of being able to move people solely with your words. If you're good at copywriting, you can basically write your own ticket to your future. Good copywriters have the ability to get people to do what they want them to, when they want them to do it. This is a huge asset.

This is the best business skill you can learn. Great copywriters aren't born, but learn and evolve. The best can command  top rates easily and usually write for  corporations or ghostwrite for the best marketers out there. Those that hire them will invest thousands or tens of thousands of dollars to have them write a single sales pages or multiple pages because it's a very good investment and will generate thousands or even millions of dollars in revenue.

There are master copywriters out there who will charge you upwards of $10,000 for a single sales page and you know what? It's worth every penny. Two of my favorite copywriters are John Carlton and Perry Marshall. These guys are masters of their trade and their copywriting courses cost thousands to join. Again, worth every penny. 

I've been asked numerous times. What's the best skill I can learn for running my own business and make my bottom line better? This is always my answer.  If you're a good copywriter and can emotionally move people with your words and create trust, you're bound to be successful in whatever you choose. 

 

 

 

 

  

 

   

  

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What does it take to earn a living from home?

I wish I had a dollar for every time I've been asked that question.
Before I give you the answer, let me give you some cold, hard facts.

Fully 95% of people that try to make a living from the internet fail. I'm not talking about  making an income, but a living. Why? Various reasons. What's the main one? They don't know how. Their heart is in the right place, they have the incentive and reasons – they just don't know what they're doing. It's no more complicated than that.

That's also why  these let's say, disreputable companies, can relieve so many people of their hard earned cash simply by promising to show them the bright burning path, but they always leave parts of the road map out. Just enough to keep you coming back. Believe me, I know. . 

There's a reason why I put my post  "A concept to get almost anything accomplished" up early on. Hopefully you read it and it started you thinking.

The answer to the first question is actually two. Terror and Confidence.

Terror-being so afraid you may fail that you won't. You don't have the weekly paycheck coming in to rely on. You have to count on yourself completely. So it's very good to know what you're doing.

Confidence-in yourself to continue making a living with your business as it evolves and so do you and love what you do.

I was given a little nugget of information early on that I'd like to share: Treat it like a business, not a hobby. Simple, succinct and to the point.

I'm offering you a chance to learn how to start and run your own internet business in this post. I'll also tell you this is the course I took years ago and I still use today to find answers because it's constantly updated. When I took it, it was called the Insider Secrets Course.

The course is now called the Step by Step Guide to Selling Online. A short summary for this is on the Business and Product reviews page.

   The reason I started this blog was to give people a way to make an informed decision . If you're a current reader, you know I don't sugar coat things and I come to the point quickly. You also know that I'll only share what I've personally used and can recommend as the best out there.  

Let me be blunt: I don't care if you invest in everything I suggest on this blog or nothing at all..  I'm just giving you the truth about what works and what doesn't and you can make your own decisions. I feel something as important as learning how to start your business and change your future is pretty important. If you don't know what the hell you're doing, how can you possibly be successful ?

I'd like to ask a favor though. If you do take the course, please send me a testimonial with your link when your business is up and running. I'd like to post it here on the blog

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Do the “dirty work” yourself

Let me ask you a question…

Are you the type of person that likes to delegate some of the more mundane, routine tasks of running your business to others?

Stuff like creating SQL databases, installing scripts to your server and the like? That's great, providing you know exactly how to do that stuff in the first place.

If it's been a while since you installed a script or created a new database, why not do it yourself next time – just to brush up. I know it's not as glamorous as some of the other aspects of running your online business, but it's necessary for you to know.

If you've NEVER had to do it or worse, PAID someone to do it for you why not learn how to do it yourself? I mean how will you know if someone else has done a good job for you, not to mention saving yourself the $25 or $35 bucks they charged for installation?
 
It's pretty easy to set up a new SQL database if you have C-Panel hosting, (99% of online marketers do)  just scoot down to "databases" section and use the database wizard to create it.

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MARK YOUR USERNAME, PASSWORD and DATABASE NAME down and hit the option to have it emailed to you! This is info you don't want to forget 

There's documentation and help your hosting provider should supply-most are pretty good about it.

If you're new and run into any problems, give me a shout. I'll give you a hand.
 

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Making Money from Home isn’t as hard as it used to be

A Home Business: Should include a comfortable chair, your favorite computer and your Niche.

 

A Niche:  A home business based on what you'd truly love to do -whether you'd make money or not… a Passion.
Figure out what you love to do if you'll be paid for it or not. If you have that much passion for it, you're bound to be successful.
 
    Start out with your passion- You'll always be successful.
    Learn everything you possibly can. It's an investment in yourself.
    Don't procrastinate. It's self defeating.
    Learn from your mistakes.
    Never let anyone discourage you.
 

Do you have so much to do in a day you can't seem to get everything done? Try the "Pickle Jar" theory.

To plan your day, imagine a large empty pickle jar.
    Take three or four large rocks and add them to the jar.
    Now take a small handful of pebbles and add them in, jiggling it a bit to make them fit.
    Next, add a handful of sand.
    Now fill the remaining space in the jar with water.

There's a lot of stuff in your jar. But it's not just the objects, it's the order and volume of each item. If you were to put the water and sand in first, and then your pebbles, very few of the large rocks would fit. Or if you tried to put in 10 large rocks they'd break the jar.
Such is the case for planning your day.
Identify three or four high priority items that must get done (the rocks), plus a number of smaller, lower priority tasks such as emails, follow ups, etc. (the pebbles), as well as everyday routine stuff (the sand). And remember that your jar should contain room for family and personal time (the water). Source: AAA magazine-nov/dec issue

If you're new to a Home Business, try starting with an established company ( as an affiliate).
Face it. If you're not making money when you first start out, there's not much incentive for you to continue.

When you ready to move on, find your niche and create your own business. This is a very exiting time.
 
Start a Home Based Business in a niche you choose:
To find your niche – Go here first.

It's the Google keyword tool . Type in your keywords- something you'd really be good at: Please note – phrases are best as opposed to individual words. Type in the "captcha" letters and hit search.


Now, here's the secret
. When your results come up, go to the "choose columns to display" button, and switch it to "Average CPC" (costs per click).
This is what people are actually paying for their keywords.

Here's your data:
What to do with it?

Look at all the related keywords to your niche . Look at the estimated average CPC (costs per click) first. Anything over $1.00 is good – this is what advertisers are paying per keyword.
Look at the search volume. If there's lots of people searching what you typed in, it's probably a good niche and should be considered for your new home business.
Bookmark the keywords tool. You'll be coming back…

Now you're into research. Play with the "columns to display drop down" in the upper right hand corner. When you think you've found the phrases or keywords you want, just click "add" at the end of the column.
Google will add them to a list you can download later.

Save these keywords for your advertising.
Google Ad Words will give you a $100 credit as a new customer.

You'll need a good week or two of research before you even think of starting a business. Do your research first to make sure the niche you're thinking about will pay you – then build your site around it..

A good at home business to start is PLR or private label resell products, including plr ebooks and plr articles, free and for sale. Why would you give something away when you can sell it? Simple – for the exposure your business receives.

Take a peek at your successful competitors- what are they doing that you're not?

There's no limit on the ways you can make money or the businesses you can choose to own. You are only limited by your own imagination, drive and determination.

      
 

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A concept to get almost anything accomplished

 

It's called learning.

The real reason why most people struggle or even fail when they start a business, any business, is they really aren't sure what they're doing. This is especially true of the on-line business. Because the Internet changes constantly, about every 8 or 9 months actually, and your advertising that worked in the past won't work now.

I'm a  home business owner. If I tried to use the same forms of marketing I did a few years ago (even a few months ago), I'd fall flat on my face. The Internet arena evolves and you must evolve with it. Think about it. A while back we started to put video and audio on websites. Now it's commonplace. Web 2.0 came about a while ago and now it's all the rage. We'll graduate to something else in the months ahead.

However while the methods have evolved, the principles have remained the same. In marketing, you still need  to GRAB  someone's attention  and be able to HOLD it through your entire message. So how long do you have to grab someone's attention?

About six seconds.  That's the amount of time a person will either stay with you or go skating away to another web page. This is where the fun comes in. This is also where the money comes in. If you can hold someone's attention for that initial six seconds and keep them reading, you can make good money at this online marketing game.

The principles are pretty simple. Know your "target market" (You won't sell a lot of ice to people living in the Arctic) and you must make the person reading your sales copy want to read it to the end and take the appropriate action.

This is the tricky part. You can swing the odds in your favor though by learning about your target market. Learn what they want and expect. Use the Google Adwords tool . It's invaluable.

Cater to them and learn the wonderful art of marketing. Read everything you can about how the ultra successful marketers do what they do. How? Subscribe to their newsletters and see how they write the wonderful emails and splash pages they do.This didn't happen by accident.  If you're successful at marketing a product, you'll convert sales of your own product or people will pay you good money if you can sell their product.

You can never learn too much and you can never put a price tag on an investment in yourself. Learn the art of marketing and believe in yourself and who knows, maybe you can sell ice to people living in the Arctic!

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Tips for an online business

Seems Everyone today wants to start a business and work for themselves.

And why not?

The economy is still in the tank and there's a number of reasons why you'd like to start a business.

The key to success is to do something you love – whether you'd be paid for it or not.  

If you love what you do, you'll become a success.  
Please notice I said become.

Basically, here's the roadmap:

1. Determine what it is you love to do.

2. Apply this to the business you'd like to begin.

3. Find the quickest way from point A to B.

3. Rinse and repeat.

It's no more complicated than that. And this works for everything – especially an online business.  

Here's a tip  I'll share with you right now for an online business.

Use every piece of software at your disposal. Whatever you can use to help you get the job done quicker or more efficiently, why not use it?

Google some of the business, design, email software available now to help you run a business and it's amazing. And there's more arriving every day.

Here's another tip: Never stop learning. Everything new you learn will make you more valuable.

Here‚s a trick I use: When you learn something new, write it down (or copy & paste)
into a journal on your computer. Keyword the journal entry –  so it's searchable.  

You learned this once, you don't need to learn it again – but you will probably need to go back and reference it at a later time.

Think about it. If you learn one new thing every day, you'll know 30 new things by the end of each month, or 360 a year. 


Let's get started…

 

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