An Encouraging Start To 2008

An Encouraging Start To 2008

The UK’s transition into 2008 brought me the good omen of making a product sale in the earliest hours of the 1st January from a page I hadn’t been actively promoting for quite a while.

Emails from Aweber and Paypal alerted me to this particular transaction, and served as a timely reminder of why I’m building multiple income streams. It’s important to have as many sales pages as possible ‘live’ in cyber space, because even when our efforts at promotion aren’t all they could be, we pick up business from serendipitous surfers landing at our sites.

It’s a commonly heard complaint that many people fail to make money with internet marketing, but often the same people have failed to create any income potential beyond some Adsense listings on their blog. Well, as they say “ya gotta be in it, to win it!”.

So I’ve been going over my files with a view to compiling additional packages, and as soon as I’ve completed the first project, you’ll hear about it here.

It’s a bummer I’ve got this thumb RSI prob. It’s still acutely painful and there’s no chance of forgetting about it for a while — leastways not as long as I persevere in actually trying to use the offending digit!

It seems appropriate to also report here that the Rebel Booty promotion has been steadily gaining new customers, and with this blog enjoying developing its profile, in general I’m feeling very energized and positive about the year ahead. I can feel it in my thumb — it’s gonna be a big’un!

And the adventure continues…

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Merry Christmas to Everyone

Merry Christmas to Everyone

It’s Christmas morning here in the UK… 3.42am to be precise. I haven’t been to bed yet, but I’m always prowling around in the spookily quiet, wee hours. Tee hee.

Actually, I was waiting up for Santa Claus, but no show yet.

I’ll just take this opportunity to wish all of you a very Happy Christmas and a peaceful and prosperous New Year.

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30/12/07
P.S. Finally took a photo of the xmas tree all lit up, cos I’m just about to dismantle it. Christmas is over and done for another year, and a new trail opens up before us …

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These days, populating blog blank space with Adsense appears to be de rigueur, but for quite a while I couldn’t be arsed to figure it out. Saved by Rob’s book! Once again it had bailed me out with straightforward explanations and well illustrated instruction.

When I read “Blogging To The Bank 2.0“, my enthusiasm for the entire internet marketing arena had been taking a serious nose dive. But seeing such immediate results from the input, has rekindled my enthusiasm, and I can once again face the email vomit-a-thon taking place in my Inbox. So I’m off now to continue building my empire;-D

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And enjoy your adventure even more,

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Sneaky Pete Doesn’t Live Here

Sneaky Pete Doesn’t Live Here

Don’t be tempted to employ duplicitous internet marketing tactics, because in the long term, you will regret doing so.

Perhaps you have already received one or two promotional sales emails bearing a subject line like, “you’ve earned $350”.

The IM is blatantly attempting to trick recipients into opening the email under the impression that they’ve made some money — we can take it as read, this will be a tactic targeted at newbie marketers — and when opened, and you start to read on, the message continues , “would you like to receive multiple emails with this subject line?”.

The sender is pressing your, and my, buttons… DON’T be an internet marketing sneak!

In the short-term, perhaps such techniques bring in a few bucks, I wouldn’t know because I don’t use shifty methods to do business. However, I do know that in the long term, you will not build a strong and profitable business if it’s founded on trickery and lies.

In the main, other than promoting one’s own product, the big money to be made online is by affiliate email-outs, but however many customers and prospects you’ve accumulated, they will not be responsive to your efforts if you’ve appeared to be sneaky and a liar.

Don’t allow any of this to spoil your enjoyment of the adventure.

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Though I must make it clear that I’m not advocating requesting a refund just so that you can get it free whether you’re satisfied with it or not.

Good luck in all your future endeavours, and remember to enjoy your adventure.

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The Trickery of the Gurus

The Trickery of the Gurus

A common ploy in online sales techniques is the Upsell on resell rights. You buy a product, pay for it, and before you’re given access to the download, you’re offered the resell rights at a low, low price that’ll never, EVER be repeated. (Unless of course, they relent, and email you that they’ve decided to give you a break… !)

The benevolent gurus are so concerned for you (as an upcoming affiliate internet marketer) to make a profit that they’ll encourage you to spend money on resell rights to a product you haven’t seen!

Wait a moment… think about the implications. To conduct business ethically, an internet marketer is expected to promote a product in which he believes. He is, after all, recommending it. This being the case, why would anyone consider purchasing resell rights to a product unseen? More to the point, what are the ethics of the guru urging you to commit your capital to this kind of venture?

The very first thing all the gurus warn against is selecting a product to sell before identifying its market, instead of identifying a market and then selecting a product to satisfy that market’s needs.

This hypocrisy casts serious doubts on the integrity of any guru, and makes total nonsense of all their claims to have ‘our’ best interests at heart. (Maybe they have, but only AFTER their own profits!)

Nobody should ask you to promote a product you’ve never seen. It’s really that simple.

I don’t mean to sound like a guru-basher! Think before you spend on products and resell rights. Don’t allow the pressure applied in the sales copy to influence you to ‘buy now and save money’, because it’s just encouraging you to part with what you already have.

Welcome to the adventure,

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Brainstorming to Creativity

Brainstorming to Creativity

As you ponder your goal and determine the best course to achieve it, you will need some creative ways of thinking and facing challenges that will arise. The most creative-thinkers out there will encourage you to think outside the box, and to consider even the wildest of ideas.

One way to do this is to “Brainstorm.” Brainstorming is done by having a piece of paper, or use your PC or IPOD, and record EVERY idea that occurs to you about the situation you’re facing. Do NOT evaluate your ideas—just make a note of them. Do NOT consider something “ too silly” or “too dumb” to write down—just write it down!

Evaluate your ideas in a few days, but not when you’re writing them down. Consider these ideas much like a newborn baby. You must cradle that baby and hold it lovingly and help it grow to a responsible adult.

The same goes for your new ideas. You might find that one idea you would consider to be the “silliest” turns out to be your key for unlocking the door you’re facing.

Remember the guy who came up with the idea for Post-It Notes? The adhesive was discovered long before they found a use for it—and the person who said, “Let’s make some note pads that are small and can be easily removed,” was laughed at. But now—do you even see ONE office without Post-Its around? I have at least 6 pads of Post-Its in my desk drawer alone. There’s one in the kitchen, and one in the car.

Another way to increase your creativity is to be around others who are creative. Proverbs 27:17 says, “As iron sharpens iron, so people can improve each other.” If you hobnob with those who are known for creativity, it will wear off on you. And you will find new ways of looking at things and thinking about situations, as well. You can find audio-books and speeches that will stir up your creative juices as well.

Professional speakers and those who have “been there, done that” often hit the speaking-circuit and can pump fresh ideas and life in your goal and the ways you attain those goals.

I prefer removing myself from the goal-achieving mode and moving to a truly creative outlet—the arts. You may not consider yourself artsy or think you have any ability in this realm, but it’s worth taking a lump of clay (or Play-Doh) and working with it. You may find, as I do, that when I’m working on a hobby that I truly love, I free up a portion of my brain that was engaged in my problem-solving. When that happens, I typically find a potential solution to my dilemma.

Artistic creativity often sparks other forms of creative-thinking, as it engages a different area of the brain than what we’re used to using. Pick up a paintbrush, a pencil, arrange some flowers, or begin a needlework project. You may find in colour and artistry you have a new lease on what you’re doing!

Welcome to the adventure,

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