May 4, 2008
- Tips To Help If You Feel Overwhelmed (Video)
I can remember when I first started online, there was so much information and so many things to do. Not to mention how many distractions there are on the net. I still feel overwhelmed sometimes now, especially when I think about my goals, targets and projects.
But… I take a step back, write things down and plan them out into small steps. As the old saying goes "Rome wasn't built in a day!" - So if you are feeling overwhelmed, watch this short video I made. Although I talk about Mlm and Network Marketing again, it is really for anyone who is marketing their business online.
If you can consisently take small steps each day, you will end up achieving a lot of things at the end of the year!
April 29, 2008
- My Attraction Marketing Plan (Video)
This video blog is my attraction marketing plan. I just got a new camera after having sold my high def camera because it was too difficult to edit! This video is similar to my last post, but is in video format. Please let me know your thoughts and suggestions about the video quality.
April 26, 2008
- A New Income Stream
I am always looking to find new ways of generating an income, and in the past I have tried lots of different ways to make money, both online and offline. Some have been successful and others haven't. One thing I have learned is to give things a trial period of 3-6 months, if they don't earn you money, then drop it and move on to the next thing.
The biggest problem online is there are so many 'ways to make money' - many of these ways are legitimate, but others you will be banging your head against a brick wall for a long time so giving yourself 3-6 months to learn something new and implement it is a great way to make sure you don't wasting too much time!
April 14, 2008
- Affiliate Marketing Success Guide - Jameel Mukaden
You can read more and download his ebook package by visiting the link below. This is a video blog by myself, so click on the read more link to video the video.
April 3, 2008
- What Is "Black Hat" Seo?
Let me just start off by saying that this is meant to be an article for laypeople, as I was intrigued by the time when I first found out about it and thought that I had to do some more research. Most of the items written on the subject are written for SEO marketers and industry types, so I thought I should just take this information and drill it down to a level that anyone can understand. No acronyms allowed from this point on!
March 21, 2008
- A 12 Year Old Making Money Online!!!
I have just seen a post that michael over at retireat21.com has made. The post is titled Top 30 Bloggers Under 21. With children and teenagers growing up with the technology that many adults are only just discovering, I think bloggers, and people making money online will get younger and younger each year.
I wouldn't be surprised to see 8-10 year olds making their pocket money online in the very near future! (And that pocket money could be thousands per week!) The youngest on Michaels blog is a 12 year old!
Haven't times changed… when I was 12, I was just starting to do a paper round! Im only 30 now, but I still feel old in comparison, although I guess I have more to talk about and to share… Imagine the future of these teenagers
Fantastic…Whilst your reading Michaels post, just click the digg button as I think this is one to be dugg…
March 16, 2008
- Reinvest, Reinvest, Reinvest…
Most of the income I earn through my web sites, I reinvest back into my business, so as my income increases, so do my outgoings. But… at the same time, I am building my portfolio of Internet Properties.
I tend pay myself enough money to live on each month and also teach guitar part time, partly for the extra cash and partly because I enjoy meeting new people and getting out into the real world. Working full time online can be pretty lonley sometimes.
I dont tend to buy fancy things for myself and only spend my money on the necessities of life. I also reinvest most of my income back into my business for my future.
I figure the only way to build a profitable business, (for me, anyway) is to reinvest most of the income I earn, back into it. This way I am building a solid income for my future and not just throwing money up the wall on the latest fancy gizmos, clothers, cars, and holidays etc.
March 10, 2008
- A 'Must Read' Digg Experiment
I thought I would let you in on a little experiment I am currently doing so you can follow my progress. I have no idea if it is going to work, but here goes…
The Goal
The main goal is to get onto the front page of http://digg.com. The secondary goal or backup plan is to generate 20 or so good quality backlinks within articles back to the blog post and site. I have read many reports about people getting onto the front page of the social bookmarking sites and having a mass of traffic, new readers, backlinks and buzz. Search engine traffic relies on you having numerous backlinks to your site and one sure fire way of achieving this is to get on the front page of digg.com
March 6, 2008
- I Just Made $6190.22 In 2 Days - How Did I Do This?
(Scroll down to see the proof) Well, if that headline didn't catch your attention and get you to this blog, then I give up! Naa.. I will never give up. I think I have some pretty informative things to talk about on this blog and I am talking from experience. I do make good money every month from my niche marketing and internet marketing activities and I want to share my ideas with you guys.
How did I make that much money in 2 days?
It wasn't the work I did on 4th March that earned me the money. It was all the hard work I put in building up my niche and list. I usually do a promotion to my lists every month or every 2 months and I only ever recommend good quality information. If you recommend rubbish, you will end up with an unresponsive list.
March 4, 2008
- Make Changes And Boost Your Income
Recently I have been working out how I can boost my monthly income from $10,000 per month to $20,000 per month. I'm about half way there at present and I know with a few small tweaks, I can hit that fantastic figure.
So what changes am I making?
Well, I haven't made all of the changes as yet. But I am in the process of doing so, and the few changes I have made so far are working wonders.
I have several other websites and niches and over the last year or so, I have been building opt-in lists. My lists vary in size from 500 to 10000 people and a few smaller ones. Each list is based on a sub niche. If I relate this to Internet Marketing, I would have lots of small separate lists that would include Google Adwords, Making money with clickbank, niche marketing, network marketing, social media marketing, etc….
February 28, 2008
- Blog Monetization Strategies
Matt Jones from Blogging Fingers has just released a new ebook which he is giving away. The ebook talks mainly about how to monetize a blog, so if you have your own blog and you are finding it difficult to make money from it, I highly recommend downloading Matts free guide.
Matt covers Niche blogs and FlagShip blogs, different forms of advertising, monetization strategies, wordpress plugins, when and where to place your adverts and a whole lot more.
All in all, I think Matt has done a great job explaining how to monetize your blog. There has been a lot written about this topic but this ebook deals with the various strategies in much more detail.
I personally like to wait at least 6 months before I start to monetize my sites, but then again I am fortunate enough to already own several highly profitable sites. If your blog or site is the only one you have then you need to think about earning money from it as soon as possible.
February 26, 2008
- Winner Vrs Loser
I just wanted to share some small sayings with you. My Dad wrote them on a bit of paper a long time ago, and gave them to me. I still have the piece of paper and look over it sometimes. Im not sure if he came up with them or if they were collected from other sources, but I wanted to thank my Dad for the phrases and the inspiration. I try to live by these.
Winner Vrs Loser
The Winner - is always part of the answer;
The Loser - is always part of the problem;The Winner - has a program;
The Loser - always has an excuse;The Winner - says "Let me do it with you"
The Loser - says "Thats not my job"The Winner - Sees an anser for every problem
The Loser - Sees a probelm for every answer
February 15, 2008
- Ready To Start Again…
Well, Im back… went away for a week in Prague and managed to not touch a computer for the whole week! I am so proud of myself
Its actually harder than you think when you work online 8-12 hours per day, there is this niggling little voice in the back of your head that says 'go on, check your emails, you know you want to..' but I had to resist!
I did think about taking my laptop with me but decided against it in the end as I wanted a nice break from everything. Once I got to the hotel, there was an Internet connection in the room with wireless in the reception area, but Im glad I resisted.
Prague is a fantastic city, very beautiful and if you live in europe or fairly close, its definately worth a visit!
February 12, 2008
- Holidays
Just a quick note to say I am back from holidays on 13th Feb. I have been away nearly a week now! So I will be continuing posting on the blog on 14th…
Catch you all soon, and thanks for reading
Gavin
February 8, 2008
- How To Stop Online Marketing Information Overload
The number one complaint from new/newer online marketers
If you are new to online marketing and have been actively searching the internet for ideas, you will no doubt enter the ‘muddled-head’ zone of INFORMATION OVERLOAD.
The reality is that information overload is a combination of three elements.
1) The new/newer Online marketer feel they need to know waaaay more than is really necessary in order to make money online.
Most people think you need to know a ton to succeed in Online marketing. You do not. In fact you don't need to know 1/10th of what you think you need to know. Unfortunately when you feel as though you do, you tend to read/buy/borrow everything under the sun.
January 24, 2008
- Tag, Title, Alt, Whats It All About?
When creating articles or blog posts for the search engines, aka Google, adding a few images, alt tags, title tags and anchor text links to your posts can be very beneficial. This not only benefits your search placements and optimization, it also benefits readers of the post and the other site or page you are linking to.
Its a win, win, win situation.
For those who dont know what alt and title tags are, let me explain.
Hover over the image below and you will see the alternative (alt) text. This helps your readers understand what the image is about, and also helps them if they have images turned off in their browser. (for faster loading pages).
Google also counts the alt tag when they index a page. This is useful when trying to rank higher for a certain keyword. Ie, use the keyword, or phrase in the title of your post, mention it in the first paragraph and last paragraph, in the alt text of an image and possibly in the title tag of a url.
January 22, 2008
- How Distracting Is The Internet?
Here is the scenario - You have your to-do list for the day (if your organised), you get up to start work at 8am, or if you work full-time, you come home from work to start your website and promotional activities. You sit down, open up your emails, open up your Instant Messenger, check your RSS feeds and favorite blogs etc and before you know it, nearly 2 hours have gone by and you haven't done anything productive!
This used to happen to me every day! I now write a list of 3 main things I need to achieve for the day. ONLY 3 things. No more, no less. I turn off my Instant Messengers, shut down my email and open up ONLY the website, folders and documents that I need. I focus on the job, until its finished. Once its done I reward myself by reading my emails. (Great reward I hear you say
- I love reading my emails and Im sure you do to - especially the ones that say 'Congratulations you have just made a new sale'!
January 21, 2008
- Enjoy The Journey
Well, last week was a very busy week for me. I am trying to implement so many things into my business to streamline the process and it takes a little while to get it all together.
I tend to start my work about 7-8am in the morning, do most of my main work through the morning/ early afternoon, take a break for a while, teach guitar for a few hrs, have my dinner, spend some time with my family and then check my emails and finish up on a few other things before bed!
I lead a balanced lifestyle which is very important! Eat well, exercise, do martial arts 5 times per week, work hard, teach guitar, help others, go out with family and keep up with my friends. Its very important to keep the balance. If your trying to make money online, it will take one hell of an effort, but you have to remember the reason why you are doing it in the first place! Its pointless making millions, but not having the health or fitness to be able to enjoy the money with.
January 12, 2008
- The Importance Of Building Relationships
Relationships are the lifeblood of any business and without them you'll either fail or have a lonely existence. Building up a relationship with someone takes time, and can take alot of work and effort. In the long term its rewarding and definately worth it.
Benefits of Relationships
1/ Friendship
2/ Joint Ventures
3/ Advice and Help
4/ Your friend might know something that you dont
5/ Inside Knowledge
6/ Link ExchangeWhy Build Relationships?
Life on the Internet without friends can be very lonely, and its great to know there are other like minded people out there who you can turn to if you need to, and Vice versa. I've always been the type of person who likes to help other people, it's in my nature and I'm glad of it. I'd hate to be someone who felt that everytime I made a new friend, I'd gone out of my way to do it. What a life that would be! I put my success online, down to building and maintaining relationships.
January 9, 2008
- Im Back…..
Hello everyone, Just to give you an update on what has been going on…
A bit of a frustrating time unfortunately after I purchased this blog. Last month I needed to transfer the site over to a new server…. we did this with a few small hicups but the template was not working correctly, the database was slightly corrupted and several of the latest posts were not backed up
After getting help from lots of people, I finally go so frustrated with the blog that I decided to start it again. A new year, a fresh start and all that.
The direction of the blog is also going to change as its now a brand new blog. This blog is going to be aimied at Internet Network Marketing. Using the Internet to leverage the power of Network Marketing and MLM business models. Working smarter, not harder.
