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A New Year’s Resolution

Thanks for stopping by my blog.  I am currently going through some major health issues.  These circumstances will be commanding my attention for the next several months.  While I will check in here from time to time, I will not be able to regularly contribute as I have done in the past.

My New Year’s Resolution is to kick Cancer’s ass! I plan to eventually return stronger than ever before.  Until then, I may be slow in returning emails or responding here.

What’s your New Year’s Resolution?  Leave a comment below and let me know how you plan to make 2011 your best year ever!

Best wishes.

Real Time HTML Editor Free Web Tool

This Real Time HTML Editor is a Free Web Tool that I use all the time.  In fact, after using it this afternoon, I decided to shoot this quick video to share it with you.

Take a look …

Click Here to give it a try: http://htmledit.squarefree.com/

Be sure to Bookmark the Real Time HTML Editor, so you can quickly return there and use it over and over, like I do.

This is another Free Web Tool I wanted to share with you. Let me know if you have something to share with me, ok?

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OMG, I Love It!

Have you ever heard of Omgili.com?  The name itself is an acronym for Oh My God I Love It! Which is sort of the reaction you will have when you first use this powerful resource.  Simply put, it’s a free, custom search engine which searches forums and discussion boards for your niche related keywords.

As you know, a forum is a great place to find out what questions and concerns people have within your niche.  People are literally telling you their specific questions and concerns, and also their relating their experiences (either positive or negative).  In seconds, you will have tons of consumer driven feedback regarding your niche market at your fingertips!

Omgili.com searches forums that are question and answer driven, and provides insight on consumer opinions, raging debates, ongoing discussions, personal experiences, and of course, answers to relevant questions.

Here’s an example:  You are building a campaign in the bird feeder niche.  In just a few seconds, you can discover what people around the world are saying about bird feeders, right now at this moment.  You may discover that nobody is looking for the type that hangs freely, but everybody loves the type that permanently mounts to a solid structure.  Which type of bird feeder would you promote, now that you know this?  Or maybe there is one type of seed that everybody just raves about, while another type is ridiculed in the forums.  Again, which type of seed would you rather sell?

Obviously, I don’t know anything about bird feeders, but I do know something about market research.  In a few minutes time, I’ve determined which type of feeder and what type of seed to market to my niche.  Equally important, I now know what type NOT to promote.  Imagine the time and energy I have just saved, not to mention the frustration!

By the way, in this example, I just uncovered the active forums and group discussions within my niche!  What’s the big deal about that?  Hint:  this is where my customers are hanging out already!

Omgili.com is also multilingual, and not limited to English speaking forums.  Therefore, your search results include feedback from a global community.  This is incredibly helpful as not every country or region experiences the same likes and dislikes for a given product/service.

It’s important to use more than one phrase when searching Omgili.com in order to get more complete results.  You could enter one search for “making money online”, then another search for “how to make money online”.  Use as many different combinations as you can, to generate as many results as possible.

Another cool resource is the Google@Omgili search feature.  This is a customized mashup between Google’s traditional search results and Omgili.com, and really helps to zero in on your niche market.  The Google search results are presented in the traditional way, with a “cloud” in the left margin that contains the Omgili.com results as well.

In one step, you have now searched Google PLUS determined if there is any current “social buzz” surrounding your search phrase (keyword).  Social buzz meaning any related content from blogs, newsgroups, video sharing sites, forums, discussion boards, Q & A websites, review sites, etc.  All of this is delivered on a silver platter in seconds!

Check Them Out:

Omgili.com Search Engine

Google@Omgili Custom Search Engine

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HostGator Announces Cyber Monday

HostGator has just announced their Cyber Monday promotion.  This past weekend has been a holiday for most of us here in the U.S.  HostGator conducted their largest sales promotion EVER over the holiday.  But, you already knew that!  How could you miss it?  It was everywhere!

In fact, their Black Friday promotion was such a huge success, HostGator experienced both record Number of Sales and record Revenue for a single day.  According to officials, the promotion “far exceeded our expectations!”

The promotion allows you the opportunity to get HostGator’s Award Winning web hosting services at Half Price!  That’s 50% off ALL of their hosting packages including Shared Hosting, Reseller Hosting, VPS Hosting and even Dedicated Servers!

This promotion will run Monday, November 29th from 12:00AM – to 11:59PM CST (-6 GMT).  To take advantage of this offer, use this coupon code:

CYBERMONDAY2010

The discount is applied to your first invoice.  So if you sign up for 1 month or 3 years, or any length of time in between, you will pay half price for that contract length.

Visit HostGator Now

About HostGator:  Since its establishment in 2002, HostGator has been a world-leading provider of web hosting service. Although their office is in Houston, Texas, they provide top-notch service to clients from over 200 countries internationally with their staff of over 400 employees. They offer Shared, Reseller, VPS, and Dedicated server packages for both beginners and professionals alike. Each of their shared Web Hosting plans includes 24/7/365 support, a 99.9% uptime guarantee, and a 45-day money-back guarantee.

Auction Gold Rush Secrets

Here is a great way to make some money – right now!  It’s a hybrid of online and offline methods that works wonderfully.  It’s called Auction Gold Rush Secrets.  But before telling  you what it’s all about, here’s why you might want to continue reading.

Auction Gold Rush Secrets will show you the simplest and easiest way that you can start to make money RIGHT NOW!

If you need to, go back and read that again.  This is a very, very specific system that does not require a lot of decision making on your part.  In other words, the first question everyone usually asks is “what will I sell?”  There will be absolutely no question in your mind what to sell, along with how, when, where, and why to sell it too.

What: these are little “gold nuggets” that people throw away everyday.
How: you will invite bids for these items, and sell to the highest bidder.
When: you can get started today, and profit this week.
Where: find where the buyers for these items hang out.
Why: it always works!  No one can corner this market.

The author, Wanyne Stanila, has been an entrepreneur for over 40 years and draws on his own personal experience.  He actually stumbled upon this method himself.  So this is not some re-hashed PLR material whatsoever.  This is his own personally developed method he has only shared with a few close friends – until now!

To be clear, this IS NOT some million dollar, overnight money maker.  This is a very practical, sensible business model for making some decent money on a regular basis, he averages between $600 and $1000 per week.  From his own admission, this is one of his favorite money making methods.

This is a fantastic way to get your business off the ground, put some money in your PayPal account, and never have to look back.

Instead of going on and on about it, just go check it out:

Auction Gold Rush Secrets

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FREE Online Graphics Creator

I would like to share with you a FREE Online Graphics Creator provided by Mark Hess.  He has a great video I borrowed from the site, and posted below:

Have you ever wished you could create your own high quality web graphics?  Wouldn’t it be nice if you could whip up your own Buy Now Buttons, Money Back Guarantees, and Salespage Headlines, etc.?

Typically, if you don’t pay a professional to create graphics for you, you are left with either sloppy, amateurish looking graphics or no graphics at all.  Of course, you could learn to master Photoshop or some other intense graphics program, if you have the time.  But who does?

Or, you could visit Online Graphic Creator and realize just how easy it is to get high quality, professional results from a web based program.  That’s right, there’s nothing to download.  Just click on “Launch The Wizard Now” from the main page, that’s it, you’re up and running.

So there’s no opt-in or registration required.  You just visit his site and start using the program immediately.

On the page you will find an offer for another product called eCover Creator.  I use this product as well, and I recommend you pick it up for whatever price he is currently charging.  The last time I checked he had lowered the price to under $10.

If you order an eCover from a professional, you are looking at paying at least twice that amount for one cover.  So, imagine producing an unlimited number of professional looking covers yourself, for one single payment of $10!

Mark is known in the Internet Marketing world for (over) delivering on his promises, and he only provides the highest quality, most actionable content.  He is giving you a FREE Online Graphic Creator to use and offering you a killer software for under ten bucks!  Go check it out:

FREE Online Graphics Creator

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23 Lessons From A $250K IM Education

This is an excerpt from a great blog post I found recently on the Ricky Breslin blog.  Nearly everyone begins their IM journey spending too much money trying to educate themselves.  Maybe you can relate?  Well Ricky has gone a step further and recorded 23 lessons he learned from his incredibly expensive education.  Enjoy.

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Let me answer this question very bluntly. After $250,000 of Internet marketing education, consulting with CEO’s, doctors, marketing professionals, lawyers, and making a full-time living online myself, I offer the following advice…

1. You’re probably much smarter than you think. Most people have no idea what you know.

2. Wisdom has nothing to do with time. There are 85-year-old idiots. Time doesn’t make you smart; study, working hard, implementation, and experience do. Never be discouraged by age – yours or someone else’s.

3. There are more scam artists online than you think. Be skeptical – a lot of people are faking success online.

4. Be careful what you study when it comes to marketing, copywriting, conversion, etc. You can waste a lot of time on “information.” Know that action normally trumps education, but I highly recommend getting some education before you create an action plan. Most people go head-first into stuff they have no clue about it, and the action they do take is almost worthless.

5. Only build relationships with people of integrity. The majority of online marketers are willing to whore themselves out and be associated with anyone as long as it makes them money. I see this every day. Integrity is so important.

6. Be yourself. I think the biggest reason people fail online is because they aren’t doing what they truly love. Some people love the marketing process, like me, and that’s fine – do that. I personally could sell washers and dryers, I just love selling, design, conversion, building, creating, etc. Some people have to actually sell something they love, and those people should stick with that. You will never make it long-term in this business if you don’t wake up hungry, ready to make things happen.

7. You must distinguish between what matters and what doesn’t matter. Decisiveness is a quality you must develop. Think, then decide quickly. Time doesn’t create better decisions, unless the decision requires more information. If the decision doesn’t require more information, make the decision fast, be confident in your decision; then, move on and forget about it. Don’t worry if you made the wrong decision.

8. Learn to ask great questions. I recommend when you are speaking to anybody that you think of great questions and ask them. It shows humility, and you’d be surprised at how much people will open up to you. Be willing to learn. Labor for the right questions, and ask a lot of them.

9. Determine to live your life on deadlines. Most people don’t, but you must. When I start doing business with a new person, I always let them know how I do business, and they’re always surprised. I let them know that I put everything in my Outlook calendar with a deadline, and then forget about it. This does 3 things. First, it allows me to forget about the project, freeing my brain from more information. Second, it establishes my expectation of the person who’s working for me. And third, it allows me to figure out who is dependable.

10. Be teachable. I still read a lot. I do so to stay fresh and on top of my game. Don’t ever think you know it all. Continue to search for tactics and techniques that can help your business, but be more obsessed with implementing what you learn so you can test it for yourself.

11. If you’re going to follow someone’s teachings, make sure that they are making money with the same things they teach. This can be very hard; I’ve been through many “teachers” and spent a lot of wasted money, and most of the time I just keep coming back to the basics or a book from back in the day.

12. Build your “team” early. Find your graphic designer, webmaster, etc. early. Pay them what they ask, pay early or on time, and be faithful. These people will play a very important role in your success. I went through about 15 graphic designers before I found the person I’m with now. And I’m not afraid to send that person business either. Never be afraid to share the wealth.

13. Recognize your weaknesses. I am not skilled at webmaster-type work such as CSS, HTML, etc. It stresses me out and it frustrates me. But what would be even worse is if I tried to fight that weakness on a daily basis, tried to excel at something I’m not gifted at, and become even more stressed and unhappy doing that sort of thing. Recognize your weakness and outsource it.

14. When starting out, I recommend a 50% education vs. 50% action model. As you start becoming more successful online, I’d recommend moving to a 30% education vs. 70% action model.

15. Start to value testing. I recommend that you stick with A/B split testing. It’s so easy, and anybody can do it. You will probably get discouraged, as most do, if you start with multivariate testing, learning about different compressions and algorithms, etc. Just stick with A/B testing and do it consistently.

16. Become a person of extreme consistency. You win at this game by doing it every day. Don’t stop. Go, go, go, go, go. You’re looking for longevity in the game. When you do something and it works, the next thing you have to ask yourself is if you can outsource the task and scale it. If you can, write up a procedure or record a video so you can train someone to do it. But most people will work really hard for 2 to 3 weeks and get burned out. Don’t let this be you. It’s all about consistency, day in and day out.

17. Understand that making money online is a learned skill, nobody is born with it. I know people who are stumbling and fumbling all over the place, bringing in a few million bucks online. Frankly, they are not that great as marketers, copywriters, or tech people. They just execute on the basics, day-in and day-out, and work hard.

18. Pick an Internet business model you’re comfortable with and do it. Don’t try to be a “guru” if you’re an introvert. Don’t create your own products if what you really want to be an affiliate. Don’t worry about what other people say is the best model. There is no “best” model. The best model is the model that lines up with the type of life you want to create for yourself. I personally think one of the better models is creating your own products because you have full control of every part of the sales process.

19. Commit to execute daily on the basics. Most people are into tricks and schemes. Sure, tricks and schemes can and do work, but while you’re executing the tips and tricks, never neglect the basics, and make sure to hammer on them almost daily.

20. Think of your online business as a constant work-in-progress. Understand that you’re never “there.” Once you think you get “there,” there will be something else you want achieve and do, and it will feel like you’re starting all over again. Embrace the process.

21. Commit to learn about design. It doesn’t take long – read a few books, learn about typography, etc. Your design affects your conversion, which affects your bank account. Don’t neglect the importance of design. You don’t have to be an expert, but do try to understand it.

22. Spend more time researching your competition. You can reverse engineer your competion when it comes to selling processes, link building, etc. Spend more time on this, and you’ll never go wrong.

23. Find people who have achieved what you want to achieve, and be humble enough to search them out and talk to them. Make sure they are making money outside of “coaching”. If they say they are in a lot of different markets, don’t believe them, make them show you a few to verify. Most coaches don’t make money in real businesses, their business is coaching. I try to avoid that type of coach.

I could keep typing a lot more of these lessons learned and words of advice, but I want to keep this blog post to under 2,000 words and it’s getting a bit long winded .

Original Blog Post: http://www.rickybreslin.com/blog/23-things-i-learned-from-a-250000-internet-marketing-education/

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There’s little doubt Ricky knows what he’s talking about, right?  You can tell he has been to the “School of Hard Knocks” and is willing to share knowledge.  His 23 Things I Learned From A $250,000 Internet Marketing Education is a great guideline for all Internet Marketers, regardless of experience level.

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Working eBusiness Models

Are you like so many aspiring Internet Marketers, are you struggling to make money online?  How would you like an honest, genuine way of making money online without having to spend an absolute fortune?  Take a look at Working eBusiness Models.

You see, the best way to make it is to have a proven, working business model. Unfortunately, if you were to buy one of the seemingly endless courses out there, they won’t show you models that actually work.  Instead, you are most likely going to get a 20+ page eBook which goes on about some generic business model, rehashed for the 100th time. You know the one, right?  Well maybe you’re ready for something fresh, new and proven effective?

You probably have read your fair share of “How to Make Money Online” eBooks.  The thing about many of these is that they paint an unrealistic picture of how easy it will be to make your fortune.  It sounds like while you are laying around on the beach, your new (unproven) money making system will be putting thousands of dollars each day into your bank account on complete autopilot.  Right?  There is no end to the promises being made by various Internet Marketing products out there.  It’s crazy!

Here’s what is so refreshing about Working eBusiness Models, it makes no such promises!  Of course, you will have to put some work into it,  and you won’t be making $50 per day in the first week.  The author, Vova Sirotin, is a super straight up guy.  He reminds you that $50/day is achievable, but most importantly, you need a proven business model to follow.   Otherwise you will end up with information overload, get distracted, and before you know, find yourself back at square one.  Do you know this feeling?

If you decide to invest in this ebook you will have a huge head start over anyone who wants to make money online, because by following your personal business model you will be building your business the right way.  You can choose a model which appeals to you and you won’t be wasting your time trying system after system.  If you are serious about starting an online business and want to make money online, this is the right product for you.

Why waste your time, money and effort trying to discover a business model that works for you?  The author of Working eBusiness Models has done all the testing and all the research for you.  All you need to do is to choose one from the 7 “Bullet Proof” Working eBusiness Models and finally start making money online!

Go check out Working eBusiness Models for yourself here:

Working eBusiness Models

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What You Need To Know

So you want to be a successful Internet Marketer, right?  Well here’s What You Need To Know.  A highly respected member of the Warrior Forum, Paul Myers has released a Free 112 page ebook titled What You Need To Know.

Before you click away in anticipation of my sales pitch, check this out.

Who is Paul Myers and why would I recommend his content?  First, Paul has been making his living online for 15 years.  Stop and think about that, 15 years.  He’s put the most important lessons he’s learned during that time into this book, and he’s giving it away for free when you sign up for his newsletter – TalkBiz News.

Paul is one of the most respected and highly regarded members of the Warrior Forum.  If you go there right now and ask anybody about Paul, I am confident you will receive 100% positive feedback.

How did he get such a reputation?  Not from being an arrogant, aggressive jerk, that’s for sure.  He is actually incredibly generous in everything he does.  He has a very unique style that engages the reader, while his content itself is pure gold.

This is the equivalent of sitting down with Sam Walton (a few years back) and asking him “How should I go about setting up a chain of retail stores, any ideas?”  Do you think Mr. Walton would have some ideas?  Would you be interested in his opinions?

Well now’s your chance!  You can “sit down” with Paul and find out exactly what it takes, and how to do it!

While you will learn a ton about positioning, massive leverage, and implementing seamless systems, Paul reminds you to have fun!  You will find chapters titled “Revenge of the Psycho-Billy Cadillac”, “Of Wombats and Men”, and “The World is Your Playground”.  You will love these chapters, as they offer perspective and insight that only comes from Paul’s experience.

Instead of continuing to listen to me, just go get a copy here:

What You Need To Know

Even if you can only read a chapter or two, you’ll be glad you did!

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Quality Over Quantity Every Time

I’m sure you’ve heard the expression Quality Over Quantity, right?  Well, it’s more true today than ever before!  In the Internet Marketing arena, you can easily find yourself drowning in a sea of information.  Some of it is awesome, while the rest can be low quality, re-hashed material.  But, especially when you are starting out, it’s hard to tell the difference between the two.

This past weekend, I had the chance to get away.  There are some spectacular waterfalls within a few hours of where I live.  This picture was taken along the trail to the falls, before I was completely out of breath!  It was great, but it put me a few days behind on my blog.  So I felt the need to get something posted and get it “caught up”.  It’s tempting to just throw anything together and post it, for the sake of posting.  But I want to bring Quality to the table.  I want people to expect quality from me.  And there’s only one way to accomplish that – provide quality content.

My blog is one example, but like many of you, I have several projects competing for my attention.  Again, it’s easy to just throw any old content up there, but it’s Quality people want.  So, I’m kind of taking my time, making sure the content that bears my name is my best effort.

Will you do me a favor?  If I start to slip, and just start pushing anything out the door, will you let me know?  Will you keep me in check?

If you are ever tempted to publish something for the sake of  publishing it, stop and ask yourself this question.  Am I proud of it? If you are proud of your content, publish it.  However, if you have any doubt whatsoever, please resist the temptation.

We have way too much junk to sift through as it is, we don’t need any more.  Remember, it’s Quality Over Quantity Every Time!

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