A Wind Of Change Is Blowing
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I haven’t had much to say on my blog for a few days but I can assure you I’ve been busy working away towards my vision of becoming established on line in my own business.
Recently, you may have been aware that I was promoting the Turbo Big Bang event. I’m not sure if you saw the event or even bought the package, but to me it was a real eye opener.
Promoting a $1000 product on line is hard work, and although I did hit Google’s number one spot for a few days before the event, I have to be honest with you and report no sales. 
However, I did actually buy the package and although I thought I was going to get most excited about ContePass, since I’m a self confessed tech junkie, I have to admit that I’ve found The Delaverian Marketing Method (TDMM) to be where my focus has been.
In fact, the TDMM is the main reason I haven’t been here posting on my blog recently. I’ve been reading and re-reading the contents.
Under the terms of the licence I cannot expose any of the content here, but needless to say, it has had a profound effect on me and on my thinking.
What has become abundantly clear to me is that I need to start to up my game plan. I also need to really begin to commit to creating my own products, and lots of them.
This is going to take a giant leap in faith on my part as product creation quite simply costs money to do correctly. That means I need to be brave enough to make the necessary investment.
I know from some success that I’ve had with my Monthly PLR site, that running your own membership site like that is time consuming and can be hard work, but, for sure, the rewards are better than just promoting someone else’s product.
Don’t get me wrong, promoting someone else’s product is a great way to get started in internet marketing, but I’m beginning to think that these promotional campaigns need to be something that is a suppliment to my main business activities.
So, there is a wind of change blowing through me at the moment, and I am about to take action.
How about you?
Have you started to take action yet?
Or are you still looking for that elusive “earn $100,000 over night miracle product”?
If you are in the traffic exchanges or safelists still trying to promote all those amazing “get rich here” programs, and are still not really seeing any commissions or sales coming your way, then maybe a wind of change needs to blow your way also.
Personally, I’ve used traffic exchanges and safelists, but not to “sell” anything. Don’t think for a moment you will generate sales directly from those two. But you may be able to generate a subscriber or two to your newsletter.
You are running a newsletter right?
You are communicating with your subscribers regularly right?
Your are building some sort of relationship there, aren’t you?
It’s only after you have a relationship that you can suggest a tip or a product and get results.
All too often I do get support tickets or emails either asking “how do I get started?” or “internet marketing sucks, it doesn’t work, it’s a big lie”.
In answer to both of these comments, I’d say, remember that “people buy from people” and, if you are starting out, you need to engage with your people. If you are fed up because you are not generating sales or commissions, again, you need to engage with your people. If you really feel that internet marketing sucks, it’s a big lie or it doesn’t work, then maybe it’s because you are not engaging with your people.
As I said before, placing an advertisement in a safelist or traffic exchange will not directly get you sales. You won’t engage with your people there. They are just like you, they are just looking to click away onto the next message or website to boost their points in those systems.
By all means use safelists and traffic exchanges, but only use “squeeze pages” there. Make an irresistible offer and have new people opt into your newsletter. From then on, you can engage with them, treat them well and generate your sales and commissions.
My plan is set, my wind of change is blowing. I’m going to become a product producer.
My questions to you are: Do you have a plan? Are you actioning that plan? What help do you need?
If you’d like more information on getting started, squeeze pages, forming a plan or anything else please let me know by leaving a comment.
By asking me the questions, you may even help me become a product producer!
What Do You Want From Me?
Today, I was chatting with one of my subscribers who has fast become one of my on line friends. It all started with Facebook, and from there I could see Andrew Witherspoon was keen to do something for the community of newer internet marketers that arrive on line every day.
I offered some help by setting up a free membership site to help in Andrew’s quest. Over the next couple of weeks or so, we hooked up through Yahoo messenger and went on to solve a few teething problems in getting the site to do what we wanted it to do. The site is now ready, but it still remains a bit of a secret. 
Having chatted with a fellow marketer, who is in a similar situation to the majority of us that have decided that there is a way to honestly make a living from the internet, we were inspired by some of our discussions around what new marketers are really looking for.
Most are looking for free information, and that’s fine – the internet is full of that. You’ve just got to find it!
A few are looking to get through the initial stages of getting started quickly and are willing to invest time AND money to gain that knowledge.
Either way, most soon realize that there is so much to this subject, it’s very easy to become confused and bewildered.
Part of our most recent conversation inspired this post, and ultimately prompted me to ask you, if you are reading my blog – what do you want from me?
I do have experience that I can share with you, but I need to know what you most want to know about.
Could it be…?
- How Do I Set Up A Website?
- How Do I Get My Website Hosted?
- How Do I Get Traffic To My Site?
- Why Should I Be Interested In Building A Mailing List?
- How Do I Build That List?
- What Should I Not Do When List Building?
- What Is Affiliate Marketing?
- How Do I Get Started With Affiliate Marketing?
- How Do I Get Traffic To My Affiliate Links?
- How Do I Produce My Own Product?
- How Do I Deliver My Products To My Customers?
To get answers, you need to ask the question first. I’ve no idea what your most pressing issue is. It may be none of the above. It may be all of the above.
I’d never claim to be any sort of “guru” on any of these subjects, but I’m willing to at least share my experience, and as the old saying goes, ” a problem shared is a problem halved.”
All I can ask you is to ask me.
Please take a couple of minutes to express your opinions below.
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Stop Procrastinating use 7 Simple Steps
Are you a victim of laziness, a root cause of procrastination? Do you often suffer because of what you initially considered as easy has turned difficult with the loss of time, and what appeared hard, due to further delay, has become impossible now?
However, you must realize that you will experience true comfort, if you get rid of your laziness by shaking yourself up into action. You may draw comfort from the fact that you are in the company of many that are affected by procrastination. Like many others, you can indeed stop procrastinating and start meeting deadlines, by following a few simple steps that teach you effective time management.
1. Plan your daily must-do activities. Draw up a to-do list; preferably, write it down on paper; or, use a computer if you prefer.
2. Prioritize the activities, if there are urgent things to do, but not important enough to be worried about if not done, put them below the important ones. The more important ones taking precedence over the less important. The idea is based on the established principle that 80% of rewards accrue from 20% of effort directed towards accomplishing important work.
3. Estimate the time required for each of the listed activities after analyzing their complexity. Avoid overestimation, for that may leave some activities without enough time. Avoid underestimation, as you may not have enough time to do well a particular piece of work. Similarly, a realistic budgeting of time is necessary. Time allocation is a skill that is acquired with experience. So keep reviewing, and revising your time schedule as you progress.
4. Organize your life. Remember lack of discipline causes confusion, even chaos, in your life. Avoid sloppiness. For instance, leave your personal belongings of daily use, like your glasses, your clothing, your computer etc., in the same place. It eats into your time when you can’t find something you need right now. If you stay organized, you will avoid wasting your precious time and leave more time for the actual work. Apply the principle of doing work first and then taking time for pleasure and relaxation. Reverse the order only at the pain of falling prey to procrastination. You can get time for rest and relaxation if you are efficient in doing your assigned work.
5. Start working bit by bit. You may see a mountain at first, but mountains can be moved, especially if you begin by moving just a small stone from it. You know you cannot move the entire mountain all at once. Do not be overwhelmed by the immensity of the task before you. That will put you off. In addition, you will put off the task for another day, which will never come. Just begin by taking one small step and you will invariably reach your destination.
6. Remember procrastination grows into a habit by the minute. Begin your day by launching yourself head first into the most important job waiting to be done. Do the simple things first early in the day.
7. Learn and practice suitable mental relaxation techniques, such as meditation. Learn to cope with anxiety, depression, stress and other similar conditions of the mind related to your problems in life. Keep yourself fit, not just physically but mentally as well.
My Twittering On 2008-05-17…
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