Social Media and Making it Work for You 11 comments

I just watched this super video that explains how to use Social Media the proper way in a fashion anyone can understand. I understood the concepts before viewing this but it all clicked for me as I watched it…hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

Learn How To Do Video Like The Pros 4 comments

My buddy JoshBartlett is about to release his new course on video producing “VideoMarketingClassroom.com“. He’s having a little contest giving away a BRAND NEW Flip Mini HD camcorder along with a mystery prize. So head to “VideoMarketingClassroom.com” for more info on the course and how to sign-up for the contest.

Outsourcing Your Work 15 comments

I touched on outsourcing in my previous post but more on my current experiences with as opposed to why one should use it. In my business as an electrical contractor I used it a lot as it was readily apparent to me that it was cheaper and more beneficial to pay someone else to do certain tasks. When you think about it even my employees would be considered outsourcing.

Bumps in the Road on my Trip with Alex Jeffreys 7 comments

The week started out  well with me actually managing to put a reasonable plan forth and set some goals to reach. Unfortunately, the best laid plans of aspiring Internet Marketers don’t always work out. The transfer of my website took longer then expected and, as a result, I’ll probably only be doing this one post instead of the two minimum I had planned. When it finally did get transferred over FireFox crapped out on me and I had to mess with it. Tried Google Chrome to see if it might be a viable replacement but nuked it right quick. It’s a way too limited for my tastes and needs. I then moved on to IE to see if there was any improvements but there wasn’t so I decided to spend some time to get FireFox back the way it should be. That ended up in me uninstalling all of it and reinstalling. Unless, I’m going blind, which is entirely possible, there’s no longer an option in FireFox to clear your cache which I think is where the problem was as I flushed all of my cookies and that didn’t solve the problem. But it’s back up and running until the next time this happens which seems to be all too frequently.

OOPS! 3 comments

It seems that in transferring to a new server some of the comments have been lost. So, if a comment you’ve made here as disappeared that’s why. It’s not because it was deleted.

“Never say “Oops” in the operating room” – Authour Unknown

Which AutoResponder Does One Choose? 12 comments

There’s a myriad of AutoResponder companies out there so which is the best one and what should you be looking for in one?  First, consider this statement…THE MONEY IS IN THE LIST…unless you are very new to Internet Marketing you’ve heard that statement before, probably several times. Stop and think about that for a minute…THE MONEY IS IN THE LIST. If that’s the case, and it is, then that would place your AutoResponder at the top of the list of business tools and resources would it not? If your mailing list is what is going to make you your income why would you settle for second best especially just to save a few dollars.

Who’s Accountable? 8 comments

There’s been some talk on the forums, of late, about accountability. It started with Alex Jeffreys posting that we should all be posting our plans etc. as he feels doing so will greatly add to one’s success. We also saw a post referring to Alex Jeffreys having an accountability partner and suggesting we use the forums to find our own partners. Great tools and ideas, especially when you see posts like those from Matthew Wolfe who posts his journal in great detail and I’m sure is a great benefit to the other students. Posting personal journals, however, isn’t for everyone and I don’t think people should feel obliged to do so. The main issue here, I feel, is ACCOUNTABILITY and how one goes about it. If you want to succeed you need to be accountable to yourself both in your personal life and in your business. It can be hard in any business but considerably more in anything related to the Internet as there’s so many distractions. We’ve all succumbed to working away on something and then… WHAM, SHINIES!! …and off we go on some tangent and work flies out the window. If we don’t hold ourselves accountable the shinies will win everytime.

Where’s the Time Go? 5 comments

I’ve put up several blogs yet it’s amazing how much time can be chewed up on every new install. It starts with choosing a theme… can we say kids in a candy shop?… then plugins, widgets, tweaking and so forth. Hours go by and all people see when they drop by is… “Hello World”… as you haven’t even had the time to make a post. There’s no way to really prevent this, every new site is different and has it’s own little quirks, but there’s one thing that can be done to save some time. Create a folder with all of your files related to your websites. Plugins, graphics, themes, etc. Create sub-folders for each site for it’s files. Yes, there will be duplicates but it beats going through folders trying to find them. When it comes time to do another site you can upload all of your plugins from one folder instead of looking them up everytime. That is itself saves a good chunk of time. If you can stick to themes with the same layout, always using two columns for example, that can help also as you’re not fiddling around trying to make things work like you’re used to. The big thing is planning though which brings me to the first module in “Marketing with Alex”…

So it Begins 4 comments

Amazing what clicking on one link can result in. Headed off to check this eBook called “Newbies Nightmare” by some dude called Alex Jeffreys. Several free eBooks read and videos watched finds me enrolled in “Marketing with Alex” and me with a mentor. Reading this you might think that I’m the sort of person who falls for all the hype and buys every latest scheme. Actually, it’s quite the opposite. I have a very good nose for BS and hype sends me screaming in the opposite direction. I’ve spent less then $300 to date on my fledgling Internet Marketing business, save for hosting and autoresponder, so I’m hardly a spendthrift.