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Online Marketing Promotion: Relax into Online Success
Posted by: | CommentsHave you ever pushed yourself to the point of being burnt out? I have experienced this two times this year. It “ain’t a good feeling, let me tell you. It feels like you are running in a wide open field and then a wall appears that you can’t go over, under, or through. What do you do at that point? Do you just quit? How do you handle it? If you are getting into internet marketing or already in it, there is a constant influx of information and things to do. At any given time, there are emails to write, blog posts to write, and constant learning. How do you do it all with your other “life” and keep your sanity? I haven’t been doing such a good job with this and it caught up with me.
If you are anything like me, you want your situation to change quickly… most of us do. I had to realize that my present situation didn’t happen over night, but I wanted it to change like it did. Doesn’t make much sense, huh? This led to my constant working to achieve my goals and my eventual burn out. I had to understand this to move forward and I am willing to bet there are more of you who are exactly like me. I refer to myself as a “driver” or the “energizer bunny” because I will keep going and going until my goal is achieved. I guess many people are like this, but it has some consequences to it. What are those? How about feeling like you are on a schedule all the time? Have you ever been sitting at the beach and thinking to yourself, “I really need to finish this Aweber email list”? You can’t relax because you are thinking about the next thing you want to get done!
R- E- L-A-X! Learn to do this. If you look at the best IMERS out there, these guys work hard but they also play hard. I was under the impression that achieving a goal meant constant work. There is work involved, but it shouldn’t be constant. You have to learn to play! I didn’t know this until my “life coach” pointed it out to me. She told me “being able to relax, is a part of success”. I guess this is true because I have seen lots of people that don’t seem to enjoy their success because they are always thinking about the next thing they need to do. I guess the moral of the story here is there will always be work, but when you are on the beach, be on the beach.
Hey… if you have been thinking about hiring a life coach let me recommend mine. She has been very instrumental in helping me with various issues involving my business. You can check Sue out down below. Tell her I sent you. I can’t believe I gave a referral without a commission (smile)… some affiliate marketer I am!
Darren McDuffie
“Internet Marketer”
“Who says Jocks aren’t smart?”
Online Marketing Promotion: Web Design made Easy
Posted by: | CommentsCan you put together your own website? I agonized over this a couple of months ago. I didn’t know how I was going to do it, as website design was not my forte. I am not a programmer and don’t know dreamweaver or any other programming language to get a good quality website up and running. I thought about hiring someone to do it, but when you are first starting out with internet marketing, cash can be an issue. It is for me! You could always outsource web design, but for a good design you are still going to pay some money to get it done. I had an idea to design my site on my own, but how do I do it?
I remember searching through the Warrior Forum and reading where someone started a membership site from the WordPress platform. Hmmm… that was years ago! I wondered if there was something new and updated which would make it easier for me to design my own site with minimal work. I knew I wasn’t going to pay someone to design my site and then an idea hit me… I would use my Flexx theme to design my web site! I like the Flexx theme from Ithemes and have constructed several blogs from that theme so I thought, “why not?” I started to dig into the Flexx theme some more and I had one little problem… I wasn’t able to take the date post out of the blog format. I immediately jumped on the ithemes forum to find out how I could remove the date post. I received the answer from the forum real quick. This is one of the things I really like about the guys at Ithemes, they will help you resolve any issues you are having fast. I got an answer to the question very quickly, but it involved changing the CSS within WordPress. I wasn’t to confident in changing the CSS, so I thought my dream of designing my own site was down the drain. But…my mom use to tell me,”where there is a will, there is a way” and lo and behold I found the way!
I bought my Flexx theme last year and had not visited the Ithemes site since that time. I am glad I decided to visit it, because I discovered the Itheme builder. Builder allows you create websites using the WordPress platform in minutes. I am not a web designer and I was able to put up a website in minutes . If you can put up a blog, you can do a web site using Itheme’s builder the same way! I watched the tutorial and within minutes I already had the hang of it and was on my way to finishing my first website. Ithemes builder runs about 127.00, but it will pay for itself, over and over again. I hope you will give Ithemes builder a try! I am not getting any affiliate commission for this and truly believe in the product.
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Seize the Day,
Darren McDuffie
“Who says Jocks aren’t Smart?”
Online Marketing Promotion: FaceBook “likes” Me
Posted by: | CommentsI hope everyone has a blog up or you are at least getting a blog. I thought I would drop a quick little tip for you to get you a little bit more exposure for your blog. Do you have a Facebook page? If you don’t, you have been living under a rock and it is time to come from under it, my friend. Social Media is the biggest thing around for you to pick up some “cheap traffic” as I like to call it. You can put your link on your Facebook page and watch people “flock” to your blog in a matter of minutes. Its a very good way to get your blog noticed especially if you are just starting out.
So… I was gracious enough to have a very special someone send me a WordPress Plugin for Facebook. What does it do? Well, on FB there is a “like” button. For instance, if I posted something you “like” you can hit the button and it displays on your profile. Are you still with me? If you add the WP plugin for FB then the “like” button will display on your blog post and for those people who like it, they can hit the button and it will display directly to there profile. How does that help you? Think about it… TRAFFIC! Remember… you are only as good as the visitors coming to your site. See the link below to get the plugin
http://www.neo1seo.com/2010/04/facebook-universal-like-button-wp-plugin/
Seize the day,
Darren McDuffie
“Who Says Jocks aren’t Smart”
Online Marketing Promotion: The Super Affiliate Handbook
Posted by: | CommentsI am fired up about ClickBank after making my first sale! I told everyone about my first sale and my first celebration, and then it hit me. I don’t know that much about affiliate selling other than from Alex Jeffrey’s triple threat affiliate classes. How could I build upon the knowledge I got from Alex’s class? What could I do? Well, I happened to come across Garry Parkes blog a while back, and I found the answer. Garry is Alex Jeffreys’ right hand man and often has some great input to Alex’s teachings. I happened to visit Garry’s blog and it hit me like a ton of bricks. Garry always posts some recommended reading for Internet Marketers on his blog. The book he recommended at the time was “The Super Affiliate Handbook” by Rosalind Gardner. I had seen this book on several occasions back when I was “dabbing” in online marketing. It never occurred to me that maybe I should read it. Isn’t it funny, how things come around sometimes? Well, I decided to buy a copy and it has opened my eyes to all types of possibilities on making money through affiliate marketing.
The Super Affiliate Handbook, was written by Rosalind Gardner. Rosalind was an air traffic controller and hated her job. Sound familiar? She wanted to have more free time, so she became an affiliate for a dating site and quickly started to make money. She then started to become an affiliate for other products and before she knew it she was making 400k selling other peoples products! Sounds easy, huh? Well, it isn’t that easy and this book does a great job of laying the foundation to affiliate marketing success. If you want to be a successful affiliate marketer this is a “must” read. I highly recommend you read it! Pick it up below. Enjoy!!!
Seize the day,
Darren McDuffie
Internet Marketer
“Who Says Jocks aren’t Smart?”
Online Marketing Promotion: ClickBank
Posted by: | CommentsI made my first money online this past weekend. I almost jumped through the roof. It was a product I was really passionate about and I am glad it sold. Since I made the sale through ClickBank, I wanted to give you a great video talking about it. Enjoy the video and sign up for a ClickBank Affiliate account if you haven’t already. Seize the day!!
Darren McDuffie
Internet Marketer
“Who says Jocks aren’t Smart?”
