I had a call witn my mentor Dean Holland last Thursday and I got a very inspirational message for him. He said to hang in there and the sales will come. Many of the people in my class are starting to build their lists including me. It is any exciting time to see this happening as it seemed far away a couple of months ago. I never thought I would have a blog or even know what a C Panel is much less purchasing domains for other sites. Its an exciting time and I am glad I decided to begin this journey. When are you going to start yours?

Darren McDuffie
“Internet Marketer”
Who says jocks aren’t smart?

Things are getting back in the swing as 2010 has rung in loud and clear! I know many of us have resolutions and for the most part some probably have broken them already, have you broken yours? I don’t want to sound too negative, so I am going to hope that most of us are still on our “A” game and are sticking to them. Did you ever notice that most people make resolutions for the easy stuff, but few if any make resolutions on the hard stuff they want to change. Why is that?

I firmly believe that most of us finish before we start. Huh…. what am I saying? It means we talk ourselves out of the big stuff in our minds before we start it so we don’t have to deal with failure. Do you know what I am talking about? I’ll use myself as an example. A couple of years ago, I bought a well known real estate course because I wanted to finally make some money and fire my boss. I got the course and read through it, and it seemed simple enough, but something strange happened as I got deeper in the course. I began to listen to my own self talk and halfway through the course, I quit!!!! I didn’t give myself  a chance to experience failure because I was too scared to  put my plan into action.

There are some of you who might be reading this and are hesitant to get into Internet Marketing. I urge you tp put your plan into action, right now! Don’t finish before you start. Everyone has to start somewhere and who knows… you may just become successful.

Darren McDuffie

” Who says Jocks aren’t Smart”?

The only thing constant in life is change. I use to resist change but now I invite it in and welcome it to sit down. If you are going to be in Internet Marketing, you’ll need to adapt and change because things move pretty rapidly. I started exploring IM about 2 years ago and wow… have things change drastically since that time! Change is good believe it or not because change represents progression and if you plan on moving forward in IM you’ll need to progress. I have progressed and grown in leaps and bounds in a period of about three months. I knew nothing about blogging and now I have two blogs with various plugins,etc.

Blogging is fun and I am constantly looking for ways to “tweak” my blog and make it better. I happened to stumble upon something I didn’t think about while watching one of  Alex Jeffreys’ training sessions. Have you ever thought of recording a welcome video? I did just that for my first blog which you can view Here.  I’ll be doing one for Darren McDuffie .com. Look for it! In my next post, I’ll be sharing with you the various plugins and even different sites you can use to upload your videos. Stay tuned!!!!!

Darren McDuffie

Internet Marketer

“Who says Jocks aren’t smart?”

I haven’t updated the blog in a while… I have been crazy busy! I graduated from Dean Holland’s Starting with Marketing Academy and I didn’t miss a step… I jumped right into Alex Jeffreys’ Marketing with Me. I am learning a great deal about affiliate marketing and Alex is a great teacher. Alex Jeffrey’s is Dean Holland’s mentor, in case you didn’t know it. Alex goes in depth on affiliate marketing and how to build a business. My eyes have been opened to  building a business online and what it takes to do this. Alex like Dean goes into believing in yourself but he also touches on planning for the months ahead. I never gave any particular thought to where I wanted to be 3 months or maybe even a year from now. I am now giving it quite a bit of thought and writing down more things to make them “concrete”. I heard an interesting thing on one of Alex’s brainstorming sessions where he tells one of the students to write things down because the subconscious mind has no choice but to see it and make it happen. I can relate to this because it has worked for me in the past. I have written many things down only to see them come true. I am definitely enjoying the ride and continuing to learn more about affiliate marketing and building a successful online business. Thanks Dean and Alex for your guidance!

Darren McDuffie

Internet Marketer

“Who says Jocks aren’t smart?”

Hey… I finally did my first video. I would say it was a learning experience (smile). I had quite a bit of fun and I could have filled up a giant blooper reel… trust me on that one! I hope you enjoy my testimonial for Dean Holland’s Starting with Marketing Academy. Leave me some comments!!! I love um!

Darren McDuffie

Internet Marketer

“Who says Jocks aren’t smart?”