How To Remain Productive When You Feel Like Giving Up

Like most people, some mornings I wake up and feel less than enthusiastic about working. Sometimes, this feeling doesn’t stem from laziness or apathy, it’s a stronger power, a sense of futility and helplessness.

I know a lot of people look to my story of success as a source of inspiration and that is one of the greatest benefits I… Read the rest of this entry »

Product Launch Formula 2.0 Available Today – Grab My Special Bonus Now

The release of Product Launch Formula 2.0 has been building for a few weeks, with a ton of great videos coming from Jeff.

Today (Thursday 27th of March), the program goes live at 2 PM EST (USA time) and according to Jeff he expects to sell out in about 8 hours, but states he is leaving the doors open… Read the rest of this entry »

Podcast: How To Launch A Product Using Your Blog

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With all the talk of doing a product launch online thanks to Jeff Walker’s Product Launch Formula 2.0 release, I thought I… Read the rest of this entry »

How To Build Traffic Without Marketing

There’s something I’ve come to realize about most of my fellow bloggers – you guys and girls are not great at marketing.

Don’t take offense, marketing is not something that comes naturally and most people enter the blogging world as writers or hobbyists, not business people.

Some look at marketing as advertising and their current perception of advertising is akin… Read the rest of this entry »

How To Motivate Affiliates To Promote For You

I just finished watching (actually listening to the MP3 version) of the video conversation between Jeff Walker, Eben Pagan and Frank Kern. The video is one of the resources Jeff released free from his “road trip” around the USA interviewing marketers who have done big online launches.

If you haven’t seen any of the videos, head to the product launch… Read the rest of this entry »

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Sometimes You Have To Reinvent The Wheel

One of the great selling points of many online programs – I use this myself as part of the marketing approach for Blog Mastermind – is the appeal of following the steps of someone else who has done what you want to do. A system that has worked for someone else should work for you if you… Read the rest of this entry »

The Power of Purpose

I’m presently sitting in a cafe called the Gelato Bar, which apparently has been here at Bondi Beach (Sydney) since 1958. If you have ever been to Bondi it’s the cafe with all the amazing cakes in the window…


Hmm…cake. This was a traditional eastern European eatery – they even had borsch (ech!)

I’m in Sydney for three… Read the rest of this entry »

Two Blog Resources, A Competition and I’m Off To Sydney

Sarah Lewis, a Blog Mastermind student who blogs at Blogging Expertise, sent me an email yesterday about a website she’s just released.

It’s called WordPress Theme Review and here’s how Sarah described it to me -

Because SEO can have a significant impact on overall traffic, I always encourage clients to get a blog theme design that’s optimizedRead the rest of this entry »

Two Blog Resources, A Competition and I’m Off To Sydney

Sarah Lewis, a Blog Mastermind student who blogs at Blogging Expertise, sent me an email yesterday about a website she’s just released.

It’s called WordPress Theme Review and here’s how Sarah described it to me -

Because SEO can have a significant impact on overall traffic, I always encourage clients to get a blog theme design that’s optimizedRead the rest of this entry »

$9000 A Month From A Board Game?

As someone who writes about the Internet marketing industry, who presents articles to help people make money online here at this blog and runs a membership site to teach people to blog for profit, it’s pretty clear I make a living by helping others make a living online too.

That, for obvious reasons, tends to bother some people and I’m… Read the rest of this entry »

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Small Business Branding Has A New Owner

You might remember a month or so back I posted about some websites I had for sale. One of the sites was my other blog, Small Business Branding.

I am pleased to announce that Vera Raposo has taken over Small Business Branding and will endeavor to continue to grow the site from where I left off.

I’d… Read the rest of this entry »

Why Do So Few Bloggers Sell Their Own Products?

Over the last two days I attended a workshop run by Andrew and Daryl Grant on the topic of joint ventures (JVs).

The workshop was valuable and covered a topic that is rarely given an entire two days worth of focus. JVs are the best way to drive quality traffic today and while they are not always easy to… Read the rest of this entry »

There Is A Sucker Born Every Minute

You have to love the Internet marketing world. There’s a certain amount of jaded bitterness that surfaces when you sell something that presents a make money online opportunity. Every time I promote a product related to marketing or online income generation, there are those people out there who have adopted the belief that all marketers are liars and their products… Read the rest of this entry »

How To Make More Money At The Point Of Conversion

There’s a well circulated understanding in the business world that the best source of increased revenue is your current customers. It’s harder to acquire a new customer compared to selling more to existing customers. The psychology behind this explains that your existing customers do not face the same level of resistance because they have already taken out their wallets and… Read the rest of this entry »