Yearly Archives: 2009

Motivating yourself to excel at your job or to be an example to your employees, should not be something you do only when the spirit moves you.  It’s an ongoing process that should include every facet of your business life. This means your mental attitude, physical well-being and appearance, work atmosphere, your interaction with others (clients and employees alike), and your off-the-job environment.

Motivational experts get paid big bucks to tell professionals, striving for success, that they must constantly examine these factors.  How do you do that?  Follow the 5 tips that below, and watch the changes that will happen.

1. Maintain a Positive Attitude – Let’s realize that life is only 10% of what happens to us and 90% how we react to it.  We’re responsible for our own actions and attitudes, and changing them when appropriate.  When you’re around people/things that are uplifting and positive, you feel that way.  You have more confidence in yourself, and know you can change whatever needs changing. If you can make your workplace such a place you’ll find happier workers and higher production. You might even find your employees look forward to coming to work!

2. Leave Personal Troubles At Home – Everyone has problems, but they don’t belong at work. Turn your attention and energy entirely to your on-the-job tasks.  This will actually be good for you because you’ll get a mental break from your troubles. Now i know quite a lot you you will work from home, like myself, if you do then this is where it becomes even more important to have a specific room as your office.  You must make it clear to you spouse and kids that when your in your office you are working and must only be disturbed when absolutely necessary.

3. Create Positive Affirmations – The reason for writing goals for your business is the same as creating positive affirmations on paper.  What your eyes see and ears hear, your mind will believe.  Try it!  After you’ve written them down, read them aloud to yourself – and do it every morning before you start work.

You’ll be amazed at what happens.  Come up with a set of new ones every month.  Statements such as, “I’m an important and valuable person,” or “I know I’ll make good use of my time today.”  Repeating them out loud everyday at a set time will help reinforce positive actions.

4. Make Sure Break Times Are Really Break Times – This is an area where most bosses/entrepreneurs fall down.  You become so intense about the project or situation you’re working on that you don’t ease up.  Thinking that it’ll be solved in the next few seconds, and then you’ll get a cup of coffee can lead you right up to quitting time.

Regularly adhering to a specified break schedule, even if you’re the boss, releases the tension.  If you work on a computer this is even a greater problem because before you realize it – you’ve been working in that same position for hours.  The best answer to this is to set yourself a reminder on your appointment calendar for every 2 hours, and let the computer reminder chime send you the alert to move around.

5. Exercise, Exercise, Exercise – I know that lately it seems that “exercise” is the cure-all to every physical ailment or your love life, but despite that there is some truth to that ugly word.  By “exercise” I don’t mean that you should go out and join a gym and spend your lunch-time, 3-days-a-week there working out.

What is really beneficial and workable is to set some alerts from your computer to alert you of say one hour then at those chiming alerts, get up and walk around your desk or room.  Maybe go outside and get the mail and enjoy the sunlight (if you’re an entrepreneur that has a home office), or just get up and do a few stretches.

Concentrated, tense thinking – typing – creating business strategies – or whatever your work is, makes all those muscles tighten up and knot up.  Then when we move we “ooh” and “ouch” because we’ve knotted up into a ball of tension. Periodic stretching, even at our desk, or just getting up and walking over to the window and getting a different view can help.

One of the greatest disservice modern business décor has done to us, is making our offices pristine, sleek, unencumbered spaces.  There is nothing more relaxing than getting up from your desk and walking over to a peaceful, serene, seascape or pastoral painting and just drinking it in visually.  Momentarily transporting your mind out of work and into that place does wonders.  A few good paintings and less shiny chrome in working environments would benefit us all.

To wrap up, it only takes a little concentrated effort on our part to keep motivated and increase productivity, but in turn this will accelerate your success. Regular breaks (and I mean real breaks) from your work throughout the day and a positive cleaner mindset will massively increase your overall output and also your success.

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If you’ve ever fallen for a get-rich-quick pitch in your life, then you’re bound to look at Maverick Money Makers with a suspicious eye. People are much more sophisticated these days, especially with anything that promises overnight success. At first glance, Maverick Money Makers seems to be another one of these fly-by-night operations, but perhaps this company warrants a closer look.

Upon arriving at the Maverick Money Makers website, you’ll have to go through an agonizingly long sales pitch. The company’s founder, mentor Mack Michaels has several videos posted on the page.

Micheals’ is not a very engaging speaker; he tends to ramble on about how he hit rock bottom and how his family motivated him to achieve success.  However, it is perhaps because a lot of people identify with him in essence, he is one of us. He was confronted with the same struggles but unlike most people, he became this self-made millionaire that everyone wants to emulate.

So What’s It All About?

Without getting too specific, Mack Michaels reveals his plan of what it takes to succeed online. Through affiliate marketing (where a business rewards a partner or affiliate, based on the traffic driven to their site), members can reap numerous rewards.

Be warned, though, the Maverick Money Makers Club is not a get-rich-quick scam.  While the rewards can be infinite, it is performance-based. You need to be willing to invest time and effort to achieve your goal of earning money that you otherwise would not be earning from a day job.

So What Do You Get For Your Money?

According to some people, the $97 a month fee to be a member of this ‘secret club’ is well worth it. In fact it’s so low it’s bordering on a steal since members earn around $400 per day. While this figure seems suspect and not everyone made such an amount, many members agreed that it was the top-notch customer support and community that helped them maximize their earnings. Michaels himself answers some of the questions posed to him by members.

If you’re new to Internet and affiliate marketing, then the entire program would be of use to you. For more seasoned marketers, there is still value in the programs, though you can probably skip the basic explanations of Internet marketing. The over 60 videos available are extensive and cover a wide range of topics:

Core Training this explains the basics of Internet marketing and how the Maverick Money Makers system works. This section gives you a basic understanding of how to make income online.

Quick Money Blueprints; these are composed of tips on how you can increase the rate of your online income. Veterans may still be able to pick up some new tips, as this section is constantly being updated.

Skill Set Videos;  a section that is perfect for newbies. It covers generic Internet marketing topics, like how to create a website, generating traffic, domain names, competitive intelligence, etc.

Mindset Coaching;  unique to the Maverick Money Makers, these videos can help you keep your concentration and focus on your goals.  The site also offers many bonuses, such as reviewed turn-key products, which can help you increase your online income.

Another great feature of the site is the community forum, where you can ask questions and interact with other members. It is often the experienced members who can give tips and ideas that are helpful.

As mentioned earlier, the Maverick Money Maker’s Club is not for everyone. If you’re expecting to receive a lot of income without doing any work then this is not for you.

If you’re just starting out, then you have to do your research and watch and follow the tutorials. After learning all you can about affiliate marketing, then you’ll actually have to put your plan into action and do actual leg-work. Or you can outsource the work as I do

There are over 50 hours of videos on the site  so you’ll need at least a full week to absorb all of the concepts. Then of course, you’ll actually have to do the work  making your website, marketing it, creating content or implementing turn-key products.

There is a lot more to making money online than just pressing a button  truly, it is not much different than creating your own product,  you make something, and then you have to market it so people will buy it. Those who think that a membership alone will earn you the stacks of money fast will be disappointed.

For those who may be unsatisfied, then there is a 60-day money-back guarantee.

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Google have recently announced they are about to launch a new version of their hugely popular search engine called Caffeine. Now if you’ve got your own website then your probably one of the thousands of webmasters that are obsessed with their rankings in Google, or is that just me

So when big G announced this, naturally I was interested in what this new search engine was going to do to my Google rankings. Now Google isn’t the only search engine that brings traffic to my websites, but it definately brings in the kings share.

If you’d like to test drive the new search engine and see if it’s made any difference to your Google rankings then you can test out Google Caffeine by clicking here.

Pretty cool huh, well if your website ranks in the top 30 results on Google, there’s another neat little website I’ve come across that you might be interested in called Compare Google that lets you compare the old results with the new side by side. Just enter your keywords into the Gogle Search box and click Brew.

I must say as well, I was pleasantly surprised with the results that I seen for some of the searches I tried as quite a few of my websites, including KoreInternet.com had jumped up to the first page for some of the keywords that I’d been targeting!

Result!!

Bring on the Caffeine that’s what I say

It wasn’t so long ago that it was devastatingly easy to make money on AdWords.  You didn’t even need to know that much about PPC advertising.  You could get ads for pennies, and you just needed to have a little bit of funds to get you started, and then you could sit back and watch your income increase as you make money on Adwords.

But, like any easy and simple way to make money, especially when you don’t have to put up a lot of money to get started, soon everybody was getting in the game, wanting to make money on AdWords.  The more people there were, the harder it became to make easy money with AdWords.  The increased competition drove up the prices on the AdWords ads, and what was previously cost pennies now cost dollars.

People who didn’t pay attention to their PPC advertising campaigns very closely started losing money.  This came as a shock to many, who had come to depend on getting to make money on AdWords.  Many people who had made a lot of money gave up, saying that it was now impossible to make the kind of profits that they used to when they used to make money on AdWords.

And those people were right about one thing: it certainly wasn’t as easy anymore to make money on AdWords.  But it isn’t impossible.  You just need to work smart, not hard.  You can’t just throw some money at it and walk away and expect to make money on AdWords.  But if you know what you’re doing, it is still very much a reality that you can be profitable with AdWords, no matter what your budget.

What you need to do today to make money on AdWords is simple: you need to research your keywords and choose them carefully, and you need to put some time and effort into your AdWords ad and landing page.

By choosing the right keywords, you can make sure that you don’t have too much competition that will drive the price of the ad up, while still picking keywords that have enough interest and searched to drive enough people to your site.  It just takes a little more thought and effort to make money on AdWords than it used to.

By taking time and care with your AdWords ad, and then making sure that you follow up with what you promised in your ad on your landing page, you will find it easier to make money on AdWords.  There are so many AdWords ads out there that don’t do this that you will stand out from the crowd as a higher quality ad; the higher the perceived quality of your ads and your landing pages, the easier it will be for you to convert into a sale and make money on AdWords.

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PPC advertising can be intimidating and confusing for people just starting out.  By using this simple AdWords Guide, you’ll have the tips and tricks to make sure that you’re starting out in the right direction.  Make sure to pay attention – a poorly managed AdWords campaign can end up costing you a lot of money – and fast.  You could blow your startup budget in a week, and your foray into making money online could be over before you even really got started.

The first tip in our AdWords Guide is to make sure you know what you want before you start.  This means having clearly defined goals and aims.  What do you want to get out of this campaign?  Do you want to get sales, or do you just want to build an email list? If you know what you want before you start your campaign, you’ll have an easier time focusing and staying on track.

The second tip in our AdWords Guide is to choose your keywords carefully. Your keywords are what will get your ads in front of your target audience.  Choose the wrong keywords, and you’ll be advertising to the wrong audience, and you won’t get the response that you are looking for (and you know exactly what that is because of your extremely well-defined goals.)

There are many different factors which define whether a keyword it right for you or not; you have to take into consideration the volume of searches and the advertising competition on any given keyword, which will then affect the starting price. You also need to make sure that they keywords you choose have something to do with your product or service – when people use search engines, they are looking for information on something specific, and one of the best tips I can give you in this AdWords Guide is to make sure that you are relevant to that.

Which leads us into our next AdWords Guide tip – make sure that whatever offer you used in your AdWords ad is prominently displayed on your landing page when the prospect clicks through.  The number one cause of abandonment in PPC marketing is because the user didn’t think that the site followed through on what was promised in the ad.

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