How did Bob Proctor go from making $4000 to $175,000 in just ONE year? And then in a short time later making millions?
In 1961, Bob Proctor was working at a fire house in Canada making $4000 a year. The problem was he was $6000 in debt. He would have to work an entire year without spending any money on food, rent and other necessities in order to get out of debt. Fortunately, a friend handed Bob a book called “Think and Grow Rich” by Napoleon Hill. This book changed Bob’s life.
In this book, Napoleon says to write down the exact amount of money you desire, determine what you intend to give in return for the money you desire, decide on a definite date you intend to possess the money you desire and create a definite plan for carrying out your desire. Bob did this. He wrote that he wanted to make $25,000 by the end of the year. He read it over and over as Napoleon Hill says to do but he didn’t really believe it…at least not at first. He finally realized that in order to get what you want; you need to believe that it is possible. Once he believed it would happen, the idea of opening an office cleaning business came to him. This business grew rapidly and within a year he was making $175,000. In a short time after that, he was making millions!
Do you think it is possible to think yourself rich? Bob Proctor does. Bob has helped countless people “think and grow rich”. He has spent 40 years teaching and motivating people to do just that.
If you have not experienced one of Bob Proctor’s seminars or saw him in the movie “The Secret” then you are in for a real treat. He is a phenomenal speaker, teacher and motivator.
Bob has a new program called “Six Minutes to Success”. This program involves a new video every weekday that will help you “think and grow rich”. I am fascinated by Bob so I decided to try his program. I started a week ago and already I feel like a new person. He says that you will see a marked improvement in your attitude in just a couple of weeks. Bob is teaching me to control my thoughts. He is helping me get rid of the negative thoughts and replace them with positive ones. I find myself looking for good in things I could only find bad. I set my goal and am working towards it. With the help of Bob Proctor I know I will reach it.
Six Minutes to Success can also help you in other aspects of your life. It can help you with relationships, both personal and work. It can help you reach goals other than making money. All you have to do is watch the one minute videos and then spend 5 minutes thinking about it. Hence, the six minutes a day.
Personal growth and self-motivation is what Bob Proctor teaches and teaches well. I can’t wait to see what I will accomplish with this program. Maybe I will reach my goal in one year instead of two. All I know is I’m hooked for life. If you want to learn more about Six Minutes to Success go here: http://secretstosuccess.ws. I believe it will change your life.
Monday, March 2, 2009
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
5 Things You Need For a Successful Start of Your Internet Business
Starting your own internet business can be a little scary especially if you are not computer savvy. Relax, it's not hard to do. Here is my list of 5 things you need to start an internet business:
Website
Whether you have your own product/service or you are an affiliate marketer, you need
your own website. The free website you receive with your affiliate membership is basic and all
affiliates have the same website. You need something different. Something that stands out. Where do you get a website?
Global Domains International
GDI costs $10.00 per month and included in the price is a domain name, hosting, website builder, and 10 email accounts. There is also an affiliate program available. The domain name you want may be readily available if you choose the .ws instead of .com, .net or .org. GDI has been around for 10 years and is a stable, reliable company.
Your Picture on Your Website
This is very important. You want people to see your face so you are recognized as an expert. You will become "famous" and that is what you want. You want to brand yourself. Make sure you choose a good picture because it will be seen all over the world!
Advertising
Advertising is the only way to get people to your website. I will start with the free methods which I recommend until you start making money. You can spend a lot of money on advertising but if you don't know what you are doing, it will be wasted.
Free Advertising methods:
Traffic Exchanges
Safelists
Text Ad Exchanges
Banner Ads
Paid Advertising Methods:
If you have money to spend and the knowledge of key words then paid advertising will work for you. Here are my choices:
Google Adwords
Yahoo Search
Miva Search
Enhance Search
123 Search
A Goal
It is very important that you have a goal. Whether it is to make $200.00 per month or $10,000 per month or to retire in so many years. Write it down, post it by your computer and read it every day. Never lose sight of this goal and you will succeed.
Persistance
If you want to reach your goal be persistent and consistent in promoting your business. Don't start and stop...it won't work. Remember an internet business is like an offline business. It takes 2 - 5 years to make any real money. There is no such thing as "get rich quick". There will be times when there will be little or no results from your efforts but never give up and success will come your way.
Website
Whether you have your own product/service or you are an affiliate marketer, you need
your own website. The free website you receive with your affiliate membership is basic and all
affiliates have the same website. You need something different. Something that stands out. Where do you get a website?
Global Domains International
GDI costs $10.00 per month and included in the price is a domain name, hosting, website builder, and 10 email accounts. There is also an affiliate program available. The domain name you want may be readily available if you choose the .ws instead of .com, .net or .org. GDI has been around for 10 years and is a stable, reliable company.
Your Picture on Your Website
This is very important. You want people to see your face so you are recognized as an expert. You will become "famous" and that is what you want. You want to brand yourself. Make sure you choose a good picture because it will be seen all over the world!
Advertising
Advertising is the only way to get people to your website. I will start with the free methods which I recommend until you start making money. You can spend a lot of money on advertising but if you don't know what you are doing, it will be wasted.
Free Advertising methods:
Traffic Exchanges
Safelists
Text Ad Exchanges
Banner Ads
Paid Advertising Methods:
If you have money to spend and the knowledge of key words then paid advertising will work for you. Here are my choices:
Google Adwords
Yahoo Search
Miva Search
Enhance Search
123 Search
A Goal
It is very important that you have a goal. Whether it is to make $200.00 per month or $10,000 per month or to retire in so many years. Write it down, post it by your computer and read it every day. Never lose sight of this goal and you will succeed.
Persistance
If you want to reach your goal be persistent and consistent in promoting your business. Don't start and stop...it won't work. Remember an internet business is like an offline business. It takes 2 - 5 years to make any real money. There is no such thing as "get rich quick". There will be times when there will be little or no results from your efforts but never give up and success will come your way.
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Can You Make Money With A Social Networking Website?
The answer is YES. Direct Matches is the first online business networking website to unfold a multi-matchmaking system that helps people locate everything from business contacts to finding friends and dates online.
Determined to be different from other social networking websites, they created the multi-referral marketing system (MRM). This system enables people with varying levels of experience to build a successful business through the use of their compensation plan.
You can join Direct Matches for free and enjoy the benefits of networking with like-minded people, but if you want Direct Matches to be a money-making business you will need to upgrade. The cost of the upgrade depends on how much money you want to make.
For $19.95 per month you can become a Managing Independent Representative, earn income 3 ways up to $6,000.00 per week.
For $29.95 per month you can become an Executive Independent Representative, earn income 4 ways up to $12,000.00 per week.
You will earn income from your personally sponsored members and also from the members in your organization.
The compensation plan consists of two "legs", right leg and left leg. Each time you get four members on each leg, you create a cycle and you are issued a check. As long as they continue their membership you will continue receiving weekly checks. You also receive income on your organization's renewals so this can add up to a substantial income.
Hint: when you sign up go to the binary placement in your backoffice and select auto. This will place your members evenly between the two legs.
What I like about Direct Matches (besides the compensation plan) is the MRM system. This system helps you build your business with the tools you need such as free registration that gets people in to see what Direct Matches is all about, a rapid response customer care team that answers questions from your referrals and when you upgrade Direct Matches will email you about new members that match your criteria. There is so much more to the MRM system and all of it is helpful in building your business.
I recommend you join as a free member and spend some time getting to know the network then you can decide if you want to upgrade. You can continue as a free member...you do not have to upgrade to enjoy the network. Click here to join.
Donna Filipiak
Determined to be different from other social networking websites, they created the multi-referral marketing system (MRM). This system enables people with varying levels of experience to build a successful business through the use of their compensation plan.
You can join Direct Matches for free and enjoy the benefits of networking with like-minded people, but if you want Direct Matches to be a money-making business you will need to upgrade. The cost of the upgrade depends on how much money you want to make.
For $19.95 per month you can become a Managing Independent Representative, earn income 3 ways up to $6,000.00 per week.
For $29.95 per month you can become an Executive Independent Representative, earn income 4 ways up to $12,000.00 per week.
You will earn income from your personally sponsored members and also from the members in your organization.
The compensation plan consists of two "legs", right leg and left leg. Each time you get four members on each leg, you create a cycle and you are issued a check. As long as they continue their membership you will continue receiving weekly checks. You also receive income on your organization's renewals so this can add up to a substantial income.
Hint: when you sign up go to the binary placement in your backoffice and select auto. This will place your members evenly between the two legs.
What I like about Direct Matches (besides the compensation plan) is the MRM system. This system helps you build your business with the tools you need such as free registration that gets people in to see what Direct Matches is all about, a rapid response customer care team that answers questions from your referrals and when you upgrade Direct Matches will email you about new members that match your criteria. There is so much more to the MRM system and all of it is helpful in building your business.
I recommend you join as a free member and spend some time getting to know the network then you can decide if you want to upgrade. You can continue as a free member...you do not have to upgrade to enjoy the network. Click here to join.
Donna Filipiak
Thursday, January 29, 2009
What is a banner ad and do they work?
If you have surfed on the internet then I’m sure you have seen banner ads. Banner ads are small, rectangular advertisements that appear on most web pages. They vary in appearance and subject matter but they share the same function; when you click on them, they will take you to the advertiser’s website.
Banner ads can be highly effective if used properly. Business owners who are considering using banner ads should spend time researching how to use them effectively and find the ideal location for their ads.
The best location for a banner ad is prominently displayed on a high-traffic website that complements your products or services but does not compete with them. This advertising can cost money…lots of money.
Probably the best way to get your banner seen is through a banner exchange program. A banner exchange program is a network of web sites that advertise for one another using banners. A central server stores and displays the banners for everyone. When a user clicks on a banner, the server sends the user to the correct site. This action is called a click-thru. Each time a banner is displayed is called an impression.
I recommend Banner Keyring http://www.bannerkeyring.com/?rid=4049. It is free but you can upgrade for 9.95 per month and have unlimited banners.
Other locations are traffic exchanges, safelists and ad exchanges. These are free to display as long as you have enough credits. Getting credits is free also (see posts on safelists, traffic exchanges and text ad exchanges).
Even though banner ads don’t always produce great results, I still feel they are an additional way to get visitors to your site. We all want more visitors and banner ads are a cost-effective way to get them.
To your success,
Donna
Banner ads can be highly effective if used properly. Business owners who are considering using banner ads should spend time researching how to use them effectively and find the ideal location for their ads.
The best location for a banner ad is prominently displayed on a high-traffic website that complements your products or services but does not compete with them. This advertising can cost money…lots of money.
Probably the best way to get your banner seen is through a banner exchange program. A banner exchange program is a network of web sites that advertise for one another using banners. A central server stores and displays the banners for everyone. When a user clicks on a banner, the server sends the user to the correct site. This action is called a click-thru. Each time a banner is displayed is called an impression.
I recommend Banner Keyring http://www.bannerkeyring.com/?rid=4049. It is free but you can upgrade for 9.95 per month and have unlimited banners.
Other locations are traffic exchanges, safelists and ad exchanges. These are free to display as long as you have enough credits. Getting credits is free also (see posts on safelists, traffic exchanges and text ad exchanges).
Even though banner ads don’t always produce great results, I still feel they are an additional way to get visitors to your site. We all want more visitors and banner ads are a cost-effective way to get them.
To your success,
Donna
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Have you wondered what a text ad exchange is?
A text ad exchange is a network where participating sites display text ads in exchange for credits which are converted (using a predetermined exchange rate) into ads to be displayed on other sites.
Text ads are easy to create and the results can be measured instantly. There is no need to spend money designing banners or thinking about which designs to use. With text ads, you can also experiment with different ad copies and headlines to find out what works and what doesn't work.
I looked into text ad exchanges to see if they work. I found maximumbuilder.net. The owners call it a
"free marketing club that builds a downline for you in one of the most popular programs on the internet right now--text ad exhanges".
When you first signup, you will be provided with an affiliate link to promote. Once you update the programs page with your own affiliate ID's, then you can start to promote their program.When a new member signs up through your affiliate link, they will undertake the same setup -- joining the programs on the program page under your affiliate ID, then entering their own affiliate ID's into the programs page. When they promote their affiliate link, their signups will do the exact same thing and fill out their affiliate links on the program page. You also have the ability to add up to 5 of your own programs.
The idea of maximumbuilder.net is that you can promote over 100 programs with one link and that makes your advertising efforts easy. Make sure you have an gmail account because you will receive many emails from the different programs you join. You earn credits for clicking on these emails. These credits can be used for solo ads, banner links, navigation links, login page ads and more. I only click on one ad per program and I only do that once or twice a week. If I did more, my hand would go numb!
Most of these 100 programs also have an html ad you can post. Some of the exchanges will let you post 1 ad and some up to 10 per day (text and html). You can save the ad so you can post the same ad everyday. This saves a lot of time.
As with safelists, you do need an eye-catching headline so people will want to click on your ad. I like to have a brain-storming session every now and then and write down everything that comes to mind.
I have had some success with text ad exchanges. I promote a link only in these exchanges so I know if they work. I get leads and sign ups so I know text ad exchanges work. I don't always have the time to use them consistently but I find they are a good addition to my advertising efforts. Try a few and see what you think.
To your success!
Saturday, January 24, 2009
So what exactly is a safelist and how do you use them?
A safelist is an email list that you can join for free, and in return for joining, you are allowed to email out to the entire list of members of the safelist. The reason it is called "safe" is because all the subscribers are "opt in", which means they have chosen to give their email address. It is not, therefore, considered to be SPAM because any mail received would be deemed to be solicited.
There are thousands of safelists on the internet. Many are free to join and many charge a fee. This fee can be a small lifetime fee, an annual fee, or a monthly fee to retain the privilege of sending emails to the rest of the members. Paying for a safelist doesn't necessarily mean they are better. There are many great free safelists out there.
You will need 2 email accounts. I recommend Gmail. You need one for all the emails you will receive (list email) and one for the safelist owners to contact you (contact email). I bookmark my safelists in folders of 10 -15 each. I use Mozilla Firefox browser (free) so I can bring up the safelist folders in tabs. It is much easier to go tab to tab (I do this with my traffic exchanges too). I also save my ads in a document so I can copy and paste the ad into the safelist. This saves a lot of time.
The most important part of emailing from a safelist is your SUBJECT LINE. You need it to be eye- catching so people will want more information
(Hint: Never Cap Out your subject line- that is a spam trigger; you can use certain words like "FREE" if you handle it like "F.R.E.E" or a similar way)
I believe safelists are a critical part of every
marketers arsenal, and if you do not use safelists you
are missing out on a huge and very cost effective form
of advertising.
Click here if you need some good
safelists.
To your success,
Donna Filipiak
There are thousands of safelists on the internet. Many are free to join and many charge a fee. This fee can be a small lifetime fee, an annual fee, or a monthly fee to retain the privilege of sending emails to the rest of the members. Paying for a safelist doesn't necessarily mean they are better. There are many great free safelists out there.
You will need 2 email accounts. I recommend Gmail. You need one for all the emails you will receive (list email) and one for the safelist owners to contact you (contact email). I bookmark my safelists in folders of 10 -15 each. I use Mozilla Firefox browser (free) so I can bring up the safelist folders in tabs. It is much easier to go tab to tab (I do this with my traffic exchanges too). I also save my ads in a document so I can copy and paste the ad into the safelist. This saves a lot of time.
The most important part of emailing from a safelist is your SUBJECT LINE. You need it to be eye- catching so people will want more information
(Hint: Never Cap Out your subject line- that is a spam trigger; you can use certain words like "FREE" if you handle it like "F.R.E.E" or a similar way)
I believe safelists are a critical part of every
marketers arsenal, and if you do not use safelists you
are missing out on a huge and very cost effective form
of advertising.
Click here if you need some good
safelists.
To your success,
Donna Filipiak
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Are you looking for ways to promote your business? Do you have more time than money?
Traffic exchanges are the way to go.
A traffic exchange is a real traffic alternative. Basically, you receive exposure for your own website, banner ads and text links by viewing the sites and ads of other people. These programs provide you with a very powerful and cost effective way of::
A traffic exchange is a real traffic alternative. Basically, you receive exposure for your own website, banner ads and text links by viewing the sites and ads of other people. These programs provide you with a very powerful and cost effective way of::
1. Putting your product/service in front of a very diverse audience
2. Seeing what other people are promoting
3. Getting an idea of how your competition is targeting their campaigns
4. Branding your name, gather leads and even make sales
Traffic exchanges are member based, so you will need to open an account with each one you intend to use. This is a simple task that can be completed injust a few minutes and they are FREE. You can upgrade if you choose but it is not necessary (I don't)..
Traffic exchanges work on a credit system. Members earn credits by participating in a variety of ways and then use these credits on website visitors to their own pages, websites, banner ads and text links.
By maintaining active memberships in a few good exchanges, you can generate a tremendous flow of traffic for any website you want to advertise. When used properly, these resources are an excellent way to promote just about anything.
Here are a few of my favorite traffic exchanges:
To your success,
Donna Filipiak
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