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It’s Live! Thirty Day Callenge Preseason is Up and Running!
For the last year I have been telling my friends and family about last year’s 30 Day Challenge and I known several have followed my suggestion and have signed up and have been waiting patiently for the new 2009 program to start. Well, wait no more. It is finally here. Preseason sessions are vitally important if you are a total beginner (newbie) when it comes to internet marketing. In the preseason session you will learn about many new applications (mostly) freely available to you. These applications will become your tools of the trade, whether are looking to start a new internet business or discover how to promote your existing business on the internet.
Sign up and get started. If you running in any problems, the folks at 30DC are really helpful but if you can’t get answers feel free to drop me a note.
So I Have Google Wave - Now What?
It has been over six months since I first viewed the videos about Google Wave and over a month since I received my invite to get my own Wave account. Now I am wondering what was all the hype about?
As far as I can tell, Wave works like predicted and has some incredible features like video conference, live chat/email functionality, historical review of communications and more.
Yet, I don’t see people putting all those features to work. Everyone I encounter is still using Facebook to chat, Skype to video call or Yahoo Messenger.
I’m really curious if folks are using Google Wave or not.
If you are, send me a Wave (syoungb)or email from your gmail account and I will include you in the What’s Happening on the Wave Group. Note: Google does required you have gmail to work and you need to get an invite to join. You can request an invite from Google or ask someone that already has to send you an invite. I’ll be happy to share the invites I have left until they run out.
Drive Floods of Traffic to Your Site
Bill McIntosh has got to be on of the greatest marketers out there! He keeps giving away more free help and making better tools for us to use.
I have been joining Bill’s free telecasts for several months and every week not offers incredibly useful information but a chance to interact live with other marketers and Bill himself. He even does an on the spot critique of one lucky participant’s web site each week.
Now he is introducing a new tool called Contest Burner.
How better to introduce it but with a contest?
Sign up here and you can be in the running for $5000 worth of cash and prizes.
A Second Opinion - June 25, 2009
- CPA Ninja Review and Bonus
June 25, 2009 - Herschy sums it really well here. Get your copy while they last from http://www.myfavoriteonlinebusinesstools.com/CPA_Ninja
No Freaking Way! (this guy makes $100k a day)
Some folks I know are launching this incredible program called CPA Ninja. If you are new like me you may not know that CPA is short for Cost Per Action, not certified public accountant as I first thought. The program consist of a series of video lessons which give step by step instructions for setting up a web site that is primed for bringing you money from products that will pay you everytime someone does something like put in there email to get more info or receive a free sample or quote or fill out a survey. I haven’t completed the program myself yet as I am in the middle of another program but I have purchased it and it is next on my list.
Buy it now from here and the guys are offering some real cool bonuses along with it.
So Why Am I Selling My Mass Control 2.0 by Frank Kern?
Mass Control 2.0 by Frank Kern
Last February I spent nearly $2000 to get Frank Kern’s Mass Control Syndicate package and yesterday I listed it on Ebay with a buy it now for $800. What’s up with that? Was it worth the original price? Lot’s of people think so. The first 500 people who bought in February also received an invite to a two or three day workshop that was held in San Diego last April. The house was packed (well over 500). I have paid nearly that much money for just the workshop or conference in the past so I thought the package was worth the investment for the opportunity to attend the workshop. In addition, I received a very nice “bonus package” from Marty Razmanith of WordpressDirect and the training and tools I received from him were also well worth the money I spent.
However, Frank Kern has a style and presentation that is well out of my comfort level so I am putting my package up for resale on Ebay. I am not saying it isn’t good stuff. He and many others are making lots of money with these techniques. I enjoyed meeting him and found Frank to actually be a really nice guy who goes to great effort to hide that fact in his promotions. It works for him. I wish him well.
If however you want to see what all the hype is about without the high price tag, you can buy my barely used (I viewed the DVDs once) package at a substantial discount here. Limited time only … sale ends Saturday, June 20, 2009 at 12:11 p.m. At the time of this posting I already have 5 bids and people watching the auction. I’m happy.
Google Wave - Can’t Wait!
This is so incredible. They say it will be available later this year. Sign up here to be notified when it is available.
Mass Control San Diego Workshop Rocks!
Internet Marketers may not work 9-5 jobs but they certainly burn the candle at both ends when it comes to putting together an business workshop. Last week Frank Kern, his friends and colleagues gathered at the Hard Rock Hotel in San Diego for a two (and for some three) day event that was cram packed with enthusiasm, experience and entertainment. With non-stop presentations from 9 a.m. (roughly) to 10 p.m. this was one event that was not for the faint of the heart nor those of with a high levels of PC sensitivity. Frank’s unique style of presentation borders on being highly offensive but underneath all the bravado and machismo I think there lies a extremely clever businessman, a closet gentleman and decent human being.
I personally could have done without the potty language but when he fell out of character and spoke on right action and right mind all was forgiven.
Stay tuned to later posts for more about the workshop speakers.
Finding Peace Amid Financial Layoffs
By Marc Rigaux
Yes, it’s bad out there. Every time you turn on the TV someone is talking about more financial layoffs, and it’s easy to start to think the sky is falling.
Yet despite the doom and gloom, many people are viewing the financial layoffs as an opportunity to hit the reset button on their lifestyles, and finally explore opportunities they had been putting off for far too long.
So in addition to finding your next high paying gig, here are two other approaches to finding a highly rewarding lifestyle during all the financial layoffs:
1) Start an Online Business (even without an idea for one)
For most of us, replacing our primary income stream after a layoff is the number one concern. But don’t be so quick to jump back into the 9-5, answering to someone else. Why not consider starting an online business of your own?
Most people believe that the only way to make money online is to have a million dollar idea, and the programming skills to pull it off. The reality however, is that most people making $1,000’s / day on the Internet are actually doing so without their own products or services, without any start-up capital, and without any specialized technical knowledge at all.
The technique is called “affiliate marketing” and it works like this: thousands of completely legitimate companies (think Amazon, Microsoft, Apple) will actually pay you to promote their products online. (Do a search for any company + “affiliate” and you’ll see what I mean.) Tens of thousands of people are replacing their day job income from this technique alone, just by learning techniques for driving traffic to these companies using Google, Yahoo and MSN.
The best way to learn how to make money online is to avoid expensive courses and e-books, and spend more time in online communities, where other affiliate marketers are sharing their experiences and mentoring newbies. The best community I’ve found is called Wealthy Affiliate University, as it literally gives you all the tools, resources, and most importantly: 1 on 1 mentoring that you’ll need to make an extremely good living online. As of the time of writing, it only costs $40 / mth, and is worth every penny, so check it out and see if it’s for you.
2) Take a Mini-Retirement
Ready for an idea that’s really out there? Sit the recession out, and retire for a year.
Sound crazy? It’s really not. Most people think of traveling as their vacation time, and therefore a cost that needs to be saved for. A mini-retirement is more like a sabbatical, where you pick up skills, experiences, and even a little money while you’re away before re-entering the workforce - often more valuable than when you left.
This concept was popularized in a book called “The 4 Hour Work Week” by Tim Ferris. In it, he talks about specific, step-by-step approaches to how he dealt with his version of the financial layoffs, and saved over $30,000 while he traveled all over the world, picking up valuable skills he was able to apply to the workforce upon his return. Often times these would be volunteer organizations that would cover his living expenses, so his costs were low, and the work he was doing was so valuable, it was easy to spin why he had a gap in his resume upon his return.
The message is simple: don’t panic - financial layoffs can be a good thing if you use the time wisely.
In summary:
These are just two ways that people are taking advantage of all the financial layoffs, but there are many others. Yes, this recession is real and this economy stinks, but with a little perspective and an open mind, it really is possible to view an financial layoffs as an opportunity to create the kind of lifestyle you deserve - on your own terms.
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