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In the first post in this Affiliate Income series, we talked about Product Sales, Recruiting and Duplication, and in the second post, we covered Focus, Commitment and Daily Action. Today, let’s take a look at Planning with Purpose.

Everybody has dreams and goals; specific targets they desire to achieve. But dreams are nothing without taking the necessary action to bring them into reality.

Action is vital, but activity alone is not the solution. In order to maximize the results of your efforts, you need to do some serious purposeful planning. Here are three keys to consider. … Read the rest of this entry

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Last night at our weekly Toastmasters meeting I was asked to speak for two minutes on whether or not New Year’s Resolutions had any value. As I presented my views, I realized how important resolutions can be for Internet Success.

My perspective is that New Year’s Resolutions are a kind of goal setting and if they are structured well, they can be powerful in producing the desired results.

I gave the personal example of how, a number of decades ago, I used to smoke cigarettes. I realized that smoking was not good for your health and I recognized that the desire to smoke was nothing more than a controlling habit, and I did not like that. So, one New Year’s Eve, I made the resolution to quit smoking “sometime” in the coming year. … Read the rest of this entry

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We who have a bit of training and experience marketing online are familiar with the process and tend to forget there are those who do not have the same level of insight that we have. So, here is a little information about Internet Marketing.

This is from my own experience and perspective. I happened upon the field of marketing online when I first “got connected” and began looking into possible freelance writing markets on the Internet.

My research quickly led from one link to another to another until I landed on a promotional page for an Internet income program that used the term, “Affiliate Marketing”. Affiliate Marketing turned out to be one type of Internet Marketing. … Read the rest of this entry

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This weekend, we spent a total of eight hours of hard labour (split between two days). The wife and I hauled and stacked more firewood than we can use in our lifetime. It made me think of an analogy for successful Internet marketing.

Two weeks ago, we hired a crew to take down almost 20 old and very tall trees in our front yard and along our driveway. They dropped the trees, cut off all the branches and put them through the wood chipper, and then cut the trunks of the trees into firewood-size logs for us.

This left several huge piles of logs in our front yard! We want to sell the logs for firewood, but we like things neat and tidy, so yesterday and today we manually hauled the logs to one spot beside our driveway and stacked them up nice and neat. By the way, some of the “logs” were bigger around than I could reach my arms! Hard labour. … Read the rest of this entry

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What can successful Internet Marketing enthusiasts learn from the Olympic Games? Faster, Higher, Stronger. Striving to be the best at what we do. Persevering through all obstacles and setbacks. How about that?

Just for fun, let’s do a comparison between some of the Olympic events and some of the practices of marketing online.

By the way, the ancient Olympic Games were held in Olympia, Greece, from the 8th century BC to the 4th century AD. The modern games are governed by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), founded by Baron Pierre de Coubertin in 1894. … Read the rest of this entry

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Now, a public service announcement: This is for home business enthusiasts seeking information on Affiliate Marketing for beginners. There is an easy and inexpensive way to get started and get the guidance you need.

Alright, I confess. This is not a public service announcement; it is a promotional message highlighting the benefits of the recently updated My Affiliate Power Site program, how you can plug into a system that teaches you how to set up your own niche marketing site and start making money online.

You do want to make money online, don’t you? You’re not just looking for a hobby to help you pass the time away, right? Because, while setting up your affiliate site will be easy with the guidance provided, it does require that you actually do some of the work, and once set up, there are some recommended marketing methods you will need to learn and apply. … Read the rest of this entry

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I know you’ve been waiting with bated breath to learn the true secret to success for online marketing, so today I will finally reveal it: The essence of success for an Internet business or any endeavour comes down to creating an action plan.

Sure, there are a variety of steps involved in deciding what business you will do and how to set it up, fund it, market it and so on, but the rubber simply doesn’t meet the road until your business is ready to roll and you begin taking action to move it forward.

That means marketing it and promoting it so your targeted prospects hear about it and are attracted to your website to learn more about it. Here are some specific suggestions for creating an action plan for your Internet business. … Read the rest of this entry

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If you ever thought that Internet Marketing was too expensive or too technical, please keep reading because I am going to tell you how to start your own online business quickly, easily and cheaply.

Even if you are on a very tight budget, you can set up a marketing website for as little as $10 per year for domain name registration and around $7 a month for web hosting. As far as the technical aspect of it goes, the process can be as easy as clicking a few buttons.

Not only that, but simple, step-by-step instructions are available to guide you through the entire process and free training is available to show you how to add products to your new site, how to add content (like articles and product reviews), and how to market the site and get targeted traffic. … Read the rest of this entry

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The benefits of blogging for your Internet business can be varied and the reasons why each marketer does it might be different. But the fact remains that blogging can be highly beneficial for all types of businesses.

Personally, I think every home-based Internet Marketer should start and maintain a blog. Here are a few of my reasons for blogging.

First, I want to provide relevant information and recommended resources that will be of interest to my visitors. I want readers to find something interesting, informative, inspirational or entertaining when they read my blog posts. In other words, I want to provide content that offers some degree of value so visitors will feel it has been time well spent and will be encouraged to come back again. … Read the rest of this entry

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Building a successful home based Internet Marketing business is often more challenging than people realize, but there is one thing that can improve your odds: proper planning. Surprisingly, a lot of aspiring entrepreneurs overlook this important step.

Effective business plans involve more than just choosing a domain name, launching a website and loading it up with affiliate products. You’ve got to put some serious thought into exactly what you want and how you are going to achieve it.

Successful franchise operations are a good example. They are built around highly developed plans that cover just about every aspect of running a business. A successful home based Internet Marketing business should also be thoroughly planned. … Read the rest of this entry