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INSPIRED TO MOTIVATE - JULY 2013
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EDITOR’S NOTE
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AFFILIATE MARKETING
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MOTIVATION
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THE POWER OF A POSITIVE ATTITUDE
BLOG DESIGN
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IMPOSSIBLE?
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EDITOR’S NOTE
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SET TING GOALS - FIRST STEPS TO SUCCESS
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LIST BUILDING
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THE POWER OF A POSITIVE AT TITUDE
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MAKE MONEY COACHING OTHERS
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UNLOCK YOUR SELF IMPROVEMENT POWER
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SO MANY AFFILIATE PROGRAMS - WHICH DO I CHOOSE?
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CREATING AN ONLINE TURNKEY BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY
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DESTINY - ACCOMPLISH GREAT THINGS IN YOUR LIFE
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REBATES - DON’T CUT YOURSELF SHORT
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IMPORTANCE OF BLOG DESIGN
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IMPOSSIBLE - IT’S JUST A WORD
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MOTIVATION - THE HEART OF SELF IMPROVEMENT
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A NOTE FROM OUR
Inspired to Motivate was created with a sole purpose in mind ...to help you discover your true passion , and to support you regardless of your career, or Network Marketing Business.
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I am very passionate about helping others, and am very grateful for all of the blessings in my life . I have been in the network marketing industry for many years and can provide solutions to your problems when it comes to building a successful and sustainable home based business. Through trial and error, I have learned what works, and what does not work so well . My experience can literally help you shave months off of the learning curve assoicated with building a business online , or offline .
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Kim Martin - kmartinmarketing.com
It takes passion and commitment to build your future and I’m here to help you, and to encourage you. I’m thankful for each and every one of you and I hope that I’ve inpired you to follow your true passion . Dream Big my friends. The world needs your incredible talent.
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SETTING GOALS - First Steps to Success
ARE YOU A GOAL SETTER?
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Everyone needs a goal to become successful. Do you have a dream board? If so, have you listed those items that you truly want to achieve? If not, it’s never too late to start one! Things to ask yourself... What is my goal, really? What do I desire to achieve by my efforts? Is it morally right and fair? Are my short-range goals consistent with my long-term goals? Can I commit myself emotionally to complete projects? Can I visualize myself reaching my goals? If you answered yes to these questions, be sure to evaluate your goals on a regular basis. When one goal is achieved, replace it immediately with another one. Certain emphasis on goals my change so be sure to review your entire list regularly and adjust it accordingly.
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A dream becomes a reality when action is taken toward achieving it...
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In order to reach your goals, you MUST make a commitment. Mark you calendar and follow your plan. Get some poster board and cut out pictures of places you want to visit, a home or car you’ve always dreamed of owning, etc. Visualizing your goals helps put them into perspective.
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Setting goals also helps you to know what you are trying to accomplish. They allow you to visualize and set your mind to push yourself into achieving those goals. Goal setting also helps you have more purpose and direction in life. If you know what you want from life then you know what you have to do to achieve it. It also helps you become better organized and effective, builds confidence and self-worth allowing you to feel more fulfilled. It gets your blood pumping because you will be more enthusiastic about working hard and staying focused!
Set Your Goals Today! Don’t wait...
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List Building
It’s Just a Wor
dHow to Build a List of Eager Subscribers
online business provides great service to > Every generate satisfaction among their customers. As each and every customer receives satisfaction
over their products or the services they get, there is a great chance that they will become a return customer and buy again. Better yet, they will recommend you to other people that could generate more business for you and your website.
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As more traffic is driven to your site, you can entice many of them to subscribe to your mailing list or opt-in list. This is a list where website visitors agree to be sent promotional materials such as newsletters, catalogs and such that will keep them updated about your site or the niche of your site. These promotional materials are sent via e-mail to the members of the list at different time intervals. When using e-mail as the media of your marketing and advertisements, you eliminate the need for high costs. Email is free and if you manage to make your own promotional advertisements you can also save a bundle there. With an optin subscribers list, you are pretty sure that what you are sending out is received, viewed and read by the subscribers and not simply being deleted. They have signed up for service and have consented to receiving it. This means that there are constant reminders to your subscribers about all your products, new products and services as well as any promotions and special deals you are having. There is also the chance that they can be forwarded to other potential customers as they tell their friends and families about you and your site.
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Of course you should be also be aware that a subscriber may unsubscribe when they feel that they are not getting what they want or expected. Make sure that they are satisfied with your opt-in marketing strategies and keep them excited in receiving your newsletters and catalogs. Here are some tips that can help you build a list of eager subscribers. Make your promotional materials interesting and fun. Try to use a little creativity but not too over artsy. Build around what your product or service is about. For example; if you are selling car parts, put some pictures of what is new in the auto parts world, a new wing door possibly that can fit any car and make it look like a Lamborghini. Try to research what people are looking for, this way, you stay one step ahead of them all the time and you will be their bearer of new tidings. They will be eager to receive what you are sending them because they know you always have fresh and new things to share with them. Write good articles that can be very informational but light at the same time. If your subscribers enjoy your articles, they will go to your site by clicking the links that you will be putting on your newsletter to read some more. You can provide articles that can connect to many people. Be diverse in your articles. Put something humerous, then put something informational, then put something that has both.
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re you wary about this because you don’t like writing? No problem, there are many professional and experienced article writers that can do the job for you for minimal fees. They know what they are doing and can provide the need that you have for your newsletters, the money that you pay for your articles are going to be met by the many sign-ups and the potential profit from the sales that you will get. Write good articles that can be very informational but light at the same time. Create an e-book for your customers about anything that is related to your business or site. Use your knowledge and expertise in the field you have chosen to help other people who are similarly interested. Offer the e-book for free. You can write about anything informational and helpful to your
subscribers. For example; you can do manuals and guides in so many things. This e-book could be used as a reference for many people. Share this e-book with everyone, even other sites; just make sure that they don’t change the links in the e-book that will lead people to your site. If you want, you can always get some people to write it for you just like the articles. Your investment once again will be covered by the great marketing this will generate. If your subscribers can get benefits from your newsletters, they will be very eager to receive them. Just don’t flood your mailing list with emails so that you don’t annoy your subscribers.
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Feature News Items
THE POWER OF A POSITIVE ATTITUDE Where Are You? NEGATIVE ~ REALISTIC ~ POSITIVE
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am going to ask you to do something very weird right now. First of all, I want you to listen to your thoughts. Now
tell me, what thoughts fill your head? Would you label them as positive or negative? Now let’s say you are walking down the
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street with these thoughts. Do you think anyone who would meet you would be able to tell you what’s on your mind? The answer to number one is up to you. But, the answer to number two can be pretty generic. Although people will not be able to tell you exactly what you are thinking, they will more or less have an idea of how you are feeling. Here’s another question. When you enter a party filled with friends, do they all fall silent as if something terrible has happened? Or does everyone perk up as if waiting for something exciting to happen? You know what? The answer to all of these depends on your
frame of mind. Thoughts are very powerful. They affect your general attitude. The attitude you carry reflects on your appearance too, unless, of course, you are a great actor. And it doesn’t end there. Your attitude can also affect people around you. The type of attitude you carry depends on you. It can be either positive or negative.
If a positive attitude is really great, why do people choose to adopt a negative attitude instead? > One who carries a negative attitude may be actually sending a signal for attention. Before you get me wrong, feeling sad, angry, or gloomy is not wrong, but dwelling on these thoughts for too long is not healthy either. As always, if you are beset by troubles, even in
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your darkest hour, focus on the good things in life and you will always have hope. Problems become something you can overcome. You do not have much to lose by adopting a healthy, positive attitude. Studies show that such an attitude
actually retards the aging process, makes you healthier, helps you develop a better stress coping mechanism, and a very positive effect on all the people you meet everyday. So, what’s not to like about a positive attitude? Adopt one today!
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POSITIVITY
“Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference� -Winston Churchill
Positive thoughts have a filling effect. They are admittedly invigorating. Plus, the people around the person carrying positive thoughts are usually energized by this type of attitude. Negative thoughts on the other hand have a sapping effect on other people. Aside from making you look gloomy and sad, negative thoughts can turn a festive gathering into a funeral wake. A positive attitude attracts people, while a negative attitude repels them. People tend to shy away from those who carry a negative attitude. We can also define attitude as the way of looking at the world. If you choose to focus on the negative things in the world, more or less you will have a negative attitude brewing. However, if you choose to focus on the positive things, you are more likely to carry a positive attitude. You have much to gain from a positive attitude. For one, studies have shown that a positive
attitude promotes better health. Those with this kind of attitude also have more friends. Projecting a positive attitude also helps one to handle stress and problems better than those who have a negative attitude. A positive attitude begins with a healthy self-image. If you will love the way you are and are satisfied, confident, and self-assured, you also make others that are around you feel the same. A negative attitude, on the other hand, has, of course, an opposite effect. So, carrying a negative attitude has a twofold drawback. You feel bad about yourself, and you make others feel the same way.
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The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function. One should, for example, be able to see that things are hopeless and yet be determined to make them otherwise. - F. Scott Fitzgerald
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child, only one is positive. This is truly a saddening thought. If you want a healthier outloook on life, you need to think happy thoughts, and you have to hear positive things as well. So, what can you do? Well, for starters, you could see a funny movie, you could play with the children, spend time telling jokes with friends. All of these activities fill you with positive stimuli, which in turn promotes a positive attitude. Although it is impossible to keep ourselves from the negative things around us, you can still carry a positive attitude by focusing on the good things, the positive things in life.
Negative thinking destroys your brain cells and causes global warming. - Dodinsky
A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes. - Hugh Downs There are souls in this world which have the gift of finding you everywhere and of leaving it behind them when they go. Frederick Faber
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No road is paved with gold unless you make it your own treasure. - Alvaro Velasco
If you want a positive attitude, you have to feature healthy thoughts. This is probably very hard to do nowadays since, all around us, the media feeds us nothing but negative thoughts. A study shows that for every 14 things a parent says to his or her
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Do you pay too much in taxes? If you are a business owner the answer is, most likely, YES. The current tax code has gotten so complicated that unless you have specialized knowledge and extra time it’s almost impossible for you to take advantage of all the possible deductions that are available to you. Put simply, YOU’RE PAYING MORE TAXES THAN YOU NEED TO. iLA Tax Shield is a powerful mobile application that puts all of your tax deductions in the palm of your hand. At the tip of your fingertips you can simply and easily record your business expenses, track your miles and more.
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MAKE MONEY COACHING OTHERS A coach is one who takes their know-how in a particular craft and shares it with others who want to be successful in that field as well. Coaches can be experts in anything from writing to marketing to business itself. If you have good knowledge or experience in a particular area you can become a coach quite easily and make money doing it. There are many coaches who help others in web design, graphic design and even in the coaching field as well. A coach would offer tips and techniques to
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newbies within that field and answer questions throughout their learning process. What skills are helpful? The most important skill you should have for this type of business is the ability to be a good listener. You should also have great patience for your clients. Those who hire you to coach them want you to listen to their bad experiences and help guide them out of the muck they find themselves in no matter how strange they may sound. To build rapport and credibility in this business, you
should know your field well. If you’ve never designed a website before, then being a web designing coach would not be a good idea, because your lack of experience will be spotted right away and trust will be lost. What tools will be needed? You should have the following in this kind of business: • Computer • E-mail program • Website • Informative content for your site • Shopping cart feature • Telephone dedicated for business
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Most of your conversations with clients will probably be through your e-mail program, but some people may be more comfortable being able to talk to you on a more one on one basis, so a phone should be included in your list of tools. How to get started. Plan your business out. What service will you be offering that you have knowledge in? Get some articles and other written content created to place on a website to help build credibility and
expert status for your business. Explain on your site how your service works and how much your rate will be. Show some testimonials from others who have used your services before and were pleased with the results. Make your site easily navigated so others won’t get lost trying to find information about your coaching business. Market your coaching business to get clients to come to you. Plan the
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goals that the client wants to achieve by using you and discuss how those goals will be obtained. Listen to their problems and questions and provide insightful answers and support to keep them moving forward toward their goals.Coaches are well sought after online for those who have good knowledge or experience in a certain area. Use what you know about a topic and provide a coaching service to others to help them become an expert like you in the same field. 13
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It’s not that some people have willpower and some don’t. It’s that some people are ready to change and others are not. BY JAMES GORDON
Unlock Your Self Improvement
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When we look at a certain object, a painting for example - we won’t be able to appreciate what is in it, what is painted and what else goes with it if the painting is just an inch away from our face. But if we try to take it back a little further, we’ll have a clearer vision of the whole artwork. We reach a point in life when we are ready for change and look for information that will help us unlock our self improvement power. Until then, something can be staring us right under our nose but we don’t see it. The only time we think of unlocking our self improvement power is when everything gets worse. Take the frog principle for example - Try placing Frog A into a pot of boiling water. What happens? He
Become addicted to constant and never-ending selfimprovement. -Anthony J. D’Angelo
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twerps! He jumps out! Why? Because he is not able to tolerate sudden change in his environment - the water’s temperature. Then try Frog B, place him in a pot of luke-warm water, then turn on the stove. Wait until the water reaches a certain boiling point. Frog B then thinks, “Ooh...it’s a bit warm in here”. People are like Frog B in general. Today, Anna thinks Carl hates her. Tomorrow, Patrick walks up to her and tells her he hates her. Anna stays the same and doesn’t mind what her friend says. The next day, she learned that Tina and John also hate her. Anna doesn’t realize at once the importance and the need for self improvement until the entire community hates her. We learn our lessons when we experience pain. We finally see the warning signs and signals when things get rough and tough. When do we realize that we need to change diets? When none of our jeans and shirts fit us. When do we stop eating candy and chocolate? When all of our teeth have fallen out. When do we realize that we need to stop smoking? When our lungs have gone bad. When we realize
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that we’re going to die tomorrow. The only time most of us ever learn about unlocking our self improvement power is when the whole world is crashing and falling apart. We think and feel this way because it is not easy to change. But change becomes more painful when we ignore it. Change will happen, like it or hate it. At one point or another, we are all going to experience different turning points in our life - and we are all going to eventually unlock our self improvement power not because the world says so, not because our friends are nagging us, but because we will begin to realize its for our own good. Happy people don’t just accept change, they embrace
it. Now, you don’t have to feel a tremendous heat before realizing the need for self improvement. Unlocking your self improvement power does
Never neglect an opportunity for improvement. -Sir William Jones not mean locking yourself up in the cage of thought that “its just the way I am”. It is such a poor excuse for people who fear and resist change. Most of us program our minds like
computers. Self improvement may not be everyone’s favorite word, but if we look at things in a different point of view, we might have greater chances for enjoying the whole process instead of counting the days until we are fully improved. Three sessions a week at the gym would result in a healthier life, reading books will shape up a more profound knowledge, going out with friends and peers will help you take a step back from work and unwind. And just when you are enjoying the whole process of unlocking your self improvement power, you’ll realize that you are becoming a happier person.
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SO MANY AFFILIATE PROGRAMS! Which Do I Choose?
The period of time that those people stay in the system is also important. This is because some visitors do not buy initially but may want to return later to make the purchase. Know if you will still get credit for the sale if it is done later on.
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irst of all, you need to ask questions before you join an affiliate program. Do a little research about the choices of the program that you intend to join. Get some answers because they will be the deciding point of what you will be achieving later on.
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ill it cost anything to join? Most affiliate programs being offered today are absolutely free of charge. So why settle for those that charge you before joining?
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hen do they issue commission checks? Every program is different. Some issue checks once a month, every quarter, etc. Select the one that is suited to your payment time choice. Many affiliate
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W programs are setting minimum earned commissions that must be met or exceeded in order for checks to be issued.
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hat is the hit per sale ratio? This is the average number of hits to a banner or text link it takes to generate a sale based on all affiliate statistics. This factor is extremely important because this will tell you how much traffic you must generate before you can earn a commission from the sale.
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ow are referrals from an affiliate’s site tracked and for how long do they remain in the system? You need to be confident on the program enough to track those people you refer from your site. This is the only way that you can get credit for the sale.
hat are the kinds of affiliate stats available? Your choice of affiliate program should be capable of offering detailed stats. They should be available online anytime you decide to check them out. Constantly checking your individual stats is important to know how many impressions, hits, and sales are already generated from your site. Impressions are the number of times the banner or text link was viewed by a visitor of your site. A hit is the one clicking on the banner or text links.
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oes the affiliate program also pay for the hits and impressions besides the commission on sales? It is important that impressions and hits are also paid, as this will add to the earnings you get from the sales commission. This is especially important if the program you are in offers low sales to be able to hit ratio.
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ho is the online retailer? Find out whom you are doing business with to know if it is really a solid company. Know the products they are selling and the average amount they are achieving. The more you know about the retailer offering you the affiliate program, the easier it will be for you to know if that program is really for you and your site.
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s the affiliate a one tier or two tier program? A single tier program pays you only for the business that you have generated. A two tier program pays you for
the business, plus it also pays you a commission on the sales generated by any affiliate you sponsor in your program. Some two tier programs are even paying small fees on each new affiliate you sponsor. More like a recruitment fee.
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astly, what is the amount of commission paid? 5%-20% is the commission paid by most programs. .01%-.05% is the amount paid for each hit. If you find a program that also pays for impressions, the amount paid is not much at all but as you can see from these stats, you will now
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hese are just some of the questions that need to be answered before you enter into an affiliate program. You should be familiar with the many important aspects that your chosen program should have before incorporating them into your website. Try to ask your affiliate program choice these questions. These can help you select the right program for your site from among the many available. 17
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FLUID DESIGN fresh concepts for print and web
Creating An Online Turnkey Business Opportunity Kim Martin - Inspired to Motivate
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e are going to take a look into how you can work on building and creating an online turnkey business opportunity. For your business to be turnkey, there are going to be a couple of things that you’ll probably want to have in place. You want to have some online business systems so that you have created efficiencies that require a minimum of your time for the business. A good example would be a membership website in a particular niche. The reason is that you only have to worry about updating the information maybe once or twice a month. You can outsource all maintenance on the website to developers or a web host who you pay monthly fees to. The content of the website could also be developed
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by freelance writers who you will contract out to. Once this is done, the only thing that you are left with is ensuring that you market the site so that you can continue to develop new members which will raise the amount of income that you realize every month. With this, you could also hire a part-time person to work on the marketing from their home. They could have access to different marketing techniques that you use and be told when to do these every month. This would allow you to oversee the site without having to worry about any of the scheduled maintenance or content development that is needed to make sure that a membership website works.
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nother good way to create an online turnkey business opportunity could be working with someone who develops and maintains the website while you provide financial backing. This is an arrangement that you could work out with someone else so they become equal partners. This would allow you to make money without having to use any of your time or other resources because you have someone else doing that for you.
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nother way would be to develop an affiliate program of your own that is offered through either clickbank.com or affiliateprograms.com. Once you have developed your website as
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well as a product, it will be up to the affiliates to promote these products. You are giving up a chunk of the money made but this does not take any more effort on your part other than the initial development of the website and/or product.
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ach of these three ways that we have looked at today in creating an online turnkey business opportunity can work for you if you take the time to develop a product or website. Take your time in developing and figuring out how you can create this as a turnkey solution it will take some more time but you will be rewarded with more profits and less time
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Numis - What’s It All About? The big Picture
> Numis’ mission is to help people improve their financial health with silver. There is a financial sickness in this world and we are facing a crisis because most of the population is “financially sick”. Economies are weak, government spending and debt is out of control. We, as individuals, must take a stand and gain better control of our own financial situations. Numis provides financial health! Just imagine a truck full of silver, and you have the ability to take as much as you wanted for FREE. How much would you take? Everyone knows that pure silver is a valuable precious metal. What Numis offers is an opportunity to begin collecting pure silver every single month for FREE! There’s even a simple way to give away free silver, and make extra money promoting Numis’ mission.
Kim Martin
Independent Collector Representative www.numisnetwork.com/kmartin2013
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FREE Silver?
TIME TO REWARD YOURSELF!
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One of the most amazing things about Numis is that we are able to promote our mission without the use of traditional advertising. Our $100,000,000 Free Silver Giveaway is quickly going viral simply powered by people just like you! Numis fuels this growth with luxury vacations, cash bonuses, even silver BMW’s all just for
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On October 6, 2008 the world was witness to a stock market crash that would subsequently leave many without jobs, financial stability, or hope. When Numis founders, Chris Kent, Jake Kevorkian and Ian Cordell saw what was happening around them, they realized it was time to take action. They joined together to form a company that
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DESTINY ACCOMPLISH GREAT THINGS IN YOUR LIFE
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From this moment on, choose not to let your past dictate your future. What is gone is gone - forever. Now is the time to move on, to do and become what you want to be the best in any area that you choose, so you may design your own destiny. Here are a few helpful suggestions that you may take on board, and below you will find a couple of simple tips that can quickly move you in the direction of manifesting your destiny to accomplish many great things in your life. To join ranks with the most successful people in the field of your choice, or merely to achieve your dreams quietly, for yourself, you will need to take the journey toward a better more enlightened future; toward a more empowered and motivated you, toward a life that you will design and achieve. You will live your life as you want it. And you will become that person that you have been dreaming of becoming.
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“Take a Chance. You Never Know What Might Happen”
“I embrace my destiny and live with purpose. Life has a special purpose for me, I use my gifts and talents to reach my full potential”
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“Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.”
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No more wavering dreams, staring out the window and wishing and hoping. No more sleepless nights worrying about your future as you only see where you are now. This time it is for real. What you are dreaming will happen, and in abundance. From today, you will move forward in your life in a dramatic way. You will do what is required of you to accomplish your daily goals, big and small, and you will always expect to succeed at everything you do. Embrace your unlimited power and build a life of excellence. Success is your one and only option. Fill all of your days with accomplishments, no matter how small you may think they are. It is important, at this point, to realize that most successes stem from your ability to feel certain that you can set out to achieve what it is that you desire - to accomplish great things in your life. And for you to feel certain, you need to become confident.
One of the principle prerequisites to achieving almost anything in life is confidence. Confidence is an indispensable requirement to your success and further development or betterment, be it for your personal or professional needs. Confidence is the doorway to success and fulfillment. With confidence you will have the courage, strength, and motivation to tackle and overcome all of life’s setbacks and challenges.
Challenge your thoughts that have been holding you back and stretch your mind to raise your limits to unlimited heights.
Feel the confident emotions that come from success, with the feeling that you have accomplished all that you wanted.
At the end of each day, put yourself into a confident and resourceful state of mind by jotting down in your diary or daily journal, all of the day’s achievements, no matter how small.
Benefit: When you go to sleep, your unconscious mind will work all night on ways to bring about that which you have just visualized.
The great news is that confidence is a learned skill, and anyone can learn the skills to having awesome and unstoppable confidence.
Benefit: The mere act of writing them down reinforces the idea of success and confidence. It is extremely beneficial and motivating for you to feel the success deep within so that your mind acknowledges them as confident achievements.
As promised, here are just a couple of confidence tips that I believe are easy to do and are extremely effective. By repeating the simple tips daily, they will retrain your thinking and become an automatic part of your new successful and confident habit. They will become your new way of life.
Just before going to bed, conceive and initiate your ideal day. Once you have gone through your diary and planned your next day, sit back and take a few minutes to imagine and visualize the entire day, from beginning to end. See it unfolding exactly how you would want it to be, in every situation.
Truly make it your destiny to accomplish many great things in your lifetime by adopting a vital ingredient to success, and that is confidence. With confidence you discard worry, hesitation, and fear. With confidence you rise above challenges and failures. With confidence you have unlimited motivation and unrelenting persistence.
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Do not underestimate the immense power of confidence. Go ahead, reap the rewards and accomplish many great things in your lifetime.
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REBATES Don’t Cut Yourself Short Affiliate Competition Destroyer - Kim Martin
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T
he seller is getting less money than he is entitled
Rebates are everywhere. Out
he will have to sell twice the
A
big rebates is that the offer
Y
in the brick and mortar world
number of programs, software
attracts what is known in the
think that offering incentive
there are ‘mail-in’ rebates and
copies, products or services
business as “cheap customers”.
bonuses that are valuable
instant rebates offered on
to make the same amount of
Cheap customers are those
enough to entice people to pay
every product imaginable from
money he would have made
who never expect to pay the
full price for an item is just too
computers to home appliances
had he not offered the 50%
full price for anything, ever or
much trouble. They will tell you,
to cars. In cyber space the
rebate. The seller is giving away
under any circumstances. They
that it is easier, quicker and just
rebate is everywhere. Rebates
his profit especially if the seller
expect to get something for
a lot less trouble to simply offer
are offered on all kinds of
is an affiliate marketer because
nothing and that something for
a rebate or a discount than it is
programs, software, products
any rebate an affiliate marketer
nothing expectation will always
to find bonus incentives. Okay.
and services. A rebate is simply
offers his customers comes out
come out of your pocket. You
I agree. Offering a rebate or
a discount in fancy clothes. The
of his commission. For example:
are simply better off without
a discount is certainly easier,
principle is exactly the same.
if you are marketing a product
cheap customers. The answer
quicker and a lot less work than
The customer pays less than
that sells for $197 and you
to the rebate question is just
finding bonus incentives that
the list price for whatever the
earn $98.50 from it, offering a
this: give your customers a
are of enough value to make
program, software, product or
rebate of $50 means that your
good reason to buy from you
a customer pay full price for a
service might be. The customer
commission is only $48.50 per
at the full price. Even if you
product or service. However;
is getting a bargain. That’s true.
sale. You aren’t going to be
have to pay something for
it is simply not the best thing
The question, however, is what
earning very much per sale.
incentive bonuses, it is better
to do.
exactly is the seller getting? The
That can’t be a good thing.
than offering a rebate to the
answer to the question, is pretty
There has to be a better way
customer.
simple.
than offering big rebates...
R
ebate! Rebates seem
to get on every sale he
to be all the rage in
makes. If the seller is giving
today’s market place.
a 50% rebate that means that
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nd fortunately, there is. One of the big problems with offering
ou will attract a better class of customers who will continue to buy from
you. Many affiliate marketers
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he customers that will be attracted by deep discounts and 50%
rebates are the cheap customers
I
f you are willing to go to the trouble, put in the work, and make the effort to find
incentive bonuses that make it
L
ook at it like this: every time that you accept less than you could get for a
product, you are giving away
D
on’t discount the
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product or offer a rebate. Increase the
value of the product instead.
and once you discount or offer
possible for you to sell products
the lifestyle that you have been
Remember this: increasing
a rebate they are going to
at their full price to your
working for and you are settling
value is better than cheapening
expect you to do so with every
customers, you will leave those
for less than you deserve not
the product or service that you
product or service that you ever
lazy affiliate marketers eating
only for yourself but for your
are trying to sell. People don’t
offer them. You are going to be
your dust. Before you even
family as well. It really is never
always see a discount or a rebate
working for peanuts when you
consider offering a rebate or a
necessary to settle for less. It
as value. They sometimes see
could be working for the whole
discount on a product or service
just isn’t necessary to offer a
it as an attempt to entice them
peanut gallery. Don’t waste
think about the reason that you
large rebate or a deep discount
into buying a product that
your time worrying about lazy
became an affiliate marketer in
to sell a quality product or
wasn’t worth the full price in
affiliate marketers who offer
the first place. Did you become
service. People need, want and
the first place. Only the cheap
deep discounts or big rebates.
an affiliate marketer so that you
will pay for the products and
customers will go for a rebate or
They will attract the cheap
could just barely scratch out a
services that they need. It isn’t
discount. The good customers
customers that you don’t want
living or did you plan on making
necessary to give away your
will be shopping around to see
anyway and those lazy affiliate
a very nice annual income that
profit if you will just work harder
what the best incentives being
marketers will never be any
would provide a very nice life
and find incentive bonuses that
offered are. If you make your
competition for you.
style for you and your family?
will entice your customers to
bonus incentives the very best,
I doubt that scratching out a
buy the products and services
then you will attract the best
living was the top reason that
that they need from you.
customers and you can charge
you chose to become an affiliate
the full asking price every time
marketer.
and for every product or service that you promote.
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THE IMPORTANCE OF BLOG DESIGN CREATIVE MARKETING AND PLANNING
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Creating Your Blog WRITTEN BY KIM MARTIN
Blogs have increased popularity over the last few years. Many people have started to create their personal blogs to express their thoughts and feelings. Internet companies have also started their blogs to inform consumers on the latest product news and reviews. Because of this, blogs are also being used as internet marketing media. Before, internet marketing was done by placing banners and links on popular websites, such as news and information sites. Links were also included on newsletters and marketing letters sent to the members of their mailing lists. Many people spend time reading blogs. People read their friend’s blogs, their favorite author’s blogs, blogs on topics
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that they are interested in, and blogs on product reviews. With the increasingly popularity of blogging, it is even feared that people rely on blogs to get the latest news. While getting news reports from blogs isn’t reliable, some people look for product reviews through blogs before they make a purchase. In some cases, this is more dependable. While it is true that some media persons are being paid to write good reviews about a certain product, blog writers write about their actual experiences with products and services from companies. Since there are many people who read and start their own blogs, blogs are a good medium to market a product and/or service. With the increasing blog traffic means increase in product
sales. Blog traffic can be increased by joining affiliate programs and sites, which will list your blog under a certain search category or name. You can also have your blog advertised on popular websites. This, however, will cost some money and is not advisable if you have just started blogging. A writer who has just launched his/ her blog will want as much traffic as possible to increase advertisements on the site. Also, some advertisers pay every time their link is clicked or the page that has their link is viewed. When you have increased traffic on your blog, you should try to keep your visitors coming back and recommending your blog to friends and colleagues.
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HOT OFF THE PRESS This can be done by having informative or amusing content and a good blog layout and design. You may develop your blog’s content or you can acquire the services of a web content writer to provide you with the blog articles. The blogs layout and design also plays a big role. While most of the companies offering free blog hosting offer preselected templates, there are also some that allow for customization that if you utilize this feature correctly can increase your blog’s traffic. Here are a few tips to make your blog standout from the millions of blogs out there that have standard designs:
Customize the Banner The banner usually has the most generic designs that are common to the blogs from a blogging company or service. You can personalize this banner by having a graphic with the dimensions of the banner. You can also edit the graphic so that it will also include the title of your blog.
Personalize with Photos
Include RSS Feeds
Of course, most of the photos that you will be posting will be your own, however, if you do not customize the photos before posting them, you may miss maximizing the enhancing benefits that the design of your blog. You can choose a standard border or you can create your own border which can be associated with your blog’s templates.
This is a cool way to inform people with news about your blog headlines. Tutorials on RSS feeds are available on the internet.
Add a Favicon Don’t you think sites with icons on the address bar before the website’s URL are cool? Many people do. These favicons add a professional look to the URL. These are easy to do using photo or graphic editing softwares. There are sites that offer free blog templates, layouts, backgrounds, textures and skins. Be sure to make use of these so that your blog will not look generic like most of the blogs hosted by the service providers.
Add Audio Audio makes your blog more personal. Not only does audio personalize the blog, it can also keep your visitors coming back. You can have streaming radio stations, mp3 files or playlists loading with your blog.
Advertisements If you have signed up with Google AdSense, which I am sure you would like to do, make sure that the ads are conveniently placed so that these will not hinder your readers ease in accessing the information on your blog. Try using these tip and you can definitely increase and retain traffic on
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Nothing is Impossible, the word itself says, “I’m Possible!” -Audrey Hepburn
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Everyone, at some point of his or her life, has
and self-limiting assumptions, you will never be able to
dreamed of being somebody special, somebody BIG.
break past what you deem impossible. If you reach too
Who hasn’t fantasized about being the one who hits the
far out into the sky without working towards your goal,
game-winning homer? Who hasn’t dreamed of being
you will find yourself clinging on to the impossible dream.
the homecoming queen? And, how many times have we
Those who dream towards a goal without working hard
dreamed of being rich, or successful, or happy with our
end up disappointed and disillusioned.
relationships? Often, we dream big dreams and great aspirations and unfortunately, our dreams remain just
Thomas Edison once said that genius is 1%
that - dreams. And our aspirations easily collect dust in our
inspiration and 99% perspiration. Nothing
attic.
could be truer. For one to accomplish his or her dreams, there has to be hard work and discipline. Get out of your comfort zone
This is a sad turn of events in our life. Instead of
and dream on. Don’t get caught up with
experiencing exciting adventures in self actualization,
the perceived limitations. Think big and
we get caught up in the humdrum of living from day-to-
work hard to attain your dreams. As
day just barely existing. But you know what? Life could
you step up the ladder of progress,
be so much better, if only we learned to aim higher. The
you will just about find out that
most common problems to setting goals is the word
the impossible has just become a
impossible. Most people get hung up thinking I can’t
little bit more possible.
do this. It’s too hard. It’s too impossible. No one can do this. However, if everyone thought that, there would be
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no inventions, no innovations, and no breakthroughs in human accomplishment. Remember that scientists were baffled when they took a look at the humble bumble bee. Theoretically, they said it was impossible for the bumble bee to fly. Unfortunately for the bumble bee, no one has told it so. So it does fly. On the other hand, some people suffer from dreaming totally outrageous dreams and not acting on them. The result? Broken dreams, and tattered aspirations. If you limit yourself with self-doubt,
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Motivation The Heart of Self Improvement
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Pain may sometimes be the reason people change. Getting bad grades make us realize that we need to study. Debts remind us of our inability to look for a source of income. Being humiliated gives us the ‘push’ to speak up and fight for ourselves to save our face from the next embarrassments. It may be a bitter experience, a friend’s tragic story, a great movie, or an inspiring book that will help us get up and get just the right amount of motivation we need in order to improve ourselves.
>Achieve your dreams. Avoid negative people, places, and things. Eleanor Roosevelt once said, “the future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”
With the countless negativity’s the world brings about, how do we keep movitated?
>Don’t give up and don’t give in. Thomas Edison failed once, twice, more than three times before he came up with his invention and perfected the incandescent light bulb. Make motivation your steering wheel.
Here’s a few tips:
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>Believe in yourself and in what you can do. >Consider things on every angle and aspect. Motivation comes from determination. To be able to understand life, you should feel the sun from both sides.
>Enjoy life. Work as if you don’t need the money. Dance as if nobody’s watching. Love as if you never cried. Learn as if you’ll live forever. Motivation takes place when people are happy. >Family and friends are life’s greatest treasures. Don’t loose site of them. >Give more than what is enough. Where does motivation and self improvement take place at work? At home? At school? When you exert effort in doing things. >Hang on to your dreams. They may dangle in there for a moment, but these little starts will be your driving force.
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>Learn to love yourself. Now isn’t that easy? >Make things happen. Motivation is when your dreams are put into work clothes. >Never lie, cheat, or steal. Always play a fair game. >Open your eyes. People should learn the horse attitude and horse sense. They see things in two ways - how they want things to be, and how things should be. >Practice makes perfect. Practice is about motivation. It lets us learn repertoire and ways on how we can recover from our mistakes. >Quitters never win and winners never quit. So, choose your fate are you going to be a quitter? or a
winner? >Ready yourself. Motivation is also about preparation. We must hear the little voice within us telling us to get started before others will get on their feet and try to push us around. Remember, it wasn’t raining when Noah built the ark. >Stop procrastinating. >Take control of your life. Discipline or self control jives synonymously with motivation. Both are key factors in self improvement. >Understand others. If you know very well how to talk, you should also learn how to listen. Yearn to understand first, and to be understood second.
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>Visualize it. Motivation without vision is like a boat on dry land. >Want it more than anything. Dreaming means believing and to believe is something that is rooted out from the roots of motivation and self improvement. >X Factor is what will make you different from the others. When you are motivated, you tend to put on “extras” in your life, like extra time with family, extra help at work, extra care for friends, and so on. >You are unique. No one in this world looks, acts, or talks like you. Value your life and existence, because you are just going to spend it once. >Zero in on your dreams and go for it!!!
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The creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others. - Ayn Rand
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