All things happen for a reason and today while trying to get myself out of a mental funk and onward and upward with my business ventures, motivation was sent to me through this song.

“What if All Goes Right” is sung by Melissa Lawson, the August 4, 2008 Nashville Star winner and I’ve included it here in case you need to be reminded that “You never know unless you try.”

Hope you enjoy it!

Are you guilty of putting off your work for later, only to find your deadlines steadily creeping up on you or even past due? Then you and I, my friend, are just like millions of other people who are afflicted by that nasty bug known as procrastination.

Procrastination is for me, the biggest reason for loss of productivity, increased stress, and sometimes late output. And as simple as it may sound, I know intellectually, if I just started my work on time, productivity would rise, deadlines would be met and I’d be less stressed in the long run.

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As a person who has been trying to do it all herself for the last 10 months, I got to the point last week where I finally took a serious look at my goals and my progress and had to make a decision. Did I want to sink or swim when it came to making money online?

Without hesitation I knew my answer was neither sink nor swim but rather . . .

SOAR – above and beyond my wildest dreams!

With that being so, I came to some conclusions that would require a definite change in my game plan for success online. It is beyond the realm of my immediate skills and knowledge to successfully pull off and profit from my intended projects. And while I’ve known this for quite some time, I was confused as to the two, very different, schools of thought among marketers.

Any successful marketer will tell you that they don’t do the bulk of the work themselves but rather outsource and use virtual assistants (VAs). So outsourcing is an agreed upon strategy among marketers. Their point of views differ on, whether you gain the experience first by doing it yourself before actually outsourcing the task so you’ll know if it’s done right or outsource what you lack in knowledge and/or experience and just let someone else do it.

I followed the path of, “do it yourself first” so you’ll know if it’s done right and so you’ll be better able to train your team. While I gave it my best shot, it just wasn’t working for me. I started becoming frustrated and with that, thoughts of self doubt began sneaking into my mind. I had to put a stop to the negative chatter going on in my head so flipped the coin and went the route of just let someone else do it.

I officially hired the first two people of my new “team” and I’m really excited about what lies ahead. I have no doubts that this is probably one of the best strategic moves I’ve made yet and promise to keep you updated with the progress of my team members and projects.

Peace and Prosperity!

I picked this link up on twitter and felt the need to share it.  For me, I found what Gary Vaynerchuk had to say as motivational, inspiring and “real.”

Be forewarned, if you are easily offended by “adult” language – move on – curses included as he keeps it “real” and speaks from his heart.

If you do watch the video and listen to what Gary has to say and it Doesn’t make you think – Watch It Again!

There are many good tips to take away from this video. Below I’ve listed a few of my favs. What about you? Share your favorite take aways in the comments section below.

• Stop doing what you hate!
• Hustle!
• Have to have a business model!
• Legacy is greater than currency!
• If you don’t believe in what you’re doing, even for a ½ sec, get out now!
• Build Brand Equity!

Watch, Listen, Act!

My good friend, Ken McArthur is standing in a circus tent today
asking 2,000 people to spread a message of hope to teenagers who
don’t think that life is worth living.

I think it’s a great message of hope for anyone and would love to
see all of my readers think about spreading it today.

Here’s Ken’s simple message for for giving hope (and maybe saving
someone’s life!):

G – Greet and meet: talk to others, smile, say hello, ask
someone how they are doing

I – Involve yourself and others: find a cause you can support,
volunteer, pledge resources. Get the people around you
involved, especially if you see someone beginning to
withdraw. Invite them to participate in some activity, to
“get out” of their comfort zone

V – Validate others: tell others that they matter – especially
family members and friends that you tend to see daily but
may take for granted, give genuine complements

E – Empathize: be a listening ear, take time to be fully
present, don’t try to solve – just acknowledge someone’s
feeling/hurt

You can find out more about Ken’s wonderful project with his
Impact Action Team at:

http://speakupsavelives.org/

Spread this message today!

Its been over a month since my last post and during that time I have often thought about posting, started to post, and even wrote it down as a goal for the day. Yet as you can see, my blog hasn’t been updated in a while and nothing new has been posted.

So what is it that’s been holding me back?

A question I often ask myself and a question that I believe, MUST be answered and must be answered HONESTLY – if I ever want to attain my goals.

The way I see it, working from home and making money online is very possible and can be very profitable. Just be careful about how you approach it and don’t expect it to make you a millionaire over night.

In the last 10 months since turning to the internet to make money online, here are the Top 10 Difficulties I’ve discovered about myself and working from home.

1. I’m easily distracted.

2. I procrastinate.

3. I multi task to the point of being inefficient and unproductive.

4. I have too many ideas and take on too many projects.

5. I suffer from information overload and paralysis by analysis.

6. I lack direction and left to my own devices flounder.

7. I’m trying to do it all.

8. I’m not consistent.

9. I do not get a lot of offline support.

10. I’m too anal and need to let go.

So the question is “Do I continue to do what obviously isn’t working?”

Of course not, that would be insane.

With only 100 days left before the end of 2008 I have some serious work to do. I invite you to please join me over the next 100 days as I either eliminate that what isn’t working or turn it into a positive and productive action step. For I plan to close out 2008 with a BANG!

Peace and Prosperity!

Three Sides Of Traffic was a 2 day event held on Long Island, NY and hosted by Howie Schwartz, Simon Leung and Ross Goldberg. The event was different right from the get go with the cost being a donation to Al’s Angels to help children and families in need.

I attended the event because first and foremost, I’m a Big Howie fan – the man really knows his stuff and always overdelivers- and second, I wanted to undertstand traffic from 3 different “proven” perspectives. And as if learning about traffic from 3 different but effective points of view wasn’t enough, they unselfishly invited a husband/wife team, Lee and Robin Collins, to speak about yet another way of getting traffic.

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Today was the first day of the “Three Sides Of Traffic” 2 day event being held right here in my own backyard, Huntington, Long island, NY.  The 3 main speakers at this event include Howie Schwartz, Simon Leung, and Ross Goldberg. All 3 dropped the bomb with information and I can’t wait till tomorrow to learn more about dominating traffic with their personal proven methods.

I have only attended 3 Live events in the 8  months online but all three were Howie Schwartz events and occured within the last 6 weeks. I almost feel like I’m a Howie Schwartz stalker! Howie’s material is so “must have” if you want a real advantage over your competitors. And from what I heard today, Ross and Simon are equally dominating in their areas of traffic expertise. Tomorrow is the second and last day of this event and I can’t imagine the information and resources they plan to share.

For anyone who has never been to a Live event, I would strongly suggest you get your butt to one as quickly as possible. Live events are not only filled with information and resources you won’t find any where else, but the networking that takes place is priceless. As an online marketer who is still wet behind the ears, I felt star stuck with some of the attendees at this event. As silly as this may sound, today I was thrilled to not only meet Ross Goldberg and Simon Leung in person (had already met Howie), but I also introduced myself to Donna Fox and Ken McArthur. To me, it was like meeting “famous” people – and in many respects they are in their own right! Looking forward to tomorrows training. Will post with more after the conclusion of “Three Sides Of Traffic”

Peace and Prosperity!

Back in November of 2007 I tried jumping straight into Internet Marketing by joining Passport To Wealth. From there I took advantage of their promotional offer to join MyInternetBusiness.com at a discounted rate. I joined in on all the conference calls, read, researched and did a lot of self teaching. I found that even though I belonged to a group that was pretty accessible I still felt like I was on my own. There was so much for me to learn that the more I learned, the more I realized how much I needed to learn. Like any other education, it’s a never ending cycle of gaining knowledge and skills in order to succeed. 

With all that I learned and all that I implemented, my efforts still showed no profits. Now I could have easily quit as most new internet entrepreneurs will. Afterall, over 95% of the people who attempt to start an internet business will quit before ever making a dime. I was not going to be among them. I was going to succeed online.

So it hasn’t happened over night and I never really believed it would. I have learned lots and have no regrets. But I do need finances coming in and not just going out! So my solution, which I heard before but I guess, just wasn’t ready, diversify, diversify, and diversify!

If you read my last post, “Hidden Treasures Found in Twitter“, then you’re well aware that I’ve been tweeting and building relationships with marketers who are of a different mindset then those that I initially came into contact with. The main difference being, the marketers on Twitter are people who look to build relationships first and then market, while the typical marketer you find on the web through Google searches and the like are just that, marketers and sales people. Their first priority is making the sale and putting more money in their pockets!

So as I begin to diversify my income streams and work on building relationships, I have turned to affiliate marketing. But not the type where I bombard my list to get them to buy into every new product other internet marketing gurus are promoting. I have chosen to go the route of quality name brand items that the general public seeks to buy at a less expensive price or from the convenience of their home. 

Peace and Prosperity!

First my deepest apologies for not being consistent and staying away from my blog as long as I have. The truth is, I have been struggling with my marketing and making money online and just went into a funk and almost gave up. But I’m not a quitter and I truly believe that financial freedom can be attained online. So in reality, quitting was never really a part of the equation and I just needed to rethink my plan of attack for achieving my goals.

So I stepped back from what I was doing, cut back on some of the monthly membership fees that I felt provided No value, refrained myself from falling prey to any more of the marketing Hype for the “next” Big Marketing Secret, and some how ended up spending a good deal of my time building relationships on Twitter.

Twitter, you might say? Why would you waste your time on Twitter? Why not market “harder” instead of spending useless hours on Twitter? Twitter is just a “time suck.” No one makes money with Twitter.

If this is what you’ve heard and this is what you believe about Twitter . . . You’re WRONG!!

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