Wow! Very important and official sounding title to this
post isn’t it? Well, it is important. Everyday it seems
I am reminded of the importance of focus.

Especially since I have yet to reach my ultimate income
goals. It’s simple really. If you’re not reaching your goals,
you probably have to take a good hard look at your actions
and activities and make adjustments.

Seems like common sense. But, alot easier said than done.
If it wasn’t, there would be no need for so many books,
courses, seminars, trainings, etc on the subject of “How To
make money online“.

I came across an awesome article that explains it way
better than I ever could.

The article is titled:

“The Stunning Truth About Focusing On The Important”

At first glance, it would seem that by focusing so intently on
something that it would be all consuming and completely
swallow up all of your time. But, after you read that article,
you’ll see it actually has the opposite affect.

By focusing in on one thing at a time, it ends up freeing up
huge chunks of time.

Read the article. You’ll see what I mean.

See you soon!

Jed

Hi all,

I’m in the process of writing some reports that I think anyone
who might be interested in learning about Internet Marketing
will get alot of use from.

I don’t have the exact titles nailed down yet but I know you’ll
get alot of use out of them.

Stay tuned!

Jed

Just thought I better give an update to my progress….

I attended Alex Jeffrey’s live workshop for his coaching
students in Vegas last month and have been putting
a few things together modeling after alot of what he
shared at the event.

One of the biggest takeaways and something that’s
really come up alot in most of the things I’m reading
and studying lately is that in order to have success,
you have to create value.

You have to find a way to create value for anyone who
crosses your “cyber path”.

It seems like common sense but it’s a little more tricky
than you might think.

I think one of the things that a majority of us do is
that we discount the knowledge and skills that we
all possess from our life experiences and job experiences.

To create value, all we have to do is share our experience.

What I didn’t realize is that since I know how to buy a domain
name, set up hosting, put up a blog, etc, etc, in the online
world, that that experience puts me in a different class.

I now have skills and knowledge that alot of other people
don’t have. And there is value in that. Especially when I
show others to do the same thing for themselves.

And, as I gain more and more knowledge and experience
in this game, those assets can be shared with people who
have less experience and knowledge than me and I can add
value to their life by sharing it with them.

And, so on and so forth.

Gain more knowledge and experience and you are able to
add more value to other people’s lives.

Sorry if that doesn’t give a very good update on my specific
progress but it’s a realization that I’ve had and thought I’d
share it with you.

I hope it makes sense to you and that you realize whether
you’re just getting started in this Internet Marketing game
or your a seasoned veteran, if you share your knowledge
and experience willingly and often, you are adding value
to the marketplace.

Until next time….

Never stop learning and always share what you learn to
add value to other people’s lives.

Take care,

Jed

I just got home from a seminar that Alex Jeffreys hosted
in Las Vegas. And, I’ve gotta say… it was excellent!

It made me realize that meeting people live and in person
may be one of the biggest keys to Internet Business success
that very few people understand.

Alex talked about this at the event. He explained how he
traveled “across the pond” many, many times to various
Internet Marketing seminars and meeting the players in
this game on multiple occasions.

He explained that attending these live events and meeting
the key players allowed him to “shortcut” his path to success.

He told a story of one seminar that Mike Filsaime walked up
to him, put his arm around him and asked him if he’d like to
join him for lunch.

And, after people witnessed that, they instantly started asking
Alex what time he was going to be speaking. This, as Alex
explained gave him instant credibility just because of the law of
“guilty by association”. (Is that actually a natural law?)

Being able to ask questions, meet and interact with other attendees,
interact and ask question of speakers and just hang out and drink
a few beers trading stories and getting to know one another goes
miles and miles in establishing yourself in your Internet Marketing
career.

All of those benefits of attending live events can be considered
“side-effects”, and that the content and learning material covered
in the seminar or workshop itself is the main benefit.

But, many who are in the know, would argue that the curriculum
of the workshop and the things you can learn from the content are
the side-effects and that the networking and building of relationships
is the main benefit.

I tend to agree with the latter.

After attending Alex’s seminar/workshop, I would have to say that
if you aren’t making an effort to attend workshops and live events
in this industry, then I would have to say that you really aren’t serious
about owning and operating a real, successful Internet Business.

So, if you aren’t attending live events and you are serious about
wanting to make your Internet Business successful, I’m sure I’ll be
seeing you at one of the next seminars.

I know I’ll be there! Will you?

Talk soon,

Jed

As someone who’s just starting out on my journey to
become financially independent by setting up and
running a successful Internet Business, I have trouble
with this issue constantly.

The issue is how to balance study and action.

No matter how far along in the journey of being an
Internet Entrepreneur anyone who may be reading this
is, I’m sure they’ve struggled with this issue as well.

The thing is is that there are so many things that
seemingly need to be studied.

For example, Marketing online is actually just one
form, method or media of marketing. Although it
is, in my opinion the best medium for marketing
that has ever been invented, you still have to first
know how to market.

So, before anyone thinks they can just get online,
set up a website and start selling things, they have
to know some basics about marketing and/or selling.

Study of the art of selling through the use of the written
word is a necessity to be able to create a sale online.

Some of the other major areas one must have some
basic skills or knowledge about are the technical things
that need to be done in order to even be able to get a
website online or be to able to distribute an affiliate link
in the proper places.

The technical side of an Internet Marketing business
can be somewhat mind-numbing even for the most
advanced marketers.

Having to hone your skills or acquire the knowledge
needed to be able to market online in an of itself can
be an all consuming endeavor.

Studying just the technical things that need to be done
for an Internet Business requires either enormous amounts
of time or some capital investment. And then there’s the
actual marketing knowledge that must be acquired to have
any sort of success.

Gaining the skills and knowledge of the marketing and
technical aspects can and will consume enormous amounts
of time.

Therein lies the problem.

If you’re spending enormous amounts of time to acquire
the skills and knowledge that it takes to run an Internet
Business, it is most likely that you aren’t being paid while
you acquire these skills and knowledge.

So, how does one sustain a job that pays the bills
while nurturing their entrepreneurial skills, maintain any
sort of relationship with family and friends and keep their
sanity while at the same time figure out how to derive an
income from an Internet Business?

Unfortunately, there is not an easy answer to that question.

As I’ve found, (and probably you have too) anything in life
that is worthy of achieving or acquiring because you feel
that being able to achieve or acquire that thing, or things
would make you successful according to your own standards,
is going to have challenges in the attainment of those things.
(whew, that was a mouthful!)

The fact of the matter is is that when you and I have questions
like this as “newbies”, we’re just going to have to ask for help.

We’re going to have to find someone who is doing exactly
what we are trying to do, having the exact results that we
are trying to attain and go and ask them how they did what
they did and if they have some advice for us.

In other words, find a mentor.

It’s a double edged sword really. It could be considered
ironic even but, you have to keep studying how other people
have done it and are doing it.

I think the trick is to study AND implement at the same time
if at all possible. In other words, implement what you learn
as soon as it is possible and feasible to do so.

I guess I would liken it to building a house out of bricks.
You have to build it one brick at a time. Place a brick, trowel
some mortar, place a brick trowel some mortar, place a brick,
trowel some mortar……..

and on and on until one day there is a fully built house
sitting in front of you. Or, in our case a fully functioning
Internet Business that’s bringing in cash automatically from
all of the things we’ve learned and implemented along our
journey.

I hope what I’ve written here has helped you if you too have
been struggling with this issue.

As I’ve been thinking about this issue, I came across this
little report (that had resale rights to it) and thought I would
give you a chance to pick it up for a very reasonable price.
(Only $27 – $7)

It covers some of what we’ve been talking about here and
has a few sections in it that talks about planning and how
to at least create a “Daily-Mini Plan”.

Just click the link below, PayPal the $7 over and I’ll email
the report to you.

I’ll have this set up on it’s on page soon so it’s delivered
instantly. But for now, just click the “Buy Button” and I’ll
send it over ASAP!

Thanks for reading and I look forward to sharing more
useful information to help you and I build our Internet
Marketing Empires!

Talk soon,

Jed

Hi Friends!

I hope all of your holiday celebrations and get togethers
were fun and relaxing. My holidays were decent.

As Forest Gump would say….”That’s all I’ve got to say
about that….”

Moving on…..

I just wanted to share a realization with anyone who may
be checking in on my progress on my journey to Online
Wealth.

I came to this realization while in deep thought about
what it really takes to be successful in this whole Internet
Marketing game.

And the realization is this (or epiphany, if you will):

To win in the Internet Marketing game, you have to
constantly, consistently and forever, be……

WRITING!

For anyone whose been at this game for a while,
your going to say “well, duh…!”

But, here’s the thing…..

It never really dawned on me how much writing
a person has to do every single day to be successful
in this business.

Come to think of it, the amount of success you have
in any business as an entrepreneur may be directly
linked to the amount of writing you while engaged
in that business.

I’m sure someone has done a study or tracked or
measured the level of success top entrepreneurs
have had based on the amount of writing they do
in their day-to-day business activities.

If not, there should be a study done.

Back to my epiphany…..

I realized that the only reason the Internet
even exists is for the purpose of exchanging
information.

And the main mode of information exchange
is through the written word.

So, If you and I are hoping to achieve any
level of success in our Internet Marketing
careers, we’re going to have to do alot
of writing.

It seems simple enough but to keep a steady
flow of communication going through writing,
you have to be very disciplined to push yourself
to make sure you are writing something every
single day.

That’s it for now.

I hope you come to the same realizations in
your efforts to succeed in business. Especially
if it’s an Internet Marketing Business.

Talk soon,

Jed

Anyone had this happen to them? I personally have not.
Could be because I only have 2 small test campaigns going
at the time.

From what I understand, this is just another way for Google
to “shake out” the account holders that refuse to follow their
rules of how they want their advertisers to play their game.

Alot of people are pissed off at Google and talking about using
other traffic sources.

This is going to get very interesting to see how this changes
the online advertising landscape.

Anyone have an opinion or personal experience to share?

Talk soon,

Jed

OK, so I was thinking about my post from last night and
what I was saying about not posting regularly and feeling
a bit bad about it….

Well, I decided that I might be being a little too hard on
myself.

What I mean is, since my mission is to build a publishing
empire what that means is that I’m going to have a learning
curve.

So, while there may be long time periods of not posting
here that doesn’t mean that I am just sitting on my thumbs
or hanging out drinking beer every night.

What I’m really doing is getting an education. I’m studying
marketing, reading the books, investing in the home study
courses, live workshops, the whole nine.

Where I need to step up and improve is in my reporting.

Reporting what I’m finding and what I’m studying and what
I’m putting into practice from all of that studying.

I just wanted to get that off my chest and let you know that
I’m going to be a better reporter for you.

And, I’d also like to ask that anyone who may be reading this
and they either are interested in starting their own journey
into online entrepreneurship or are already having success
online, that you please comment and share your experiences,
findings and what you are studying and what you are learning.

We can make this our own mastermind right here on this
blog. And, we all know how important the mastermind
concept is from the book “Think and Grow Rich” right?

I’m sure you’ve read it. I’ve read it 3 times.
(What can I say? I may have some reading retention issues)

Anyway, on with the Frank Kern insights….

If you’re a student of Internet Marketing or even marketing
in general, than you have no doubt heard of Frank Kern.

He’s one of the Godfather’s of Internet Marketing.

As I’ve mentioned, I’m investing alot of time and money
into my own marketing education.

One of the programs that I’m a member of and study
is one of Frank Kern’s programs called InfoMillionaire.

He and his cousin Trey have a monthly membership where
they share their tactics and techniques.

I just finished watching an interview on that membership
site where Frank Kern sits down with Joe Polish (another
marketing legend) and they give some awesome insight
into Information Marketing.

Here’s the insight that inspired this post (hence the title
of this post). Frank was talking about what it takes to
be successful in Internet Marketing and being a marketer.

Or, being good at anything, for that matter.

He said,

“The difference is in dabbling and deciding”.

Joe Polish gave some interesting and disheartening
statistics about the odds of making it in the Information
Marketing business. (Pre-Internet)

Joe said something like only one out of 70,000 will
ever make it big in this business!

One in seventy thousand!

I don’t know if those stats are anywhere near to being
true or should be taken with a grain of salt. Either way,
not very good odds for me or you in building an Information
Publishing empire.

But, the good news is that what Frank was talking about
is that the reason there are so many failures in this business
is because very, very, very few people actually take action
and do something.

I know this to be true because I have done it myself.

I’ve bought home study courses on how to make money
doing this or that and never even read one page of the
entire course!

It’s the weirdest thing. And, maybe you’ve had similar
experiences. I’ll buy a course about how to make money
doing this or that (some very inexpensive others
astronomically expensive), and never even study them!

It’s like I fulfill some weird craving by just buying the
course. And, keep searching for the next “shiny object”
that I can buy about how to make money so that I can
satisfy my hunger once again.

All the while never taking action on what I’ve learned.

Or, dabbling instead of deciding, as Frank says.

He said, “You can’t dabble your way to riches”.

How true that is.

You’ve got to DECIDE that what you are going
to do is make money on the internet! And then,
do whatever it takes to make that happen….

Whatever it takes!

So, I ask you my friends, are you going to
continue to “dabble” in making money online?

Or, are we going to DECIDE to build a real
business and more importantly a real life?

I pick the latter.

I for one have made the decision.

It’s now time to execute the plan…..

Let’s do this!

Talk soon,

Jed

Hi Friends! It’s been too long!

Just a quick update. I’m still alive
and have been working diligently
on my “Internet Empire”.

Obviously, I’ve had some problems
keeping myself disciplined on posting
to this blog on a regular basis.

It does get tough to do for me because
sometimes it feels like I’m just writing
to myself and that no one is reading the
posts.

But, there have been a couple of people
that have left comments! So, that means
that people are reading! (Thanks guys!)

That in itself is motivating enough for me
to keep posting the progress of my “Internet
Marketing Career”.

So, now I have no choice but to post on a
regular basis. Even if it’s just to tell you
the small little “break throughs” that might
happen.

Stay tuned!

“See you” soon!

Jed

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Thanks!

~ Jed