30 day plan - Internet Profits - Month 2 and Beyond

Month 2 and Beyond: From here on, I only need to focus on a few things...

• Building my mailing list consistently,
• Building a strong relationship with my list members by offering them great value through free reports, articles, and tips, AND...
• Finding and forming new positive and mutually-beneficial relationships with other power players in the field, i.e. joint ventures.
• Offering them great products and services on a consistent basis! These products can either be your own, affiliate products, or products that you buy resell rights to.
  

Don't be afraid to sell to your list. Those who are only there to get free stuff will probably drop out eventually. And, that's a good thing! That's what you want! Those who appreciate the value you provide for them will stick around for a long time.

Continue to joint venture and make deals with other publishers / webmasters to build your network, build your list as well as generate ongoing profits!

Survey your list and find out what type of products they would want in the future. Find out what their main wants, concerns, and problems are. Then, either find the appropriate products or create them yourself, and offer it to them.

Another powerful concept you can introduce into your business is to add residual income streams. These are usually businesses (your own or others) that continue to pay you a monthly income per each customer that you bring in. You bring in a customer one time and continue getting paid for that customer for as long as he/she is with the company.

30 day plan - Internet Profits - Day 30

Day 30 : Closing Thoughts

In closing, I'd like to say that, the strategies I've offered above may sound simple but they work! If you put in the time and effort, you will see amazing results.

Keep it as simple as you can and continue to improve on the basics.

Also remember that in order to succeed massively in business, you have to separate yourself from all the other players in your field/niche.

You can do this by establishing your uniqueness! Find some way to differentiate yourself from everyone else. You are a unique individual and I’m sure you have some unique qualities in you. At the least, be unique in the way you create/write products, package them, or the level at which you offer customer service.

Finally, keep in mind that in this business (or any other business for that matter), you will get to hear some "no's" along the way. You will meet some challenges and bumps.

Don't take any of it personally. Learn from them and keep moving forward. Action and persistence are really the keys to the castle.

To your Success!

30 day plan - Internet Profits - Days 22-23

Day 22 - 23: Send another free report or two out to your list.

Along with the second one, include some information about your new book that you just released! Outline the juiciest benefits of your new product and direct them to your sales page. (Do not try to sell from within the email. Let the sales page do that.)

You can offer your list members a special discount price that no one else is going to get. Make them feel special.

If you already have a paid clickbank account and have decided not to offer resell rights to your book, you can offer each customer who buys your book a chance to become your affiliate. (You can have this information on your thankyou/download page as well.)

If you don't yet have a paid clickbank account, you can offer your affiliate program to them at a later date (after you get the clickbank account set up.)

30 day plan - Internet Profits - Day 7

Day 7: Forums

Go back to google.com and search for "recipe forums" and/or "cooking forums" (or whatever your chosen niche is). Go through the forums and either make a list of all the good ones into a Notepad/Wordpad document, or simply save the links into the Favorites folder of your web browser. (You could create a sub-folder to store all your pages in, for this project.)

Browse through the forums. Get a feel for what the environment is like on each forum. Read through the posting rules and FAQ's if they have any available.

Note: The reason I'm focusing on recipe and cooking forums instead of general interest forums with larger audiences is simple. I want to get as targeted an audience as I can get. This is very important.

Moreover, the less money/time you have, the more targeted you need to get. Because you don't have time/money to waste on untargeted and unresponsive people.

It's better to go to a forum of only 100 members that are highly targeted than to go to a general interest forum that has a thousand members.

30 day plan - Internet Profits - Day 5

Day 5: Create a signature line

Now, we want to create a signature line (i.e. ad) for the report that would promote our product to the readers. Go through the sales letter of the product you chose and pick out a strong benefit that you can use to create a small ad. The headline of the sales letter usually works well for this.

(This is another reason why I would find an existing product to sell first. The sales letter is already written and has probably been tested for effectiveness. And...you don't even need to get your own site to start selling.)

So, if the headline of the sales letter reads "Get 25 Delicious And Easy To Prepare Recipes For Every Occasion", your ad can simply say...

Get 25 Delicious And Easy To Prepare
Recipes For Every Occasion!
Visit: <--- insert your affiliate link for this product here --->

Add this short ad to the end of your report. Now your report's ready to go!

30 day plan - Internet Profits - Day 4

Day 4: Find (Or Create) Some Killer Reports

Next, I would (keeping the time factor in mind) look for existing articles that I can get reprint rights too. There are many great articles on the Internet on just about any subject you can think of. Find some good ones and ask the authors if you can get permission to share them with others.

Of course, if you do have previous writing experience, and can whip out something good fairly quickly, you could write some articles of your own.

It's a good idea to tie the report into the product you're planning on selling. So, if you're selling recipes, you could use an article that shares a great recipe. No rocket science there.

If you would like to write your own articles but don't know how, just find some good articles/reports and study them. Look at how they're written, layed out, etc. Go to the library and pick up a book on writing if you need to. It's really not that difficult at all. You could easily whip out an article a day.

30 day plan - Internet Profits - Day 2

Day 2: Find Your Passion!

Now it is time to choose the right target to shoot for. The more clear you are on what you're shooting for, the better your chances will be of hitting the mark.

I would lock myself in my room and take the phone off the hook...or even better, find a place away from your normal environment, a quiet peaceful place, preferably around nature - in the woods or a nice park, etc.

Once I'm there, I would take a few moments to relax and soak it all in. Get your mind to a calm, comfortable, relaxed state. (You can use the relaxation technique mentioned on day 1.) Then, I would start by making a list of all the things I enjoy doing, all of my interests and hobbies, all of my passions. Since we're starting from scratch, we might as well pick a subject/business that we would enjoy doing, right?

I would spend at least a good few hours on really getting this information out of myself. Think of what your ideal jobs or careers are. What have you enjoyed doing in the past? What did you enjoy a lot as a kid? What are the things that really make you come alive? Add everything to the list. Don't worry about how you're going to make money doing those things yet. Just put together as thorough a list as you can.

See...you want to do what you enjoy, what you love.

Pick the kind of lifestyle you want first - then build the business around that!

Only after your list is done, should you think of turning those hobbies/interests/passions into a business. Pick the top 5 choices out of your list and think of how you can help others by doing them. For example, if you really enjoy cooking and that was one of your top 5 choices, you can now start thinking of ways to turn that into a business.

You could, for example, share your recipes with others, teach them to cook like you, or you could even cook for them. Personally, I love selling information. So, I would probably decide to sell an informational product, say a book of recipes, a 'learn-to-cook' type of manual, or something along those lines.

My belief is that when you do something you really enjoy doing and you find a way to help others while doing it, making money is just a natural end result.

However, if you are not yet as confident of the above beliefs as I am, you can always check to see if there's a demand for the subject you chose before you go any further.

Just go to www.yahoo.com and do a search for whatever it is you've decided to do. Let's say that we decided to sell recipes and cookbooks. In which case, we would run a search for words such as: recipes, recipe book, cookbook, cooking, etc. If you don't find any sites dealing with recipes and cooking and you'd rather not take a chance pursuing that, you can move on to the next choice on your list. If you do find many sites about them, you have established that people are in fact interested in recipes and cookbooks.

The reason I picked Yahoo to search on is this: getting a good listing on Yahoo is not easy. It can also get very expensive. That means, if there are companies who have gone through the trouble of getting good listings on Yahoo, they have probably done so for very good reasons. In other words, there is money to be made with recipes and cookbooks.

You can also run a search on www.amazon.com for recipe books and/or even step into your local Barnes & Noble bookstore to check out their front shelves.

While we're on the subject of 'doing what you love,' let me take this opportunity to share something else of importance.

Most new marketers tend to start by selling marketing products. And while there is still money to be made in marketing products, it's not like it used to be. These days, the competition in the marketing field is fierce and I don't see it letting up anytime soon.

You will have a much easier time succeeding with non-marketing products. In other words, "niche marketing" - doing what you love, what you enjoy, what you have a passion for.

Let me also point out that I've made more money with special-interest 'niche' products than with all of my other marketing products combined! And I have quite a few marketing products out there. I hope that gives you some idea of the importance of pursuing a market that you have a love, passion or interest for, instead of going after something that seems to be making other people money.

If you absolutely love marketing and showing others how to market, then by all means sell marketing products. Otherwise, stick with what you enjoy and love, and become the Queen (or King) of that niche!

30 day plan - Internet Profits - Day 1

The following 30-day 'Internet Profits' plan is designed for both beginners and the more experienced to put to use and easily start pulling in a steady stream of online profits. It incorporates many of the things I do in my own business(s) and I think some of you will find it useful (or at least interesting).

I will try to post this 30 day plan in 'real time' but it will remain on this blog afterwards so you may find that you are starting your 30 day plan in a different month (or year!). Whatever date you are starting this plan, I recommend that you stick to each day as it comes and don't skip ahead. Your 30 day plan could potentially be the beginning of a successful business - it is worth taking the time to do it right.

Good luck!

Day 1: Develop A 'Success Mindset'

The first day is about finding your center and creating the right mindset! This is extremely important! Without it, you will have a difficult time finding success.

You can have the best tools and strategies at your disposal. But if you have a poor attitude and mindset, those tools and strategies will not do you much good.

If you want to succeed, you have to pull out all the stops and use all that you have. And your mind is the greatest asset you possess.

First of all, realize the simple fact that every problem is really an opportunity in disguise.

If you are brand new to the Internet marketing world, you are extremely fortunate! Because, you have to opportunity here to start from scratch!

You don't have to pick just another job and get stuck in it again. You have a chance to pick something that you actually enjoy doing!

The only way is up from here. And that's what we will focus on. We have an opportunity here to find what we are really passionate about and do that!

I would use this day to clearly outline a few rules for myself to follow, for the rest of the 30 days, and beyond:

• I will realize that my failures are in my past. They're gone, old news. I'm not going to dwell on them or beat myself up over them. Today is a new day and I'm going to make a fresh start! I will simply learn from my mistakes and forge on ahead!
• I will not worry or panic about my current financial situation, as that will not help matters at all; it will only slow me down. If I run across any problems or challenges, I will spend very little time focusing on the problem while spending most of my time focusing on the solution!
• I will also realize and keep reminding myself that every problem, every challenge has within it the seed of a new opportunity! And that's what I will focus on - the opportunities.
• I will spend the next 30 days focusing only on success, optimism, solutions, and on moving forward.
• I am going to keep the negative people out of my life for at least the next 30 days.
• I will remind myself that this is totally doable! There are people out there with much less intellect and resources than me that have created amazing successes on the Internet. If they can do it, I can definitely do it! All I need is to take action, pay attention to where I'm heading and improve accordingly…and persist!
• And finally, I will realize that this world really is a place of abundance. Just look around. You've got the entire Internet at your disposal! And as if that were not enough, you've got public libraries full of information and knowledge. It's yours for the taking. Put it to use! Everything you need is there, including money. We just have to put forth the action and claim what's ours.
  

Every morning, before I do anything else, I will remind myself of the above. My goal is success and that's all I'm going to focus on. Failure is not an option. If anytime during the day, I begin to feel down, I will go through the above list again and get back in touch with what's real.

Every night, before falling asleep, I will visualize myself as having already reached my goals, as clearly and vividly as I can. I will also get in touch with all the feelings that go with that vision and really embody the experience. I will see myself exactly as I want to be, living the life that I want to live, enjoying the things and experiences that I want.

This is my primary focus for the next 30 days.

Please do the above every single day! I cannot stress the importance of it enough.

Remember...

You can have the best tools and strategies at your disposal. But if you have the wrong mindset, those tools and strategies will not do you much good.

Get your mind firmly focused in the right direction and the rest will fall into place!

Believe That It’s Possible For YOU!

You have to believe that you CAN get whatever results you're after. If your goal is to earn a million dollars, you have to convince yourself that you can do it.

The easiest way to do it is to spend time looking at the successes and millionaires around you. Read about them. Watch videos about them. Listen to others talk about them. Do whatever you have to do to FOCUS on success, and spend time around like-minded people.

Something very interesting happens when you shift your focus in this way. See, there is a universal law that tends to attract to you whatever it is you most focus on. Whatever you focus on most gets drawn to you. Don't ask me how this happens. (Actually, I do know how but explaining it will take several pages). ;-) Just know that it's a proven fact. Like energy attracts like energy.

For example, when you start taking guitar lessons, you will suddenly find that there are so many others around you who are also into guitars. They are drawn to you. You suddenly become aware of like-minded people simply by focusing in a certain direction (in this case, guitars.)

So, start looking for proof around you. Read stories and case studies about others who have already earned a million dollars. Let the stories motivate you and make a believer out of you.

The reality is that whatever it is that you want in your life, you can have it, IF you first believe that you can have it. Believe at the core (not just on the surface level) that it is possible, that it's doable.

If others can do it, you can do it. It's that simple.

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The next thing you want to do is to learn to relax. The more relaxed you are, the more efficiently your mind (and body) will function.

Here's a simple relaxation technique you can use to center yourself: Lay down in bed or sit in a comfortable chair. Close your eyes and start taking deep, slow breaths. Let your mind go from all other thoughts and just focus on your breathing. In and out. With each in-breath, see yourself filling up with energy and vigor. And with each out-breath, see all the stress, tension, worry and confusion drifting out of your body.

Do this for 5 to 15 minutes every morning, and a couple of times during the day when you take breaks. It will center your mind and relax your body. Both are essential for optimum performance, and success.

And finally, you have to keep your body healthy! Your body is your vehicle, without it you won't be able to do much. Keep yourself well nourished and hydrated throughout the day. When we are faced with tough situations, we tend to abuse our bodies with unhealthy foods and drinks. Make an effort to not do this. Avoid junk foods, high-sugar foods and drinks, and alcohol. For the next 30 days, make an honest effort to eat healthy so that your mind and body can function at optimum levels.

It is also very useful to add in at least 20 to 30 minutes of brisk walking into your schedule. You can do this in the mornings, at noon, or in the evenings. It's your choice. If you can't do it every day, do it at least 3 to 4 times per week. This can also be a time for you to take a break from everything for a few minutes. I find it very useful to grab a notepad or tape recorder while I go on my walks. The very moment you let go of everything is when some really great ideas come to you. (It's because your mind has a chance to relax and roam freely.)

To some people, this all may seem like unnecessary work, but it's absolutely critical to your success that you do them.

Now that you've taken care of a plan for your body and mind, it's time for the next step.