Tips To Grow Your Online Business

Very recently I was at a meeting of internet marketers, the kind you would call the GURU’s. It was a 3 day mastermind meeting; a lot was exposed in that meeting even those who are already successful were impressed at the content shared.

A lot of brain storming was done and new relationships built, but most of all was the fact that learning was easy, is the reason I am writing this today. To share with you the importance of having a mentor or a group of people you rub minds with to achieve success.

When getting into internet business, you hear a lot of promises and you receive a lot of “how to’s”

You and I know that you end up months practicing the information from all the HOW TO DO- and most times frustration sets in. A lot of people at this point give up and never look back. The next thing you hear is Scam. What a lot of people fail to understand is that as much as the internet promises miracles you have to put in some time and effort it does not come as easy as it sounds.just like any other venture.

Now there are three ways you can get to the top in your online business.

1. Get a lot of Free How To – and continuous trial and error- this will take you there but in a very long time, you are most likely to spend a lot of money and get no results, get frustrated and quit- Try it out don’t say I said.

2. Buy an e- course- Buying a course is good much better than all the freebies. What do most people do? They buy the course it stays on the shelf for so long till they lose the drive and just don’t bother. Internet business requires taking action as soon as you hear of an opportunity, and taking action to execute the process the opportunity offers for success. I know a few people who bought courses and they find out later, they still need someone to take them through the process of actually making it happen.

3. Mentoring- the process of mentoring means that an individual is practically held hand in hand and walked through the process of success based on the experience of the mentor. The mentor has made a lot of mistakes and knows the short route per say, the mentor now saves you the stress of going through the same mistakes. Working with a mentor who has done it and is successful is the way to go for your online business, save time and money and take your business to the next level.

You may ask how can I find a good mentor, it’s easy to find a good mentor, you need to be ready to be mentored and follow advice and recommendation made for you until you are able to make those decisions for yourself. A trick to know is when you find an excellent article, contact the author and ask for help. It is alright to show conscious incompetence, for your incompetence will soon become a conscious competence. Most people who have written articles are experts themselves or know and expert.

In summary if you are struggling with your internet business, don’t go with the crowd find a mentor you can build a good rapport with and be bold to ask questions. You are only a few steps away for your desired goal.

Wishing you Success

Lizette Lincoln writing on behalf of The Bod

CPA, Media Buying, PPC, PLR ( This May Not Be For You)

Hello all, like the title said this may not be for you but I thought I should share it probably because I am so excited about this new information. I was at an internet master mind group over the weekend ending January and I haven’t had proper sleep from researching the information shared with us. We had several speakers but one speaker blew us away. The youngest speaker just 27, he actually just turned 27.

I think the reason he worn our hearts was the fact that he was just so plain and simple no fluffs and straight to the point. He signed online live so we could see his account and have a rough idea how much his business was generating and this was not a screen shot, it was a live log in to several account and by the time he was done with his presentation, for another 30minutes or more the organizers could not get participants to seat still for the final bit, everyone wanted to have a chat with this young man, I managed to get a photo with him and I don’t know how I managed to pull that off with everyone around him.

He was asked to share with us on list building but he said on second thought he felt it was a waste of time since we had other speakers on the topic so decide to show us how to make our business work for us online and work well. He showed us the three principles to a successful online business.

Cutting my story telling short because I could go on and on, he introduced us to a system that would help us in building our businesses with ease , he didn’t claim it’s magic like every business you need to make an effort, As this product came up on the screen, the lady by my side said “oh my God I have got this product and it’s very good, I did not know he created it” And it was recommended to her by someone she met on an internet forum.

That statement made me relaxed because even though he showed us step by step how to use this product for success he could be just another internet marketer, sorry I can be a sceptic sometimes.

If you want to have a successful business, one of the best methods is to emulate someone who has already had the kind of success you want, and copy them.
This is more or less true of any business: Why re-invent the wheel from scratch when you can follow a path to success that you know has worked before? I have made this guy my internet mentor.

Well here is your website and I wish you success. Tools from this product can be applied to any Business.




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There are 11 step by step videos and around 2 hours of live footage that you have access to which reveal the exact steps you can start using today to allow you to start generating huge pay days without the need of your own website.

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Sign up for his affiliate program it’s worth it. I can say I have finally got an internet mentor.

Tiny Changes Mean Huge Results

The tiniest changes yield massive results. Will these little changes and shifts lead to an outstanding life of fulfillment and contribution or will they lead to frustration and disappointment?

In this video, you’ll see how you can ensure your outcome is one that both serves and empowers you.

Tony shows us how to identify the tiny little changes you can make today …right NOW that will have an incredibly powerful impact in your life both long term and immediately.

What tiny shifts will lead to massive change with you? How are you going to ensure that your outcome is powerful and positive?

Enjoy!

Placida

Does Your Feet Speak ?

Ellen Sirot, the World's Most Famous Foot Model, aka the Femme Fatale of Feet, appears on The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch to speak about her career and the care of her prized feet. ellensirot.com

It is interesting to see what business ideas people comr up with, the key is to take one step towards your goal and be positive, you will get to your destination.

You can see from the clip how she nurtures her prized possessions ( Her Business) In business we need to know our game , the tips and the tricks of the business to achieve the success that we desire.

Do you have a dream - work at it,don't let it die.

Happy viewing

Placida.
http://www.thebusinessonlinedirectory.biz/

Is Your Purpose as Strong as a Mosquito’s?

How could one small mosquito create such a huge stir? It’s simple. It decided what it wanted: your blood. It took action: bit you. In that moment when the mosquito bites you, sucks your blood and then withdraws, it is fulfilling one of the primary functions of its’ short life. The mosquito needs protein from the blood of a mammal, so it can lay eggs. Without it, the eggs cannot be laid. The only other purpose a mosquito has in life is to mate.

Are you fulfilling your primary function, your purpose in this life? Do you know what it is? Many of us cringe when we hear these questions. “I have a purpose in life? I can’t figure it out. Why didn’t anyone ever tell me what it is? It’s not on my birth certificate.”

Maybe our purpose isn’t blatantly obvious to us, and maybe it doesn’t become clear to us until many years into our lives, so we struggle with questions of direction and meaning. What is important to remember is that no matter what we do or what we don’t do - in each moment of each day we are making a difference whether we are aware of it or not - whether we intend to or not.

Our actions and words set examples for everyone around us; our children, coworkers, family, friends - everyone around us is affected by what we decide to do or not to do. Spending even a single dollar at the grocery store can affect the economy of many countries and the people in them. Throwing one soda can into a stream can affect the ecology for miles around. Planting trees on a hillside can affect the air around our whole planet. A smile to the gas station attendant can make his whole day!

Here are a few single individuals who have made a BIG difference in this world: Helen Keller, The little boy with his finger in the dike, Erma Bombeck, Your Parents (you’re here, aren’t you?), Oprah, Sadam Hussein, Mother Teresa, Your neighbor, Martha Stewart, Gloria Steinem, Anthony Robbins, Mary Kay Ash, T. Harv Eker, Elanor Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln, Marie Curie, Debbie Fields, Rosa Parks, Wayne Dyer, Susan G. Komen, Walt Disney, Princess Diana, Mrs. Barrett (my 8th grade teacher who told me that I should keep writing).

What did these people possess that transformed them from someone ordinary to someone extraordinary? They started with a dream. They honed their purpose. They created a clear vision and added the desire from their heart and soul. And then, perhaps the most important part - they took action. They believed in the beauty and importance of their dreams so much that they took action. They were conscious and aware that what they chose could make a difference, and they moved forward. They did something.

Never underestimate the effects of your actions in one moment of time. What can you do this week? What WILL you do? Now, that’s Powerful!


Sue Urda is a guest blogger on The Bod, She is a Co-Founder of Powerful You! Women’s Network and a two-time Inc. 500 Fastest-Growing Private Companies honoree. Her vision is to contribute to a global consciousness of women helping women succeed in business and in life and to expand Powerful You! by creating chapters around the US and beyond. Sue’s mission is to create venues for women to grow their businesses and nurture relationships, and to foster empowerment, gratitude and self-development. http://powerfulyou.com/

Internet Marketing Meets Network Marketing

The experts always say that in a recession network marketing
always booms as people try to create more income, however
the people who will ultimately have a big success in network
marketing will be those people who realise that they cant
follow the masses and that they need to be doing things differently.

I have a saying that goes "Its not just about who you know
its also about who you dont know and how quickly they can
find you online"

That for me is huge, if you are trying to do ANY business
whatsoever you need to be aware of how you need to position
yourself online to take maximum advantage.

Those individuals who have taken the time to set themselves
to be found more easily online will ultimately become more
successful than those who dont, for example its like
having a Mcdonalds on the High St as opposed to being in
a side street, where would you rather be ?

When people find me its because of successful online
marketing campaigns which means the people who do find me
are targetted and actually interested in what I am doing,
which means we are much more likely to do business.

I hope these few words were of help, if you would like to
know more then visit my blog for newcomers on the internet
athttp://www.newbiesontheinternet.com/ leave a blog post and we
can talk some more. - Michael Young








Michael Young is a member of The Business Online Directory

How I created my website using MS Word © 2009 Anne Martis

I only developed my website (www.walkthelandscape.co.uk) in Microsoft Word because the people who were going to develop the site backed out and I was left to think of something else. It was really meant to be a prototype to send to a professional web designer but seemed to be adequate for my business when I’d done it.

Another good thing about having a go at this is that you realise that website design is not rocket science and it gives you confidence when talking to designers.
It was all created using Word 2007 and I don’t think some things (filtered webpages) can be done in earlier versions

I’ve lots of amateur experience of MS Word and I wrote my first very simple website the very hardest way (as HTML in Notepad) so with this background it took me less time than it would someone coming to it new.

The instructions are for a very basic website to provide a web presence when starting up or to produce a prototype with the look and feel you want for your business.
I’ve not added payments (for example through Paypal) yet though and it would be the next major step.

For Search Engine Optimisation I had to add the title and key words into the code as I found no other way. And it has to be done every time I recreate the page after updating it.
In these instructions the web pages are created and linked together on your PC. You will be able to view them on the PC as they would appear on the web (after being uploaded to a host).

1. Requirements Specification

List what information you want to include on the website and which pages you want them on. Say 4 pages for example, Home, Products, Contacts, Terms and Conditions.

2. Basic Design

Start by creating a new folder on your PC to work in.
Use WORD to create the generic look of the site – the headings, menus, borders etc.
Use tables to place information and pictures in the correct position and removed the cell borders on the final versions.
Just put the phrase for the links in and add them later.
Save the basic design as a Word document under the name “basic-design” for safekeeping

3. Page Design

Using the “basic design” as the template using MS Word design the home page with photos and text etc formatted in tables as you want it to look, i.e. as outlined in the Requirements Specification above.

The home page should be named “index” [which is the name the internet hosts like for the home page]
Create the other pages in MS Word as the requirements spec
So in the example there would be 4 pages, index.doc, products.doc, contacts.doc and terms-conditions.doc.

Notes: You need to have created the web pages before putting the links into the word documents.
People will say that formatting web pages using tables is bad practice and that Google does not see them – well Yes it is but it gets you going on the web and you are seen by Google – try searching for ‘Cotswold Walking Holidays’, I’m fairly high on the first page.

4. Web Pages

When I was happy with the page design I created web pages – you do this by saving to “web page, filtered” instead of “Word document”.

It’s important to choose “web page, filtered rather than the normal “web page” so you need MS Word 2007. Ignore the message about losing formatting in Word. [the normal webpage creates a long document with lots of extraneous info].

You will then have 4 web page (htm or html) files and a folder for each containing images and additional information.
At this point you can click on the web page files to see what they will look like.

5. Turn off the automatic hyperlink recognition feature in MS Word

If you don’t do this before starting to add links you will get broken links when you transfer to your web host.

1. Click the Microsoft Office Button , and then click Word Options.

2. Click Proofing.

3. Click AutoCorrect Options, and then click the AutoFormat As You Type tab.

4. Clear the Internet and network paths with hyperlinks check box.

This should then be the default for all pages.

6. Links

Then go back to the Word documents and insert hyperlinks in each page to link to the other pages. Word Help gives instructions on how to do it.

If you want to link to headings in the document you will need to insert bookmarks before hyperlinks.

If you want to link to open a new page, e.g. for an external link like the Weather Forecast on my site, ensure the Target Frame (button in insert hyperlink box) is set to new window.
Save each page as a Word document. Then resave as a filtered webpage.

If all works well you will then have a set of linked web pages on your PC that look like a website. Try it by clicking on index and navigating through the links.

7. Title and Key Words

Although you can add a title in Word, under properties. The key words added there do not appear to be included in the webpage.
Keywords and descriptions need to be added manually into the header of the html code as these are key factors in search engine optimisation.
This is another lesson.
You also need to manage the key words correctly.

8. URL and Hosting

You also need to get a URL, find a host and upload the files onto the host.
Another lesson.

9. Getting yourself seen

This is another ballgame ...

Anne Martis is a Platinum member of The Business online Directory
http://www.walkthelandscape.co.uk/