How are you all – and firstly before anything else, apologies for not updating recently – I have been rather pre-occupied with various parts of my business which needed restructuring and have been on a crash-course learning Russian, new Facebook methods and creating my next book.

More importantly, don’t worry I haven’t given up on my dream or you my dear loyal readers, fans and subscribers. However what it does bring me to is that, I want to discuss something that will be of benefit to you and that is – for some things in life,  there are certain things which if you give up, can be of major benefit to on.

For me, personally, I’ve actually given up quite a few things since I went to study at university, and upon graduating I’ve given up numerous other things as well, not for the bad of course, but for the good instead.

By doing so, I’ve saved at least hundreds of pounds every year. Probably more.

In fact, it’s a lot more, if you start involving my accountant…Don’t get me wrong, now and again I’ll relapse a little – it can’t be helped. But on the whole, giving up has done mega-wonders for both me, my family and my business.

The strange thing is that I’m not talking about cigarettes, or alcohol etc..or anything like that. Not that I ever smoke or drink in the first place. Instead I’m talking a whole different kettle of fish, something out of the contrary.

That is, a few years ago I gave up television, then I gave up buying books and DVD’s regularly, followed by giving up on renewing my car to keep up with the Jones (surprising I have a friend who is called Simon Jones and he regular changes his car every 3 years or so) and recently I gave up on buying new phones or gadgets.

Now, that might be a major shock to anyone who is reading thing. Usually when I talk to people about this, they look at me like I’m a mad man, someone who is a cheapskate and start backing away, ready to make a dash to the nearest exit.

Frankly, the truth is that if one has ever read the book “Rich dad, Poor Dad” by Robert T. Kiyosaki, then one will understand that the things I gave up are classified as “Liabilities” in that they originally might have been expensive but in fact, the initial purchase prices was actually a modest amount, and the least of one’s worry,  especially when compared to running the object, service in mention, day in, day out.

For example, a car is wonderful, initially you could spend anything for £6 – £1million, but the actual ownership is where it hits one the worse. Think insurance, maintenance, insurance, road tax, petrol or diesel or even LPG/hydrogen, even electric isn’t exactly free, then you have depreciation. The moment a car, touches the ground and leave the showroom, your losing money into a black hole, money that you won’t be able to ever recuperate. In fact you might as well throw your wad of money into the ocean instead.

So okay, a car will provide you satisfaction in terms of enjoyment, showing off to your friends and neighbours etc… but is there really a need to change your car every 3, 2 or 1 year? If the answer is yes, the showroom dealer and you wouldn’t probably on first name contacts, however would it better if you actually didn’t bother changing your car so often and instead use that money to invest in something that would return a better outcome instead?

Anyway, I’m not here to discuss about finances, how and how you shouldn’t spend or save your money and one thing’s for certain,  don’t worry: I’m not going to suggest you give up and live a crash diet like I am completely. I think that would be a bit unrealistic.

And to be honest, I don’t think you need to.

But by taking the small step that I will be recommending today, I think you could claim back something that reward your life and that imagine, if you have two weeks of your life every single year free to do something else? Something that your would enjoy, like a longer vacation, time to spend on a hobby etc…

So the question on

“How does one claim back over two weeks of your life?”

Well, surprisingly – it’s very simple and involves something call “Time”.

You see “Time” , is something that many value in abundance in that it’s also one of the biggest obstacles that hinders one to the path of success…

You wouldn’t believe the amount of friends (that’s if I have any left- since they are always busy), colleagues and email subscribers who come to me saying they’d be able to achieve a lot more if only they had more time.

But the key point is that, when you take a look at what you do with your time – and I’m talking a real, honest look here – you often realise that you’re actually wasting a lot of it, perhaps on useless things.

The main concern is that we’re all are of a victim of just blurting out quickly that we don’t have the time when really we do. Frankly, it’s just that we’re spending it doing the wrong things; television being one of the main offenders and checking emails and socially network sites such as Facebook constantly. Then there are those who are hooked on the apps. on their fancy touch screen phones, and twittering all day.

I mean, just think what you could achieve if you had an entire two weeks – I’m talking a whole 336 hours – to dedicate to generating a second income stream or to enjoy a hobby, or perhaps to even learn a new language and better your prospects.

For example, You could easily set up a website… you could very quickly create a saleable product… you could without doubt learn how to trade the financial markets or get your head around sports betting. Or you could become a whizz at copy-writing, ebook creation, email marketing etc…

So,

“how do you free up that kind of time?”

It’s easier than you might think…

Rule no.1 – Sacrificing a little to gain a whole lot more

I can’t stress enough, that the amount of time I’ve freed up by not watching television is huge.

Of course, I still spend time on news and culture but by picking it up from books, cinema and newspapers and yahoo news etc… it’s more direct and I don’t lose those hours you inevitably do slouching in front of programmes that you don’t really have any interest in.

The next step is try to cut back the amount of times you check your email and Facebook accounts – that alone would help save anything between 30mins to 1 hr – multiply this by a year and you would save anything between 182 to 365 hours a year.

And that’s the thing here – that’s all I’m suggesting you give up…

So okay, maybe you still need a bit more time and in that case – cut back on just one hour of television a day and over the year: bang! You’ve got another 365 hours you might have lost.

You still get to watch the good stuff. Even without a television, I’ll still sneak on various sites such as the BBC’s iPlayer, or 4OD to watch my favourite programs such as Top Gear, the history and dispatches documentary as well as the hilarious “IT Crowd”

The key is that if you do decide to make a conscious decision to cut down on the time you spend on checking your email and Facebook / Twitter accounts,  watching less television, you’ll become much more aware of the time you’re wasting on reading irrelevant and unimportant status uppates of your friends as well as watching nonsense on TV that are there to fill the time up between good programmes.

I personally think there are a small sacrifice to make, but the reward is huge.

Now, I hope you try this, but do remember…

It’s all very well, reclaiming an hour or perhaps even two of your life each day and what you do with the time saved is really none of my business, but my suggestion is that you spend it on things that really make it count, and that it’s important you use it wisely, otherwise what would be the point of saving time here and there only to spend it other no activities which have no benefit at all.

If you’ve been struggling to find the time to develop a second income, most definitely spend this hour to work towards that.

If you’re already up and running, then why not use your reclaimed time to brainstorm new ideas, try new approaches and further expand your potential.

And if you’re already in the lucky position of owing a second source of income, then perhaps it would be wise to spend it with your other half of the family, they would surely appreciate it, or perhaps you have a hobby or you’ve always had a dream of visiting somewhere else, but the language barrier is hindering you. In that case you could spend the time saved to learn a new language.

And finally….

Rule No.2 “It’s your time, so make it count.”

Best wishes,
Nigel

PS: Time is not a schedule, nor is it torture. The ideal optimum is that time chases you i.e. where you manipulate time to last longer to a point where you a comfortable with it and never have to say “If only I had more time”.  And whatever you do….never let time run or ruin your life.

As many may or may not have noticed. Recently, there has been quite a few online internet marketing courses that have been set up, marketed and currently running as we speak. In fact there has been so many of them, that my inbox, for it not have been the adequate size that Gmail has provide us individually, it would have probably exploded. So, okay, it may be not that dramatic, but you know what I mean.

Sure, most of them are quite parallel in what they cover or touch upon i.e. the same or similar content such as blogging, aWeber, email marketing, article marketing, use of social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Digg, Squidoo etc….

At this point some of them will probably introduce ways to attract even more traffic to their website or blog via the forms or CPA, use of work payment incentives sites such as Microworkers, MyMicroJobs or Amazon Mechanical Turk. Additionally, they may also introduce the element of video marketing, YouTube, Viddler, forums marketing, and a basic form of Keyword Searching and S.E.O.

What I must also state at this point is that I’m not trying to make a massive fuss about this or about the numerous amounts of emails that have been burdened upon me to filter through one day, but the issue is that with all these various newbie internet marketing courses, newbies for one, are sure spoilt for choice, which leads me to the second interrelated issue which directly affects us Internet Marketers and that is: How do we divide the Apple Pie?

That’s right… how do marketers divide the Apple Pie?

Let just for one moment, we imagine that the apple pie is proportionally divided into 1000 segments, each segment represents 10 wannabe die-hard, ready for action internet newbies wanting to make it big in the I.M. scene – How do we divide it?

Sure the Gurus, and more established Internet Marketers would surely grab a bigger slice or at least, snatch a few extra segments and the tasty crispy pastry edge, compared to the rest of the others who have just started, who may be scrapping over the last crumb or caster sugar granule, or the horrible soggy bit in the middle which nobody really likes, that it unless your apple pie is made and bought from the famous fast food restaurant. (In which that case – it’s all crispy, battered and even worse, the segment pieces would be even smaller.)

And guess what, things don’t have to be like that at all. In fact, nowadays, the game rules have been reversed or at least there are leniencies here and there, where one may take advantage of. Sure the gurus will still have the upper hand in most scenarios but what we mustn’t neglect is that one of the major ways that can help you stand out amidst the competition and enhance sales is to show customers that you are highly knowledgeable in your niche segment, something that the gurus have amassed through… years of initial hard work.

And you know what – you can fast tracked this process by writing blogs, posting articles on ezine articles and answering questions on various forums are excellent methods and channels of demonstrating your knowledge, your expertise as well gaining your potential customers trust and faith in you and your business.

Just remember the following word though….

“Clarity”

Why I hear you asking?

The main fundamental reason as to what will sell or not sell, is not just about having a great personal character, the best product on the market, or the most advance features in the marketplace. The most important point is clarity. Sure I’ve been banging on about the word “Clarity” for the past 10 minutes, but you’ll be amazed by the amount of guides that I have come across, of which no doubt are very good products, some even beyond excellence with respect to the content contained within, but the way that the information was presented and delivered was beyond disbelief. Some verging on being unreadable and needing a dictionary.

And I’m not joking here either. Some of the guides and courses I have come across were written with such highly technical language, fancy acronyms, and jargon, that I even had to resort to using Google, dictionaries and asking fellow I.M. friends and family if they new what the word or acronym meant.

I mean do you know what “PPCSE” is, or what “INK” means? At first, I  though “PPCSE” was some kind of fancy certification or qualification (think PostGraduate Course i.e. th PGCE bit). Apparently, when I later discovered through a CPA (Cost per Action) Advertising website that “PPCSE” meant Pay Per Click Search Engine and “INK” isn’t the liquid thing that you have stored in pretty plastic cartridges which you replace when you inkjet printer flashed at you continuously with a red light, which at night time, if unknown, one would have thought it was a ticking time bomb.

Instead “INK” stands for “Inktomi” which apparently a key player and pioneer in the search engine market, but also one that was little known, as it operated ‘behind the scenes’ without having a search facility under its own brand. Now though, it is part of Yahoo! and central to the development of Yahoo!’s own search engine technology.

What I’m trying to demonstrate here is that users, buyers, potential wannabe internet marketers and pretty much anyone else ( that also includes scientist, lawyers, doctors or any other occupations which involve researching though journals and technical papers for a living sometimes), all love reading free flowing and clear content which is easy to understand too. If they are stuck trying to understand a technical jargon, term or anagram, you can be sure they will be on their way to the next site, or the next marketing course in a jiffy, abandoning yours in no time. Therefore, one of the best writing methods is to write in a simple and easy to understand language.

Finally, if you are going to write something that will probably sell something afterwards, don’t be too blatant about promoting your products, otherwise you will be perceived to be a long advertisement and will not attract readership. People do not want to be sold, but instead they would rather prefer to understand how to solve problems in their life. If they can identify this with you, and you have solved your similar problem with a product or service that you have confidence in, that is an endorsement that resonates.

The bottom line here is: ensure what ever you write is clear, concise, transparent, and that it contain enough knowledge on your product or service, and that it is extremely easy and simple to read and understand. And if you do promise something – make sure you deliver on it and when things go wrong; don’t squeeze you way out of the situation by hiding under words that even you don’t understand

Finally remember this, if you have been sold an apple pie, of which it looks like one with the pretty apple logo on the pastry top, and you put it in your mouth, the last thing you would want to find out is that you have been misled into buying a pork pie instead. That is unless you prefer pork pies instead or apple pies, of which in that case, I’m sorry to have wasted your time!

Until next time, best wishes and regards

Nigel

I hope you are well and it’s been quite a while since I last updated this blog. The reason partly because I’ve been busily working on the next ebook creation (Money From Where You – not from Where I am) whilst also trying to get my damn web-designer to get my site built for “Copywriting Bam!” Seriously, nowadays – you simply just can’t get the staff.

Anyway, the point of call is that as many of you may or may not know already – giveaways are a perfect way and solution to help us build more subscribers for our own mailing list.

So it absolutely no wonder that you always see plenty of contributors and members visiting, joining and subscribing to these events. The advantages are huge as not only are they the best way to get loads of free stuff, they can also help you build a huge mailing list fast. So over the next few months, you may occasionaly see me posting a few various posts about the latest current and ongoing JV Giveaway events – so be sure to bookmark us, ‘cos the sooner you know and get in, the sooner and more you can profit!

List of Current JV Events – more on the way by the end of the week!

Growing success giveaway – Runs from 03 March 2010 – 17 March 2010
Click here from more details

Peter Cottontail 2010 Easter Giveaway – Runs from 31 March 2010 – 30 April 2010

Permanent Giveaway 2010 – Runs from 14 February 2010 – 31 December 2010

Give Me My Money 2010 Giveaway –

I hope you are all having a wonderful day and that you are all well. Today I like to offer you all a sneaky peek at the next product that I have in store lined up for you guys and gals, my dear readers, fans and subscribers. It’s called “Copywriting Bam and surprise surprise….as the title suggests … it’s to do with copywriting and how you can learn to write top, high quality sales letters that will convert traffic into sales.

Now, I could have written an encyclopedia volume on copywriting, thanks partly to the huge amount of read, researched, collated tested from various copy writing gurus such as Michael Masterson, Andrew Reynolds etc….

However what I have done instead is condensed it into a 32 page report that will be available for download very shortly. It aims to help both you and everyone else who may read this demystify the challenges that lay with writing a good copy.

Also up for grabs is that there will be a free version and a MRR version which includes rights to resell the guide for profit. With the MRR version you will also get a web sales page and download page which you can upload to you own servers, or to ebay to resell and make some money.

Right that’s all for now everyone, I;m just going to proofread and once the website design guys have completed the site for the MRR version – I’ll let you all know where and when to download it.

Until then – have a wonderful day

Nigel

As we all know, a new year signifies a new start and although many of us have high hopes of fulfilling our new year’s resolutions, there will sure be many family members or friends who will make a joke, laugh or snigger that we may not be able to sticking our resolution throughout the year.

On the other hand, shoppers will be eagerly awaiting the New Year/January sales, which frankly I never quite grasped what the major fuss was other than you either take the presents you received back for a refund because your friend or family have bought an item too small or worse case scenario , something that you absolutely detested and was so hideous that you simply couldn’t wait to return or it back or in some cases, dispose of it in the bin and accidentally say to your friend that because the gift was so wonderful, you dare not wear or use it.

Anyway the point of call today for this post is I have something really special to tell you and that is: what better way to start a new year with something that will take away the gloom and may even help you in achieving your new year’s resolution and having the last laugh next year instead.

So what is it?

Well firstly, it’s a Self Improvement site and secondly, there 100’s of self help gifts to download with the best part being that…. it is absolutely FREE!

Let put it one way, If you’ve had enough of plodding along year after year and you want to improve yourself to make 2010 your BEST ever year, or to fulfill your new year’s resolution and have the last laugh next year, then you need to go here.

Now I do have to stress to you that Self Improvement 4 will be open only for a VERY LIMITED TIME from January 5th to January 19th 2010. When you go there you’ll find a multitude of products – all FREE – provided by Self Improvement and Internet Marketing experts from all over the world. Here is just a small sample of what you will find:

* Personal Development Tips – Paul Klein
* NLP – Love Your Physical Self – Elizabeth Benson
* Dynamic Personality – Alex Perez Pratt
* Transformational Fitness – Amy Lundberg
* Anger Management – Giovanni Farotto
* Managing Stress – Heather Step
* How to Stay Focused – Piet Venter
* Unlimited Abundance – Gary L Glasscock
* 110 Self Help Super Tips – Jack Brown
* Outrageous Health – Charly Leetham
* Secrets of the Subconscious – Alvin Huang
* Law of Attraction – Dechen Lau
* How to Reinvent Yourself at Midlife – Iyabo Asani
* Peak Performance – Frank Bauer
* Personal Transformation – Tony Dovale
* Easy Meditation – Esdee Penn

Get all of the above and 100’s more. Oh and did I also tell you that I.M.Mentality is there too – hehe!

Now the organizers of the event are Stephanie Mulac, Rodger Hyatt and my wonderful friend, self-help,motivation Guru and martial arts master – Gary Simpson.

I’m sure some of you at the moment are wondering who the other two organisers are. Well, spare me a few extra minutes and I’ll fill you in quickly.

Firstly, this is Stephanie’s 4th Self Improvement Giveaway of which she first started back in 2006. A “Giveaway” for those who are unsure what one is, well it’s sort of like a giant electronic/ food / book / wedding trade fair where 100’s of experts offer their products free to the public.

Because it has become so popular, this year Stephanie has enlisted the services of Rodger Hyatt, a very experienced internet marketer, and my wonderful friend Gary Simpson who has a copyrighting and self improvement background of some 20 years.

Good for them I hear you say! Guess what – it’s good for us, because, you an I both know how expensive book can be , especially since you only have to walk into any book store in any country to see how popular the subjects of self improvement, self awareness and personal development are.

It’s a multi-billion dollar industry churning out hundreds of new books, audios, CD’s and other paraphernalia every year, and you just have to walk in to a bookshop to see how much there is on offer. Problem as aforemntioned, buying these books is very expensive. Sure you could sell the book back on ebay or amazon, and it may fetch some dosh.

However, why bother paying for something when you can get it for FREE or at a lower cost and equally good if not even better content with in, with the added bonus that you’ll be doing your own bit ot help the enviroment.

So… if you want to grab the largest collection of self improvement and internet marketing products you’ll find ANYWHERE – all FREE – then click on the link here http://selfimprovementgifts4.com/go/710 RIGHT NOW and claim your bounty!

Hurry…Limited time apply!!!

It’s Nigel here with a Special eBook out today!!!

Today in fact is an extremely exciting for me, not because I went and got Mike Filsaime 7 figure Secret Code the other day, or that I had joined The League of Extraordinary Minds either about few ago.

In fact the reason I am excited is that I finally got I.M. Mentality finished and completed on Wednesday evening and now it’s ready for you all to download.

This ebook certainly had its fair share of ups and downs, and what I originally planned to write which was about developing an internet marketing mindset had to be totally re-planned.

Why? The book has now ended up being a success motivation self-help guide/fiction instead.

Additionally apart from being an ebook edition, there is also a published version too which I have slaved many hours (2 consecutives days slaving at the computer from 8am to 4am) just to ensure that the formatting of the book was correctly laid out albeit I’m still not completely satisfied.

Sure I could have paid a professional editor or formatting, but hey, even still, nothing can be absolute perfect like I have mentioned in this new book.

So… without further ado and I know you time is extremely precious. Please feel free to grab your free copy of I.M. Mentality today and I hope you enjoy it as much as I have had writing it.

I would also like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who have supported me over the past year and apologies in advance if the book has offended you in anyway, whilst reading it.

Like I have aforementioned, for those who may prefer or feel from after reading the eBook edition, which they would like a physical hard copy of – then it is available for purchase at Lulu.com now via the following link:

http://tinyurl.com/im-mentality-ny

I also hope to have it on Amazon very shortly after.

Until next time, take care and have a wonderful Christmas and New Year!!!!

See you all in 2010 and I look forward to any comments or feedbacks, whether they are good or bad, that you may have with regards to my latest creation.

Thanks again

Nigel!

Hey Everyone,

I hope you are all well and that you have all enjoyed a wonderful summer. Well guess what, it’s autumn and you and me both know that: it signifies the time when we have to get back to work, pay the bills, do the daily chores, put food on the table and before we know it Christmas.

Come New Year’s day and then we probably get asked by friends and families about what our last year’s: “New Years Resolution” was and whether we achieved it.

Some of us may have achieved that and some of us are probably part way there, and there’s the remaining rest who would reply: they never got round to starting it, or totally forgot about it.

Well did you know that most people have one common new years resolution and you may have even heard it, that is: they hope to become a millionaire in one way or another, be that winning the lottery, or betting on horse, trading FTSE, Forex etc.. or building a successful million pound business. However, how many of those who state that they want to become a millionaire actually do so? The Answer – Not very many.

Why? They tend to dream, perhaps participate in the weekly National Lottery draws, enter the football pools and then wait for that “It could be you” miracle to happen. For those of us who are more realistic, cynistic (if one could call one that,) or have been around the life block a few times in. We know the chances of the above occurrence happening can be compared to like seeing somebody pulling a cow up a tree whilst wearing a tight pair of lederhosen. To put bluntly, it’s closer to zero than one.

Guess what, becoming a millionaire or becoming wealthy doesn’t have to be like that.

In fact, in my latest book which I am currently creating, I will explain and reveal why and how anyone can stop working and still make a great wad of cash, a fistfuls of dollars without even having to break a single sweat. Now I’m not trying to hype anything up here, but the fact is, making money isn’t that hard at all, it’s all to do with mentality.

Plus, did you know that currently it is the best time in history for both man or woman to make a great deal of money. Everything is right at their fingertips, the only problem is that most people are held back by a combination of inertia, misconceptions, misleading information and the missing millionaire mindset.

So with my latest book, I aim to put this right and help the reader construct their own path to the journey of great success, happiness and wealth.

For some, money isn’t everything, and they are absolutely right. However, money, happiness , wealth and success are all intertwined with each other in one way or another and they are things which you have absolute control. In fact the destiny of each one is completely in your own hands and you owe it to yourself to learn and find out how.

Like they say, if you want to change your world for the better, then you first, must learn, adapt and change the way you think. So pre-register today so that I can tell you when you can grab your copy of IM Mentality when it comes out.

All the best
Nigel