internet marketing

Hey Everyone,

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

How are you all today? I hope you are well.  Today I like to discuss with you all as well as the coming posts about E-mail Marketing.  As we may all know, that one of hte best methods to online marketing is with email communication. It’s the most direct way to contact your customer personally, it’s quicker than snail mail and it’s very clean. Clean by that I mean no, folding letters, stuffing them into envelopes and sticking postage stamps, not to mention a trip to your nearest letter/mail box. I personally know this because I’ve been in the home direct mail order business for over 4+ years and the time it’s takes to stuff envelopes usually tends to leave you with RSI like symptoms, numb fingers,  wrists which hurt when twisted, or grabbing an object, and neck ache too.

So, you can already see the benefits of email marketing. But then there’s another problem, like with any offline direct mail order mail shots and that is:

Anyone out there and that includes myself who can use a computer, have an email account and can use a mouse to point and click, chances are that you will only click on emails that interest you and those who keep bombarding you end up in the delete/trash bin, marked as spam or diverted to your bulk folder. I guess this is good that we implement such system to help keep our minds free from stress, and eyes not having to read these emails.

However, if we turn the tables around…. then we have a problem on our hands. Why? Well you got your internet website setup, you’ve got your sales page primed with a money push button, a OTO page behind, a download pages and possibly a name collecting Aweber form, now you need to get that all important notification/promotional email sent out to drive traffic and potential customers to your website and possibly buy.

BAM!!! What happens if your email get’s trapped between or labelled as one of those emails that get diverted, marked as spam, or deleted? What happens if the your reciepient doesn’t see your all important message contained within your email?

The answer is pretty straight forward – No view, no replies, no potential sales = no money. Or to put bluntly, your business will go down the pan faster than you can say your subject line!

Which brings me on to another point – “Subject Line”. Subject line is especially important, get it wrong, you’ll be losing customers without you knowing it and before long, you’ll have no list. Get it right, and your customers will keep an eye out for your emails.

There is no right or wrong way to email marketing, as no one customer is the same, and there are numerous techniques that will work of which you can apply to your email subject lines to make them more effective.

Oh and did mention that I personally don’t send out emails often. To date, I’ve only sent out 4 in total but my stats from my last two email broadcast were 54.9% success open rates and 37.2% success open rates respectively and that was just to a list of 71 and 78 people.

You can check out my stats by checking the following pic link and see for yourself.

So, my aim for the coming few posts is to discuss how you can tackle email marketing and get the best out of it as well as using it for your business.

Have a wonderful day

Nigel

Hi everyone,

How are you all and oh yes, Today, I will be continuing the remainder part of the 2 part – successful networking post.

Like I mentioned earlier, I picked this method up recently and it’s nothing major really, but it’s definitely a method to help build relationship and there are 3 steps

These are:

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First Step –   What is your name?

Yes I know, it a really simply question, but knowing somebody’s name is vitally important and whatever you do, make sure you make a mental note . By that I mean, would you be annoyed if I forgot your name? So to reiterate, whatever you do, try and remember the name too.

You’ll be surprised to know that there is a lot of power contained within a name. Why? When you address someone by their name, it engages them into a conversation with you, you get their undivided attention and they pay more interest to you as well. It not only shows you respect them, but it makes them feel special too. It’s like and imagine the scenario, John meets Debra from a seminar meeting 5 years ago, They only spoke for like 2 mins and since have never got in touch.

However, tonight, fast forward 5 years later, at the new seminar meeting, they bump into each other, Debra doesn’t remember John, but then, John back then was a youth, early 20’s who looked like a 16 year old and now he’s like 6ft 2″, handsome young man, who looks rather successful. He looks at Debra and say Hi Debra, and Debra is startled that this stranger know her name. Obviously at this point, Debra maybe quite intimidated and so of course, John needs to introduce himself and remind her of the seminar meet 5 years ago.

What this has done is that John has instantly elevated Debra to feel not only embarrassed but special too at the same time. Of course, it also means John has just captivated her undivided attention and has engaged her into a general conversation about past times, current situations etc…..

The point is that: name is very important.

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Second Step:  What do you do? or specifically what do THEY do?

Once you have established somebody’s name, you need to find out what they do? See what they are interested in etc… The reason is hat whilst they are telling you all this wonderful information about themselves, you are building a relationship with them,  they feel like you are interested about them, and at the same time, if possible, you need to also think about where they can fit into your network, or do you know anyone who would be interested in meeting them and seeing what they do, and if you know somebody that you think would benefit from them, or would be interested in what they do, then slip in a word or two about it, explaining how you could put them in touch etc…

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Third and final Step – Who is your/are their ideal customers and clients

That’s right, find out what your newly met friend ideal customers are? Or what exactly does the service or product the offer  would cater for i.e. target recipient. If they describe their ideal customers and it relates to yours, that’s fabolous, you could be looking at a possible JV with them, advertising something to each others customers lists, or work on a new project/deal together etc… The possibility are endless.

However, if they describe their perfect customers which are completely to the opposite end of yours ideal customers group, but you know somebody who may benefit, again explain to them that you know may be of interest to them.

And that’s it really, networking is really that simple, 3 simple basic questions that are not only a great conversation starter but also good for networking.

So, get out there, memorize these: “to-ask” questions and expand your network. Seriously, everyone one of you out there has a 199% better chance that I have at this networking business, the reason?

Everyone of you out there is either more handsome, taller, or prettier looking that I am. Oh and you don’t have a squeaky voice or horrible looking teeth like I do too, so yeah, get networking and don’t let it be an obstacle for you.

Until Next time

Nigel

Hey my dear friends

Today, it’s going to be short post and that is, it’s great to have a separate business blog as it makes much more sense. Why? Well you see, those who have visited NG2MS will noticed that it’s based upon 2 niches, those being making money online with eBay and help with making money online with membership sites.

The advantages of having a separate blog is that it mean that I can discuss anything I like or feel appropriate on this blog whilst the other one has been fully automated and running pretty much on autopilot.

Autopilot??? Yes that’s right, NG2MS is now pretty much automated being that I have written all the blog posts for it and automated it to schedule put up posts and there are affiliate products which I hope people will click, look and hopefully buy and the only thing I have left to do is promote it, get more traffic to it and not just any traffic but “pre-conditioned” traffic to it and let it take it from there.

Autopilot or Automation – which ever one you may wish to prefer to call it, it seriously a great way to help alleviate time and reduce stress. It also mean that I can be sitting out in my friends garden whilst having a BBQ with him, discussing everything about the world, how he would put things right, and literally have a great laugh playing PC games or pool at the local “Riley’s” without having to worry about timing myself to get on a pc and put a blog post up.

Imagine, if you automated parts of your business, or other business. For example, my eBay business is pretty much on autopilot too – I simply put a few products up, sit back and just wait for people to come and buy it, when they do, at the end of each night, I just spend a hour or two, packing and dispatching the products.

Also again with my offline Home Biz Opps business, I have 3 products and each one I have developed an autopilot system for them which involves me spending no more than 2 minutes per order.

By implementing automation for my blog, it means that I can afford time to run my other businesses, and because I have implemented systems which help to semi-automate these other business, it means that I can also work less, have more fun and literally more free time to do the things I want or investigate and implementing new IM products and courses.

Now, I just need make more money, employ a VA and then I’m sorted. Have you implemented automation or a system yet? I love to hear what works for you and how you reduce hours on your business

All the best
Nigel

Hello my dear reader,

Today I like to discuss something that I know many would rather not discuss and that is mistakes.  As we all know that, when we make a mistake, mess up something bad style, we tend to feel… rather embarrassed, some of us even angry, or frustrated that we made a  wrong turn, a bad choice, a mis-calculation, which either made us look like a fool and will cost us both time and/or money?

Well, to be honest, I was in a similar situation not long ago, and reflecting back, it wasn’t that bad after all. The reason being that yes, you can learn from other’s mistakes, however to truly understand and learn from a mistake, as well as trying to not committing it again, we must actually have to experience it ourselves first hand.

So therefore, for those of us who have yet to reach the next step towards the red carpet of Internet Marketing Stardom Success,  just keep trying,  just keep making mistakes, and as like the Danish physicist and Nobel Prize Winner Neils Bohr famously said:

” An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made in a very narrow field.”

Therefore, everyone will become an expert of some sort, some day, we just need to commit and learn from all of the mistakes we will make. The only difference is how fast will be commit, learn and adapt from them? Will it be 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, a year? Or even a Year and a Half, like Alex, Maria and all the other internet marketing gurus and experts who are on the step above us?

So why do we hate mistakes? Well we don’t, it’s just that when we were little, as kids, our parents would tell us off and we would feel embarrassed in front of all of the other kids who were looking and giggling at us, and thus a possibility why we may have been temporarily mentally program and scarred to hate making mistakes.

But in fact, what we didn’t or may not have learnt or understand was that: when we were a little kid, our parents were simply offering us advice and helping us avoid committing the same act/mistakes again. The only thing they forgot to do was: teaching us how to learn and embrace mistakes, and how to to pick ourselves back up from it, but then again, it’s something I guess we have to learn as we mature and get older.

My question for all is: see if you can’t make a mistake today?
Nigel

I know I’ve already made one and that is I put this first over picking up my brother from college and now I’m 10 mins late!!! Ooops!!!

Good morning/afternoon everyone

It’s been just over a month since I committed my departure from the group, only to realize what a seriously idiot move I had made. The value of the F500 Community is God best gift to me and there’s me jeopardizing it. But hey, that is the past now and whether you all like it or not, this time, I’m BACK from my rest, recreation period, and from my recent Tour De I.M!!!

Re-Fuel and armed with my own secret plans (cocktails) for long term success, which now needs to be implemented, it means I can now concentrate and focus all my energy on this  all important “my inner psychological battle of Me Vs IM & Making Money Online” and outcome of this war is going to be determined here over the next 3 – 6 months* time on this blog on whether who the winner will be!!! (*Note – this may take longer*)

The only difference is that:

• It’s not about achieving the most in the shortest time, I will invest as much time as necessary
• It’s not about setting stupid targets like cramming 3 years of IM or learning into a few weeks, I know now definitely it’s not possible
• It’s not about the Million Dollar money issue, money is a by product, a lovely one it is for those who hunger and cherish it
• And it certainly not about causing a stupid frenzy which jeopardizes my entire plan, business and potential success

Instead it’s about solving the puzzle, enjoying the journey and cracking the IM and Making Money Online Code !!!

And this time, it’s going to get “even” or should that be “uneven”!!! By Uneven, I mean: less than 2% effort, 98% rewards. It’s ambitious and optimistic, but then didn’t Alex once said, start small, think BIG?

Anyway – All the best and here’s to long term success
Nigel

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Hey Everyone,

Today is quite a special day for me as it marks another year of my life has just passed away. Whether one has said the past year has been wasted or not is another matter.

Not only this, it also marks another milestone that 1 month has passed and it’s now time for me to take some action with my life and steer it in the correct direction to the destination of where I wish to go.

Some will say that the journey to getting there is more important, and some will say that the arrival at the destination is more important.

To be honest, both are of equally important – reason being that: Everyone has their own aims, ambitions and paths to life and success, and no one individual has the same exact goals or ambitions. They may have similar goals or crossover from time to time, but ultimately, we are all seeking and pursuing on our own journey of life and unlocking our own personal secrets, and you know what? No one formula fits all.

Furthermore, the journey that we may or may not experience in regards to various aspects of daily life, really is determined by our own individual actions, decisions and whatever has been thrown at us.

We just need to learn how to manipulate these choices and options given to us, apply what we see fit for ourselves and then amalgamate both these variables to fit our individual needs and aims. And when we have done this, we just need to have faith and belief in our choices and decisions, and not let anything or doubt put us off track.

Well, that’s all for now today, nothing particularly special, just plain ranter?

Take care my dear friends and come back soon!!!
Nigel

Hey Everyone

Firstly Thank you everyone for all your wonderful messages of support, kind offerings and words of wisdom, recommendations and suggestions. Now to clarify things a little, I think I might have confused some of students with Quitting. Eager eye spotters will already know what I mean. So I shall make it all clear and loud here and that is:

I am Quitting the AJ Course but I’m NOT Quitting making money online or Internet Marketing. So OK, I need to spend time refocusing on the latter topic but with the help on the other coaching course that I have also subscribed too – it’s going to be great and I have great motivation that I will be able to succeed – albeit a slightly different route, but then hey, everybody path is going to be slightly different, no one path is the same!

So how is life after quitting the AJ Course, well it’s been great, I’ve actually got my sleep pattern back again rather than the higgledy piggledy unusual 4am morning bed time and 8am morning wake up – btw, that’s 4 hours of sleep each day and not 28 hours lol. I don’t know about yourselves, but I know my back wouldn’t be able to cope with more than 10 hours of sleep let alone 28hours of sleep.

Still, I’m sure you all may want to know what I’ve been doing since – well, on my first day, I de-cluttered my new PC Desktop, sorted all the relevant files in to corresponding folders etc…, next, I started afresh with a blank piece of A4 paper and started to plan, plan and plan. It’s not a annual plan, but a plan for my blog. A plan for what I want to implement, add and help monetize my site. I ended up implementing the ideas to my S.U.P. rather than this blog – reason?

I want this blog to be a more general blog, i.e. somewhere to discuss about issues, topics, what’s on my mind and progress, etc….

The most surprising thing was that before even hearing Linda’s message at Gary Simpson’s blog, I was already implementing what she was telling us all about about this marketplace/empty storefront scenario before I even knew that Linda’s message existed. When I did albeit 3-4 days later I think , I was laughing myself off, not because it sounded like I was a complete fool chucking an once in a lifetime opportunity away, and yes I could had established myself more in video etc.. that I’ve been disappointing, committed a sin or several etc… but the fact was that yes, Alex and the entrepreneur side of things was teaching us, it’s kool, but then I guess I’ve been there and done that far too many times with all my various business opportunities trials.

Plus, just like Mark (Austin) was telling me as well, that we all have lots of information already on our hard drives, memory sticks etc.. but we just need to Focus and implement it i.e. taking action.

Anyway, today I’m not blogging to toot about how great I am – I’m not great. I still have a lot to learn, and nearly everyone on the AJ Student course has more experience that I have – so I have a lot to learn from you guys and gals too and yes I will forge my own way that I see fit.

So, what I will be doing today and what is my outlook?

Given that we are all facing uncertain and difficult times ahead, and that many of us know that unemployment has been rapidly and continuously rising, not to mention that everyone is, are or will be fearing for the worst to come. During these anxious times, our work, the time and effort we invest in our online business is ever more important than ever.

Of course, some of us will have ambitions plans to increase our reach in the internet marketing niche or whatever niche that tickles our fancy, some of us will plodding away and hoping to quit work, and then some of us may not take any action further upon premature leaving or graduation of the AJ Course. Those latter ones are those, we should be worried about but then again, it really depends on the individual themselves on why they joined, left or graduated from the course.

All I know is that, it is vital to maintain the current momentum, motivation and determination in the pursuit of online success and although, we have or will soon depart our own ways and that our paths may not be the same, who knows where we might cross over and meet again.

Plus with the news of recent scams reported by media, let’s ensure we work closely knitted group, whether you are a current, ex, left, departed, AJ Student, that we continue to take a lead, collaborate with each other, and show them i.e potential IM’ers, newbies, and the general public who are interested in working from home, etc.. that we are not here to just grab their money, but instead, we are here to support one another in genuinely making money online.

All the best and have a great day!
Nigel

cont….. from previous post:  “Module 6 – Triple Threat Affiliate!!! Part 1″

So yeah, where were we , oh yes, email marketing. Now after his 2 mins break with a battle to find Bonjela to soothe his ulcer, Alex progressed with email marketing and told us that we

“are on the way to a million dollar business”

Yeah right?

• For Alex Himself -  Definately YES!
• For some, YES TOO!!!
• For others, NOPE, or not yet, BUT  maybe one day soon!
  
• And for the few and far between, Blimin’ Highly Unlikely NOT- LOL!!!

But yeah, Alex then went on further and explain the two types of Aweber email contact – Auto Responders and Broadcast fucntions ,features, difference and how to st them up – it was certainly a Formidable (*pronouce it with French Accentand use the French meaning please*) effort demonstrating us his email marketing strategy and how he runs his Aweber side of his business.

Although I have to say now though, after last nights webinar session, I know as to why the communications dishes and signals between Alex along with the rest of the what is left of the so called fortunate 500 students, and I are so misaligned, thus the key reason why my blog  is hindered and not progressing as it should be, and why I should have listened to my gut instinct which has been telling me something I chose to ignore until recently, as well as why some students have left too.

It’s so damn pretty obvious, and I guess all of you, already knew what is was.  I guess, I should have known better, but then who cares, now that I’ve found the other half of my key to unlock my chosen door of destiny!

All the best
Nigel

PS: Have you found or already found your key yet?