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News Flash - Exclusive 1 Hour Alex Jeffreys’ Interview Coming Soon!!!!
Posted on 25. Nov, 2009 by Derrick.
I know its been a while since my last post, mainly because there has been some major changes in my focus, however I have not forgotten the great opportunity that exists online. I’ve been trying to organise an interview with Alex Jeffreys for quite some time now, and have had delays due to our both our hectic schedules and a mistake on the timezone difference causing me to miss a previous scheduled interview a couple of months ago. But i’m happy to say that a couple of weeks ago I finally got a chance to do an exclusive 1 hour interview with Alex Jeffreys. So stay tuned! - I’ll be posting the entire interview with transcript in the next couple of days.
If there are any questions you may have - let me know, and I’ll aim to get the answers from Alex when I get a the chance to do a follow up interview 
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Are You Ready To Learn How To Make Money on the Internet? 3 Serious Questions To Ask Yourself To Find Out!
Posted on 22. Jun, 2009 by Derrick.
Are you ready to learn how to make money on the internet or how to achieve any desire, dream or goal you might have? here’s 3 Serious Questions to ask yourself to find out if you’re a contender!
I’ve just read Alex Jeffrey’s New ebook - Newbie’s Nightmare which you can download for free, and thought I would do a 3 part review mixed in with some of my personal thoughts and ideas :). Firstly its relatively lightweight and easy to read- only 46 pages, about a 45minute read (1 page a minute) but it contains some highly concentrated concepts, and strategies, including detailing Alex Jeffrey’s basic marketing strategy.
Although Newbie’s Nightmare does not have chapter headings or sections, it is basically split into 3 parts (hence the 3 part review). - Here is my breakdown of the sections:
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- The Prelude - The Prerequisites to being successful online
- The Problems - The 3 common problems newbies face
- The Pathway To Success - Understanding The Internet Marketing Method (This last part includes the hurdle that is stopping 99% of newbie’s from ever making money.
So in this first part of this Review I’ll be giving you my slant on the Prerequisites - and there are only 3!
1. TIME
Do you have the TIME to invest to become successful? Sometimes we are in a very busy place - everything seems to be happening at once - we have problems at work, financial challenges, relationship issues, health problems or just as possible - they could all be good but stressful events - eg buying a new house or moving house, planning a holiday, getting married, getting promoted at work. These are probably not the best times to begin a new venture. I believe these are valid reasons why you may not have the time right at the time, but they will only delay the determined individual for a short period of time.
Generally most of us we usually do not have all these things happening at once and if we really wanted to, we could MAKE THE TIME. Just think about all the time we sometimes waste on unimportant things that really have little or no impact on the quality of our life (I know I wasted my first 30min this morning just surfing and reading some news when I should have started preparing for the day). So really, the question is not do YOU have the time to invest to become successful, but do YOU WANT to invest the time to be successful.
You need to ask yourself - Am I Prepared to set aside time, MAKE TIME EVERYDAY to do what is necessary to become successful at something (whether that be making money online or learning a new skill).
2. TARGET
Do you have a TARGET? do you have a goal, a dream a desire? Something you really want?
It doesn’t have to be big or amazing. but whatever it is it does need to BE SPECIFIC. It can be an income value, it can be to lose weight, to get that six pack, whatever it is, you need to know exactly what it is and be committed to it. As most of you are reading this because you want to make money online, it should be a dollar value. Once you have locked your Target in - you must develop a game plan - a plan of attack, a map to give you the most direct route to reach your destination.
This is the value of having a mentor, a coach an advisor, someone who has been where you want to be, so they can guide you on the path to success. Of course this information doesn’t always have to come through direct guidance as much of the information these days is available online, in books, magazines etc. . but really the most powerful way to learn and make the fastest progress is having someone coach you.
Having a network of people who want to join you on the journey can make a big difference as well. - Get yourself a TARGET that inspires you and gets you excited in the morning! and BE SPECIFIC!
3. FOLLOW THOUGH.
Probably the most important of the 3 prerequisites, as without this one, you’ll be wasting your time. I think this is probably the biggest reason for not hitting the target. Not taking action on the information and guidance provided.
We start enthusiastic, even taking action on everything (which in itself can be a problem:) , but then progressively laziness creep in, things become a little too difficult - it becomes too hard to make that phone call or send that email, because you don’t have the persons contact details right on hand - I mean its going to waste 5 minutes trying to search for that phone number on my computer or address book, I think i’ll just continue surfing the web and waste my time that way - I’m a lot more comfortable with that. . Target? what Target? . . . .
This happens to often when we let our focus fall to the menial or seemingly insignificant task before us rather than keep our eyes and mind on the prize. Know your Target, Keep it alive in your mind. BE COMMITTED TO FOLLOWING THROUGH on a proven path and you must Meet with Success!
Hope you enjoyed part one of my review and thoughts on Alex Jeffrey’s Newbie’s Nightmare. Love to know if you found this useful - Please post any questions or comments below. . . part 2 of the review
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Alex Jeffrey’s New FREE eBook - Newbie’s Nightmare Released!
Posted on 20. Jun, 2009 by Derrick.
I’ve been enjoying an extended holiday over the last month and a half travelling to Hong Kong, London and Paris and have now relocated to Singapore for the time being enjoying the rare pleasure of feeling like I’m in a sauna 24/7:), In any case I’m ready to get back into some blogging!
Anyways I just got an email a couple of days ago letting me know Alex Jeffrey’s has just made his latest Free ebook “Newbie’s Nightmare” available online. So I thought I’d make a quick post about it.
Last year I was involved with his Internet Marketing Coaching program (and hence the birth of this website:) and while he was teaching a lot of strategies and important information on how to be successful online, he also learned a great deal himself about his students and rolling out a coaching program. One of the things he learned was some of the most common reasons why 99% of people fail to make money online. He shares this for free in his ebook Newbie’s Nightmare as well as some of the key strategies to make money online successfully. At just 46 pages its an easy but powerful read. I’ll be doing a full review in the coming days. . in the meantime you can download Newbie’s Nightmare yourself for Free here.
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How To Streamline Your Affiliate Marketing on Wordpress
Posted on 07. May, 2009 by Derrick.
I know its been a couple of months, but I’m happy to say I’ve finally finished a new video on an excellent wordpress plug in I use on all my websites to help me streamline my affiliate marketing, it called Ninja Affiliate, and it basically does 3 things very well all within the Wordpress Admin panel:
- Makes it quick and easy to add affiliate links to your wordpress blog including a very powerful feature that automatically converts your keywords into affiliate links
- Creates professional redirect links
- Cloaks your affiliate links preventing affiliate theft.
you can learn all about these features in this short video I have made explaining all these points, and why I’ve invested Ninja Affiliate
Please feel free to leave any feedback or comments below!
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Preview of Alvin Phang’s Atomic Blogging 3.0 System
Posted on 05. Mar, 2009 by Derrick.
I’ve been out of action for the last 2 weeks due to my offline work and projects and have just found some time to make a new post. Over the last 3 months I have done a lot of research on the net for blogging and internet marketing resources. One of the resources I have come across is Atomic Blogging by Alvin Phang. I signed up to his mailing list, and ever since have received various emails including his recent engagement!. .
In the last few days I have received a number of emails with regards to his latest version of Atomic Blogging. Having decided that blogging is definitely something I want to continue, I read with interest what his Atomic Blogging would provide me.
The system he sells inlcudes his
- Blogging Guide 3.0
- Atomic Blogging 3.0 Wordpress Plug-in
- Atomic Blogging Nuclear Nodule Pack (A collecton of Wordpress plug-in’s Alvin Recommends)
- One Month Free Access to his Atomic Blogging VIP Membership including his Atomic Blogging 4.0 Wordpress theme and 500 Fresh New PLR Articles every month.
- Interview with Yaro Starak
- Private/ Master Label Rights for the Barking Traffic Videos (14 Videos), Adsense Revenue Exposed and Bloggers Guide To Profits ebooks plus eWriter Pro Software for writing ebooks.
Limited Time Bonuses:
- Atomic Blogging Keyword Research Tool Version 2.0
- Interview with John Chow and Carl Ocab
So after reading what the package included, besides the actual Atomic Blogging 3.0 Guide, the key products I found of interest were the Atomic Blogging 3.0 Wordpress Plug-in, as I have not come accross this plug-in before. Most social bookmarking plug-ins I found only add the functionality of making it easy for others to social bookmark your article, but don’t actually submit your article to the social bookmarking sites. If you have ever submitted your own article to Digg or any other social bookmarking site, you will know it can easily take 10-15 minutes to do. This software submits your article to up to 15 social bookmarking sites everytime you publish a new post! This will definitely be a timesaver and help with traffic.
The other product is the Atomic Blogging 4.0 Wordpress theme. I still haven’t found the perfect theme, but always interested to try a new one and see how well it works. Also the Atomic Blogging Nuclear Module Pack would be very useful as I’m constant looking for new plug-ins to provide more functionality to my blog, so hopefully there will be a few new plug-ins I can use here.
The final product that looks very useful is the Atomic Blogging Keyword Research Tool. I’m only just beginning to realise how important keyword research is, so again, I look forward to test this one, and find out how useful it is compared to other tools I have used.
Anyway I’ve decided to buy the Atomic Blogging 3.0 Pack, and look forward to do a more detailed review, once I get a chance to study the Atomic Blogging Guide and test out the Plugin’s and software. If you are already a user or have any comments to add please feel free to comment below!
Click here to check out Atomic Blogging 3.0
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How To Increase Your Click Through Rates And Maximize Profits From Affiliate Programs On Your Wordpress Blog.
Posted on 11. Feb, 2009 by Derrick.
Before I get to the meat of the article, I thought I would first define a few terms just in case you’re a newbie: If you already have some knowledge in this area, feel free to skip the definitions and go straight to rest of the article.
DEFINITIONS
What is an affiliate program?
An Affiliate program is simply a program you can join that allows you to sell specific products for a commission. Usually when you join such a program, you will be provided with a specific affiliate web link to the product sales page. This allows the Affiliate Program to track referrals to their site from your link, and thus compensate you for any referrals that actually lead to a sale. This is probably one of the easiest and fastest ways to create an income online, as you don’t need to create, deliver or provide support for a product - you just recommend it.
What is a Click Through Rate?
A click through rate or click through ratio is simply the number of times a link is clicked on and goes to the linked web page over the number of times that link is shown within a specified timeframe. (Also known as “impressions”). For example if this article was visited 100 times, and one of the specific links were clicked thru 20 times to another webpage - then the click thru ratio would be 20%.
THE PROBLEM
So if you’re an affiliate marketer, ie an independent sale’s agent for specific products, you would normally make your sales through having a website with links to these products. There are many other ways to do this such as creating advertisements that link straight to the their sales page (and therefore not requiring you to have a website) as well as email marketing (which requires you to build a list). For the purposes of this article I’m focusing on people who have set up a website or blog and primarily write articles that include links to the products they are recommending.
Most people who do this, simply insert their affiliate links into their blog or website: They simply copy and paste the affiliate link into the post. Now here’s the problem. Most affiliate links look horrible and meaningless as they are computer generated and created primarily to produce a unique link so your referrals can easily be tracked. Here is an example of how these affiliate links can appear:
http://www.AffiliateProgram.com//a.php?a=CD13798&b=25367&d=0&l=0&o=&p=0&c=4110&s1=&s2=&s3=&s4=&s5=
Of course this is not the link that will be in the text - however this horrible link will show up in the status bar. (usually at the bottom of the web browser). They appear when you hover over the link - revealing the address of where the link will take you. Because the link is meaningless and looks ugly, many people will choose not to click through and therefore you are losing opportunities for sales. These are visitors who have somehow found your website as a result of the the time you have spent with traffic generating strategies. You can stop losing these potential sales.
THE SOLUTION:
There is a way to minimize the loss of these click throughs and that is by creating professional looking and meaningful links. This is done by creating a redirect ie - creating a nicer looking link that redirects to the actual affiliate link. Here are some examples of such links:
http://www.YourDomainName.com/AffiliateProgram
http://www.YourDomainName.com/recommends/AffiliateProgram
http://www.YourDomainName.com/Goto/AffiliateProgram
Compare these links to the one previously. Which would you prefer to click thru on? As you can see, these links look much more professional, meaningful and therefore more likely to be clicked through. By creating these links you should be able to increase your average click through rate. Also since redirects conceal your affiliate ID’s within the actual affiliate link - you are also stopping people from stealing your commissions by removing your affiliate ID and replacing with their own!
So how can you set these “redirects” up? I’ve been using a software that not only creates these redirects but also helps you manage and track your affiliate links within Wordpress. Normally when you use the affiliate links you have no idea how many times they are actually clicked on unless you login to each individual affiliate program and check your statistic there - This can be very time consuming if you have subscribed to many affiliate programs. This software makes it much easier to see an overall picture of how effective each of your affiliate links are - all in one place.
Besides this great benefit and helping you make more money and preventing loss of income from stolen afffiliate ID’s, the software has many other features which also help you save time and maximize your affiliate programs. For more information about Ninja Affiliate click here and watch their video on how you can do this and more.
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Episode 2 - Its Time To Shine in 2009 - 500 Video Post - A Forward To Internet Marketing History in 2009 - Starring Alex Jeffreys, Mike Filsaime and The Fortunate 500!
Posted on 28. Jan, 2009 by Derrick.
I’m very proud to say that I’ve finally completed another concept video for the Alex Jeffrey’s Video competition. This has taken me practically a whole week. . and an all nighter (last nite) to get it completed (As I plan to take a few days off now :). I’ve done something special with this Video and tried to include as many of the fortunate 500 in it. . see if you can find yourself - Make sure you watch in HD and you’ll probably have to pause the video to look at the appropriate place - there’ s plenty of very interesting stuff to see - anyways, hope you enjoy It.
Please DIGG if you like it (just click that DIGG button to the right) and let me know what you think by leaving a comment!
COMPETITION DETAILS:
I’m setting up a competition for this video as well - There will be some great Internet Marketing Giveaways - I’m just in the process of organizing the prizes and will be able to confirm on Monday what they will be - but rest assured they will be of great value :). All you have to do is put your name and email address plus answer this simple question:
- Name one internet marketer or celebrity featured in the video (besides Alex and Mike of course :).
Deadline for the competition will be the 6th of February, and I’ll announce the winner by the 10th Feb. So Enter today! Click here to go to the full post and post a comment.
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Progress Update : 2009 Week 2 January 12th-18th
Posted on 20. Jan, 2009 by Derrick.
Ok, So a couple of days late. . but I have legitate excuses (Difficultly uploading video to Youtube - for some reason, it wouldn’t accept my HD version, and attempted nearly 10 times - the file was huge - over 700MB :). .Anyways, here’s my progress report for 12th to 18th of January. (times are approximate, as there were a few times when I was in deep concentration on making the video, I forgot to start the timer
My Achievements:
- Brainstormed Ideas for Video Contest & Produced and Uploaded first Video (~16 hours+)
- Researched Wordpress themes and revamped my blog ~ 15 hours
- Initiated my first Joint Venture Project - I’ll reveal more of this later ~ 4 hours
- Writing 2 Key articles - one on article writing, the other on directory submission ~ 9 hours
- Spending a very small amount of time on Traffic Generation ~ 2 hours (I think this is a little inaccurate - probably more closer to 4-5 hours and this was mostly oil rig hopping - visiting and commenting on other peoples blogs)
Below is a nice coloured graph showing you the breakdown:
Work Breakdown Jan 12th -18th 2009 - Click to enlarge
Now that I have showed you what I have done - Lets check what the RESULTS are
My Key Performance Indicators from the goals I set in January were based on the following : Income, Visitors, and my list building. As I have been focusing on producing content and updating my site (and subsequently very little on traffic generation) my results this week, have not suprisingly been bad :) Firstly here are my google Analytics stats:
Google Analytics - Jan 12-18th 2009 - Click to Enlarge
As you can see I nearly dipped to ZERO on the 16th, but I was luckily able to resurrect my traffic after I finally uploaded my Video to YouTube. I have to say its very discouraging when you aren’t getting traffic, but its an adrenalin ride when you do:)
Ok. big question : have I made any money? And the answer is NO. . in fact I’ve spent some money (spent $70 buying the WooTheme to update the look and feel of my site). But I know I will very soon. . How about my list? No subscribers yet either, but again I do have a plan. . so this will change very soon
One other bit of good news is that I have climbed in the Alexa Rankings - I’m now proud to say I’m at 580,385 Check it out below:
Alexa Rankings 18th Jan 2009 - Click to enlarge
Oh, and one other thing. . I just passed 1000 friends on twitter :). . so all in all despite not being good to my bank account, it has been a good week :). . .
Well that’s it for week 2.
My plan this week is to continue working on my blog usability and functionality, adding lots of quality content, and spend more time in traffic generation activities
Would love to hear any questions you may have or your thoughts on how I could be more productive, or where you feel I need to focus my energies for the coming weeks - post your comments in the box below
Derrick
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Review of Three Of The Best Professional Wordpress Themes
Posted on 17. Jan, 2009 by Derrick.
Looking for a new look and feel for your blog? Not sure where to look? You can spend hours searching for the right theme (I have!, in fact I would say I’ve probably spent a good week searching!) Here is a breif review of 3 of the best wordpress theme design companies I have discovered over the past few weeks and my experience in dealing with them.
1.WooThemes -
WooThemes - Open Air - One Of 17 Current Themes
Really love these guys designs, but most importantly they mentioned they offered theme support for customization (which I needed). Also they have developers who can help you make the changes should you not want to do it yourself (at about $50-100/hour). The help to customise was the main reason why I went with them, also they have a permanent 2 for 1 offer, so you get 2 for the price of one at $70. They also have a theme club offer where you can have access to all the themes for a great price. Currently they have 17 theme designs (all with colour theme variations) and they also have 4 Free ones now - Check them out here
They are really responsive when I made these sales enquiries (usually answered within 24 hours) plus their after sales support was excellent and they lived up to their promise of helping me customise my theme - my initial queries were answered within 30min. My last query is still unanswered, but it is the weekend! and I think I was lucky to get the others answered so quick on a Saturday night!
WooThemes - Quality - 4.5/5, Customer Service 4.5/5 so far, Value 4.5/5
2. Revolution Themes by Brian Gardner.
Revolution Two - One of Ten Current Themes
Another great set of themes, (Currently they have Ten different theme styles). I have previously purchased a theme from Brian, and I have to say his service and response is also excellent. He also has a support forum set up for customers, and I found this very useful in getting an issue resolved. I would say quality and customer service is level with Woo Themes. He also has a single theme price ($59.95) or a developer price where you get access to all his themes plus lifetime support. (199.95). For repeat customers you also get 25% off:)
Revolution Two - Quality : 4.5/5, Service 4.5/5, Value 4/5
3. Unique Blog Designs.
Unique Blog Designs - One of Three Current Themes
Many people use these guys. and they also produce great looking professional themes. I would say these guys are slightly more upmarket in terms of they have a more corporate professional feel. This is reflected in their cost - their current lineup of three themes are $79.00 each. and they have an equal focus on creating customized themes for mid-high end level clients. I would definitely consider using them If I had the budget for a customized design - you’re looking at least around $1500 for a fully customized solution from them.
I did submit a couple of requests for more information, and they were a bit slow in responding. (about 2-3 days) - not sure if this was because I contacted them at the beginning of the year, and they may not have started work yet, nevertheless they were very professional, and were happy to discuss on the phone as well as via email. A lot of the big boys use them, so if your budget allows - definitely worth checking them out for the fully customized option, or just get one of their professional ready made themes for $79.
Unique Blog Designs - Quality : 5/5 Customer Service 3.5/5 (based on slow response to sales enquiry only - have had no contact with support after sales), Value 3/5
I also made some enquiries to random wordpress designers, and even got a quote for up to $10,000 to get one done! So if you are on a budget, but do want a ‘pro’ look for your theme with support (the problem with free themes are, it may be more difficult to do troubleshooting and therefore waste time, as compared to getting a professional theme, where they offer good support to help you get your theme working as fast as possible.
Here is a comparison table for these theme designers:
Wordpress Theme Designers Comparision
* Revolution themes offers 25% off any purchases after initial purchase.
Ultimately who you choose will largely depend on personal preference of design, and budget.
Here are quick links to their sites so you can take a look for yourself.
Feel free to make a comment, and let me know if you have any questions, or if you have any other wordpress theme designers you would recommend!
Derrick
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Blog Makeover - New ‘Professional’ Wordpress Theme :)
Posted on 17. Jan, 2009 by Derrick.
Ok, so I’ve been a bit slack posting up on the website, but only because I’ve been busy working on a few things for the site - including the NEW LOOK!. . And as usual everything takes time. I Spent about 5 hours yesterday setting up, plus about 5-10 hours surfing the web looking for what I wanted this week.
Still a few minor tweaks to get it to how I want. I’ve attached a snapshot of what the old blog looked like (with some missing widgets as I forget to take a screenshot before I changed the theme, so its missing my RSS subscribe and optin box for the ebook, at the top right, but it gives you a pretty good idea to compare:
Blog Theme Jan 17th 2009
I’m aslo thinking of bring back the cartoon element, as I like it better:
Blog Theme Dec 2008
What do you think? Do you like the new look? Prefer the old one? Think I should bring back the cartoon character?
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