I found a fellow anti perfectionist! Mike Litman is high energy, high value and action-oriented. I love his message. His tag-line is, “You don’t have to get it right. You just have to get it going.” It’s perfect and true and it should be every entrepreneur’s motto. Perfectionism is the enemy of the entrepreneur.
Check out his blog. Tell me below if you liked it, found it valuable, hated it, and what you think of Mike.
Tags: anti perfectionist, mike litman
I don’t know if habituate is actually a word, but here’s what I mean.
If you learn new information, info that is crucial to your business and your success, don’t just learn. You have to implement it in your life and turn it into a habit–HABITUATE!
If you don’t have it in habit, you don’t have it.
So GET IT! Watch below…. Tweet if you like it.
Tags: good habit, habituate
Can a good habit increase your income? What if the habit is recording a 5 minute video everyday for your customers? What if it’s writing a blog post everyday giving your business partners the latest news in your industry? What if it’s practicing Mark Hoverson’s direct response marketing? 
Good Habits Can Increase Your Income & Quality of Life
All the learning and studying in the world won’t build your business or improve your life if you don’t have habits in place to implement what you’re learning.
I’ve been studying habits lately and become more and more of a “habit advocate”. I’ve noticed that we all have habits regardless of whether they’re good, bad, or neutral. We already have routines and things that we do the same every day–in the same order, thinking the same thoughts, getting the same results, day after day after day.
If you substitute a current habit that isn’t serving you with a good habit that will move you forward, it can become your new way of life. Yes, it’s hard in the beginning, but after 30 days, 60 at the most, it becomes part of your life and you do it without even thinking about it.
Habits Become Automatic & Effortless
Think about something that seems really hard now, like writing an article every day, exercising every day, writing a blog post every day, shooting a video every day, eating more vegetables every day. If you took the discipline to do it every day for 30 days, to incorporate that in your life, you would do it automatically without even thinking. That good habit would be part of your life.
You wouldn’t even have to think about it. Wouldn’t that be amazing? Would that serve you well? It’s huge!
- Getting up early in the morning
- Eating dinner with your family
- Reading 10 minutes a day
- Watching less tv
- Drinking less soda
- Spending time with your kids, parents, family
…all those things are good habits and can become an effortless part of your life.
It’s not easy to build a good habit. Think about New Year’s resolutions. It’s easy the first day. The first day you start that new resolution you’re gung ho, you’re excited you do it. Maybe even for the next couple days.
Then something gets in your way and you think, “I’ll just miss this one day. It’s no big deal.” Then the next day it’s a little bit harder. You start finding excuses and reasons why it won’t work. Then you do it really sporadically. By the end of the month, you’re not really doing it at all. Probably you’re just feeling guilty because you’re not doing it!
Willpower Required to Build a New Habit
The first week and first month are critical to building a good habit. If you can muster the willpower to do it every day for a week, then 2 weeks, then 3 weeks, and then 4 weeks, it will get a lot easier. But you have to muster that will power every day to do that one thing. Then… the outcome, the reward is that it will be part of your life.
Learning Mark Hoverson’s killer direct response marketing, learning how to write an article that gets clicks or write a powerful sales letter…none of that will do you any good if you don’t have a good habit in place to use what you’re learning, to use your knowledge. If it’s just knowledge, it will go in one ear and out the other. You’ll think about it for a couple weeks and then it will be gone.
Set up a good habit now to put new knowledge into action, whether it’s writing for 10 minutes every morning, setting a work schedule you commit to, or whatever will help you put the knowledge into action. Set up something so you can take what you’re learning from Mark and in this group and use it, do it and make it a habit.
Make it part of your life and then it has the power to change your life. I know Mark’s material has the power to change lives, but the people that are going to see life-changing results are the people that implement and not just once, but every day.
Please share questions and comments below about your good habit strategies!
Tags: good habit
I recorded this video for a class I’m taking, but it’s relevant on so many levels.
I’ve struggled with perfectionism my whole life–putting things off until the last minute because I was so afraid they wouldn’t be PERFECT. Is anything ever perfect anyway?
But in business, perfectionism will kill you. Perfectionism is the opposite of action. You must take action, you must get going. You cannot wait until everything is ready, perfect, done, or even close!
Trying to be perfect is often a masked excuse for laziness or fear. (I’m not accusing you of being lazy, but I know! I was there!) It doesn’t really matter what your reason is–you have to get over it.
The only way to move past perfectionism is to start DOING things. You have to put stuff out there. Like this video. It’s about as far from perfect as I can imagine. I could give you a laundry list of things I would change.
But…. it’s out here! It’s delivering my message and helping other people. And isn’t that the goal? To help other people improve themselves and move forward with their businesses?
Bingo.
So, pick 1 thing that’s you’ve been putting off because you were waiting for it to be perfect–until you had more time, more money, more help, lose weight, gained weight, pigs to fly–and do it now. If it will move your life or business forward, don’t wait. Do it now. Today!
Share below what your 1 action item is. We’ll hold you accountable. Put it out there! Tell us your unperfect, goofy, crazy, stupid plans. Then do them.
Tags: get going, perfectionism
If you’re just getting started with Internet MLM Marketing, there are a few things you need to keep in mind and terms you need to know.
First of all, the internet in and of itself isn’t a business. It is an advertising medium just like TV, radio, mail and newspaper. Many of the same rules still apply.
However, most business owners don’t know how to properly market offline or online. Most businesses attempt to build up a brand name, like Coca-Cola or Dell, right away. This is a waste of money and time. People looking for solutions are not looking for Joe Smith, Inc. or Mary Silver Health Products. They’re looking for a solution to their problem.
Direct Response Marketing
Most small businesses should start with direct response marketing. This is marketing designed to solicit a direct response–like clicking on a link or leaving their name and email address. These responses are specific and quantifiable–we can measure them. We can see what is working, what is bringing customers in, what they spend their money on. This type of marketing and these measurements are valuable to a small business owner.
On the internet there are specific ways to conduct direct response marketing. It is achieved by driving traffic to a lead capture page, using an autoresponder (like Aweber) to collect a name and email address, and then follow up and keep in touch with them.
It’s OK if you don’t know what all these terms mean right now. You can learn them as you go. It’s all part of the internet marketing process. Try to understand one concept at a time, then move on to the next. Don’t be overwhelmed.
Provide Value to Prospects
The last thing to remember in internet mlm marketing, direct response marketing, and in following up with your prospects is to PROVIDE VALUE and keep their needs in mind. What do they need? What are they looking for? What can you give them?
Don’t think you don’t have anything to offer. If you’ve been on the internet one day, one week, or one month, you’re more experienced than someone and they could probably use help!
Learn from the Masters
One of the top network marketing geniuses is Mike Dillard. He also excels at direct response marketing. If you’d like to read more about these concepts and learn from a master, I recommend Magnetic Sponsoring. It’s an affordable resource I still refer to frequently in my internet mlm marketing business.
Tags: direct response marketing, internet mlm marketing, Mike Dillard
99 Ways to Skin a Cat
There are a lot of “experts” and “financial planners” that have theories and systems about how to survive the recession. Here are just a couple ideas you’ll see across the internet and blogosphere for making it through these tough times:
- Get another job
- Get more education
- Find ways to cut back spending
- Move while others are distracted
- Refinance your mortgage
- Protect your job
- Consolidate high interest credit cards
- Haggle for more savings
- Conserve and reduce your heating/electric bills
- Earn extra money
- Avoid taking on any debts
I could easily come up with 99 creative, though not necessarily helpful, ways to “skin this cat.” You can Google it yourself and find hundreds of tips from every Tom, Dick and Jane out there.
So let me get straight to the point.
Is There One Best Way?
With so many ways and so much advice, how come not everyone gets rich? How come not everyone who reduces their spending get rich? How come not everyone who has an education get rich? How come not everyone who starts a business get rich?
Because it’s not about what you do, it’s about how you do it. Cause while there are 99 ways to skin a cat, if you don’t do it RIGHT — whichever method you have chosen — it won’t bring RESULTS.
So what is the ONE right thing that you need to do to get rich?
Bob Proctor knows. And he wants to tell you that there is a science — a formula — to get rich. It’s about doing certain things in a certain way. And this blueprint has been proven to make anyone get rich across centuries.
So before you waste your time trying out 99 ways blindly, get this one formula that will transform your financial future.
Click now to get 7 transformational lessons and learn more about the Science of Getting Rich.
Tags: bob proctor, law of attraction, the secret
Some people mistakenly believe they don’t have what it takes. They don’t have some inherent talents that will make them rich or successful in life. Listen to Will Smith explain why this is not the case.
Don’t have any talent? No problem. You don’t need it.
You need skills. You need to work. You need to learn new things.
DECIDE to work and study to build whatever skills you need.
“Being realistic is the most commonly traveled road to mediocrity.”
Quoted by Will Smith. His words? I’m not sure.
Tags: learn internet skills, talent, work
Where does the time go? I can’t believe it’s been a couple weeks since I’ve posted.
I’ve been learning and practicing a new system for affiliate marketing lately. In a few short weeks (tw0 or three), I’ve put up a new blog and it’s ranked #9 on Google for phrase match of my keyword and #18 for the broad match! Rock on!
I think this system is very similar. I’m pumped to check it out tomorrow, put it to work and move up even higher! Here’s to money on the internet!
Success to you!
Kari
Tags: Affiliate Marketing, rank in Google, SEO
If you would like to try some (good) PLR content, here’s your chance to get a discount!
This is from All Private Label Content:
A quick note to let you know we’ve just released a coupon
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Here are the coupon details:
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Expiry: October 6, 2009
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So go to their website, pick the content you want and use your coupon code!
Enjoy and as always… leave me a comment if you have any questions! I’d love to answer them.
Kari
Sometimes you need more content for your blog. Either you don’t have time to write it all yourself or you don’t know enough about a subject and need an expert write posts or articles for you.
When I need PLR, my favorite site is All Private Label Content because they have niche-specific content.
They have a great plug in for your Wordpress blog that makes uploading and scheduling PLR content (or any text files) super easy.
Speedy APLC Publisher is a handy plug-in for your WordPress blog that allows you to instantly publish your PLR content to your blog with just a few clicks of a mouse. It is offered completely free to all monthly members of All Private Label Content.
With the plug-in, you can:
1. Mass upload articles – .txt format – All our articles are in .txt format, but you can also use the plug-in for other PLR content, provided it is in .txt format as well
2. Schedule imported articles for publication e.g. Every other day, every 2/3/etc days.
3. Choose your categories. Publish all articles in one category of your choice or individually select a category.
4. Choose your authors. Assign all articles to one author or individually assign articles to author(s) of your choice.
It’s VERY handy plug in that will make it easy for you to use all your PLR content. Your plug-in license remains active for as long as you keep your monthly membership active. This video tells how to use it.
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