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It has been an ongoing topic here about taking action. Massive action to completion. Getting one thing done, finished, complete (see a pattern there) before you go to the next thing. A great way to avoid information overload.

It has been beaten into my head from a variety of people regularly and I am sure you have heard it too but like me until recently have too many things going at once and none done. Marlon Sanders talks about it in just about every email he sends.

Despite hearing that for years from him it was when I grabbed Robert Plank’s Time Management On Crack and started applying the items in it that it made a huge difference. After all if that young punk could do what he does I could surely do more than I was. (Yes that sentence was put there just because I know Planky will be by.) Getting things done good enough works and you can always go back and make it better.

That has allowed me to just get things done like the report I added to my list building. One of his rules is if you buy it use it in 24 hours. I did just that with the Social Networking PLR Pack from Doug Champigny.

I wanted a new lead generation system and the Social Networking Report in there was perfect for what I had in mind. I have a few products on Twitter and lots of stuff on WordPress so it would be a perfect ethical bribe for potential customers. It was what my potential customers would be interested in.

By following the 24 hours rule it was up and live at http://socialbiznetwork.com within four hours of purchase.

Tomorrow I am re-launching my WordPress Made Easy product (not linked because there will be a 4 day special discount for the re-launch so it costs more today) as I have just re-done all of the videos and the work books to bring it up to date, Created when WordPress 2.0 was the latest version the changes as we approach the release of 2.8 have been huge and it was either redo it or close it up.

Had it all done yesterday and when I saw the number and size of the files I knew it was time to learn something new. It had the potential to create havoc because of the amount of videos and bandwidth so it was time to figure out Amazon S3. That is accomplished now so there are no worries.

The key is that before this morning I knew nothing about Amazon S3 except that it was a good way to deliver high bandwidth items and lots of people use it for videos and downloads.

So off to Google and then YouTube and now although not an expert I have everything working and tested. Mainly because I decided that I would and ignored everything else until it was done.

So two questions today -What is holding you up?

And why aren’t you blowing it away?

Just about any technical question you have can be overcome using Google and YouTube so stop the excuses and as Larry “The Cable Guy” would say “Git’r done.”

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One of my projects was about ready to launch but as I tried to create the copy I knew that although the project was a good one my copy skills just were not allowing me to get my point across. I kept starting and stopping and could not get a flow going. Now it would cost me more than I was willing to spend to outsource this to someone that would do a better job than I can.

As copy is an essential part of any online business it became a subject that I need to find some resources to improve my skills. Marlon Sanders had been recommending a product on this topic called 3 Hour Ads.

Now I went out and grabbed a copy and boy have I been blown away.

I now know why I was having trouble but more importantly I know how to fix it after going through this. I messed up on the most important aspect so have actually gone back and added more value to the package to make it a much better offer.

At less than $20 (much less than what he should be charging) this is one of those things that I absolutely have to recommend to everyone that is not totally outsourcing all their copy. Even if you are just going through this will allow you to package your offers better.

So this is a rare time when I recommend that everyone that is even thinking of creating their own product or doing any type of copy writing (and that includes any online business person) because even your emails are copy, to go grab a copy of 3 Hour Ads.

Take the time to go through it and understand the process and your business will improve.

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Wrote a post as part of the affiliate series about creating your buyer profile. Marlon Sanders just posted up a Step-By-Step instructional video on How to Target Your Market.

It’s a really cool video and I’m not sure how long he’ll have it up.

Target Market Video

He shows you how to create a buyer profile so you can refine and target your message to your market.

After watching this video, you’ll find out:

- Who You’re Selling To
- Your Buyer’s Income Level
- What Blogs, Forums, and Sites Your Audience Reads
- And Much, Much, More

Go check out Target Market Video and make sure you take notes.

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Yesterday I wrote about the new launch of Video Cash Explosion and added a review which you can see on the previous post. That shows what I liked and didn’t like about this product.

One of the comments asked if I had a page up that they could see. I had done a page to test the process but had not created a new video because I was pushed for time.

Because of that comment I did create one today. It took about 3 hours from the time ….

• I picked a product
• did the keyword research
• bought a domain
• added the domain to my server
• edited the script Shannon includes
• finally created the video and uploaded it.

The product I picked was Marlon Sanders Design Dashboard. You can see the page at

http://getdesigndashboard.com

All that is left is to start generating traffic to it and I am done. The hardest part was reading the script in a way that I liked and editing the ums and uhs out of it. That took three tries to get something that was usable but like most things the next one will be easier to do.

Check out Video Cash Explosion

This really is a great way for someone to get going easily on a part time basis and is perfect item to be outsourced.

I am offering a bonus for anyone that purchases through my link. I will send you the same information and tweaks that I will be sending to my assistant to use to make the promotion even more powerful. Just send a copy of your receipt to my support desk and I will forward it as soon as it is completed.

This really is a good business formula for someone working part time. It will take a bit of focus and effort initially but can generate continuing income from the effort. It s also perfect for anyone that is willing to outsource it as an extra income source like I will be.

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Yesterday was a lost day. Got up and was starting to rock and roll when someone pulled my plug. Not sure what the bug was that is going through this house but it wiped me out. Hopefully, a full day down will allow me to get back to normal but figured I better blog early in case someone pulls my plug again. Tomorrow I will be away so could not go three days in a row with out rambling here for a bit.

Enough muttering for now. Let me see if I can make my point (always a 50/50 proposition ).

One of the good things is that a lot of my business is not dependent on my daily utterances (although they do help a lot.) This is because I use the Marlon Sanders formula of trading products for dollars not time for dollars. I do recommend you grab his free report The Best Of Marlon Sanders. His list is one you really need to be on and pay attention to as there is a lot of value there if you pay attention.

I have a variety of products and create some and use PLR for others. Some sell well and some don’t. That too is normal. Unfortunately all you hear about when people are talking is the successes and not the failures. You will actually learn more from the failures if you pay attention and learn from the mistakes you made.

It is much easier to use PLR for creating your products once you understand how to do it. Doug Champigny has a great tutorial on use PLR at PLR Tutorial Videos. This can be a very powerful way to get going. Pay particular attention to how Doug adds even more value and future sales to his products while making them unique to him.

Doug will also be launching the Free PLR Giveaway on Sunday. It is all new PLR products from a select group of marketers so you get some really good products there to convert into YOURS. More info once it launches.

So the key point in this missive today is that you really need to start creating your own products even if you just use them to build your list so you can sell others products like shown in Promo Dashboard. The one part of your business no one can copy is you and products of your own add more of you into it.

Be back on Saturday with the Week In Review and will be presenting at the Affiliate Funnel seminar Saturday at noon.

Have a great day.

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Wow only one more week left and we will have finished the first two months of this new year. Time is flying and as I get older it seems to go faster and faster.

Did see a really good thing this week from Marlon Sanders that applies to that and Marlon has donned a fortune teller’s hat and wants to tell your future. Check it out and go with your marketer’s hat on and pay attention. It may be the best time you spend this week.

Now to the blogs…

WordPress Made Easy

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• That time of month again

Three Turtle Marketing

• Find your quiet area and avoid the big competition
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Now the news…

Time sensitive and apologies if these are gone. There were a few of the PLR packs for Unique Weddings left when I talked to Doug last night but as these are limited to 100 they may be gone especially if you read this late. I did a whole post on two ways you can use these earlier this week on this blog. Check them out quickly.

Charity items – I hope you took advantage of Joel Comm’s Tweet A Thon 2009 to raise funds for Water Is Life. He had a kick butt show with lots of guests and great information. A $10 donation to Water Is Life can get someone 3 liters of fresh water a day for a year. Well worth a donation. I also just finished Joel’s new book – Twitter Power and recommend you go to Amazon and grab a copy if you haven’t already.

Check out Ryan’s Tribute from Jason Fladlien. As part of this promotion I will be doing a teleseminar with Jason on Monday night at 8pm for those that purchase his package. I do not make anything on this and will have nothing to sell on this call. It will cover types of blogs, Before you start and Setting up the blog. This will be content I have only added to my coaching program and is worth as much as the package Jason is selling and there are a lot more to the package than just this call. Hope to see you there.

Finally check out Daddy’s Birthday Giveaway but read the post below on it to get the most out of it. I love giveaways as both a contributor and to subscriber and so should you if you use them properly,

Have a great week end.

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It is Friday and if you are like most you are getting ready to start the week end. Just saw this from Marlon and it will predict your future.

Predict Your Future Here

It will take you 5 minutes at most to read this but can make a huge difference in where you are on 12/31/2009.

Take the time to read it and pay attention to the process. Then stop back and let me know what you thought of it.

I think it is worth your time and effort let me know if you agree or disagree.

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First and foremost I hope you and yours are having a Happy Valentines Day. The bad part is it means we are half way through the second month of the year. What have you accomplished and are you staying focused. Has been a problem for me and I need to fix it now. What about you?

First to the blogs then to what is new.

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• Gravatar, branding and you
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The post on gravatars is important if you regularly comment on other blogs and you should be . Also make sure you have upgraded if you are using WordPress 2.7.1.

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• Extra work and it is my fault

Whats new this week

Unless you have had your head buried in the sand somewhere you have seen Frank Kern is up to a new launch. I am not participating and don’t plan to buy the product but you really need to study his process. You always get some great insight with his launches so pick the favorite person in your email box that is promoting it and check out the process.

Ockham’s Razor Income System was launched by Marlon Sanders. I loved the product for me but did a review of Ockham’s Razor Income System and strongly urge you to read that before considering the product. It is a super value for me but… You need some background before you try it.

WordPress Q and A on Blog Talk Radio has been scheduled for this coming Tuesday, February 17 at 7 pm est. More info coming but mark the date and time down.

I will also be doing a teleseminar with Jason Fladlien for his tribute to his younger brother Ryan he is running. It will be on Monday February 23rd at 8 pm est. Topics will be…

• Types of blogs
• What to do before you start
• Setting up the blog properly

Along with a q and a session at the end. It will be all content and you need to participate in Ryan Tribute to attend and this will be in addition to the value listed on the page. That is not an affiliate link and my time for this is part of my contribution to what Jason is doing in the memory of Ryan.

Finally good old Twitter – Joel Comm released his new book Twitter Power on Amazon this week (I am about half way through it and it is good) and will be doing a Tweetathon on February 19th from noon to midnight est. on Twitter and Ustream to raise funds for http://waterislife.com check it out and plan to attend.

Thats all for this week now off to get more work done and keep focused.

As always your questions and comments are appreciated.

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Just finished going through Marlon Sander’s latest product – “Ockham’s Razor Income System” and left a bit perplexed on how to review this product. See usually I can give an unqualified grab this and use this for any of Marlon’s products.

This one is different. For me and where I am at with a business looking to improve it this is one of the absolute best things I have bought in the last year or longer. I finished with pages of notes and a start of a plan to improve my business. This will need to be gone through consistently and applied over and over. Despite being an e-book there is more information in there that can be applied to improve my business than in some “big box courses” that I have paid 10-20 times more for.

So if you have a business and understand the basics of…

• Offering something free for an email
• Following up with people
• Selling them stuff

(Marlon’s basic business model) then this will be probably the most valuable product you can purchase dollar for dollar.

The problem is that you need to understand some of the how to’s to apply what is in here. For the new person this will be very confusing until you know how to create a squeeze page, set up an autoresponder, create a free giveaway or bribe to get signups. All of these are mentioned with an eye to how to make them deadly effective but not with any how to what so ever.

So if you are starting and things like autoresponders, creating a giveaway, setting up a squeeze page are all foreign to you this will help but only if you grab Promo Dashboard at the same time.

Promo Dashboard covers the how to and Ockham’s Razor Income System goes much more into the why and how to make them deadly effective. Without the background of Promo Dashboard or actual experience of setting up your own list building this just may leave you frustrated.

If you are relatively new this is what I would recommend -

Get both Promo Dashboard and Ockham’s Razor Income System. If you can only afford one just get Promo Dashboard. Read ORIS then start on the Promo Dashboard to apply what you have learned from ORIS. If you could only afford the Promo Dashboard then use it and once you have the money from your promotions get Ockham’s Razor Income System.

Finally, a caveat – Neither of these are a magic button and both will require a bit of effort. They are step by step and none of the things are hard but if you aren’t willing to put in effort and focus neither will help you. (Of course nothing else for sale online will either )

With that one caveat though Ockham’s Razor Income System is a great value and had it been packaged differently would have easily been sold at 20 times the price and still been a great value.

As always your questions and comments are welcomed.

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I read and purchase a lot of information each and every week. I tend to be an info junky at times. I just finished a report from Justin Brookes that you need to check out

SEO Lies

First I found this from a recommendation from Marlon Sanders pushing a $1 report. Yes the report costs $1. Best buck I have spent in a while. The fact that Marlon would recommend a $1 report is unusual.

Marlon rarely promotes others items but when he does they are usually valuable or a good marketing lesson. Truthfully I went looking for the marketing lessons in how it was set up.

Then I go to the page and see a testimonial from a friend Ross Golderg recommending Justin. Well Ross is who I go to for kicking around traffic generation and SEO ideas and was setting up a teleseminar with him any how. He says Justin is for real and will have Ross on the phone for you on Tuesday night (mark your calendar).

Grab the report and go through the process. Yes there is an upsell (you know there has to be with a $1 report the guy is a marketer after all) but I did not take it as I already use outsourcing so I can’t tell you how good it is.

The $1 report is killer and would have been worth while at a much higher price. Would not have been upset if I had spent $27 for it. Lots of good actionable info that puts SEO and what you need to do in bite size chunks. Go grab the report and if you are not outsourcing check out the upsell because if he delivers like he does in the report your are getting a bargain.

SEO Lies

May be the best $1 you spend this week if you take action on the information inside.

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