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You’ve probably gathered from reading
my blog posts and emails that I read alot.

It’s one the best ways (if not the best)
to gain insight and “see” the most inner
thoughts of the most brilliant minds who
ever lived.

Admittedly, I’m a little slow to find, pick
and read the latest books to hit the shelves.

For example, I just finished reading “Tribes”
by Seth Godin and “Linchpin”, also by Seth Godin.

Good reads, both of them.

In Tribes, Godin talks about how there
are literally millions of people out there
looking for a leader.  Someone to start
or lead the tribe they belong to.

There is a HUGE shortage of leaders and
leadership in the world.

By stepping out and becoming a leader,
you put yourself in a position to truly
make a difference in the lives of other
people by sharing your experiences,
ideas and thoughts.

He also says the reason leadership is so
scarce is “because few people are willing
to go through the discomfort required to
lead.  This scarcity makes leadership valuable.”

He goes on to say that “it’s discomfort that
creates the leverage that makes leadership
worthwhile.”

A couple of examples of this would be that
it’s uncomfortable to stand up in front of
strangers and it’s uncomfortable to propose
an idea that might fail.

Godin also shares this: “When you identify
the discomfort, you’ve found the place where
a leader is needed.  If you’re not uncomfortable
in your work as a leader, it’s almost certain
you’re not reaching your potential as a leader.”

I always related the saying “no pain, no gain”
to just working out and getting into physical
condition.  But, it’s true in most areas of your
life.

If your not stretching and forcing yourself to
be in some discomfort, you aren’t really gaining
any ground.  You’re probably just maintaining
the status quo.

In his book “Linchpin” Godin talks more in-depth
as to how and why we are all programmed to
always maintain this status quo and to keep
ourselves comfortable.

It’s our “lizard brain” he calls it.  It’s the part
of our brain that has kept humankind alive
for thousands or possibly millions of years.

By keeping quiet and staying comfortable
and not taking risks, we are keeping ourselves
safe and the odds of us not being hurt are
greatly increased.

Our old “lizard” brain is keeping us safe.  Or,
so it thinks.

Godin talks about how we have to learn to develop
and tap into our “Daimon” brain or “new, genius brain”.

This part of our brain is the creator, the risk taker,
the artist.

So, there’s this constant conflict going on between
the 2 brains.  The “old” brain still thinks we live in
a world where predators like saber-toothed tigers
roam around and if we cause any sort of attention
to ourselves, we’ll be eaten.

The “new” brain is well aware of the fact that we
are no longer living in those type of circumstances
and is alot more willing to step out of that “comfort”
or safety zone and do creative things and things
that matter.

And, being that the “lizard” brain (the old brain) has
been with us since the beginning, it’s the brain that
constantly wins the battles.

If we’re not aware of the battle going on between
our ears between these 2 brains, we hinder ourselves
and slow our own progress in today’s society.

If we don’t take more action and start to listen to
our “new” brain and step out of our comfort
zone, the old brain will win 95% of the time and
keep us “safe” wich keeps us from taking the
uncomfortable action that may be the most valuable
and/or productive for our own advancement.

Reading these 2 books lead me to read another book
called “The War of Art” by Steven Pressfield.

Pressfield talks about how most of us have 2 lives.
The one we live and the unlived life within us.

He further explains how the lizard brain controls
our actions most of the time and how it can slow
our personal development, growth and progress.

He calls it “The Resistence.”

Here’s how he expains it:

“Resistence seems to come from outside ourselves.
We locate it in spouses, jobs, bosses, kids.  ‘Peripheral
opponents,’ as Pat Rily used to say when he coached
the Los Angeles Lakers.

Resistence is not a peripheral opponent.  Resistence
arises from within.  It is self-generated and self-
perpetuated.  Resistence is the enemy within.”

Pressfield goes on to say,

“Resistence will tell you anything to keep you from
doing your work.  It will perjure, fabricate, falsify;
seduce, bully, cajole.  Resistence is protean.  It will
assume any form, if that’s what it takes to deceive
you. It will reason with you like a lawyer or jam a
nine-millimeter in your face like a stickup man.
Resisence has no conscience.  It will pledge anything
to get a deal, then double-cross you as soon as your
back is turned.  If you take Resistence at its word,
you deserve everthing you get.  Resistence is always
lying and always full of shit.”

Pretty heavy and serious stuff, right?

And it is.

If you’re not fully aware of what’s going on in your
own head that may be sabotaging your own success,
then how do you stand a chance to defend yourself
from yourself to overcome that thinking?

Let alone succeed at something?

Pressfield talks about how creating and doing what
you are passionate about is your art and how by
engaging yourself fully in your passion makes you
an artist.

He talks about doing the work or performing your
art at your fullest potential and not worrying about
how your art or work is perceived by others.

Here’s something else that Pressfield said:

“…the most important thing about art is to work.
Nothing else matters except sitting down every day
and trying.

Why is this so important?

Because when we sit down day after day and keep
grinding, something mysterious starts to happen.
A process is set into motion by which, inevitably
and infallibly, heaven comes to our aid.  Unseen
forces enlist in our cause; serendipity reinforces
our purpose…..

When we sit down each day to do our work, power
concentrates around us.  The Muse takes note of
our dedication.  She approves.  We have earned
favor in her sight.  When we sit down and work,
we become like a magnetized rod that attracts
iron filings.  Ideas come.  Insights accrete.

Just as Resistence has its seat in hell, so Creation
has its home in heaven.  And it’s not just a witness,
but an eager and active ally.”

Isn’t that powerful?!  I could go on a quote paragraph
after paragraph from all of the books above.

The point is, is that we all have to be aware that
there is an unseen force (in our brain) that is ironically
working against our success.

If your not aware of this unseen force, you don’t
stand a chance of combating it.

So, if you’re not achieving the level of success
that you are aiming for in whatever you’re working
towards, there may be a good chance that these
are the reasons why.

I encourage you to get and read these 3 books.
It really brings these issues to light.

Here’s somthing else that may help with the
stuggles you may be having.

You may or may not have seen this video.  It’s
Frank Kern and John Reese talking about how
72.3% of the people who buy their courses never
even read or consume them and never take any
action at all on what is taught in their courses.

They wanted to get Tony’s advice as to why that
was and what to do about it.

Here’s the awesome answers he gave them.

I’ve watched this thing 2 or 3 times and it makes
more and more sense every time I watch it.

Enjoy:

Tony Robbins, Frank Kern & John Reese Video

Hope this helps you!

Jerry

You’re Not Being Left Behind…..

As we come into the “heavy launch season”
for Internet Marketing and make money online
products, don’t feel like you are being left behind
because you don’t buy everything that comes
across your email inbox.

In fact, here’s a better approach….

If you have been plugging away at a certain
tactic or technique for making money online,
the best thing to do is to stay the course.

Keep on that path.

If you buy everything that is pitched to you
it’ll only slow your progress down and take
you away from the important things that you
are doing to grow your business.

Unless you’ve got an office staff or a staff
of outsourced employees, there is no possible
way to be able to buy everything this fall and
effectively implement it.

Even if you are super proficient in speed
reading (which I recommend you become,
which is something I’m working on) and
have mastered the art of “speed learning”,
it is still impossible to buy everything and
implement it.

There are plenty of launches going on right
now for some super awesome products (and
some not so super products too) and it’s really
hard to focus on doing the important tasks of
building your business……

But, if you can just think about it in a somewhat
linear fashion I think it’ll allow you to really keep
from buying things you don’t really need.

Here’s what I mean by “linear”….

If you are at a certain level in your business
and there are things that you need that will take
you to the “next level” such as a software program
or some sort of training that you need to learn….

then you pretty much know what you are going
to need next to take you to that next level.

And if that means purchasing something to take
you to that level, by all means don’t even hesitate.
(only to compare similar products/services)

If you’re buying something that doesn’t fit into
your game plan or business model, then you
are wasting time and money.

None of us should be wasting either one of
those precious commodities.

Your approach should be a “Just in Time”
buying decision process.  Only buy it as you
need it or if it will make your work easier
or more efficient or take your business to
the next level.

Keep it linear….step-by-step, as you need it.

Just as an example, if you have everything
set up for an Internet product or project such
as a squeeze page, a sales letter page, an
upsell page, another upsell page, an order
page, a thank you/download page, etc. and
you’re actually ready for traffic but don’t know
how to go about getting traffic, now would
probably be a good time to look for a product
that teaches you how to get traffic.

Or, if you are getting traffic but no conversions
(sales), then now would be a good time to
find an expert that knows how to convert and
buy their stuff to learn what they know.

Another example would be, if you’ve been
studying and reading alot about CPA marketing
and CPA business models and are convinced
that it is the best business model for you to
pursue….it’s probably a good time to research
a good product or program about CPA businesses.

Of course, those are just small examples.

You really need to think about what is next
in your business, where you need help or
where the inefficiencies are and then figure
out how to fix the problems.

That’s linear thinking.

That’s identifying the problem and then
seeking a solution.

The reason I wrote this article is because
I’m finishing reading the last few paragraphs of
a book by Sam Carpenter called “Work the System”.

In this book, the author explains this linear thinking
process in depth and how it can take you from being
a prisoner of your business to actually being the one
in complete control of your business.

He shows, by example. from his own highly efficient,
profitable company that by having a bird’s eye view of
your business, you’re able to spot the problem areas
and eliminate them by implementing highly detailed
written procedures (in a non-complicated way).

Sam also shows you how to write a Strategic Objective
for your business that guides your whole business
through tough times.

If I had to compare it to any other book, I’d say it gives
you another angle to “The 4-Hour Work Week” by
Tim Ferriss

Getting a firm grasp of and implementing the ideas
in these 2 books will make owning a business alot
more profitable and a lot more fun!

I highly recommend adding these 2 books to your
library today!

Jerry

One of the original “gurus” breaks it down.  It’s all
about figuring out what works and focusing on
that and expanding from there.

Take it away Marlon!

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ARTICLE: “How To Make $3 A Day 700 Times”

Hello,

Marlon here.

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This week’s ARTICLE:

==> How To Make $3 A Day 700 Times

==> Subtitle:  In 2009, do you know your FORMULA and do you
know exactly HOW you’re gonna SCALE it up?

I have a story today that reveals:

– The ONE thing to zero in on in 2009
– Why I don’t speak at many seminars anymore
– Why most $3 a day pitches are b.s.
– What no one understands about “Amazing Formula”
– $11,000 a DAY with Adsense?
– Turning a little margin into a lot
– 3 outsourcers into the Philippines turns into bookoo bux

This is NOT theory. This is all based on what I personally just
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“How To Make $3 A Day 700 Times”

==> Subtitle:  In 2009, do you know your FORMULA and do you know
exactly HOW you’re gonna SCALE it up?

By Marlon Sanders
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Six months ago I’m chit chatting on the phone with
my friend David Frey from MarketingBestPractices.com.

Dave told me he had these 2 friends.

And these guys made $11,000 a day using Google Adsense
back in the haydays of that thing.

They had fancy boats, houses, cars, the whole nine yards.

These guys wanted to sell one of Dave’s products but it
wasn’t the right deal. And maybe one of my Dashboards
would be right for them.

They could move 5,000 units a week. And while I wouldn’t
get much per unit, maybe I could work out a deal to get
the customer names then sell stuff to ‘em on the “back
end.”

I’m not one to hop on deals like that.

Instead of running a big business with a buncho employees,
I run a small ship.  On a good month, we run a tight ship.
And I have to stay focused on the few things I feel we
do best.

That would be creating my own brand of products and selling
them.

Still, if these guys could bring me the names of 5,000
customers a week, that’d work.

I spoke to ‘em on the phone and before I could blink an eye,
they’d flown in.  They found my office using a GPS thingy.
Didn’t even have to give ‘em directions.

I immediately thought, “Wow, I WISH I could hire these guys!’

Anyway, we hang out and chit chat.

They told me the whole $11,000 a day adsense story.  Now,
these guys fly WAY under the radar on purpose. You haven’t
hear of ‘em and they like it that way.

At first, I wasn’t entirely sure about the $11,000 a day Adsense
story.  ‘Till they showed me a few pix of houses, cars, boats.
You get the idea.

Alright.  You’re who Dave said you were.

One of the guys was thin, not tan, looked like a family guy,
pix of his wife and kids in his wallet.  Really, kinda an
average-looking dude.

A bit understated when he talked. He was the “nice guy.” His
friend was “the negotiator.” Or that’s how I perceived it.
Don’t get me wrong. I liked both of ‘em.

He told me his whole theory of bringin’ in the bux with online
marketing.

You get a small margin on something, Then you blow it up really
big.

Like adsense.

They made a small margin on each page or site. But they blew it
up big time.  I think they had a whole team of people in India
doing it.  A lot of people.  I don’t remember the exact numbers.
But a lot.

Anyway, I didn’t do the deal.

I’d have to give up on how my products were sold.  Everything.
I could private label. But it ain’t like people don’t know
Dashboards are from me.

I invented ‘em, along with Sales Letter Generator software, along
with the freebie gift before you ask for the testimonial, along with
the 12-step sales letter writing formula everyone teaches, along
with the 2-page web site model. Along with a lotta stuff.

So I didn’t do the deal.

But for Christmas, the understated guy sent me a gift basket. That
was a nice touch.

So when you speak at a lot of seminars, everyone and their dog sends
you gift baskets.  But when my mom got Alzheimers, I stopped doing
the seminar circuit.  And then, after a guy ran a red light and hit
my car doing 70, it’s not so easy for me to go on the road anymore.

I have to find a chiropractor usually.  I get invitations.  I coulda
gone to Singapore 2X last year.  I turned down another gig. I spoke
in UK but had to hunt down a chiropractor on a Saturday!!

That means I’m not flooded with gift baskets like I used to be.  So
a guy like this guy. Or a Yanik Silver.  Guys who remember you, even
if you aren’t as much in the limelight. They stand out.

Well, the other day this guy sends me an email.  I won’t go into
details.  But I found out his LATEST venture….

Another cookie cutter.

He found a way to make $3 a day from web sites selling affiliate
products.  OK.  You’ve heard that before ad nauseum.

But here’s the TWIST:  The dude did it 700 times!

And I know it’s true.

Come on now. You should see the dude’s boat. Actually, I think
technically it’s a yacht.  I don’t know much about boats.

But he sent me a video of the account.  It’s true.

You know, let’s have a candid moment here.

Probably four thousand people have came out with that whole
“make a little site and do it 4,00X pitch.”

It’s older than the hills in Internet marketing terms.

Now, something you gotta understand here.

I hired a personal trainer and was working out like a maniac.
Cardio every day. Lifting weights. Getting muscle and really
strong. But 3 days before Xmas we did some leg weights.

And the day after Xmas I had this BIG bulge in the mirror.
I’m like, “What the $$)#*( is that?”

A hernia. So now I will likely miss Yanik’s gig to have this
fixed so I can get back in the gym.  In the meantime, when I
don’t exercise, I don’t sleep that great.

Particularly the night before I talked to this guy.  So I’m
in NO mood for b.s.

I’m just flat out BLUNT:  I say, “Bro, you got NO USP here.
Forty million people have said they got this formula to make
3 bucks a day with web sites.”

He said, “Yeah, but I’ve done it 700 times!”

THAT got my attention.

He actually employs 3 people in the Philippines who just do
this thing full time.

Which got my attention because I have a friend in the Philippines
who needs work.

Then I SMACK him hard again, “Dude, the whole article marketing
thing has be done to DEATH!”

I found out he doesn’t use articles to get the traffic. It’s a
web 2.0 thing. Frankly, nothing fancy at all.

He told me if he does it personally, he can create one of his
sites and the marketing for it in 15 or 30 minutes, outsourcing
the actual web site part.

Now, NONE of HOW he does this matters. At least not for this
article.

Here is my POINT:

He’s the ONLY PERSON I really know who post-adsense has really
delivered on the promise of getting a whole bunch of web sites
that make 3 bucks a day.

But even that isn’t the REAL take away here for you.

To me, it’s this:

He found ONE THING that made 3 bucks a day that was simple
enough to outsource. Then he outsourced it.

Just simple repetition.

The GLITCH in all these “repetition” pitches I hear is that yeah
they got 5 or 10 sites that make a $10 a day or whatever. But
they don’t scale up.

However, if you CAN find a way to do it that will scale, it’s
very powerful.

And the reason I’m writing this article and you’re reading it is
to say this…

My friend made $11,000 a day in Adsense by getting ONE thing that
worked. Then scaled it up.

He did the SAME thing with this dirt simple little system.  And I
haven’t asked him yet. But I bet he’s done it with other things.

You HEAR people talk about this pitch with article marketing.  But
honestly, I don’t think you’ll come anywhere near $3 a day per
article with article marketing.

What my friend did was EXPERIMENT.

Specifically:

1.  He doesn’t use Clickbank or Commission Junction for the
affiliate stuff.  His testing showed those didn’t convert for this
method.

2. His traffic source is NOT article marketing.  It’s a web 2.0
thing that’s not really being used tons by others.  At least, not
for affiliate marketing like this.

This article is about the power of repetition and scalability.

In my business, I developed a way to roll out product after product
to my list.

And a way to get money in the door every month. A method hardly
anyone else does, when I stop to think about it.

What I’ve just given you is the secret behind all great wealth,
accomplishments and achievements.

One formula.

Done with excellence.

Performed over and over.

A lot of people have read “Amazing Formula.” Thousands actually.
But not many really understood it.

What I said in that product was you build a list and roll a new
product out to it every month.

I was the first person I believe to really say, “Hey, a NEW era of
marketing has arrived.  Using the web and ebooks, you can create a
new product every month and roll it out to your list.”

Most people don’t understand that’s a MODEL.  I called it a FORMULA
but it’s a model.  The FIRST one that really said we’re in a new
era of digital products.  And you can roll out to your list every
month.

Now, that model kinda morphed into “build a list and hammer it with
affiliate products.”

You can do that.  I’m not sure it’s the optimal way to go about it.

What’s your MODEL?

Do you KNOW?

Do you have a month-by-month plan for implementing it in this new
year?  If you don’t know what your MODEL is, THAT is why you have
problems with FOCUS.

That is WHY you feel overwhelmed.

Because you don’t know the OUTCOME.  You don’t know what FORMULA
you’re following or why.  You don’t know HOW you are scaling up.

If you do, or if you don’t, spit back at me on my blog:

http://www.marlonsnews.com/

I personally respond to most comments there.  NOT an employee.

How many other marketers who have sold millions online are willing
to RESPOND to posts on their blog?

I’m not an “ivory tower” marketer where I’m like Moses on the
mountain with the 10 commandments and if you come near me without a
handful of money I’ll strike you dead with lightning!

That’s kinda how Internet marketing is nowadays.

I’m not saying I’ll have lunch with you or hang out.  I won’t.  But
I WILL read your blog post and try to give you an intelligent
response, even it’s brief.

Marlon Sanders

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I had to pass this article on that Eban Pagan wrote about wealth.
Eban is a profound thinker and I have become a bit of a fan of his….

Heck, anyone who can build multiple seven-figure businesses
simultaneously I’m prone to become a “fan” of.

Check out his thoughts on wealth:

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This will get you thinking, guaranteed.

“See” you soon,

Jerry

To Increase Website Traffic You Must First Know the Basics

Now that you have started your website and posted content
that is related to the topic, it’s now time to take a good look
at website traffic and to increase website traffic.

What’s the use of a website if there are no visitors and readers,
right? Now, before you get too excited and jump ahead to
advanced techniques to increase website traffic, you need first
to know the basics behind getting that traffic.

This way, your efforts to increase website traffic can be used
to the fullest.

Making your website valuable will increase website traffic:
To make your website more valuable you want to increase
the hits of the website, increase the page views, increase
how long a visitor stays on your page, and also increase
the number of unique visitors.

For most owners out there, getting many page views is
enough as a way to increase website traffic.

Page views happen when the visitor comes your website,
but he leaves quickly. But that’s not the goal of your website.

You want to increase the number of unique web visitors and
return visitors. You can do this by putting relative and informative
content on your website.

For example, let’s say you had a website on how to make quilts.
To increase your unique visitor count and how long visitors stay
on your page you would want to upload videos, audio files, and
articles that teach people how to make beautiful quilts.

By having relative content that people are searching for those
visitors will spend more time on your site and tell others about
your site – which would start to increase website traffic. But, if
you were to put content on your page that taught how to cook
Spanish rice – which is completely unrelated – then you would
have many visitors “bouncing” off your site.

A unique visitor comes to your site and stays for a while to
look at what you have to offer. A page view is when someone
comes to your site spends less than a minute and then leaves.

This is also known as a bounce.

You’ve heard the term “Hits” right?
Do you know what it really means?

Hits has the same meaning as a page view. The number of hits
is not a good measure of the quality of traffic and as a basis to
say that there is a need to increase website traffic. Increasing
hits is a not a good benchmark for quality traffic and not a way
to increase website traffic.

To increase website traffic, you need to focus on unique visitors,
return visitors, and the length or user sessions.

To find out how many unique visitors, page views, return visitors
and how long visitors are staying on your site you will need to
install a tracking software.

There are many different kinds of tracking software out there,
but I find Google Analytics to be the easiest and cheapest (its free!).

How Tracking Can Help Increase Website Traffic

Once you have installed the tracking code on your site…

Google Analytics will start to monitor all of the traffic that comes to
your site. It will list what pages they visit on your site, how long they
are staying on certain pages, and where your traffic is coming from.

This is extremely important information when you want to increase
website traffic. Here are just 3 ways tracking can increase website traffic:

1. When looking to increase website traffic you’d refer to your Google
Analytics reports to see where your website is lacking. If your bounce
rate or page views is much higher than your unique visitor and returning
visitor counts then you know that you need to put more related and
valuable content on your website.

2. When you look at how long visitors stay on a certain page then you
know the type of content your visitors are looking for. Add more of that
content to your website and you’ll give visitors more of a reason to stay
on your site or return to your site – which will increase website traffic.

3. Finally, look at where your traffic is coming from. If it’s the google
natural search engines, start sharing articles on your topic on different
article and video sites so that you can get more google listings. If your
traffic is coming from a forum, then you should post more in that forum,
or pay for an advertisement on that site so that you can attract more
visitors from that site and increase website traffic.